Q'Barra: Into the Emerald Forest

[Urko]

Dockside encounter, round 3 (Borden, ‘he has no name’)

‘he has no name’s’ vision clears. He can see the skinny kobold continuing to back away, making arcane gestures as it goes. Unfortunately, the warforged’s limbs will not respond to his will and he can’t summon the concentration necessary to focus his psychic abilities.*

Borden has more luck. Just as the kobold is raising its crossbow for another shot, a beam of divine brilliance bathes the reptilian in dim white light, freezing it in place. Sensing an advantage, Borden closes to melee range.

The spellcaster calls over it’s shoulder, ”Kek, I’m not fooling around. He’s shaking it off – come help me, quick!” It sends another pair of arcane bolts into the warforged. (7 HP damage again)

*(OOC: ‘he has no name’ was stunned by the kobold’s spell for two rounds and blinded for one. Stunned characters drop all held items, have -2 to AC and lose their DEX bonus to AC, and can take no actions of any sort. Remember that your dog can still act. ‘he has no name’ will be back to normal next round.)


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| | = 5 feet
t = tree
s = stream
b = bridge

D = Devian
H = He Has No Name
W = wardog
1 = Kobold 1 (spellcaster)
2 = Kobold 2 (crossbow)

 

[P0L]

Old Borden, human male CLR4

[sblock]
Devian Borden
Old Borden

Human male, Cleric 4 of the Sovereign Host
Alignment: Neutral Good
Age: 67

Str 6 (-2)
Dex 9 (-1)
Con 8 (-1)
Int 14 (+2)
Wis 19 (+4)
Cha 16 (+3)

Action Points: 7

HD 4d8-4 (hp 19) Current: 12

Initiative: -1
Speed: 30 .......... [base 30, light armor]

AC 15 ... [base 10, +5 armor, -1 dex, +1 deflection]
- Touch 10 ........ [base 10, -1 dex, +1 deflection]
- Flat Footed 15 .. [base 10, -1 dex, +1 deflection]

Saves: Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +8

BAB +3, Grapple +1

Attacks:
- Quarterstarff +2 melee (1d6-2, bludgeoning 20x2)
- Crossbow +3 ranged (1d8, piercing, 19-20x2, 20 ft.)

Skills:28

+6 Concentration ......[7 ranks, -1 con]
+10 Diplomacy ..........[7 ranks, +3 cha]
+9 Knowledge(religion).[7 ranks, +2 int]
+1 Knowledge(history)..[1 rank, +2 int]
+5 Heal................[1 rank, +4 wis]
+5 Craft (woodworking).[1 rank, +4 wis]
+6 Sense motive (cc)...[2 ranks, +4 wis]

Feats:
- Scribe scroll
- Sacred Boost
- Extra turning

Turn undead:
10/day, 60ft
check: 1d20+3
damage: 2d6+7

Domains:
-Sun (greater turning 1/day)
-Healing (+1 CL healing spells)

Spells:
5/4+1/3+1

Lv0 (DC 14) 5
Cure minor wounds, Guidance, Detect magic, Light x2

Lv1 (DC 15) 4+1
Bless, Cause fear, Sanctuary, Shield of faith + Endure elements

Lv2 (DC 16) 3+1
Bears endurance, Hold person, Zone of truth + Heat metal

Posessions:--------------------->5345gp

Chain Shirt +1...................1250gp
Mwk Quarterstaff / Holy symbol....300gp
Ring of protection +1 ...........2000gp
Mwk light crossbow................335gp
Bolts x30...........................3gp
Cloack of resistance +1 .........1000gp
Wand of cure light wounds x30 ....450gp
Pocket knife........................2gp
Backpack............................5gp
-Waterskin
-Bedroll
-Rations x2
-Flint/Steel
-candles
-writing tools and parchment

Treasure:
5gp

Background:
Devian is a neutral good cleric of the Sovereign host.
When he was younger he served in the war, fighting against the Karranthi
(that's why he hates undead) but he was always in support,
healing the wounded -a thing he's always had a knack for.

For 30 years he's been content with being a small town cleric,
helping refugees and people fleeing from the fronts.
He never wanted profit and will heal anyone who needs it.

Now that the war is finally over, he intends to fullfill a
promise made to a halfling friend who died in his care, to
find out what happened to his family, a young dragonmarked
halfling of house Jorasco with a wife and infant son who
dissapeared in one of their travels 20 years ago.

