Topic: The Rynwold Pantheon (D&D 4e) (Read 94997 times)

Stush · « **Reply #740 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:53:07 AM »

[Just before we go, I wanna roll an insight check to make sure the priest doesn't have any shifty motives in getting us to sacrifice this guy. Rolled 14, 14+6=20]

Francisca doesn't really like the idea of sacrificing a body, alive or dead.

JDigital · « **Reply #741 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:56:57 AM »

You sense no ulterior motives.

Stush · « **Reply #742 on:** February 25, 2012, 02:22:15 AM »

Francisca looks around. "Should we try do the ritual now? Or look for the monster first?"

Büge · « **Reply #743 on:** February 25, 2012, 05:03:46 AM »

"We should do the ritual," Briar says, setting the body town on the altar. "Did the priest say there was any special method to it?"

Stush · « **Reply #744 on:** February 25, 2012, 08:16:13 AM »

Francisca looks at her note book, flipping through to the relevant page. "Looks like you need to lay him on the altar, break his knee, impale him, and then cut off his head... not very pleasant."

Doom · « **Reply #745 on:** February 25, 2012, 04:51:59 PM »

Vivi has her eyes half open, watching the whole thing from over Briar's shoulder. "You know what'd be cuter than a Squiggle-Goo? If we put a ward up at the entrance of this cave after the monster left it, but right before it could come back in to escape the morning sun."

Stush · « **Reply #746 on:** February 25, 2012, 04:57:06 PM »

Looking over at vivi. "Oh? trap it outside? Do you know what happens to it if it's stuck out in the sun? Will it die, or will it just be really really mad at us?", She goes back to reading through her notes, then turns back. "What's a squiggle-goo?"

Doom · « **Reply #747 on:** February 26, 2012, 04:23:13 AM »

Vivi gives Franny a really condescending look, helped immensely by the fact that piggy-back riding Briar lets her actually do so from a higher height. "Heh.. what's a squiggle-goo..." She grins. "Let's do the ritual!"

Stush · « **Reply #748 on:** February 26, 2012, 04:34:41 AM »

Francisca looks back down at her note book, flipping through the recent pages to see if there's any mention of a squiggle-goo.

Büge · « **Reply #749 on:** February 26, 2012, 07:06:26 AM »

"Well, let's get to it," Briar sighs. "Hey Vivi, mind if I borrow your knife?"

Stush · « **Reply #750 on:** February 26, 2012, 07:35:07 AM »

"This might be handy for the whole leg breaking part of it." *Francisca pulls the mace they found in the burial mound earlier on and hands it over to Briar, then thinks for a second. "You want to use my sword? It's never been used before. I was even thinking of selling it, but as soon as I do, I bet i'll get into a situation where a sword would be handy." She grabs the sheathe and hilt of her sword, and tries to pull it free, it doesn't budge. "Urghh.. This.. sorry, just give me a.." *She keeps trying to pull the sword free, but it won't budge. "Well.. I'm glad that didn't happen in a life or death situation."

Doom · « **Reply #751 on:** February 26, 2012, 11:58:54 AM »

Vivi offers Briar her knife, which is used primarily for stabbing... plants.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #752 on:** February 26, 2012, 12:03:00 PM »

"Speaking of life and death..." Ampersand finally comments "...do we know anything specific about this ritual? I wasn't payin' all the attention I should back there." He gives an upward nod of his head towards the altar and, more specifically, the body. "What exactly happens the moment when his head rolls?"

Büge · « **Reply #753 on:** February 26, 2012, 07:06:48 PM »

"Guess we'll find out, eh?"

Briar sets about the grisly work. She uses the proffered mace to smash the corpse's kneecaps. Vivi's dagger goes into the chest, and she uses her own axe to decapitate the body with a single stroke.

"Whew," she says, examining her axe blade. "Didn't nick it. Now what happens?"

Stush · « **Reply #754 on:** February 27, 2012, 12:37:55 AM »

Francisca goes a little green at the sight, and walks a little further away, taking her monocle off to clean it, she looks around, listening for any signs of the monster. "We probably should have asked about what signs to look for, to tell if it worked." She puts her monocle back on and scans the horizon, looking for any signs of movement.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #755 on:** February 27, 2012, 10:50:00 AM »

Pitamaha watched the body closely. [Knowledge: Religion: 1d20+8=27] "I shall know enough to tell thee in a moment," he said.

