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Ilya: rar
Ilya: I'm reading to hit things
Ilya: ready*
DM: Excellent.
DM: Now we just need other people ready to hit things.
Ilya: yeah where are they
DM: Adam said he'd be a few minutes late.
DM: I assume the same goes for Erin.
DM: No idea what the deal is with Sandy, but he's still got 2 minutes.
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DM: Huzzah.
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DM: Is Sandy's # xxx-xxx-xxxx?
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DM: I have?
<<< DM is now known as Aleksei >>>
Aleksei: So
Aleksei: Hopefully you got my text
DM: I… think you're lying!
Taranis: it is
Aleksei: But in any case I am now here
DM: I got a "Virgin mobile text-to-landline"
Aleksei: Yeah I dunno what that is all about
DM: No worries though, we were getting some software installed on Erin's comp.
DM: My Skype # must not register as being able to receive texts.
DM: Either way.
Ilya: yay.
DM: So, first off, let me point everyone towards this post: http://kingmaker.xthemage.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5&sid=3fafe36cb2c78cc83421acbcacf5de66
DM: And provide a brief recap of the precap.
DM: You, brave adventurers all, have been given a charter by the Swordlords of Restov to go out into the Northern regions of the Greenbelt.
DM: The charter stipulates that you are to explore, map, and if the need arises, secure the area.
DM: What you know about the Greenbelt has been detailed in the post I just linked.
DM: (and its surrounding areas, collectively termed the Stolen Lands)
Ilya: Why's it called the Stole Lands?
Ilya: Stalen*
Ilya: Stolen* fuck I cannot type today
Aleksei: Because it supposedly once belonged to um
Aleksei: Whatsit
Aleksei: The country we're from
DM: Although the area was once under Brevoy's control...
Aleksei: Brevoy, right.
DM: it has been neglected. The area is now filled with bandits, monsters, and other unpleasantness.
DM: In fact, the lawlessness of the area is why you're there. The various political entities of Southern brevoy, Restov chief among them have decided to start securing the Stolen Lands.
DM: Your group is one of four sent out with similar goals sent forth by Restov.
Aleksei: We have to clear out the creep groups
Aleksei: And build a base
DM: Something like that, yes.
Elias: Faaaaantastic
Ilya: yes yes
DM: The Greenbelt is about 6-7 days walk from Restov.
Aleksei: We make it to Oleg's without a problem right
DM: However, your resident geography expert doesn't know the area well enough to identify any landmarks on the border itself.
Aleksei: Some geography expert
Ilya: And who is our resident geography expert?
Aleksei: Taranis probably
*** Ilya looks around
DM: Taranis.
Aleksei: He is the dude that knows everything
Ilya: Who are you people?!!?!?
Ilya: :p
Taranis: It's me, because I am teh smarts.
Taranis: (I have not studied geography specifically)
DM: Remind me… does everyone in this group have a 30 ft move speed?
Aleksei: I am a handsome and charming cleric of Desna
Aleksei: Also awesome in various other ways
*** Ilya looks
Ilya: yes.
Elias: yep
Taranis: Only until I have a fly speed.
Aleksei: I have:
Aleksei: 30 ft move when on foot
Aleksei: 60 foot move on my heavy warhorse
Aleksei: Yes I totally have a heavy warhorse
Ilya: grats?
DM: So, your 5-8 day (depending on whether your group's move is 20 or 30 ft) journey (during which time you have time to introduce yourselves if you haven't already) ends when you see a small palisade out in the distance.
Ilya: so we have a charming cleric of Desna
Ilya: what else
Elias: Elias smells like a heavy warhorse
Aleksei: What class
Aleksei: is Elias
*** Ilya doesn't know who Desna is
Elias: Ranger
Aleksei: Desna is the Song of the Spheres!
Ilya: a smelly Ranger
Elias: who doesn't believe in soap
Taranis: I am clearly a brilliant wizard who doesn't know what a comb is.
Aleksei: She is the most totally awesome goddess
Ilya: and a brilliant unkempt wizard
Elias: I have lovingly termed him, the hobo ranger
Aleksei: Of like, stars
Aleksei: and butterflies.
*** Ilya finishes polishing his brand new two-handed sword
Ilya: Right then.
Aleksei: Desna is the coolest
Ilya: This is quite the assortment isn't it.
Aleksei: Totally
Aleksei: This will be fun!
Ilya: Well then, let Iomedae light our path, comrades.
Elias: a more unlikely crew you'd be hard pressed to find
Aleksei: Are you some kind of paladin
Ilya: I have felt Iomedae's call, yes.
Aleksei: k.
Aleksei: What's everyone wearing/wielding?
DM: So, 5 days after setting out from Restov, you find yourselves a short distance away from a palisade guarding the road.
*** Ilya brushes his hair back
Ilya: a battered but well-kept shirt of chainmail
Ilya: a greatsword slung along his back
Ilya: hiking boots and trousers
Aleksei: polished, shining, and clearly never-used suit of chain mail
Ilya: standard exploring garb
Aleksei: Equally brand-new heavy steel shield
*** Taranis is leading a mule, which he doesn't seem thrilled about, which is piled high with everything he possesses
Aleksei: Light crossbow
DM: You recognize it based on it's description as Oleg's, a trading post that marks the Northern border of the Greenbelt.
Aleksei: Decorative dagger
Aleksei: No other melee weaponry
*** Ilya also has an old dagger at his belt
Aleksei: Well-made and also brand-new explorer's outfit
Ilya: //he is enjoying describing how rich he is
*** Taranis leans slightly on a massive, weathered staff of oak as he walks
DM: The former border fort has clearly seen better days. It does however, look like someone's been trying to patch it up. Several of the timbers in the pallisade wall have been replaced, and the massive doorway is clearly a recent construction.
Aleksei: Also this: 
Ilya: ... a flower print white shirt?
Aleksei: wat
Ilya: we have those in Brevoy? :p
Aleksei: The hat! :p
Aleksei: But yes
Aleksei: We do
DM: o.O
DM: no.
Ilya: lol
DM: No we do not.
Aleksei: So
Aleksei: A fort
Aleksei: That someone maybe attacked recently
DM: Nah.
Ilya: I'm sorry I can't see the hat for all the loudness of this shirt
DM: Just wear and tear.
Ilya: So... this is supposed to be Oleg's trading post, right?
DM: Yep.
*** Ilya looks at Taranis for confirmation
*** Taranis has to be prodded out of a book
*** Ilya shakes his head and gives up
*** Ilya walks on up and bangs on the door
Taranis: Um, sure. This looks like the right place, at least.
*** Elias is clad in what would best be described as 'well-loved' traveling clothes. Over it he's wearing studded leather that has probaby never seen proper upkeep. Dirt scuffs, nicks, and a general dishevelled look are his trademarks.
Ilya: Hello?
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Woman: Hello?
Woman: Oh, visitors!
DM: The door creaks open.
Woman: Come in, come in!
Ilya: Yes, we've come seeking a place to stay for the night.
Ilya: Thank you.
Woman: Oleg dear, we have visitors!
*** Aleksei rides in
*** Aleksei dismounts awkwardly
DM: She looks around and then her gaze wanders to top of one of the buildings inside the pallisade.
*** Aleksei almost falls off the horse
*** Ilya enters
DM: Up there is a gruff looking man.
*** Ilya looks at Aleksei
*** Ilya shakes his head
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*** Oleg looks down at you from the roof and frowns.
Oleg: hmph.
*** Oleg climbs down a ladder and walks up to you.
*** Elias eyes Aleksei and notes for future reference that either Aleksei is easily flustered by women, or he has issues with his horse.
*** Ilya profers his hand
Aleksei: Hi.
Ilya: Ilya Sokolov, pleasure to meet you sir.
Oleg: Mmmhmm… you don't look like much.
