Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
Orcish:
Yes, my friend... and not just the normal curious "What is an elf, a dwarf, a birdman, an orcish human and a human doing traveling together" glances either. Not that the dwarf noticed... probably thought they were admiring women wondering whether he was single or some rot.
Alexos grins at Touchy.
Well, Touch-my-dear-y, mind pulling this to more stable ground so we can have a look-see as to what the fuss is about?
You successfully secure the crate to stable ground. The crate is heavy, about 200lbs. You can open it with one of the tools you found before in the warehouse.
The rescued crate holds a smaller mahagony box inside, which contains five books and a few loose sheets of paper in a leather folder. The titles and subjects seem completely unrelated to each other: Practical Thaumaturgy In Accordance with Creation, Geographic Anomalies of the Inner Sea, Under Kaer Maga: A Trial and Travel, Physiology of Dragons: An Illustrated Reference, Lost Sarusan. The leather folder contains cargo manifestos, warehouse inventories, and other financial logs from a dozen different merchant houses and trade guilds.
The crate also contains 10 sets of masterwork thieves’ tools, three flasks of alchemist’s fire, a flask of acid, a dozen jars of various inks, a footprint book, adamantine weapon blanch, three bags of powder, a deck of marked cards, and two sets of average loaded dice.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
Taking a look at the various nick-knacks not specifically requested from their employer, Alexos is a tad disappointed again.
Well, guess I won't be getting any discount bargains on bookbags or journals he says with a sigh.
He grabs the vials of ink, however... as well as the footprint book.
Well, at least I won't have to buy ink for writing for a bit. And you never know when a book might come in handy... even one like this for tracking.
He sticks the book with the contract and map in the insides of his robes, but the vials of ink he ties to his belt using a bit of the rope that was lying around. He then leaves the rest of the treasure to his companions.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
The books are the item we came to retrieve for Karela, along with the papers Xichi. If you grab them it will pretty much be to just carry them in the same way that I am carrying those contracts or Touchy is carrying the box from the Paracountess... and now the chest.
Alexos also goes to the entrance to see if anyone is attempting to sneak up on their position or is hiding at the end of the pier watching them.
Perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
If there is anything out there planning on attacking, I will find it.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
Shaking his head, muttering about the foolhardiness of dwarves, Alexos tosses the remaining treasure from the box to Nixie... except one of the alchemist fires that he hands to Kraak, who was eyeing it earlier.
Gave the rest to Nixie that way because not sure if she is still with us or not... give her last discussion post. Seems like we are pretty much done though, so might not matter to much.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
No problem, Master Karela. However, your friend might want to invest in some pest controls... and maybe some repairs, given the condition of the warehouse.
Alexos gestures to the bandage on his leg for emphasis.
Also, would you want some of this ink? I don't think I will need all of it myself, save maybe 2 vials. If you think you can use the other ten I will happily leave them here for you.
Alexos smiles and turns to his companions.
Well, the only thing remaining is to get the box and these documents back to the society. Shall we?
You leave the shop and head back to the Grand Lodge headquarter.
A throng of people blocks the street ahead. A performance art group commandeers the street, drawing graffiti to create a jolly hellscape complete with illusory devils comically dancing around in circles. A few citizens avoiding the crowd slip off-street through a nearby alley, the only egress past the gathering.
Since leaving the Grand Lodge this morning, four unscrupulous, fledgling adventurers followed you throughout the day, shadowing them on their tasks. The adventurers are simply looking for an easy payout, knowing Pathfinders often have excellent gear, good coin, and frequently carry important items and documents from place to place in town. Weaving through back allies and busy streets, the gang members place themselves in front of you, hoping to herd you into an advantageous position.
Alexos and Nixie recognize the gang members. It's the same faces they saw several times today. The already know what's going on before the others do and act fast.
Surprise Round Alexos
Nixie
Map updated, movement is possible within the blue border, everywhere else is walls or roof (unless you want to climb up to the roof).
CN Human Bard 1 (Street Performer); AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +2 Dex); hp 10/10; Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +3
Bouncing up on the roof seems like a good idea to Nixie.acro:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24. Then it's sneak time. If she has any move left after climbing/jumping she moves east. She's gonna plop down right on one of these thug's heads...but which one she hasn't decided yet:) shneakums.:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
Alexos spots the same faces he has been seeing all day, finally recognizing their hostile intent. They, however, haven't realized he has been seeing them yet. Time to have some fun!
You see, dwarf? Hostiles finally found us. Told you I wasn't paranoid.
Alexos moves to the closest thug and attempts to smash his face in.
I am a tad shaky on rules for surprise rounds... I think you can attack, but if I am wrong let me know.
Unarmed Attack:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 131d8 ⇒ 3
Next time be a bit better at sneaking, thugs!
Alexos yells while trying to connect with his fist.
You climb at 1/4 your base speed Nix, unless you do an accelerated climb, which imparts a -5 penalty, and allows you to move at half speed So depends entirely on how high up the roof is. =)
Alexos: surprise round, you are limited to a single standard action So you could move, or attack, but not both.
And I imagine our adversaries there get to go during the surprise round as well, as they were waiting for us =)
Thanks Touchy :) Houses are about 15ft high. Your foes are not going to attack in the surprise round, they are surprised, because they think you see them the first time.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
hm... given that then I want to take position in front of the bald woman in front, so that her elf buddy can't attack me off the bat... would move my piece but the browser here at work doesn't allow editing.
