Reign of Winter, GMs Battle Book [GMBB]

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R5T17: Tenzei backs up from the cliff edge and bolts southwards he will continue this until he is able to find a way down to the river below as he continues his frantic search for his charge. If he cannot save Amanu, he'll at least recover their body and see it properly laid to rest.

R15T15: The mephit's wounds begin knitting (FH2).

R5T14: "See that creature to Pharasma, Ten-Penny," orders Lady Argentea. "We can't afford to have scouts reporting on us."

She then calls to Tenzei, who is still visible. "Gods' speed, Tenzei! We will wait for you here."

R5T13: Darkhelm delays ...

R5T12: Ten-Penny, what do you do?

Drina, what do you do?

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (22 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 17).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Izoze: 15. (-5:33). FH2 in cold environ. Can't breathe til R5T15. PRONE!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* She cast magic missile this hour.
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13. DELAYING!!!
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded); short sword in hand. RS.
Drina: 11.

OFF MAP
Amanu, Tenzei.

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R5T12: ”Done,” Ten-Penny replies. She kneels over the limp mephit, seizing its head with one hand to bare its neck, and slides her sword swiftly across its throat. A clearish-blue liquid gushes out until the initial gush and flow begin to diminish and the pumping of the action of where the arteries were cut cease to pump, indicating the deed is done.

R5T11: Drina, what do you do?

Amanu, while you wait ... please roll a Fort save, a Ref save, and then depending on how frantic you wish to be ... one or two Swim checks.

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (22 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 17).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13. DELAYING!!!
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded); short sword in hand. RS.
Drina: 11.

OFF MAP
Amanu, Tenzei. Izoze.

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R5T11: Drina, seeing the mephit down and Amanu disappearing in the frozen river, concentrates and calls upon her familiar to manifest, "Alexandru, fly down the river and keep Amanu in your sight. I will be following with Tenzei."

Though she took a little time getting her familiar on task, she begins following after Tenzei.

R5T10: Alexandru ... a white hare ... now has red draconic wings and goes flying into the gorge.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T22: Struggling in the current, Amanu tries to find something to grab onto, but hopes to bide his time until an opportunity presents itself. He is just barely fighting off the cold water. His head slams against a rock for 4, staggering Amanu and he swims so badly from getting tossed that he is tumbled along the bottom of the rapids for 6 NL, his world goes black.

Out of Initiative...

Tenzei and Drina are trying to navigate their way, and little Alexandru is flying.

Darkhelm and Lady Argentea are going to stay at the bridge.

Ten-Penny, do you go racing as you will after the others, or stay at the bridge in Darkhelm's weather protective aura?

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/damage til R4T14.
Amanu: 22. He is currently underwater. Air Remaining (22 rounds). Depth: 10' (bottom). Roll a Fort save vs. hypothermia (DC 18).
* Shrink item on his musket (with loaded powder and bullet) will last six days hence.
Arthog: 16. DELAYING!!!
Lady Argentea: 14. Shield and javelin. Stance of the defending shell. DELAYING!!!
* HEROES: Defensive Aegis, 10' (+1 morale bonus to AC and Will saves).
Darkhelm: 13. DELAYING!!!
Ten-Penny: 12. Crossbow in hand (unloaded); short sword in hand. RS.
Drina: 11.
Alexandru: 10. Dragon's Wings til R15T10.

OFF MAP
Amanu, Tenzei. Izoze.

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Finally, Ten-Penny will have to cast a spell that shrinks Arthog down into a tiny miniature statuette of itself before she picks it up and collects it, then crosses as carefully as others have done ... at a very slow 5' per round. In time, the rest of the party - Tenzei and Drina - do the same. Finallly, Lady Argentea crosses alone as all others have done, and then verbally guide her horse across the bridge. The horse balks at first, but finally comes across.

As the party prepares itself and leaves the bridge, the gorge, the site of Amanu's effective death, and the backdrop of High Sentinel Lodge behind ... you enter deeper into the frozen section of the Border Wood for whatever trials await you.

Even with new snow, there's been enough traffic between the lodge and points beyond that a furrow in older snows was made, making the trail ridiculously easy to follow. As the PCs approach the Somir Valley, the temperature drops even more, and only Darkhelm's strange powers keep all living creatures from feeling the false winter's bite.

