Chapter 1 - Return to the Wold - IC

Wik Halfling Rogue

Wik gathers up the caltrops she had spread around the storeroom and unbars the door. Opening it just a crack, she takes a look outside to make sure there is no one watching between the tavern and the cover of the woods.

The coast looks clear; Wik turns and nods to the rest of the group, then takes off sprinting towards the trees.

Perception check to see if anyone will spot them running out the back.

Perception:
Dice Roll: 1d20+8
d20 Results: 5 (Total = 13)

Riven Cambryn Human Paladin of Bahamut Current HP: 33/33 (12) Conditions:

Riven bows slightly to the aging halfling and says, "As you command. If we are successfully in our mission, an army we will have. You are brave; keep them safe." The human paladin surveys the room one more time and then follows Wik's lead.

Rivenalis Cambryn, Human Paladin
Init +1 HP 33+2/33 Bloodied 16 Healing Surge 12 (5 used /11)
AC 22 Fort 18 Reflex 16 Will 17 Speed 5
Str 18 (+4) Con 12 (+1) Dex 10 (0) Int 8 (-1) Wis 16 (+3) Cha 12 (+1)

Melee Basic Attack (Std) Attack: +9 (+5 Str + 3 Prof + 1 Enh) vs. AC. Hit: 1d10 + 5 (+4 Str +1 Enh) damage.

Melee Basic Attack (Std),

Ranged Basic Attack (Std) Attack: +7 (+5 Str + 2 Prof ) vs. AC. Hit: 1d6 + 4 (+4 Str) damage.

Ranged Basic Attack (Std),

Holy Strike (Std) Attack: +9 (+5 Str + 3 Prof +1 Enh) vs. AC Hit: 1d10 + 5 (+4 Str + 1 Enh) radiant damage. If you marked the target, add your Wisdom (+3) modifier to damage.

Holy Strike (Std),

Valiant Strike (Std) Attack: +9 (+5 Str +3 Prof +1 Enh) vs. AC. You gain a bonus to the attack roll equal to the number of enemies adjacent to you. Hit: 1d10 + 5 (+4 Str + 1 Enh) damage.

Valiant Strike (Std),

Ardent Strike (Std) Attack: +9 (+5 Str + 3 Prof + 1 Enh) vs. AC. Hit: 1d10 + 5 (+4 Str + 1 Enh) damage, and the target is subject to your divine sanction until the end of your next turn.

Ardent Strike (Std),

Divine Challenge (Min) Close burst 5 Effect: You mark the target. The mark lasts until you use this power again. The mark also ends at the end of your turn if you didn�t engage the target, meaning you neither attacked it during your turn nor are adjacent to it at the end of your turn. Until the mark ends, the target takes 8 ( 3 + 1 Cha + 4 Str) radiant damage the first time each round when it targets any of your allies with an attack power that doesn�t include you as a target. .

Divine Challenge (Min),

Lay on Hands (2/3) (Min) Melee touch Effect: You spend a healing surge but regain no hit points. Instead, the target regains hit points as if it had spent a healing surge.

Lay on Hands (2/3) (Min),

Channel Divinity (Min) Divine Strength Effect: Apply your Strength (+4) modifier as extra damage on your next attack this turn. Divine Mettle Close burst 10 Effect: The target makes a saving throw with a bonus equal to your Charisma (+1) modifier.

Channel Divinity (Min),

Divine Pursuit (Std) Attack: +9 (+5 Str + 3 Prof + 1 Enh) vs. Fort. Hit: 2d10 + 5 (+4 Str + 1 Enh) damage and you push the target a number of squares equal to your Wisdom (+3) modifier. You then shift to the nearest square adjacent to the target.

Divine Pursuit (Std),

Takedown Strike (No Action) Trigger: You hit an enemy adjacent to you with an attack. Effect: The target takes 4 (Str) extra damage from the triggering attack and you knock the target prone.

Takedown Strike (No Action),

Blood of the Mighty (Std) Reliable Attack: +9 (+5 Str + 3 Prof + 1 Enh) vs. AC. Hit: 4d10 + 5 (+4 Str +1 Enh) damage. Effect: You take 5 damage, which can�t be reduced in any way.

Blood of the Mighty (Std),

Virtue (Min) Effect: You spend a healing surge and gain a like amount of temp hp.

Virtue (Min),

Bastard Sword of Defense (Daily - II) Trigger: You take damage from a melee attack that hits you. Effect: You take only half of the damage

Bastard Sword of Defense (Daily - II),

Dwarven Plate Armor +1 (Daily - Free) You regain hit points as if you had spent a healing surge.

