Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]Like I said above, the DC to have heard of them is only 10 on Knowledge: Local, and for DCs 10 and below you can make them untrained. Since you can take 10 also, and these things are so old that they were even there before some of you were petrified, it is likely that most or all of you have heard of them (unless you don't want to have heard of them ). They're very well known in the area, but it is less well known that they are magical portals (DC 20 local/bardic know, or Arcana), and knowing that one of them leads to the Underdark would probably be like DC 25 or 30 (local/arcana).[/spoiler]

[VennDygrem]

[spoiler]Duly noted and edited into the last post, since no one's posted since then.[/spoiler]

[HeadofVecna]

Xuuvosic consults telepathically with Siphsis before sending, <<My snakeman says that the Mucklestones check. Underdark and all.>>

@VennDygrem[spoiler]<<The damned fool has done about all the damage he can for now. But stay ready bro...motherfucker, shit just get close to him and be ready to grab his ass once shit with the goblins is squared away.>>[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Xuuvosic Know local 11, Xuuvosic Know planes 16, Siphsis know local 29. Is the planes check high enough to know what a Barghest can do?[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]Xuuvosic Know local 11, Xuuvosic Know planes 16, Siphsis know local 29. Is the planes check high enough to know what a Barghest can do?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]You'd know what a basic barghest is, a kind of natural goblin-wolf hybrid that can change forms like a werewolf, that is from another plane. And that they're lawful evil, but not true devils. You'd probably know that they grow stronger from consuming souls, also, since pretty much anyone who's ever heard of one would probably know that, as that is what they're most famous for.



Also, I don't really like how knowledge skills work. So I may try using something from the Tomes, but I understand that their skill system is still a work in progress. It doesn't really make sense that knowledge about a freakin' 1 HD demon from some specific layer of the abyss would be more common than knowledge about a bear, or a dragon (who the fuck hasn't heard of dragons?). In the real world, the more powerful and dangerous something is, the more people who have heard about it.[/spoiler]

[Bozwevial]

<I don't like this. Not, mhmm, one bit. It looks...messy.> Marlowe attempts to slip closer, looking worried...but what else is new?


[spoiler]Marlowe is going to try and approach in much the same way Ris-Janna did, except on foot as opposed to branch. He won't approach closer than 100 feet, and he'll try to gain line of sight to the creature in question.

Hide, Move Silently (1d20+16, 1d20+14=[4, 16], [10, 14])

Whoops. Botched the syntax there...that is, I believe, a 20 on Hide and a 24 on Move Silently. If you want me to try and reroll that properly, I can, but if not I'm okay with that.

On the off chance you need sensory rolls:

Spot, Listen (1d20+12=27, 1d20+12=26)[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]100 feet from what, Boz? The building the speaker was in? That will basically only require a single move action, and you will still be on the same map that you're on now. You still can't see the speaker, or any worgs for that matter (though the Sirloin said there are 5 of them over there somewhere). All you see is a bunch of goblins walking single file into the building and down into a pit.[/spoiler]

[Bozwevial]

[spoiler]That vantage point will suffice nicely. If the leader closes the pit, I'll probably at least have time to get off a shot or two, even if they aren't death attacks...and if Xuuvosic's minions distract him and keep him in my scope, even better, no?

And if we aren't killing him...well, it can't hurt, can it?[/spoiler]

[VennDygrem]

[spoiler]How far has Cade gotten so far? Not sure how many rounds we're getting through with all this conversation.[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

I think this summarizes things, to the best of my knowledge:


Surprise + Round 1
Marlowe studied and killed some goblins during the surprise and 1st round.

Ris-Janna obliterated the bat, and then a worg.

Raoul moved (somewhere) and nuked them in the surprise and 1st rounds.

Xuusovic and his minions acted during the surprise and 1st rounds (singing, moving, shooting, and intimidating).

Sejanus has yet to act, because he has been unable to post due to some RL stuff. I'm not sure what he'd be doing. I guess I'll say he has moved, and maybe self-buffed. I'll look at his sheet in a bit.

Cade moved during the surprise and 1st rounds.



In the second round
Ris-Janna moves up to the edge of the village.

Xuusovic reigned in his minions.

Marlowe and Cade moved closer.

Rauol has been bargaining, but I think that's all he's done this round, unless he moved more.

Sejanus still hasn't checked in. I'll say he moved up and buffed himself a bit.


So that's it. I guess Round 2 is done, and we're at the top of round 3. Marlowe is up again.

With the start of this round, pretty much everyone can be where ever they want on the maps, as you've had plenty of time to be moving. Kuro said Rauol was moving early on, but never really told me where he was going. I'll say Sejanus is up to about where Marlowe and RJ killed the bat.

[Kuroimaken]

[spoiler]I meant to say he was moving towards the center of the barbeque.[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]I meant to say he was moving towards the center of the barbeque.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Ok, he's hasted. So you can say he's basically where ever you want. You've had plenty of time to move.[/spoiler]

[Kuroimaken]

[spoiler]In that case, I want Raoul to be near the village entrance, downwind if possible.[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]In that case, I want Raoul to be near the village entrance, downwind if possible.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Ok, I rolled to determine wind direction randomly, and it looks like it is from the North today. So that would put you on the South side. How about J15? Or do you want to be on a different map from the "village" itself?[/spoiler]

[Kuroimaken]

[spoiler]In that case, I want Raoul to be near the village entrance, downwind if possible.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Ok, I rolled to determine wind direction randomly, and it looks like it is from the North today. So that would put you on the South side. How about J15? Or do you want to be on a different map from the "village" itself?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Nah, that's all good.[/spoiler]

[HeadofVecna]

[spoiler]So where exactly on the map is the Barghest and the pit?[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]The pit is at S/T-8/9 (it's 10 feet across). The barghest is currently at J/K-8/9, and is surrounded very closely by 5 goblins riding 5 worgs, according to the psurlon. They are all apparently invisible, as no one has reported actually seeing them yet. You can also hear drumming coming from the location around him.[/spoiler]

[Bozwevial]

Marlowe will delay until after...Raoul, I believe. (This is assuming I can't see anything around the pit.)

[VennDygrem]

[spoiler]I'd act but I think we're waiting to make this exchange? Or something? Or maybe we all have to get to the huts and then all but one of us needs to leave? Just not exactly sure what we're waiting on.[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

[spoiler]I'm waiting on you guys. The goblins will all be in the pit this round. If you're just waiting for that, we'll fast forward.[/spoiler]

[HeadofVecna]

Gaining altitude over the southern edge of the westernmost building, Xuuvosic's voice is thick with the promise of doom. "OK motherfucker, you know full well that we ain't gonna just let you wander off because you asked nicely. That ain't the way shit works. But its real lucky you mentioned your friend in the underdark. That makes you useful, rather than some short-lived asshole who's in the way. So here's the real deal from the horse's mouth. You have to come with us to a place you don't want to go. But I'll give you a little taste of increased power, and all you buddies get to live, even the ones still listening to my bitch's song and the little pups pretending like they're guarding your ass." The small fiend's tone becomes even more unpleasant, "Or you can try your chances at not getting cut to pieces and fricasseed the moment you try to escape. Of course, with option two, even if you do get away, your lackeys definitely get eaten. Seems like an easy choice, but its up to you."