GM Kyshkumen's PFS 3-19: The Icebound Outpost (Inactive)

Game Master Kyshkumen

Ax in hands up the stairs we go.

As you circle the mountain of bronze in the center of the room you come across a scholarly woman of eleven decent. She is dressed in warm clothing and holds a scroll in each hand. "So you're the ones making all that noise, I'm afraid I cannot let you go any further" With a flick of both wrists the scrolls instantly become a sword and shield.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis
Xerance
Dario

Bold is up.

Realizing that both Avarus and Skaarr are ready to act, Zanakor immediately dashes forward to grab the Aspis woman and give the half-orcs an opening.

Grapple: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

Move action along the dotted line.

"Why must everyone fight us right away?! Why won't you surrender yourself? We are with five and you are one. Please surrender!" Xerance calls out.

diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

I know it won't do anything but she tries her best as a free action

Avarus sees Zanakor grab at the elven wizard, tosses down his axe and aids him in restraining the Elf.

(+3 aid to allies ) Cavalier ability

Aid Another: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 Unarmed vs AC10

Skaarr runs around the mountain of bronze in the center of the room to set up a flank on the woman for his more martially inclined companions. "Wrong move, lady," he says to her hefting his axe and ready to strike a blow.

Double move on red dotted line.

Skaarr runs around the other side to try and flank but runs right into another Aspis agent.

Stopped you in the square she would have been visible without a perception check. You have only moved 15 feet so you can continue with the double move or use a standard.

Zanakor lunges at the half elf and provokes an attack (She is not flat footed).

Melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

She lands a solid hit on Zanakor but he manages to grab a hold while Avarus assists him.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis
Xerance
Dario

Waiting on Skaarr's action.

Skaarr surprised by the other agent, concentrates quickly on silenceing her mind and putting her to sleep.

DC 14 will save or sleep for 1 round.

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

The agent falls asleep in front of Skaarr. Zanakor tries to control the scholarly Aspis with his wrestling moves. She is clearly not amused and strikes at him again.

melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Zanakor's tight grip throws off her attack and Zanakor avoids further damage but isn't looking so good.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis
Xerance
Dario

Bold is up! Also Skaarr is your hp correct?

No, Westone healed me before. Forgot to change it.

Going to post my next round action now to save time.

Skaar raises his axe high overhead and brings it down on the sleeping Aspis agent's neck.

Full round action; coup de grace the sleeping one.
Damage: 3d12 + 9 ⇒ (4, 11, 12) + 9 = 36 and DC 46 fort save or die.

"I believe the lady has asked for your surrender! We have you outnumbered and now impeded. Surrender and you can live. " The professor holds his rapier ready if she tries a spell.

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Xerance also readies an arrow if the grappled woman tries anything besides surrender.

arrow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Stabbed on the shoulder then a glancing slash afterwards, and they still won't attack...? Oh boy, maybe I should have left a note saying "I may die in a tapestry. Please burn in down if I don't come back in a week."

I'm staggered by the attack from AoO, does maintaining grapple count as strenuous to knock me unconscious?

Ah sorry, missed that. In that case Xerance would fire her arrow right away at the woman, hoping to end the fight as quickly as possible

Yes, Zan, it's a standard action.

Xerance fires an arrow at the half-elf woman after her attacks against Zanakor giving the Aspis a serious wound. Dario waits trying to anticipate her next move. On the other side of the bronze mountain Skaarr easily dispatches his sleeping foe.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis (9)
Xerance
Dario

Zanakor and Avarus are up.

Avarus realizing the elf is not submitting picks back up his axe and swings it at the Elf.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Realizing that he can't hold on much longer, Zan releases his hold on the elven woman then steps back to try and hide behind the stone column beside him for cover.

5ft step back

The half elf brings her scroll blade to bear on Avarus.

melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

The blade cuts deep and burns away to ash. The Aspis pulls another scroll creating a new blade.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis (9)
Xerance
Dario

Xerance and Dario are up.

"I will protect my friends you stupid person!"
Xerance yells when she shoots another arrow at the woman.
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Xerance's arrow is blocked by the Aspis woman's shield.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis (9)
Xerance
Dario

Dario is up.

looks like a bit of a delay from Dario. Lets open up the next round for Skaarr, Zanakor and Avarus and see if we can finish this.

