[CYOA] D&D - The Ghost of Lion Castle

[Menalque]

VOTE: c39

im gonna guess

VOTE: c39

c39 ~

Cowards, the lot of you

[Menalque]

Obviously VOTE: C40]/vote] for the SECOND time

[petapan]

sorry for the slowness yesterday, will try to hit a few updates tonight if i can

C40.

The second set of wooden doors slams shut behind you. You cannot open the doors.
You cannot levitate, turn gaseous, become

invisible

, or use a

rope of climbing

here.
You are in a dark tunnel. Read entry

L5

.

[petapan]

L5.

You are in the lion's tail tunnel. This dark, 5-foot-wide stone tunnel rises 10 feet into the darkness. The tunnel runs for 55 feet and then opens into a semicircular chamber. The chamber is 15 feet in diameter. A raised portcullis rests above the west wall of the chamber. A dark hallway leads west beyond the portcullis.
You encounter a wandering monster in the tunnel. If you have no light source, follow the guidelines in entry

R13

. To determine what type of monster is in the tunnel, follow the steps in entry

R14

.
If you defeat the monster, or if you escape during combat, you may go through the portcullis. Read entry

L20

. If the monster defeats you, read entry

C42

.

magic journal note 1:

For details on defensive maneuvers (retreating, throwing food or treasure to a monster), read entry R8.

magic journal note 2:

A sleep spell does not work if you encounter one of the following monsters: giant draco lizard, lion, tiger, or weretiger.

we have a lantern and a tinderbox, so we're good for a light source.

as per

R14

, let us refer to table 1:


From the map, we are in castle level 1, so we roll 1d12 and add 6 for our wandering monster

Original Roll String: 1d12+6

1 12-Sided Dice: (4)+6 = 10

[OkaPoka]

im scared hold me

[petapan]

we have encountered a hobgoblin!



now, we roll to determine initiative:

our initiative:

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

the goblin's initiative:

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

[petapan]

unfortunately, we lose initiative, which means the hobgoblin attacks us first

looking at table 7, it has 2 HD and our AC is an unfortunate 8, which means the hobgoblin's hit roll is a 10.

Original Roll String: 1d20

1 20-Sided Dice: (16) = 16

[unwnd]

The hobgoblin is fucking ripped

[OkaPoka]

are we dead

[unwnd]

Imagine getting folded by a tiny green man.

[OkaPoka]

do u know dnd math unwnd

are we screwed

[OkaPoka]

why do i hear boss music?

[petapan]

he hits us, and we take 1d4 damage.

Original Roll String: 1d4 (STATIC)

1 4-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

our hit points are now

3/5

it is now our turn

we may take the following actions:

• attack
  speak to the monster
  retreat
  throw food or treasure

(we could cast a spell, except the only spells zayghel knows are hold portal and read magic)

[OkaPoka]

LMAO 2 DAMAGE

[petapan]

why do i hear boss music?

actually this is the music

[OkaPoka]

we can speak hobgoblin
15 charisma

do we want a new best friend

[OkaPoka]

wait nvm thats not us we have 9 charisma

[unwnd]

It's just the fact he managed to hit us at all

[OkaPoka]

wait this character sucks why do we have 5 hp

[unwnd]

I was prepared for him to turn us into a pretzel which would've been hilarious

@Mod if we speak to the monster, are you going strictly off the book?

[OkaPoka]

presumably peta is not going to start spinning off his own campaign here since this cyoa seems to be one of those cyoa books where you kinda just are soloplay with no dm

[OkaPoka]

ok guessing
attack - strength?
speak to the monster - charisma?
retreat - dexterity?
throw food or treasure - ???

dex is highest stat so retreat probs an option here, idk dnd math fwiw but if his damage is a 1d4 we have a 50% chance of just dying on the next hit which seems uhoh

[lilith2013]

well yeah but then we have to do this all over again in another entry

[OkaPoka]

ATTACK

[unwnd]

Lol this thing is gonna kill us I can feel it

Attack