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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2010, 02:51:16 PM »
The smile is quickly wiped from the wolf's face as Ris-Janna drops from the tree and guts it with her daggers. She then vanishes from view again just as it drops to the forest floor, stone cold dead.

You can see a look of sheer panic enter the eyes of the nearby goblins.

[spoiler]I was going to say you would draw some AoO from the goblins.... but you were hidden when you moved, so that's out. :P[/spoiler]
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2010, 05:55:45 PM »
Marlowe caresses the trigger of his crossbow, sending a bolt streaking at the head of the goblin he'd been examining. A flick of his wrist pulled the small lever by the stock that conjured another bolt, and another shot whispered through the darkness at his target.

[spoiler]Rapid Shot for, count 'em, two death attacks! Against...M7, I do believe?

1d20+14=22, 1d8+9d6+7=45, 1d20+14=24, 1d8+9d6+7=38

I forgot to factor in Rapid Shot penalties before rolling, so my attack rolls are 20 for 45 damage and 22 for 38 damage. If both hit, that's a grand total of 83 damage. :D[/spoiler]


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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2010, 06:04:21 PM »
[spoiler]Oh christ... you guys are going to murderize my NPCs in no time at all... That was against a stock MM goblin, but it would take down a LOT bigger stuff.  :lol :lmao

If you want, you can target another with the second bolt, because you are quite sure the first is dead before it is fired. There are 7 (living) goblins left that are visible. One adjacent to you, and 6 others near the clearing I mentioned. Just tell me which one you're shooting. 3 of the six in the clearing have longspears, and the others have morningstars.[/spoiler]
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2010, 06:08:38 PM »
[spoiler]The one adjacent to me, please. That'll mean I give up the death attack damage, but 14 points of damage ought to kill a stock goblin, no? :D

Also...

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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2010, 06:23:06 PM »
[spoiler] :lmao Nice pic. [/spoiler]Two bolts silently fly out of the darkness. One strikes a goblin in the eye, exiting the back of his skull and killing him before he knew what happened. The second takes the goblin next to him in the throat before the first corpse has even hit the ground. They both die without as much as a whimper.

The goblins in the nearby clearing, seeing their companions dropping to assailants that seem as ephemeral as wraiths, are ready to panic and run, but one among them overrides their fear with a stern look, and urges them onward.

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These goblins have already used up all of their actions for the round, so this is all just "free action" speech taken during your guys' turns, mostly just for RP.[/spoiler]

So we need surprise round actions for Xuusovic and his posse, and Sejanus, then a 1st round action from Rauol, and then more actions from Xuusovic and Sejanus for the first combat round.

Since half the PCs have attacked now, Xuusovic's minions that have been restraining themselves will attack. I'll let him roll for the weretiger, and I'll roll saves for the goblins affected by the cloaker(s?) and harpy.
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2010, 08:05:34 PM »
Updated the maps. The vampiric cloaker and were-tiger I had move during the surprise round and 1st round.

Looking back... I shouldn't have let Kuro target that fireball the way he did, as the goblins would have had total cover from the building on the West side of the village... So I guess we'll say that that is just a foundation...

All of the goblins in the village and the woods fail their saves, as does the injured worg. They all start walking slack-faced towards the harpy's song. (That's everything on the maps).
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2010, 10:57:24 PM »
A nearly imperceptible distortion in the air emanates from Xuuvosic's location, altering the flow of time favorably for most nearby (Haste for Sejanus, Rauol, Oggug, Kaemarah, Khammeck, Siphsis, and Xuuvosic himself). Then the small fiend whispers to his great living cloak, "Get us behind the clerk. Fast, but stay ready to cover my ass."

As the two glide invisibly forward, X's other lackeys begin to act. Oaxool and Uxorix follow their fellow Cloaker toward the battlefront but are unable to keep up, not having been included in Xuuvosic's time magic. Kaemarah, touches Rauol's shoulder with a wary green hand, returning him to invisibility. Hannavrah begins an eerie ululating song. It has become familiar to the others, as the least unpleasant part of the daily regimen to immunize the group from the dark powers of X's undead host. Yet still the sound is uncanny, both lulling and disturbing at the same time. Khammeck races in tiger form towards the goblins. Siphsis readies a bow and fires thrice in rapid succession.[spoiler]Siphsis longbow attacks (1d20+12=32, 1d20+12=28, 1d20+7=19, 1d8+3=4, 1d8+3=7, 1d8+3=5)[/spoiler]. Shlurshech remains behind with Rauol and Sejanus.

