Most of you see a lone woman dressed in black leather with a wide-brimmed hat stroll up to the town square. "How many of you are there... Seven?" She sniffs the air. "One combat animal as well... You should make fine pets."
As soon as she finishes speaking, the windows to the building with Faraz burst and two creatures burst in through the windows. One quickly circles around Faraz and the other stands in the doorway.
Another pair of creatures descends from the rooftops to flank Desmond in the alley.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
"What the what!?" Desmond shouts as he's flanked. He quickly draws his falchion and doesn't hesitate to attack the human(I think) guy flanking him.
Desmond swings his Falchion finds that his attacks against the man are much less effective as he blithely dodges the ranger's attacks with supernatural quickness, baring his fangs at the man.
Desmond's sword swings around as the vampire bares his teeth as Desmond, dodging his first strike, but the second swing hits true and cuts down the undead.
I don't know why you used that spell... Also, you know nothing of the woman.
Dragorin strides forward as Desmond cuts down a vampire spawn, casting a spell to purge any invisibility effects, however nothing seems to be revealed.
The woman laughs at your arrogance as the two skeletal monsters lash out at Faraz and Desmond.
Faraz and Demond each catch a fist to the stomach as the undead creatures lick their faces profusely, leaving behind saliva across their cheeks, mouths and nose.
Faraz Aram | Male Half-Elf [10] Paladin of Irori (Divine Hunter) 2 / Monk (Tetori) 4 / Champion of Irori 4 | 63/82 HP | AC 21 T 17 FF 20 | CMD 29 (32 grapple) | Fort +14 Ref +11 Will +15 (+4 enchant) | Init +1 | Perc +29
Hmm. Seems I forgot to ask someone to use my mage armor wand on me before the fight. But since it only lasts 1 hour and we might have been waiting for longer than that I suppose it is likely that it would have run out by now anyways. Besides, those attacks would have hit even with mage armor.
Fort:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
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grapple:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36
Faraz grabs ahold of the undead who tried to tongue him!
Faraz gets hit by the tongue of the skeletal beast and collapses onto the ground. His limbs become paralyzed by the creature's secretions.
1d4 ⇒ 3
The woman smiles at Dragorin as she casually waves her hand at the man. He feels his magical emanation dissipate as she cackles with glee while retreating towards the northern buildings.
You are now under the influence of the vampire as she has swayed you by crushing your will under hers. She has commanded you to protect her from any who would harm her. As of yet, no one has harmed her. Feel free to interpret this in any way you wish. I leave this to you to roleplay and react.
M Half-Elf Inquisitor of Desna 10 | HP 77/77 | AC 34 (37 vs crits) | T 22 | FF 31] | AC 28 | T 16 | FF 25 | CMD 29 | Fort +11 | Ref +7 | Will +12 | Init +7 | Perc +18
Terrill darts towards Desmond, calling out to Flinders and Basalte as he moves, ”Help Faraz, something’s going on where he was hiding!” He reaches the creature facing Desmond, studying it briefly to identify it. Shrugging, he opts to simply attack it.
Activate Judgments of Protection (+3 AC, +6 vs crits ) and Purity (+3 saves, +6 vs curses, diseases, poisons), move around fruit stand on right side to avoid AoO, attack beastie from flank position.
Terrill strikes the creature with his Elven Curve Blade, damaging it but failing to strike any vital organs... Likely because the creature has none.
The group sees a tumble in the building where Faraz was hiding.
Faraz:
The bearded man hisses and bares his teeth with a smile. "Time for dinner." He crouches down and sinks his teeth into your neck, lapping greedily at your crimson blood.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
"Thanks for the hand, Terrill!" Desmond calls out to the inquisitor. He plants his foot firmly to give him the leverage needed for two powerful swings at the strange skeletal, tongue-lashing creature.
Sense Motive on Hal?:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 Dammed fool of an elf! Your in my way! Dragorin mutters as he sees Hal moves to the woman's side. Moving forward through the stalls he decides to try and end the woman quickly, if that means he has to take out her new friend, and his annoying bird, as well... So be it.
Flame strike
Damage:11d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 1, 5, 6, 1, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5) = 40 DC 20 for half
The elf's bird shies away from the flame, but Hal--incredulous that Dragorin would disobey him--merely sits there in surprise. He takes the full fire to the face.
AC26/Touch18/Flat22/CMD28||HP80[80]|Fort:+6;Ref:+13(+16 vs traps);Will:+10|Percept+20(trapspotter)|Init+4 Human Bard(Archaeologist) 11
Flinders examines the battle raging in the square and decides to head toward Faraz. Moving closer, Flinder gets close to the building and stops, casting a spell, creating mirror images of himself. "Fazaz! Do you have it under control in there?"
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
Desmond falls to the ground just before Terrill moves to strike the beast. His limbs seize up as his falchion clatters onto the cobblestones. Removed Precise Strike damage as Desmond would not have counted for a flank.
Dragorin summons a gout of holy fire to burn away the evil woman and her new ally.
