Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Playas sound off"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "Travis said he will be slightly late. I have no idea about Rod."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "But I can run the rogues"
Episode 12: The Post-Tower Goblin Blues.
As you come out of the building, you are confronted by seven goblins with clubs, seven more with bows, a goblin in crude piecemeal armor, and a goblin wearing inside out furs with a staff with a skull on top upside down. Six each of the first two Goblin groups are mooks. All of the goblins are 17/15/11, save the leader (18/16/12) and the skull guy (18/12/16).
They are not in melee range, but you can close and attack in the same round if you choose.
Currently, Luke is at 26 out of 36, Samantha is at 27 out of 32, Harrowhark is at 15, Kiara is at 22, Niamh at 23, and Vendrik at 28.
In the distance, you can see bugbears coming; there are nine of them, but they will not reach missile range until the escalation die is 5 and they will reach melee at round six.
Roll Initiative.
Mike says, "OOC: Hold on"
Mike says, "OOC: Before we move to combat I want to try something."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+3 d20+1"
Result is: (d20+1) 19 (d20+3) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+2x2"
Result is: (1d20+2) 5 (1d20+2) 4 for Harrowhark
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You can try and do something the first round, but you don't actually have a gap in which to do something before we go to combat."
Mike says, "..."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You come running out full tilt and the goblins launch their attack."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC as the place works on collapsing behind you"
Mike says, "OOC: le sigh."
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4x2"
Result is: (1d20+4) 14 (1d20+4) 13 for Mike
Vendrik says, "roll d20+1"
Result is: (d20+1) 3 for Vendrik
Akio says, "Christ, even the humans aren't great at this tonight."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6 d20+5"
Result is: (d20+5) 10 (d20+6) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC I rolled a 22 for Samantha and 10 for Kiara"
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+2"
Result is: (1d20+5+2) 11 for Kiara
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Oop, Travis is alive."
DaR From Another Place says, "Also, Humans. 2 dice, take best."
Voice of John Biles says, "Good point for Sam, though I am unlikely to beat 22"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+5"
Result is: (d20+5) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
Samantha is first, Luke second, Niamh Third. Samantha charges at the guy in armor, slides in low, then tries to stab him as she goes by.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+5 2d8+5"
Result is: (d20+5) 22 (2d8+5) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+5"
Result is: (d20+5) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
The good news: She slices his leg for 15 damage. The bad news, she slides to a halt, lying on the ground by him. She swears softly.
Luke spits lightning at him, then charges him to aid Samantha.
DaR From Another Place asks, "Are they all in one big cluster, or are they spread out?"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6 2d6+6 d20+7 2d10+7"
Result is: (2d10+7) 14 (2d6+6) 15 (d20+6) 9 (d20+7) 24 for Manny Mo'Jac
The lightning goes wild but Luke's sword draws more blood, for 14 points; the best armored goblin is now badly hurt.
Voice of John Biles says, "The sword-goblins are in a line with the armor guy at one end and the not-mook at the other; then there is a line of archers somewhat behind them, six mooks and one not-mook and behind THEM is the guy with the skull staff"
Niamh, then Kiara, then foes.
Frito asks, "Hm, is the staff guy technically someplace I could move to 'normally', in the Shadow Walk sense?"
Niamh takes a second to wonder why she bothered with charm magics, then points her wand at the skull goblin and intones, "Icicle Impaling Dweomer of Vlad the Coldhearted."
Voice of John Biles says, "Yes, you'd have to take oppos normally but you could use Shadow walk; there's no physical barriers"
Voice of John Biles says, "And you could reach him in a full round of running"
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+1) 21 for Mike
Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
Result is: (3d6+1) 11 for Mike
The Shaman now has an icicle impaling him until he makes a save.
Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Kiara!"
Frito asks, "Hm, I'd have to roll a 16 with a +5 to enter walk... when you say 'oppos', you mean the gobs I'd have to pass on the way? "
Voice of John Biles says, "Yes."
Voice of John Biles says, "You would have to run through the line to get there in one round"
Voice of John Biles says, "Both lines."
Frito says, "I thought one big point of Shadow Walk was to avoid that? The description just says 'Remove yourself from play. At the start of your next turn, return anywhere nearby that you could have moved to normally during your turn, and deal double damage with your first rogue attack that turn.'"
Voice of John Biles says, "Yes, shadow walk would let you appear right next to him."
Voice of John Biles says, "But if you got there normally, you would face opportunity attacks"
Frito says, "Ah, OK. That's what I was talking about, using Shadow Walk to bypass all the lines and attack next round."
Voice of John Biles says, "IE - you can use Shadow Walk; he is within normal movement... which would be dangerous if you weren't shadow walking"
Voice of John Biles says, "You can do that if the roll works. You'd need to roll 11+"
Kiara tries to Shadow Walk to the staff dude.
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+3+2"
Result is: (1d20+3+2) 21 for Kiara
Kiara vanishes in a puff of smoke. Skull Goblin blinks and studies the skull on his staff.
First off, everyone gets shot at by a goblin and Vendrik is shot twice. roll d20+6x7
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6x7"
Result is: (d20+6) 13 (d20+6) 17 (d20+6) 10 (d20+6) 15 (d20+6) 11 (d20+6) 8 (d20+6) 11 for Manny Mo'Jac
Samantha drops 3 HP to 24.
Everyone else is missed.
Skull Man points at Harrowhark. "False priestess, PERISH!"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6"
Result is: (d20+6) 13 for Manny Mo'Jac
Akio says, "As long as that weren't PD, I'm good."
Akio says, "Oh, even if it IS PD, I'm good."
Harrow feels the grip of NECROMANCY upon her... taking 8 points of necrotic damage. If she attacks Skull Lord, she will take 5 ongoing necrotic; otherwise, no special effect. It was PD
Voice of John Biles says, "Your PD is 13"
Akio says, "I thought you had to BEAT a defense, not EQUAL it."
Voice of John Biles says, "No, you have to equal it"
Voice of John Biles says, "It's the DC"
Akio says, "I see."
