Simon N. (GM):GM: OK you got a Short Rest end of last session and can spend HD if wounded
Chris T.:"So it would seem this petty dwarven mine may lead into hidden Xin-Shalost?"
M has regen 20 so assume any wounds have gone?
Simon N. (GM):The pages of Silas Vekkers' journal detailing route to Xin Shalast were ripped out so can't be sure.
Chris T.:"Either way we must look out for this Eye of Averice."
Jorian Drake:Currently on 56/143, what are the healing house rules again? Or can I jsut spend multiple HD as normal?
Chris T.:M can use Aura of Vitality if folks need to heal any wounds without dice
Jorian Drake:(also, no voice today?)
Simon N. (GM):M heals 20 hp/round so back to full yup
Drak can spend hd as desired and ask other PCs for healing if necessary :)
no voice
GM: The snow is getting worse outside and it's now far far below freezing out there.
Jorian Drake:Thanks Simon
Chris, not sure how Aura of Vitality works, would that heal 87 hp for Drakh
?
Simon N. (GM):GM: Those of you with Passive Perception 20+ fancy you hear a long ways off a strange and mournful howl.
Chris T.:2-12 points/round up to 10 rounds
in a 30'r
so best used if all the party are low
or during combat
JamesDevil:"...do you guys hear that howling? or am i going crazy?"
Chris T.:M looks blank, she hears nothing
Jorian Drake:(I'll be happy to accept the magic healing but unsure if the others need it, and my HD spending depends on if magic gets used as well)
Drakhaien will alert the others to the howl
Simon N. (GM):To those who heard it, it resembles a mournful, drawn-out shriek not unlike the
cry of a dying elk.
Chris T.:(If you have healing dice and the others do too. Best spend them first. M only gets her spell slots 1/week.)
Quillax:Q nods at Claw - "I hear it"
JamesDevil:"hmm, sounds like like a dying animal"
Chris T.:(If not M willbe happy to cast it)
JamesDevil:"probably nothing"
Quillax:Q throws Drak a pot of Keoghan's from her stash of many
Jorian Drake:(ah I found the aura spell, 2d6 healing for 1 minute, so between 20 and 60 hp healed, would be really helpful, but ok I spend the HD first)
or that
"Thank you Quillax"*
Quillax:She slathers a bunch on herself like sunblock and then shifts into an air elemental form, settling on Claw's backpack
Chris T.:Where on the map are we guys?
Simon N. (GM):Then those of you with PP 20+ hear a faint knocking coming
from the lower portion of the cabin down below, probably the outer door - as if some lost traveler were seeking shelter from
the storm...
Quillax:"Bloody ghosts" she warbles in Auran, completely not understood by anyone in the group :D
Chris T.:M understands :)
Jorian Drake:
rolling 1d4+1 #doses
=
3
Simon N. (GM):I assume you're in the main living area currently, with kitchen to west and door to porch to east.
Jorian Drake:
rolling 6d8+6
=
28
Quillax:(M understand Auran?)
Chris T.:(She wears a helm of comptrhend languages)
Quillax:(ah, that makes sense! and is very useful!)
Jorian Drake:Drakh could also help, has COmprehend Languages in his ritual book
Chris T.:"Had we better see who's just come in?"
Jorian Drake:(M is quicker to use it tho)
Spending HD:
Simon N. (GM):The knocking continues.
JamesDevil:Claw looks for the scource
Quillax:{{ It'll be the Dwarven ghost, or that nasty group of them that attacked me }}
Jorian Drake:
rolling 4d8+8
=
30
Quillax:{{ Lots of psychic trauma in there, }} Q hums at Mal.
Chris T.:Mal will go investigate. "It could be some poor unfortunatlost in theis beastly weather!"
Jorian Drake:
rolling d8+2
=
4
140/143, Drakh spent 9 HD on healing plus all the salve doses he got from Q
"Let me go scout" He finishes and offers M
JamesDevil:"I doubt anyone would be up here unless they we're looking for this place like us"
Quillax:{{ Keep your guard up, }} she advises in Auran, then drifts after her
Simon N. (GM):GM: Claw and Mal go to the stairwell shaft followed by air-Quillax and Drak and begin heading downstairs to see if someone is at the door The knocking can be clearly heard in the stairwell (PP 10). Then suddenly it stops!
Chris T.:"Thanks Quillax."
Simon N. (GM):everyone roll init please :)
Jorian Drake:Drakhaien will sneak to check with a passive of 33 stealth
Chris T.:
rolling 2d20
=
23
18 for Mal
Quillax:{{ If this is another phylactery or possessed house, I'm not going to be happy, but as long as it isn't obsessed with me, I'm not going to need to burn it down }}
JamesDevil:
rolling 1d20+2
=
4
Quillax:
rolling d20+3
=
20
Simon N. (GM):Mal has advtg on Init?
