The Fall of Plaguestone - chapter 1: The Road to Etran's Folly

"ha, great time for a bar-brawl!"

Herger will punch the nearest farmer in hopes of knocking him out.

Thu Jun 01 2023 13:21:32 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 9 to total : 12, + 9, TOTAL: 21

I don't know the damage code for this... sorry

whit10 wrote:"ha, great time for a bar-brawl!"

Herger will punch the nearest farmer in hopes of knocking him out.

Thu Jun 01 2023 13:21:32 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 9 to total : 12, + 9, TOTAL: 21

I don't know the damage code for this... sorry

1d4 plus strength

Chris wrote:
There are 14 farmers + all the named folks


Initiative

Grimgar  22
Farmers x2
Phinnick the goblin 19
Farmers x2
Herger 16
Olf and Ulf
Farmers x2
Bort
Eallod
Farmers x2
Delma
Farmers x2
Hallod
Farmers x2
Sir Lawren Kent

thanks

Thu Jun 01 2023 14:42:49 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 4 to total : 3, + 4, TOTAL: 7

is he still up? I think a second attack would probably be fine in this particular instance

whit10 wrote:thanks

Thu Jun 01 2023 14:42:49 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 4 to total : 3, + 4, TOTAL: 7

is he still up?  I think a second attack would probably be fine in this particular instance

the big ole farm boy has hucked some hay bales in his life, he is still up but teetering

Herger tries to land another shot to the jaw...

Thu Jun 01 2023 16:13:32 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 4 to total : 18, + 4, TOTAL: 22

Hah!

Thu Jun 01 2023 16:14:03 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 4 to total : 2, + 4, TOTAL: 6

Herger is done

HP: 11
AC: 16 (I think) he doesn't have his shield in use right now

You should have gotten 7 more hp back when Grim healed you on the road.

oh! Well thank you sir!

18 HP for Herger then

The tavern is a chaotic mess!

A farmer takes issue with Herger punching his cousin and swings wildly, but misses both times.

Olf and Ulf laugh at the brawl until farmer Eallum decks Olf and knocks him down. Or was that Ulf?

Bort stands on a chair and calls for end to the violence. He it hit in the head by a thrown metal mug for his trouble.

Delma runs out the front door calling for the sheriff while the severs duck under tables.

Hallod makes a running tackle and flies out the front door with a poor farmer, barely missing drunken Sir Kent as he stumbles outside.

Round 1 ends with 1/3 farmers subdued


Grimgar is up in rd 2

Grimgar
Stat Block:
HP: 19
AC: 18 (19)
Fort: 6
Reflex: 4
Will: 7
Move: 20’
Initiative/Perception: +5

Grim uses the shield block. I would bet that hurts the hand that punched it…

True strike
Grim swings at the kid that punched him.
Rolling "1d20 +6" 2 times

1: 3 + 6 = 9
2: 10 + 6 = 16

Damage
Result of the throw of dice "1d4 +3" :

3 + 3 = 6

“I said out the door”

Grimgar returns the favor to the farmer with a solid thud to his head!


@Alan - can I get an Intimidate\Diplo roll please?

Chris wrote:
There are 14 farmers + all the named folks


Initiative

Grimgar  22
Farmers x2
Phinnick the goblin 19
Farmers x2
Herger 16
Olf and Ulf
Farmers x2
Bort
Eallum
Farmers x2
Delma
Farmers x2
Hallod
Farmers x2
Sir Lawren Kent

I will hold the farmer fighting Grimgar for the social check

the melee continues!


Herger is up

"can't we all just get along?"

