Everything looks good to me. I'm glad Freggo's plan didn't work, he was planning on blowing the thing up with a melee attack.
Scales of War #1 Rescue at Rivenroar (Full)
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Everything looks good to me. I'm glad Freggo's plan didn't work, he was planning on blowing the thing up with a melee attack.
2nd part of encounter 2- I appreciate this is relentless but there's many of you etc. I just want to plow on, one a day- and get caught up.
Encounter 2-2
Round #2
“A little help here?” Kali growls out and looks behind him, the champion Goblin Grunt still holds the Shifter and the Dwarf at bay- and Kali is almost unconscious.
Magnus, shucks his shoulders – rebalances his warhammer in his hands, swiftly maneuvers to flank the Grunt and declares – “Yer surrounded…” Then swings with all his skill and might, a Reaping Strike, on the same Goblin Grunt that has thwarted all attacks so far… and yet again the Grunt prevails, deflecting the blow, and keeping the Dwarf Fighter at bay.
Kali however is better prepared, the Razorclaw Shifter eyes the oncoming Ogre Savage, marking it for destruction with his Assassin’s Shroud. The big man then dances around the fracas, “Time to end this little bugger!” Kali strikes out with his battleaxe and cuts the defiant Grunt almost in two. Not done, the Shifter dives in to a stand of saplings surrounded by high bushes, the manicured vegetation that circles the Inn, he’s out of sight.
Ah-shahran and Gorm maneuver in to position, the Deva calls out to the bushes en-route “Hah, you aren’t hiding from anyone in there! Better use those leaves to staunch that cut, and get back to it!” His Inspiring Words invigorate Kali, who, hidden from sight, grunts his thanks. Gorm then fades and Infusues Kyalia who, as before, fires off an arrow at the last staggering Hobgoblin Archer. The Elven Ranger’s aim is true, the Hobgoblin looks up, takes an arrow to the neck and then collapses in a bloody choking fountain of red. It expires – gurgling and drowning in its own blood.
The Savage Ogre chooses this moment to lurch forward, covering the distance to Magnus easily – the Dwarf staggers back a little, and looks up – and up – and up! En-route the large brute grabs out its greatclub, it pokes and prods the great weapon forward to test its weight and range, and then…
WHUMP!
Hammers down upon Magnus – who concertinas a little, makes a few squeaking noises, but does not fall over, the Dwarf is bloodied, almost broken completely – and mostly seeing stars (Hit for 22 damage).
Two more arrows fly from Kyalia’s bow, another Twin Shot, one misses by a wide margin, the other finds a home in the face of the Goblin Grunt also menacing Magnus – who is now able to turn all his attention to the Savage Ogre.
The two Goblin Grunts left standing, shuffle backwards a little further – trying to find a cover, soon after another pair of arrows fly – the first of which catches Ah-shahran – no more than a scratch, while the second thunks in to the wall of the Inn, missing Kyalia by only six inches.
Freggo shouts at the Ogre, “Hey ugly, your friends are gone, time to give up!” Then gingerly makes his way over to the brute, he Ensnares the beast with his Aegis. “A hero’s blade is not turned so easily!” The Swordmage declares, as flames burst and dance the length of Freggo’s longsword. He swings with a Heroic Effort and his Burning Blade tears a smoking rent in the Ogre’s side – the great brute yowls in fury and pain as the blade burns and bites deep, and yet the beast is still not bloodied.
Viator maneuvers, attempts to control the fight with his Dimensional Scramble a greyish haze engulfs the Savage brute, but alas to no effect – the Ogre’s mind is too strong for Viator’s power.
The haze fades to nothing, as the Savage Ogre swings its greatclub around with one hand, and with the other beats its chest – growling furiously and challenging the adventurers to come and try their luck.
End of Round #2
Five PCs wounded, three of whom are bloodied – Ah-shahran (30/26 HP), Kyalia (26/15 HP), Magnus (38/18 HP), Freggo (27/12 HP) & Kali (25/9 HP).
Three Goblin Grunts dead.
Two Hobgoblin Archers dead.