Woman: Oleg dear, is that any way to treat guests?
Woman: And after they've come all this way to deal with our problem.
Ilya: Problem?
Oleg: Hmph.
Aleksei: We have?
Taranis: Hmm? No, I suppose not. Well, one has to start somewhere. Even the greatest wizard didn't spring forth from his mother with a retinue in place.
Aleksei: Oh, yeah, we probably have.
Woman: Yes. Oleg's been writing to the swordlords for weeks now...
*** Ilya nods
Woman: They wrote back and said that you would help us.
Aleksei: Sure.
Ilya: We've heard tell of bandits and such to the south.
Elias: Of course my lady, we are at your service
Woman: You are the guard detail that Oleg has been asking for you… are you not?
Ilya: The...
*** Ilya thinks
Oleg: They're just travelers. Passing through. Stop bothering them with our problems.
Oleg: hmph.
Aleksei: Nah, we can help with whatever it is.
Ilya: The swordlords chartered us to clear this region of malefactors.
Aleksei: We're adventurers.
Ilya: So... I don't think we can stay?
DM: As Ilya speaks, a frown crosses Oleg's face.
Ilya: We were just looking for a place to stay for the night.
Woman: Oh… we would be greatly endebted to you if you could help.
Aleksei: Well hey hang on Ilya.
Woman: The bandits...
Aleksei: What if their problem is uh
Aleksei: Malefactors.
Ilya: Then I suppose we should dispatch them?
Aleksei: See? Bandits.
Aleksei: Right!
Woman: They've been demanding payment every month...
*** Ilya nods
Ilya: Oh, I see!
Woman: My husband has been writing to Restov for nearly two months.
Ilya: When are they next due?
Aleksei: Yeah, that's totally not right at all.
*** Aleksei shakes his head sternly
*** Woman is on the verge of breaking into tears.
Woman: Tomorrow!
Aleksei: And like, illegal.
Ilya: Perfect.
Ilya: We shall put an end to these knaves in the name of Iomedae.
Woman: They come on the first of every month.
Aleksei: Desna blesses our adventures already!
Elias: Don't worry ma'am. We will deal with these bandits and ensure they never trouble you again.
*** Ilya slams one closed fist into his open palm
Aleksei: So I guess we want some rooms.
*** Oleg frowns.
Aleksei: We're pretty tired.
*** Woman glares at Oleg.
Aleksei: From the trip and all.
*** Oleg sighs.
Oleg: ok.
Oleg: Well, we'd best get you settled in. Room and dinner's 5 copper a head.
*** Woman glares at Oleg again.
*** Aleksei is reaching into his pouch
*** Oleg sighs.
Oleg: Fine.
Woman: We wouldn't dream of charging you.
Oleg: IF you deal with those bandit scum.
*** Ilya bows
Elias: If it is okay with you, I will keep watch outside. Best keep an eye for these bandits should they attempt any foul deeds during the night.
Ilya: Very kind of you ma'am.
Aleksei: Sounds good.
*** Ilya nods to Elias
Ilya: Good work.
*** Oleg mumbles a few words under his breath.
Oleg: mumble mumble hang them outside the palisade mumble mumble.
Taranis: I have an experiment or two to conduct; do you have an open space you do not mind my using?
Woman: well, we have the benches out here.
Woman: The bandits have always come an hour after sunrise on the first of each month.
Aleksei: Oh, also my horse needs to be stabled and all that sort of thing.
Woman: Oh, of course.
Elias: I will ensure that my watch covers the hours before sunrise then.
Aleksei: Great.
*** Woman takes the reins and leads the horse into the post's stables.
Ilya: ok then
Ilya: i guess the question is, does anything interesting happen before the next day
Ilya: when the bandits show up
Oleg: Hmph. Well, we might as well get you fed. Dinner'll be on the benches in a few. (as he points to a pair of 20 ft long benches over by the wall)
DM: Nope.
DM: However… for your planning pleasure...
DM: http://hugin.xthemage.net/?instance=kingmaker
*** Taranis spends the time before dinner mixing noxious ingredients in flasks, to no pleasant results
*** Oleg is next to the benches.
Oleg: ...
Oleg: Take that foul smelling crud out to the waste pits.
*** Taranis sighs, mutters, nods, and complies
*** Taranis unfolds a chair at the pits
Aleksei: Is there alcohol served with the dinner
DM: Oleg brings out some mead. It's not particularly good.
*** Aleksei retrieves a gallon jug of ale from his saddlebags
*** Aleksei drinks that instead
*** Aleksei (not all of it)
Oleg: Hmph.
*** Taranis An hour or so after dinner, a truly noxious cloud rises from the area of the pits, and Taranis comes back in, fingertips and hair blackened, muttering to himself
*** Ilya thinks Aleksei is being rather rude but doesn't say anything
*** Ilya graciously accepts Oleg's mead
*** Oleg mutters some more.
DM: Otherwise, dinner and the rest of the night pass uneventfully.
DM: Any preparations for the bandit's arrival?
Aleksei: Excellent
Woman: Should we close the pallisade doors?
Elias: eats dinner and drinks with everyone else, but shortly after disappears to the stables where he spends his time grooming the warhorse and seemingly talking to himself.
Ilya: How many do they usually bring?
Oleg: No. Lure them in. These… gentlemen … can hide in the stables or the storeroom and surprise them.
*** Oleg says this while not looking at you.
Aleksei: Yeah is there a lot of them or what
Woman: Well, when they first came there were lots.
*** Ilya frowns
Ilya: Hide?
Ilya: I suppose...
*** Ilya looks disappointed
Elias: I should take the high ground. Best place for an archer.
Woman: A dozen of them, including that…woman.
Aleksei: A woman?
Woman: She had two hatchets. Would have chopped Oleg's arm off.
*** Elias has had a thick oak bow strapped to his back during his travels with everyone
DM: Oleg's wife is shaking as she says this.
Ilya: Hmph.
Woman: And that foul mouthed brute.
Ilya: Well this time, they'll pay for it.
Aleksei: These guys sound pretty bad.
Aleksei: Good thing we're here to stop them now!
Woman: But they've been coming in smaller and smaller numbers.
*** Aleksei yawns
Ilya: So
Woman: The second time, only that vile man came with six other men, and the third time with onnly four.
Elias: As in they are losing their numbers to other gangs of they are losing their numbers to the wilds?
Ilya: Elias get to the tower...
Ilya: Everyone else prepare for an ambush
Oleg: Probably think we're weak. Ripe for the picking.
Oleg: Hmph.
Ilya: Let's go
*** Ilya herds his comrades into the stables
*** Woman sighs.
Woman: We haven't been able to oppose them. They don't think we're a threat.
Oleg: And they're right. Hmph.
Woman: Well, hopefully that scary woman won't be with them. I…
*** Aleksei casts Longstrider on himself
Woman: I had to give up my wedding ring so her men wouldn't cut off Oleg's arms.
*** Elias gets to the tower and arms himself
DM: Alright.
DM: What's the plan?
DM: Elias up in the tower.
Aleksei: The plan is
DM: Where's everyone else?
Aleksei: stables
Ilya: the stables door is kind of far away actually
DM: In fact, place yourselves.
Ilya: can we move that cart
Ilya: in the middle there
DM: Go ahead and redraw it with a square wherever you want it.
Ilya: ok
Taranis: clearly I need to find a more appropriate min
Ilya: yeah
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DM: Ok, so you're going with Oleg's plan?
Ilya: I like oleg's plan
<<< DM of Gaia is now known as Aleksei >>>
Aleksei: Yeah we wait until the dudes come in
Aleksei: And then
DM: Ok.
Aleksei: We jump 'em
Aleksei: pewpew
Elias: the tower is the line around the outer walls?
Elias: or where is this tower on the map?
Aleksei: It seems like there are four
Aleksei: One to a corner
DM: There are four raised platforms, one per corner.
