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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5996304" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p>Session 3 Part 2</p><p></p><p>The second wave are the leader types.</p><p></p><p>I’ve preped a bunch of macros: Easy – Moderate – Hard DCs, when the PCs spot a new enemy they make an automatic (Free- of course) Monster Knowledge check and discover what they know about each newly revealed bad guy.</p><p></p><p>When they hear about the new guys, and their descriptions, there’s a little disent in the ranks, the PCs are worried- more worried when the bad guys get in to the fight.</p><p></p><p>The new bad guys joining the fracas are-</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827148256/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7827148256_c3f2df9e37_s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Eladrin Bodyguard Soldier Level 2</p><p>Adapted Eladrin Mithrendain Guard</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827150998/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7827150998_0bc7dc0164_s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Goblin Bodyguard Soldier Level 2</p><p>Adapted Goblin Sentry</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827152880/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7827152880_0e28f81de4_s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Half-Orc Archer Artillery Level 3</p><p>Adapted Orc Archer</p><p></p><p>&</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827154660/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7827154660_a02cb74bc5_s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>The Butcher</p><p>Half-Orc Gang Boss Elite Brute Level 3</p><p>Adapted Goblin Mess Cook</p><p></p><p>It doesn’t go well- the Goblin Bodyguard skips ahead, gets the drop on Morok and stabs him in the back- and crits (19 damage) leaving a just healed Morok on something like 3 hit points. The Eladrin Bodyguard follows suit and goes toe-to-toe with Destructorr, and crits also (27 damage)- the metal man drops.</p><p></p><p>Then the Half-Orc Archer sends an arrow in to Jazz’s back (for 17 damage), the Changeling had previously returned to his usual Half-Elven form, he’s staggered, and also very Bloodied.</p><p></p><p>And so in the matter of ten seconds (in-game time) the PCs have gone from heroes chasing down the last vanquished enemy- to one down, and two on less than 5 hit points each- good work Mr. DM sir!</p><p></p><p>Of course it doesn’t last long- it never does.</p><p></p><p>Morok turns around and hits back against the Goblin Bodyguard, and crits as well- the creature is almost done for- moments later Jazz finishes it off. Morok meanwhile gets his second wind and leads the charge on the Butcher.</p><p></p><p>All PCs concentrate fire, and the Elite Brute has a crap AC, and so suffers, the Butcher does however manage to get six attacks off before finally succumbing to his wounds- all aimed at Morok- he hits once, although for a substantial amount of damage. Another hit would have seen Morok down.</p><p></p><p>Too soon though the Butcher falls…</p><p></p><p>To make matters worse the Half-Orc Archer is neutralised with extreme prejudice, the Goblin Bodyguard is already dead, the Goblin Archer (fleeing) is chased down by a revived Destructorr; which just leaves the Eladrin who surrenders when Morok contrives, on a called shot, to break the bones of the creature’s weapon arm.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Victory!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">ENCOUNTER 6 COMPLETE PC’S LEVEL 1 WITH 610 XP EACH</span></p><p></p><p>Note there were numerous occasions in this fight when the PCs missed an attack, or a check, or whatever by one. The award system we’ve instigated (see House Rules section), with Bronze, Silver & Gold awards available for good role-play, turned all of those misses in to hits, and thus the fight was bloody and brutal but short lived. Note most of the PCs had one or two Bronze awards saved up at this point, Jazz even has a Silver award he got for excellent play in one of the earlier encounters. A lot of them got spent in this encounter, even on one occasion adding a Bronze award (+1) to a damage roll in the hope that it would end the bad guy sooner.</p><p></p><p>Moments later an emaciated, and forlorn looking, eight year old boy- wearing scuffed and torn finery wanders out of his hiding place, he introduces himself as Arthur, and then cries on Jazz for a while.</p><p></p><p>A little later still the Fallcrest Watch arrive in force, including Captain Murgeddin- they’ve managed to catch up with the PCs at last. Arthur is ushered away to a waiting carriage- on which is the crest of the city, the PCs spot a woman in finery inside.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7336414642/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8025/7336414642_34898759da_s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Slaps on the back all round- a job well done.</p><p></p><p>Murgeddin sends for the merchant who hired the warehouse to the Half-Orcs- he’s barked at a while by the Dwarf Captain, but to no effect- the fool is nothing to do with the conspiracy here.</p><p></p><p>The PCs threaten to break the Eladrin prisoner’s other arm if he doesn’t start singing like a canary, in short order the PCs learn-</p><p></p><p>- The creature is a renegade of his kind, an Eladrin Mercenary.</p><p></p><p>- He was hired three days ago, as a warrior, fixer and translator- he speaks Goblin.</p><p></p><p>- He helped to hire a bunch of other mercenaries, he reels off their names- the PCs have accounted for all of them.