Savage Ogre wounded, not quite bloodied (111/65 HP).
Encounter 2-2
Round #2
“A little help here?” Kali growls out and looks behind him, the champion Goblin Grunt still holds the Shifter and the Dwarf at bay- and Kali is almost unconscious.
Magnus, shucks his shoulders – rebalances his warhammer in his hands, swiftly maneuvers to flank the Grunt and declares – “Yer surrounded…” Then swings with all his skill and might, a Reaping Strike, on the same Goblin Grunt that has thwarted all attacks so far… and yet again the Grunt prevails, deflecting the blow, and keeping the Dwarf Fighter at bay.
Kali however is better prepared, the Razorclaw Shifter eyes the oncoming Ogre Savage, marking it for destruction with his Assassin’s Shroud. The big man then dances around the fracas, “Time to end this little bugger!” Kali strikes out with his battleaxe and cuts the defiant Grunt almost in two. Not done, the Shifter dives in to a stand of saplings surrounded by high bushes, the manicured vegetation that circles the Inn, he’s out of sight.
Ah-shahran and Gorm maneuver in to position, the Deva calls out to the bushes en-route “Hah, you aren’t hiding from anyone in there! Better use those leaves to staunch that cut, and get back to it!” His Inspiring Words invigorate Kali, who, hidden from sight, grunts his thanks. Gorm then fades and Infusues Kyalia who, as before, fires off an arrow at the last staggering Hobgoblin Archer. The Elven Ranger’s aim is true, the Hobgoblin looks up, takes an arrow to the neck and then collapses in a bloody choking fountain of red. It expires – gurgling and drowning in its own blood.
The Savage Ogre chooses this moment to lurch forward, covering the distance to Magnus easily – the Dwarf staggers back a little, and looks up – and up – and up! En-route the large brute grabs out its greatclub, it pokes and prods the great weapon forward to test its weight and range, and then…
WHUMP!
Hammers down upon Magnus – who concertinas a little, makes a few squeaking noises, but does not fall over, the Dwarf is bloodied, almost broken completely – and mostly seeing stars (Hit for 22 damage).
Two more arrows fly from Kyalia’s bow, another Twin Shot, one misses by a wide margin, the other finds a home in the face of the Goblin Grunt also menacing Magnus – who is now able to turn all his attention to the Savage Ogre.
The two Goblin Grunts left standing, shuffle backwards a little further – trying to find a cover, soon after another pair of arrows fly – the first of which catches Ah-shahran – no more than a scratch, while the second thunks in to the wall of the Inn, missing Kyalia by only six inches.
Freggo shouts at the Ogre, “Hey ugly, your friends are gone, time to give up!” Then gingerly makes his way over to the brute, he Ensnares the beast with his Aegis. “A hero’s blade is not turned so easily!” The Swordmage declares, as flames burst and dance the length of Freggo’s longsword. He swings with a Heroic Effort and his Burning Blade tears a smoking rent in the Ogre’s side – the great brute yowls in fury and pain as the blade burns and bites deep, and yet the beast is still not bloodied.
Viator maneuvers, attempts to control the fight with his Dimensional Scramble a greyish haze engulfs the Savage brute, but alas to no effect – the Ogre’s mind is too strong for Viator’s power.
The haze fades to nothing, as the Savage Ogre swings its greatclub around with one hand, and with the other beats its chest – growling furiously and challenging the adventurers to come and try their luck.
End of Round #2
Five PCs wounded, three of whom are bloodied – Ah-shahran (30/26 HP), Kyalia (26/15 HP), Magnus (38/18 HP), Freggo (27/12 HP) & Kali (25/9 HP).
Three Goblin Grunts dead.
Two Hobgoblin Archers dead.
Savage Ogre wounded, not quite bloodied (111/65 HP).
RavenBlackthorne
First Post
Viator is all good to be on all watches. The trance allows him to do so. And he can spend the first watch checking the bracers.
Then make an arcana check please.
2nd part of encounter 2- I appreciate this is relentless but there's many of you etc. I just want to plow on, one a day- and get caught up.
