D&D 5E [IC] Adventures in Middle-Earth – ‘Where Rivers Run With Gold’

[GreenKarl]

The elf deftly sets himself free, but when he tries to climb again he is even less successful then before.

OOC: Slieght of Hand check: 1D20+5 = [17]+5 = 22 Athletics check: 1D20 = [5] = 5

GM: With your great sleight of hands I am going to give it too you...somewhat

Caranthir slipped the webs and glanced silently down at the others before making his way to the top of the -- only to be trapped again! Luckily for the elf he could see over the wall and into the courtyard that was covered in webs.

There is a second tower that appeared to be more intact then the one on the heroes side of the ruined keep. Hanging from the very top of this tower was a wriggling bundle of webbing. It must be Beldor!

There was no sign of any spiders at first glance, but there were any number of places where they could be hiding. The only sound was the occasional thump as Beldor wrestles and struggled against his bonds.

The elf also noticed that the stairwell within the partially collapsed toward lead to a wall that lead to where Beldar was struggling. On the other side of the wall he was peering over the elf noticed that there was a tight path though the courtyard that lead to the tower but someone would also have to climb up to get too him...

GM: Caranthir can make a Wisdom (Perception) check. Everyone else can decide what they want to do. IF you move at 1/4 Speed (half speed that you would normally move with stealth) I will give you Advantage on your Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

 

[eayres33]

Ulfred smiled tensely, “I am Ulfred of Dale, I’m not much for climbing so I don’t like my chances going over the wall. My best bet is up the stairs.”

Ulfred’s smile brightened when he saw that Caranthir had freed himself and made it to the top of the wall. “I’m going to head slowly towards the stairs if I get a clear view I’ll fire off a shot try to draw them this way. You still game to be bait Ursa?”

OOC: Ulfred will move to the stairs at ¼ speed AC 14 with bow drawn Perception roll included if needed Stealth Check 1: 1D20+2 = [15]+2 = 17 Survial Check 2 adv: 1D20+2 = [2]+2 = 4 Perception if applicable: 1D20+4 = [16]+4 = 20 [sblock=Combat] Initiative: 2 AC 16/18 (leather corset and shield, when fighting with broadsword increases to 18) HP: 20 Speed: 30 Broadsword +5 to hit 5ft 1d8+2 slashing Greatbow +5 to hit 150/600ft 1d8+2 piercing[/sblock]

 

[Tesseract]

Caranthir

OOC: Perception check: 1D20+4 = [17]+4 = 21

 

[GreenKarl]

Peering over the wall Caranthir can make out what appears to be five dark tunnels within the webbing of the courtyard and five large dark shapes that occasionally seem to move a little.

Ulfred headed for the tower and make his way quickly up the stairs that he found within. The stairs were covered in rumble but taking his time he found he was quiet enough to not disturb anything or anyone. The stairwell opened onto the courtyard that the elf had been viewing and the Daleman could see that on the other side of the web covered yard a struggling man-sized web. He also noticed various "tunnels" within the webbing and dark shapes could be made out within them!

GM: Caranthir is trapped by webbing so he needs a Dexterity (Sleight of Hands) and a Dexterity (Stealth) check to escape the webs without alerting the spiders. Once free he or Ulfred (or anyone else who tries to climb the wall or stealth up the stairs in the tower) could make their way along the walls towards where the struggling webbing is. This requires a DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check but again if you move at 1/2 or 1/2 speed or 1/4 speed I will give you advantage but then you also are going to need to make a DC 14 Dexterity (Stealth) check with advantage to not alert the spiders. If you get there you need to decide how you wish to 'cut him down' The picture does not do a good job as the shape is dangling 20 some feet off the ground right now. I will let you decide what skill you are going to use

 

[Fradak]

[IC] Adventures in Middle-Earth – ‘Where Rivers Run With Gold’

OOC: Athletics:13 Sleight of hand:17 Stealth:23 Athletics:8 Sleight of hands:6 Stealth:16 http://www.coyotecode.net/roll/lookup.php?rollname=Heimdar Heimdar is still struggling with the webs, but in silence. What now? He keeps going with Sleight of hands and stealth until free then Athletics?

