Chapter 6: The Evil Queen & Her Fortress

[GreyWolfVT]

Smashing through the door Egon enters the room sees a lot of things all at once but the most pressing is the big owlbear in the room, that has now reared up on his hind legs and lets out a very loud noise. Owlbear noise https://www.google.com/search?q=what+do ... hwEgQIBDAB It looks at the dwarf and drops back to all fours and makes for him as the others come in behind him this does not deter the owlbear one bit. To the left of the door you see at the end of the blood drag trail a dead male human by the looks of it quite dead and bloody a pool of blood under the body. There is a fairly large mattress on the floor in the back corner of the room and a woodne chair that flew out from behind the door. Behind the owlbear is a bit iron metal pen with it's door left open, which to most of you screams that something or someone else is down here that let the creature out of it's pen. In the pen are three dead wild game birds probably from the area nearby, there is also straw. It's almost as if something is keeping this owlbear as it's pet. Another thing happens as the owlbear charges towards it's "foes" the other door in the stairwell landing room bursts open and a big ogre enters lumbers in carrying a big sword.

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Map

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[Rex]

Egon

Looks like from the map and actions that Egon and Zylore are taking on the owlbear and the rest are taking on the ogre.

Egon attacks the owlbear.

Battle Axe +1 [1d20+2]=7+2=9 to hit [1d8+4]=3+4=7 damage

[hedgeknight]

Zylore

Seeing Egon miss, the ranger whistles loudly and clangs his weapons together to get the owlbear's attention. He then spreads his arms and begins to speak soft, non-threatening words in Elvish. He is hoping he can calm the creature enough to keep it from attacking. He knows this is a slim chance, but he's willing to take it.

Animal Empathy - When dealing with a wild animal or an animal trained to attack, the animal must roll a saving throw vs. rods to resist the ranger's overtures. (This table is used even though the ranger's power is non-magical.) The ranger imposes a -1 penalty on the die roll for every three experience levels he has earned (-1 at 1st to 3rd, -2 at 4th to 6th, etc.). If the creature fails the saving throw, its reaction can be shifted one category as the ranger chooses. Of course, the ranger must be at the front of the party and must approach the creature fearlessly.

[shaidar]

Weston

Seeing the sudden appearance of the Ogre, Weston tries to think on his feet.

"Oh my, let me try something..."

He steps forwards towards the Ogre (just to bring himself to the front of the group) and casts Colour Spray at it.

[Darklin2]

Grimir

Charges the Ogre and strikes at his legs.

[1d20+4]=11+4=15 Blessed Broad Sword AC4

[1d6+9]=3+9=12 Blessed Sword Damage

AC is now -2 fighting an Ogre with the -4 for being a Dwarf.

[gurusql]

Delsenora & Elanriel

The female elven duo agree the faster we end this conflict the less chance to attract attention. Delsenora dances and attacks with her short sword and Elanriel with her long sword

Attack with Short Sword[1d20]=16, Damage with Short Sword S/M [1d6]=5 L [1d8]=7
Elanriel Long Sword [1d20+2]=2+2=4 Dmg: SM[1d8+2]=3+2=5 L [1d12+2]=9+2=11

[Cwreando]

Trist

Trist lets loose two arrows at the Ogre.

[1d20+4]=13+4=17, dmg sml [1d8]=5

[1d20+4]=6+4=10, dmg sml [1d8]=6

[GreyWolfVT]

Misha NPC'd will attempt to stay back out of the way having only sleep left to cast she feels it would be better saved for a larger battle if one comes up.

Kravoud NPC'd will attack the ogre. Kravoud Battle Axe [1d20]=10 to hit [1d8]=6 dmg

[PyroArrow]

Therick Ulrazor - Level 2 Evoker - Hit Points 8 / 8

Therick, jumps as the door is smashed up and looks and sees that it is Ogre.

Therick will cast a Magic Missile spell at him if the Ogre is hostile towards the party and not the owlbear!

[GreyWolfVT]

Ogre & Owlbear Battle R0
Ogre: AC 5; THAC0 17; # of Attks 1; Special +2 to dmg, Size: L | Owlbear: AC 5; THACO 15; # of attks 3; Special: Hug attack; Size L

Initiative NPCs [1d10]=2 PCs [1d10]=3

Monsters (NPC's)
Ogre: attacks Kravoud hitting for 8 dmg!

Ogre Bastardsword [1d20]=19 [2d4+2]=6+2=8

Owlbear: attacks Egon hitting with a both claws for 7 dmg! and a bite for 5 dmg!