Three of the swordgoblins attack Luke, along with their boss
Akio says, "Dan, I am REALLY gonna need a heal."
Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, you're at 7 HP"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6x3 d20+7"
Result is: (d20+7) 11 (d20+6) 18 (d20+6) 24 (d20+6) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
Luke takes 4, drops to 22.
The not-Mook swordgoblin and three others move up, attack Vendrik.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7 d20+6x3"
Result is: (d20+7) 13 (d20+6) 17 (d20+6) 24 (d20+6) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
Vendrik is nicked up a bit for 4 points but the leader and 2 mooks miss him entirely.
Akio asks, "You know what Mike told us to do, and then every single one of us forgot to do?"
Harrowhark, you are next, and then Vendrik!
Akio says, "Buy healing potions."
Harrowhark cocks her head at the Skull goblin. "A flesh magician," she says, ruminatively.
Harrowhark holds out her arms; there's a terrible cracking noise as her ulna and radials rip themselves into shards and force their way out of her arm, dragging with them long, ropey tendrils of viscuous, stinking collagen. The bone shards grow and slide around each other in flight, forming into four skeletons with wicked-looking claws.
Harrowhark bends over and begins vomiting, a huge, ongoing slurry of putrefication. She holds out a hand to stead herself on Niamh to keep from falling into it. The... mixture... oozes and slides along the ground, flowing upwards into the skeletons, mating to rib cages and skulls and teeth; in a trice, four stinking, putrid zombies stand ready to face the goblins, on the line with Luke and Vendrik.
Harrowhark wipes the back of her mouth with her hand, tendon and bone knitting back together. "A flesh magician," she repeats. "I can do that." She spits out a glob of bone and blood.
Akio says, "We got some shambling boys with us now."
Niamh says, "...I do not EVER want to hear anything about MY 'dark, forbidden magics' ever again."
Harrowhark looks wounded. "My inquiries as to the contents of your magical box are intellectual, not pejorative!"
Frito says, "Ah hah. Ah hah hah hah."
The skull-man points at Harrowhark. "You taint the Raven Queen's power by VOMITING IT! You will perish!"
The rotting bodies now attack Vendrik's foes.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
Result is: (d20+7) 18 (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 10 (d20+7) 22 for Manny Mo'Jac
Akio says, "Harrow sometimes does it RISE FROM YOUR GRAVES style."
They injure a mook and the sword-goblin leader who doesn't have 'fancy' armor.
Vendrik time! Then new round!
Vendrik gets all up in the goblins business. He goes to work with his sword on the mooks d20+7 2d10+5, barking for Harrowhawk and Luke to rally (1 resolve, Stand Firm recoveries), and directs the rogues to take out the important ones (1 resolve, Inspire, +1 to hit for next round).
Result is: (d20+7) 14 (2d10+5) 12
Akio asks, "Oh, John, should I have saved to remove that ongoing?"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+3"
Result is: (2d10+3) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, go ahead and wave when you roll your recovery"
Luke heals to 34
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d8+5"
Result is: (1d8+5) 13 for Harrowhark
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20"
Result is: (1d20) 15 for Harrowhark
Luke shouts to Vendrik, "Thanks for the vote of confidence!" He is totally sincere.
Akio says, "ZING."
Frito says, "DOes he need to? I thought you said he only got the ongoing if he attacked the priest."
Vendrik's attack nicks a goblin for 2 points
He dies.
Akio says, "That's still an ongoing one needs to save against."
Voice of John Biles says, "He can get rid of the condition with a save anyway"
Akio says, "I just saved the hell out of it and healed for max, too."
Frito says, "Ahh."
Voice of John Biles says, "You roll another d8 now tht you are 2nd level, Merc"
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d8"
Result is: (1d8) 2 for Harrowhark
Akio exclaims, "Even more heals!"
New round. Escalation die is one. The Bugbears get a little closer; you can faintly hear them singing some song. Luke 34, Samantha 24, Harrowhark 22, Kiara 22, Niamh 23, Vendrik 24. The Rogues have +1 to hit this round and Samantha is lying on the ground at the feet of the goblin 'Warlord', who is gravely injured. Samantha is first, then Luke, then Niamh. Vendrik and five zombies are fighting three sword goblins; Luke and Samantha are engaged with the warlord and three swordgoblins.
The Skull-staff goblin is ranting and raving but unengaged, yet. He is modestly injured
Samantha!
Frito asks, "Is skull-guy impaired by the icicle impaling him?"
Chel tries to tumble-strike the warlord
Chel says, "roll 1d20+3+3+3"
Result is: (1d20+3+3+3) 13 for Chel
Chel says, "roll 1d20+6"
Result is: (1d20+6) 22 for Chel
Samantha escapes the warlord, giving him a slight cut for 2 points, less than she would have hoped for, but she's FREE.
Luke tries to finish the warlord off. "The Raven Queen lines her toilet with Goblin Skulls!"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7 2d10+8"
Result is: (2d10+8) 23 (d20+7) 24 for Manny Mo'Jac
The Warlord's head is impaled on the end of Luke's halbard; he flips the corpse off to one side. "NEXT!"
Niamh, then Kiara, then foes!
Niamh sights down her wand at the shaman. "Rimururu's Strawberry Ice Cream Ruination," she mumbles ominously.
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1) 9 for Mike
Most of the stream ice cream misses him but he gets chilled by its passage.
Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOOC Kiara!"
Kiara reappears out of shadow as the shaman's still distracted by the ice cream, then does a cartwheel knife to his gut!
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+1+1+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+1+1+1) 12 for Kiara
Frito says, "...sigh."
Voice of John Biles says, "At least he wasn't engaged with an ally or you might have hit the ally"
Kiara says, "roll 1d20"
Result is: (1d20) 1 for Kiara
Frito says, "..."
Tobias says, "..."
The shaman parries her blow, then trips her.
Frito asks, "OK, given that I haven't disengaged, can I still teleport out?"
Tobias asks, "Is this thing broken?"
He does take 2 points from the force of her strike.
Voice of John Biles says, "You could use your teleport"
Frito asks, "Let's see... who do I have within striking range of me besides the shaman?"
