Underdark Rising IC

[Dragon Elite]

You start out in your hometown, a sizable town with a well-trained army and very good defenses. However, a jagged hole leading down has appeared inside the city. Kobolds have been holing up in there.

The last group to be sent in was flung to the surface.

At least, their heads were.

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

The beautiful woman stands, smiling, dressed in a flowing red dress that contrasts with her alabaster skin. She licks her bright, red lips before saying:

"Ooh, severed heads. Someone was clearly trying to send a message. I'm good with messages. Maybe we should go send one of our own?".

She looks around at the others stood around the hole with interest.

[Sir_Chivalry]

Ran'naidethavar

Ran investigates the ground, looking for signs or tracks, his elven eyes scrutinizing every detail. Selean is sniffing around the entrance, searching for discernable scents.

"Stay back if you please everyone, I need a few moments to discern the tracks."

OOC
Survival:[roll0] Selean's assisting DC 10, taking 10 total result 35

[Dragon Elite]

@Sir_Chivalry:
You see that 3 patrols of 50 have been walking around. they are in 5x10 rows, with 5 ft of space in between each row and column

Also, everyone make a 10 spot and listen check, and 10 initiative.
I'll write them down and use it in ambush scenarios, to speed things up.

[Sir_Chivalry]

@Sir_Chivalry:
You see that 3 patrols of 50 have been walking around. they are in 5x10 rows, with 5 ft of space in between each row and column

Also, everyone make a 10 spot and listen check, and 10 initiative.
I'll write them down and use it in ambush scenarios, to speed things up.

Ran- Spot= 20, Listen= 20, Initiative= 15

Selean- Spot= 27, Listen= 27, (and Scent) Initiative= 12, but goes on Ran's turn as a special mount

[Cogidubnus]

Spot:

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]
[roll6]
[roll7]
[roll8]
[roll9]


Listen:

[roll10]
[roll11]
[roll12]
[roll13]
[roll14]
[roll15]
[roll16]
[roll17]
[roll18]
[roll19]


Initiative:

[roll20]
[roll21]
[roll22]
[roll23]
[roll24]
[roll25]
[roll26]
[roll27]
[roll28]
[roll29]



Slevetya

The bard looks at the elf, entertainment flashing in her eyes. "My, I do like a man who can take the initiative."

[Sir_Chivalry]

Spot:

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]
[roll6]
[roll7]
[roll8]
[roll9]


Listen:

[roll10]
[roll11]
[roll12]
[roll13]
[roll14]
[roll15]
[roll16]
[roll17]
[roll18]
[roll19]


Initiative:

[roll20]
[roll21]
[roll22]
[roll23]
[roll24]
[roll25]
[roll26]
[roll27]
[roll28]
[roll29]



Slevetya

The bard looks at the elf, entertainment flashing in her eyes. "My, I do like a man who can take the initiative."

"Thank you child, I appreciate your flirting."

He turns back to the rest of the group.

"Three patrols, fifty strong, in five columns, ten strong each they were arranged. What is to be done then, hmm?"

[Lix Lorn]

With tens, I have
Initiative 17, Spot and Listen 15. The spot and listen are 17 if I'm in a canine form, 23 if the thing I'm rolling to notice is feline, and 25 if both.

"I bet we could take any number of them." said a rather messy looking woman, licking her lips predatorially.

[Dragon Elite]

Five columns of ten, actually.

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

"Fifty? That's a walk in the park. I'm hoping there are more down there than fifty."

[Sir_Chivalry]

Slevetya

"Fifty? That's a walk in the park. I'm hoping there are more down there than fifty."

"I must say I share your confidence, though not your drive. I hope it is simply a short foray into the deep before we are back here again."

[Dragon Elite]

Okay, let's keep RP'ing until Dire_Weasel posts.

[The-Mage-King]

"Hm..." Rune mutters, leaning against a tree as he watches the conversation. "Maybe this will be where I strike it big..."

So, you need Spot (10), Listen (10), and Initiative (18)? Done.

[Dire Reverend]

Tekti joins the group. To anyone who was not paying attention, he looked like a regular halfling. But to anyone who knew anything about fey, they would recognize him as a Redcap. He was holding his Scythe that would better suit an ogre than someone as small as him. He dashes towards the group.

