(CSRHoD) Creamsteak's Red Hand of Doom II [IC]

[Creamsteak]

Initiatives
Tyrla 22
Avril 21
Siobhan 20
Warren 13
Larian 13
Pender 8

Tyrla delays to act after Siobhan.

Avril fires two bolts of flame at the dragon, but only one connects dealing 6 points of damage. Mandla full attacks the hobgoblin and thanks to haste manages to deal enough damage to kill the creature.

Siobhan casts defensively and spends her last saved healing spell on Tyrla, healing her for 33 points.

Tyrla then moves back, during her escape provoking an attack which she narrowly avoids. Once up in the air again, she blasts the dragon with a vengence scoring a critical hit for 46 points of damage.

Warren takes two more attacks against the hobgoblin, the second slaying it.

Larian throws his arcane strength behind yet another volley of arcane force and deals 10 points of damage, putting the final needle into the dragons hide that drops the creature to the ground, unconcious. It lets out one last hateful and menacing groan as it crashes into the ground between Avril and Siobhan.

With the last of the enemy defeated, it looks like everyone has survived... somehow. Mandla is fairly injured and Siobhan used her last 2nd-level or higher cure spell to heal Tyrla. That said, most of the group is at least somewhat recovered despite many having been nearly killed at one point or another.

Loots & Experience:
[sblock]Each character earns 1267 experience from that encounter.

Among the bodies the group finds the following items:

4 potions of invisibility
1 +1 falchion
1 gloves of dexterity +2
1 amulet of health +2
1 ring of protection +2
1 cloak of resistance +3
6 pearls (est. 100gp each)
100 platinum pieces
100 gold pieces
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[Arkhandus]

Warren turns away from the fallen hobgoblin and dashes over to check on Mandla, sees her foe down, and then looks back towards the dragon as it crashes to the ground. He rushes over and jumps onto the dragon's head, driving his short sword through its throat just in case. Then he tugs the sword out of the dragon's thick neck, and starts slitting the throats of each fallen enemy, making certain that none are just faking it or otherwise able to recover.

He says "Well that was unexpected. But at least none of us died. Ya think we should take a rest soon, or get moving again once we've caught our breaths?" as he finishes off any dying-but-not-dead-yet beasties or gobbos. Then he proceeds to loot them, dragging anything interesting or valuable out for the others to have a look at. They did slay a dragon, after all, without his help this time. Warren will have to earn the title Warren the Dragonslayer some other day.... But at least he can lie and exaggerate the story later to make it sound like he helped kill it.

As soon as the corpses are looted, he meditates for a few minutes, to refresh his mind while his body rests.

 

[pathfinderq1]

"That was FAR too close a thing," Tyrla said grimly. "But I think for the moment we can rest easily nearby. If they had anything else nearby, it would be here- even one or two more foes might have done for most of us."

As Warren went about his grim but necessary work, Tyrla rose into the air and kept watch over the scene. Her arcane energies continued to knit her wounds shut until she was quite nearly her old self. While it had been a close battle, it had gone in their favor- this time. Hopefully it was another heavy blow against the forces of the horde...

 

[Redclaw]

Larian's grim satisfaction at bringing down the mighty wyrm quickly fades to disgust at Warren's gruesome task. He turns aside and thanks Correlan for another victory, and the work it will allow him to continue. When enough time has passed for Warren to finish, Larian uses his magical skills to help the halfling locate valuables and identify them.

 

[renau1g]

After the halfling is done his deed, Pender will look at the others and say "Perhaps that farmhouse might provide a place to rest for now, at least keep us out of sight?"

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid - AC 21 - hp 55/55 - Spot +15 - Listen +15
Mandla - Riding Dog - AC 28 - hp 5/45 - Spot +5 - Listen +5

Avril rushed over to Mandla side the moment the last of the hobgoblins fell and the dragon crashed to the ground. She gave the weary dog a good look, noting all of its many bruises and wounds. "I'll get you fixed up, Mandla. Don't worry." She comforts the dog, and then calls for it to slowly follow her back to the others. Unlike Mandla, she was uninjured, having survived the worst of what the enemies could throw at them. Her allies seemed to have taken quite a beating as well.

"Phew!" she said as she approached, in a way approving of Warren's killing of the dead. The last thing they wanted is further enemies that would spring out at them. "I'm not sure about resting here. If this is some sort of outlying post, then there's every chance somebody or something may come to see how things here have panned out. I suggest we find a shelter somewhere else if we can, but otherwise if we do stay here, we should make sure we're all healed and prepared for the worst."