Voice of John Biles says, "The closest ally is Luke, who is facing down three swordgoblins"
DaR From Another Place says, "This game is d20 based. You all knew what you were getting."
Voice of John Biles asks, "Oh, attack range?"
Voice of John Biles says, "You're not within melee range of anyone but the Skull Goblin"
Frito says, "Right. Who can attack me? If no one can get to me this round, might stick around one more round and try to hit him again."
Voice of John Biles says, "Well, the archers could shoot you, but there's no one to melee you but him."
Frito says, "Righto. Will stick here; if the archers try shooting me, they might hit him."
Foe turn! The Shaman attempts to disengage.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20"
Result is: (d20) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
He scoots out of melee range, then blasts Kiara.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6"
Result is: (d20+6) 11 for Manny Mo'Jac
The bolt of dark energy misses.
Seven archers turn and try to riddle Kiara with arrows
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6x7"
Result is: (d20+6) 24 (d20+6) 10 (d20+6) 10 (d20+6) 14 (d20+6) 15 (d20+6) 21 (d20+6) 9 for Manny Mo'Jac
Five of them miss, but two hit Kiara for a mighty 7 damage.
She is at 15
Three goblins on Luke
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6x3"
Result is: (d20+6) 17 (d20+6) 14 (d20+6) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
TRIPLE SWISH
Skilled Goblin + 2 mooks on Vendrik
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7 d20+6x2"
Result is: (d20+7) 9 (d20+6) 10 (d20+6) 17 for Manny Mo'Jac
NO DICE
Harrow and her Zombie Four-Pack, then Vendrik!
Akio says, "John, how many enemies are there? I've lost track. I don't need a type breakdown, just raw number."
Voice of John Biles says, "13, 4 Zombies under your control, 6 PCs"
Voice of John Biles says, "14 foes, sorry"
Akio says, "gotcha. Healing Kiara with Channel Life. rolling 1d21. four or better and I don't clip a PC, five or better and I don't clip luke, ten or better and I don't clip a zombie."
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+6"
Result is: (1d20+6) 17 for Harrowhark
Frito says, "That's interesting... would have expected at least one of the melee types to come back to defend the shaman."
Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6+5"
Result is: (2d6+5) 12 for Harrowhark
Akio says, "Travis, remember you get bonus healing equal to double my level."
Akio says, "Whatever I hit just got effed up."
Frito says, "Ah, so I'm rolling a recovery as well? Gotcha."
Akio says, "Yes; I just healed you."
An archer drops dead and a second archer drops to 2 HP
Akio says, "Well, technically the Goblin I just fucked up healed you."
Kiara says, "roll 2d8+2+4"
Result is: (2d8+2+4) 18 for Kiara
Akio says, "God, if multiclassing in this game wouldn't gimp me I would absolutely multi into necro, this shit is AWESOME."
Frito says, "Right. I wasn't sure if what you were rolling was a healing value or something else."
Kiara is at full.
The zombies ATTACK
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
Result is: (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 24 (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
Akio says, "And Dan was all "mneh mneh mneh, you never hit with Channel Life." :)"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6"
Result is: (1d6) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
The zombies rip Vendrik's mook foes apart, killing them all, though one of the zombies loses a few teeth while ripping goblin flesh and takes 2 points of damage. Vendrik still faces a normal, not-mook swordsgoblin who is unhurt. All his reamining foes are dead.
Akio exclaims, "Go, my minions!"
Akio exclaims, "Feast on the flesh of the living!"
Vendrik savagely punts the body of one of the goblin swordsmen out of the way ignoring the non-mook, and charges the archers, barreling into their lines. d20+8 2d20+5
Result is: (2d20+5) 36 (d20+8) 11
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7"
Result is: (d20+7) 10 for Manny Mo'Jac
DaR From Another Place says, "Well, good thing I missed, given I typo'd the damage."
DaR From Another Place says, "well, "missed"."
Vendrik elbows a goblin archer for 2 points, and now is in the middle of three of them.
Escalation Die of 2; the Bugbears slowly draw closer. Luke 34, Samantha 24, Harrow 22, Kiara 32, Niamh 23, Vendrik 24. Kiara is close to the Shaman but not in stab-range yet. Vendrik engages 3 archers in melee. Four more are unengaged. Three sword mooks are on Luke and one swordgoblin stands alone with no one blocking him from rushing the squishies.
Samantha!
Wait
Actually, he has four zombies on him.
NOW Samantha
Sniper Ox asks, "what's the escalation count now?"
Akio says, "Two."
DaR From Another Place says, "Was about to say. I wouldn't have left them alone without our life-deficient brothers of another mother."
Sniper Ox asks, "warlord's down right?"
Tobias says, "Yes."
Chel tumblestrikes a goblin archer
Chel says, "roll 1d20+3+3+4"
Result is: (1d20+3+3+4) 13 for Chel
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC AND roll the tumble check."
Chel says, "roll 1d20+6"
Result is: (1d20+6) 25 for Chel
Chel gives one of them a 2 point arm wound as she races by.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC SAMANTHA"
Does that
Luke shouts, "GREAT GOLD WYRM, GIVE ME YOUR POWER!" Lightning strikes down and flows around him.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+8 2d10+8+2d12"
Result is: (d20+8) 28, crit (2d10+8+2d12) 27 for Manny Mo'Jac
DaR From Another Place says, "That's a whole lot of dead goblin."
Luke swings in a circle, his halberd spitting lightning; the three goblins who face him die horrible, then lie on the ground, jerking about as epileptics until the charge dies down.
Niamh, then Kiara, then foes!
Mike asks, "OOC: What is the eta on the bugbear arrival?"
Mike asks, "OOC: And how many of them are there?"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC They get within missile range on Die 5, melee on Die 6. There are nine of them."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC IF you can target Faraway, you could hit them on Die 4. "
Frito says, "So another 3 rounds to missile. Good news is we'll have a hella escalation die to hit."
Niamh fans her hand at the 3 archers on Vendrik and invokes Dag's Particolored Daggers with her wand.
