LPDnD: The Trinal Chronicles: Episode 1

[Blackferne]

Victae smiles, "No. I'm a wanderer because I like to see the beauty of the world and it's people. Father had a different path for me." She nods to her polearm leaning against her gear. "But are we defined by our training, or our journeys past, or by what our interests are and our roads ahead? I ran into the Professor a few months back. He was in a sticky situation with a tavern owner who didn't seem to agree with the Professor's appraisal of his mother's portrait hanging in the tavern hall. Regardless of the appearance of the lady, it did lack artistic merit which is what he was trying to get across."

"Alright, the cobbler is cooking." the Professor says from his spot by the fire. "Victae, I am, against my better judgement, going to let your behavior slide and allow you to partake in the cobbler. It should be ready in a few minutes."

She laughs and he scrambles through his pack for a few small plates.

[Jimer Lins]

Trinal nods. "It seems that I was fortunate in meeting you both. That is a formidable weapon, and one that I'm sure took some time to master." He digs about in his pack for something to eat.

"So are your parents less than sanguine about your choice to wander the wilds also?" he asks with a wry grin.

[Blackferne]

"Well mother's watching me from the beyond so in a sense she is with me on my travels which is a comfort in times of hardship. Father however is less approving and wishes I'd go back and be part of the citadel's forces. I write letters to let him know how I'm doing, but he rarely replies." She sniffs the air. "You smell that? Oh this is going to be great! You'll love the Professor's cobbler. It is really good. We were fortunate to get some apples a few days ago in the pass from that caravan."

[Jimer Lins]

"It does indeed! I thank you for sharing it." He looks at her, cocks an eyebrow. "Which citadel was this? Your father is a soldier, I take it?"

[Blackferne]

"He is a Marshall who leads the Citadel of Aern Bruth. It is on the northeastern edge of that mountain range." She points north to the mountains in the distance. As a mountain range you'd know that it runs over a thousand miles. think like Appalachians running from Georgia to Canada. "He raised me to be a soldier, but it is not who I want to be. Still, it is handy in a pinch."

[Jimer Lins]

Trinal chuckles. "I can well imagine! For my part, I was raised to be a farmer and woodsman, but my skills lay in a different direction. I was fortunate to be allowed to hone them." He looks at the Professor. "And you, sir?", he says. "Do your parents approve of your vocation?" His tone and expression make it clear that he's asking mostly in jest, not prying.

[Blackferne]

"My parents probably don't even notice I'm missing to be honest. My father was a artisan for an elven noble making tapestries and what not to adorn her halls. I was the twelfth of seventeen children. I was always sneaking away to the noble's library and get lost in books. Some days I would fall asleep reading and my parents wouldn't even take notice until I showed up the next day with the noble's servant being an escort. The noble to her credit was a patron of learning and artistry in the dale where I grew up and had a soft spot for her little gnomish bookworm. She is who sponsored me toward higher education. Though that was twenty some odd years ago." He pauses lost in thought for a bit and mumbles to himself "I really ought to go back at some point." He shakes that and says, "Tell me more of these dwarves, what were they doing again?"

[Jimer Lins]

"Well, to my understanding, the leader of this group, one Heppil, was formerly in a business arrangement with a gentleman from Belholt, and they produced iron goods. After the man's death, his brother didn't want to continue working with Heppil. Some of this may be inaccurate, because I'm only going on what I've been told by the parties involved, so as you would imagine, there's much self-serving rhetoric in there. At any rate, it seems that Heppil and his cronies were stealing crates of iron goods, remarking them and selling them on. We- my erstwhile companions and I- were engaged to liberate what stolen goods we could and destroy his forge, preventing his mischief."

Here Trinal pauses for a moment, and clears his throat.

"The errand was largely successful, in that they won't be stealing anything ever again. But we were not able to question any of them after our discussion. This wasn't surprising, given what we knew of this group, and their desire to stay undisturbed. After our conversation was over, we determined that there was indeed a goodly amount of iron goods, bearing a number of marks- including that of our employer, as well as the skull and droplets mark we discussed earlier, and others. It seemed that this operation was larger than our employer mentioned. However, I'm not certain of the significance of the cult symbol or why it would be tattooed on their chests in such a fashion."