As Xuuvosic is carried near the goblins, he bellows, "You shitheads gonna surrender while there are any of ya left too surrender? I don't care. Wasting every motherfucking one of you sounds fine with me. Just trying to plan my day[spoiler]intimidate (1d20+15=34)[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2010, 01:47:42 AM »
[spoiler]Nice intimidate check... Even using the GitP modifiers for Diplomacy, that is still gonna have an effect... [/spoiler]

The goblins are so enthralled by the harpy's song that they pay no heed to your words. Indeed, they hardly notice as Siphsis mows them down with her arrows. You think your words were wasted, but then you hear the drums again in the distance, and Shlurshech says "Master, new minds have appeared in the village. One is not of this world, and quite intelligent."

Your aerial servants, and you, notice that some of the goblins have stopped moving and appear to have broken free from the stupor of the harpy's song. Then you hear a harsh, gutteral voice come from somewhere near the village.

"Speak your terms." it says.
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #28 on: January 08, 2010, 02:18:54 PM »
<<Surrender? Why, that doesn't sound like what we came here for. We don't necessarily need to kill them all, but we need to bring back proof that we got rid of these guys. How are we gonna do that if we just ask them 'pretty please' to leave?>>

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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #29 on: January 08, 2010, 02:35:37 PM »
You hear telepathic giggling of female voices through the link. It is a bit uncanny how good the psurlon is at reproducing people's thoughts, right down to the sound of their voices. It must be some of Xuuvosic's undead legion.
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #30 on: January 08, 2010, 03:15:35 PM »
<<I believe some goblin carcasses charred to a crisp should prove sufficient.>> Raoul offered with a shrug.

"Our terms are simple. You leave this place and never come back, and you get to keep your hide relatively unharmed."
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #31 on: January 08, 2010, 03:26:56 PM »
The voice replies quickly. "Very well, we will leave. However, this place is a bit... vague. What exactly are you asking us to leave? This world? This forest? We do not wish to cross paths with you... again."

The speech is interlaced with brief canine snarls and whining sounds. It sounds much like that of the worg you heard earlier. However, though it definitely sounds feral, it does not sound dumb. You get the feeling that it is measuring your words carefully, as well as considering its own.
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2010, 03:33:34 PM »
"While the vicinity of this continent would suffice, in your stead I would consider leaving the plane altogether if you're able. It's ENTIRELY messed up." Hopefully, that was clear enough to leave out any loopholes.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2010, 04:10:47 PM »
A snickering sound echoes back, and then the voice says "We rather liiiike it here. The chaos and darkness make it easy for us to feed and escape. Those cowering in the cities are too afraid to venture out to hunt us down, unlike before. We had to be much more careful before, yes...

But this area is depleted, anyway. All of the good prey has either fled to the city, which has grown strong, or is already dead. So yes, we will leave. Have your bird stop its song so my servants can return, and we will leave with no trouble."


As you watch, those goblins who had already been freed from the enchantment begin heading back to the village, and filing into the building on the East side. The psurlon says "They're... disappearing... somehow, Master..."
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2010, 04:16:58 PM »
"Well, considering the alternative, I suppose you're better off moving on. By the way, is that a portal you're using? Where does it lead?" Raoul adds with interest. "Don't worry, we won't hassle you about it. We just want to know if it can become useful for us."
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #35 on: January 08, 2010, 04:18:43 PM »
...Is the smart one stil there? I want to take a look at what's happening... Ris-Janna doesn't entirely trust the voice, and would rather see the happenings with her own eyes. What you can't see might kill you - she should know.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #36 on: January 08, 2010, 04:45:37 PM »
It is still there, inside the building now, the psurlon replies.

There is a pause before the canine voice replies. "It is a kind of portal, yes... It leads to a small, portable, pocket dimension."
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2010, 05:52:43 PM »
Should we, mmm, ask for some sort of token that will prove they've left, or will what we have suffice? The clerk is once more smiling nervously instead of bearing a predatory grin, and even his thoughts are filled with the idiosyncratic pauses he seems to be fond of.

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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #38 on: January 08, 2010, 07:46:23 PM »
"Very well then. Once you're all past, we'll make sure you're unable to utilize the portal to come back, if you don't mind." Raoul pointed out.
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Re: Encounter 1: The Feast of All Souls
« Reply #39 on: January 08, 2010, 07:51:58 PM »
"Oh I'm taking the portal with me, don't worry. As I said, it's portable."
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
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