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+2+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+2+1) 26 for Mike
Mike says, "roll 2d8+1"
Result is: (2d8+1) 13 for Mike
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+2+1x2"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+2+1) 29, crit (1d20+4+2+2+1) 12 for Mike
Flying multi-colored daggers strike the archers, killing them all, killing them A LOT, in fact.
The four he had not engaged are still alive
Kiara time!
Kiara chortles, waves at Niamh and Vendrik, then grins nastily at the shaman. "Hey, dude, didn't anyone ever tell you it ain't polite to duck out on your dance partner?" She bows to him, converting it into another roll-and-strike!
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+2+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+2+1) 22 for Kiara
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Hit"
Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1"
Result is: (2d8+1) 3 for Kiara
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You add your entire dex bonus."
The Shaman is staggered. Roll Disengage!
Kiara says, "OOC Gah, right. So roll again, or just add it on? (The +1 was for the dagger.)"
Kiara says, "roll 1d20"
Result is: (1d20) 15 for Kiara
You dart away from him.
This frees him up to BLAST YOU
Frito says, "...actually, I shouldn't want to disengage from him, yeah. ^^;;"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6"
Result is: (d20+6) 21 for Manny Mo'Jac
She takes 8, dropping to 24 and if she attacks him, she will take 5 ongoing necrotic.
The archers fire at Vendrik.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7 d20+6x3"
Result is: (d20+7) 25 (d20+6) 9 (d20+6) 16 (d20+6) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
A single arrow hits him for four
He drops to 20
Manny Mo'Jac says, "swordgoblin vs zombies roll d20+6"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6"
Result is: (d20+6) 16 for Manny Mo'Jac
SWISH
Harrowhark!
Harrowhark heals Vendrik, and then aims a Javelin at the swordgoblin.
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+9"
Result is: (1d20+9) 16 for Harrowhark
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d6+7"
Result is: (1d6+7) 12 for Harrowhark
Vendrik says, "roll d10x3"
Result is: (d10) 3 (d10) 10 (d10) 6 for Vendrik
Akio says, "I don't know if that hit or not."
Vendrik OOCly says, "Take 10 and 6 for 19 total healing."
DaR From Another Place says, "Back to 39."
Voice of John Biles says, "The Javelin is PD, right? That hits"
The swordgoblin is hurt but not dead, but now the ZOMBIES attack
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x4"
Result is: (d20+7) 20 (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 19 (d20+7) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6"
Result is: (1d6) 4 for Manny Mo'Jac
Akio says, "Holy hell."
Akio says, "My boys are on a roll."
One of the zombies loses part of his face, which just falls off, but they rip the swordgoblin into meaty bits
Vendrik!
Vendrik calmly plucks the arrow out of his mail and advances into the remaining 4 archers, blade whistling and shield smashing like a shark on an elephant, just trampling and biting everything in sight. d20+9 2d10+5
Result is: (d20+9) 14 (2d10+5) 9
One of the archers gets whacked for 2 points, but they remain standing, though now engaged.
The Escalation Die is a 3. Luke 34 Samantha 24 Harrow 22 Kiara 24 Niamh 23 Vendrik 39. Nine Bugbears are coming. But not yet. Four archers and the shaman remain and Vendrik is on the archers.
Samantha, then Luke, then Niamh
Chel takes a tumblestrike at the shaman
Chel says, "roll 1d20+3+5+3"
Result is: (1d20+3+5+3) 15 for Chel
Sniper Ox asks, "that a hit or miss?"
You nick him for 2 points. Roll to disengage!
Chel says, "roll 1d20+6"
Result is: (1d20+6) 26, crit for Chel
Samantha springs away like a Jedi, easily escapting him.
Luke now charges at the Shaman. "PREPARE TO BECOME PART OF THE COSMIC TOILET!"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+9"
Result is: (d20+9) 29, crit for Manny Mo'Jac
Frito says, "...dang."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 4d10+18"
Result is: (4d10+18) 32 for Manny Mo'Jac
He spits the Shaman on his halbard and tosses the body to the zombies as a snack.
Tobias says, "Luke seems very toilet-focused tonight."
Niamh, then Kiara!
Kiara snorts. "Not bad, zappy-boy. Not bad!" She claps his shoulder.
Luke says, "Sometimes, it's time to take out the trash."
Niamh, looking bored, aims her wand at the remaining archers. "Professor Clemson's Cyclopean Projection out of the Mountains of Madness."
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+3+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+3+1) 14 for Mike
DaR From Another Place says, "I just realized we have a goddamn circus. Two rogues tumbling about, a giant dancing bear-like man, the robed clown shooting off streams of ice, color sprays and other stuff, and the goth who needs only a top hat to be the ringmaster."
Tobias says, "Not my night it seems."
Voice of John Biles says, "Ahahaha."
Frito says, "Hey, I feel your pain, Mike."
DaR From Another Place says, "They are goblins, but we've been absolutely slaughtering them despite most of our inability to hit."
Frito says, "At least it kept priest-boy distracted and not attacking anyone else."
The archers aren't smart enough to realize the horror incapsulated in these images which flash before their eyes and instead, briefly believe themselves to be in the middle of winter.
They psychosomatize themselves into two points of damage.
Akio says, "Harrow DOES think of herself as the ringmaster."
It is time for Kiara!
Kiara goes to give Vendrik a hand, with an acrobatic leap and slide at an archer!
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+3+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+3+1) 26 for Kiara
Hit and you get sneak attack!
Kiara says, "roll 2d8+1+4+1d6"
Result is: (2d8+1+4+1d6) 23 for Kiara
Kiara slays three goblin archer mooks, leaving only the not=mook alive. Roll disengage
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
Result is: (1d20+5+1) 15 for Kiara
Frito says, "Keep forgetting about the boots."
Kiara springs lightly away.
The remaining archer tries to disengage and retreat towards the bugbears
Kiara waves at Vennie as she swings by.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20"
Result is: (d20) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
DaR From Another Place exclaims, "-5 to disengage!"