JDigital · « **Reply #756 on:** February 29, 2012, 04:18:30 AM »

The young man's head rolls off the platform and lands on the ground with the quiet thud. All is silent for a moment, then suddenly a warm wind rushes from the burial mound. It shakes the trees and bushes, and the loud rustle of leaves surrounds you. The trees begin growing and their roots feel around like tentacles. Flowers bloom and foliage grows everywhere.

Within a minute, the burial mound is covered in tall grass and ferns, and tree cover blocks out patches of light. The wind fades to a faint rustle.

Suddenly, the dreadful screeching roar of the creature echoes throughout the forest. It appears from the foliage and charges toward you in a rage!

(map forthcoming)

JDigital · « **Reply #757 on:** February 29, 2012, 04:37:37 AM »

PENALTIES:
1. The creature is cut off from his home plane. It suffers a -25 penalty to maximum hit points.
2. The creature is in sunlight. It suffers -1 to all defences, except when adjacent to a tree.

Pitamaha, Francisca and Ampersand win the initiative, and get one turn before the creature.


...#..........#.....
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...#......CC#.......
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.....X.......X......
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.#......FP..........
...X...&==....X...#.
........VB..........
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.....X.......X......
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.......#............
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KEY

C  The "Grundly-Loo"
   150/150 HP, AC15 Fort15 Ref11 Will14
     Next to tree: AC16 Fort16 Ref12 Will15

B  37/37 HP
F  31/31 HP
V  28/28 HP
P  38/38 HP
&  28/28 HP

.  Empty space (tall grass, -2 to hit someone lying prone)
=  Altar (+1 melee attack)
#  tree (impassable, provides hard cover and concealment,
    can be climbed 2 squares up or 10ft with DC10 Athletics
    plus the cost of normal movement, DC20 to climb up without
    spending any movement points, climbable branches at that
    height extend one square away, climbed tree provides
    concealment from enemies more than 5 squares away)
X   Standing stone (impassable, hard cover)

JDigital · « **Reply #758 on:** February 29, 2012, 04:49:26 AM »

Also, Pitamaha: With your 27 Religion you suddenly recognise the ritual as a kind of druidic fertility ritual that draws power from the outer plane where the nature goddess Seria resides, using an ancient portal here. It causes plants to grow and the land to become more fertile for the coming year. Perhaps, a century ago, this ritual was performed regularly. The church of Catharsus must have gone to great lengths to keep this secret hidden.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #759 on:** February 29, 2012, 03:16:31 PM »

"This suffering and death hath transpired because a child yearned for ancestral gods from whom he was separated," said Pitamaha. "Perhaps, in time, we shall make it right, but on this day it is all we can do to prevent further bloodshed. Rally! We fight!"

He drew his sword and rushed toward the creature, focusing his will upon expanding his presence in the beast's mind. [Speed of Thought to move three spaces north for free, then Battlemind's Demand Augment 0 to mark the Grundly-Loo, then walk back to the space indicated.

...#..........#.....
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..........CC........
...#......CC#.......
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.....X...P...X......
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.#......F...........
...X...&==....X...#.
........VB..........
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.....X.......X......
............#.......
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.......#............
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............#.......
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KEY

C  The "Grundly-Loo"
   150/150 HP, AC15 Fort15 Ref11 Will14
     Next to tree: AC16 Fort16 Ref12 Will15
   marked by Pitamaha

B  37/37 HP
F  31/31 HP
V  28/28 HP
P  38/38 HP
&  28/28 HP

.  Empty space (tall grass, -2 to hit someone lying prone)
=  Altar (+1 melee attack)
#  tree (impassable, provides hard cover and concealment,
    can be climbed 2 squares up or 10ft with DC10 Athletics
    plus the cost of normal movement, DC20 to climb up without
    spending any movement points, climbable branches at that
    height extend one square away, climbed tree provides
    concealment from enemies more than 5 squares away)
X   Standing stone (impassable, hard cover)

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