Encounter 2-2
Round #2
“A little help here?” Kali growls out and looks behind him, the champion Goblin Grunt still holds the Shifter and the Dwarf at bay- and Kali is almost unconscious.
Magnus, shucks his shoulders – rebalances his warhammer in his hands, swiftly maneuvers to flank the Grunt and declares – “Yer surrounded…” Then swings with all his skill and might, a Reaping Strike, on the same Goblin Grunt that has thwarted all attacks so far… and yet again the Grunt prevails, deflecting the blow, and keeping the Dwarf Fighter at bay.
Kali however is better prepared, the Razorclaw Shifter eyes the oncoming Ogre Savage, marking it for destruction with his Assassin’s Shroud. The big man then dances around the fracas, “Time to end this little bugger!” Kali strikes out with his battleaxe and cuts the defiant Grunt almost in two. Not done, the Shifter dives in to a stand of saplings surrounded by high bushes, the manicured vegetation that circles the Inn, he’s out of sight.
Ah-shahran and Gorm maneuver in to position, the Deva calls out to the bushes en-route “Hah, you aren’t hiding from anyone in there! Better use those leaves to staunch that cut, and get back to it!” His Inspiring Words invigorate Kali, who, hidden from sight, grunts his thanks. Gorm then fades and Infusues Kyalia who, as before, fires off an arrow at the last staggering Hobgoblin Archer. The Elven Ranger’s aim is true, the Hobgoblin looks up, takes an arrow to the neck and then collapses in a bloody choking fountain of red. It expires – gurgling and drowning in its own blood.
The Savage Ogre chooses this moment to lurch forward, covering the distance to Magnus easily – the Dwarf staggers back a little, and looks up – and up – and up! En-route the large brute grabs out its greatclub, it pokes and prods the great weapon forward to test its weight and range, and then…
WHUMP!
Hammers down upon Magnus – who concertinas a little, makes a few squeaking noises, but does not fall over, the Dwarf is bloodied, almost broken completely – and mostly seeing stars (Hit for 22 damage).
Two more arrows fly from Kyalia’s bow, another Twin Shot, one misses by a wide margin, the other finds a home in the face of the Goblin Grunt also menacing Magnus – who is now able to turn all his attention to the Savage Ogre.
The two Goblin Grunts left standing, shuffle backwards a little further – trying to find a cover, soon after another pair of arrows fly – the first of which catches Ah-shahran – no more than a scratch, while the second thunks in to the wall of the Inn, missing Kyalia by only six inches.
Freggo shouts at the Ogre, “Hey ugly, your friends are gone, time to give up!” Then gingerly makes his way over to the brute, he Ensnares the beast with his Aegis. “A hero’s blade is not turned so easily!” The Swordmage declares, as flames burst and dance the length of Freggo’s longsword. He swings with a Heroic Effort and his Burning Blade tears a smoking rent in the Ogre’s side – the great brute yowls in fury and pain as the blade burns and bites deep, and yet the beast is still not bloodied.
Viator maneuvers, attempts to control the fight with his Dimensional Scramble a greyish haze engulfs the Savage brute, but alas to no effect – the Ogre’s mind is too strong for Viator’s power.
The haze fades to nothing, as the Savage Ogre swings its greatclub around with one hand, and with the other beats its chest – growling furiously and challenging the adventurers to come and try their luck.
End of Round #2
Five PCs wounded, three of whom are bloodied – Ah-shahran (30/26 HP), Kyalia (26/15 HP), Magnus (38/18 HP), Freggo (27/12 HP) & Kali (25/9 HP).
Three Goblin Grunts dead.
Two Hobgoblin Archers dead.
Savage Ogre wounded, not quite bloodied (111/65 HP).
Encounter 2-2
Round #2
“A little help here?” Kali growls out and looks behind him, the champion Goblin Grunt still holds the Shifter and the Dwarf at bay- and Kali is almost unconscious.
Magnus, shucks his shoulders – rebalances his warhammer in his hands, swiftly maneuvers to flank the Grunt and declares – “Yer surrounded…” Then swings with all his skill and might, a Reaping Strike, on the same Goblin Grunt that has thwarted all attacks so far… and yet again the Grunt prevails, deflecting the blow, and keeping the Dwarf Fighter at bay.