For the last two years Devian has been joining bands of adventurers
and honing up his skills, he discovered that he enjoys life on the
road and adventure makes him feel younger.

Appearance:
Tall and thin, Old borden has weathered olive skin. He is completely bald, but keeps a short and thick white beard he usually strokes while thinking.
His green eyes look intelligent and happy.

He wears loose priest robes, tied by a sash on the waist from which the silver holy symbol of the Sovereign host hangs. Underneath the robes a fine chain shirt can be seen.
Borden uses a quarterstaff bound with mithril and with an embedded holy symbol as a focus for his power, walking aid and ocassional weapon. When he travels he hangs his crossbow and a small backpack on his back.

Personality:
Old borden is wise and kind. He has seen a lot of good and bad in the world, and since the days of the war he dedicated himself to selflessly help those in need. He is a positive fellow, always in a good mood. He preaches the Host's teachings but is no fanatic, he accepts that many are faithless or neglect their worship, Borden hopes that by his acts of good he will set an example and win them over.

He doesnt tolerate liers and is a very good judge of character.

You can always find with him a small pocket knife that he uses to carve wood when he has time, and candles for a nightly prayer.

He prays for spells and guidance at night before sleeping or first thing in the morning. He prefers praying at night for spells of a more agressive nature.
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Borden calls cheerfully to the spellcaster kobold: Kek can't answer you, my young assailant, he is too busy holding palaver with the OLD MAN! while taking aim with both hands on his mithril-laced qarterstaff. Borden thinks This reminds me of the krikkit matches at the temple, almost 40 years ago.. and he is almost chuckling as he swings a powerful blow against the kobolds head.

ooc: Borden takes the full round to aim a coup de grace on the kobold. He does his best to do SUBDUAL damage (if you allow to convert the damage to subdual and the save against unconsiousness, if not, let the pesky beast die)

 

[doghead]

'he has no name', warforged warrior

ooc: Don't play spellcasters much, so I didn't really know what had happened to hhnn exactly. Just guessed. Will edit the previous post.

"Ah. Kek. And. Friend. You. Are. Still. Here. Good."

Meanwhile the hound barks. Its not really helping. But when you have a dogs brain, these things are not so obvious.

ooc: Next round. Pick up spear and hurl it at K1.

 

[Harvey]

Erin

Erin takes the pink and gold crystal from Aldinis, and examines it as well. She takes a look at Aldinis as she goes to leave, anxious to discuss this new development with the rest of the group outside of the ears of the intruder. She double-checks to make sure one of them has the prophecy as well... she has a feeling it might be useful sometime soon.

 

[Pebele]

When Aldinis moved back out the window, Sanae found herself still holding the page with the prophecy written on it. She read the lines over again before looking back and forth between Xavier and Erin, eager to discuss things with them.

"I, for one, do not feel I will be getting any more sleep tonight. We should close and lock all our windows and doors before speaking freely."

She looked at the two objects Erin held in her hands with a strange expression on her face. "I do not wish to be in possession of either of those objects. Erin, it makes the most sense for you to hold them."

And then she moved away, checking each and every window and door she could find, her sword ever at her side.

 

[Yeoman]

After watching Sanae close the windows, Xavier turned to address Erin and Sanae.
"Is there anything you can tell us about those objects Erin? I know you're good with that kind of thing. Also, do either know much about this prophecy that she was going on about? I always thought it was some silly superstition, but the list of the people is kind of...uncanny. Not that I would have admitted that in front of Aldinis. She made me a bit...ah..uncomfortable."
Setting his sword down on a table next to him, he waited for their responses.

 

[Pebele]

Sanae returned from closing the windows and remained standing near Xavier. She listened to what he had to say before adding her own thoughts.

"I do not know much of the prophecy. I am aware of dragonmarks and dargonmarked houses, of course, but other than that I have no interest in it. However, all are entitled to their... beliefs, assuming that their beliefs do not infringe upon the rights of others. I agree that this part of the prophecy is quite uncanny, I certainly can see why one might thinks it pertains to us." She took a deep breath before continuing, "There is something else... I do not trust that woman entirely. I feel that she may be hiding somehting from us, but I do not know what it is. I did not feel a sense of malice form her, but I didn't feel much of anything, really. I think we should be very careful in planning out our next moves."

