Rhun's Greyhawk ALPHA Campaign (ToEE) - Part II - CLOSED!

[Rhun]

Dara is correct; the small chamber is much cleaner than the bugbear's area. As she swings open the door into the next room, your company is met face to face with yet more of the area's residents. Residents that apparently heard your battle, and are arrayed in front of you, ready for battle.

Two bugbears in scale armor with shields and broadswirds stand immediately in front of you, blocking egress into the room. Flanking them are a muscular human warrior in plate armor with crimson surcoat, heavy shield, and spinning a flaming sword in his hand (A), and a tall, fat half-orc in crimson robes bearing a golden skull embroidered upon them (B). The half-orc's plate armor is clearly visible beneath his fine robes, and he too carries a shield, though the bastard sword he bears is still slung across his back.

Behind them, standing in front of a pair of open doors that lead back south are yet another two human men. They both wear the same fiery-red robes embroidered with gold skulls as the half-orc, but one is short and wirey, and outfitted in chainmail with shield and mace (C), while the other is a handsome, bearded man in plate armor, with shield and warhammer (D).

It is clear that you have stumbled upon the leadership of the Cult of Fire.


OOC to Boddynock - Since S@squ@tch seems to have disappeared, and Coraine was originally your PC, do you want to take back control of him? Or would you prefer to continue playing Ragnok?

 

[Rhun]

Combat, Round 1

Trevor dallies by the door as he notes the scene beyond, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Dara quickly evaluates her options. The flaming sword means that her Web won't hold for long, so she just slams her falchion into the bugbear in front of her. She catches her foe offguard with the swiftness of her strike, slashing its throat, and sending to the the plushly carpeted floor in a spray of blood.

Seeing the bugbear fall, the half-orc draws his blade and rushes forward to take his place, slashing at the barbarian woman. His sword strikes true, cutting a line of crimson across one of Dara's thighs.

The short, wiry cleric calls out the words of a spell, and Coraine momentarily finds his limbs tingling and growing paralyzed. He fights off the spell through sheer force of will, and then he steps forward and leans into a slashing blow against the bugbear in front of him. Recognizing that he needs to cut through to the spellcasters beyond as soon as possible, he cries out, "The might of the Invincible One!", calling on the god's power to strike down his foe. Hieroneous is with his servant, and Coraine chops the goblinoid down in a single blow.

"Hold them," says the bearded, charismatic preist to the wiry one, and then he turns and disappears from view into the room beyond.

Seeing his chance, Trevor rushes past Coraine and the half-orc ahead, avoiding the man's sword as he moves past. Trevor takes advantage of his new positioning, and drives his sword into the back of the half-orc's knee. The armor takes some of the blow, but the soldier is rewarded with the sight of blood spilling down his foe's leg.

Trevor's maneuver earns him the ire of the armored warrior with the flaming sword, who steps forward and swings his blade swiftly. The blade cuts into Trevor's chest, and the flames burn and sear his flesh.

Seeing that the presence is no longer a secret, Kurt summons the power of Hieroneous to shock their enemies. A blade of force appears near the enemy cleric, and slashes him across the arm.

"Bloody great indeed!" Verdis shouts with evident sarcasm. Abandoning his crossbow, the Warlock extends a hand behind his head and summons arcane power. Watching the enemy carefully he selects one who seems to be the most potent spellcaster and hurls the blast to strike true.

Meanwhile, Ragnok chafes at his position - "Blast! Second rank again. Move out of the way there!" - in the process missing a number of opportunities to act. When he sees Trevor make his way into the room, the dwarf follows, slashing Norryjar at the man with the flaming sword. The swirl of the melee throws off his aim, though, and the axe deflects off the man's shield.






Initiative Count
27 Trevor - [DELAY]
20 Dara - falchion [PA3] vrs BB1 "20" (threat), confirm 13 (failure), damage 18
20 "B" - move, bastard sword vrs Dara "19" (threat), confirm 13 (failure), damage 7; AoO vrs Trevor 16
17 "C" - cast hold person vrs Coraine
16 Coraine - Will Save vrs hold person 22 (success), smite evil vrs BB2 "20" (threat), confirm 28 (critical), damage 24
15 BB1 -
14 "D" - move
13 BB2 -
12 Trevor - move, longsword vrs "B" 24 (success), damage 10
11 "A" - 5' step, longsword vrs Trevor 25 (success), damage 18 (13 + 5 fire)
11 Kurt - cast Spiritual Weapon 23 (success), damage 5
11 Spiritual Weapon - attack vrs "C"
10 Verdis - eldritch blast [ranged touch] vrs "C" 27 (success), damage 14
09 Ragnok - move, waraxe vrs "A" 19 (failure)


Current PC Status
Coraine 38/44
Kurt 38/38
Dara 27/34, shield r7/30, fist of stone r6/10
Ragnok 49/49
Trevor 15/36



[sblock=Opponent Status - For DM Only]
BB1
BB2
A
B
C -19
D
[/sblock]


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[Leif]

Trevor Champlaign, Human Rog2Ftr2,AC20/16/14,HP29/36,Lngswd+8,1-8+3, F+8,R+8,W+3

Trevor mutters to Dara as they survey the scene before them, "Great bloody idea, Dara; you just had to open the next door, eh?" Then, doing a quick head count and seeing that the numbers are pretty much equal, Trevor will dally near the door and hope that all the opponents are quickly all engaged by his companions, at which point he will look for a sneak attack opportunity. [Action: Delay to Init. count 12]

 

[Scotley]

Verdis

"Bloody great indeed!" Verdis shouts with evident sarcasm. Abandoning his crossbow, the Warlock extends a hand behind his head and summons arcane power. Watching the enemy carefully he selects one who seems to be the most potent spellcaster and hurls the blast (1d20+9=27) to strike true.