Aleksei: With those catapults
Aleksei: Or perhaps trebuchets
Aleksei: I don't know
Elias: okay, are any of them anywhere near where these bandits are gong to be led?
DM: Each has a catapult on it (which on closer inspection are all rotted through)
Aleksei: Unfortunate
Ilya: the plan is
Aleksei: So, assuming they'll enter through the palisade doors in the south wall
Ilya: Oleg will let them in
Ilya: open the doors
Aleksei: It seems like either of the two southern towers will work for you
Ilya: and we'll charge them to death
DM: Ladders go up to the platforms near the southwestern tower and near the northeastern one.
DM: err, go up to the pallisade walls.
Elias: okay.....high ground won't work
Aleksei: What, why not
Ilya: southwestern tower sounds good
Elias: once they pass in front of the stables I won't be able to see them
Ilya: just go upt here and hide
Aleksei: Is that true?
Elias: the roof of the stables blocks any line of sight
Aleksei: How high is the tower and how high are the stables
Ilya: I assumed the tower was higher than that
Ilya: oliver?
DM: The towers are 15 ft high
DM: the stables are...
Aleksei: Time for some
Aleksei: TRIGONOMETRY
DM: let's say 10 ft high.
Ilya: pythagors says
Ilya: hm
Elias: so no I won't be able to see
Ilya: so that could obscure LoS possible
Elias: I guess I hide with you guys
DM: You won't get a good shot into the courtyard from any of them.
Ilya: ok.
Elias: nope
Ilya: unfortunate
DM: Although you could climb up on the southern pallisade wall.
Aleksei: Aha
Aleksei: Stand right above the doors.
Ilya: that sounds promising
Ilya: though if they see you it might make you a sitting duck
Ilya: can he hide up there?
Aleksei: Meh
Aleksei: We'll take 'em out
DM: Ok.
Elias: I guess I do that then
DM: Well, not much cover there...
Aleksei: // this video game music album is fantastic
DM: Another alternative would be the eastern walls.
DM: It's a clear shot over the benches.
DM: At any rate.
Ilya: sounds good
DM: Everyone placed?
*** Aleksei is placed
Ilya: assuming Elias isn't going to be immediately spotted there
Ilya: yes
DM: Hmm… bugger… my choice of bandit mini has been absconded with.
Ilya: this instance doesn't have all the minis
Ilya: that is a design flaw imo :P
Aleksei: Nope
Aleksei: It sure is
Elias: That's as good as any
Elias: I'm a sitting duck no matter what
Elias: let's just hope they don't have a lot of archers
Ilya: I'm just saying that if they see a dude with a bow
Ilya: when they walk in
Ilya: that sort of defeats the purpose.
Taranis: that is what hiding is for, yes?
Ilya: right
Ilya: so
Ilya: if you can hide
Aleksei: No cover there though
Ilya: it's all good
Elias: well it's high ground or hiding
Elias: I'm okay with either
Aleksei: imo...
Aleksei: Drop prone
Aleksei: And hide that way
Aleksei: And then get up when they come in
Ilya: if that works then I'd say do that
Ilya: Metal Gear style
Elias: will that work?
Aleksei: If you're on top of a wall
Aleksei: There's no reason it shouldn't
Elias: I'm asking oliver
Aleksei: At the very least it ought to give you a bonus
Aleksei: Regardless of anything else
Elias: I don't have good stelth
Elias: just an fyi
Aleksei: A hobo ranger with no stealth?!
DM: Prone works, but you can't fire a regular bow from prone.
Elias: limited skill points :P
Ilya: that's fine
Elias: I realize that
Ilya: he'll get up
Ilya: when combat starts
Elias: it's more, can I hide at all up there
DM: Ok, that works.
Ilya: I just don't want them to see him when they walk in.
DM: Sure, you can hide while prone.
Elias: which it seems the answer is yes
Elias: then that's what I do
DM: What's your modifier?
*** Ilya not assuming our villains follow the "people never look up" hypothesis
Elias: for?
DM: Stealth
Elias: 4
DM: Ok
Elias: I just have no ranks in it
Ilya: aw
Ilya: 1 rank would do wonders.
Elias: I know
Elias: I only had 6 skill points to work with
Ilya: how'd you spend them?
Aleksei: imo put a rank in next level
DM: ok
Aleksei: Even if you do nothing else ever
Elias: I know
Elias: I get it
Elias: I will
Aleksei: k :p
Elias: just not now at level 1 ::P
Ilya: lol
DM: The next morning...
DM: precisely 1 hour after sunrise, the bandits come riding up to the trading post.
Aleksei: is that the half-spider smiley
DM: Each bandit is mounted on a horse, and two follow behind carrying pack saddles.
Aleksei: Bandit quantity?
Ilya: looks like 4 of them!
DM: 4, including one who looks rather nasty. Scar running down the face and everything.
*** Ilya peers out
Aleksei: So it does
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*** Aleksei also peers out from behind Ilya *** Ilya holds his sword at the ready *** Aleksei holds his The Power of Desna at the ready
Scarred bandi: Oleg, so good to see your sorry face again. Where's that pretty wife of yours?
*** Aleksei whispers
Oleg: None of your business.
Aleksei: Oh man these guys are totally rude
Ilya: Duh. They're bandits.
*** Scarred bandit pulls out a dagger and advances on Oleg.
Aleksei: Let's get them!
*** Ilya scowls
*** Ilya acts
Scarred bandi: you've gotten some lip on you. Maybe I should carve those lips off of you.
DM: Alrighty.
DM: You get a surprise round.
*** Ilya charges the scarred guy
Aleksei: Doesn't seem like you can
Ilya: well
Ilya: now that he moved
Ilya: :|
Aleksei: Couldn't before either
Ilya: looks like I can imo.
Ilya: straight line
Ilya: like so
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Aleksei: Charge says
Aleksei: You must be able to attack from the closest square to where you were
Aleksei: In order for charge to work
Ilya: bah
Elias: As soon as I see them open up on the bandits I grab my bow and stand up
Ilya: I'll charge Bandit 3 then.
DM: Ok, let's have some initiative.
Ilya: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 1 = 21
Elias: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 4 = 19
Aleksei: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 0 = 10
Taranis: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 = 5
DM: Ok, go for it.
*** Ilya yells as he charges
Oleg: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Oleg :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 0 = 9
*** Ilya aims for the scarred guy but his buddy gets in the way!
Ilya: /try 4+2
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 4 + 2 = 8
Oleg: A miss!
*** Ilya misses horribly as a result
*** Ilya curses under his breath
DM: Elias!
Taranis: is putting the new coat rack in position; one moment
DM: ok, in the meantime, Aleksei!
*** Aleksei moves like so
Elias: I pick up my bow and stand up
Elias: that's my turn
DM: ok
*** Aleksei channels the power of Desna!
*** Aleksei touch attack:
Ilya: um
Ilya: surprise round
Aleksei: oh
Aleksei: nm
*** Aleksei just moves
DM: k
*** Oleg withdraws to within his house. (and you can hear the door being barred)
Ilya: mmm
Ilya: Oleg shouldn't get a surprise round should he?
DM: He was expecting it.
Aleksei: He's not surprised clearly
Ilya: Ok.
DM: And finally Taranis
Ilya: Yeah true he was aware of them
Ilya: they were not aware of us
*** Taranis spellcasts
Taranis: roll Bandit #2 a Fortitude save
Bandits: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Bandits :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 3 = 22
Ilya: wow.
Ilya: oliver's juicin the dice
Aleksei: The dice just hate you :p
Ilya: juicin!!!!
Taranis: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
Taranis: 3 damage, then
Aleksei: What was that
DM: (what spell?
Ilya: what was that?
DM: )
Taranis: Ear-Piercing Scream
Elias: aka: girlish scream
*** Bandits was deaf already.
DM: Ok.