Jorian Drake:(init roll didn't work twice for me)
Claw:yea, it does support x2 on this chat
have to roll twice
looks like it works a bit like in discord
Simon N. (GM):I have 20 Quillax 18 Malassandra 16 Drak 10 - Claw
Simon N. (GM):A loud crack followed by a mighty hammering sound
suddenly fills the cabin as its walls begin to shake and groan,
almost as if the structure were giving up its purchase on the
cliff edge and sliding off!
#20 Quillax your go - you are in the air about halfway up the shaft.
Quillax:(is the house actually moving?)
Simon N. (GM):It's shaking; the rest of them are on the stairs & look likely to be flung off.
You could eg grab someone, retreat upstairs, or continue down
Quillax:She'll hover beside the others and prepare to catch (or shove) anyone who falls off the stairs. Claw should be fine, he's got rage flight
Simon N. (GM):OK Quillax readies to catch any fallers.
#18 Malassandra roll Acrobatics DC 15
Quillax:Unless Drak uses his bat wing cape, then Q can just grab Mal
Chris T.:(Could someone clarify if the entrance to the caves on the right of the map are accessed from up or down please?)
Simon N. (GM):Ignore map on right for now, it's a mountain ledge not a cave :)
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+16
=
35
Simon N. (GM):+16 Acrobatics (DEX)?!
Chris T.:(ah, okay. Thought I'd missed something from last week :) )
oops that's her dex save, sorry
she has res Dex and a +2 dex
Simon N. (GM):Mal balances on the violently shaking stairs (21) - does she continue down?
Simon N. (GM):GM: OK Mal roll a DEX save too DC 15
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+16
=
35
Chris T.:Nimble footed this morning :)
Quillax:Q will be quietly impressed at how well Mal is managing the swaying stairs :D
Simon N. (GM):Mal races down the bucking stairs, through the lower rooms to the outer door, wind whipping snow into the entry hall. Flinging it open, all she sees is the blizzard. Visibility is about 2'.
#16 Drakhaien roll Acrobatics (DEX) skill DC 15
Chris T.:She uses another of her 'detect evils'
Simon N. (GM):Mal detects strong supernatural evil all arround her.
Jorian Drake:Acrobatics? 26 as passive
Simon N. (GM):No, it's called Reliable Talent :p
Drak Reliably balances on the bucking stairs. What do you do?
Jorian Drake:Drakhain looks if there is a nearby window, even if he tries to fly in the stairway it might be a problem if the building falls on top of him or rolls off the cliff
Any windows nearby?
No windows in the stairway
Jorian Drake:He dashes down then hoping there is one beneath
80 ft move
Simon N. (GM):OK make a DC 15 DEX save
+12 = 24
Simon N. (GM):Drak dances down the bucking steps to the (windowless as per map) lower level, joining Mal at the outer door.
Jorian Drake:there the door is open?
You could flee into the snowstorm if you wish.
Jorian Drake:snowstorm...
Simon N. (GM):It's well below freezing with visibility ca 2'.
Claw might survive the night in it though :p
Jorian Drake:Bonus Action Hide in shadows and the night dim light at door, end turn
Claw:I've got boots that one of you could wear that will work :P
Simon N. (GM):OK Drak hides in the antechamber
#10 Claw roll Acrobatics (DEX) DC 15
Claw:I was going to just jump down, ok
Jorian Drake:(I've looked up cloak of the bat, I used the action this round to dash, could use action next round to turn into a bat and fit easier in the building even in flight)
Simon N. (GM):OK Claw balances, so he can jump/fly down without needing to make a DEX save
using his Totem flight
Claw:Claw drops down and flies at the last minute flying out ofr the door and landing nnext to Mal
Simon N. (GM):Claw flies down & joins Mal at the outer door. Next round - the hammering shaking and groaning continues; all but floaty-Quillax struggling to remain upright as the ground bucks under you.
#20 Quillax do you join the others watching the lovely snowfall? :D
Q will hover around them, watching around them with suspicous eyes
Simon N. (GM):OK Quillax joins her companions. It's been about 30 seconds (6 rounds) since the knocking started.
Jorian Drake:(I thought this was our first round?)
(Ah, counted from before init)
Simon N. (GM):Yeah I didn't fancy playing through 6 rounds of not much :D
You're all staying in the antechamber?
Chris T.:M will atempt to drive any wicked spirits from the place. Turn the unholy DC22 Wis.
and yes, staying inside.
Simon N. (GM):What's the range on that Chris?
Will check
30
Jorian Drake:( I guess M thinks the building is undead or posessed by one, Drakh thinks it might either want to fall down, or be a mimic)
Quillax:Q changes to fire elemental to keep the others warmer
Simon N. (GM):Mal can't detect anything specific to target. Quillax assumes fire form. The hammering continues, but now the faint images of
starving dwarven ghosts can be glimpsed out of the corner of the eye... You suddenly experiences painful hunger pangs. Very painful... everyone roll DC 13 CON saves.
