Granta's Long Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Granta

"Good idea, brother. Did your skunk just turn into a tattoo, Zev? Truly, Pathfinders are a varied bunch."

Acrobatics Assist, ACP: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

"One day I'll get a tattoo.." sighs Forvenniel.

"I love the people of Varisia. Their dances, their colours. They contrast so nicely with the pale moonlight."

Once everyone is safely across the crack in the floor, Heryn leads you into the wine racks, "We are looking for the Barrowwood Estates Cabernet Sauvignon, 4690 AR. I think the label should be dark purple.

"To be quite honest, I didn't even realize we had this particular vintage, so I don't know where it will be. Drandle seemed positive that we had it, though."

A minute later, Kembe shouts, "Found it!" but when he tries to take the bottle off the rack, it doesn't move. Instead, a secret door opens in the back wall. Heryn backs away in surprise, "Umm . . . I don't know what that is. You should make sure it's safe. You've been trained, right?"

After a short tunnel, you see a small room with a desk covered in papers. The room is lit by a glowing stone above the desk, with four dark tunnels leading away.

Please place your tokens as desired.

Forvenniel hesitates, waiting for the others to advance into the area before following them in.

"The moon has not seen in here for a long time."

"Woa-ho-ho! What have we here? Heryn's secret cave, eh? Won't mind if I do!" he says as he steps into the tunnel system. What in the hell is down here? How does a bartender not know about her own secret tunnel?

"The sun probably hasn't either! This will have to do for now," he says as he snaps his fingers, causing a bright light to appear. Upon closer inspection, you see a small stone in his hand is generating the light. He tosses it gently down a corridor.

"What a place for a study! I wonder if it has anything worth reading in it!" Norril ponders out loud as he moves towards the desk. Perhaps some lost knowledge of the arcane variety? I'm in no condition for such text now, but tomorrow I probably will be!

"I suspect there is more worth drinking.."

She glances uneasily at the papers, the light and then the dark tunnel, before casting a quick enchantment and checking for the presence of magic.

"Amazing! Bevole, check this out!" Zev moves quickly into the room, sharing Norrils curiosity about what's on the desk as his familiar pops back into reality, landing on the desk and sniffing at the documents.

"I was thinking the same thing Forvenniel. Not about the moon, I mean checking for magic. You're probably right about the moon though."

He casts detect magic with a particular interest in the glowing stone. "This would make reading by a campfire significantly easier! Gods know the fire usually flickers too much and you get headaches from the eye strain."

If the stone doesn't detect as magic, Zev will begin helping Norril search for anything interesting to read.

Kembe moves into the room with caution, peering down the side tunnels for signs of movement, he makes sure he's within arms reach of Sejiri at all times. "A place like this, hidden away for so long, will hide more than lost knowledge my friends, be wary!" Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Guess I'm not too wary with a 4 roll!

Sejiri raises a single eyebrow in surprise. "Well, that was unexpected. Let us see what there is to be seen."

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 5

The only magic you sense is faint conjuration around the glowing stone.

Maps

Round Surprise
Effects none
Terrain none

• red - charged, on ceiling
  
• yellow - charged, on ceiling
  
• Sejiri - surprised
  
• Forvenniel -
  
• Kembe - surprised
  
• Norril - 1 damage, 1 strength damage (?) (1/?)
  
• Zevryn - surprised

Two scorpions charge out of the tunnels and along the ceiling, stabbing at Norril and Kembe with their stingers.

Forvenniel and Norril may act in the surprise round.

@Norril: Roll Fortitude vs. poison.

As the vermin approach, Forvenniel causes another bright light to appear in the room, right in front of the red one.

Casts flare (Fort DC 14 or dazzled (-1 to hit) for one minute) on the red scorpion

"ugh... Bugs with stingers." she says, pointing upward, just a moment too late.

Leaving the beefier party members to handle the arachnids, Norril steps back into the hallway. He cradles his stung arm as he feels some sort of poison begin to spread, unsure if his body will be able to fend it off. "Deep in the cellar, far below, creatures stir, and heroes show!" Now if only they will kill them quickly!

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Maps

Round 1
Effects inspire courage +1
Terrain none

• red - dazzled, on ceiling
  
• yellow - on ceiling
  
• Sejiri -
  
• Forvenniel -
  
• Kembe - 10 damage, 1 strength damage? (1/?)
  