[SBLOCK=OOC]OOC: Doesn't Siobhan have a feat that can heal us all to half full hp? Can't remember if she can still use that on all of us or not. It'll save a lot of healing if we're at least all up to half hp.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Barkskin (Avril, Mandla, 160 minutes)
Resist Acid (Avril, Mandla)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Barkskin
Enrage Animal
Entangle
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Extend (1 Used)
Produce Flame
Cure Serious Wounds
Cure Moderate Wounds
Cure Light Wounds
Pearl of Power (1st)
Flame Strike

Level 0 (6): Cure Minor Wounds (3), Detect Magic (2), Guidance
Level 1 (5): Faerie Fire
Level 2 (4): Barkskin, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace
Level 3 (4): Call Lightning, Greater Magic Fang, Protection from Energy
Level 4 (3): Air Walk

Avril's Character Sheet [/SBLOCK]

 

[Creamsteak]

Siobhan doesn't have any remaining 2nd level or higher healing spells.

 

[pathfinderq1]

With no sign of further enemies, Tyrla descended until she was closer to her companions, hovering a foot or so off the ground. "As I said, I don't think this was chance. This was an ambush, a trap, and I think it was probably meant specifically for us. That 'victim', tied to the tree, whose plight drew us in- I think he was dead well before we arrived, and those barghests were waiting in the trees. It was only our strength, and a decent measure of luck, which allowed us our victory. I think we can rest here, at least for a little while- long enough to catch our breath and get some healing. I have a wand which can help, since most of our spells seem to have been used."

OOC: Tyrla is willing to put her CLW wand to use, for anyone who needs healing (including Mandia). Between that last cure spell and her Fast Healing, she ought to be all set.

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid - AC 21 - hp 55/55 - Spot +15 - Listen +15
Mandla - Riding Dog - AC 28 - hp 41/45 - Spot +5 - Listen +5

Avril frowns and pulls her little freckled face in concern. "I suppose," she answers. "We'd better be wary in case somebody or something comes to check how things fared. I'm concerned that the horde would be expecting some sort of feedback on the outcome of the ambush." She looks around. "Let's make camp here and rest. It should buy us some time at least." She bend down and takes a wand from her pack, before laying it to Mandla, each time waiting and inspecting the dog's wounds before using the wand again. "Good, Mandla," she whispered. This will make you strong again.

[SBLOCK=OOC]OOC: Avril will cast her 3 Cure Minor wounds spells on Mandla, and then use 3 charges of her wand of lesser vigor to heal Mandla a further 33 hp.

Creamsteak, what time of day is it? Also, Avril has a wand of lesser vigor which she can use to heal people with. I'll just need a hp total from everybody so that I can subtract the right amount of charges. Ecah charge heals 11 hp.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Barkskin (Avril, Mandla, 160 minutes)
Resist Acid (Avril, Mandla)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Barkskin
Enrage Animal
Entangle
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Extend (1 Used)
Produce Flame
Cure Serious Wounds
Cure Moderate Wounds
Cure Light Wounds
Pearl of Power (1st)
Flame Strike
Cure Minor Wounds (3)
Wand of Lesser Vigor (3 charges)

XP: 1267 (Hobgoblins, Barghests, Dragon)

Level 0 (6): Detect Magic (2), Guidance
Level 1 (5): Faerie Fire
Level 2 (4): Barkskin, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace
Level 3 (4): Call Lightning, Greater Magic Fang, Protection from Energy
Level 4 (3): Air Walk

Avril's Character Sheet [/SBLOCK]

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Siobhan leans heavily on her healing staff as she recovers from the vicious combat. She raises the staff high and pauses to give thanks to Kord for giving them a challenge and guiding them to glorious victory. "Ah re ah ree, Kord the Mighty..." Her chant is finished by a loud clap of her hands. Upon completing her rites she moves among the others, offering what healing she can give them, though her divine reserves were largely depleted in this battle. "We could withstand another onslaught here, but there is no sense in making it easy for them. Any shelter would be welcome. I wonder who their victims for the trap were." She moves over to examine the two bodies swinging from the tree and tries to determine who they were and how long they had been dead.

OOC
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Siobhan also has a Wand of Lesser Vigor listed in her possessions. I'll help Tyrla heal up the wounded with that. Not sure on the caster level for the duration, but it will give Fast Healing 1 for 10+X/rounds. After that I'll check out the bodies tied to the tree with a +13 for my heal check.
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