He fails, draws a short sword, STABS
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6"
Result is: (d20+6) 8 for Manny Mo'Jac
SWISH
The Bugbears continue their approach.
Harrowhark!
Akio asks, "Is anyone under twenty?"
DaR From Another Place says, "I think you're the lowest at 22."
Harrowhark orders the zombies to swing around and get between us and the bugbears, with a space in the center of their line for Luke and Vendrik such that the bugbears are funneled down towards them.
Harrowhark then blasts at the remaining archer with Javelin of Faith.
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d20+10"
Result is: (1d20+10) 25 for Harrowhark
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d6+7"
Result is: (1d6+7) 8 for Harrowhark
Akio says, "I hope that drops it."
Akio says, "Dan, if you want or need the zombies to do anything special in terms of formation or whatnot, say the word."
That injures the bowman but he is not a mook and remains alive and not even staggered as Vendrik time comes.
The zombies move around to position themselves as commanded
Voice of John Biles says, "My understanding is basically 2 zombies on the left, Vendrik and Luke in the middle, 2 zombies on the right, six man line."
Vendrik attempts to finish off the bowman d20+10 2d6+5+d4
Result is: (d20+10) 27 (2d6+5+d4) 15
The bowman refuses to die but is g5ravely injured by Vendrik.
Akio says, "Correct."
New round. Escalation 4; bugbears come into ranged attack range on 5. Luke 34, Samantha 24, Harrowhark 22, Kiara 24, Niamh 23, Vendrik 39.
One bowman remains! He is right by Vendrik and nearly dead. Samantha!
Samantha tumblestrikes the bowman
Akio says, "I am expecting the bugbears to be NASTY."
Samantha says, "roll 1d20+3+6+3"
Result is: (1d20+3+6+3) 15 for Samantha
Samantha says, "roll 1d20+6"
Result is: (1d20+6) 9 for Samantha
DaR From Another Place says, "Fortunately, they're not at their worst, being they're not attacking from steatlth with fear tactics."
Frito asks, "Do any of the bugbears look leader-ish?"
Samantha nearly kills the archer, who is now a sneeze from death, but is unable to get out of his reach.
Voice of John Biles says, "Three of them are regular, six are mooks. No clear leader."
Luke now moves up to join Vendrik and the Zombie-Line and stabs
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+10 2d10+10"
Result is: (2d10+10) 16 (d20+10) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
But his thrust misses.
Frito says, "OK. I'm thinking go into Shadow Walk this round, assuming the archer is gone, then come out of shadow onto one of the non-mooks."
Niamh, then Kiara!
DaR From Another Place says, "Does Luke not have tick damage? :)"
Voice of John Biles exclaims, "Dang it!"
Luke accidentally kills the guy on the backswing.
Niamh, your foes are not within attack range this round but you can do something. Numo runs over and begins eating the dead swordgoblin leader.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC The Bugbears are all 19/17/13"
Mike says, "OOC: You actually said that they would be in range of Far Away on Dice 4."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Oh yes, if you have a far away range attack"
Mike says, "OOC: I do. But I am actually going to hold a round so that I have a better escalation to cast it on, since it is a daily and I don't want to waste it. Dan, if you have a way to boost by hit for next round, that would be helpful."
Akio says, "I do."
Akio says, "I'll hit you with Invigorate."
DaR From Another Place asks, "I do too. Does anyone else have far away attacks?"
Numo feasts on carrion. Going to do anything this round or just wait?
Frito says, "I can attack with my crossbow."
Akio says, "Wait, hold on hold on."
Frito says, "John said I can't reach them with a Shadow Walk this round anyway."
Voice of John Biles says, "I hold on."
Akio asks, "Mike, do you want to wait until next round, when they'll be closer and we might exchange missile fire, or do you want to hold your action, Vendrik and I buff you, then you wind up and go THIS round?"
Akio says, "I think the -1 from not having a bigger escalation die is less of a tradeoff then a dead round."
Tobias says, "Unless I miss by 1."
DaR From Another Place says, "Between Merc and I we can buff by +3."
Akio says, "It's up to you. I'm just putting that out there."
Tobias says, "Hold on lemme work the numbers here."
Voice of John Biles says, "I will note that I am going to roll Init for the bugbears next round when they might be able to act; they may do better than the goblins did."
Tobias says, "I'll go this round, then, post merc and dan buffing me."
The archer TRIES to disengage; he has +5 but Dan imposes -5 on him, so...
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20"
Result is: (d20) 3 for Manny Mo'Jac
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Oh wait, he died"
DaR From Another Place says, "He fails to disengage... FROM DEATH."
Kiara, do you want to do anything this round or just wait?
Kiara takes a crossbow shot at one of the non-mooks.
You can position yourself however.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Okay, that's -2 at this range"
Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC BUt +4 for the Escalation!"
Mike says, "OOC: hold on"
Mike says, "OOC: Never mind"
Kiara says, "OOC Hold on a sec."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC I waits"
Kiara says, "OOC Page 56, it says crossbow is 'Okay', no penalty, at 'Far Away' targets."
Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Okay, then!"
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+4"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+4) 16 for Kiara
The shot hits him in a toe for 2
Harrow, then Vendrik!
Harrowhark concentrates on Niamh and fills her magic box with her dark energy.
Vendrik inspires Niamh and Kiara with a few words and then sticks his sword into the dead swordgob and draws a throwing axe for the next round.
Vendrik OOCly says, "Inspire on quick, move to ready, and standard to recover the resolve from Inspire."
Manny Mo'Jac exclaims, "OOC Niamh with your held action, while Numo eats rotting flesh!"
Voice of John Biles says, "It strikes me that Vendrik would work really well as a Warhammer char."
DaR From Another Place says, "Yes. He is, in fact, vaguely modeled on the the concept of an Empire noble."
DaR From Another Place says, "Vaguely germanic, landsnecht sort of minor nobility from a family just vaguely tainted with some chaos or beastmen or ogre blood in the distant past."
