GM Harker's PFS Season 4 Campaign

Game Master Justin L. Warren

It's probably a good idea to always remind me of what kind of special ammo you are using even if you use it all the time. Otherwise I'm liable to forget which leads me to the default assumption that you are using regular ammo.

Since Halkale has been using Cold Iron arrows all along, his first arrow did full damage. Please note, that every arrow hitting a babau is completely destroyed by its acidic slime.

William fails to disarm the babau, which leads it to retaliate with a claw that hits. He then attempts to throw some blood and dirt into the demon's eyes and is also unsuccessful. The demon retaliates again with the same claw which also hits. William takes 19 damage in total from the two AoO claw attacks. It does have Combat Reflexes.

Ophelia takes her attack of opportunity and lands a solid hit on the black babau

Ophelia's AoO: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Since Mel went first in initiative in both posting order and in the roster, I'm going to say no to the post-turn flank.

Melufiuos uses his True Strike wand to enhance his rapier strike and lands a solid hit. Unfortunately, it is not a critical strike and does not actually do any damage to the demon. You rolled a '1' to confirm, Mel, which is always a miss.

Valik moves into a flank with Melufiuos and begins an inspirational oratory to improve the battle prowess of his companions.

Quiella advances on the green babau while healing herself. She takes a large chunk out of the enemy with her greatsword.

Halkale fires a barrage of arrows at the black babau and hits with the first and third arrows. With the last arrow the black enemy drops to the ground in defeat.

With the enemy below vanquished, Ophelia puts away her weapon and attempts to climb up the rope left by Melufious, but her armor throws her off balance and she falls a short distance off the rope.

Ophelia Climb: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1

The green babau steps back 5 feet away from Quiella and activates some sort of spell-like ability. It then promptly disappears.

The white babau tries to bite Melufiuos, then takes a 5 foot step to the northeast to attack Quiella twice with its longspear, missing both times. I don't recall if Mel has Shield active. If so, the attack misses. If his AC is still 18, he takes 8 damage.

Initiative (Rounds 6-7)
Valik [3 Dmg] <= Up
Halkale/Frostfur <= Up
William [29 Dmg; 1 Wis Dmg; will heal 5 dmg on Quiella's turn] <= Up
1? Babau(s)
Melufiuos [4 Dmg] <= Up
Quiella [29 dmg; will take 5 damage more on her turn] <= Up
Ophelia [15 Dmg] <= Up

Effects
Prayer (last round): +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks, enemies take a -1 on these rolls (Black unaffected due to SR)
Advice (Inspire Courage): +2 to attack, weapon damage rolls; +2 to fear/charm saves

PC's are all up!

William grins as the demon retaliates. "Is that all you've got!"

The second blow lands and William laughs. "No? Look into my eyes fiend... LOOK AT ME AND KNOW YOUR DOOM!"

He smirks and whispers. "Because it's right behind you..."

A smash of the morningstar and a couple arrows later, William bellows with laughter.

Regains 1 panache for ally killing a foe.

"Alright comrades, up you go... More fiends to kill."

William moves and braces his back up against the wall, knee out to use as a step. He puts his arms forward to help vault any allies to come to him up to the top level.

"Oh and Ophelia... you may want to tend to Quiella or me... that little stunt of mine may prove painful to the both of us."

Status:
HP: 17/46
Panache: 3/5

Will do, I'll try to remind about my awesome abilities too, just because lots of stuff and we are in two games and I have to remind myself, not melee. As to arrows, every other game I tend to just buy 50 new cold iron arrows to replace my spent ones. I figured I wouldn't play the go pick up miss and consider them all gone. I haven't used 25+ arrows up to now, but looks like combat is going to start getting longer.

yes, Mel used his wand of shield before climbing up the second time

the rapier is magical, so I guess I didn't do enough damage to get past its Dr?

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Mel takes a five foot step East and then casts Grease from a scroll. The target is the 10x10 area behind Quiella.

I believe that will provoke an AoO, but the dang Lv1 scroll only has a 25' range, so I cannot go south-east and get out of the way. Is it possible to cast a scroll defensively?

Mel is assuming that the babau went invis (as opposed to porting away). He is hoping that the grease will at least make the thing fall down if not leave footprints. If that does not make any sense (and if Mel knows that), then he'll choose a different action.. probably just true-strike attacking.

Halkale, okay that sounds good.

William rebalances himself and offers to help others up the balcony wall.