DM: Surprise round over.
*** Bandits were really not expecting this development, and it takes them a few moments to take in what just happened.
Bandits: /try 5-8;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Bandits :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 5 - 8 = -1
*** Ilya wins all the init
Scarred bandi: /try 2-8
*** DM rolls attempts for Scarred bandi :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 - 8 = 6
Aleksei: Suckers!
DM: ok
DM: Ilya's back up.
Ilya: Is anything evil!?!?!
DM: (that's not a standard action anymore?)
Ilya: well
Ilya: how about this.
Aleksei: Smite evil anyhow
Ilya: A paladin can, as a move action, concentrate on a single item or individual within 60 feet and determine if it is evil, learning the strength of its aura as if having studied it for 3 rounds. While focusing on one individual or object, the paladin does not detect evil in any other object or individual within range.
Aleksei: It's not like you lose anything
DM: So you're doing that?
Ilya: So as a move action
DM: Ok.
Ilya: I look at scarface
DM: So… funny story. Bandits are all evil.
Ilya: great.
Ilya: I should have known that
Ilya: imo
Ilya: so
Ilya: 5ft step
Aleksei: Smite them in the name of etc.
Ilya: SMITE
Ilya: EVIL
Ilya: scarface
Ilya: In the name of Iomedae!
Aleksei: flanking! except I don't threaten.
Ilya: yeah I am not using that flanking
Ilya: so it's cool.
Aleksei: also I guess you're attacking that dude there
Ilya: yep
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 6 = 8
Ilya: ...
Aleksei: Wow
Ilya: no really
Scarred bandi: o.O
Ilya: juicing the dice
Aleksei: Iomedae is not favoring you today
Ilya: nooope
DM: Srsly
Ilya: :|
DM: Elias!
Elias: Arrows for number 4
Elias: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 5 = 13
Ilya: I wonder if Aleksei realizes how flanked he is.
Aleksei: What sort of armor and weapons do they have, btw
*** Aleksei doesn't really realize it
DM: The arrow nearly bounces off of the bandit's armor, but strikes true.
*** Aleksei hasn't done this sort of thing before
Elias: woot
Elias: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 8 = 8 > = 8
Elias: wow
DM: Scarface has a dagger drawn, and a bow slung across his shoulder.
DM: The other bandits all have short swords and longbows.
Elias: I'm done
*** Aleksei channels the power of Desna!
*** Aleksei touch attack
Aleksei: vs. scarred dude
DM: at?
DM: k
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 1 = 20
Ilya: what is this crap.
DM: a hit!
Aleksei: He is infused with chaos!
Aleksei: For the next round
Aleksei: He must roll all d20s twice
Aleksei: And take the worse result
Aleksei: I'm done.
*** Scarred bandit reacts slightly faster than his comrades.
Scarred bandi: Kill them, you sons of whores
*** Scarred bandit 5ft steps back.
Scarred bandi: Try to stop ME, will you, you mongrel dogs... Scarred bandi: No one messes with Happs Bydon!
Ilya: Yes we do!
*** Scarred bandit pulls out a small vial and throws it towards the (wooden) stables.
DM: The vial shatters on the wall and catches fire.
Aleksei: oh noes
Elias: noooo! The ponies!
Aleksei: not the ponies :(
DM: (note, btw, that you've got a horse and a mule in there, and that Oleg keeps a horse of his own in there too)
Aleksei: Yes my horse is totally in there
Ilya: You wretch!
*** Ilya growls
Ilya: //i don't see a 5ft step
DM: Taranis is up
Ilya: //oliver
DM: // done
*** Taranis steps out of the stables and spellcasts again
Aleksei: Cast spells at the dude! he is debuffed
Taranis: Sure, a Fort save from this Happs Bydon fellow.
DM: (for what?)
Aleksei: ear-stabbing sonic lance
Taranis: Another Ear-Piercing Scream
Aleksei: amirite
Aleksei: yep
Ilya: say the name of the spell you're casting
Ilya: :p
Scarred bandi: /try 4 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Scarred bandi :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 4 = 6
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 4 = 21
Ilya: lol chaos.
Taranis: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
Taranis: 4 damage, dazed 1 round
Aleksei: Yeah in this campaign we adhere to http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingYourAttacks
DM: (dazed = -1 to d20s, yes?)
Ilya: no dazed is lose actions
Aleksei: Dazed is no actions
Ilya: radiant assault and such
Taranis: I would not bother with a 1st level spell that did Flare +1d6
DM: (Dazed got nerfed)
Aleksei: It did not!
*** Aleksei looks
DM: mm… nm
Aleksei: Yeah dazed is fine
Ilya: totally fine
DM: (could someone load up a horse mini please?)
*** Bandits go next.
*** Bandits move slightly.
*** Bandits draw swords and attack. 2 at the greater threat (Aleksei) and 1 at Ilya
Aleksei: Oh noes, there are dudes on one side of my and also on the other side of me! D:
Bandits: /try 2+2;aleksei 2+2;aleksei 2+2;ilya
*** DM rolls attempts for Bandits :
*** DM (aleksei) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 2 + 2 = 15
*** DM (aleksei) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 2 + 2 = 5
*** DM (ilya) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 2 + 2 = 20
Ilya: :|
Aleksei: Miss and miss
Ilya: no really
Ilya: these dice have it out for me
Bandits: /roll 1d6+1;Ilya
*** DM rolls dice for Bandits: (Ilya) 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
Aleksei: I think what we've proven here
Aleksei: Is that my goddess > your goddess
Ilya: well
Ilya: that's dumb
Ilya: Ow.
DM: Ilya's back up.
*** Ilya turns to Bandit 4
*** Ilya 5ft steps like so
*** Ilya swings
DM: (and could someone find a horse mini and load it into Hugin?)
Ilya: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 4 = 7
Ilya: ...
Aleksei: ok I will
Aleksei: ... lol
DM: No kidding.
Ilya: /tableflip
Ilya: so that's
Taranis: Well, your rolls are getting better <.<
Ilya: 2 2 3
Ilya: yeah thanks a lot
DM: (you did start with a ridiculously good init)
DM: Elias!
Taranis: A clear monotonically increasing series
Aleksei: done
Ilya: which of course dooms me to never succeed at any other roll
Ilya: amirite
Elias: number 4 again
Ilya: thanks init
Elias: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 5 = 13
Elias: and assuming that hits again
Aleksei: Why are there suddenly horses everywhere
Elias: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 5 = 5 > = 5
Ilya: not even horses
Ilya: small horses!
Ilya: ponies!
Ilya: ponies EVERYWHERE
Aleksei: Now hang on
Aleksei: If I knew they were supposed to be ponies
DM: What?
Aleksei: I'd have uploaded an entirely different mini.
Elias: Friendship is on fire?
Ilya: TOO BAD
DM: Not ponies.
DM: As I said, the bandits all rode in.
DM: And now that there's a big growing fire over there...
Ilya: ok but
DM: Well, horses don't particularly like fire.
Ilya: they're all medium.
Ilya: and not large.
Ilya: sooo
Aleksei: // World of Warcraft: Seasons of War
Aleksei: // yessss
Ilya: then we all got trampled to death
DM: Aren't they large/long?
Ilya: yeah so?
Aleksei: Yes but they still take up a 2x2 space
Aleksei: They just have 5ft reach
Aleksei: Instead of 10ft
DM: Fair enough.
DM: Happy?
Ilya: not really.
Ilya: i just rolled a 2, 2, 3
Ilya: kinda pissed, actually.
DM: #4 goes down.
Aleksei: sux
Ilya: also I am the only PC to take damage so far
Aleksei: Is it my turn
Aleksei: Yes it is
Aleksei: How wounded is Ilya
Aleksei: A lot or not a lot
Ilya: 6/12
DM: And… Aleksei is up.
