Forest of Doom - IC Thread

[S'mon]

Round 1

Lirael won init, everyone else lost.

Lirael the Sorceress moves forward to join Paaq in standing over Eric as the door of the cabin opens, the old crone appears in the doorway, cackling evilly, and begins to move towards Eric.

Lirael raises her hand, hair waving in an unseen breeze, and a bolt of white light flies from her hand, striking the wicked Witch in the chest.

The Witch blinks, snarls, and raises her own claw-like hand - a bolt of red light flies from her hand and strikes Lirael's bosom. The beautiful Sorceress staggers back, gasping in pain.

GM: Actions, all PCs except Eric - your actions should be resolved *by you* in order of your posting here (not in order of your init rolls). Jonath Kip & Keena are 60' from the Witch, Eric Paaq and Lirael are 45' from her.
The Witch is unaware of Kip, who is off to her left & partly hidden by the hut, but can see the other PCs, so Kip could potentially Sneak Attack her. DC for Kip to Hide & sneak up on her from the left along the hut wall is 12.

The Witch has the following defenses:

Old Witch
AC 10 Fort +0 Ref +0 Will +3 Hit Points 3/8

NB: If you defeat her, you get to describe the death/incapacitation blow

 

[Cor Azer]

"Damn crone!" growls Paaq as he bolts to his feet and draws his sword from its sheath. "We only wanted to talk!"

His feet pound the ground as he lunges forward with the tip of his blade...

And it catches between two of her outstreched gnarled fingers, and slices up her arm, nearly severing it at the elbow. the witch collapses back as the blood spills in a fearsome splat.

OOC: I see you note S'mon as I was editing my post with my rolls. Is there a way to roll before posting?

 

[S'mon]

"Damn crone!" growls Paaq as he bolts to his feet and draws his sword from its sheath. "We only wanted to talk!"

His feet pound the ground as he lunges forward with the tip of his blade...

GM: (Cross-posting). I explain how the PBP combat works here:

S'mon's Forest of Doom Game Blog: Combat

Paaq is 45' from the Witch, in his chain shirt he has Speed 30', so he can Charge her and attack this round (+2 to hit, -2 AC) giving him an Attack Bonus of +7.

I gave you her combat stats in my post, so you can see you hit, 11 over her AC 10, and that she had 3 hp left before you do 11 damage, putting her at -8 (dying). Please describe what happens accordingly.

Edit: Never mind, sorry about the cross-posting.

 

[S'mon]

"Damn crone!" growls Paaq as he bolts to his feet and draws his sword from its sheath. "We only wanted to talk!"

His feet pound the ground as he lunges forward with the tip of his blade...

And it catches between two of her outstreched gnarled fingers, and slices up her arm, nearly severing it at the elbow. the witch collapses back as the blood spills in a fearsome splat.

OOC: I see you note S'mon as I was editing my post with my rolls. Is there a way to roll before posting?

OOC: Sorry about the X-posting, you did well - I don't see a way to roll before posting unfortunately.

IC: Lirael gasps as she sees Paaq fell the evil Witch. The Witch lies dying on the ground, still glaring evilly up at Paaq.

 

[S'mon]

Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is Dead! You have defeated the Witch! CR 2 encounter, you get 600/6 = 100 XP each.

As the evil crone expires, Lirael helps shake Eric awake.

 

[Sekhmet]

Coming to, Eric takes a quick glance around to the faces of his allies. He'll check to see if any are wounded, and if he notices Lirael's, after lamenting the fact that he didn't pay very close attention during the first aid segments of his training.
"Lirael, are you okay? Do you need to rest?

If he does not, "I apologise, she must have cast some fell magic to incapacitate me. Is everyone alright? Kip, be careful when you're in that hut. "

 

[S'mon]

Coming to, Eric takes a quick glance around to the faces of his allies. He'll check to see if any are wounded, and if he notices Lirael's, after lamenting the fact that he didn't pay very close attention during the first aid segments of his training.
"Lirael, are you okay? Do you need to rest?

If he does not, "I apologise, she must have cast some fell magic to incapacitate me. Is everyone alright? Kip, be careful when you're in that hut. "

There's a dark bruise on Lirael's chest, above her impressive cleavage.

Lirael nods to Eric.

"She zapped me... But I'm okay. I can keep going."

She smiles slightly at the Paladin.

"Glad you're okay too!"

 

[Cor Azer]

Looking down on the witch's body, Paaq mutters under his breath. "Damn." He shakes his head. "Damn. I didn't mean to kill her." Absent-mindedly, he looks at his sword, and the slow drip of blood falling, pooling on the ground. "Damn."

He pulls a rag from his bag to wipe the blade clean before sheathing his sword, and then slings his shield over his back as well. He stares down at the dead body for a bit, willing his heartrate to slow down.

Well, that's it then. That's one. The old knight would be proud - I never flinched in my duty. Still, I didn't want to kill her. Just wanted to talk. "Damn"

--

Paaq isn't going to ransack the body or anything, but if there are any obvious charms, amulets, jewels, or other trinkets on the witch, he'll point them out to the group.

 

[S'mon]

Looking down on the witch's body, Paaq mutters under his breath. "Damn." He shakes his head. "Damn. I didn't mean to kill her." Absent-mindedly, he looks at his sword, and the slow drip of blood falling, pooling on the ground. "Damn."

He pulls a rag from his bag to wipe the blade clean before sheathing his sword, and then slings his shield over his back as well. He stares down at the dead body for a bit, willing his heartrate to slow down.

Well, that's it then. That's one. The old knight would be proud - I never flinched in my duty. Still, I didn't want to kill her. Just wanted to talk. "Damn"

--

Paaq isn't going to ransack the body or anything, but if there are any obvious charms, amulets, jewels, or other trinkets on the witch, he'll point them out to the group.

GM: There don't seem to be any obvious charms/amulets/trinkets on the witch. Do you want to eg search her hut, or continue on? If you continue on, do you want to backtrack south & then head west following the tracks, or continue north on your current trail?

 

[Sekhmet]

Eric double checked Lirael's wound before climging to his feet and trying to gain control fo the situation. "Let us search her hut for information, and keep an eye out for a piece of that hammer. Kip, Jonath, keep your eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary. We wouldn't want to be assailed by surprise."

If my Sense Motive check succeeds in discerning the nature of Paaq's distress: "My good baker, it is sometimes necessary in the course of duty to the Greater Good to dispatch those beings that would see you and your friends come to harm. Hags such as these are a blight, and it was not only your duty, but your privilege and to your honour that you triumphed in combat against her."

Whether it succeeds or fails, Eric will cautiously enter the home and attempt to locate the book the witch was reading. If it remains open, he'll take a glance to to determine it's contents and then search the room in earnest.

((I'll take a 20(+2) on my Search check if nothing rushes me during it))