PFS PbP Online Gameday - 2-01 Before the Dawn pt I: Bloodcove Disguise (Inactive)

Game Master Aeshuura

Exitium charges straight to Ant 1, pouncing it!
PA Bite: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 = 21! Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
PA Claw: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10! Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
PA Claw: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7! Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Almost a flurry of misses! Tiger AC 18 for the round.
If he cannot charge through the path because of the boxes, use only the bite attack and subtract 2 from the attack total, then AC 20.

Ralklain moves in a looses a crossbow bolt on Ant 2, helping Exitium with it.
"Those are mindless beasts Kuaizi. That won't work, unless you're a Dungeon Rover."
Precise Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9! Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Exitium charges forward, biting hard on the throat of the giant ant, but his claws scratch ineffectually on the creature's chitinous exoskeleton!

Will describe each character's actions in order of Initiative.

Combat Order:
Exitium (acted)
Morngrim <--
Ralklain (acted)
Kuaizi (acted)
Ant 1 (11 hp taken)
Holman
Shandor
Ryskovich
Ant 2 (6 hp taken)

Morgrim hurries to meet the nearest ant and deal it a blow with his axe.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Morngrim runs in, sliding to a halt in front of the giant insect, his axe swinging in an arc only aided by his momentum. The heavy blade splits the chitin, erupting in splatter of ichor!

Ralklain moves up and draws a bead on the ant that the dwarf wounded, but his bolt flies wide!

Kuaizi skips up next to Morngrim twirling his staff, weaving a defensive wall around himself, and strikes down hard on the head of the creature! It looks severely wounded after the two hits from the Pathfinders, but it still stands!

Ant 2 chitters and attempts to bite at Morngrim! Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 The dwarf's armor holds under its powerful mandibles!

Combat Order:
Exitium
Morngrim
Ralklain
Kuaizi
Ant 1 (11 hp taken)
Holman <--
Shandor
Ryskovich
Ant 2 (16 hp taken)

Holman, Shandor, and Rys, you are up!

Ryskovich wil double move to get into the room

Shandor moves into the room, and aims a ray of frost at the ant already mauled by Morngrim and Kuaizi.

Ray of Frost (touch AC): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 171d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Combat Order:
Exitium
Morngrim
Ralklain
Kuaizi
Ant 1 (11 hp taken)
Holman <--
Shandor (acted)
Ryskovich (acted)
Ant 2 (18 hp taken; staggered)

Holman moves quickly, twisting and dancing around the nearest ant to end in a flanking position with Exitium. He stabs with his dagger and attempts to bring the beast down.

Acrobatics (DC is Ant CMD): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Attack (Dagger, Flanking): 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 2 = 20
Damage (Dagger, Sneak Attack): 1d3 + 1d8 ⇒ (3) + (2) = 5

I think you've mistaken the Ant's initiative... Anyway, the northernmost ant will not die with Holman's blow, so I'll post my next actions.

After the last Ant have acted:
Exitium keeps hacking and slashing at the poor thing:
PA Bite: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11! Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
PA Claw: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14! Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
PA Claw: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 2 = 20! Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

After Morngrim have acted:
Ralklain recharges his crossbow and shoots a well placed bolt on Ant2:
Precise Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 4 = 16! Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Morgrim continues to hack at the ant.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Well, I'll be. The bite wouldn't have hit anyway. :p

Holman bounds around the giant ant, and slides his blade between its chitinous plates!

Shandor points a finger at the ant facing Kuaizi and Morngrim, blasting it with a beam of hoary frost!

Ryskovich scrambles into a favorable position in the room! Almost as if in response, Ant 2 For real, this time. :p snaps at Morngrim! Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 The dwarf's armor buckles under the powerful mandibles of the creature, but the effort is more than the giant ant can sustain as its strength fades!

Exitium continues his assault shredding the remaining ant, finishing it off!

END COMBAT

"Quickly, the lotion!" Kuaizi says as he begins to assist in pouring the lotion down the tunnel. He then asks Ralklain, "Dungeon Rover?"

"You've never seen one? Those rangers can push a spider back as if it were a dog! I saw one calming a gelatinous cube, if you think that's even possible!"

Ralklain and Exitium move towards the tunnel entrance, giving cover to whoever will apply the oil.
"We should try to put it deeper in!"

It puts the lotion on its skin... >.<

You spend almost a half-hour applying the lotion to the walls of the tunnel. As you get closer the bottom of the jug, the chittering and clicking echoing through the tunnel begins to abate.

The foul smelling gunk applied, you emerge to relieved employees of House Cartahegn. Novaria is almost beaming with delight, her Chelaxian demeanor crumbling away. She gratefully negotiates you a tremendous discount allowing you to easily fill your entire order with some money to spare, while also lending some credibility to your pretense of being merchants and mercenaries.

Anything else that you intend to do before leaving town?

Nope, let's skedaddle...

To the excavation site!

If Morngrim is going to be healed, make note of resources used.

You make your way north out of the Vanji River basin and into the Terwa Uplands. If anything, the blistering heat of the Garund plains grows more intense away from the coast. The trade routes cut through winding switchbacks, avoiding the marshiest ground and occasionally crossing a shallow river gorge.

As the caravan crests a hill on the edge of a large river gorge, sudden activity silences the ambient jungle noise. Armed guards pile out of the foliage. An ebon-skinned woman strides out alongside them, brushing back her tresses and grinning from ear to ear. “Let’s not mince words, Pathfinders. Give me the key you carry, and I shall let you continue on your way. Refuse, and my men will toss you in the river and you can swim to your destination.”

Map Updated

"Let's not waste time. You won't stop us with words. Prove your mettle by sword and spell, but in the end all you will earn is a painful and gruesome death. DIE! "

"Come toss us in the river!"