Taranis: // Well yesterday, I forgot I could jump a ravine, fell into it, and had goblins thrown at me
Aleksei: hmm
Aleksei: I am going to 5ft step
Aleksei: And once more channel the power of Desna!
*** Aleksei touch of chaos!
Aleksei: @ #3
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
DM: Chaos fail.
Aleksei: sux
<<< Scarred bandit is now known as Happs Bydon >>>
*** Aleksei is still holding the charge though
*** Happs Bydon looks around.
*** Happs Bydon looks at Taranis.
Taranis: about all he can do.
Ilya: he dazed son
Ilya: actions are the opposite of him
*** Happs Bydon is indeed.
DM: Speaking of Taranis.
Aleksei: gogogo
Taranis: Sleep!
Ilya: (it's his turn)
Taranis: on #3 and Happs
Taranis: Will saves, please
DM: What's the duration on that chaos thing?
Bandits: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Bandits :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 - 1 = 3
*** Bandits nods off.
Aleksei: 1 round
Happs Bydon: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Happs Bydon :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 1 = 21
*** Happs Bydon has had enough of your pitiful pointy eared words.
Ilya: lol
DM: oh, and speaking of him… that fire he threw grows a bit.
DM: the horses outside begin to neigh and edge away from the fiery wall.
*** Ilya doesn't want to be trampled :(
DM: And that brings us to ...
Bandits: #2 is asleep.
Bandits: err, #3
*** Bandits #2 steps over to taranis and swings his short sword.
Bandits: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Bandits :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 2 = 6
*** Bandits fails miserably.
DM: Ilya!
Taranis: Even I am not hit that easily
DM: can you do something!
Ilya: do I have enough room to charge
Ilya: I DON'T KNOW
Ilya: PROBABLY NOT.
Aleksei: It doesn't seem like you do
DM: 5ft says no
Ilya: yeah
Ilya: ok
Ilya: so 5ft step
Ilya: attack
DM: k
Ilya: can he roll in the double digits>?!?!?!?!
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 6 = 16
Aleksei: WOW
Ilya: HE CAN
Aleksei: Just made it
DM: apparently so.
DM: That… is a hit
Ilya: /roll 2d6+8
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 2d6 < 2 3 = 5 > + 8 = 13
Aleksei: Is that vs. #3
Aleksei: or who
Ilya: no
Ilya: bad guy
Aleksei: They're all bad guys!
Ilya: Happs Scarface McDouchebag
Ilya: #3 is asleep
Aleksei: if they were good guys we wouldn't be fighting them!
Aleksei: Because we're also good guys
Ilya: I wouldn't want to disturb his rest
Aleksei: That's considerate of you
Ilya: no bad as in bad for us
DM: That's with your smite, right?
Ilya: #3 is asleep
Ilya: he is no threat
Ilya: not bad as in the opposite of good.
Ilya: yes it is
Happs Bydon: But… but...
*** Happs Bydon collapses.
*** Ilya brings his sword crashign down
*** Ilya with the power of Iomedae
Happs Bydon: Elias!
DM: err
DM: Elias!
Ilya: Haaaa!
<<< Happs Bydon has left >>> <<< 04:00:41 PM >>>
Elias: So big guy is down 3 is asleep
DM: One bandit remains standing...
Elias: is 2 still standing there?
Elias: or did he move?
DM: and he looks like he's about to make a break for it.
Ilya: Keep #3 alive
Ilya: If possible
Ilya: We can question him
Elias: 2 gets some arrow love
Ilya: See where their base is
DM: #2 took a 5ft
Elias: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 5 = 14
DM: a hit
Elias: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Elias: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > = 1
Elias: fabulous
DM: Aleksi
DM: Aleksi?
Aleksei: +e :p
Aleksei: So
Aleksei: Let's see here
Aleksei: I think I will now walk over to bandit #2
Aleksei: And touch him with chaos
Aleksei: Does Taranis threaten?
Aleksei: Taranis?
DM: His bonded item is a staff iirc.
Taranis: I have a staff in hand
DM: so yes
Aleksei: k
Aleksei: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 3 = 7
Aleksei: sux!
*** Aleksei is still holding the charge
DM: k
DM: And… Taranis!
DM: Oh… almost forgot...
DM: The fire spreads further.
DM: The horses...
DM: /try 1 1 1 1 1 1
*** DM rolls attempts for DM :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 1 = 15
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 1 = 10
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 1 = 18
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 1 = 5
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 1 = 20
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 1 = 20
DM: One of them spooks.
Aleksei: oh noes
Taranis: 5-fts back and...
Taranis: Ray of Frost!
Taranis: /try 0;touch
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM (touch) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 0 = 15
Taranis: /roll 1d3+1
*** DM rolls dice for Taranis: 1d3 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
Ilya: down to the cantrips eh
DM: #7 bolts out the door.
Taranis: 4 damage to #2
DM: out of the pallisade walls
*** Bandits is still up… barely.
*** Bandits 5fts here….
*** Bandits attempts to mount the horse
Bandits: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Bandits :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 1 = 19
*** Bandits succeeds at mounting the slightly panicked horse.
Bandits: hmm… nm, that was a standard move, not a 5ft.
Ilya: thought so.
*** Bandits moves 60 ft on the horse.
Ilya: really?
Bandits: err, nm, can't do that either.
Ilya: he moved, mounted a panicking horse, then moved again
DM: yep
DM: that's it.
DM: Ilya's up
*** Ilya attempts to swipe the saddled bandit
Ilya: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 4 = 22
Ilya: \o/
DM: A hit
DM: and I assume you deal at least 1 damage.
Ilya: yep
Ilya: /roll 2d6+7
*** DM rolls dice for Ilya: 2d6 < 2 2 = 4 > + 7 = 11
Ilya: at least.
DM: In that case...
DM: The bandit falls off the horse, quite dead.
DM: You've got a napping bandit.
*** Ilya angles his swing upwards to hit the bandit and not the horse
DM: And that's it then.
Ilya: knock him out
Ilya: let's try to put out the fire
*** Aleksei lets the charge go
*** Ilya punches the bandit into KO state
DM: ok...
*** Ilya after sheathing his sword
*** Taranis uses Ray of Frost on the fire
Aleksei: Hey Ilya you look like you're wounded
Ilya: A bit.
DM: let's have a… Handle Animal check.
Ilya: But I'm fine!
Ilya: Let's get this situation under control first.
Aleksei: Well ok.
DM: The ray helps a bit.
Ilya: The stables is burning and the horses need to be calmed.
*** Elias climbs down the ladder and starts assisting turning out the fires
*** Ilya starts trying to calm the horses
DM: Handle Animal or straight Cha
Ilya: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 2 = 16
DM: ok
*** Ilya leads them away from the fire
DM: You manage to lead the horses outside to safety. The ones inside are starting to neigh a bit.
*** Ilya yells out
Ilya: Oleg, your stables are on fire!
DM: Fortunately, you get the fire under control before long
Elias: actually, I'll help get the horses out
DM: Let's have another check for the ones inside.
Elias: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 5 = 9
Ilya: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 2 = 4
Ilya: :x
DM: Hard to get them out of their stables.
Elias: I'll try again?
Elias: wild empathy doesn't do anythign does it?
DM: Ah, yeah, do that.
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Elias: that's a handle aniaml or charisma plus ranger level?
DM: Wild Empathy is...
Taranis: Ranger level + Cha modifier, works like Diplomacy
Elias: bleh
Elias: that's less than my handle animal
Elias: but here goes
Elias: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
Elias: hah
Elias: thank you dice
DM: Ok, well, seems you've built up a bit of a repore with the animals last night.
Elias: I speak horse and calm them
DM: You manage to get them out.
DM: The stables are damaged a bit, but you get the fire under control before it does too much damage.
