CH. 01 - Road to Icewind Dale

[Rax]

"Krah... An interesting name. You may have the use of my warhammer for this encounter. You know how to use one, I assume?"

[GreyWolfVT]

Drezden nods and smiles at Dell "Yes I'll tell you later Dell."

[Dallion80]

Dallion looks at the newcomer and touches his sword quickly at the mention of the goblin

[Daos]

Krah nods.  "I have some skill with the warhammer, yes."

"If not me, then, who will be the one to go with you?" Dell asks, looking over to Taska, Jaxle and Dallion--none of whom have volunteered yet.

[Dallion80]

"I will go with you"

[Rax]

"Excellent! Then our war party is assembled. Shall we be on our way?"

[GreyWolfVT]

Oct 22, 2018 11:19:02 GMT -8 Rax said:

"Excellent! Then our war party is assembled. Shall we be on our way?"

Drezden "Yes lets be off." the dwarf leaves his pack on the wagon and takes only his crossbow and sword along with his bolt case.

[Daos]

"Indeed.  And hurry back," Peddywinkle says.  "If you have not returned by sunrise, we will be forced to leave without you."

"I can lead the way," Krah offers.  "It is not far."

Drezden, Dallion and Malavar follow after the frost man, westward.  The air is particularly chill this night, although perhaps it's just the strange cold aura exuding off of Krah that makes it seem that way.  The light of the stars and a crescent of Selune above help light the way, but the dwarf, elf and half-elf can see just fine in the dark anyway.  After about half an hour of walking, they crest a hill and can see the light of a fire a short distance away.  Krah makes a silent hand gesture for them to crouch low, to avoid being seen.

The camp is fairly small.  There are four goblins present, and a single bugbear.  They are cooking the remains of what appears to be a massive silver wolf, perhaps 10 or 12 feet in size.  Krah tenses considerably at the sight of this, and begins breathing heavily, as if trying to calm himself down from a murderous rage.  None of the goblins seem to be on guard, but are rather in a celebratory mood after their victory.  There is much laughter and commotion among them.

[GreyWolfVT]

Drezden unable to control himself fires a crossbow bolt at one of the goblins nearest to the groups position.

Init ALegOBXy1d10
crossbow 1d20+6 ooc: you have on my sheet +1 goblin, +1 projectile, & +4 goblin so total +6?
damage 1d101d10·1d20+6·1d10

[Dallion80]

Dallion cast armor on himself as the bolt went flying.


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[Rax]

So much for the element of surprise, Malavar sighs inwardly. Drawing forth a tiny vial of holy water from his pouch, he pours the contents over his holy symbol and intones a brief prayer to Tempus: "Foehammer! Strengthen our arms and let the joy of battle fill our hearts, that we may drive our enemies before us."

OOC: Malavar casts bless (seems more appropriate for Tempus than curse), centred on himself. Casting time is 1 round, so it should take effect at the end of this round, after all other actions are completed.

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[Daos]

Unable to contain himself, Krah gives a scream of rage as he gives into his uncontrollable anger.  One of the goblins is completely caught off-guard, but the others and the bugbear are more alert.  Grabbing their weapons, they start charging toward the party.  Drezden, however, puts a crossbow bolt into the eye of the surprised one, eliminating the goblins' marginal advantage in numbers.

Malavar and Dallion both begin chanting; the former a prayer to his god, Tempus, and the latter in the spidery language of magic.  When Dallion finishes, arcane energies cackle around his body, forming an invisible and intangible armor around his body.  When Malavar finishes, the entire party feels the presence of Tempus among them, bolstering their courage and strength.  Their spells are completed just as the goblins are about to rush them.

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Surprise

Goblin 01 (1d10):  2, surprised
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Goblin 02 (1d10): 4, not surprised

1d10

Goblin 03 (1d10): 10, not surprised

1d10

Goblin 04 (1d10): 7, not surprised

1d10

Bugbear (1d10): 6, not surprised

1d10

Initiative Order

Drezden (1d10):  5+7 = 12

Dallion (1d10):  9+20 = 29
Malavar (1d10):  10+20 = 30

Krah (1d10):  10

1d10

Goblin 01 (1d10): 6

1d10

Goblin 02 (1d10): 9+3 = 12

1d10

Goblin 03 (1d10): 10+3 = 13

1d10

Goblin 04 (1d10): 5+3 = 8

1d10

Bugbear (1d10): 7+7 = 14

1d10

Round 1!

Goblin 01 is surprised, and so does nothing and does not gain DEX bonuses to AC.
Goblin 04 moves 30 feet south and 30 feet southwest.
Krah goes into a berserker rage (+1 hit, +3 damage, +5 HP).
Goblin 02 moves 60 feet south.
Drezden fires a bolt from his light crossbow at Goblin 01, who is surprised (+2 hit), with great aim (+1 hit), racial hatred (+1 hit) and ranger training (+4 hit) against his leather armor (+2 hit) [TH 13] (1d20+10):  7+10 = 17, hit for (1d10):  8 piercing damage.  Goblin 01 dies.
Goblin 03 moves 60 feet south.
Bugbear moves 90 feet south.
Dallion casts Armor on himself.  His AC improves to 5 until he takes 9 damage.