Holman looks nervously at Shandor, then at Ralklain, then at their would-be assailant and stands defiantly - all three feet of him - and adds, "Yeah! What they said!"

If Morngrim is going to be healed, make note of resources used.

He'll use his wand of CLW on himself. 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 21d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 That's two charges and he's back to full health.

Combat Order:
Ryskovich <--
Holman
Aspis Guard 2
Ralklain
Shandor
Kuaizi
Aspis Captain (Woman)
Aspis Guard 1
Aspis Guard 3
Morngrim
Exitium

Holman rushes to intercept the bandits before they can react, stabbing the nearest one with his ever-present dagger.

Attack (Dagger): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage (Dagger, Sneak Attack): 1d3 + 1d8 ⇒ (1) + (4) = 5

Ryskovich will stab at the same Aspis agent Holman went after.

rapier: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

dam: 1d4 ⇒ 4

How is the woman dressed? Is she wearing any kind of armor?

The woman is dressed in a rugged explorer's outfit, with all sorts of cuts to accentuate her womanly curves, but no apparent armor.

In the blink of an eye, the two halflings swarm the Aspis Consortium guard and drop him with a pair of well-placed stabs!

Ralklain is up!

Combat Order:
Ryskovich
Holman
Aspis Guard 2 (dying; -2; stabilize: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2)
Ralklain <--
Shandor
Kuaizi
Aspis Captain (Woman)
Aspis Guard 1
Aspis Guard 3
Morngrim
Exitium

Ralklain side steps to get rid of the cover, and shots a bolt with his crossbow on the woman:
Precise Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24! damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Confirmation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21! damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Nice!

Swinging his crossbow off his back, Ralklain lets fly! The quarrel strikes true, burying deep in the woman's chest. She stares down in disbelief, blood gushing in time with her heart...

--

Shandor can change his action since the woman in bleeding out...

Combat Order:
Ryskovich
Holman
Aspis Guard 2 (dying; -2)
Ralklain
Shandor <--
Kuaizi
Aspis Captain (Woman; dying; -7; Stabilize: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21)
Aspis Guard 1
Aspis Guard 3
Morngrim
Exitium

After Shandor...

Kuaizi springs to action, speeding past Holman and Ryskovich, summersaulting past the Aspis guard to flank him.

[move act] Move 30 ft. to flank Aspis Guard #3
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

The crowish monk readies a smack with his staff as he takes a defensive stance. "Caw! Surrender now! Give up your lives of villainy! Expunge your bad karma! And we will... might... possibly?... spare your lives?!" His tone trails off in confidence towards the latter half of his sentence as he recalls to mind other recent encounters with this group...

[std act] Ready Action - Attack Defensively, triggered if guard tries to do anything but surrender.

Attack (bo staff) vs Flat Footed: 1d20 + 2 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 - 4 + 2 = 81d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

You can simply apply that magic missile to an unhurt Aspis guard such as #1. Or do you need me to reroll the damage?

Post got eaten twice... strange thing is that the post count at the bottom of the page increases, but the posts are hidden.

Shandor casts a magic missile at the woman's bodyguard.

Magic Missile (guard #1): 3d4 + 6 ⇒ (2, 4, 1) + 6 = 13

Shandor points a finger at the guard before them, sending three silvery bolts that slam into him at center mast! The man is blown off his feet landing in a crumpled heap.

Kuaizi, moves past the remaining guard with flourish, but the man doesn't even have time to raise his weapon! After the chance to surrender is given, the guard looks at the ferocity that his allies were dropped, deciding that he would rather have a fighting chance!

When it becomes clear that he is not going to give up, Kuaizi delivers a careful blow, but it lands ineffectual against the armor of the Aspis' man.

Raising his curved blade, the Aspis guard steps away from Holman, taking a swing at Kuaizi! Scimitar: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 The tengu monk deftly turns the blow aside with his staff!

Combat Order:
Ryskovich
Holman
Aspis Guard 2 (dying; -2)
Ralklain
Shandor
Kuaizi
Aspis Captain (Woman; stable; -7)
Aspis Guard 1 (dying; -6; Stabilize: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14)
Aspis Guard 3
Morngrim <--
Exitium

Morgrim intones the Litany of Sloth as he begins to move towards the remaining foe, then draws his axe as he skids to a stop between his fellow Pathfinders, attempting to bury the axe in the man's side. Mechanically, Litany of Sloth (swift action), move and draw (move action), attack (standard). The poor sap we are fighting cannot take AoOs for the next round.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Damage (two-handed): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

The remaining guard doubles over as Morngrim buries his axe in the man's side!

END COMBAT!

As you stand looking over your handywork, you see a lizard scurry to the woman, and stands upon her body hissing at you. It is then that you realize that she is still barely conscious, ragged breaths starting to become weaker... As the first of you approach, she uses her last effort to speak while smiling softly. “Travel safely, Pathfinders, but travel swiftly,” she says. “I’m far from the only Consortium vulture looking to pick your bones today.”

She attempts to look back toward the road to Bloodcove, where in the distance birds and chattering monkeys scatter from the canopy as if frightened by a large force moving in this direction and, at best, two hours away. With that, she lies her head back on the ground, whispering to the lizard that almost looks like it is trying to comfort her.

Weary and mere hours ahead of the Aspis Consortium’s own force sent to overtake you on your way to the Azlant Ridge excavation. Combat against such odds all but guarantees death, and the only tentative safety available to you lies inside the protective walls of the fortified expedition camp 2 days’ journey away.

Congratulations! End of Scenario!

Kuaizi, noting her stable condition, turns to the woman and speaks some parting words of wisdom before walking off with his companions down the road , "One may conquer a million men in battle. However, the best warrior conquers himself. Caw!"

Heal (to determine woman's condition): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20