Mel, magical weapons don't appear to be breaking through the babau's DR. Cold Iron seems to be doing the trick though.

Mel, you can cast a scroll defensively. I believe it's the same concentration check you make to cast one of your memorized spells although I could be wrong about that. So, if you want to cast the spell defensively, please make a roll.

Everyone still up, although Mel just needs to make a concentration check if applicable.

Valik will place himself between the enemy and Mel. He than tries to trip the enemy.

AC 31, provokes aoo: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 13

Valik moves in between the white babau and Melufiuos and attempts to trip the demon. He fails to knock the outsider off-balance and in response it makes a vain attempt to bite the well-defended monk.

cast defensively: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

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Melufiuos attempts to cast the Grease spell defensively from his scroll, but is unable to concentrate properly and loses the spell.

Halkale slings the longbow over his shoulder and attempts to climb

Climb, Prayer: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 + 1 = 20

Thanks dice roller

Halkale successfully climbs up the balcony.

Quiella, Ophelia, and William.

Quiella heals herself again.

lay on hands, greater mercy, fey foundling, favored class: 2d6 + 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + (4) + 6 + 2 = 19
-15hp

She uses her divine abilities to search for the babau that disappeared. detect evil Then she turns around and steps up to the babau that was behind her, delivering a slash with her greatsword.

greatsword, attack, advice, power attack, prayer: 1d20 + 11 + 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 - 2 + 1 = 25 for slashing, cold iron, magic: 1d10 + 7 + 2 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 + 6 + 1 = 23

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William shifts over to where Ophelia is struggling to scale the wall and gives her a boost.

Strength or Climb (Aid another), whatever is appropriate here: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 Well then...

"Up and at em!"

He then looks about, searching for any sign that the disappeared Babau has descended to this level.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Most definitely a failure. Unless it has a -3 to stealth somehow and rolled a 1.

the climb DC should be lower with the rope

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Yeah, but Ophelia can actually do some real damage to the things. Figured I should guarantee she can get up.

Climb: 1d20 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) - 2 + 2 = 13 DC 5 to climb a rope with a wall to brace against; an accelerated climb lets me move at half speed and increases the difficulty to 10.

After her initial struggle, Ophelia blushes slightly as William boosts her up the rope. She climbs hurriedly, finally making it to the balcony, and moves toward the demon, weapon in hand.

Two move actions to climb and get into position.

Quiella heals herself substantially, then takes a moment to look around for evil auras. Finding none where the green babau previously was located, she turns her attention to the white babau south of her. Stepping towards it, she lands a solid strike on the demon.

Quiella is actually at 20 damage since Mel took 8 damage from an AoO that wasn't listed in the Initiative Roster and Quiella would have absorbed that.

William aids Ophelia in climbing up the rope, then looks around for any sign of additional enemies. He finds none.

Ophelia, with a boost from William, easily climbs up the rope to the balcony.

The white babau attempts to tumble out of the dog pile of Pathfinder around it, but its movements are clumsy and it opens itself to opportunity attacks from Valik and Quiella. It then bites Melufiuos for some minor injury. Mel takes 7 Damage. Valik and Quiella can take AoO's. It rolled high enough to avoid an AoO from Mel.

William sees the green babau bound out from behind the southwest corner and move closer towards him. It then activates a darkness ability that floods the lower portion of the hallway making it impenetrable for those without darkvision. There is a black outline of where the darkness effect is active around the green babau.

Initiative (Rounds 7-8)
Valik [3 Dmg] <= Up
Halkale/Frostfur <= Up
William [24 Dmg; 1 Wis Dmg; will heal 5 dmg on Quiella's turn] <= Up
2 Babaus
Melufiuos [14 Dmg; will heal 5 dmg on Quiella's turn] <= Up
Quiella [20 dmg; will take 10 damage more on her turn] <= Up
Ophelia [15 Dmg] <= Up

Effects
Advice (Inspire Courage): +2 to attack, weapon damage rolls; +2 to fear/charm saves

PC's are all up! Valik and Quiella can take AoO's vs. White! Prayer's duration has expired, no longer active.

Halkale pulls his longbow out and fires an arrow at the green babau.

Attack, PBS, IC: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 1 + 2 = 20 Damage, if hits, PBS: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 7

I presume I have prayer from the AOO, if not reduce cmb roll by 1, if not flanking another 2

Valik sees the demon try to skirt around him and he is quick to react by reaching out a leg in hopes to trip the foe.