Herger throws a couple of haymakers at the next farmer he can reach

Fri Jun 02 2023 08:02:40 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 9 to total : 15, + 9, TOTAL: 24

sweet...

damage:

Fri Jun 02 2023 08:03:05 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 4 to total : 2, + 4, TOTAL: 6

second swing (if needed)

Fri Jun 02 2023 08:03:25 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 4 to total : 20, + 4, TOTAL: 24

HAH! crit should knock him out

Fri Jun 02 2023 08:03:59 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 4 to total : 3, + 4, TOTAL: 7

HP: 18
AC: 16

Herger gives the next sod-buster in a line the old 1-2. The farmer's eyes roll back in his skull and down he goes!

2/3 farmers subdued

Intimidating glare
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +3" :

13 + 3 = 16

A solid BOP on the chin is enough punctuation for this farmer.  He backs off and leaves. The drunken bar brawl has ended.

The party earns 80 xp!
240\1000 total



Would anyone like to do anything?

Get another drink

Medicine check
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

16 + 5 = 21

whit10 wrote:Get another drink

 my hero, remind me never to choke out in your company

navyik wrote:Medicine check
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

16 + 5 = 21

Grimgar succeeds at a DC 14 Medicine check and
determines that Bort is not choking on anything, but
that his windpipe has swollen shut, indicating that he
has been poisoned.

Grimgar can attempt a follow-up Medicine check to
use Treat Poison (against the virulent poison’s DC of
24) to help Bort attempt his Fortitude save to resist

sorry, I didn't see the choking part until now. Oops...

Would a Nature check help in any way?

“Poison!  A right nasty one too!  Is there an Apothecary in town?!”

“Boys, secure that porridge!” He points at Bort’s big bowl, directing the other PCs.

“You,” Grim indicates the one bystander that seems about to begin eating. “Don’t eat that.”

Delma replies to Grimgar, “We ain't had one of them chymist witches for almost 20 years!"  





Would Grimgar or Herger like to do anything or just wait out Rolth's interrogations of the caravan members and the rest of the tables?

“M’lady,” Grim address Delma. “Please permit me to borrow a vessel to secure a sample of the porridge. We’ll need to identify or rule out possible poison traces.”

Herger will try to scan the room to see if anyone looks "guilty"? Just trying to make a perception check of some kind I guess.

Delma obliges Grimgar with a small tea pot that has a lid.

Herger can make his Perception check.

For kicks, Grim will use detect magic.

Herger's perception check:

Sun Jun 04 2023 10:54:08 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 6 to total : 12, + 6, TOTAL: 18

Nothing shows up as magical and nobody looks guilty. The sheriff's plan is to talk to everyone one at a time.

What do you want to do now?

I can’t detect poison until tomorrow. “I wonder if that other fella that was traveling with us knows anything about poisons.”

You already know it's poison from your medicine check.
Know nature might identify it, if it's natural
Know arcana, if magical
Know alchemy, if alchemical

He wanted to specifically identify whether poison was present in the porridge so as not to assume.

Nature
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

9 + 2 = 11

Alchemy
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

16 + 2 = 18

Arcana
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

9 + 2 = 11

Can Herger aid the Nature roll since he has that skill?

whit10 wrote:Can Herger aid the Nature roll since he has that skill?

Might be better to make his own roll since Grim is untrained.

Sun Jun 04 2023 20:23:06 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 4 to total : 10, + 4, TOTAL: 14

uhh... not sure that helped at all

Yes, the turnip porridge was definitely poisoned and Grimgar recognizes a faint floral odor coming from Bort's bowl not present in the others.  He thinks it might be "Violet Breath" an alchemical poison that is derived from violet fungus.  

Grimgar earns the party 30 xp!   270\1000


Amora, the cook, seems slightly relieved that it was not her cooking or some type of food poisoning.



just as a reminder, since I know there are a LOT of names to keep track of.....






Does the party want to do anything else before the inept Sheriff Rolth starts his interrogations?

“Should we interrupt the Sheriff with this information?” Grim is not sure he wants to discuss his findings in public or in the presence of witnesses or suspects. “Herger,” Grim whispers. “have you run across any violet fungus today?”