Mal's aura bonus applies of course.
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+17
=
36
Jorian Drake:(what is it atm?)
Claw:
rolling 1d20+15
=
24
Jorian Drake:(the bonus I mean)
Quillax:
rolling d20+9
=
20
Jorian Drake:
rolling d20+10
=
23
Claw:lol, i didn't add the bonus, would have been 31 :P
Simon N. (GM):OK you avoid the CON damage from the supernatiral hunger. :)
Claw:the supernatiral hunger takes damage from ME
Drakhaien:(There seems to be a Drakhaien character already made in roll20, I just noticed, seeing James write as Claw, but I don't seem to have access to its char sheet, or even see it)
Quillax:(like Chuck Norris of barbarians :D )
Simon N. (GM):Round 7 (since knocking started) - let me know any actions. Mal you can tell this is a Haunt and not vulnerable to most of the usual means of batle.
I tried adding PCs for each of you
Chris T.:Would she know if radiant damage over a large area may effect it?
Simon N. (GM):It doesn't have hit points so no
Quillax:Q turns to Mal {{ do you think if we brought food, would it be good or bad? }} she crackles
Simon N. (GM):Usually there is a specific means of laying a Haunt
Chris T.:Remove Curse maybe?
Claw:Claw raises Garvok, its flames pulsing and lighting up his smiling face
Chris T.:M will try trlease the spirit with a remove curse.
Simon N. (GM):Round 7: Voices can now be heard, in most cases wordless cries
of pain, but now and then snatches of sentences like “eating
us…” or “don’t let him…” or “so hungry….” The hammering
continues, but now the starving ghosts seem to notice you for the first time...
Mal casts Remove Curse - no effect
Chris T.:Hmmm Banihment is the only other thing that comes to mind
Quillax:{{ tell Claw to get some food out of the bag and throw it at them }} she instructs Mal
Chris T.:mal yells at claw to do so.
Simon N. (GM):The ghostly forms (you each see your own version) reach for you...
They ignore Claw's doggy bag.
Quillax:she moves between the ghosts and the others, making herself as hot as possible
Simon N. (GM):Everyone roll WIS save DC 14
Quillax:
rolling d20+14
=
17
Drakhaien:(When is Drakh's turn?)
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+16
=
20
Simon N. (GM):You each seem to be all alone, your companions fading into the background, as you each engage in psychic battle with the Haunt...
Claw:
rolling 1d20+9
=
22
Quillax:sorry, it should be +23 but its a pass at least D:
Simon N. (GM):As it tries to possess you
Claw:@smn fixed from last week
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+14
=
15
Drakhaien's eyes glow with pale unearthly light as the dwarven spirits flow into him!
Drakhaien:Stroke of Luck used
nat 20
(Am able to use it since the ffall because of the short rest)
wait
it may not work, ability check, not save
Simon N. (GM):A save is not an Attack or Ability check, so no effect - Drak is possessed.
(read the book)
Drakhaien:(I did, I jsut remembered Stroke of Luck incorrectly also applying to saves, as I didn't use it often yet)
Simon N. (GM):
rolling d6
=
2
Drak takes 2 WISDOM damage and is possessed of unearthly hunger. Clearly killing and eating his companions is the best way to make his tummy full!
Round 8. "So hungry...." mumbles Drakhaien, in a voice not his own.
#20 Quillax your turn
Drakhaien:(Would've been funnier in bat form, nibbling at allies, but I guess I had no turn of my own at all during this round then)
Chris T.:M will attempt a remove curse on him on her init.
Quillax:Q casts hold person on Drak
Simon N. (GM):OK I take it Mal drops her aura on Drak. Drak roll save vs hold person with your reduced WIS
Quillax:Assuming the ghost doesn't get a WIS save of 24 (I think it is)
Jorian Drake:I thought we can't even see each other "You each seem to be all alone, your companions fading into the background, as you each engage in psychic battle with the Haunt..."
Quillax:(only while you were fighting off the psychic attack)
Simon N. (GM):That was momentary J
as the ghosts tried to possess you
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+7 # WIS save
=
23
Simon N. (GM):I was trying to explain why Q couldn't defend her allies
>>(only while you were fighting off the psychic attack)<< Thanks Keelia! :) Good to know I was comprehensible :)
Q save DC is 8 + 7 WIS +7 Prof = 22 I think?
Jorian Drake:(I assumed all this is during a psychic attack. OK I guess I go afk, not doing anything for the second round, I need to bring my mom her tea and pills anyway)
Quillax:{{Pull your aura,}} Q call to Mal as she casts Hold Person on Drak. {{otherwise, we're going to have to try percussive means}}
Chris T.:If Mal can do that she will.