DM: There's a nice big gaping hole in the wall now though.
Ilya: :|
*** Ilya sits down holding his side where he got stabbed
DM: (stable, not pallisade0
Ilya: Ow.
*** Oleg has by this point come out and started helping.
*** Aleksei looks around
*** Aleksei looks at Ilya
Aleksei: Oh hey, I'll heal you.
*** Woman likewise.
*** Aleksei cure light wounds
Ilya: My thanks, Aleksei.
Aleksei: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Aleksei: 1d8 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
DM: once everything calms down.
*** Ilya feels much better
*** Oleg spits on Happs
Oleg: Hah. Serves the bastard right.
Taranis: So there are more of them out there, I presume?
Ilya: We can only assume...
Ilya: And this one -
Oleg: He'll look good on the pallisade wall. Should scare em off for now.
*** Ilya prods the sleeping one
Ilya: Will tell us where to find them.
*** Oleg turns to you.
*** Ilya takes out some rope and begins tying him up
Oleg: You know, you four are all right.
Taranis: // Now I have some options for minis
Ilya: Thank you.
Ilya: Glad we could help out.
Ilya: But now, I believe we have more bandits to put an end to.
Oleg: If you ever need a place to stay… the guest room is all yours.
Woman: Dear…
*** Woman whispers in his ear.
*** Ilya looks around
Oleg: Hmm… why not. We'll get some more from old Bokken later.
Ilya: Looks like we acquired some horses too.
Oleg: Wait here just a second.
Elias: You're most welcome sir
*** Oleg disappears and comes back with a pouch and 3 vials.
Oleg: A crazy old hermit makes these… it's most of what keeps me in business these days.
Aleksei: What is it?
*** Taranis inspects
Oleg: Well, these two heal ya, and this one keeps ya safe.
DM: 2xCLW, 1x Shield of Faith +2
Ilya: So... Potions then?
*** Ilya nods
Ilya: Our thanks.
DM: the pouch contains 50 gp.
Aleksei: Thanks!
Oleg: Mmhmm
Ilya: hmmm
Ilya: oliver you said the guy had a crossbow?
DM: No, just a bow.
DM: all of them had bows.
Ilya: a shortbow?
DM: a bow slung across his shoulder.
Ilya: a longbow?
DM: Longbows x4
Aleksei: a mediumbow
*** Ilya takes one
DM: Happ's longbow is in fact composite with a +2 strength modifier
*** Ilya takes THAT one
Elias: niiiice
Ilya: unless Elias needs compositeness
Aleksei: So
*** Taranis looks at the bows and shakes his head
DM: A careful search also reveals a 2nd vial of alchemist's fire on Happs
Aleksei: I'll take that
Ilya: So first thing
*** Aleksei yoink
Elias: I can't right now
Ilya: Wait until this dude wakes up
Elias: strength is too low
Ilya: and then make him talk.
*** Ilya has tied him up
*** Ilya asks Elias to check his knots
DM: As well as a grand total of 8 days of trail rations, 80 arrows, 4 suits of leather armor, 65 gp...
DM: 3 short swords, 1 daggger...
DM: -g
DM: aaaaand...
*** Elias checks Ilya's knots
DM: Happs has an odd little trinket on him.
DM: A small silver amulet in the shape of a stag.
*** Taranis Detect Magic
DM: nope
Elias: hmmm interesting choice of jewelry
*** Aleksei Detect Magic also
DM: no more magic than the first casting.
DM: ok
DM: A little time passes… and eventually the bandit wakes up.
*** Ilya looms over him
<<< Bandits is now known as Bandit >>>
Bandit: Uuuurngh
*** Bandit looks around groggily.
Ilya: Good morning, knave.
Ilya: Welcome back to the world of the conscious.
Bandit: I… I… don't hurt me!
Aleksei: Being an evil bandit doesn't feel too good now, does it!
Ilya: Now what you're going to do is tell us exactly where the rest of your brigand comrades make their base
Ilya: And everything about their numbers, patrols, etc.
Ilya: And maybe I won't hurt you.
Bandit: But…
*** Ilya scowls
Bandit: I… no, she'll… no. I can't!
*** Ilya growls
DM: Let's have an intimidate check.
Ilya: Is "she" here?
Ilya: I don't see "her" anywhere!
Ilya: Just me and my sword.
Aleksei: // Intimidate is opposed, right
*** Ilya fingers the hilt
Ilya: //it's dc
Ilya: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 3 = 22
*** DM panics
*** Bandit panics
Bandit: No…
Bandit: you don't know Kressle. She's mad. She'll find me. She always knows. She caught Ivan when he was skimming. She'll know! She'll know it was me!
Ilya: Just like I caught you!
Ilya: What a coincidence.
Aleksei: Also
*** Taranis leans on his staff, watching quietly
Aleksei: We'll go and find her and she'll be punished for her crimes
Aleksei: And then
Aleksei: She can't catch you or whatever
Aleksei: See?
DM: Diplomacy from Aleksei
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
*** Aleksei shrugs
*** Ilya stops holding his sword
Bandit: She… no… She'll kill you.
Aleksei: No way!
Bandit: And then she'll kill me!
Aleksei: The gods are on our side.
Ilya: You have the one chance to save yourself here.
*** Ilya kneels down
*** Ilya looks the bandit in the eye
Bandit: She'll come all the way from the ford and hunt me down.
*** Bandit quickly covers his mouth.
*** Ilya nods
Ilya: Now, If you tell us more about the ford...
Ilya: We can go put an end to her terror.
Bandit: You know what she did to ivan?
Ilya: What did she do to Ivan?
Bandit: She chopped off his fingers.
Bandit: One at a time. One day at a time.
*** Ilya distasteful look
Bandit: Ten days before she killed him.
Ilya: Clearly this Kressle is a fiendish madwoman.
Bandit: I'm not going through that. Kill me now.
Ilya: She shall see Iomedae's justice.
Taranis: Impressive levels of terror from him.
Ilya: Now... what is your name?
Bandit: Yuri.
Ilya: Yuri...
Ilya: If you tell me how to find her...
Ilya: Then what happened to Ivan won't happen to anyone else.
Ilya: We will put a stop to this.
DM: Diplomacy from Ilya
Ilya: But you have to help us out here.
Ilya: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 6 = 12
Oleg: Nope
Ilya: //that's right, intimidate and diplomacy in the same encounter bitches!
DM: Nope
*** Bandit shakes his head.
Aleksei: Oh well.
*** Ilya shakes his head while standing up
Bandit: Not a chance. She'll kill you! You don't know her.
Ilya: Oleg, he is yours to mete out whatever justice you see fit
Bandit: You don't know what she's capable of.
Aleksei: Oh wait hey I have an idea!
*** Oleg frowns.
Aleksei: Hey bandit guy
Aleksei: If you don't tell us where your boss is
Aleksei: Then after we find her
Aleksei: We'll give you to her
Aleksei: And tell her you told us where she is.
Bandit: ...
*** Ilya looks aghast
Elias: .....
Ilya: What?
Bandit: you wouldn't!
*** Aleksei winks at Ilya
Aleksei: Sure I would.
*** Elias looks puzzled at Aleksei's method of negotiation
DM: Bluff.
Aleksei: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Ilya: lol
Aleksei: // darn
Taranis: Using the terror of her against one terrified by her... interesting technique
Bandit: You wouldn't.
*** Bandit is not buying it.
*** Aleksei shrugs again
Aleksei: Worth a try.
Ilya: Well
Ilya: All the way from the Ford
Ilya: any idea where that could be?
Bandit: (although he did roll the bare minimum to succeed on that)
*** Ilya looks at people who know more about geography
Oleg: Ford, eh?
Taranis: Ford, ford... I would need to see a map for that.
Oleg: well… thre're two rivers 'round here.