Niamh plants her staff in the ground with one hand and makes passes with her wand in the other hand, incanting ominously in archaic elven. A green, fae light gathers in the crystal of her staff and at the tip of her wand. Small crops appear at the earth at her feet, only to sizzle and melt into a green ichor. Finally, with effort, Niamh speaks a few final, labored words of elven and quietly states, "Abigail of Stardew's Green Slime Projectile Romance."
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+4+3+1x3"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+4+3+1) 26 (1d20+4+2+4+3+1) 18 (1d20+4+2+4+3+1) 16 for Mike
Mike says, "roll 4d10+1x2"
Result is: (4d10+1) 21 (4d10+1) 24 for Mike
Green slime rains down onto two of the three not-mook Bugbears, who are... surprised.
Akio says, "That's a quality spell name."
Frito says, "Heh. Yeah."
Further, the slime continues to eat their flesh for now.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6"
Result is: (d20+6) 24 for Manny Mo'Jac
Tobias says, "Damnit, one off of getting all three."
This spurs your foes to a burst of energy as they get Init 24
Akio says, "Still tho."
One of them shouts, "SEND THEIR SOULS TO FEED HER HUNGER!" And they charge, hurling javelins as they advance.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+7x9"
Result is: (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 26 (d20+7) 27, crit (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 13 (d20+7) 19 (d20+7) 22 (d20+7) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
Akio says, "Good god."
Frito says, "Ouch. Some zesty rolls."
Tobias says, "All three did get that 5 ongoing, at least, as that happens even on a miss."
Akio says, "My boys might be in for some hurt."
Akio says, "The zombies are not all that robust even for third-level creatures."
Javeins rain down on the zombies, who all die.
DaR From Another Place says, "Better them than us."
Foes are at missile range and will close to attack next round.
Akio says, "I only have one heal left, two in an emergency."
DaR From Another Place says, "I've got 3."
Samantha, what do you wish to do?
Akio says, "Yeah, true, that is what they're here for."
Escalation Die is 5
DaR From Another Place says, "Well, 4, if you count that I can hit 2 targets with my remaining Stand Firm."
Akio says, "I actually "cashed in" a heal for the zombies."
Akio says, "Which I feel was absolutely a good trade."
DaR From Another Place says, "Plus my cloak, and Sam's belt."
Akio says, "Effectively they've "healed" us for 64 hp."
Manny Mo'Jac asks, "OOC Rod, you there?"
Since we are Rod-less, Samantha goes ahead and shoots a Bugbear.
A Mook
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+10 2d8+5"
Result is: (d20+10) 17 (2d8+5) 18 for Manny Mo'Jac
Her shot misses
Luke hurls a javelin at one of the mooks.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+6 2d6+1"
Result is: (d20+6) 14 (2d6+1) 4 for Manny Mo'Jac
He gently bops one of them for 2 points with the blunt end when it tumbles.
Niamh, then Kiara!
DaR From Another Place says, "Both still have +1 :)"
DaR From Another Place says, "As my buff lasts until my turn."
Niamh points her wand at the worst hurt non-mook and unleashes Frozen Stare of the Dancing Yug-Sage Nygothya.
DaR From Another Place asks, "morelike Nyagotha-nyan, amirite?"
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+5+1+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+5+1+1) 33, crit for Mike
Mike says, "roll 3d6+1"
Result is: (3d6+1) 11 for Mike
Akio says, "Nice, Mike."
The Bugbear stares at something magical; ice creeps up hislimbs and traps him, then he turns to ice and shatters
Tobias exclaims, "Get Niamh'd, bitches!"
Kiara!
Kiara tries ducking into shadow!
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+3+2+5"
Result is: (1d20+3+2+5) 22 for Kiara
Akio says, "We'll see how this goes once these guys plow into our tanks."
Kiara VANISHES
Harrow, then Vendrik!@
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC I will note that you need at least one more line person to prevent some of them getting past Luke and Vendrik."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Since all the zombies died"
Akio says, "I call bs."
Akio says, "We should be able to set our backs to the ruin."
Akio says, "Which we just came out of."
Frito says, "er."
Voice of John Biles says, "Most of you moved away from the ruins."
Voice of John Biles says, "You're all spread out across the field beyond the ruins"
Akio asks, "I don't recall ever saying I moved that far. Mike, do you recall saying you moved that far?" Nan desu ka? (Type 'Help' for help)
Voice of John Biles says, "You two didn't, but Luke and Vendrik are away from the ruins."
DaR From Another Place says, "Vendrik and the rogues have been charging around."
Tobias says, "I haven't moved at all, that I've specified."
Voice of John Biles says, "IE, your line of defense has open air on its flanks."
Akio says, "Perhaps Luke and Vendrik should -back up-, then."
Voice of John Biles says, "Vendrik could back up, leaving Luke and the Rogues out int he field to be attacked."
Akio says, "Okay. Fine."
Voice of John Biles says, "Well, Luke and Samantha, since Kiara vanished"
Harrowhark moves a little bit to cover Niamh if anything charges past Luke and Vendrik, and then pops Invocation of Healing.
Akio says, "That's my turn."
DaR From Another Place says, "We did reform something of a line last round, but no one really specified we were backing up to anything. I can move to cover, but really, there's 8 remaining of them and only 2 real line, so short of an outright alleyway, we're probably not going to be able to intercept everything."
Voice of John Biles says, "You and Luke formed a line with the zombies but they died."
Vendrik time!
Vendrik flips an axe that for anyone else would probably be a battleaxe, catches it, and then with an almost comical look of concentration, winds up and hurls sidearm into the bugbear mooks. Without really looking, he backs up in front of the casters.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Roll 'em"
Vendrik says, "roll d20+7 2d6"
Result is: (2d6) 7 (d20+7) 9 for Vendrik
A mook trips on it for two as he comes closer.
DaR From Another Place says, "Dex is not Vendrik's strong suit. ^_^"
Escalation Die peaks at a 6. Your foes move in; Vendrik and Luke get a bugbear and two mooks; Harrow gets two mooks. They attack with.... NOOSES
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+8x8"
Result is: (d20+8) 26 (d20+8) 13 (d20+8) 14 (d20+8) 11 (d20+8) 28, crit (d20+8) 11 (d20+8) 24 (d20+8) 11 for Manny Mo'Jac
Frito says, "...wow. Three crappy rolls, two mostly crappy, and three hit it out of the park."