You're not on this trail very long before you get to an area where the forest stands deathly quiet. Even the wind has grown still as snow softly falls through the stark branches overhead. Tracks, human in size but oddly misshapen, mar an otherwise unblemished trail through the trees. There is a crunching of snow down trail, and the party sees two Qadirans by way of garb, but the garb is for summer - as one should expect, of course. The two Qadirans turns to face the party.

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Ten-Penny, even from this distance, you can tell that these guys are no longer among the living .. but they are among the moving as they turn to face you with broken, ancient scimitars and shields and rusted chain. What do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
Drina: 24.
Lady Argentea: 24.
Qadiran (Blue): 20. (9:9).
Moorgram: 17.
Alexandru: 16.
Tenzei: 14.
Darkhelm: 9.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).

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R1T24: "Undead ones," Ten-Penny calls to the others as she moves abreast of Moorgram, "looks like they've seen us." She crouches and puts the figurine to the frozen ground, speaking a word that returns it into Arthog's normal form. "Stay close," she tells the reanimated bear.

R1T23: Drina, what do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
Drina: 23.
Lady Argentea: 22.
Qadiran (Blue): 20. (9:9).
Moorgram: 17.
Alexandru: 16.
Tenzei: 14.
Darkhelm: 9.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).
Arthog: 6.

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R1T23: "I'm going to get a little more mobility," Drina says, pulling a pinch of hair from her spell pouch. She intones in the language of magic, making arcane gestures with the hair in hand... and a horse appears wearing full tack. "This should help a bit," she says, putting her foot in the stirrup and climbing up on her conjured steed.

R1T22: From astride her horse, Lady Argentea gets into a certain type of focused combat "stance" (albeit from the saddle of a horse). Lowering her lance as she rolls forward, she moves west across the difficult, snowy terrain.

R1T20: One of the distant Qadirans (Blue) closes to meet the cavalry coming its way.

R1T17: Moorgram, what do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (6 hours).
Drina: 23.
* Mount (6 hours).
Lady Argentea: 22. Stance of the defending shell.
Qadiran (Blue): 20. (9:9).
Moorgram: 17.
Alexandru: 16.
Tenzei: 14.
Darkhelm: 9.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).
Arthog: 6.

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R1T17: Moorgram advances forward, angrily intoning long and sturdy words as he makes his way alongside the Lady Argentea and hefting his axe.

R1T14: Tenzei, what do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (6 hours).
Drina: 23.
* Mount (6 hours).
Lady Argentea: 22. Stance of the defending shell.
Qadiran (Blue): 20. (9:9).
Moorgram: 17.
Tenzei: 14.
Darkhelm: 9.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).
Arthog: 6.

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R1T14: For the majority of the morning, Tenzei has been understandably morose. Now faced with yet more unethical horrors and tribulations, he flies well and truly off the handle. "No More Friends Dying!" he roars and hurls himself at the armed and threatening shape, instinct and training taking him over the snow and past his allies with a sense of grace that is only sorta' appropriate for his husky form - the charge resembling something between a dragon and a barrel of mead. He turns his body at the last minute to put all of his weight to drive an elbow into the monster, though it does manage to intervene the center of mass with an arm, that's just not enough as Tenzei completely topples the undead ... which in turn explodes in a wave of cold energy.

Though Tenzei rolled away from the blast, he realizes his elbow took 6 cold from contact with the now-destroyed undead. Looking around, he just sees a large blasted section of ash and snow where it had been standing.

R1T9: Darkhelm begins build up energy within herself, and releases the conflagration as before as the wind now carries ash and embers. Appearing about her feet is interesting, and obviously magically created, footwear. She then hustles forward at full speed, completely unhindered by the snow, though evoking more grace than her humble monk friend.

R1T7: The Qadiran moves forward to attack Darkhelm, now the closest target, but misses.

R1T6: Arthog delays, waiting for Ten-Penny to move to keep up with her.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Ten-Penny, what do you do?

Drina on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (6 hours).
Drina: 23.
* Mount (6 hours).
Lady Argentea: 22. Stance of the defending shell.
Qadiran (Blue): 20. (9:9).
Moorgram: 17.
Tenzei: 14. Dragon Style. Charged (-2 AC).
Darkhelm: 9. Conflagration active.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).
Arthog: 6.