Oleg: The Thorn and the Shrike.
Oleg: Both a ways to the south.
Woman: Dear… last time, didn't they say they wanted to get back by sundown?
*** Oleg sneers at the bandit.
Oleg: Yes, yes they did.
Oleg: Wherever it is, it's probably close.
Ilya: So a day's ride south.
Ilya: At one of the rivers.
Ilya: Theoretically.
Taranis: Do you have a map?
Ilya: //someone should have brought a map.
DM: (weeeell...)
*** Aleksei is cartographing
DM: (Keep in mind that one of your main tasks is the construction of one such map)
Aleksei: Right
Ilya: so a map does not exist yet
Ilya: got it
Aleksei: Let's just ride south
DM: Well, the Shrike's more'n a day's off to the South East.
Aleksei: Until we get somewhere useful
Taranis: At this point, they will already be noted as late returning
DM: your best bet's the Thorn off to the Southwest.
*** Oleg said that.
DM: Several of you notice the Yuri blanching when Oleg mentions the Thorn.
DM: Ok… so...
Taranis: Well then, I think we have our answer.
Elias: That sounds rather accurate according to our friend's face over there
*** Elias indicates the bandit
Aleksei: Great, let's go!
Ilya: Ok.
Ilya: Now that we all have horses...
*** Ilya indicates the ones the bandits left behind
Aleksei: // What kind of horses are they, btw
Ilya: Time to ride I think.
Oleg: Light non-com horses.
DM: Light non-com horses.
Oleg: I suppose I'll tie this one up… I can send him in to town with the next caravan that passes through.
*** Oleg frowns.
Taranis: // We need 3 horses, which leaves, with the pack horses, 3 for Oleg, it seems?
Taranis: // Oh we only need 2
DM: 2?
Aleksei: ?
DM: Who else has a horse?
DM: Unless Taranis rides his mule around.
Taranis: No, brain fart
Taranis: // Want party loot on wiki or what?
Ilya: horsies!
DM: // sure, put it on the wiki
DM: btw, what's happening with the mule?
Taranis: hmm, how fast do they move?
DM: Looking that up now. Not on the SRD, but several similarly built creatures move at 40 ft
Taranis: so then I'll transfer everything to the horse
Taranis: and offer Oleg the mule
Aleksei: 60 ft
Aleksei: All horses move at 60 ft
*** Oleg thanks you.
DM: 50 ft
Aleksei: what
DM: horses move at 50 ft
DM: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/animals/horse
Aleksei: Huh
Aleksei: How odd
Aleksei: ok
DM: Ok...
DM: http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/kingmaker/kingmaker_map.pdf
DM: where to?
Ilya: south!
Aleksei: let us proceed to...
Ilya: to the river
Aleksei: Grid hex C5
Aleksei: In that direction, anyway
Ilya: Is that how we're doing this
Ilya: I hope not
Aleksei: Well we're going southwest, aren't we?
Ilya: What we want to do is go South and attempt to find this river that we know exists.
DM: Not hex by hex, just give me a direction.
DM: ok
Ilya: I meant by grid hex
Ilya: that seems lame
Ilya: so yeah we go south
Ilya: Like I said.
DM: Note btw… that to thoroughly explore a grid hex to fulfill the charter requirements takes more time than just passing through it. I assume you're looking for the bandit camp, and not exploring atm.
Ilya: Correct.
DM: Also… as you're leaving...
*** Oleg walks up to you.
*** Oleg frowns.
Oleg: I… have a favor to ask.
Elias: Oh?
Oleg: Some time ago, those bandits took my dear Svetlana's wedding ring.
Oleg: I would appreciate it if you could keep an eye out for it.
Oleg: It would mean a lot to us if we could get it back.
Ilya: Of course.
*** Oleg nods.
Oleg: Thank you.
DM: Ok… f'ref, are you going in the direction of D5, or D4?
DM: And while you're puzzling that out...
<<< Bandit has left >>> <<< 04:59:43 PM >>> <<< Oleg has left >>> <<< 04:59:44 PM >>> <<< Woman has left >>> <<< 04:59:45 PM >>>
DM: You travel South through the grasslands of the Greenbelt.
Ilya: do we have any indication of which is right?
DM: Oleg said Southwest.
Ilya: so D4
DM: ok
DM: After about 3 hours of riding, the way forward leads through some thick tree cover… this is the Narlmarches, the forest that dominates the Western parts of the Greenbelt.
DM: (and roughly around where C5 starts)
Ilya: so
Ilya: does it make sense for bandits on horses to have come out of this forested area
DM: Probably not.
DM: There are scattered game trails, but nothing solid.
Ilya: Maybe we ride along to the west then?
DM: ok
DM: You follow the forest's border west.
DM: Let's have a perception check from everyone.
Aleksei: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 3 = 15
Taranis: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 2 = 20
Elias: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 7 = 26
Ilya: should I even bother.
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 - 1 = 4
DM: Another 3 hours of traveling West, the forest turns North. in between B3 and B4
Ilya: :|
Ilya: no sign of any rivers eh
DM: You also get the unshakeable feeling that someone is following you. From the treetops, you see little flickers of motion here and there. And at one point, Elias almost swears that he hears some giggling.
Elias: ummmm.....guys?
Elias: I....I don't think we're alone here
Ilya: I think... we're going the wrong way.
Ilya: Wait, really?
DM: Shortly thereafter, he also notices that all of your boots have turned lime green.
Aleksei: What
Aleksei: HEY!
Ilya: What.
Elias: //can I roll a knowledge nature?
DM: sure, roll it.
Aleksei: These are expensive boots!
Elias: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
DM: 23 eh?
Aleksei: Do they look dyed or something
Aleksei: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 5 = 21
Aleksei: (done)
Ilya: what is that try 5 for
Aleksei: Whew
*** Aleksei looks relieved
Ilya: ??
Ilya: What?
Ilya: What's going on?
Aleksei: My boots aren't really ruined...
Aleksei: They just look like they got dyed green.
Aleksei: Some kind of magic I guess?
Taranis: Intriguing.
Aleksei: So um
*** Aleksei looks around
Ilya: Some sort of... illusion?
Aleksei: I guess?
Aleksei: Someone's following us?
Aleksei: That's probably not bandits, right
Ilya: Probably not.
Taranis: Seems unlikely.
*** Ilya looks around
Ilya: Also, why would a bandit want our boots to be green??
Elias: did....that knowledge nature roll tell me anything or know?
Elias: no*
Ilya: //stupid pixies
Taranis: Would it not be easiest for us to simply find this river and follow it until we reach a ford?
Ilya: Weren't we trying to do that?
DM: So… Elias' excellent perception identifies the giggling as belonging to some manner of fey, probably a Grig. He knows a few things about these giant cricket-like fey. Natural pranksters, the whole lot of them. Some basic spells -- invisibility, entangling, and disguise, though no illusions of this scale. Like most fey, they are also resistant to damage, save by that dealt by cold iron weapons.
DM: Now as stated, you're at the southern corner of B4, when the forest takes a turn to the North.
Aleksei: Well why don't we go into the forest
Aleksei: And find the river
Ilya: Ok.
Ilya: But... then we have ot lead our horses.
Ilya: Right?
DM: There's enough clearance on the game trails.
Ilya: So we take one of those.
DM: A few places you have to slow down and lead them, but that's accounted for.
Elias: well I relay this information
DM: Which is to say that, the forest slows your movement some. You've got about 3 more hours of daylight left. That takes you about halfway through C4
Aleksei: Alright
Aleksei: Let's just keep going until we find the river
Aleksei: And make camp if we don't reach it by sundown
DM: Ok.
Ilya: Sounds good.
DM: Just as the sun begins to set, you make out the sound of running water.
Ilya: So we find the river and make camp by it.
DM: Yep.
DM: Now, out of curiosity… do yo make a fire with that camp?