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Avarus upset by his recent bloodshed gets closer (5' step forward] and swings wildly with his axe at the scroll wielding elf.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Skaarr emerges from the other side of the bronze mountain, with his greataxe dripping blood. "There was another one over there," he says, motioning back over his shoulder. Seeing the elven woman still wreaking havoc on his companions, Skaarr unleashes the curse of slumber once again.

DC 14 Will or sleep for a round. If she goes down, Avarus can change his action to a CDG and end this for sure.

Aren't elves immune to mind-affecting spells? Or have I been mistaken this whole time?

I really like this column... Maybe I should give it a hug. I feel so tired.

Not mind-affecting, but they are immune to sleep. Forgot about that (x_x)*

I'm not sure if Skaarr knows that or not. He is trained in knowledge local, so should be able to identify the traits of common humanoids pretty easily. If DM rules I can change my action, I'll just continue moving up to her (into flanking with Avarus if possible.

Give me a knowledge local check, 12 or more I'll let you change the action.

Know Local: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

There is a desk in the way as far as flanking goes. I'll give Dario till tomorrow then I'll put him in delay.

No Dario so we will keep this moving.

The half elf swings her new scroll blade at Avarus.

melee: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Her attack completely misses the half orc this time.

Skaarr
Zanakor
Avarus
Aspis (9)
Xerance
Dario

Xerance and Dario are up.

"Shalyn may my arrow strike true"

arrow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Xerance's arrow hits the Aspis causing her to collapse from her wounds while her shield crumbles to ash.

End of combat.

Avarus takes a cure lt wounds potion from his pack and downs it.

potion: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

" can not believe that woman was creating swords from paper. Blah... I hate magic users"

Avarus begins searching the woman if no one else does.

I wonder what kind of scrolls that elf was using?

Zanakor moves closer to look through the elven woman's belongings, but stumbles and falls before making it there.

Ugh, that's one mean sword wound...

Skaarr looks at his wounded companions. "I can heal one of you, but then I'll be out of spells for the day. The spell I have memorized is also one that has a decidedly....unpleasant...flavor."

Zan rolls to lie down on his back before saying, "Thank you Skaar, I accept. If it's the same healing spell you have used before, then it's something my blood is well acquainted with already."

Skaarr moves over to Zanakor and retrieves a small bottle of unholy water from his pouch. He uncorks it, and chants a brief spell before pouring it on Zanakor's wounds.

Fast healing 1 for 10 rounds.

"Is everyone okay? You look paler then normal Zanakor.

I really do not like these Aspis people. They seem fanatics so eager to die." Xerance says frustratingly

Zanakor lies there for a while as the wound magically seals itself. He nods to Xerance and only says "Yeah... you're a pretty good shot though."

"Are we not risking our own lives for the Society? What is all this anyway?" Skaarr says wonderingly. He begins to examine their surroundings. He casts a spell to check for any magical auras in the area as well.

Cast detect magic, concentrate for three rounds if any auras are seen. Search the immediate area around where the elf was for anything interesting.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Searching the half elf woman you find a scroll of cause fear, scroll of charm person, two scrolls of identify and a scroll of tongues. There is also a spell component pouch, a silver Aspis badge and a spell book. Looking around the room Skaar notices a map on the desk that has a magic aura.

"Looks like there are lots of scrolls for you Skaar, take a look. I am collecting these silver badges."

Avarus grabs the badge and leaves the rest for the magic users. He then begins to look around for other exits.

There must be more to this place than meets the eye.

perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

"We still do not know what they were trying to find here..."

Looking around the room there are several artifacts boxed up and ready for transport. Dario points out a large heavy statue that he believes was taken from the shrine where the guards were staying.

Whoa, sorry. Somehow this wasn't updating for me, and I lost track.

"Looks like they were here for the artifacts." Dario casts a detection spell and then slices open a box to look inside.

Detect Magic

So what is our next move? Are we leaving this cold pit?

The only thing showing any magical aura is the map on the table. The boxes and creates hold various items collected from the temple. Besides the large statue the only other thing of note is a golden statuette of a many-armed and grotesquely tusked semi-naked woman.

Dario moves to inspect the map. "Perhaps this will show us what their next move was going to be."

Zanakor stands up and joins the others. "What's with the map? Does it look genuine?"

Knowledge, Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

And I don't even want to know which god that statue is...

"It's magical, though I'm not sure of much more than that at this point." Skaarr replies, as he takes the dead woman's scroll of cause fear.

How strong is the aura, and from which school?

Spellcraft roll in case Zanakor didn't make it: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20