"Sorry everybody, I was kinda distracted. What did I miss?"

[Sir_Chivalry]

Tekti joins the group. To anyone who was not paying attention, he looked like a regular halfling. But to anyone who knew anything about fey, they would recognize him as a Redcap. He was holding his Scythe that would better suit an ogre than someone as small as him. He dashes towards the group.

"Sorry everybody, I was kinda distracted. What did I miss?"

"Tracks, fifty raiders, five by ten. What kept you Tekti?"

[Dire Reverend]

"Tracks, fifty raiders, five by ten. What kept you Tekti?"

"We overslept." He showed his toothy grin. "Nice girl, I just hope neither of us die before we see each other again."

[Dragon Elite]

Alright, Selean notices a scent in the air. He looks up, and notices something... weird about the surrounding area.

[Sir_Chivalry]

Alright, Selean notices a scent in the air. He looks up, and notices something... weird about the surrounding area.

Selean's growling alerts Ran, who bows his head, his Zaelshin Tu removing itself from around his neck and floating in the air as golden fullplate appears across Ran's body. The Zaelshin fixes itself to his head, and Ran simultaneously looses the strap holding his shield to his back and flicks his wrist, a mithral tube coming to his hand and transforming first into quicksilver, and then into an elaborately carved and gilded double scimitar. The shield orbits Ran as his blade guide, a small white light near his shoulder, begins to whisper in his mind, preparing him for battle.

Scales rupture across Selean's back as fullplate, formed of a fallen cornugon, appears. His helm, made from the fiend's skull, places itself neatly on his head.

OOC
I think all of that can be completed in a round.

[Dire Reverend]

((This is what happens at my next available action))

"Uhh... I also have some bad news. I didn't get enough rest to cast any spells today." He then takes the top of his toga off.

I forgot to show my 10 init, spot and listen.
Init: 16
Spot: 22
Listen 22

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

"There something up? We in trouble?" she asks, quite cheerfully, but preparing herself all the same. At least, you think she's preparing herself. A violin is an unusual choice of protective implement.

[Dragon Elite]

Everyone sees a kobold suddenly appear in front of them. "I see you have not divined this area well enough to see my friends." The smug kobold says."Friends, s'lakresh kihl!"

If you know kobold:Fireball now!

You all take 117 fire damage.
*facepalm* Reflex for half, DC 22
Rolls:
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

[Dire Reverend]

Reflex roll:[roll0]
Yay evasion, no damage!

Tekti swiftly dodges the fireball, taking no damage.

[Sir_Chivalry]

Ran's Reflex was 19, a fail, I forgot Selean's

Reflex: [roll0]

[Lix Lorn]

Reflex is +24, I can't fail.
Emily dives out of the way, yelping as the fire scorches her, and a surge of hateful magic flows from her to the kobold in front of them.

On my turn, that Kobold must make a DC28 fortitude save or be turned into a housecat for 11 hours, as per Baleful Polymorph.

[Dragon Elite]

Fortitude:
[roll0]

[The-Mage-King]

"Oh, shi-" Rune blurts, as he sees the fireball.

And gets burnt by it.

"EAT THIS!" He yells back, thrusting his right hand towards their origin and unleashing a gigantic cone of roaring energy.


Reflex: [roll0]

And then...

On my turn, things are going to die.

I'm using an overchanneled to 23 points Energy wave (Sonic) (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/energyWave.htm), directed toward the origin of the fireball. Save DC 29 to take half damage.

Power Damage: [roll1]

Overchannel damage: [roll2]


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Rune Steelmage (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=247425)
Male CN Half Troll Human Limit Knight 20//Psion 18/Half Troll 2, Level 20, Init +8, HP 135/273, Speed
AC 35, Touch 18, Flat-footed 31, Fort +18, Ref +10, Will +16, Base Attack Bonus 20/15/10/5 /318
+5 Ghost Touch of Mithral Breastplate of Etherealness, +5 Animated Ghost Touch Heavy Mithral Shield (+10 Armor, +7 Shield, +4 Dex, +4 Misc)
Abilities Str 22, Dex 19, Con 23, Int 25, Wis 19, Cha 19
Condition None
Limit Gauge 240/240

[Sir_Chivalry]

Ran gestures with his hand, first healing himself and his mount, and then dispelling the spells of the assailants above him. Selean will maul those that fall.