Owlbear Attk 1[1d20]=19 to hit; Attk 2[1d20]=12 to hit; Attk 3[1d20]=14 to hit; [1d6]=4 dmg; [1d6]=3 dmg; [1d12]=5 dmg

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PC's
Egon: attacks the Owlbear but misses with his axe.
Elanriel: attacks the Ogre but misses with her sword.
Delsenora: attacks the Ogre andd hits for 7 dmg!
Grimnar: attacks the Ogre hitting for 12 dmg!
Kravoud: attacks the Ogre but misses with his axe.
Micha: stays back out of the way for the moment.
Therick: casts magic missile at the Ogre hitting him for 9 dmg! Magic Missile [1d4+1]=4+1=5 [1d4+1]=3+1=4
Trist: shoots 2 arrows at the Ogre hitting with one for 5 dmg!
Weston: moves up hands together in a fan aimed at the Ogre casts Color Spray blinding the Ogre for 4 rounds!
Zylore: uses Animal Empathy on the Owlbear it appears to react to this. what way would you like to shift the owlbear's reation for this?
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Short Summary: The Ogre is severely injured & blinded by color spray for 4 rounds; The Owlbear is uninjured but reacts to Zylore's Animal Empathy; Kravoud is severely injured; Egon is moderately injured. Everyone else is no more or less injured than before.

Map:

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Actions?

[Cwreando]

Trist

Trist from her vantage point will watch the two areas. The ogre to the south and the owlbear to the east. She'll hold her actions to see how the fight goes with the Ogre and how the Owlbear reacts. She'll attack the Ogre unless it falls to her friends attacks before she fires her arrows. If the ogre falls then she'll pivot to fire at the owlbear if it chooses to attack her friends in that room. If the Owlbear become friendly she holds her attacks.

If needed. No bonus applied for blind ogre.
[1d20+4]=9+4=13, dmg sml [1d8]=6

[1d20+4]=7+4=11, dmg sml [1d8]=5

[Rex]

Egon

Egon struggles with the owlbear.

Battle Axe +1 [1d20+2]=1+2=3 to hit [1d8+4]=8+4=12 damage
Natural 1.
Crit Fumble [1d100]=54

I have no idea how I missed this when you posted it.

[PyroArrow]

Therick Ulrazor - Level 2 Evoker - Hit Points 8 / 8

Therick, moves in on the blinded oaff, "Are you willing to surrender, and walk away from this alive"?

If not he stabs with his dagger:
Dagger To Hit Roll: [1d20]=19 | Damage: [1d4]=1 Small / Medium or [1d3]=3 large creature

[gurusql]

Delsenora & Elanriel

Delsenora dances and attacks with her short sword and Elanriel with her long sword
Attack with Short Sword[1d20]=2, Damage with Short Sword S/M [1d6]=2 L [1d8]=5
Elanriel Long Sword [1d20+2]=12+2=14 Dmg: SM[1d8+2]=8+2=10 L [1d12+2]=2+2=4

[Darklin2]

Grimnar

Attacks the Ogre again.

[1d20+5]=8+5=13 Blessed Broad Sword

[2d4+8]=5+8=13 Blessed Broad Sword Damage

[1d20+5]=13+5=18 Blessed Broad Sword

[2d4+8]=4+8=12 Blessed Broad Sword Damage

The bigger they come the harder they fall Big Boy.

[hedgeknight]

Zylore

Realizing the beast is reacting to his calm tone, the Ranger tries to get the owlbear to calm down and to back away to its den. "Do you have any meat?" he asks Egon, speaking softly. Moving to his right, Zylore slowly eases off his backpack, removes a pack of rations, unwraps them, and tosses them toward the back corner of the room. All the while he keeps eye contact and is speaking softly to the beast.

[shaidar]

Weston takes a swing at the ogre with his, staff

Staff +1: to-hit [1d20+1]=5+1=6, dmg [1d6+1]=3+1=4

[GreyWolfVT]

Zylore

Realizing the beast is reacting to his calm tone, the Ranger tries to get the owlbear to calm down and to back away to its den. "Do you have any meat?" he asks Egon, speaking softly. Moving to his right, Zylore slowly eases off his backpack, removes a pack of rations, unwraps them, and tosses them toward the back corner of the room. All the while he keeps eye contact and is speaking softly to the beast.

Looking towards the pen that the owlbear came from you can see 3 dead game birds of some sort that it hasn't yet consumed.

[GreyWolfVT]

Ogre drops his sword and puts his hands up before any further fighting occurs. "I don't get paid enough to die here. Please don't kill my companion, I am smart enough to know when I am beat. But my owlbear may not." he says not being able to see what is happening in the other room so well from his vantage point with injuries and the pain from them.

Owlbear cocks it's head at Zylore like a curious dog might do listening to it's master's talking to it.

[Cwreando]

Trist

Trist holds her fire as she's not sure how the part will want to react.

"What do you all think?"