Malavar casts Bless on the party.  They all receive +1 to hit and +1 to fear based saves for 5 rounds.

(OOC:  Click on the map to enlarge.  B = Bugbear, 1-4 = Goblins, d = Drezden, K = Krah, D = Dallion, M = Malavar, and WW = dead winter wolf.  Each hex is about 5' in size.)

(OOC:  Actions for Round 2?)

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[GreyWolfVT]

Drezden reloads his crossbow for another shot and fires at goblin 2



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crossbow 1d20+6

damage 1d101d10·1d20+6·1d10

[Rax]

His body and soul fortified by the blessings of Tempus, Malavar moves to put himself between Drezden and the bugbear, grips his spear firmly with both hands and sets himself to receive the charge that is surely coming.

OOC: Malavar moves northwest to the hex directly above Drezden. He's using his spear with both hands and setting to receive a charge. According to the Complete Fighter's Handbook, this lets him do double damage if charged. Using the spear two-handed further reduces its speed factor to 3, and according to the PHB being set to receive a chagre nets him another -2 to his initiative.

Initiative: lXNbZLkI1d10+3; additional -2 if charged

Attack with spear: 1d20+4

Damage vs. goblin: 1d8+6; doubled if being charged

Damage vs. bugbear: 2d6+5; doubled if being charged

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[Daos]

Malavar sets his spear just as the first of the goblins is upon him.  She stabs wildly with her short sword at the half-elf, but not only misses, she is unable to avoid running right into the spear.  It skewers her entirely, and her body goes limp, dropping her sword to the ground.

Reloading his crossbow, Drezden nails the other female goblin in the throat, dropping her instantly, as well.

The final goblin, seeking to avenge his fallen brother and sisters, charges right at the frost man and stabs Krah lightly with his sword.  But Krah is in such a rage, he doesn't seem to even feel it.  Dallion swoops in with a slash of his blade, which just barely skirts off the goblin's armor, failing to draw blood.  Krah, however, slams Malavar's war hammer into the goblin's head with such force, it drops him dead to the ground.

This leaves the bugbear, who learning from the goblins' mistake, moves in at a more reasonable pace and then swings his axe at Malavar.  The cleric just barely sidesteps, feeling the whoosh of air as the axe narrowly passes by his ear.

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Initiative Order

Malavar (1d10): 2+1 = 3

Goblin 04: 5+3 = 8

Drezden (1d10): 2+7 = 9

Goblin 02: 9+3 = 12
Goblin 03: 10+3 = 13

Dallion: 9+5 = 14

Bugbear: 7+7 = 14
Krah: 10+4 = 14

Round 2!

Malavar moves 10 feet northwest and sets his spear to receive a charge.

Goblin 04 charges (+2 hit) 35 feet south and stabs her short sword at Malavar [TH 15] (1d20+2):  2+2 = 4, miss.  Malavar attempts to skewer Goblin 04 on his spear with excellent strength (+2 hit/+4 dmg), great skill (+1 hit/dmg), and the blessing of Tempus (+1 hit) while the goblin is in leather armor (+2 hit) and is charging (+3 hit) [TH 16] (1d20+9):  9+9 = 18, hit for (1d8+6):  8+6 = 14x2 = 28 damage.  Goblin 04 is killed.

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Drezden fires a bolt from his light crossbow at Goblin 02 with great aim (+1 hit), racial hatred (+1 hit), ranger training (+4 hit) and the blessing of Tempus (+1 hit) against his leather armor (+2 hit) [TH 13] (1d20+7): 16+7 = 23, hit for (1d10): 8 piercing damage. Goblin 02 dies.

Goblin 02 is dead.
Goblin 03 charges (+2 hit) 40 feet southwest and stabs his sword at Krah against his leather armor (+2 hit) [TH 15] (1d20+4):  11+4 = 15, hit for (1d6):  3 damage.
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Dallion moves 5 feet northwest and swings his long sword with great skill (+1 hit) and elven grace (+1 hit) with Tempus' blessing (+1 hit) at Goblin 03 who just charged (+3 hit) [TH 14] (1d20+6):  7+6 = 13, bare miss.
1d20

Bugbear moves 10 feet southeast and swings his axe at Malavar in chain mail (-2 hit) [TH 12] (1d20-2):  9-2 = 11, bare miss.
1d20

Krah swings Malavar's warhammer in a rage (+1 hit/+3 dmg) with Tempus' blessing (+1 hit) at Goblin 03 who just charged (+3 hit) [TH 14] (1d20+5):  18+5 = 22, hit for (1d4+4):  1+4 = 5 damage.  Goblin 03 dies.
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(OOC: Actions for Round 3?)1d20·1d20·1d6·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d4