 

[GreenKarl]

OOC: Heimdar is still struggling with the webs. What now? He keeps going with Sleight of hands and stealth until free then Athletics?

GM: You can climb down without making a roll, but yes every time you fail the Athletics check to climb, you need a Sleight of Hand check to escape and a Stealth check to not alert the spiders of your presence

 

[Fradak]

[IC] Adventures in Middle-Earth – ‘Where Rivers Run With Gold’

OOC: SoH:12 Stealth:13 Athletics:4 SoH:21 Stealth:25 Athletics:9 SoH:18 Stealth:17 Athletics:18 http://www.coyotecode.net/roll/lookup.php?rollname=Heimdar

Heimdar ended on the wall, his bow at the ready.
"We should have followed my plan... Need some help Caranthir?" he whispered.

 

[GreenKarl]

GM: I forgot to add that I was granting a +1 cumulative bonus to your Athletic check for each failure (so in your case 3) to your next Athletics check as you figure out where the webs are and how to avoid them

 

[JustinCase]

Ursa nods, tensely. "Alright, I will circle around, then start making some noise to attract the spiders. Wait for it before you rush in."

With that, the warrior woman stalks off, trying to get around the ruins or, if that seems impossible, at least a decent distance from the others. If at all possible she tries to avoid climbing any walls to avoid having to cross them again on her way back. Finally finding a place that seems right, she stops and crouches out of sight of any spiders.

She steadies her breath for a few moments, trying to keep second thoughts out of her mind, then grits her teeth and grips her axe in one hand and readies a handaxe.

With a great yell, Ursa storms towards the ruins and throws the handaxe at the first spidershaped form she sees.

OOC: Okay, Ursa rushes into the ruins, possibly slashing a spider or two with her greataxe before she flees, trying to flush out as many spiders as possible. Would you like me to roll initiative and/or attack rolls?

 

[GreenKarl]

With a great shout Ursa raced up the stairs and into the courtyard proper! A spider the size of a small pony bursts from nearby hole in the webbing, its fangs dripping with some foul toxicant like substance dripping from its fangs!

GM: Initiative. Only one spider is present in the 1st round, no one is surprised. There are four other hidden spider spread throughout the courtyard. Attercop Initiative: 1D20+3 = [13]+3 = 16. I like group Initiatives for PBP so which ever side wins initiative, the whole group goes first. At the present time, Ursa is in the courtyard. The giant spider is 20ft away from here. There are four other dark tunnels that Caranthir and Ulfred saw, between 20 and 40ft from her. Beldor is 60 feet away from her. Caranthir is at the top of the wall and 40 feet from Beldor. All the spiders (when the appear next round) will be within 40ft or less of him, and Heimdar is right next to him. Ulfred is 10ft from where Ursa is and the spiders and Belder are all an extra 10ft past Ursa.[sblock=Attercop]Medium monstrosity STR 12 (+1), DEX 17 (+3), CON 12 (+1), INT 12 (+1), WIS 11 (+0), CHA 8 (-1) Armour Class 14 (natural armour) Hit Points 22 (4d8+4) Speed 30 ft, climb 30 ft Skills Intimidation +1, Perception +4, Stealth +5 Senses darkvision 60 ft, passive Perception 14 Languages Westron, Orkish Perceptive: Attercop have expertise with their Wisdom (Perception) checks. Spider Climb. The Attercop can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While the Attercop is in contact with a web, it knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. An Attercop ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing. ACTIONS Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit: 1d6+3 piercing damage. Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit: 1d4+1 poison damage. The victim must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be Stunned until the end of the Attercop’s next turn. If this damage reduces the hero to 0 hit points, they become Poisoned until they take a short rest. Web (Recharge 5-6). Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft, one Large or smaller creature. Hit: The creature is Restrained by webbing. As an action, the Restrained creature can make a DC 13 Strength check, escaping from the webbing on a success. The effect also ends if the webbing is destroyed. The webbing has AC 10, 5 hit points, vulnerability to fire damage and immunity to bludgeoning, poison and psychic damage.[/sblock]Hero's Actions and Rolls?