Flank??trip, AC 31, provokes if you have combat reflexes: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 29

slime ref?: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

I meant white

Mel will just perform mage combat, and then takes a 5' step south. Wand of True Strike and then attack the white meanie.

to hit: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 20 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 + 20 - 2 = 31
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7

William eyes the fiend disappear into the darkness and shakes his fist. Opting to deal with what is still within his power, he ascends the rope to aid his comrades.

Climb: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

Double move

"Finish this fiend, I'll provide cover as best as I am able."

Providing +1 AC to adjacent allies.

As the white babau prepares to go bounding across the room, Valik manages to trip it to the floor while avoiding its acidic slime. It attempts to claw him in retribution, but fails to hit. It then tries to bite him in lieu of Melufiuos and misses again. This retcons Melufiuos getting damaged in my previous post. Mel is at 7 damage instead of 14.

Halkale re-arms himself with his bow and fires a single arrow that misses the prone white enemy.

Ignoring the green babau's presence for now, William makes his way up the rope and does his best to guard his nearby allies.

Mel, when Valik tripped the white babau it prevented your actions from occurring. Please let me know what changes you want to make.

Mel, Valik, Quiella (plus AoO), Ophelia

Mel fires off his wand of true strike and them moves into position next to the prone white enemy.

As Melufiuos moves into position around the white babau, he opens himself up to an opportunity attack and the demon manages to claw him from its prone position. Mel takes 7 damage from the AoO. I guess it was meant to be.

Valik? Quiella (plus AoO)? Ophelia?

Valik knows that he isn't heavy handed enough to get past the demon's otherworldly defenses. He stays huddled up in defense position.

ac 31

If you don't mind the acid damage, grapple to pin to hogtie = coup de grace opportunity for someone.

Quiella hits the white babau twice, once as an opportunity attack, the second as a standard attack.

Quiella AoO + Flank: 1d20 + 11 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 18
Quiella's Standard: 1d20 + 11 + 2 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 11 + 2 - 2 + 2 = 22
AoO Damage: 1d10 + 7 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 + 6 = 23
Standard Damage: 1d10 + 7 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 + 6 = 23

Ophelia also attacks the white babau and hits thanks to the creature's prone condition. Her strike finally defeats it.

Ophelia attack + Advice: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

The darkness blob hiding the green babau moves through the hallway under the balcony towards the water room which contains Frostfur and Tilly! In response, a loud pitched scream of terror erupts from that room.

Initiative (Rounds 8-9)
Valik [3 Dmg] <= Up
Halkale/Frostfur <= Up
William [19 Dmg; 1 Wis Dmg; will heal 5 dmg on Quiella's turn] <= Up
1 Babau
Melufiuos [9 Dmg; will heal 5 dmg on Quiella's turn] <= Up
Quiella [30 dmg; will take 10 damage more on her turn] <= Up
Ophelia [15 Dmg] <= Up

Effects
If Advice is up, then:
Advice (Inspire Courage): +2 to attack, weapon damage rolls; +2 to fear/charm saves

Everyone is up! Valik, let us know if you're still giving advice.

Halkale vaults over the railing to chase the darkness and get to his companion's side. After his feet hits the ground he pulls his ioun torch stone from his haversack.

Not sure how many actions that might be, but the haversack allows me to pull something from my pack as a move action

Halkale, you can make an Acrobatics check to ignore the first 10 feet and land on your feet as a move action. If you just jump then you'll take damage and land prone. Then pulling out the ioun torch stone is another move action.

Also, I mentioned this earlier in the combat, but it may be of more interest to the group now. There is what appears to be a lifting mechanism for the portcullis on the eastern side of the room, but it requires a disable device check and probably will takes a few rounds to open.

Mel casts expeditious retreat on Valik, who has an ioun torch as well. Then he moves over to the contraption.

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Mel, you can only cast Expeditious Retreat on yourself. The Target of the spell is 'you.'

"Tactical retreat!"

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

William leaps back off of the ledge for the second time in a minute, landing hard on his feet, then rushing towards the darkness.