Kali however is better prepared, the Razorclaw Shifter eyes the oncoming Ogre Savage, marking it for destruction with his Assassin’s Shroud. The big man then dances around the fracas, “Time to end this little bugger!” Kali strikes out with his battleaxe and cuts the defiant Grunt almost in two. Not done, the Shifter dives in to a stand of saplings surrounded by high bushes, the manicured vegetation that circles the Inn, he’s out of sight.
Ah-shahran and Gorm maneuver in to position, the Deva calls out to the bushes en-route “Hah, you aren’t hiding from anyone in there! Better use those leaves to staunch that cut, and get back to it!” His Inspiring Words invigorate Kali, who, hidden from sight, grunts his thanks. Gorm then fades and Infusues Kyalia who, as before, fires off an arrow at the last staggering Hobgoblin Archer. The Elven Ranger’s aim is true, the Hobgoblin looks up, takes an arrow to the neck and then collapses in a bloody choking fountain of red. It expires – gurgling and drowning in its own blood.
The Savage Ogre chooses this moment to lurch forward, covering the distance to Magnus easily – the Dwarf staggers back a little, and looks up – and up – and up! En-route the large brute grabs out its greatclub, it pokes and prods the great weapon forward to test its weight and range, and then…
WHUMP!
Hammers down upon Magnus – who concertinas a little, makes a few squeaking noises, but does not fall over, the Dwarf is bloodied, almost broken completely – and mostly seeing stars (Hit for 22 damage).
Two more arrows fly from Kyalia’s bow, another Twin Shot, one misses by a wide margin, the other finds a home in the face of the Goblin Grunt also menacing Magnus – who is now able to turn all his attention to the Savage Ogre.
The two Goblin Grunts left standing, shuffle backwards a little further – trying to find a cover, soon after another pair of arrows fly – the first of which catches Ah-shahran – no more than a scratch, while the second thunks in to the wall of the Inn, missing Kyalia by only six inches.
Freggo shouts at the Ogre, “Hey ugly, your friends are gone, time to give up!” Then gingerly makes his way over to the brute, he Ensnares the beast with his Aegis. “A hero’s blade is not turned so easily!” The Swordmage declares, as flames burst and dance the length of Freggo’s longsword. He swings with a Heroic Effort and his Burning Blade tears a smoking rent in the Ogre’s side – the great brute yowls in fury and pain as the blade burns and bites deep, and yet the beast is still not bloodied.
Viator maneuvers, attempts to control the fight with his Dimensional Scramble a greyish haze engulfs the Savage brute, but alas to no effect – the Ogre’s mind is too strong for Viator’s power.
The haze fades to nothing, as the Savage Ogre swings its greatclub around with one hand, and with the other beats its chest – growling furiously and challenging the adventurers to come and try their luck.
End of Round #2
Five PCs wounded, three of whom are bloodied – Ah-shahran (30/26 HP), Kyalia (26/15 HP), Magnus (38/18 HP), Freggo (27/12 HP) & Kali (25/9 HP).
Three Goblin Grunts dead.
Two Hobgoblin Archers dead.
Savage Ogre wounded, not quite bloodied (111/65 HP).
tiornys
Explorer
I edited my post to F7 while Goonalan was working on his response, but given that both attacks were kills (which I wasn't expecting), E7 is also fine. Whichever works, we can go with. I was just setting up to be part of the blockade, assuming Viator could teleport the lower goblins to the inside of Kali and Freggo
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Just to say I have now purchased an account at the Obsidian Portal- so I could upload a whole bunch of images to go with the write ups, and upload multiple maps.
A brief run down of what's available there-
HOME
Brief intro
PbP link
PCs with links
Picture showing present action
Timetable of events- these link to the Adventure Logs and can be navigated through at the bottom of each page 'More...' takes you to the next part of the story. Those not marked as Draft are done- with lots of pictures to show the action.
ADVENTURE LOG
The pages for the Timetable of events above.