 

[Fradak]

[IC] Adventures in Middle-Earth – ‘Where Rivers Run With Gold’

OOC: Is it ok if the kid and Yygmir are not near the fight? As the plan is to make a diversion, they should not be near Ursa at anytime. Initiative : 1D20+3 = [14]+3 = 17

Heimdar prepares his hand-axes to cut Beldor free and waits for Ursa signal.
Then he will try to reach Beldor.

 

[GreenKarl]

GM: Yes I thought you had mentioned he was protecting the boy, so he is on the other side of the wall from where the spiders are. Now they can climb it no problem but the heroes are a bit of a distraction for them

 

[eayres33]

Ulfred watched as Ursa rushed past him and a giant spider burst from the webs. “Well that’s a beast.” Ulfred said as he readied his bow to take a shot at the monstrosity.

OOC: AC currently 14 with bow Initiative: 1D20+2 = [20]+2 = 22 This isn’t a good start. Wasted the twenty on initiative. Great Bow attack: 1D20+5 = [1]+5 = 6 [sblock=Combat] Initiative: 2 AC 16/18 (leather corset and shield, when fighting with broadsword increases to 18) HP: 20 Speed: 30 Broadsword +5 to hit 5ft 1d8+2 slashing Greatbow +5 to hit 150/600ft 1d8+2 piercing[/sblock]

 

[JustinCase]

Ursa is startled for only half a second as the size of the spider becomes clear.

”Big one,” she mutters while throwing the handaxe at the sixlegged creature and then grabbing her greataxe in both hands.

OOC: Initiative: [roll0] I’ll roll for the handaxe ranged attack too: [roll1] for [roll2] damage Not raging yet this round. Next round I’ll attack then flee unless the other spiders start ganging up on me.

 

[Tesseract]

Caranthir

The elf attempts to free himself, finishing climbing and then move slowly along the wall.

OOC: Sleight-of-Hands check: 1D20+5 = [5]+5 = 10 Stealth check: 1D20+7 = [19]+7 = 26 Athletics checks: 1D20 = [2] = 2 Acrobatics check with advantage: 2D20.HIGH(1)+5 = [1, 17]+5 = 22 Stealth check with advantage: 2D20.HIGH(1)+7 = [14, 19]+7 = 26

 

[GreenKarl]

The elf attempts to free himself, finishing climbing and then move slowly along the wall.

GM: For Caranthir and Heimdar they do not need to make any additional Athletic checks as they has made it too the top of the wall. Heimdar still has an action AS his initiative is before the Spiders

 

[Fradak]

Heimdar goes to the cocoon and cut the web to free Beldor.

OOC: Acrobatics, Stealth: 2D20.HIGH(1)+3 = [12, 7]+3 = 15 2D20.HIGH(1)+5 = [5, 8]+5 = 13

 

[GreenKarl]

Ulfred drew an arrow to bow and released almost before anyone else had blinked but in his haste his aim suffered and the arrow sank into the webbing over the huge spider. Ursa drew an axe from her belt and threw into the body of the spider-thing causing it to hiss in pain as it reared back on its hing legs. Both Heimdar and Caranthir raced quietly along the walls of the keep and the woodsman struck out at the webbing. As fate would have it something noticed as the webbing was cut and poor Beldar's cocooned body fell to the ground (and a muffled "uff" sound from within when he hit the ground)... two huge spiders emerged from nearby webs and turned up to look onto the wander with multiple baleful eyes! Another two emerged closer to Ursa and Ulfred!

