Portal to D&D IC - Thundercracker

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn checks for hidden buttons first then picks advance primary class slot.

[Rizban]

When you select "Advance Primary Class Slot," your experience total rapidly ticks down.

Character Advancement
You have 46 experience.
You gain two [2] ability points.

[Thundercracker]

When you select "Advance Primary Class Slot," your experience total rapidly ticks down.

Character Advancement
You have 46 experience.
You gain two [2] ability points.

After checking for hidden buttons, Arelyn picks charisma and dexterity.

[Rizban]

Character Advancement
Select a Primary Class

You have the same class options as before—Bard, Ninja, Psion, Rogue, and Spellthief—plus a few new choices: Battle Dancer, Scout, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Warmage.

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn inspected the buttons, checked for Easter eggs, and then picked warlock.

[Rizban]

Your character sheet appears again, and begins to fill itself out, advancing your character to 2nd level.

You gain three [3] skill points. Your class skills for this level are those of the Warlock.

You can select one [1] Least Invocation.

[Thundercracker]

Your character sheet appears again, and begins to fill itself out, advancing your character to 2nd level.

You gain three [3] skill points. Your class skills for this level are those of the Warlock.

You can select one [1] Least Invocation.

Arelyn (after checking for hidden buttons) adds two points to knowledge geography as a cross class skill and a point into craft / profession bowyer / fletcher. For the invocation she picks summon swarm.

[Rizban]

You gain 6 hit points, which also increases your current hit points by 6 but doesn't otherwise heal you.

Character Advancement ends, and despite feeling as if you've spent a decent length of time in the process, no more times seems to have passed than what it takes to blink your eyes.

[Thundercracker]

You gain 6 hit points, which also increases your current hit points by 6 but doesn't otherwise heal you.

Character Advancement ends, and despite feeling as if you've spent a decent length of time in the process, no more times seems to have passed than what it takes to blink your eyes.

Huh, that was weird, wonder how they handle that with other players. Maybe I can only advance in the grove?

Whatever. Arelyn stepped out of the grove and went to go find some rabbits. She wanted to test out the invocation.

She’ll get close enough to the first group she finds then summon the swarm right on top of it, backing up as much as she can once it appears. She’ll keep moving away from the swarm until she’s far enough that she won’t be targeted by it, but still within line of sight so she can observe the effects.

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summon a bat swarm to munch on the rabbits.

[Rizban]

You encounter (1d3+1)[3] rabbits.

The swarm descends upon them, killing all of them and leaving you as the nearest living creature...

[Thundercracker]

You encounter [roll0] rabbits.

The swarm descends upon them, killing all of them and leaving you as the nearest living creature...

Arelyn releases the spell and sprints for the grove (again).

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if a swarm is dismissed, does it disperse immediately?

[Rizban]

Arelyn releases the spell and sprints for the grove (again).

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if a swarm is dismissed, does it disperse immediately?

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Nope. Summon Swarm cannot be dismissed. Its duration is Concentration + 2 rounds. So, it ends 2 rounds after you stop concentrating on it, giving it a minimum duration of 3 rounds.

You duck into the grove, avoiding your summoned swarm, and it vanishes a few seconds later.

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Experience Gained:	3 90

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn checks to ensure she’s at full hit points, then heads out looking for more than one group of rabbits close together.

This time she approaches to within 10’ and casts the bat swarm on the far side of the rabbits, as far as she can, then retreats away.

She continues maintaining concentration while moving towards the grove (though not entering it), unless the swarm comes after her, in which case she will obviously run again.

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the idea is to give the swarm enough targets to go after that it can run on its own while Arelyn stays far away.

[Rizban]

Unfortunately, you seem completely unable to find more than one group of rabbits at a time.

The group you have found consists of (1d4+1)[4] rabbits.

You summon the swarm and immediately retreat.

The swarm immediately descends on the rabbits.

Two of the rabbits retreat, but the swarm gives chase, managing to kill one before the duration ends.

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Enemies Dispersed: Experience Gained:	3 1 105

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn continues running around the valley, looking for more rabbits.