WIKI
Two sections-
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People- as above except to people
Rivenroar To Do List- obvious really
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Encounters- a list of the encounters you've faced in XP order.
Killing Blows- a list of who killed what, by which I mean which PC delivered the Killing Blow.
Skill Challenge Successes- like it says really
Deathbringer- a points based system... I'm crazy I know, read the explanation.
Note none of these tables are up to date- when I get the drafts up I will update each as I go along until I get back to the here and now.
CHARACTERS
PCs and NPCs with a few details
ITEMS
List of loot found in Rivenroar
Individual lists for each PC with Magic Item wish lists attached
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Yep we've got a forum- empty at present.
CALENDAR
See forum
MAPS
Obvious really, can someone explain to me how to get the pointers to appear on the maps?
COMMENTS
Again, obvious.
I'll try to keep it as up to date as I can, I'm going to keep the To Do List, and Magic Item/Treasure stuff here, so it's all in one place.
Cheers PDR
Raven when the timetable links are no longer marked as Draft can you take a look at them and make sure the links are in... I appreciate all you help, particularly as I'm crap at this kind of thing.
Cheers PDR
A brief run down of what's available there-
HOME
Brief intro
PbP link
PCs with links
Picture showing present action
Timetable of events- these link to the Adventure Logs and can be navigated through at the bottom of each page 'More...' takes you to the next part of the story. Those not marked as Draft are done- with lots of pictures to show the action.
ADVENTURE LOG
The pages for the Timetable of events above.
WIKI
Two sections-
1) Adventure notes
Places- links to locations you have visited
People- as above except to people
Rivenroar To Do List- obvious really
2) Journals, Logs & Records
Book of the Dead & Vanquished- list of stuff you've killed and breakdown of encounters.
Encounters- a list of the encounters you've faced in XP order.
Killing Blows- a list of who killed what, by which I mean which PC delivered the Killing Blow.
Skill Challenge Successes- like it says really
Deathbringer- a points based system... I'm crazy I know, read the explanation.
Note none of these tables are up to date- when I get the drafts up I will update each as I go along until I get back to the here and now.
CHARACTERS
PCs and NPCs with a few details
ITEMS
List of loot found in Rivenroar
Individual lists for each PC with Magic Item wish lists attached
FORUMS
Yep we've got a forum- empty at present.
CALENDAR
See forum
MAPS
Obvious really, can someone explain to me how to get the pointers to appear on the maps?
COMMENTS
Again, obvious.
I'll try to keep it as up to date as I can, I'm going to keep the To Do List, and Magic Item/Treasure stuff here, so it's all in one place.
Cheers PDR
Raven when the timetable links are no longer marked as Draft can you take a look at them and make sure the links are in... I appreciate all you help, particularly as I'm crap at this kind of thing.
Cheers PDR
It's lovely isn't it- not sure that we'll use the forums, unless something bad happens here at ENWorld, I think it's handy to keep everything in one place. Also makes it easier for me to keep uptodate.
I've been thinking about commissioning some art from a guy at Deviant Art- but I'm wondering if anyone knows someone that would be interested in a bit of work, and is a good artist.
I was going to go for character portraits, see the attached, what do people think- the attached is done by the guy I'm thinking of asking to the work, as I say though- if you know someone better...
Cheers PDR
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Thanee
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Those are really nice. I like the style.
[MENTION=17633]tiornys[/MENTION]: We should try to get into the goblin's back (i.e. G4 and F4), before she can retreat. Kyalia can easily get into one of those. Kali should take the other, if possible. If G5 is normal terrain, that should likewise be no problem with the aspect, and even otherwise it should work out, if he charges, and then uses the aspect and the move to shift 3 squares total.
Bye
Thanee
[MENTION=17633]tiornys[/MENTION]: We should try to get into the goblin's back (i.e. G4 and F4), before she can retreat. Kyalia can easily get into one of those. Kali should take the other, if possible. If G5 is normal terrain, that should likewise be no problem with the aspect, and even otherwise it should work out, if he charges, and then uses the aspect and the move to shift 3 squares total.
Bye
Thanee