They all do miss damage if at least two of them are engaged with you. So Vendrik is hit by a Bugbear and gets double miss damage from mooks, Luke is hit by a mook for a crit and takes miss damage from regular and mook and Harrow is hit for a regular and a miss damage.
Hit by a mook and miss damaged by a mook
DaR From Another Place asks, "Which is?"
Voice of John Biles says, "Harrow is hit by a mook and miss damaged by a mook"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d8 1d4x2"
Result is: (1d4) 1 (1d4) 2 (1d8) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
DaR From Another Place asks, "Okay, how much for hits and misses?"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d4"
Result is: (1d4) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
Voice of John Biles says, "Mooks do 1d4 on a miss, regular does 1d8. 10 on a hit/6 for a mook"
DaR From Another Place says, "Oh, these guys actually roll for misses."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d4"
Result is: (1d4) 3 for Manny Mo'Jac
DaR From Another Place asks, "Looks like I'm taking 14?"
Vendrik takes 10 + 1 + 2 = 13. Luke takes 2 + 12 + 2 = 16. Harrowhark takes 6 + 3 = 9., Luke is at 18, Vendrik at 26, Harrow at 13.
Akio says, "Dan, you get me, I'll get Luke."
Frito says, "And I'll try and get one of them off you, Merc."
Samantha tries to clear out Harrowhark's foes, leaping in and striking, then darting out, ideally.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+11 2d8+2d4+11 d20+5"
Result is: (d20+11) 27 (d20+5) 17 (2d8+2d4+11) 25 for Manny Mo'Jac
Samantha slaughters both of Harrowhark's foes.
Luke shouts, "BY THE POWER OF THE GREAT GOLD WYRM!" Lightning comes down and covers him. He strikes at the bugbear in front of him.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+16 2d10+2d12+12"
Result is: (2d10+2d12+12) 34 (1d20+16) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac
Luke's foe, weakened by the slime, dies
He still has two mooks
Niamh, then Kiara!
Mike asks, "OOC: Vendrik has a bugbear and 2 mooks on him?"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC yes"
Niamh points her wand at Vendrik's three foes and softly invokes The Prismatic Madness of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Mike says, "roll 1d20+4+2+6+1x3"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+6+1) 19 (1d20+4+2+6+1) 28 (1d20+4+2+6+1) 32 for Mike
Frito says, "Niiiice."
Mike says, "roll 2d8+1x3"
Result is: (2d8+1) 5 (2d8+1) 10 (2d8+1) 7 for Mike
The Bugbears slide into raving madness briefly and will be Confused next round; the regular bugbear is badly hurt and a mook dies; a second mook is staggered.
Harrowhark comments, "There's a rumored version of that spell that can be used to manifest the madness as physical changes in living creatures."
Kiara!
Harrowhark says, "Less scrupulous wizards and necromancers have been trying to crack it for Ages."
Niamh, perhaps wisely, does not comment.
Kiara looms out of shadow to strike at the two mooks on Luke, cartwheeling at them like a deranged wagonwheel.
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+4+2+6+1"
Result is: (1d20+4+2+6+1) 16 for Kiara
Kiara says, "roll 1d20+5+1"
Result is: (1d20+5+1) 19 for Kiara
DaR From Another Place says, "Travis stole Rod's luck and ate it."
Frito says, "I guess."
Kiara elbows him as she goes by for 2 points.
Harrowhark, then Vendrik!
Harrowhark heals Luke, and Invigorates Vendrik.
Akio says, "Heal and buff and heal and buff."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 2d10+7"
Result is: (2d10+7) 15 for Manny Mo'Jac
Luke is up to 33!
Vendrik time!
Vendrik attempts to finish the non-mook with a flexible swipe to the throat. d20+15 2d10+5 (reserving move action)
Result is: (d20+15) 31 (2d10+5) 12
Vendrik cuts his throat and he dies.
Vendrik orders Harrow to Pull it Together for +6d4 extra healing.
Harrowhark says, "roll 2d8+3 6d4"
Result is: (6d4) 12 (2d8+3) 13 for Harrowhark
Harrowhark reaches 38 HP
Vendrik uses his move action to maneuver the confused mook into the fray with the rest.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC DC 15, the usual"
Vendrik says, "roll d20+13"
Result is: (d20+13) 15 for Vendrik
New round, Escalation at 6, which is the cap.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d3"
Result is: (1d3) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
The sane mook tries to run; the confused one randomly lashes out at Luke.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d20+8"
Result is: (1d20+8) 12 for Manny Mo'Jac
SWISH
DaR From Another Place exclaims, "-5 to disengage, buddy!"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20-5"
Result is: (d20-5) -1 for Manny Mo'Jac
Luke and Vendrik get free shots as he runs away anyway!
Frito says, "At least we're not the only ones who get crappy rolls. ^^;;"
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+11 2d8+11"
Result is: (d20+11) 18 (2d8+11) 20 for Manny Mo'Jac
Vendrik says, "roll d20+13 2d10+5+1d4"
Result is: (d20+13) 17 (2d10+5+1d4) 16 for Vendrik
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC dang, Luke misses by a point"
He runs like a MANIAC but can still be range attacked.
Samantha shoots him.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+11 2d8+5"
Result is: (d20+11) 23 (2d8+5) 14 for Manny Mo'Jac
CHONK, he dies
Luke attacks the last chud
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll d20+12 2d10+12"
Result is: (2d10+12) 27 (d20+12) 30 for Manny Mo'Jac
Slicing him into three pieces
Niamh says into the sudden silence, "Don't just stand there, loot the bodies."
Harrowhark says sharply, "Keep away from the Necromancer."
Harrowhark says, "They like to trap their corpses."
Here's the good news. You collect 240 GP and 12 20 GP copper rings. Everyone gets 40 GP and 2 20 GP Copper Rings
The Necromancer's staff is just a focus, but you also collect 2 +1 Runes
He was carrying. You will need to decide who gets them.