Simon N. (GM):Drak I need you to do your attacks saves etc
AFAICT Drak rolled 23 vs DC 22 & saves
Jorian Drake:I lost track of when the heck I am even supposed to act as I had no action taken in '7th' round either
It is easier if I just stand there as a statue
Simon N. (GM):I asked if people were doing anything as nothing new happening & you didn't reply J
Quillax:(we are sort of outside combat, it's like a AoE of psychic, not an active battle)
Jorian Drake:I was waiting for my turn, and I wrote earlier what my plan was anyway, to turn into a bat
Simon N. (GM):OK Drak you are a glowing eyed bat currently.
Jorian Drake:I guess I'm just too stupid to understand what is even going on, I thought we are attacked and engaged with ghosts
anyway, afk, have to attend to my mother
Simon N. (GM):#18 Malassandra tries to Remove Curse on Drak - no effect
drat
Simon N. (GM):#16 Drak-bat flaps around in the gloom (bonus action Hide - auto 30/auto success vs Mal I think) & turns back into Elf form as he sneak attacks Malassandra.
Chris T.:AS20 prot v evil
AC
don't know if possessed counts pve?
Simon N. (GM):GM: I'd need Drakhaien's to-hit bonus and damage to roll, I think the Prot fr Evii will work as Possessed & negate the advtg yup so no Sneak Attack AFAICT
I'll make a to-hit roll
He probably has an off hand attack too but since he's buggered off in the middle of it who knows :D
Quillax:{{ We could try to hold him down and feed him normal food? }}
on his DF sheet
oh, you're back :)
Simon N. (GM):OK Jorian could you roll your attacks vs Malassandra please (you resumed human form)
Jorian Drake:ok, how much is Drakh focused on attacking instead of defending himself?
Simon N. (GM):use your normal stats
Quillax:Q could try dispel magic?
Chris T.:(Worth a try Q that was going to be my next try)
Jorian Drake:I ask becasue of the magical rapier that can split +3 as bonus on attack/damage or AC)
Simon N. (GM):Oh it'll be +3 to hit
14+ to hit then, using the d20 result of 8 from earlier that is 22 to attack, now rolling damage, without sneak attack
Drakhaien:
rolling d8+7
=
8
Simon N. (GM):GM: The shaking resumes
Drakhaien:(Chris, if I am posessed, turn undead might work when targeting Drakh)
Quillax:Q dodges around to investigate the area where the ghosts were, to see if there is anything that could be used to appease them
Simon N. (GM):From now on everyone but Drak touching floor must roll DC 14 Acrobatics at start of turn or can't move that turn; on 9 or less they fall prone & lose the turn
Quillax:otherwise, they might have to resort to percussive maintence on him...
Simon N. (GM):#10 Claw roll Acrobatics
Claw:
rolling 1d20+2
=
12
do i get adv? or is the source n0to visible?
Quillax:plus mal's bonus?
Chris T.:(@Jorian, I can oly use it once/short rest :( )
Simon N. (GM):It's not Save! OK you can't move but you remain standing
Claw you are close enough to Drak to hit him if you like :)
Claw:What about the ghost, are any of them in throwinf distance of Garvok?
Simon N. (GM):You can't see any ghosts now - they were just in your heads.
As I told Chris/Mal
Simon N. (GM):ok Drak roll Acrobatics claw roll Athletics
Claw:
rolling 1d20+16
=
27
Drakhaien:acrobatics passive 26 against that
or do you wish me to roll?
Simon N. (GM):Roll please!
Yes, Claw gets a minimum 30 (& has Advtg on roll)
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+16
=
21
Simon N. (GM):GM: OK Claw grabs Drak (1 attack) and can pin him prone with a 2nd success (roll again both of you)
Claw:
rolling 1d20+16
=
26
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+16
=
34
Simon N. (GM):Claw rem Rage gives Advtg on STR checks!
Claw:
rolling 1d20+16
=
17
xD
Simon N. (GM):Also you have STR +10 Prof +7 = +17
Anyway Claw still failed so Drak is grabbed bit not prone
Round 9
Claw:pro is +6 at this level?
Simon N. (GM):#20 Quillax your go
Quillax:She'll try a dispel magic
Simon N. (GM):You all got the Boon of Epic Mastery +7 prof from the Sihedron remember!
Simon N. (GM):OK Quillax you try to suppress the Possession
What level casting Dispel Magic?
Quillax:{{ piss off ghost }} she calls out
level 5 ?
Drakhaien:Not sure how sane Drakh is, and how he decides what abilities to use? He may try Spell Thief on Dispel
Simon N. (GM):OK Quillax make a WIS check DC 18
He's pretty insane :)
Quillax:
rolling d20+7
=
12
Simon N. (GM):The attempt fails.
Quillax:Do I get any bonus aside from my wis score?
I don't get my prof or spell casting or anything?
Drakhaien:SO, Drakh won't use Spell Thief reaction on stealing the spell?
Simon N. (GM):looks like not (you don't add your Prof)
Chris T.:Mal will make a desperate attempt at D Magic too.