Trinal sighs and takes a drink of water.

"It was around that time that the latest in a long line of personality conflicts and hair-trigger tempers erupted into violence amongst my companions. This not having been the first time, I decided that it would be unwise to continue to associate with such a volatile bunch and took my leave. I expect that by now they're on the road themselves with the goods they agreed to bring back to Belholt. There was a small mine there also, which I'm sure they investigated. That's where the creature- what did you call it? A cavern crawler? came out from."

He looks at the Professor.

"The part that concerns me is that there was something that our employer was not telling us, and I knew that at the outset. I assumed that he was simply presenting himself in a better light than an objective observer would tend to believe, but I now wonder if he was aware of the connection with this dark symbol and the dead god it represents. And if so, I wonder what his reasons for not mentioning it might have been."

[Blackferne]

"Well it could be a number of things. He may have been ignorant of the dwarves' 'religious' inclinations. If he did know, it could have been not wanting to bring attention to the forceful acquisition of stolen property. Some cults are generally viewed as harmless. They worship the sugar plum fairy and keep odd holidays, but are viewed as little more than an eccentricity in the neighborhood. Others, and Bha'al's followers in specific, are seen as a powerful and malicious threat to the established order. They say he's dead as a god, but once a god is killed who is to say he can't return? And if he did, who knows what one with Bha'al's reputation would unleash as retribution. Assuming your employer knew the dwarf was wrapped up in Bha'al's cult he might not have wanted it to be a big to do prompting over reach by the locals. If mobs with pitchforks went there, who knows if he'd get his supplies back. Really you can't say what he was thinking, or knew until you ask him." The Professor says between small nibbles of his second helping of cobbler.

[Jimer Lins]

"True, but the coincidence does seem a bit odd. I have every intention of inquiring with him, to be sure. I truly appreciate the information you've given me about the symbol, by the way." Trinal also eats his cobbler. "Thank you for this, it is delicious."

[Blackferne]

It is approaching night night time. Victae offers to take last watch, Professor offers to take first.

[Jimer Lins]

Trinal agrees and gets to sleep.

[Blackferne]

[rolls behind screen. Sighs]

Trinal is awoken to the sound of the Professor banging on a pot loudly. "Scoot! Scrat! Bad dog! Go away!"

A cursory look in the direction he is shouting you see three wolves staring with teeth exposed. A low growl. They are 100 feet away.

"Help guys. I don't think they enjoy food back talking."

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1tjN ... sp=sharing

There is the map. The reds are the three wolves. You are again smiley face. The professor is the blue scroll. Victae is the Green "No Symbol".

Initiative rolls first.

[Blackferne]

Initiative:
Professor: 1d20+1=12+1=13
Victae: 1d20+6=6+6=12
Team wolf: 1d20+5=15+5=20

[Jimer Lins]

Initiative: d20+2

12+2 = 14

Is Victae awake? Disregard, answered.

[Blackferne]

Okay so like the other it is Team Wolf then Team Heroes in combat.

The green circles are trees, you can move through them normal, but if you wanted to climb you could.

I'm about to go to bed so we may not finish this tonight.

Team Wolf:
Wolf A moves
Wolf B moves
Wolf C moves

Team Hero

[Jimer Lins]

"Dammit, I'm trying to SLEEP!" Trinal roars at the wolves. He's obviously irritated. He moves forward and unleashes Lightning Breath (Close Blast 3)

Attack: d20+5 vs Reflex.
Wolf B: 14 + 5 = 19
Wolf C: 10+5 = 15
Damage: 3d8+6
9+6=15



Miss is half damage.

Trinal will also burn his action point and cast Burning Spray (Close Blast 3)

Attack: d20+5 vs Reflex
Wolf B: 9+5=14
Wolf C: 9+5=14
Damage: 1d8+6
6+6=12

Notes: Any melee attack against Trinal will result in +5 lightning damage and a knockback, and the first attack that hits before my next turn causes 2 fire damage.