Akio says, "Niamh."
Akio says, "I nominate Niamh gets both."
Akio says, "biggest DPS with the biggest downside for missing."
DaR From Another Place says, "I'm fine with that. I don't need any more. I've got a trio I keep forgetting to use."
Tobias says, "I admit I'm not up on what runes do."
Akio says, "They're consumables."
DaR From Another Place says, "They're sharpening stones/mage-oil. :)"
Akio says, "You crack'em open for the bonus on any given roll."
Tobias says, "Ahhh. Yes, those will do nicely for daily spells."
Frito says, "Yeah, I'd say Mike gets those."
Voice of John Biles says, "They give a +1 bonus for an entire battle and a random magical effect."
Voice of John Biles says, "You can put them on Armor, weapons, or Spell Implements, like your Wand"
DaR From Another Place says, "Yeah, battle or 5 minutes."
Do you want to go back to Moon Hill and rest up or immediately head for Santa Cora?
Akio says, "The former."
Akio says, "I am TAPPED."
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC You qualify for a full heal up, so..."
Akio says, "Harrow needs ale and whores."
Akio says, "And to rejigger her loadout."
You head to Moon Hill and go to your inn rooms and sleep. Numo mumbles all night about brains.
Akio says, "Ahahaha."
You recover all powers and HP and may change your loadout if you desire.
Akio says, "So since Numo is an extension of Niamh's spirit... and Harrow made the zombies out of her viscera and bones..."
Frito says, "You did this to Numo, now you need to take responsibility. :)"
Akio says, "Harrow is now inside Niamh."
Akio says, "So deep inside."
Tobias says, "Haet."
DaR From Another Place says, "The cleric is calling... FROM INSIDE THE MAGE."
Harrow, there is a ranbling, incoherent letter from your father, accompanied by 3 Healing Potions. This discharges your ununsed Priestess benefit.
Manny Mo'Jac says, "OOC Everyone should roll Icon benefits"
Vendrik says, "roll d6x2 Crusader"
Result is: (d6) 3 (d6) 6 for Vendrik
Harrowhark dumps the healing potions in the gutter and grinds the vials into shards.
Vendrik says, "roll d6 Diabolist"
Result is: (d6) 1 for Vendrik
Mike says, "Pr/EQ/LK"
Kiara says, "OOC Druid"
Mike says, "roll 1d6x3"
Result is: (1d6) 4 (1d6) 3 (1d6) 1 for Mike
Kiara says, "roll 1d6"
Result is: (1d6) 6 for Kiara
Kiara says, "roll 1d6 Elf Queen"
Result is: (1d6) 3 for Kiara
Manny Mo'Jac says, "roll 1d6x3"
Result is: (1d6) 5 (1d6) 6 (1d6) 2 for Manny Mo'Jac
Tobias says, "Kiara seems to be the Drood's fav."
Harrowhark says, "the Lich King"
Harrowhark says, "roll 2d6"
Result is: (2d6) 9 for Harrowhark
Harrowhark says, "Er, did that wrong."
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d6x2"
Result is: (1d6) 6 (1d6) 2 for Harrowhark
Frito says, "Yah. She's starting to get real nervous about that. ^^;;"
Akio says, "... wow."
Harrowhark says, "Priestess"
Harrowhark says, "roll 1d6"
Result is: (1d6) 1 for Harrowhark
Akio says, "As an FYI."
Frito says, "Oh, wait, I should be rolling a second one for Elfie."
Akio says, "Harrow is going to spend this "set" of encounters trying to fight on the line."
Kiara says, "roll 1d6"
Result is: (1d6) 4 for Kiara
Harrowhark spends an evening crafting the skull of the Goblin Necromancer into a mace.
No problem.
Voice of John Biles says, "IF anyone wants to buy runes or healing potions, you can buy them right now."
Do you want to do anything here, or head for Santa Cora?
DaR From Another Place says, "I am kinda done."
Kiara buys a couple of healing potions.
Akio says, "Same."
Frito says, "It's that time of night."
Voice of John Biles says, "Yeah, I just want to know if you're taking off immediately "
Voice of John Biles says, "Or sticking around"
Akio says, "Yes. We'll do some shopping and then we out."
Tobias says, "We're gonna take off as soon as the immediate shopping's done, yeah."
Frito says, "I can't think of anything left to do beyond shopping, yup."
Voice of John Biles says, "Okay, you can do any shopping and we'll start with you setting out next time."
Akio says, "Oh hey, as an FYI to the group:"
Voice of John Biles says, "The Bugbears were weaker than a full encounter, BTW"
Voice of John Biles says, "Though not by a lot"
Akio exclaims, "Me summoning those zombies was an Icon Benefit. They do not HAVE to take the form of people directly beseechin an Icon for aid and them respounding like they're a God. You can, and should, pitch your own idea for special shit that can happen or that you can do to John. He's flexible!"
Akio says, "In this case, I suggested that the benefit would be that Harrow got a free, max-success casting of Raise Dead as a third-level spell. The drawback was my burning a daily for it."
DaR From Another Place exclaims, "Like Yoga!"
Akio says, "This was a good deal for all involved."
Tobias says, "Me multi-targeting usually single-target acid arrow was ALSO an icon benefit."
Akio asks, "See?"
Voice of John Biles says, "Sometimes, I will spend it to have something like, say, a group of elves show up if someone has Elf Queen."
Akio says, "I know I've given this speech before a lot in the Star Wars game, but... game mechanics that allow you to make narrative declaration or break the rules are not only powerful, but they're fun."
Akio says, "Like... Harrow isn't a necromancer. She's not."
Akio says, "But with judicious use of Lich King and a little luck, you'd never know that. :)"
DaR From Another Place is a paladinmancer!
DaR From Another Place says, "Luke was a result of a Diabolist icon, if I remember right."
Frito exclaims, "And now he's our very own pet!"
DaR From Another Place exclaims, "now I've got Crusader. Maybe I can summon a nice inquisitor!"
Voice of John Biles says, "You are correct, Dan"