Expedition: Baxtaw - Seeking Scatha's Lair - 23 July 2021

[Zhym]

The Fiery Lug plan would at least force a morale check at a penalty, I'd expect. Of course, if the wolves succeed on the morale check, it would be nice to have some backup firepower along with Lug.

[Rusty Tincanne]

Bremen looks around the room they are in, trying to see the source of the current light spell, hoping it is portable enough to pick up and use.

[Marullus]

Piers peers through the peephole and casts his Light spell upon the hanging chandelier, casting a bright light over the dining room and goblins below.

[Rusty Tincanne]

could a ballista bolt break the chandelier free? We could use the crystals for a bit of light.

[Marullus]

AC 17 and 10hp to sever the chain with a ballista.

[Rusty Tincanne]

Back up and take cover, folks. Bremen takes aim and fires once a torch has been lit and everyone else is back in the room, out of harm's way.

Ballista [1d20+2] = 8+2 = 10, dmg [3d6] = 12
Bremen and Stantz, who have supplied all the torches so far, are out. Can someone else please mark one off?

[Rusty Tincanne]

You mean the horses aren't for Scatha snacks?

No sir! That's why we're bringing NPC dwarfs, of course!

I just saw this when I was reading back over the first couple pages. I didn't really mean it.

[Jernau35]

1 torch deducted. 2 remaining.

[Dram]

Baxtaw- If we able to speak with a leader. I have memorized charm person person spell or another sleep


It wont work on the worg? We would a cleric with "Charm Mammal"

or

From one of Greywolfs games which one of you wants to be Leroy?

or this works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbq5dsQ-l9M skip to like 1:30 in the play thats about all you need to know lol

[Marullus]

Lug has ALWAYS been Leroy.

Seriously, though... How are you acting against the hallway? IC actions.

[Rusty Tincanne]

Boring as it was, it was worth watching until 1:30 just to see how much planning Leroy nullified.

Bremen shot the chandelier a few posts up. I'm waiting for the results of that before making further decisions.

[Marullus]

Oh. You missed. I thought you realized that, but I mixed my OSR systems... AC3, not AC17. Sorry.

[Rusty Tincanne]

Oh. That's a huge difference in AC! I was thinking I was close against AC17. Oh well.
Seeing the ballista bolt sink into the ceiling a few feet off target, Bremen sighs and calls folks back. We could just wheel the carts out in front and use them as cover until the wargs get close enough for attacking. The ballistae won't be much help out there, I figure.

If that is ok with the others, Bremen grabs his crossbow and prepares to follow the carts into the hallway.

[Zhym]

"That's it," agrees Lug. "Keep it stupid. I mean simple. Keep it simple, stupid."

"Let's go! Yeaaaah!"

[Jernau35]

Piers loads his sling and follows the others.

[Dram]

Dram readies his bow and follows the others

[Marullus]

Clouson and Stantz push the two carts forward into the hallway, the ballistae left behind in the dining room. The carts are large enough to provide cover (Full cover to the non-attacking pusher, -4 . AC to two others, -2 AC to four others. Establish marching order.), but not enough to block off the wide hallway completely.

The hallway is pitch-black beyond the light that spills from Piers' torch, granting similar concealment to the goblins that you believe await there (-4 darkness penalties to your roll). Baxtaw peers over the carts with his elven vision, seeing the goblins have retreated beyond his sight (further than 60') but he discerns movement not much further away, revealing they're still there...

The party members realize that they can either carry their large sacks full of gold OR wield their weapons, but not both. More choices must be made...

(Round 1. Actions, including attack rolls, please.)

Date: 7:40am, 27 July 2021
Light: Fireplaces (bedroom);Light spell (dining room), Piers' torch (until 8:30am)
Effects: Light (until 9:00am); Sleep (until 8:40am)
Injuries: Bremen (minorly wounded), Baxtaw (minorly wounded), Clouson (minor wound), Lug (minor wound), Stantz (minor wound)

[Rusty Tincanne]

No more magic light from any of you casters? Bremen continues quietly, Damn. I never thought getting out would be the problem.

After sizing up the situation, he recommends they haul what they can as far as they can, until they are in combat.

[Zhym]

Lug drops his loot—never worry about loot when there's things trying to kill you, he's pretty sure he heard somebody say at some point—then ducks behind a cart and fires an arrow into the darkness with his Boring Ordinary Bow. Just to keep the goblins honest, you know.

"A lot fewer of you would die if you'd just let us go!" he shouts. "And you'd get all that nice leftover loot, too! I mean, unless you want us to kill you all!?"

Boring Ordinary Longbow (THAC0 17): [1d20+1] = 16+1 = 17 [1d8] = 5

[Rusty Tincanne]

Bremen shrugs and joins in.
Heavy Crossbow (THACO 17): [1d20+2] = 16+2 = 18, damage [1d8] = 5penalty for firing into inky blackness not included.