3rd level slot
Simon N. (GM):OK, roll a CHA check Mal
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+7
=
15
Simon N. (GM):If you have Inspiration can roll again
Chris T.:She moves to within a few feet of the door even if ythis means an OA. End turn.
I don't have insp. Used it :(
Simon N. (GM):Roll Acrobatics DC 15 Mal
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+2
=
3
blast
Simon N. (GM):Mal can't move
Simon N. (GM):#16 Drak you try to bite Claw's neck. Roll to hit with STR+Prof
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+8
=
28
STR +1?
Drakhaien:at least not a critical hit /sneak attack bite
Simon N. (GM):Drak gives Claw a painful love bite for 3 dmg/halved raging = 1 damage, bloodying his lips.
And remains latched on. #10 Claw your go.
OOC good thing it wasn't Claw failed the SIS save!
Claw:I drag Drak away from the building
Drakhaien:(I'm like a bat-man now truly, the vampire type)
Simon N. (GM):OK roll Acrobatics DC 14 to move Claw
bah
Claw:Ok, knocking him prone then (hopefully)
Drakhaien:(I guess Simon you will always decide what Drakh does? and I just roll?)
Claw:
rolling 1d20+17
=
30
Simon N. (GM):ok roll opposed Athletics vs Acrobatics
(yes J, Drak is Possessed)
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+16
=
26
Simon N. (GM):Claw pins Drak to the floor.
Round 10
Simon N. (GM):The banging gets even louder as if things are coming to a head.
#20 Quillax your go
(From Drakhaien): Drakh would probably cast a spell now, if that is possible, Enemies Abound on either M or Claw, as the condition doesn't stop him from casting spells.
Quillax:She take human form long enough to shove some bread into his mouth, then takes air elemantal form
Simon N. (GM):Quillax it's a bonus action to shift so you can take human form - Quillax tries to get baby Drak to take his medicine (DC 26 Athletics so auto fail I think)
Drak is chomping on Claw for net 1 dmg
Mal do you want to do anything?
Quillax:yeah, probably an auto-fail, since my ath is +1
Drakhaien:Athletics is not proficient, Acrobatics is
Chris T.:Try to steady herself with another acrobatics roll?
Simon N. (GM):(use air elemental STR bonus Q)
Drakhaien:but the luck ability would work on skill rolls if used
Chris T.:Then get within exiting distance of the door should it really look like it's going to fall off the mountain.
Quillax:(still only +2, can't make 26
Simon N. (GM):Round 11: With a sudden lurch, the haunting stops.Drak immediately regains control of his faculties. With horror he sees the bloody bite on Claw's neck. Drak roll WIS save DC 15 (Mal aura applies)
Mal has crawled to the doorway, well within 30' of Drak
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+14
=
22
Simon N. (GM):Drak shrugs off the horror (no 2d4 WIS damage) :D
Drakhaien:"Eww... pfew, I have barbarian in my mouth"
Drakhaien:"Not even cooked properly, just raw musclehead"
Drakh gets off the hulking giant and spits repeatedly o nthe ground
Simon N. (GM):A single ghostly dwarf figure is manifesting in the middle of the chamber - you can all see him - the eyeless dwarf you glimpsed before. From the portrait you recognise Silas Vekker, co leader of the expedition.
Simon N. (GM):A balding dwarf
with a dark brown beard. His facial features are
curiously indistinct—he has no eyes, for example, and
when he speaks, his lips barely even move...
“You… you are alive? You do not hunger? Ah…
that is what I sense in your blood. Greed. You seek
Simon N. (GM):the City of Greed. You should abandon your quest,
lest you end up like me. Cold. Dead. Eaten. But I
suspect you cannot be swayed. Know then that I
know the way to Xin-Shalast. I can show you the
way, but only if you bring me my brother. He died
on a ledge in the mountains a mile’s walk north
Simon N. (GM):from this cabin. I can feel his soul out there, still
hungry, still insane. Bring his bones to me so that I
might reconcile with him. Once he is at rest, I will
show you the way so that I might rest as well…”
Drakhaien:Does he actually speak or just seem like that? Oh doesn't matter, Drakh has Observant feat, he could read the lips
Simon N. (GM):His lips don't move, but you all hear his voice.
As he speaks, bite-sized bits and pieces of him tear loose
and fade, leaving him a growing patchwork of red.
Jorian Drake:(woah lag, there was nothing after Claw's 'hello there' until I pushed send on my own message)
Claw:Claw looks around and says loudly "ok, we have a deal"
Chris T.:He wants us to get his brothers remains from along the ledge
Quillax:(quick summary for J - dwarf ghost appeared, told us to find his brother's bones and bring them back and he'll show us the way)
Claw:He looks back at the other "well, we have a trek ahead of us"
Chris T.:Mal looks out sadly at the freezing blizzard.
"How will we find him in this?"