Alexos, saying the above, strategically takes position in front of the ugly bald lady who has been shadowing them.
Ok, because I couldn't find your HP in the profile. If I miss the critical hit, it's deals only normal damage. Sorry Alexos :( Does somebody have a wand of CLW?
With 0 HP you are disabled (staggered), you can do either a move action or a standard action, no full-round actions but you can still withdraw from your position (up to your speed I think, because of restricted withdraw).
CN Human Bard 1 (Street Performer); AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +2 Dex); hp 10/10; Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +3
Nixie can CLW but it's a touch.*gasp* Alexos! She deftly scampers across the tiled roofs and backflips down. 30ft move then lays her hands on his back as he stands swaying before their enemies. CLW:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 To the bastards attacking them: What do you want? I'll give you anything just leave us alone!
Nixie, you can also wait for Alexos to move back, he still has his turn for this round. At least you both are not threatened. But it's only a suggestion ;)
"Anything? Really? We want all your stuff and all your money! Including the documents and items you are carrying for the Society!" the bold woman says. She's the gang leader.
Ya, running up to the enemy alone is not always a good plan.
And Kraak, you're waiting to parry something when you're at the back of the group, that's not going to come up =)
Alexos seems to be missing his favored class bonus as well... he didn't take the skill point, and don't think he took the elven +1 to move, so it could be in hit points as well (given his poor con, not a bad idea)
GM: could we get an idea of what we're facing here? (description-wise)
You are facing a gang of four greedy girls and guys who want to steal your money and equipment. They think Pathfinders have a lot of expensive stuff (they are being paid well fore every adventure). They also want to steal the stuff you are about to take back to the Society, because if the Society wants it, it's probably worth much more to somebody else.
Deandre Dulay (bold woman) is a level 1 cleric of Norgorber. She's equipped with a short sword, a dagger, a chain shirt and an unholy symbol. Her Domains are evil and trickery.
Halli Fosta (dark-haired woman) is a level 1 sorceress. She's equipped with a dagger and a light crossbow. No special armour. Her bloodline is Aberrant.
Larkin Weaver (pirate) is a level 1 rogue. He's equipped with a rapier, a dagger and also a chain shirt and a small Hand puppet representing Lord Gyr.
Ledford (halfling) is a level 1 barbarian. He's equipped with a chainshirt and a greataxe and a bottle of whiskey.
f Picture of Filicitas Felicitas Aurora, Aasimar (Azata-Touched), varisian mother. Bard 5/Inspired Blade 1
Spoiler:
AC 18/T13/FF14 HP 33/35 F+4 R+10 W+5 Init +5 SM +14 /Perception +4
There is just one more thing to know. They are already dead. They just don´t know it yet! I will transfer my feelings that I got after talking with my egocentric wicked neighbour to those 4.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
Favored class bonus would give me how many hp? Sorry for not getting my hp and hd on my profile, it is under combat tab now. Assuming I get an extra one I think I will punch the rapier guy who stabbed me and move back to be covered by my friends... if not, then I will just limp back and try not to bleed too much. Sorry about the delay too, work is kinda hectic today.
if you punch, then move, you will provoke an attack as you move away.
If you just withdraw (a full-round action) you do not provoke for the first space you move out of, thus can get to safety without further damage
Not if you use a withdraw action. (The first square of movement is safe then). If they had reach weapons, it might still be an issue, but they don't appear to.
Male Elf Monk /2 | AC 15 T 14 FF 13 | HP 15/15 | F +3 R +5 W +5 | Init +4 | Perc +11
Gotcha, thanks all... sorry I am still kinda new with regards to some of these things.
The rapier pierces Alexos through the chest, popping out his back side with a sickening crimson tip.
ARRAGHAAAHH-<cough>-HAHAHHARGH!!!!
Alexos screams in pain as the rapier pierces his lung... no small amount of blood getting coughed up. As it is removed he barely keeps concious enough to withdraw closer to his companions.
<COUgh><coUGh> Serves me <cough> right I suppose. Blasted thugs... Give me a minute and face me one at a time <cough><COUGH> and I'll-
He is trying to be brash for his companions' sake more than anything else. Inside he knows that if he doesn't get aid he will die.
Again, can't move my piece at work, but thinking he would go toward where Touchy is, so that he could heal him if needed. He would assume that Nixie would still be planning on jumping down on them
No worries, we all learn how it's working :D I put Nixie and Alexos back. It's not an obscure rule, it's the turn order. First Alexos (who decided to move back), then Lendford and Fosta and then it's your turn.
Alexos moves back to his companions, hoping for help. In the meantime Ledford and Fosta act. Fosta draws her crossbow and loads it with a bolt. Ledford comes closer to you, raises his greataxe and goes into total defense.
Sorry Nixie for moving you around, I usually don't have a problem with mixing up the turn order, but only if I don't have the feeling that it might be a disadvantage for you.
CN Human Bard 1 (Street Performer); AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +2 Dex); hp 10/10; Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +3
Well okay then...from the top of the roof: Listen all ya'll, I know the funny dwarf down there LOOKS like he's got some wealth-ies, but trust me, because I can tell you, that underneath it all.... blah blah Performance(comedy):1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17 Nixie puts on a show. Dissapearing Act - A street performer can use performance to divert attention from an ally. All creatures within 30 feet that fail a Will save (DC 15) treat one creature chosen Um, I choose...Kraak by the bard as if it were invisible.