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going back to stack attacking rabbits with rocks and generating bashers:

Charge: (1d20+2)[17]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[18]
Charge: (1d20+2)[18]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[7]


Charge: (1d20+2)[18]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[16]
Charge: (1d20+2)[12]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[3]

Charge: (1d20+2)[21]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[14]
Charge: (1d20+2)[21]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[5]

Charge: (1d20+2)[9]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[21]
Charge: (1d20+2)[4]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[1]

Charge: (1d20+2)[10]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[23]
Charge: (1d20+2)[4]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[5]

Charge: (1d20+2)[10]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[16]
Charge: (1d20+2)[6]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[20]

Charge: (1d20+2)[19]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[18]
Charge: (1d20+2)[15]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[20]

Charge: (1d20+2)[16]
Initiative: (1d20+4)[22]
Charge: (1d20+2)[9]
Attack of opportunity: (1d20)[9]

[Rizban]

The rabbits seem to be increasingly difficult to find, as if their population numbers are being driven down dramatically through some completely unknown means.

Spoiler: Rabbit Groupings

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(8d3)[3][2][1][3][3][2][2][1](17)
Each d3 is a separate group.

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Enemies Dispersed: Experience Gained:	2 1 75

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Enemies Dispersed: Experience Gained:	1 1 45

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Experience Gained:	1 30

Encounter Notice
Enemies Dispersed: Experience Gained:	3 45

And then a Basher spawns!

[Rizban]

Initiative
(1d20+3)[23]
(1d20+5)[14]

[Rizban]

The basher wins initiative and charges at you.

(1d20+6)[11] - (1d4)[3]

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn takes a step back and releases an eldritch blast at the basher: (1d20+2)[8]
Damage: (1d6+1)[2]

[Rizban]

Even with the penalty from charging, you don't manage to hit the basher. It's okay though that's the first eldritch blast you've ever used. Your aim will improve with practice!

The basher attacks again!
(1d20+3)[11][12] - (1d4)[2]
((should have been +4 attack))

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn decides to play it safe and runs for the safety of the grove again.

[Rizban]

The basher charges at you from behind (1d20+6)[13] - (1d4)[2].

[Thundercracker]

The basher charges at you from behind [roll0] - [roll1].

Just as before, Arelyn waits within the grove for the basher to lose interest.

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how long does it take? Need to know how many hps Arelyn recovers

[Rizban]

It takes only 5 minutes for the basher to lose interest.

[Thundercracker]

It takes only 5 minutes for the basher to lose interest.

Arelyn lets the basher go, preferring to wait until she’s at full hit points before leaving the grove.

This time, instead of chasing down rabbits, she heads to the stream. Arelyn is looking for an area of the water that is relatively deeper, enough to submerge herself prone, preferably close to a few rabbits, or the hole.

With one rock in hand, she casts a swarm of bats as far away as she can, then clutches the rock and sinks to the bottom while maintaining the swarm. After about 8 minutes or so, she surfaces to see if the swarm has moved off after other rabbits.

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let me know if I get any Xp for avoiding the basher thanks.

[Rizban]

Encounter Notice
Enemies Avoided: Experience Gained:	1 50

After about 20 rounds (2 minutes), you have to start making Constitution checks (DC 10) to avoid drowning. Make one now.

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn appears to have overestimated how long she could stay under water, and comes up for air:
Con: (1d20)[1]

[Rizban]

The outcome!
(1d100)[90]

You fall unconscious, float to the surface, and are pushed onto the shore. Several minutes later, you awake with a severe headache and difficulty breathing. You're still at 0 hp.

On the plus side...

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Experience Gained:	3 90

[Thundercracker]

Arelyn takes some time to catch her breath to see if her hit points come back up at all.

Assuming not: She then crawls her way back to the grove, preferably without straining and killing herself and waits to recover there. Then (assuming she survives this) she repeats the effort, this time only staying under for 8 ROUNDS, not minutes.

[Rizban]

She successfully crawls back to safety and heals, taking 1 hour 15 minutes to make the trip and heal.

In the 8 rounds of time, her swarm manages to find and kill one group of (1d3)[2] rabbits. They seem to be increasingly rare.

Encounter Notice
Enemies Defeated: Experience Gained:	2 60