Claw:I have a pair of Winterlands boots if you are cold
Drakhaien:"We should help them..." Drakh says, between two spits on the ground
Simon N. (GM):Silas nods to Claw. "A deal... yes..." and he fades away.
Claw:You'll be like a midget me :P
Chris T.:(So they require attunement?)
Drakhaien:(I could use it if it does not require attinement)
oh nope then
Chris T.:hmmm I'm all out of slots
Claw:maybe swap for the time being? up to you though
Simon N. (GM):DC 20 Investigation (Drak auto pass) to recall the rough location mentioned from the dwarf ledgers in the storeroom.
Drakhaien:I will stop attunement to the mask, I barely even wear it because Drakh can't speak with that on
then I can use the boots
Drakhaien:(We still will need a short rest to attune to the boots)
Quillax:Q changes into bear form (polar allowed?) so she can wallk in the cold without being cold
Simon N. (GM):The location of the final Vekker mine is indicated in
that book—at the base of a 2,000-foot-tall cliff in the
mountains, a mile north of the cabin. There should be a mine trail, but won't be easy to follow with all this snow.
Claw:resit to cold, ignore difficult terain cause but snow and ice, ignore low tempretures
Drakhaien tells the others of the location the dwarf spoke of, with as clear directions he can do.
Chris T.:@DM, does the sun sword's radiance generate any heat?
Simon N. (GM):Outside the wind has died down somewhat but it's still snowing heavily.
sun sword is warm but not painfully hot
Drakhaien:If we do a short rest Drakh will attune to the boots and also do ritual Detect Magic to check out the building
Chris T.:Socould be used to keep warm if close by?
Claw:just stand next to Garvok is any of you get cold ;)
Chris T.:Aye, I guess between fiery Quillax and Claw's sword we shouldn't freeze :D
Simon N. (GM):GM: The Haunt seems to have died down for now. You're looking at Disad in the dark on the high DC Survival check to follow the old trail so you may want to wait to morning
Chris T.:Morning sounds good
Simon N. (GM):On a short rest Drak can attune to the boots. Det Evil detects powerful Necromantic aura
from the whole place
Claw:lets wait, i might die from the 2 hit point of damage that Drak did to me
Quillax:Q swaps over to fire elemental form to keep everyone warmer if they ware waiting out the night.
Simon N. (GM):GM: You can keep warm enough in the upper cabin to avoid freezing overnight, Mal cuddling her sword for warmth. :)
Q rests in the fireplace so as not to burn everyone :)
Drakhaien:I can do a ritual hut
Simon N. (GM):Next morning...
Drakhaien:Leomund's Tiny Hut
Simon N. (GM):It's a grey snowy dawn but visibility is up around 10'!
Quillax:Q takes a bear shape
Drakhaien:Drakhaien takes an elven shape
Simon N. (GM):There was once a well worn trail north from the cabin towards the mine. It's covered in snow but can be followed by a Survival check from whoever is going first. :)
Drakhaien:with boots, and no mask
Claw:Eagle sight - Can see up to 1 mile away with no diffculty, does that apply?
Simon N. (GM):No, you still just see snow
it would have beeen amusing ;)
Drakhaien:Perception yes, but outdoors Survival is not Drakh's proficiency
Claw:Claw will lead the way
Simon N. (GM):Prob Claw or Quillax?
Quillax:
rolling d20+7
=
21
Chris T.:I'm imagining the Fellowship trying to cross the Redhorn Pass.
Drakhaien:not even my poor albino bat familiar we constantly forget to even exist has survival skill
Quillax:Also have adv as a bear with keen senses if 21 isn't enough?
Claw:I have prof at 9, so you are probably better actually
Simon N. (GM):Claw strides off confidently into the blizzard. Quillax assists him pointing out subtle cues he might miss, and you follow the old trail up the mountainside... (DC 17, success)
Quillax:I've only got +7 so you're better :D
Simon N. (GM):Q gets Advtg fr Foresight right?
Claw:
rolling 1d20+9
=
11
Quillax:Adv from timeglass / foresight and from being a bear
Simon N. (GM):GM: You hike up into the snowy mountain flank following the trail.
Drakhaien:Drakh is stealthily scouting a bit around assisting with passive perception and investigation
Simon N. (GM):An hour or so later the trail widens into a broad ledge (the one on the map) - you approaching from the south.
Drakhaien:(I didn't evn think of a proper noble Coat of Arms yet for Drakh's family, I guess I will make one, and it will have a bat on it)
Simon N. (GM):The ledge in question is near the mountain’s peak
above. Trailing to a 5-foot-wide shelf to the northwest
and southeast, the ledge deepens into a large flat area
in the middle. The ground here is rough and uneven,
covered with rubble and rocks and counting as difficult
terrain. Further, a strange layer of thick fog obscures the ground to a
Simon N. (GM):depth of 1 foot. This fog extends out over the cliff so that a character unable
to see through the fog who moves adjacent to the edge might well stumble and fall 2,000-foot to the valley floor below...