[Blackferne]

Wolf B and C both take 27 points of damage.

Both wolves are bloodied.

Victae moves and uses Daily: Brute strength versus Wolf C: 1d20+6 vs AC 12+6=18. Hit

Damage 3W+Str 3(2d4)+3= Roll(6d4)+3:
4,4,4,2,1,4,+3
Total:22

Wolf C is now dead.

The Professor moves and hurls an insult at wolf B.

"Listen you flea ridden mutt. If I need a dog I'd rather take a one eyed asthmatic rat who has no teeth, than deal with you!"
Vicious Mockery 1d20+Cha vs Will: 11+4=15. Hit.
Damage 1d6+Cha (target gets -2 on attack rolls until the end of Professors next turn)
2+4=6 dmg

Wolf B is still up, but apparently had it's feelings hurt.

[Blackferne]

Round 1:
Team Wolf
Wolf A Moves
Wolf B moves
Wolf C Moves

Team Hero
Trinal unleashes blast of lightning and magics to heavily damage Wolves B and C
Victae does a Brutal Attack on Wolf C Killing it.
The Professor insulted a dog.

Onto Round 2: Team Wolf is Up!

[Jimer Lins]

Trinal raises an eyebrot and cries "Remind me never to debate you, Professor!" as he prepares for whatever the wolves will unleash.

[Blackferne]

Round 2:

Team Wolf:
Wolf A moves up to Victae and attacks for 3 points of damage.
Wolf B moves up and snaps at Victae but misses.

Team Hero is up!
Trinal moves, is nipped at but doesn't get touched. Shoots at Wolf A and misses.
Victae does a sweeping strike and knocks Wolf A prone.
The Professor causes Wolf B to blunder doing psychic damage to it and moving it by Victae who whiffed.

[Jimer Lins]

Trinal moves to the side, deliberately provoking an attack of opportunity (which if it hits should do at least 7 points of damage and knock it back), and casts Burning Spray at Wolf A. The blast is oriented diagonally from Trinal so it won't catch Victae.

Attack:d20+5, plus my Knack For Success power (+2)

Roll: 3 + 5 + 2=10 vs Reflex
Damage: 1d8+6 = 5+6=11

Edit: Oh, and sustaining my lightning breath (minor action).
Edit2: The knack for success is a +4 to checks, but only +2 to attacks. Updated accordingly.

[Blackferne]

Wolf B attacks you but misses.

Trinals attack on A misses.

Victae Uses Spinning Sweep [Encounter]: 1d20+6= 1+6=7. (roll percentile to see how bad I botch, didn't drop my weapon or impale myself, today was a good day) Use Elven Accuracy Encounter Power (reroll attack roll keep second even if lower) 19+6=25 Hit.

Damage 1W+Str and target is knocked prone
2d4+3

Roll(2d4)+3:
4,4,+3
Total:11

Wolf A is prone.

The Professor cast Blunder [Encounter] against Wolf B
1d20+CHA vs Will
Roll(1d20)+4:
15,+4
Total:19

Damage: 1d6+Cha
Roll(1d6)+4:
5,+4
Total:9

Additional Effect: Slide the target 2 squares during which you or one of your allies can make basic melee attacks against the target as a free action with a +2 to the attack roll.

Slide Wolf B down two squares allowing Victae to take a whack

Basic Melee Attack 1d20+6+2(blunder bonus)=
Roll(1d20)+8:
1,+8
Total:9
[Roll percentile to see how bad I botch and it is just a miss, not dropped weapons or self impale]

[Blackferne]

Round 3:
Wolf A stands up and bites at Victae for 4 points of damage
Wolf B bites at Victae as well but misses

Team Hero is up!
Victae swings and misses wolf A
The Professor killed a dog by insult.
Trinal casts spells at Wolf A but miss.

[Blackferne]

Victae does a Cleave at Wolf A and misses.

Roll(1d20)+6:
2,+6
Total:8

The Professor cast vicious mockery at Wolf B:

"Rose are red, violets are blue, your breath really stinks since you only eat poo!"

Roll(1d20)+4:
20,+4
Total:24

Wolf B dies from insult.