Battle Blessing'd Heal spell, 150 points, which is back to full health, and I share spells with my mount, who I am next to. Regular casting of Dispel Magic, area dispel, medium range spell, so I place it in the circle of kobolds. 20ft radius is greater than their 15ft radius, so it effects all of them.:smallamused:

Dispel check vs. DC of (if I read their caster checks right) 21: [roll0]

[Sir_Chivalry]

Dispel check, since the previous one failed to show up due to multiple post restriction: [roll0]

[Cogidubnus]

[roll0]
Will post my actions when I see how that turned out.

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

So we can now see them?

"Ow," the woman says, as the fire washes over her, "that kind of stung. I wonder if this'll hurt more..."

Waving her hands in strange patterns, she calls out, in a lilting, musical voice:
"Oshnara, su ma hol. Ish nay qum fal."

If you speak Abyssal:
My dear, wait for me. You walk so fast.

Casting Time Stop: [roll0]
Need that to determine actions.

[Cogidubnus]

As time slows, Slevetya looks around at her frozen allies and opponents.

"Excellent. My, you do all look silly. Guess I'd best clean up."

"Solvara. Solvara."

Her eyes turn dark, and she growls suddenly. "Now, let's see how you like it."

"Erlata, komar nasa."

Infernal:
"Heal. Heal"
"Spirits, fill yourselves."

Casting Cure Critical Wounds twice on myself, then Weird (DC 34 Will or take a Fort save, which is die/3d6 damage. It jumps from enemy to enemy, so long as they're 30ft or less apart, taking the route that allows it to affect the most enemies.
Healing: [roll0]

[Dragon Elite]

Summary:

Rune Steelmage dispels both the kobolds invisibility and fly. They fall. Selean attacks one of them, killing it instantly.

The kobold is now a housecat. Meow

And then, they all die from the weird.

[Dire Reverend]

Tekti rests his Scythe on his shoulder, and grins.

"That fight was too easy. I didn't even break a sweat."

[Sir_Chivalry]

Tekti rests his Scythe on his shoulder, and grins.

"That fight was too easy. I didn't even break a sweat."

"**** you, halfpint." Ran brushes his burnt eyebrows off his face and coughs some soot.

[Dire Reverend]

"**** you, halfpint." Ran brushes his burnt eyebrows off his face and coughs some soot.

"Hey now, there's no need for vulgarity. Anyways, let's check their stuff. For clues, ya know, if they have any... information they might have for the Journey ahead of us."

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

Once you're quite done looting the corpses, do me a favour and make sure none of them are still around? I need to talk to you all, in private. I didn't really enjoy that bombardment myself.'

[Dire Reverend]

"Allright, then."

Unless anyone stops him, he checks the bodies for "Clues" anything that would give us information. Gold, weapons, gems, etc.

[Dragon Elite]

@Dire_Weasel
You find 2 scrolls, 3 wands, and a emerald ring on the one that went un-invisible, and a sappire ring on the others.

[The-Mage-King]

Rune mutters a curse under his breath as his burns slowly start to heal.

"Damn idiots use fire. They could have used anything else, but no, they had to use the one thing that weakens my healing..."

[Dragon Elite]

Alright, this battle is over! Anyone with scent (or any common sense) knows that the kobolds came from the rift.

[The-Mage-King]

"I think they came from this way!" Rune says, pointing away from the rift.

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

"Now, everyone, we have a bit of a problem. We can't withstand another hit like that, so I propose that I change my shape into the form of one of these kobolds we just killed, and you lead me on a leash as we head into the warren. That way, they'll be less likely to use area attacks to avoid killing me."

[Lix Lorn]

"Oh, now that's SMART." grins Emily, devilishly.

[Cogidubnus]

Slevetya

"What can I say, I've got brains and beauty. Don't get too jealous. But seriously, I'm just sick of being fireballed. Slevetya smiles demonically.