With that she set her sword aside and took a seat, waiting to hear Erin's thoughts.

 

[Harvey]

Erin

Erin studies the two pieces in her hands as Xavier and Sanae express their concerns. "I echo both of your... uneasiness about her. She was definitely hiding something from us. What that was, I do not know. But I am inclined to take certain things at face value. For instance, why would some stranger create a false prophecy and an elaborate ruse for the five of us. What have we to offer? We have no coin to our name, and no value to the political arena of Newthrone, or all of Q'Barra for that matter. So, simple schemes like a set-up for robbery and the such I would rule out."

"If this prophecy is authentic, then this raises some questions. It is a shame we do not have access to the Library of Korranberg or Morgrave University... we might be able to verify the prophecy if that were the case. In any regards, the dragons take the prophecy very seriously, and whatever garners the attention of the dragonkin, I do not think we should dismiss it lightly."

"So, we have this prophecy, given to us by a woman none of us trusts. What do we do? Well, I do not believe there is much we can do, beyond continue with our current job. We were not set with a specific task, and even if we were, as much as I'd like to play out some dream adventure involving propecies and palaces of ice, there are real world concerns that we need to attend to, like a paying job."

"As for the devices, I am scared to say that I do not know what they do. I have not seen anything like either of these in my studies, which lends me to believe that they are psionic in nature. I have not studied much about psionics, and I have not had the opportunity to meet any kalashtar or study their equipment. Maybe our unnamed 'forged friend can shed some light on them."

"In the meantime, we have this crystal rod, we have her crystalline warning alarm, for lack of a better term, we have the translation of the Codex Alaraxus, and we have the rubbing of the Vermithrax Tablet. In our free time, I can do some research on these items, and see if I can find out more... whether they support her wild claims or not."

"But, for the night, I agree with Sanae that I doubt I will be getting any sleep tonight. With one intruder and with our unnamed warforged wandering about who-knows-where, I think it best that we post guards and keep our eyes open. Luckily..." Erin turns to Eff Flat "we have someone who does not need to sleep to watch our baks tonight."

 

[Urko]

Dockside encounter, round 4 (Borden, ‘he has no name’)

‘He has no name’ picks up and hurls his spear at the kobold spellcaster. The kobold’s shriek of terror when it sees the warforged attacking is nothing compared to its scream of pain when the spear hits and bites deeply into its side. ”Kek, help me!” he squeals as he scurries for cover. ‘he has no name’ can no longer see the kobold, but he can hear a loud snap from behind the tree it retreated to.

Kek is in no position to help anyone. Held in place by the power of the Sovereigns, it is an easy target for Borden’s quarterstaff. A quick blow to the head sends the little reptile into unconsciousness.

OOC Stuff
A note about attack (and other rolls):
In general, unless there are special circumstances, go ahead and roll your own attacks and damage at the same time; just include a link to whatever online diceroller you use. There’s a good one at http://invisiblecastle.com/rolldice.py, for anyone who isn’t already aware of it. See below for my preferred method of posting roll results. If I roll for you I will usually let you know the roll unless story reasons dictate otherwise. If anyone has questions about how all this works, please let me know.

Since I think there was some confusion about which round ‘he has no name’ was able to act again. This is the round he recovers from being stunned, so to save time I went ahead and rolled the attack.

‘he has no name’
Ranged Attack = 23
Damage = 7

Borden
Melee Attack = automatic hit (coup de grace)
Damage = 8 (non-lethal)
Kobold fails its Fortitude safe and is knocked unconscious.


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t = tree
s = stream
b = bridge

D = Devian
H = He Has No Name
W = wardog
1 = Kobold 1 (spellcaster)
2 = Kobold 2 (crossbow)

 

[Urko]

Aldinis departs (Eff Flat, Erin, Sanae, Xavier)

Aldinis pauses at the window, a look of surprise on her face. ”It just occurred to me that the Prophecy descriptions of each of you were very...personal, weren’t they?” She considers the matter. ”I suppose your embarrassment would explain your hostility. One forgets these things in time. Farewell” Still mulling it over, she steps into the darkness and floats out of sight, leaving you to talk things over.

OOC: Is there anything else you would like to do tonight? Any more supplies to purchase in the morning? Remember, you still have 50 dragons (500 gp) that you can spend if you wish.