Near the eastern end of the ledge, a small number of
gravestones protrude from the mist.
Drakhaien:as it is past dawn, there is likely not enough shade to use bat cape flying
Drak will try to be carefull and not fall below
Claw:Claw uses Garvok like a guiding stick slowly waving it in the fog to avoid falling off
Quillax:Q switches to fire elemental form
and floats ahead, finding the edge and waving the others away from it
Simon N. (GM):The mist parts slightly, you make out a dwarf body lies near a long-dead fire
pit in the eastern portion of the ledge, frozen solid and
preserved by the cold mountain air. The corpse still
wears its padded armor, but is itself in frightful shape.
Not only is it broken and mangled, as if it had fallen
from a great height, but the body’s legs end in charred,
Simon N. (GM):blackened stumps where the feet had been burnt off.
Simon N. (GM):GM: You carefully pick your way into the wider portion of the ledge, Q-lemental lighting your way. Gravestones ahead and corpse off to your right.
Claw:Could Claw lift him in one piece without him falling apart?
Simon N. (GM):Suddenly the rubble beneath Quillax's fire-feet shifts!
Drakhaien:Drak tiptoes between the graves carefully, observing his surrundings
Claw:Claw's head spin around!
Quillax:{{ watch out }} she sputters
Drakhaien:He will alert the others if he spoits danger
Quillax:She darts up, away from the ground (and anyone that might be reaching out of it)
Simon N. (GM):Drak is approaching the graves - 12 or so, each marked with dwarven names
(including that of Silas Karivek) while Claw is heading for the frozen corpse, when suddenly out of the ground bursts the head of a gigantic Frost Worm! A white purple worm basically. :D
Simon N. (GM):Angrily it turns, looking to squish the painful heat-source (Quillax)
roll init and I'll take a 5 min tea break :)
Chris T.:
rolling 2d20
=
16
18
Quillax:
rolling d20+3
=
12
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+5 #init
=
23
Jorian Drake:While we're in a break, I need to ask when exactly is our session start to be permanently? As today, or later/earlier? I might not be always be able to play or stay for long, today's later start made my presence unsure as well.
Simon N. (GM):@Keelia Init is an ability check so you have advtg
Simon N. (GM):I'm pretty flexible re start time
YOu probably already made and named all our characters o nthe sheet, just need to apply the sheets to the correct players. :)
Quillax:
rolling d20+3
=
19
Simon N. (GM):>>YOu probably already made and named all our characters o nthe sheet, just need to apply the sheets to the correct players. << I did do that though (????) :(
Jorian Drake:maybe not in both player journals and can control/edit locations, those are 2 different settings
#23 Drak your turn - behind you about 25' away the worm has burst out of the ground and is rearing in the air about to snap at Quillax
Drakhaien:ok, bonus action dash 60 ft away from worm to then action Hide behind something (probably gravestones)
can he do that?
Simon N. (GM):Yes you can move to the nearby gravestones, hide behind them, and still get an attack action.
or just hide if scared :)
Drakhaien:(Should put him 85 ft from worm and likely out of its senses)
Nope. used Dash to move 60 ft and action on stealth, so end turn (no action left for attacks)
Simon N. (GM):You were nearly at the graves as I said earlier so can use your move to reach them & bonus action Hide
Drakhaien:How far would this place Drakh away from the worm? 55 feet?
Difficult Terrain
Drakhaien:Still, bonus action dash, action hide, will need that 85 feet distance from worm due to its blind/tremor senses and to have lesser risk on archery :)
end turn
Simon N. (GM):The only way to go so far would be to run off down the western path beyond the ledge
in which case no cover to hide (but you can just go Invis w your Sihedron power)
If you hide behind the graves but then break cover you're not hidden
Drakhaien:then this: bonus action Dash there, then use sihedron greater invisibility, end turn
Simon N. (GM):OK Drak runs off down the foggy trail - DC 13 DEX save to not go over the edge
due to the fog like I said
Drakhaien:M's aura apllies or too far?
Drakhaien:
rolling d20+12
=
25
Simon N. (GM):Drak manages to not fall off :)
Drakhaien:(good, not dead, and also in good sniper position)
Simon N. (GM):Good cause it's 200 dmg!
Drakhaien:(If there is shadow lower below he could mid-fall start flying)
anyway, end turn
Simon N. (GM):It's daylight so unlikely
#19 Quillax your go, the worm is reaching for you
Quillax:She'll move up and back and throw some fireballs at it
(back so she is floating over the edge)
Simon N. (GM):OK it'll get an opp att though
she'll have to do the attacks before moving, i forgot fire ele is touch attacks, unless human fire attacks :)
multi attack
either hit?
takes x2 fire dmg :)
Quillax:
rolling 2d6+3
=
11
Quillax:and then she'll back off over the edge
Garvok is pleased by this
chomp
Simon N. (GM):22 piercing non-magic > 11, plus 35 cold = 46
Quillax:{{ hope I burn your mouth like hot tea }} she hisses
Drakhaien:(please don't transform back to humanoid over the cliff edge i nair)
Simon N. (GM):Make a DC 19 DEX save or swallowed
Drakhaien:(He likes it hot)
Quillax:(any bonus from Mal - still in range?)