Dwarven Plate Armor +1 (Daily - Free),

CatStep Boots (Daily - Free) Gain a +5 bonus to your next Athletics or Acrobatics check.

CatStep Boots (Daily - Free)
Notes

• Swift Recovery: +3 bonus to healing surge value
  
• Mighty Challenge: Add Str modify to Divine Challenge damage
  
• Weapon Proficiency - Bastard Sword: Ability to wield a bastard sword
  

• Channel Divinity: Once per encounter you can invoke divine power, filling yourself with the might of Bahamut. You can use Divine Mettle and Divine Strength.
  
• Lay on Hands:
  
• Divine Sanction: You are able to mark a foe with specific powers. Until the mark ends, the target takes 4 (3 + 1 Cha) radiant damage the first time each round it makes an attack that doesn't include you as a target.
  

• Belt of Vigor: +1 to healing surge value
  
• Bastard Sword of Defense +1: DR 1
  
• Dwarven Plate Armor +1: +1 to Endurance
  
• Cat Step Boots: Half damage from falls and never land prone
  

Gretta

Gretta looks at Alyss I think we need to go as quickly as we can. "Lets go towards the stables, a few horses would really help at this stage." With that the older woman takes off towards the stables.

Gretta is looking to see if there are any horses in the stables. Let me know if you need a roll.

"Thanks, Auntie," Aliss offers before following Gretta out. "I'd guess they'd have all the good horses up at the keep by now unless the ones we fought had some of their own. We might find some good beasts for hauling a cart, but not for anything faster than that," she says to the older woman.

In the end, the escape of the Righteous Fire from Harken is less than dramatic. A few of you slip out the back door and the others around the side of the inn using the outbuildings as cover. As you sprint across the open ground towards the welcoming embrace of the Harken Wood you are thankful to hear no signs of pursuit. Reaching the safety of the arboreal shroud of the capital of the 'Wold, a brief glance back to the village giving no immediate pause for concern, you make your way as swiftly as you can deeper into the forest.

Mid morning on the next day, your second since arriving back in Harkenwold, you find yourselves travelling the road cum track to Tor's Hold. Last night, with Dar Gremmath in his farmstead in Albridge, was spent refueling and reporting your important successes in the skirmishes with the Iron Circle. Mightily impressed, the retired adventurer applauds your travails and urges you to seek out the good townsfolk of the Hold. More swords and axes for the battle that is sure to come, is the priority right now.

Buoyed by your recent victories you approach the small village of Tor's Hold with the light of a spring day in your step. This is at odds with the incessant drizzle that has accompanied you along the riverside track to Munir's birthplace. Village is perhaps too grand a word for the home of the descendants of Tor Hammerfist. It is, in fact, not much more than a group of steadings. The villagers, dwarves one and all, are going about their everyday chores - tending the meager crops, fixing dry-stone walls and other essential jobs. Your arrival attracts immediate notice. Folk look up from their tasks and stare as you approach. Munir commands the most attention and it is not long before he is recognised.

An old dwarven lass, chopping wood, barks a command to a younger member of her family.

"Quick Borgin. Go fetch your father. Tell 'im Munir's returned. That should bring the old goat to his senses. Now then Munir - what brings you back to the sunny climes of Tor's Hold - lost your fortune already?"

Munir - the lady dwarf is Ingrid Torsson - the formidable wife of the even more formidable Bran Torsson - Elder of Tor's Hold

statblock:Dougan Throckmarr

Dougan Throckmarr, Half-Orc Monk
Init +5 HP 31/31 Bloodied 15 Healing Surge 7 (0 used /9)
AC 20 Fort 16 Reflex 17 Will 15 Speed 6
Str 16 (+3) Con 14 (+2) Dex 18 (+4) Int 10 (0) Wis 13 (+1) Cha 8 (-1)

Std: MBA +9 vs AC, 1d8+4 damage. Monk Unarmed strike

Std: MBA,

Std/Mv: Five Storms At-Will Full Discipline, Implement, Psionic Standard Action Close burst 1 Target: Each enemy you can see in the burst Attack: +7 vs. Reflex Hit: 1d8 + 5 damage Level 21: 2d8 + Dexterity modifier damage. Five Storms [Movement Technique] You move like a whirlwind, spinning as you unleash an array of kicks and punches, which slam into your foes like a storm crashing onto the shore. At-Will Full Discipline, Psionic Move Action Personal Effect: You shift 2 squares.