• Norril - 1 damage
  
• Zevryn -

Forvenniel conjures a burst of light in front of the closest creature, causing spots of light to continue glowing in its field of vision. Norril steps back, nursing his wound, and begins a rousing song.

With Norril out of reach, both scorpions claw and sting Kembe.

Everybody is up.

@Kembe: Two Fort saves vs. poison.

Fort Save #1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Fort Save #2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Kembe is assaulted repeatedly by something above, blood rushing down his face and shoulders as claws, pincers and sharp tails lash out "To arms! Help me quickly before I fall to these vermin!"

With that he swings his fists upward at his attacker in RED

The first swing goes wide as Kembe wipes the blood out of his eyes, the second connects solidly. This could be the end...

"Hold fast, brother!" Sejiri yells as he whips a rock at the scorpion Kembe is attacking.

Zevryn, too enamored with the magical stone, almost hadn't noticed the scorpions before Kembes call to arms. Turning around to see the man staring at the ceiling, Zev frowns and takes a step back, considering his options.

Drawing the crossbow from his back he begins loading.
Action to draw and load crossbow

"I've got your back Kembe, just hold on a moment, these things are tricky to reload, you know?"

Kembe, no!

Norril draws his crossbow and fires it at the scorpion at Kembe's side, but the bolt barely makes it out of the crossbow! What was that? Going to have to get this damn thing checked.

He takes a step closer to Kembe. "At me you wretched curs!" he cries out, hoping to keep his companion up by diverting some of their attention, despite the burning in his arm.

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Zevryn: iirc, you can store your crossbow loaded!

Zevryn: iirc, you can store your crossbow loaded!

Huh, I definitely knew that at some point, completely slipped my mind. We'll chalk it up to Zevryn's lack of foresight for the time being.

Forveniel continues to conjure small balls of light. This time she throws one at the yellow scopion.

Casts flare (Fort DC 14 or dazzled (-1 to hit) for one minute) on the yellow scorpion.

And I thought I'd get a heal from at least someone...

@Norril & Zevryn: You may store your crossbow loaded ONLY IF you expect to use it soon. Storing it in the loaded position for long periods of time is both dangerous to your own feet and harmful to the equipment. If you wish to always store it loaded, be warned that I will throw some realism at you.

@Sejiri: You may combine drawing a weapon with a regular move, not a 5-ft step.

Maps

Round 2
Effects inspire courage +1
Terrain none

• red - 6 damage, dazzled, on ceiling
  
• yellow - dazzled, on ceiling
  
• Sejiri -
  
• Forvenniel -
  
• Kembe - dying, 15 damage, 1(3?) strength damage (1/?)
  
• Norril - 1 damage
  
• Zevryn -

Sejiri draws his little sling staff and loads a bullet, while Forvenniel conjures the same spell once again and with similar effect. Kembe feels poison coursing through his veins for a few seconds, but the burning quickly fades as he punches one of the scorpions solidly.

Norril and Zevryn both draw and load their crossbows, painfully slow from Kembe's point of view, as two more stings pump poison into his bleeding body.

Everybody is up.

@Kembe: Two more Fort saves vs. poison, Constitution check to stabilize.

Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Con Check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Should I use my attack roll from the previous round, then? If not, I've put in another below, but that doesn't look as if it's going to hit either.

No, no, no....Sejiri's mind begins to race as he flings a bullet at the hurt scorpion, then reloads.

"Damnit!" Zevryn growls as his shot fires wild and hits nothing but the ceiling.

"Never thought I'd be firing at giant bugs above my head in a bar. Keep punching Kembe, it looks like you've got them on the ropes!"

Behind him, on the desk, Bevole growls angrily, tail up over his head, but helpless to assist.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Norril takes a step to the side and waits for a moment to distract the scorpion. Can't say these are the worst things I've found at the bar, but certainly the most lethal!

"Forvenniel, now!"

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A shy smile plays over the half elf's face as she quickly moves up to the fallen Kembre.

"Moonlight!" she says, tapping the fallen warrior with her wand.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Not real sure here but Kembe isn't punching anyone, he's unconscious on the floor...

@Sejiri: I generally don't use early rolls.

@Kembe: Since Forvenniel healed you before your initiative, you get a full turn in round 2.