OOC: [sblock=DM]From his vantage point way down in the initiative, Verdis has the luxury of seeing what his foes do. He'll either target what appears to be the most powerful spellcaster or if that doesn't happen he'll go for the most heavily armored figuring they have the worst touch AC. damage (3d6+1=14)[/sblock]

 

[Legildur]

Seeing that the presence is no longer a secret, Kurt summons the power of Hieroneous to shock their enemies.
ooc: Casts Sound Burst (1d8 damage 10ft radius spread, Fort DC 15 or stunned for 1 round) targetting centre of room. If any of the party have moved into the room, then Kurt will change target location to avoid them and maximise his targets.
ooc2: if Sound Burst impractical, then will cast Spiritual Weapon and target same spell caster as Verdis.

 

[Thanee]

Dara

“Would you prefer them to get even more of their minions together and then jump on us instead?” Dara says, and evaluates her options. The flaming sword means, that her Web won't hold for long, so she just slams her falchion into the bugbear in front of her.


OOC: PA3; Natural 20! but only AC 13 to confirm => Damage 18.

 

[Boddynock]

OOC: I'm quite fond of Ragnok now, actually - but in case you'd like me to run with both of them ...

After sizing up the situation, Coraine steps forward and leans into a slashing blow against the bugbear in front of him. Recognizing that he needs to cut through to the spellcasters beyond as soon as possible, he cries out, "The might of the Invincible One!", calling on the god's power to strike down his foe.

OOC: Smite Evil

Meanwhile, Ragnok chafes at his position - "Blast! Second rank again. Move out of the way there!" - in the process missing a number of opportunities to act. Finally he draws a hammer and makes a cast at the fellow in chain mail (C).

 

[Leif]

Trevor Champlaign, Human Rog2Ftr2,AC20/16/14,HP29/36,Lngswd+8,1-8+3, F+8,R+8,W+3

Trevor is effectively bottled up in his present position. Oh, I suppose that his friends would let him pass if he decided to flee the scene. But they would never let him live it down later, so as much as he hates it, he will remain here, draw his sword, and look for any openings to move forward where he can do some good and gain some mobility.

 

[Rhun]

COMBAT - Round 2

Dara turns her attention to the new foe in front of her and attacks him, but her wild swing is off-balance and fails to hit the cultist.

The burly half-orc growls at Dara, and slashes at her with his blade. She easily avoids the strike, causing the enemy to growl again, this time in frusteration.

The wiry cleric, having taken hits from Verdis and Kurt's divinely summoned weapon, steps backward through the doorway, and slams it closed.

Coraine shouts to his colleagues, "Don't let the cleric summon an elemental!", before slipping past Ragnok and rushing to attack the priest. The door closes a moment before he gets there, though, and the paladin smashes into it...but the heavy wooden door is in good repair, and doesn't budge.

Trevor trembles from the sudden chill of his rapid blood loss. He thinks, Gosh, I hope he didn't cut off anything that I can't live without!

"As you wish, Ragnok! Have at him!" Trevor takes a five-foot step to the east, away from the villain who just almost ripped his guts out, allowing Ragnok room to engage said foe. Then he makes a feint toward the monster, but the ruse does no good.

The armored warrior with the flaming sword laughs as Trevor withdraws. "That's right, weakling. Flee the power of Elemental Fire!" With that, he turns his attention to Ragnok, striking the dwarf solidly, leaving him bloodied and burned.

Seeing the other enemy cleric flee, Kurt steps forward and places a healing touch upon Ragnok's shoulder. Meanwhile, his summoned blade strikes at the human foe, but misses badly as the man sidesteps it.

Verdis sighs as the cleric slams the door, and fires off a bolt of eldritch energy at the half-orc. Unfortunately, the blast is deflected at the last moment by some invisible force. "Press the attack, we don't want that priest to get away."

Ragnok grunts at Trevor, "Step back, lad!", and aims another ferocious attack at the flame-wielding warrior.[/QUOTE] Norryjar strikes true, opening a thin line of blood across the man's armored stomach.



Round 1 updated above.

Initiative Count
20 Dara - falchion vrs [PA3] 11 (failure)
20 "B" - bastard sword vrs Dara 16 (failure), AoO vrs Coraine 12 (failure)
17 "C" - 5' step, closes door
16 Coraine - move (provokes AoO from "B"), STR check 7 (failure) - door holds (no smite evil used, at least )
12 Trevor - 5' step
11 "A" - longsword vrs Ragnok 23 (success), damage 15
11 Kurt - move, cure light wounds on Ragnok (healing 9 points)
11 Spiritual Weapon - attack vrs "A" 9 (failure)
10 Verdis - eldritch blast [ranged touch] vrs "B" 12 (failure)
09 Ragnok - Norryjar vrs "A" 24 (success), damage 14


Current PC Status
Coraine 38/44
Kurt 38/38
Dara 27/34, shield r8/30, fist of stone r7/10
Ragnok 43/49
Trevor 15/36



[sblock=Opponent Status - For DM Only]
BB1
BB2
A -14
B
C -19
D
[/sblock]


-MAP-

 

[Boddynock]

Coraine shouts to his colleagues, "Don't let the cleric summon an elemental!", before slipping past Ragnok and rushing to attack the priest. Calling on the power of Heironeus again, he raises high his blade and rains down death.

Ragnok grunts at Trevor, "Step back, lad!", and aims another ferocious attack at the flame-wielding warrior.