Std/Mv: Five Storms,

Std/Mv: Dragon's Tail At-Will Full Discipline, Implement, Psionic Standard Action Melee touch Target: One creature Attack: +7 vs. Fortitude Hit: 1d6 + 5 damage, and you knock the target prone. Level 21: 2d6 + Dexterity modifier damage. Dragon's Tail [Movement Technique] Your hand lashes out like a dragon’s tail, and with the lightest touch unleashes power that knocks your foe to the ground. At-Will Full Discipline, Psionic Move Action Melee 1 Target: One ally or one prone enemy Effect: You swap places with the target.

Std/Mv: Dragon's Tail,

Std/Mv: Open the Gate of Battle Encounter Full Discipline, Implement, Psionic Standard Action Melee touch Target: One creature Attack: +7 vs. Reflex Hit: 2d10 + 5 damage. The target takes 1d10 extra damage if it was at full hit points when you hit it with this attack. Open the Gate of Battle [Movement Technique] Your sudden movement catches your foe unprepared, and you launch into your attack. Encounter Full Discipline, Psionic Move Action Personal Effect: You move your speed + 2. During this movement, you don’t provoke opportunity attacks from the first enemy you move away from.

Std/Mv: Open the Gate of Battle,

Std:Masterful Spiral Daily Force, Implement, Psionic, Stance Standard Action Close burst 2 Target: Each enemy in the burst Attack: +7 vs. Reflex Hit: 3d8 + 5 force damage. Miss: Half damage. Effect: You assume the spiral stance. Until the stance ends, your reach with melee touch attacks increases by 1.

Std:Masterful Spiral,

'II: Endure Pain' Daily Immediate Interrupt Personal Trigger: You are hit by an attack Effect: Until the end of your next turn, you gain resistance to all damage equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier. (7)

'II: Endure Pain',

'Std: Disrupting Advance' Encounter Martial, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon Target: One creature Attack: +10 vs. AC Hit: 2d8 + 5 damage, and you push the target 2 squares. The target and each enemy adjacent to the target at the end of the push are slowed until the end of your next turn.

'Std: Disrupting Advance',

'Fr: Furious Assault' Encounter Free Action Personal Trigger: You hit an enemy with an attack. Effect: The attack deals 1[W] extra damage if it’s a weapon attack or 1d8 extra damage if it is not a weapon attack.

'Fr: Furious Assault',

'NA: Flurry of Blows' At-Will Psionic No Action Melee 1 Trigger: You hit with an attack during your turn Target: One creature Level 11: One or two creatures Level 21: Each enemy adjacent to you Effect: The target takes damage equal to 3 + your Strength modifier (6). If the target wasn’t targeted by the triggering attack, the damage increases by 2 [8] (4 at 11th level and 6 at 21st level). Special: You can use this power only once per round.

'NA: Flurry of Blows',

'Mi: Rain of Hammers Ki Focus' Implement: Ki focus Enhancement Bonus: attack rolls and damage rolls Critical: +1d6 damage per plus Property Whenever you reduce an enemy to 0 hit points or fewer, one enemy adjacent to you takes damage equal to 2 + this focus’s enhancement bonus damage. (3) Power Daily (Minor Action) Make an at-will attack against an enemy that you already hit with an attack during this turn.

'Mi: Rain of Hammers Ki Focus',

'NA: Flowform Armor' Armor: Cloth or leather Enhancement Bonus: AC Power (Augmentable) Encounter (No Action) Trigger: You're subjected to an effect that a save can end. Effect: You make a saving throw against the effect. Augment 1: You gain a bonus to the saving throw equal to the armor's enhancement bonus.

'NA: Flowform Armor',

'Mi:Cloak of Resistance' Neck Slot Enhancement Bonus: Fortitude, Reflex, and Will Power Daily (Minor Action) Gain resist 5 to all damage until the start of your next turn. Level 12: Resist 10 to all damage . Level 17: Resist 10 to all damage . Level 22: Resist 15 to all damage . Level 27: Resist 15 to all damage .

'Mi:Cloak of Resistance'
Notes

"Munir," Dougan says, clearing his throat. "People is starin' at us. Usually when that happens it means somebody's gonna say somethin' mean. Though I ain't had nobody stare at a whole bunch of us before. Weren't really much of an us to be, before." He says, introspective and entirely inarticulate.

Gretta

Gretta stands off to the side and appears to be enjoying Ingrid's line of questioning. She also seems to be watching the crowd, to see who gathers.