DM: *you
*** Ilya would prefer one
Aleksei: Sure
Elias: I would advise a very strict watch then. The Grig generally aren't capable of illusions of the scale we witnessed earlier
DM: So, you're making the fire. Pulling out some flint and tinder...
Taranis: So something else is out there, eh?
DM: The tinder has just barely caught fire when it explodes!
DM: It's not much more than a puff of light and smoke… no one is hurt.
Elias: um.....yes....that would be the worry
DM: But someone's face has been covered in soot.
*** Elias nervously eyes the explosions
Ilya: What/
DM: This time everyone hears giggling. Elias notes that it is rougher than the giggling he heard earlier.
Ilya: That's preposterous.
*** Ilya looks around
Ilya: What was that??
DM: The giggling stops.
Aleksei: Maybe
Aleksei: it is the sound of Desna blessing our journey
DM: Let's have another Nature check from everyone.
Elias: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 3 = 9
*** Aleksei doesn't have ranks but here is an untrained check
Aleksei: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 0 = 6
Elias: that.....is slightly less awesome
Ilya: we can make untrained knowledge checks?
DM: everyone who can use it trained.
Aleksei: Well for DC 10 ones we can, isn't that how it works
DM: Ah, well, in that case everyone who can use it trained.
Aleksei: // this is one of the best book titles ever:
Aleksei: "The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed"
*** DM pokes Taranis.
*** Aleksei pokes Taranis with a 10-foot pole
Taranis: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 7 = 14
DM: Indeed.
DM: Well, nothing gained there.
*** Aleksei looks into the forest and yells out
DM: Although at some point he reaches for his spellbook and it's not there.
Aleksei: Hey fey guys or whoever you are!
*** Taranis freaks out
Aleksei: We're, like, on a mission to defeat evil people!
Aleksei: Don't interfere with us too hard please!
DM: It is several feet from where he left it. It is open, and there is a small stick manequin apparently… reading it.
*** Ilya looks aroudn warily, though his terrible perception gives him no chance of seeing anything
<<< High pitched voice has joined >>> <<< 05:31:06 PM >>>
Taranis: Great Scott! What is going on here? Who took my spellbook?
Aleksei: Probably sprites?
High pitched : You are?
Aleksei: They do that sort of thing, you know
Aleksei: Yeah!
High pitched : You're here to kick out those mean bigginses?
Taranis: Do they have no conception of private property?
Aleksei: Yeah!
*** Aleksei turns to Taranis
Aleksei: shush!
*** Ilya looks skeptical
Ilya: Yes... definitely here to kick out mean people.
High pitched : hmm. Well, ok.
Aleksei: We're not trying to like invade your forest or anything, we promise.
High pitched : But you better not be lying!
Aleksei: No way! I totally swear in the name of Desna!
High pitched : Or I'll sic Perlivash on you! <<< Rougher high pitched voice has joined >>> <<< 05:33:37 PM >>>
Aleksei: Well I don't know what that is but you won't have to do that.
Rougher high : Hey! No fair. I don't wanna be sick!
Aleksei: Nah you won't be.
High pitched : No dummy.
Elias: We have no intention of lying to you. Where are the bigguns you want us to get rid of?
Aleksei: Oh yeah, good idea.
Aleksei: Can you guys tell us where they are?
High pitched : Ok… well, the meanies are down that river. They were rude!
*** Ilya looks impressed
Ilya: Which way?
*** Aleksei flashes Ilya a tooth-sparkly smile
Rougher high : And they hurt my pet! High pitched : That way. High pitched : err umm... High pitched : Perlivash, would you?
DM: A glowing hand appears pointing down river.
Rougher high : That way!
Ilya: Excellent.
High pitched : And we won't pull any more pranks. Rougher high : nuh uh.
Ilya: In the morning we will proceed that way and drive them out.
DM: Alright.
DM: The rest of the night passes uneventfully.
Elias: Thank you!
Ilya: Now, thanks to the kind interference of the fey creatures!
*** Ilya in the morning
Ilya: We can set out that way!
*** Ilya points
Taranis: and my spellbook is back where it should be?
DM: DM: It is several feet from where he left it. It is open, and there is a small stick manequin apparently… reading it.
Taranis: ah, missed that
<<< High pitched voice has left >>> <<< 05:39:21 PM >>> <<< Rougher high pitched voice has left >>> <<< 05:39:22 PM >>>
Aleksei: See? You just have to be nice.
Elias: well of course
Aleksei: // brb
DM: It takes you the better part of another day following the river as it flows Southeast.
Elias: if you're kind to nature, it'll return the favor
Ilya: Things I can't see make me nervous.
DM: Let's have another round of Perception?
Taranis: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Taranis :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 2 = 5
Ilya: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Ilya :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 - 1 = 3
Elias: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Elias :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 7 = 24
DM: Alright.
DM: Eventually the forest begins to thin (Southwestern edge of D4), and as the river turns South it begins to widen some. There, on the forest border, Elias spots a small encampment on the Eastern bank of the river.
Aleksei: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Aleksei :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 3 = 17
DM: There's activity around there, a number of individuals wandering around. Still too far to make out details, but it seems they haven't seen you yet.
Elias: well we're unseen and it looks like a likely place for a bandit camp
Ilya: So
*** DM crunches some numbers.
Ilya: How can we sneak up on them
Ilya: and kill them all
Aleksei: Also, how many approx
DM: The sun will set about an hour after this happens.
Ilya: Hm
DM: Seems like about 8 or so.
DM: +/- 2
Ilya: So maybe we should use the cover of night
DM: 6 or so tents are set up in the encampment.
Ilya: and the element of surprise
Aleksei: This sounds like a good idea
Aleksei: Also
Aleksei: We can set one of their tents on fire
Aleksei: Cause confusion and such
Ilya: Sounds good
Ilya: So now
Ilya: They're on the opposite bank of the river?
DM: The river flows north/south here
Ilya: so
Ilya: we're on the western bank?
Ilya: or what
Taranis: And they are on the eastern side... are we on the western or eastern side ourselves?
DM: And on closer inspection it looks like this is indeed a ford. An old, disused road traverses the river here.
Ilya: ok good
Ilya: so we can hide until nightfall and then cross over
Ilya: and Elias can take out their watch
Aleksei: So that means that one of these people is the crazy evil chick that the dude was so scared of
Ilya: or Taranis could do it
DM: A toppled wagon lies on the western bank, and Elias identifies what looks like a guard in a watchtower above it.
Ilya: they have a tower?
DM: More like a treehouse.
Ilya: that is sux
DM: a small platform nested out of site.
Aleksei: We'll set THAT on fire, then.
DM: *sight
DM: the eastern bank also has a watch platform sitting over an encampment.
Aleksei: Sounds like we need to take out both of their watch positions at once!
Ilya: Hm
DM: Well, you've got 2 weeks to mull it over.
Taranis: I suppose a well-placed spell could bring a watch post down.
DM: Since it is 6-ish.
Aleksei: Oh are we done
Aleksei: Ok
Ilya: 2 weeks during which we will mull nothing and instead forget everything that happened.
DM: <.<
Aleksei: What happened: we explored place
DM: Pixies!
Aleksei: Also some bandits
Aleksei: pixies sure
Aleksei: So, yay.
Taranis: Why are there always pixies?
DM: Well, grigs, actually.
Aleksei: That's just how it goes
DM: And something not a grig
Aleksei: Look, at least there aren't goblins
Aleksei: so far
Aleksei: As we know
Aleksei: All starting-area forests contain goblin encounters
DM: Meh. I prefer kobolds.
DM: Oh, can someone take responsibility for posting logs up on the wiki.
Aleksei: Not it - I'm already cartographing
Taranis: I've got the party inventory
Ilya: ok
Ilya: I'll log this
DM: kk
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