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R2T24-23.5: Ten-Penny startles as the skeleton bursts apart, then hustles forward as quickly as her short, strong legs can push through the snow. ”C’mon Arthog.”

Arthog follows.

R2T23: Drina, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Moorgam in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (6 hours).
Arthog: 23.5.
Drina: 23.
* Mount (6 hours).
Lady Argentea: 22. Stance of the defending shell.
Moorgram: 17.
Tenzei: 14. Dragon Style. Charged (-2 AC).
Darkhelm: 9. Conflagration active.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).

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Frost skeleton (1).

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R2T23: Drina clucks to her horse and rides forward through the party, sending her thoughts to Darkhelm.

R2T22: With as much power as she can must and with an angle to deal with getting around stabbing an empty rib cage, Lady Argentea thrusts her spear with as much power as she can muster. She smashes her spear in seemingly the least-bone-inhabited part of the body ... the lower spine ... but contact is brutal and solid as she does more than enough to break the back and destroy the skeleton. Cold bursts outwards. Lady Argentea protects herself with her shield to only take 1 cold, and Darkhelm uses the horse to minimize (also 1 cold), but Lady Argentea's mount just sucks it up tough-horse style and takes nothing.

Combat Ends!

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (6 hours).
Arthog: 23.5.
Drina: 23.
* Mount (6 hours).
Lady Argentea: 22. Stance of the defending shell. Shortspear and shield.
Moorgram: 17.
Tenzei: 14. Dragon Style. Charged (-2 AC).
Darkhelm: 9. Conflagration active.
Qadiran (Red): 7. (9:9).

DEAD/ OOC
Frost skeleton (1).

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As Ten-Penny searches, she notes that the turned earth was not because of something external, but internal. Then, she sees one of the roots of this small tree move slightly.

Begin Surprise Round!

S24: Ten-Penny, you look up to see the small (Medium-sized) fir tree looking down at you with a malicious smile!! What do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23.
Lady Argentea: 21. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration inactive.
Drina: 20. SURPRISED!
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (22:22).
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (22:22).
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6.

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S24: She keeps her face impassive, as if looking at just another tree, and makes a motion as though pass on by. But her hand closes on the hilt of her sword. "Stay sharp, crew," she says nonchalantly.

S23: Tenzei, what do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23.
Lady Argentea: 21. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration inactive.
Drina: 20. SURPRISED!
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (22:22). Feinted by Ten-Penny.
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (22:22).
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6.

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S23: Tenzei moves to Ten-Penny's side and whispers, "I shall do .."

S22: "Have a care!" shouts Lady Argentea as she closes with spear and shield ready on her horse.

S21: Darkhelm's warning is heard telepathically, <"Keep back!"> even as the sky darkens around the party, and sparks and ash fall from above. She directs one particular dense ball of ash to strike the tree towards the back, successfully hitting it for 2 mod + 4 mod fire.

S17-16: Red animates and swings a branchy fist at Arthog, and Blue trudges through the snow, its roots ripping out of the ground like so many wood-tentacled pseudopods.

S9: Moorgram, what do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23.
Lady Argentea: 22. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration inactive.
Drina: 20. SURPRISED!
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (22:22). Feinted by Ten-Penny.
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (16:22).
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6.

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S9: Moorgram snarls and moves towards the moving trees, hefting his axe into his hands. He wanted to go northwest, but Lady Argentea's horse's rump is in the way.

S7: Arthog aroos angrily and bites at the tree in front of him for 9.

S6: Gingey flits around on Moorgram's head, delaying but ready to fly away if directed...

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Red recovers from having been feinted by Ten-Penny. Ten-Penny, it's on now. What do you do?

Tenzei on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23.
Lady Argentea: 22. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration inactive.
Drina: 20. SURPRISED!
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (22:22). Feinted by Ten-Penny.
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (7:22).
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

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R1T24: "Good boy!" Ten-Penny cries as Arthog bites one of the attacking trees. She draws her sword and stabs at its companion, but completely misses.

R1T23: Tenzei, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck ...