Reflex Save:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Halbarad and the woman are severely burned by the spell, while Flinders and Basalte move to better locations.
The tongued skeleton jumps through the broken bay window of the market and licks Flinders before jumping back through the window, however the tongue misses all six of the Flinders.
The other tongued skeleton flees from Terrill, choosing to run around the buildings to find a better place to make another attack.
Faraz lays paralyzed on the ground as the woman in black leather runs towards the building to the north and runs up the wall before turning and fire a small, bright red bead at Dragorin.
The bead explodes when it hits his chest, sending shockwaves of flames through the area.
Fire Damage:8d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 2, 1, 6, 6, 3, 2) = 30Reflex Save from Basalte and Dragorin
"Save me from the man who has burned both of us!" the woman cries out to her savior, Halbarad.
M Half-Elf Inquisitor of Desna 10 | HP 77/77 | AC 34 (37 vs crits) | T 22 | FF 31] | AC 28 | T 16 | FF 25 | CMD 29 | Fort +11 | Ref +7 | Will +12 | Init +7 | Perc +18
Terrill calls on Desna's power to undo whatever magic has ensorceled Halbarad.
Cast dispel magic on Hal.
Dispel Check:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27That'll get caster level 16 or lower.
Assuming that's enough to dispel it:
Terrill then says to the paralyzed Desmond, "Sorry, Des, I don't have a way to help you," and turns and races across the square towards Flinders and Faraz.
DMBS - did I get any information from my Knowledge (religion) check on the woman? The result was a 20. If I need to apply a different Knowledge, let me know.
Sorry. Missed that. She is clearly a vampire. She can suck the very essence of your being from you with her melee attacks while dominating humanoids with her will. She can drain the blood from her victim to raise them as a vampire spawn. She also has constant Spider Climb.
The effect on Halbarad isn't a spell, thus Dispel Magic would not work. Terrill, the character, would know that the vampire's Dominate ability is innate and not spell-like, thus he would know that Dispel Magic wouldn't effect it (Because of your knowledge check). You can retcon your actions.
HP 76/76 | AC 26 FF 21 Tch 14 | CMD 28 |F+9 R+11 W+3 | Perc+4 | Init+4
"Alright Dragorin, that's enough now." Fully intent on disabling the Asmodean for the protection of the vampire, but not interested in killing his friend, he reaches for the blunt arrows and aims for Dragorin's knee-caps.
HP 76/76 | AC 26 FF 21 Tch 14 | CMD 28 |F+9 R+11 W+3 | Perc+4 | Init+4
Oh! Also! I handed my scroll of remove paralysis to Terrill for safekeeping two adventures ago with the intention for him to hang on to it "in case of emergencies" (because he can actually cast it without UMD), so if Bold is alright with it then Terrill may in fact have something to help Desmond or Faraz. Nothing to help me though. :P
M Half-Elf Inquisitor of Desna 10 | HP 77/77 | AC 34 (37 vs crits) | T 22 | FF 31] | AC 28 | T 16 | FF 25 | CMD 29 | Fort +11 | Ref +7 | Will +12 | Init +7 | Perc +18
Thanks for the retcon, DM, very fair of you. And thanks for the brilliant recollection out of nowhere, Hal! It would make sense that Hal would continue to expect Terrill to carry the scroll, so I'm going to go with that.
And yes, per the description of dominate person, Hal gets another save at +2 if forced to take an action against his nature.
With the long-tongued vampire fled, and Desmond frozen in place, Terrill recalls something Hal gave him when they first set out together. He pulls a scroll from his belt pouch, takes a step toward Desmond, and activates its magic, restoring his mobility.
Five-foot step to Desmond, move action to draw scroll, standard action to cast remove paralysis from it.
HP 76/76 | AC 26 FF 21 Tch 14 | CMD 28 |F+9 R+11 W+3 | Perc+4 | Init+4
Is it against the nature of a vain, haughty, elitist, and somewhat racist elf with special training in killing humans to shoot a Chelaxian? :)
Jest aside, it would be against Hal's nature to get into a fight with another Pathfinder per "Explore, Report, Cooperate." And I suppose that given his special training in killing undead, it would be against his nature to serve a vampire, too.
In the event I get the second Will save:
Will:1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 2 = 26 Hal (probably?) breaks free of the domination! With a fury only one who has spent a century hunting undead can bring to bear, the elf turns his weapon on his oppressor.
[ooc]Only slight changes to my actions are necessary. Hal directs his bird directly north 5 feet from his original position and shoots at the vampire with silver arrows. With the elimination of the nonlethal penalty and the reduction of the favored enemy bonus to +2, the rolls end up as follows:
The command was to protect the vampire from threats. I'm not sure that goes against his nature to defend women from harm especially since Dragorin just roasted him.
@Terrill: Scroll use is perfectly legit. Glad you guys made that contingency.
Brewing beer will update soon. Just assume vamp spawn sucks more blood and post actions.