Valik will stop his inspiring words and high tail it towards Frostfur and Tilly.

auto acro check and I can double move 100' without using a ki point. Can I make it there. Will go defensive as always for AC 31

Well dang it. I guess the only time I've seen it used in play was via a wand. Sorry.
Mel hurries over to the contraption and attempts to figure it out.
disarm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

He trips over his own two feet and stumbles headlong into the contraption. By a twist of fate only the RNG knows, he somehow accidentally presses the exact sequence necessary to open the portcullis as his body crumples against the impossibly confusing machine. And this is all performed in slow motion as it takes several rounds to finish :P

Hey look at that, first time I think I am using Acrobatics as a skill...woot

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

William gracefully leaps off the balcony and marches into the darkness.

Valik does him one better as he jumps up as if lighter than air, lands on his feet, and runs in the darkness, dispelling it. I move Valik as far as he could go without provoking an AoO

Melufiuos does his part by moving over to the intricate portcullis machinery and quickly deducing how to operate it. Shortly afterwards, the metal barrier begins to slowly lift up.

Perhaps with his confidence boosted by his acrobatic human companions and well as concern for his dear animal companion, Halkale makes a leap of his own off the balcony and manages to land lightly on his feet. Valik's light effectively removed the darkness effect, so if you'd prefer to move rather than pull out your light, let me know.

Quiella and Ophelia

I would rather move, goal is to just be 30' away from the bad guy

Hearing the porticullis begin to raise, Quiella makes her way down the stairs, pausing to heal herself. Nearly at the end of her faster healing prayers and seeing William and Mel still up and spry, she ends her life link and casts a spell.

taking the 10 damage from life link, moving 15' down the stairs, then ending the life link and casting cure light wounds

will reactivate life link after we are out of combat and can be healing Quiella with wands each round
cure light winds, fey foundling: 1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 2 = 10

-30hp

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Climb: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (5) - 4 = 1

Ophelia quickly begins making her way down the rope, but her gauntlets fail to provide enough grip.

I assume that means I fall, take 1d6 ⇒ 5 damage, and am prone? If I have a move left, I'll stand and end my turn.

To expedite things, I'll let you know that it'll take two more rounds for the portcullis to lift enough to move through that space, although after this next round I could see moving under it if you were in a prone position.

Quiella moves to the portcullis and waits for it to raise out of the way. She also ends her life link with Melufiuos and William and cures herself a little with healing magic.

Ophelia tries to climb down the rope, but her arm slips on the way down and she falls prone on the ground. Undaunted, she then stands and dusts herself off. Ophelia indeed takes 5 falling damage.

Halkale moves to the northern hallway and prepares to attack the remaining babau.

Apparently not as interested in a currently docile wolf or a screaming little girl when there are far more dangerous targets, the babau takes a five foot step and attempts to stick William twice with its longspear. It hits with both attacks from its higher ground at the top of the stairs. William takes 20 damage in total from both attacks.

Initiative (Rounds 9-10)
Valik [3 Dmg] <= Up
Halkale/Frostfur <= Up
William [34 Dmg; 1 Wis Dmg] <= Up
1 Babau
Melufiuos [4 Dmg] <= Up
Quiella [30 Dmg] <= Up
Ophelia [20 Dmg] <= Up

Mel, Quiella, Ophelia, Valik, Halkale/Frostfur, and William are all up!

William grins and bears the wound, happy that the creature opted to turn towards him rather than the civilian. He levels his numerian weapon at the creature and barks out loud. "Lets crank this relic up to full power... send you back to Belial or whomever's boots you lick shuddering, deaf, and begging for a quick end!"

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
Intimidate: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 4 = 34

He does however, appear to have some degree of self-preservation and carefully moves back in order to allow the rest of his allies to finish the job.

Mel casts Expeditious Retreat, takes a flying leap off the balcony, and moves up directly in front of William.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Why can't I ever do that when I'm attacking!?

Given that Mel has not been very effective against these guys, he intends to cast Cat's Grace on Halkale next turn. Give him a better chance to hit with those wicked arrows. Does that make sense?

Halkale yells "Frostur Guard." The unleashes a volley of arrows

Attack, PBS, Rapid Shot, DA: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 1 = 20 Damage, if hits, PBS: 1d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 = 10
Attack, PBS, Rapid Shot, DA: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 = 29 Damage, if hits, PBS: 1d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 = 11
Attack, PBS, Rapid Shot, DA: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 = 21 Damage, if hits, PBS: 1d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 = 11

You're telling me... I got a 19 and 20 on my retreat...

Seeing the gate still down, Quiella murmurs another prayer to increase her defenses.

casting shield of faith

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