Aliss looks around with interest. There were a few dwarves scattered around Harken and the other steadings, but here they were all dwarves. The scale of the buildings was entirely different, and she had never thought of what a wholly-dwarven community might look like...

Munir Foehammer Runepriest

Munir steps forward and lets out a loud laugh of relief. "No need to get mean here, Dougan." Then he rushes forward to extend his hand in the manner of the dwarfs. "Ingrid, am I mighty glad ta see ye!" He beams from ear to ear. "Tell me, is all well in the Hold? I've come fer the Iron Circle. No one has heard of ye on the way and I was worried."

Munir Foehammer, Dwarf Runepriest
Init +1 HP 33/33 Bloodied 16 Healing Surge 8 (2 used /10)
AC 20 Fort 16 Reflex 13 Will 14 Speed 5
Str 18 (+4) Con 16 (+3) Dex 10 (0) Int 10 (0) Wis 14 (+2) Cha 11 (0)

Melee Basic Std +8 (Str 4 Lvl 1 Prof 2 Magic 1) vs AC 1d10+6 (Str) dmg

Melee Basic Std,

Ranged Basic Std +7 (Str 4 Lvl 1 Prof 2) vs AC 1d6+5 (Str) dmg

Ranged Basic Std,

Word of Dimnishment Std +8 (Str 4 Lvl 1 Prof 2 Magic 1) vs AC 1d10+6 (Str) dmg Target = Vulnerable 2 till end of my next round and Vulnerable 5 to opp attacks OR Target takes Con (+3) mod penalty to dmg rolls

Word of Dimnishment Std,

Word of Shielding Std +8 (Str 4 Lvl 1 Prof 2 Magic 1) vs AC 1d10+6 (Str) dmg First time target hits or misses me or adjacent ally before end of my next turn, target gets Con (+3) mod dmg. Not if target hits guy who marked it. OR First time target hits or misses me or adjacent ally before end of my next turn, target of attack gets temp hp equal to my Con (+3) mod.

Word of Shielding Std,

Anvil of Battle Std 8 (Str 4 Lvl 1 Prof 2 Magic 1) vs Fort 1d10+6 (Str) dmg Until end of my next turn I have resist 5 against target attacks AND Until end of my next turn, whenever target shifts, I or adjacent ally can opp attack w/ bonus equal to my Con (+3) mod. OR Until end of my next turn, whenever target shifts, I or adjacent w/ 2 sq of target can shift 1 sq as free act.

Anvil of Battle Std ,

Rune of Mending Min target can spend a healing surge and regain additional 1d6 hp (burst 5) AND I and all allies in burst gain +2 power bonus to dmg until end of my next turn OR Me and all allies in burst get +1 bonus to all defs until end of my next turn Spec: I can actually use this twice per encounter but 1 per round.

Rune of Mending Min,

Rune of Endless Fire Std +8 (Str 4 Lvl 1 Prof 2 Magic 1) vs AC 2d10+6 (Str) dmg Fire + radiant dmg Target is blinded until end of my next turn Miss: Half dmg Until end of encounter, I get +2 to dmg rolls, my attacks deal fire + radiant dmg and all all hp and temp hp I grant by powers get a +4.

Rune of Endless Fire Std,

Razor Shield IR When melee attack hits, attacker receives 1d8+ Con (+3) mod dmg

Razor Shield IR,

Icon of Victory Min urst 1 that creates zone that lasts until end of my next turn. I and allies gain +2 power bonus to attack rolls while in zone. I can sustain with minor.

Icon of Victory Min
Notes
+5 saving throw vs. poison (Race)
Second wind = minor action (Race)
Hammer proficiency (Race + Class)
No speed reduction by armor (Race)
Can move 1 less when forced to move (Race)
Saving throw when forced to ground (Race)
Can enter rune states (Class)
Power option: Destruction rune (Class)
Power option: Protection rune (Class)
Rune of mending power (s. powers) (Class)
Protection rune: Adjacent allies can gain resist 2/all
Destruction rune: +1 attack against enemies next to me (Class)
Proficiency w/ maces (Class)
When bloodied +1 dmg (Feat)
+1 dmg w/ hammers (Feat)

Riven Cambryn Human Paladin of Bahamut Current HP: 33/33 (12) Conditions:

Riven is quiet as long as he can. He finally says, "Munir, remember what we learned in Albridge? These good folks are beset by bullywugs. We need to lay them low quickly so we can free the wald from the grip of the Iron Circle. Where can we find these beasts, ma'am?"

The paladin is calm but clearly eager to bring the fight to the villains.