Maps

Round 2
Effects inspire courage +1
Terrain none

• red - 6 damage, dazzled, on ceiling
  
• yellow - dazzled, on ceiling
  
• Sejiri -
  
• Forvenniel -
  
• Kembe - prone, 7 damage, 2 strength damage (1/?)
  
• Norril - 1 damage
  
• Zevryn -

Sejiri's sling bullet hits at a bad angle, and harmlessly skips off the scorpion's body, then Forvenniel revives Kembe--whose skill becomes blatantly necessary as Zevryn's attack almost hits an ally.

Kembe (and possibly Norril) are up.

@Kembe: Please roll 1 Fort save vs. poison for round 3.

Botting Kembe as requested to keep combat moving.

While trying to fight off the poison coursing through his veins, Kembe goes full offensive from the floor at the already damaged scorpion.

I can't make it over to the other one now... I'll keep trying to distract this one! Norril again tries to distract the yellow scorpion, granting Kembe an opening should he choose to use it.

Maps

Round 3
Effects inspire courage +1
Terrain none

• red - 9 damage, dazzled, on ceiling
  
• yellow - dazzled, on ceiling
  
• Sejiri -
  
• Forvenniel - 6 damage, 2 Strength damage? (1/?)
  
• Kembe - prone, 11 damage, 2 (4?) strength damage (1/?)
  
• Norril - 1 damage
  
• Zevryn -

Kembe manages to grab the scorpion's stinger as it lashes downward, and twist the limb painfully. The stinger manages to scratch him though, as do one of the claws; and Forvenniel suffers a couple of blows as well.

Everybody is up.

@Forvenniel & Kembe: Please roll two Fort saves v. poison, one for this and one for next round.

Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Coming to his senses thanks to the kind Lady, Kembe does his best to deflect the blows the red scorpion sends in her direction. Immediate Action with combat reflexes

Looks like I saved you the first hit at least, the bigger of the two.

He then looks up to her, waiting, and hoping she heals him once more before he risks rising to his feet. "Another, quickly so I may rise from this disadvantaged position!"

Delaying for a hopeful heal before attacking defensively and getting up with 17 AC before any penalties

Attack Defensively, prone, inspire: 1d20 + 2 - 4 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 2 - 4 - 4 + 1 = 91d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

"Oh, thank the Turn, Brother, you're okay," Sejiri lets out a long breath as he takes a glance away from lining up a shot to look at Kembe. "These bugs are persistent, if nothing else. That's what happens when one's only urge is to feed..." the halfling notes, firing and loading once again.

Fort1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
fort2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

The elf looks surprisingly resilient in the face of the poison, if not the damage done by the scorpion.

Gasping in pain she quickly taps herself with the wand.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Does she take str damage even if she makes the save?

"May I?" he asks Forvenniel, his hand stretched towards her, his eyes on her wand.

Assuming she doesn't resist.
Norril draws the magic form the wand and taps Kembe on the shoulder. Hopefully that was enough for him to stand!
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Inspire Courage is no longer active as of the beginning of my turn.

She certainly doesn't resist, being somewhat shocked that the scorpions could so badly wound her.

Zevryn looks at his crossbow with disdain and turns his eyes back to the scorpions.

"Magic it is then. Hang in there guys, we'll have this done soon enough!"

He points a finger at the scorpion that had attacked Forvenniel and fires a magical missile from its tip.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Figures.

@Sejiri: Is your character sheet up to date? Specifically, the feats.

@Forvenniel: Nope, I include the damage right away as a note to myself, more or less.

@Kembe: You may only take 1 immediate action per round. Also, Forvenniel is higher than you in initiative.

Maps

Round 4
Effects none
Terrain none

• yellow - dazzled, on ceiling
  
• Sejiri -
  
• Forvenniel - 4 damage, 2 strength damage? (1/?)
  
• Norril - 1 damage
  
• Kembe - dying, 14 damage, 2 (3?) strength damage (1/?)
  
• Zevryn -

Sejiri hits one of the scorpions with a sling bullet, almost knocking it from the ceiling. Conversely, Forvenniel just heals herself with the wand, clearly out of her element.

Norril then grabs the wand from her and heals Kembe, who stands up despite another sting from one of the scorpions. Zevryn gives the red-tailed scorpion a little love tap, but it turns out to be enough, as the creature takes one last stab at Forvenniel before falling unconscious. And making matters worse, the other scorpion drops Kembe again.

Everybody is up. More Fort saves from Forvenniel (2) and Kembe (3).