The wounded spider continued to rear up before Ursa and then, from its nether region, thick webbing shot out and encased her tightly!!! To her horror the Beorning found that she could not move! Two other giant spiders emerged from their holes and raced towards her and Ulfred. The first racing up to the Barding and tried to bite him but it missed. The second moved in on Ursa and attempted to hit her with its sting but somehow the young slayer avoided the toxic venom of the sharp... end. The last pair of the monsters raced up the webbing and wall to bite at Heimdar, one piecing his armour on his thigh to inflict a slight wound and the other the woodsman was able to hold off with his axe!

GM: Initiative 22 - Ulfred 18 - Ursa 17 - Heimdar and Caranthir 16 - Attercop spider[sblock=Rolls & Results]Ulfred missed with a natural 1 Usra hit attercop #1 for 4 points of damage bring it down to 18 HP Caranthir still has his action from last round but moved to where Beldor was Heimdar cut the webbing holding Beldor causing it to fall to the ground where he landed with a hard thud. His stealth check was not good enough and two spiders sensed him. The wounded attercop tries to use its Web vs. Ursa web ranged attack: 1D20+5 = [12]+5 = 17, hit! This causes Ursa to be Restrained. To escape requires a DC 13 Strength saving throw as an Action. The webbing can also be attacked; AC 10, hp 5 and vulnerable to fire damage, immunity to bludgeoning, poison and psychic damage. The other two come out and one attacks Ursa Sting attack (advantage because restrained) and damage if it hits: 2D20.HIGH(1)+3 = [11, 7]+3 = 14; 1D4+1 = [3]+1 = 4, missed!!! The other moves past her to attack Ulfred Bite attack, damage if it hits: 1D20+5 = [2]+5 = 7; 1D6+3 = [2]+3 = 5, miss! The last two move to attack Heimdar (as they notice the elf only after they make it to the top of the wall and were heading right for the woodsman); Bite attack, damage if it hits: 1D20+5 = [16]+5 = 21; 1D6+3 = [1]+3 = 4 1D20+5 = [5]+5 = 10; 1D6+3 = [4]+3 = 7, one hit for 4 damage and one missed. Heimdar is down to 20HP[/sblock][sblock=Conditions]Ulfred HP 20/20 Ursa HP 28/28 (Restrained) Heimdar HP 20/24 Caranthir HP 16/16 Attercop #1 HP 18/22 Attercop #2 HP 22/22 Attercop #3 HP 22/22 Attercop #4 HP 22/22 Attercop #5 HP 22/22[/sblock]Heroes Actions and Rolls for Round 2?

 

[JustinCase]

Ursa barely has time to shout in alarm as the spiderweb encases her. She squirms, trying to free herself, not noticing her twitching motions prevent another spider from hitting her.

Panic starts taking over as Ursa keeps moving, trying to get rid of the sticky, filthy web stuff. With a guttural roar, she snaps and instead of worming her way out, the warrior uses brute strength. The strands break as Ursa, wild-eyed and filled with rage, tears her way through and fixes her glare to the offending arachnid, great axe at the ready!

OOC: Bonus action: Battle-fury (grants advantage to Strength saves) Action: Attempt to escape the webs for DC 13 Strength saving throw (with advantage): [roll0] [roll1] (success!)

 

[eayres33]

Ulfred sneers as the spider misses and he switches to his broadsword and strikes out at the spider closest to him feeling slightly more confident when his strike found a home.

OOC: Broadsword Attack: 1D20+2 = [19]+2 = 21 Broadsword Damage: 1D8+2 = [5]+2 = 7 AC with broadsword and no shield 16 [sblock=Combat] nitiative: 2 AC 16/18 (leather corset and shield, when fighting with broadsword increases to 18) HP: 20 Speed: 30 Broadsword +5 to hit 5ft 1d8+2 slashing Greatbow +5 to hit 150/600ft 1d8+2 piercing[/sblock]