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Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23.
Lady Argentea: 22. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration inactive.
Drina: 20. SURPRISED!
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (22:22). Feinted by Ten-Penny.
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (7:22).
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

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R1T23: Tenzei blinks at the sight that indeed the trees themselves were making their displeasure at his presence known. He plods along to come abreast of Ten-Penny, and taking his familiar fighting stance, he attempts to punch the moving tree. He winces at the feeling of bark on knuckle with a far-away look in his eye. Unfortunately, this detachment doesn't serve, as the fear of pain has him slow his strike. He solid punches against the bark of the tree, but lack of commitment nearly mashed his own knuckles.

R1T22: Lady Argentea sees Tenzei's reticence. She gives a battle cry, "For summer days in Taldor!" even as she gives defensive advice to all (except Tenzei). She rears her horse and brings it down in a stamp as she thrusts her spear into the hard bark of the animate tree. Her spear doesn't penetrate, but the thrust is overcommitted and Lady Argentea badly bruises her muscles against her own spear haft for 1 STR.

R1T21: Her power growing to its maximum, Darkhelm brings down another glowing ball of ash to strike Blue for 5 mod + 7 fire. This is enough to make Blue topple to the ground and catch on fire.

R1T20: Drina, you are mounted. You get over being gobsmacked. Lady Argentea's battle cry fills you with strength. What do you do?

Red on deck, Moorgram in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attk/ dmg rolls til R2T22.
Ten-Penny: 24.
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23. Dragon Stance.
Lady Argentea: 22. 1 STR damage. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration active.
Drina: 20.
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (22:22). Feinted by Ten-Penny.
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (-5:22). BURNING!!! DYING!!!
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

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R1T20: Drina, figuring it's safer to stay out of the tree's reach, points her finger at it and says, "Pew Pew" in the language of magic, then watches as the two silver streaks she unleashed fly unerringly and strike the strange creature to strike for a total of 5 force.

R1T17: Red recoils from that strange magical strike and then slams Ten-Penny in the chest with a branchy fist for 4, but also splattering Ten-Penny with a sticky resin.

R1T16: Blue burns for another 3 fire.

R1T9: Moorgram, what do you do?

Arthog on deck, Ten-Penny in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attk/ dmg rolls til R2T22.
Ten-Penny: 24. STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23. Dragon Stance.
Lady Argentea: 22. 1 STR damage. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration active.
Drina: 20.
* Mount (5 hours).
Red Frost Fir: 17. (17:22).
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (-9:22). BURNING!!! DYING!!!
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

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R1T9: Moorgram trudges through the snow and swings his axe at the tree with all his force for 16. He just barely manages to wrench his axe free, as the sticky resin on the tree threatened to hold his axe fast.

R1T7: Arthog bites at the tree, and then swipes it with his claw that breaks the tree in half, killing it instantly!

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Ten-Penny, both trees are down, and you are covered in a sticky resin. What do you do?

Tenzei on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attk/ dmg rolls til R2T22.
Ten-Penny: 24. STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23. Dragon Stance.
Lady Argentea: 22. 1 STR damage. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration active.
Drina: 20.
* Mount (5 hours).
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (-9:22). BURNING!!! DYING!!!
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R2T24: "Bah!" Ten-Penny curses as she tries - and fails - to wipe off the resin with fistfuls of snow, before looking about to make sure there aren't any more of the hostile trees approaching.

R2T23: Tenzei, what do you do?

Lady Argentea on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attk/ dmg rolls til R2T22.
Ten-Penny: 24. STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23. Dragon Stance.
Lady Argentea: 22. 1 STR damage. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration active.
Drina: 20.
* Mount (5 hours).
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (-9:22). BURNING!!! DYING!!!
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R2T23: Tenzei does the only thing that seems natural while standing beside a burning tree in the middle of a snowstorm and he crouches down to warm his hands by the fire. "This feels poetic."

R2T22-21: Lady Argentea and Darkhelm drop out of initiative.

R2T20: Drina, what do you do?

Moorgram on deck, Arthog in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attk/ dmg rolls til R2T22.
Ten-Penny: 24. STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23. Dragon Stance.
Drina: 20.
* Mount (5 hours).
Blue Frost Fir: 16. (-9:22). BURNING!!! DYING!!!
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

Lady Argentea: 22. 1 STR damage. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration active.


DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R2T20: Drina rides up to the rest, carefully watching her surroundings for more strange creatures. "So, what weirdness will we encounter next?", she wonders aloud.

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HEROES: +2 morale attk/ dmg rolls til R2T22.
Ten-Penny: 24. STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Tenzei: 23. Dragon Stance.
Moorgram: 9.
Arthog: 7.
Gingey: 6. DELAYING!!!

Lady Argentea: 22. 1 STR damage. Shortspear and shield.
Darkhelm: 21. Conflagration active.
Drina: 20.
* Mount (5 hours).

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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Begin Round One...

R1T27: Drina holds onto the reins of her horse for dear life as her magically summoned horse rears up in its own terror several times before taking off out of the maze and off-map.

R1T26: Tenzei is likewise terrified and, seeing himself at the edge of the maze, bolts away from the faces in the ice as quickly as he can.

R1T18: Ten-Penny, you are scared, sure. But you don't go running off like Drina and Tenzei. What do you do?

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Drina: 27. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* Mount (5 hours). FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Tenzei: 26. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Ten-Penny: 18. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Moorgram: 16. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear and shield. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Arthog: 8. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Gingey: 8.
Darkhelm: 6. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R1T18: "Arthog, stay." She didn't want the bear running off in a third direction.

She turns in a circle, in case an attack is coming from one of the ice blocks. As she looks around, already the terrible images and sounds are fading.

"These are as fake as the girl," she says. "But I'll bet the hut's got something to do with it. These blocks didn't fall with the snow, and they're right on its doorstep." She moves toward the maze to the west, calling for Tenzi to come back.

R1T16: Moorgram, you are also scared, but at least you have control of your rational thought like Tenzei. What do you do?

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Drina: 27. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* Mount (5 hours). FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Tenzei: 26. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Ten-Penny: 18. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Moorgram: 16. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear and shield. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Arthog: 8. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Gingey: 8.
Darkhelm: 6. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R1T16: Moorgram snarls, takes a step to ready himself and swings his axe at the ice blocks, hoping to bring the tortured souls to rest. To his likely amazement, the axe bites deep, and all the noises of the unquiet dead fade away ..... but not the effect they've already had on people's psyches (even if those people ... or horses) haven't had a chance to act out physically yet.

R1T13: Lady Argentea barely hangs on as her own horse bolts after Drina.

R1T8-6: Arthog is shaken, as is Darkhelm, but otherwise they hold their position. Gingey is the only one that is completely unaffected.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T27-26: Drinda isn't seen anymore, but her horse is heard screaming in terror to the northeast (off map) even as Tenzei continues pushing through the deep snow.

R3T18: Ten-Penny, you feel still feel shaken, even though Moorgram dispelled the dead somehow. What do you do?

Moorgram on deck, Lady Argentea in the hole ...

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Drina: 27. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* Mount (5 hours). FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Tenzei: 26. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Ten-Penny: 18. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Moorgram: 16. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear and shield. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Arthog: 8. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Gingey: 7.
Darkhelm: 6. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!

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R3T18: Ten-Penny realizes that with people running off in all directions, it is silly for her to try to chase people down. Better they make their way back to regroup when they regain their wits. She still tries to deal with her own discomfort, and orders Arthog to heel. She begins walking through the snow to the southeast, as she doesn't want to tumble down the incline.

R3T16: Moorgram, what do you do? You are still shaken.

Lady Argentea on deck, Arthog in the hole ...

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Drina: 27. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* Mount (5 hours). FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Tenzei: 26. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Ten-Penny: 18. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Moorgram: 16. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear and shield. FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: FRIGHTENED til R3T10!!!
Arthog: 8. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!
Gingey: 7.
Darkhelm: 6. SHAKEN til R1T10!!!

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R3T16: "I said it was a trap." Moorgram grumbles as he readies his axe and looks around, waiting for any indication of which direction would be best to head.

R3T13: Lady Argentea is now off-map, not to be seen.

R3T8: Arthog hustles to catch up to Ten-Penny.

R3T6:

Spoiler: Darkhelm >>> Ten-Penny, Moorgram

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"They'll regain their wits, as I have mine. We can wait for them instead of adding to the scatter. Just be on alert for screams of alarum."