Claw:"I hope I give you the shits"
mal bonus
Quillax:
rolling d20+10
=
28
phew, I think I made it :)
(although immune to grapped and restrained, so maybe can't be swalloed?)
Simon N. (GM):Q dodges free of the great jaws, a few whisps of flame left behind, and backs off over the ledge.
Sadly, fire elementals don't fly!! :p
WHEEEEEEEE
Quillax:How Can I not fly? I'm made of fire!
Simon N. (GM):Q is currently plummeting earthwards
Quillax:change to air elemental on the way down.
Simon N. (GM):About 1000' down
Simon N. (GM):Q shifts to Air Elemental halfway down the cliffside, but will be a while before she can get back up top!
#15 Mal your go
Chris T.:Mal backs odd away from the cliff edge as far as she can in the difficilt going (15'?) then Eldritch Blast.
each at +14
Simon N. (GM):AC 18 so 2 hits
Chris T.:
rolling 4d10
=
18
18 Force. End turn
Simon N. (GM):oops missed Claw on 17!
Claw your go
Claw:An unsettling dark smile spreads across Claws face
Simon N. (GM):GM: Mal has backed up to the south side of the ledge
Claw:"Time to brun Garvok!
Charge in two attacks
Simon N. (GM):The worm turns as Claw leaps in, flaming sword raised...
Claw:
rolling 1d20+20
=
38
slashing
fire
Simon N. (GM):+25? Isn't it +10 STR +4 Rage +3 weapon = +17?
7+17 = 24 slash, 24x2 = 48 fire
Claw:damn it, i keep entering it wrong1
next attack
2nd attack?
Claw:
rolling 1d20+17
=
26
Simon N. (GM):to hit is +10 STR +7 Prof +3 weapon = +20
hit :)
fire
Simon N. (GM):13+17 = 30 slash
19x2 = 38 fire
total 68
It's taken 180 dmg and looks badly scorched
Quillax:(Dinner is in about 30 minutes for me)
Simon N. (GM):#7 As the Worm lunges at Claw a hideous figure is rising up out of the mist behind it...
(will stop end of round I think)
Drakhaien (bonus action) hides while Invisible (for a passive Stealth of 38 due to advantage from invisible hiding) then Drakhaien shoots at the frost worm a Fire Bolt, and with elven accuracy & advantage. (If Hide action is not necessary while Invisible from 85 ft distance, Drakh still has a bonus action to use this turn)
Drakhaien:posting it early, because I note Drakh may be able to kill the worm next
(maybe stop after that?)
Simon N. (GM):Karivek Vekker. In death, Karivek’s mouth is filled with fangs that drip streamers of blood that fade away to mist before they strike the ground.
Jorian Drake:(eww, I didn't expect this)
Simon N. (GM):The worm lunges at Claw and tries to use its tail stinger on Mal
vs Claw
Simon N. (GM):
rolling d20+14
=
19
vs Mal
Claw:Sentinal is Mal is close enough
(no)
Simon N. (GM):Mal: 19 Piercing + 35 cold + CON save DC 19
Chris T.:
rolling 1d20+17
=
31
149/184
130/184
soz, misread
Simon N. (GM):Pally's don't have CON save prof, did you get a boon?
Chris T.:She took Res Con as a fear
feat :)
Simon N. (GM):OK poison dmg halved 42>21 so total dmg 19+35+21 = 75
oh bugger
Simon N. (GM):The ghostly Vekker goes for 1-3 Claw 4-6 Mal
Simon N. (GM):
rolling d6
=
1
Attacks Claw with its nails and iron-hard fangs that drip blood.
Simon N. (GM):
rolling d20+11
=
30
Jorian Drake:(is the worm attacking again?)
Simon N. (GM):Claw fends off its corrupting nails, but unfortunately it bites his neck (crit!)
Simon N. (GM):
rolling 6d6+5
=
29
Claw:what is it with the neck today?
Simon N. (GM):29 piercing, and...
Simon N. (GM):
rolling d6
=
2
2 CHA
2 CON
Jorian Drake:(nasty frost worm!)
Simon N. (GM):So 29/2 = 14 piercing, -2 CHA, -2 CON (reduce hp)
Simon N. (GM):That's the ghost Jorian!
Also Claw is bleeding 10 hp/round
Jorian Drake:(oh, didn't see a name of what is doing the attacks)
Simon N. (GM):as it tears a chunk of flesh out
Read the log J, scroll up
OOC I'm v tired so better quit now
Chris T.:Thanks for an exciting session :)
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