</p><p></p><p>- He has no idea who the boy is, some well-off merchant’s son, or so he was told.</p><p></p><p>- The Butcher spoke of the Lady, she seemed to be running the show.</p><p></p><p>And with that, after the bad guys have been fleeced of their possessions, the PCs head back to head quarters for a debriefing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 5996304, member: 16069"] Session 3 Part 2 The second wave are the leader types. I’ve preped a bunch of macros: Easy – Moderate – Hard DCs, when the PCs spot a new enemy they make an automatic (Free- of course) Monster Knowledge check and discover what they know about each newly revealed bad guy. When they hear about the new guys, and their descriptions, there’s a little disent in the ranks, the PCs are worried- more worried when the bad guys get in to the fight. The new bad guys joining the fracas are- [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827148256/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7827148256_c3f2df9e37_s.jpg[/img][/url] Eladrin Bodyguard Soldier Level 2 Adapted Eladrin Mithrendain Guard [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827150998/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7827150998_0bc7dc0164_s.jpg[/img][/url] Goblin Bodyguard Soldier Level 2 Adapted Goblin Sentry [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827152880/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7827152880_0e28f81de4_s.jpg[/img][/url] Half-Orc Archer Artillery Level 3 Adapted Orc Archer & [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7827154660/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7827154660_a02cb74bc5_s.jpg[/img][/url] The Butcher Half-Orc Gang Boss Elite Brute Level 3 Adapted Goblin Mess Cook It doesn’t go well- the Goblin Bodyguard skips ahead, gets the drop on Morok and stabs him in the back- and crits (19 damage) leaving a just healed Morok on something like 3 hit points. The Eladrin Bodyguard follows suit and goes toe-to-toe with Destructorr, and crits also (27 damage)- the metal man drops. Then the Half-Orc Archer sends an arrow in to Jazz’s back (for 17 damage), the Changeling had previously returned to his usual Half-Elven form, he’s staggered, and also very Bloodied. And so in the matter of ten seconds (in-game time) the PCs have gone from heroes chasing down the last vanquished enemy- to one down, and two on less than 5 hit points each- good work Mr. DM sir! Of course it doesn’t last long- it never does. Morok turns around and hits back against the Goblin Bodyguard, and crits as well- the creature is almost done for- moments later Jazz finishes it off. Morok meanwhile gets his second wind and leads the charge on the Butcher. All PCs concentrate fire, and the Elite Brute has a crap AC, and so suffers, the Butcher does however manage to get six attacks off before finally succumbing to his wounds- all aimed at Morok- he hits once, although for a substantial amount of damage. Another hit would have seen Morok down. Too soon though the Butcher falls… To make matters worse the Half-Orc Archer is neutralised with extreme prejudice, the Goblin Bodyguard is already dead, the Goblin Archer (fleeing) is chased down by a revived Destructorr; which just leaves the Eladrin who surrenders when Morok contrives, on a called shot, to break the bones of the creature’s weapon arm. [SIZE="6"]Victory![/SIZE] [SIZE="5"]ENCOUNTER 6 COMPLETE PC’S LEVEL 1 WITH 610 XP EACH[/SIZE] Note there were numerous occasions in this fight when the PCs missed an attack, or a check, or whatever by one. The award system we’ve instigated (see House Rules section), with Bronze, Silver & Gold awards available for good role-play, turned all of those misses in to hits, and thus the fight was bloody and brutal but short lived. Note most of the PCs had one or two Bronze awards saved up at this point, Jazz even has a Silver award he got for excellent play in one of the earlier encounters. A lot of them got spent in this encounter, even on one occasion adding a Bronze award (+1) to a damage roll in the hope that it would end the bad guy sooner. Moments later an emaciated, and forlorn looking, eight year old boy- wearing scuffed and torn finery wanders out of his hiding place, he introduces himself as Arthur, and then cries on Jazz for a while. A little later still the Fallcrest Watch arrive in force, including Captain Murgeddin- they’ve managed to catch up with the PCs at last. Arthur is ushered away to a waiting carriage- on which is the crest of the city, the PCs spot a woman in finery inside. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/7336414642/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8025/7336414642_34898759da_s.jpg[/img][/url] Slaps on the back all round- a job well done. Murgeddin sends for the merchant who hired the warehouse to the Half-Orcs- he’s barked at a while by the Dwarf Captain, but to no effect- the fool is nothing to do with the conspiracy here. The PCs threaten to break the Eladrin prisoner’s other arm if he doesn’t start singing like a canary, in short order the PCs learn- - The creature is a renegade of his kind, an Eladrin Mercenary. - He was hired three days ago, as a warrior, fixer and translator- he speaks Goblin. - He helped to hire a bunch of other mercenaries, he reels off their names- the PCs have accounted for all of them. - He has no idea who the boy is, some well-off merchant’s son, or so he was told. - The Butcher spoke of the Lady, she seemed to be running the show. And with that, after the bad guys have been fleeced of their possessions, the PCs head back to head quarters for a debriefing. [/QUOTE]
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