"not that I know of?" (GM can correct this if he did)

Herger has not seen any violet fungus today or at all recently.  


The party can interrupt the inept sheriff at any time you choose.




Do you want to interrupt at any point or do anything before folks disperse?

whispering back to Grimgar, "I think we need to leave sooner than that.. we should probably tell him"

“Sheriff, we should speak privately.”

“We have a lead. I believe that Bort was killed by ‘Violet Breath.’ Does anyone know if Violet Fungus grows around here? We should also discreetly check the caravan’s manifest to see whether it is on board.”

Does Grim know what becomes of the caravan in the event of Bort’s death?

Sheriff Rolth talks to Grimgar and Herger privately.  He is amazed and a little embarrassed that you have done actual work on solving Bort's death while he has learned nothing of note so far.  He quietly admits that he has no idea what he is doing and only ever settles disputes about livestock or scolds drunken farmers.  Rolth drops a not-so-subtle request for the party's help, "If..... someone... solved Bort's murder, then the caravan wouldn't be held in town for a month awaiting Magistrate Cranberry."  He adds in a whisper, "And I would personally be grateful the help."

"As for what mushrooms grow around here.... you might ask Almora, the cook.   If she isn't in the kitchen, she lives out by the orchard west of town."  


As for a manifest or information about the caravan, Tamli the half-orc teamster boss, would be next in line and probably the person to ask.  She, Olf and Ulf were planning on a meeting at the caravan to share a bottle of wine.  


Anything else you want to do in the Feedmill?

ready to go talk to the cook if Grimgar is

whit10 wrote:ready to go talk to the cook if Grimgar is

“If she is the most likely person to know about fungus, then we might want to know the answers to the questions before we ask them.”

“Sheriff,” he whirls around gently. “The ghosts tell me that you don’t have to manifest experience you haven’t had.”

Continuing to the Sheriff. “Maybe you can ask for the manifest while Herger and I have a look around at the orchard. Those teamsters aren’t likely to do much for us, but it’s a clue if they won’t cooperate.”

“Herger, you see that little fella and that bookish looking guy that helped us with the wolves?”

Herger finds Jace and Zontreaux at the wagon sharing a bottle of wine with the teamsters. The teamsters are all sharing their favorite Bort memories.

Sheriff Rolth requests Bort's ledger and Tamli hands it over without issue.

Do you want to take Jace and Zontreaux with you to the orchard?


Rolth points you towards the old orchard with the following information:

The Old Orchard is in an area
just outside town that was once a
productive apple orchard. These days,
it is foul and rotten, the trees having
taken on a sickness. After the trees went
bad a few years back, the grove’s
tender moved with his family to
Almas, and Amora lives in the
small shack they left behind.

Assuming I got all that correct, go ahead and make a Perception to look around the old orchard.

yes, take them with

Perception check:

Mon Jun 05 2023 14:09:45 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 6 to total : 10, + 6, TOTAL: 16

The party begins searching around the old orchard. Herger spots a gigantic bee hive in the one of the trees. The large bees do not take well the intruders and they begin to swarm up for attack.

Since Herger spotted the hive, I will give you 1 round if you want to do something. If not, roll initiative!

Grimgar
Stat Block:
HP: 19
AC: 18 (19)
Fort: 6
Reflex: 4
Will: 7
Move: 20’
Initiative/Perception: +5

Initiative
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

1 + 5 = 6

Not that it matters, (because none of the options would improve this roll), but do you want us to be more proactive about declaring exploration activities or wait for you to call for them?

navyik wrote:

Not that it matters, (because none of the options would improve this roll), but do you want us to be more proactive about declaring exploration activities or wait for you to call for them?

Yes and Yes

Feel free to call out your exploration activities. If you are not in combat or resting, you are basically always in exploration mode.

I will try to remember to be a better GM and ask for them too



let's move to a new thread


https://lodgestgaming.forumotion.com/t493-chapter-2-a-meal-to-die-for#32360