Rollohi-ep30-script

 Let's get a brief picture of the magistrate. We already know they are rapid of information and business.  

Mature woman,  

Name Bifon 

Dark haired, black-eyed, once thought a great beauty. Tutored in lands somewhat closer to the crown than these, but only to a simple standard. She principally understands the balance of power. 

 

Now we know this, the remaining part of the picture is whether she has wandered into chaos: yes and is now seeking bribes not sound argument. 

 

Does the ironwright guild know this? No 

Does the adventurers Guild know this? No 

 

The wright's pleader is Zeem Wiltz. Fat, ugly, and bad personality. 

We will not say that Xantu is any of these, but nor is he the smoothest talker. 

 

For the complaint (plaintiff) 

"Mlady may I say how Radiant you are looking and with that the Wright guild makes complaint that ragtag wanderers known as adventurers broke the Guild law by consorting with our sworn member, Azure. The Wright guild demand the adventurers be stripped of all wealth and property and flogged out of town" 

Xantu makes 06 on CON to not do violence to the oaf. Ingle however has been watching Bifon and makes 12 on WIS. He realizes this could be a trap to strip the party assets. He looks carefully at their guild advocate 

 

Who is the Guild advocate? 

Mature male,  

Name Shawm Binny 

Looks: mid; fitness run to seed 

And is he part of this corrupt scheme? Yes. 

 

Ingle whispers to Xantu 

"We the Glass Shields are a registered party and outraged at distraint of trade here. Therefore we shall leave this very day to lay our complaint at the throne of the viscount. And should any seek to prevent the viscounts justice by attempting to delay our departure we will act as the viscounts lawful vengeance takers" 

 

Xantu makes a run for the exit! Ingle is right behind him. 

 

Xantu rolls14 just under STR 16 so he powers through the surprised sergeant and bailiffs. Number of bailiffs 4. 

 

They run to the ostlery. Are the party all there? Yes and expecting them!  

 

How did that happen? Well let's just say Jack did not sit still for the hour or so it took for the court to sit. 

 

Now the day is completely wrecked, the party rides away to remember or guess where the halflings might be. 

 

It should be recalled that 

(a) noone has had any sleep for at least 36 hours 

(b) they assume the halflings are staying over 

 

So, drunk with lack of sleep, they make the whimsical decision to sort of travel south-west as though headed to New jhay, then swing back to catch the halflings on the morrow. 

 

Weather: turning sour, the late afternoon issues a brief hailstorm, then clears to dull cold. 

Last 2 watches: on 3rd watch, where they might look for a good camp, they push thru the storm, glad it will mask any tracks and scent. Watch 4 they find a good thick forest belt that has blocked the hail and offers firewood. Is there a forester on station? No but there is his lodge. 

The party carefully replaces his firewood and stables their most valuable mounts in his stables. 

 

Encounter: yes, 7_5 on civilized open/woods: driver ant  or as a lvl 1 dungeon sprites. 

If it is sprites they have a request? I get a no but. I think the driver ants are more likely, and since these are settled lands I roll the dungeon allotment of 2 driver ants. Remember, when we arrived at Irontown I established a couple of baselines. 

 

Range 40 yards as the alarm sounds 

Are the ants attacking? Yes and know where the characters are 

Inits: characters 2, ants 6 

Crashing into the lodge they chew through the walls doing 18dmg there.   

"Gargoyle ploy!"Jack yells, running up the nearest wall and throwing the hanging down to blind the ant but making a mess of it. 

 

Other characters seize burning embers or use heavier items to slow the grinding monsters down 

 

Xantu makes 10 on STR so I rule he kicks a table into the way (which will be important – disadvantage) then readies his shield and hammer. 

Kylie makes a nat1 so I rule she seizes her weapons and flits outside to get range. 

Eryn like Jack makes a mess of getting to combat readiness 

Umbert needs dex not str and rolls 10 which is under DEX! He uses the Cone property to blanket both targets. Each makes a SV v Wands, getting 12 and 5. 

Is Jack caught? Yes but the hanging gives him advantage, he rolls 09 

The ants needed 07 or below, one is paralyzed 

Jack needed 06 or below, he is paralyzed. 

Round 2 inits characters 4 ants 6 

Targets for the unparalyzed ant number 4, eryn ingle jack xantu. Xantu has 2 chances to be bitten as he is pulling aggro and Jack has 2 chances as he is prone right in front of the ants 

[5] Target is xantu. 

The attacks are 2d6 and the ant has a spare HD. Thanks to disadvantage and the shield+1 Xantu is OK. 

Kylie has moved around the lodge and now has advantage for a rear shot into the ant: because of its tough armor her shot glances off.  

Eryn gets a nice cut and thanks to her +1 sword the full 3dmg counts, It drops to 17hp from 20. Xantu rolls a nat1 and to confirm the potential crit rolls a 3, but has no spare HD. Instead he uses his +2 STR to boost dmg to 3, ant hp are 14.  

Ingle and Umbert make 06 and 03 on STR to drag jack out from under! 

Round 3 inits characters 4 ant 1 

Kylie rolls a perfect 2 and uses her STR to boost that to 3, ant hp drops to 11. 

Xantu and Eryn team up, Eryn makes a similar perfect 2 and that also moves to 3. ant is down to 8hp. 

However xantu maxes off. 

Ingle and Umbert keep tipping furnishings into the ant's feelers and eyes to keep it off a full attack. 

Ant grinds on. With disadvantage it again fails to penetrate xantu's shielded defenses. 

Round 4 inits characters 4 ant 3 

Kylie's 3rd shot glances off again. She hurls her bow down and draws her sword. 

Eryn makes a nat1 but can't confirm the crit, dmg instead rises to 2 dropping ant hp to 6. Normally any monster suffering this kind of dmg woulf flee but driver ants are mindless attack machines! Xantu also makes a nat1 but can't confirm the crit. Ant hp is3. Are there any more objects Ingle and Umbert can use other than the fire? No but there are some outside. "I'll grab that axe from outside!" Ingle yells. Umbert gathers hot charcoal from the bottom of the fire into the copper. 

The ant grinds on, both d6's hopelessly high with disadvantage. It disposes of the trash blocking it. 

Round 5 characters 1 ant 5 

The ant no longer has disadvantage from furnishings, but xantu's shield is still helping him. If the ant had been smaller, it would still be at disavantage but it is really big! One pincer bites into xantu's armor, 1dmg. The ant STR escalates this to 4 

Kylie races forward and lunges: hopeless! 

Eryn (who is now at advantage as the ant is locked up on xantu) cooly judges her line and rolls a nat 1 but thanks to her DEX being rather normal all she can do is move dmg to 2 thanks to STR. Ant hp drops to 1. 

Xantu powers his warhammer down! Thanks to STR this will actually count, ant hp drops to 0. 

Ingle rushes back and clumsily swings at bottom of round, the axe is more dangerous to xantu than the ant! 

Umbert hurls the copper full of charcoal onto the ant! It takes 2dmg and dies in a spray of formic acid. 

Over the next short while the characters organize the mounts into pulling the remining ant into two parts using ropes. 

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