@Hal: You don't actually know she is an undead. And refusal to help something kind of defeats the purpose of the spell. Then everything of the spell requires extra saves if you don't like bad guys, so I think it is more nuanced than that.
Halbarad fires off three ineffective arrows at the Chelaxian fire priest while Terrill manages to undo the paralysis affecting his compatriot, thanks to Hal's forethought almost three weeks ago.
Faraz:
The vampire continues to greedily lap at your blood, pushing his fangs deeper into your neck. He pulls off for a second to congratulate you. "I love the blood of the fit. Seems much purer."
Finders' myriad images step past the, too fresh for having just met him, undead and moves to the door of the building. "Lying down on the job, eh?" He quips to Faraz before, casting a spell defensively, putting a foot on the monk's chest and disappearing! Dimension Door
Concentration DC 27:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Appearing next to Desmond, Flinders shakes his head. "Two of you lying down on the job?!" He mutters as he pulls a brown gem from his pack. Winking at Terrill, he shrugs and shakes his head again.
Five foot toward Fazraz, Standard to cast spell, Move action to retrieve (Dimensional Agility)
Those who slay many over the course of their lifetimes, be they serial killers, mass-murderers, warmongering soldiers, or battle-driven berserkers, become marked and tainted by the sheer weight of their murderous deeds. When such killers are brought to justice and publicly executed for their heinous crimes before they have a chance to atone, the remains sometimes return to unlife to continue their dark work as a mohrg.
Undead things caring less for life than they did before their own deaths, mohrgs exist solely to wreak havoc on the living. Sometimes mistaken for skeletons or zombies, they are far more dangerous than those mindless abominations, retaining some semblance of their own memories—and the delight they once took in hearing the screams of the dying.
They like to paralyze their prey with their saliva to exact as much pain and suffering on their targets as possible, while their claws grip their still writhing foes with ease.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
Desmond stands up, leaving his falchion on the ground and chasing after the skeletal creature while drawing his silver morningstar.
Shouldn't have left Sahrek in the room. That'll learn me.
Reflex:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Oh well. I do have Fire Resistance 10 so I only take 20 hp damage.
You've chosen the wrong person to exchange spells with woman The cheliaxian calls as he summons another column of fire on the edge of the building.
Flame Strike
Damage:11d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 6, 5, 3, 6) = 39 Reflex DC 20 for half
You seemed to enjoy the first one so much I figured you wanted an encore. Don't worry though I have quite a few tricks you haven't seen yet. Dragorin calls back.
M Half-Elf Inquisitor of Desna 10 | HP 77/77 | AC 34 (37 vs crits) | T 22 | FF 31] | AC 28 | T 16 | FF 25 | CMD 29 | Fort +11 | Ref +7 | Will +12 | Init +7 | Perc +18
Terrill darts forward across the market at incredible speed, looping past Dragorin to reach Halbarad’s side. Though he’s a little concerned the elf will attack him as he did the Asmodean, he trusts in Desna to keep him save.
Terrill taps Hal with a finger, laying a hand on his own chest at the same time.
Activate boots of speed for extra movement (round 1/10 today), move to Hal, cast communal protection from evil on Terrill and Hal, 5 minutes duration on each.
HP 76/76 | AC 26 FF 21 Tch 14 | CMD 28 |F+9 R+11 W+3 | Perc+4 | Init+4
Since I'm up in initiative before Terrill, I think I still need to shoot at Dragorin this round. That means I would have moved to see him, putting us both 10 feet further north.
Hal shifts his position forward, firing around the fruit stand for another futile attempt to disable the Asmodean.
Actually, didn't you just save against the protection from evil? I would think you would reject an ally of your target coming up to place a spell on you.
HP 76/76 | AC 26 FF 21 Tch 14 | CMD 28 |F+9 R+11 W+3 | Perc+4 | Init+4
Terrill hasn't done anything hostile to the vampire yet, as I recall. So Hal has no sense that he's not an ally to himself. EDIT: nor has Terrill helped Dragorin in any way since Hal got dominated.
M Half-Elf Inquisitor of Desna 10 | HP 77/77 | AC 34 (37 vs crits) | T 22 | FF 31] | AC 28 | T 16 | FF 25 | CMD 29 | Fort +11 | Ref +7 | Will +12 | Init +7 | Perc +18
And Terrill is still an ally, and Hal knows that. The spell description says "Subjects resist this control" - I would think that would include allowing someone he trusts to tap him with a finger to aid in resisting. I was posting while in transit, and had considered speaking to Hal to have him understand what I was doing, but didn't have time to do that.
Hmm... this is the first time I've used or seen Dominate in play. Can't say I see what the big deal is all about when everyone complains about "Watch out when your big dumb Fighter gets Dominated." Guess I figured this spell should actually be good, but it seems to suck pretty bad.
The bearded blonde man flees after the mohrg down a side alleyway.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
Fortitude Save:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Assuming that's high enough.
Desmond grips his masterwork silver morningstar in both hands and takes two powerful swings at the mohrg, trying to smash it's disgusting skeletal structure apart.