As her telepathy comes in, Ten-Penny and Moorgram that while uneasy, they are no longer physically trembling in fright themselves. Darkhelm moves in behind Arthog.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T27: Drina, you are no longer frightened, but your horse ... needs to be controlled. Though magical fear likely has subsided, normal equine fear of danger has taken over. What do you do?

Tenzei on deck, Ten-Penny in the hole ...

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Drina: 27.
* Mount (5 hours).
Tenzei: 26.
Ten-Penny: 18
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Moorgram: 16. TD.
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear and shield.
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount:
Arthog: 8.
Gingey: 7. DELAYING!!!
Darkhelm: 6.

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R4T27: Drina comes back to herself and realizes she had been magically made afraid (or that what she tells herself, so as not to feel like she succumbed to normal mortal dread in the face of spooks). Her summoned steed remains fearful, so Drina dismisses the horse and steps up from the snow.

R4T26: Tenzei, you manage to catch your wits. As you find where you are ... which is to the west of the main group of the party, you take quick stock of where you are. The trail continues through a narrow pass, descending south and west into an icy valley. An unusual pattern of lines is scratched into the fresh snow covering the trail at the edge of the clearing. What do you do?

And with that, we can come out of initiative ...

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Surprise Round ...

S19: As Moorgram intones the spell and detects magic in the direction of the doll, the doll's head slowly turns to Moorgram, as if to regard him ... and then starts to float straight up to a height of 20' off the level of the unroofed hut!

Begin Round One ...

R1T25: Drina, what do you do?

Moogram on deck ...

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Drina: 25. Endure elements.
Moorgram: 21.
Darkhelm: 20.
Thora Petska: 19.
Ten-Penny: 12.
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear and shield.
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: xx.
Gingey: 10.
Tenzei: 9.
Arthog: 4.


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R1T25: Seeing the doll rise and come towards them, Drina wastes no time and casts magic missile at the creepy child's toy, but the arcane bolts fizzle as they get to her/it. "I'm a bit tired of everything attacking us!"

R1T21: Moorgram, what do you do?

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Drina: 25. Endure elements.
Moorgram: 21.
Darkhelm: 20.
Thora Petska: 19.
Ten-Penny: 12.
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear and shield.
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: xx.
Gingey: 10.
Tenzei: 9.
Arthog: 4.

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R1T21: "Gingey, it's not safe! To me!" Moorgram calls as he focuses on the doll. "There IS a child around here, now..." he snarls. "What do you want?"

Spoiler: Moorgram

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Every time you move your POV, even if portions of current and previous area overlap, your detect magic resets. So, Round 1 again is completed with yes, there is magic in the area you are looking at ... upwards, towards the doll.

R1T20: Darkhelm easily moves ... more along, then through ... the snow, the magic of her spell or whatever is on her feet making itself obvious now, and she gets right up to the hut, "facing" upwards.

Spoiler: Darkhelm >>> Group

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"We must destroy this thing. It is a guardian doll. It is susceptible to mental effects unlike most constructs. Its gemstone eye has the imprisoned soul of the child we likely saw, corrupted for another's use."

As before Darkhelm simply relaxes her ever-present control over the powers of weather that ever work through her, and as before, she develops what she calls "The Conflagration" ... burning ash and embers as before. She calls down a flaming ball to strike the doll in the air with 3 bludgeoning + 7 fire. It seemed that the flaxen hair and wooden body does not like the fire.

R1T19: "Please, please don't let her hurt me!" a sweet little old lady's voice calls out from the doll to Ten-Penny, even though its mouth doesn't move.

R1T12: Ten-Penny, roll a Will save. What do you do?

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Drina: 25. Endure elements.
Moorgram: 21. Roll a Wll save vs. charm person.
Darkhelm: 20.
Thora Petska: 19. (30:40). Charm person (1/3).
Ten-Penny: 12.
* STICKY RESIN (-2 penalty on attack & concentration checks until removed)!!!
* Ant Haul (5 hours).
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear and shield.
* 1 STR damage.
* Cavalier's Mount: xx.
Gingey: 10.
Tenzei: 9.
Arthog: 4.

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