Did the 15 and 19 not make the saves? Ouch. These saves are without the extra +2 from the Rite of Bodily Purity, as that was burned in the second save (if the first failed). Sorry I wasn't clear about that above. If the two saves are from two different poisons then I'm doing this wrong :-)

fort1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
fort2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
fort3: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 (if required)
So in total her saves will have been
#1 15 (if failed, rerolled to a 19)
#2 16
#3 12
#4: 8

Forvenniel weakly taps Kembre with the wand again
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

(Racial) Body Guard: When an adjacent ally is attacked, you may use an attack of opportunity to attempt the aid another action to improve your ally's AC. You may not use the aid another action to improve your ally's attack roll with this attack.

(Bonus) Combat Reflexes: You may make a number of additional attacks of opportunity per round equal to your Dexterity bonus. With this feat, you may also make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.

I guess I mispoke when I said they were immediate actions.. but in function they are as I can use AOOs to use them.

"What kind of bar gets scorpions in the basement anyway?" Zevryn asks trying to keep light of the situation as Kembe continues rising and falling in combat while Bevole chitters nervously behind him.

He fires another spell, this time a ray of cold magic at the remaining scorpion.

Ray of Frost -Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 161d3 ⇒ 1 I will whittle it down, 1 HP at a time.

Sorry, GM, I seem to have forgotten about some of those parts. One of them still said I was a ninja, even. Now it is all updated.

Sejiri takes a step closer and continues his routine of tossing and loading bullets, repeating a few frantic mantras in his head to keep from panicking over Kembe. Don't think about the worst happening, nothing will come of that, we will emerge from this stronger in body and mind...

Seeing no other route, Norril continues to play hot potato with the wand. "You can do it Kembe!" he says as he applies more healing to the monk.

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Fort Save vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Fort Save vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Fort Save vs Poison: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Kembe's eyes flash open yet again, body aching from countless cuts, stabs and bruises. His veins and muscles burning from what he expects is scorpion venom. "I'm... not ... dead... yet..." He looks to the ceiling to see one remaining vermin. He concentrates solely on defending himself as he rises to his feet.

@Forvenniel: So far you've been stung twice (the "last stab" hit) and made the first save both times. The second saves were preemptive, so that I could update your status on my turn if you failed.

@Kembe: Gotcha. Making an AoO isn't actually an immediate action, it is an unspecified "interrupt" action.

Maps

Round 5
Effects none
Terrain none

• yellow - 1 damage, dazzled, on ceiling
  
• Sejiri -
  
• Forvenniel - 4 damage
  
• Norril - 1 damage
  
• Kembe - 4 damage, 3 strength damage
  
• Zevryn - 8 damage, 1 strength damage? (1/?)

This time, Sejiri's stone bounces off harmlessly, as it strikes at too wide an angle. Forvenniel and Norril exchange the wand two more times, both healing Kembe, who carefully stands up. And this time, he manages to stay conscious for more than a second at a time.

Zevryn's humor seems to be as weak as his magic, but at least they do something: they attract the scorpion's attention. It clambers over toward the wizard, easily clawing and stinging the unprotected prey.

Everybody is up.

@Zevryn: Please roll 2 Fort saves vs. poison (one for next round).

Norril starts a rousing tale about heros prevailing in the Darklands.

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Inspire Courage is active again. Sorry for the short post, really tired!

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Zevryn drops to the ground, Bevole leaps from the desk and begins nuzzling his masters face, trying to rouse him.

Forvenniel staggers forward, quickly healing Zevryn.

"May the moons tears wash clean your wounds."

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Look at me, you oversized pest! Over here!" Trying to attract the scorpion's attention, Sejiri maintains his routine.

Kembe for once sees the glow of the hanging orb on the ceiling for more than mere seconds as the vermin skitters away. To his horror however it tears into the unsuspecting and helpful newcomer. "We'll save you Zevryn! Us AND the Moon." He takes a step towards him and punches at the scorpion in his weakened state.

Ha! I'll include a block of AC assists below if needed.

Zevryn's eyes snap open as the healing magic washes over him, nearly restoring him to full health. From his position on the floor all he can see is his concerned skunk and the Scorpion above him. Hearing Kembe shout encouraging words Zev points a finger toward his foe and fires another Ray of Frost: 1d3 ⇒ 3.

"Just die already!" He says lazily as he slowly regains senses.