4-18 The Veteran's Vault [Tier 1-5] (Inactive)

Game Master Michael Hallet

Searlas nods towards Ser. "We certainly will be ready... What a despicable array of tools... There is no place for such equipment in a civilized world."

He makes a smirk and motions towards the manacles, turning to Rilia. "Well, I guess Calistria might approve of those for..."

Searlas' tasteless quip gets interrupted by the sound of the crossbow bolt.

"Gah! Ok... wasn't ready..."

5-foot move.

"Calistria does indeed." Rilia says putting a delicate hand upon Searlas's shoulder. She smiles.

Future shopping list: masterwork manacles, bit and bridle for a Medium-sized creature, grappler's grease.

Double move actions: Stow rapier, draw bow.

Since this is a surprise round you can either stow the rapier and draw the bow next round, or you can drop the rapier and draw the bow this round.

Stow it is.

"Just a scratch."

With an infinitely heavy expression on his face he slowly goes forward, on the move pulling out his big sword.

"And now I'll try to scratch you. Let's see who'll feel worse."

Move action, half speed.

Do the iron maidens at the south of the room block line of sight? Also, do you have a Bill & Ted moment every time you type the name of said torture device?

The jinkin were small enough to hide behind them, but they don't occupy their entire square.

Round 1 -- Searlas is up

Searlas
Imini
M'boka, Nona, Katzu 4/6 hp, Willem
Paffuf, Mifra, Xarmigash
Kiddir 12/14 hp, Rilia

Searlas recoils a bit at Rilia's comment. "No amount of drink would have me submit to that..."

He pushes into the room, and moves around the edge until he can see past the darkness.

"...the test of the Starstone on the other hand... ah... there you are you nasty little tricksters!"

Readied action: As soon as one of the Jinkins pops out from their hiding spots, cast Murderous Commmand (DC 16 will save) on it.

Searlas moves into the room. He steps on some stuff that is scattered about the floor, but none of it seems to hurt him.

No jinkin has yet popped out to trigger Searlas' spell.

Round 1 -- M'boka, Nona, Katzu and Searlas are up

Searlas (Readied)
Imini
M'boka, Nona, Katzu 4/6 hp, Willem
Paffuf, Mifra, Xarmigash
Kiddir 12/14 hp, Rilia

Katzu peers into the darkness and decides to go after the flying creature. He risks the sharp implements on the floor to reach the table in the middle of the room and tries to bite the flying thing.

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Nona advances, readying a javelin. When she gets to the edge of the room, she can't see anything in the center of the room. So she begins to move slowly around the edge of the room.

M'boka steps forward and delivers the touch of divine energy to Ser Willem, hoping to give him guidance in the upcoming fight with the creatures now hiding in the darkness.

5ft step forward to deliver the charge of guidance I started in the surprise round.

Ser Willem feels a sense of divine thought guiding his actions as he circles to the other side of the room, hoping to help corral the creatures into the center. He stays at the edge of the dark field, kicking sharp objects out of his way, watching for anything to come out and attack him.

Move (I'm thinking that's as far as I can go with the current terrain. 4 normal steps, 1 double cost step.), then Readied Attack to first creature that gets within striking range that's not his ally.

Readied Sword Strike: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Confirm?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Sword Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Confirmed Critical?: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

EDIT: Guidance Bonus

Katzu runs into the room, but manages to step on something sharp, forcing him to pull up short of his intended target. (Speed reduced by half for 24 hours or until treated with a DC 15 Heal check.)

Completing her spell, a creature appears somewhere in the darkness and lashes out a Kiddir, but it merely latches onto his armor for a moment before sliding off.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The jinkin then takes off and hides.

The flying creature tries to wrap its tentacles around Kiddir's head.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Grab: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Constrict: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Unable to effectively defend himself due to the darkness, the creature wraps those tentacles around Kiddir's neck and begins to strangle the life out of him, causing him to nearly pass out.

Round 1/2 -- Everyone is up.

Kiddir 2/14 hp (grappled), Rilia, Searlas M'boka, Nona, Katzu 3/6 hp (caltrop wound, need Fort save vs disease), Willem
Mifra, Xarmigash (grappled), Fiendish Centipede

"Dammit, Kiddir? Choke louder so I can find you! Come on luck of Cayden..."

Searlas grits his teeth and moves at full speed in the direction of Kiddir's sounds.

Edit: I suppose I should have asked first... Did the room drop from normal to low light or low light to dark? If it's just low-light I can see fine and hit the Darkmantle either way, although I still want to move to help Kiddir.

The room itself had no natural light, only the light you brought with you, which is what the spell-like ability is suppressing.

?: 1d100 ⇒ 6
Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Searlas steps on something, but it doesn't appear to injure him.

Daze? Before I roll a save, is there some reason why Searlas' daze spell affects creatures that aren't humanoid? The darkmantle is a magical beast.

Round 1/2 -- Everyone is up (except Searlas?).

Kiddir 2/14 hp (grappled), Rilia, Searlas M'boka, Nona, Katzu 3/6 hp (caltrop wound, need Fort save vs disease), Willem
Mifra, Xarmigash (grappled), Fiendish Centipede

Will: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Seralas' spell burns the creature's mind.

Round 1/2 -- Everyone is up (except Searlas).

Kiddir 2/14 hp (grappled), Rilia, Searlas M'boka, Nona, Katzu 3/6 hp (caltrop wound, need Fort save vs disease), Willem
Mifra, Xarmigash (-8 hp, grappled), Fiendish Centipede

Fort Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Katzu makes no grumbles as he cuts his feet on some grimy instrument of evil. He moves close enough to make a determined attempt to rip into the creature strangling Kiddir.

Claw 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage Claw 1: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Claw 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage Claw 2: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage Bite: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

With every attempt to wound the creature, it seemed to wriggle out of the way. Katzu growled deep in his throat in frustration, unable to help Kiddir.

Nona, unable to see through the magical darkness, hides behind one of the iron maidens, hoping to be able to ambush an enemy with her javelin if one comes into view.

Stealth: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

She finds no way to minimize her presence however.

Readied ranged Javelin attack vs first enemy to come into view outside the darkness.
javelin, ranged attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12
damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5

Rilia steps forward and sighs at what she sees (and does not see). "Really? This has all gotten a bit too silly. I should be ashamed for all of us if I thought we allowed this to happen to proper Pathfinders rather than have some clever strategy in play."

Inspire Shame, Frustration, Anger Courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

M'boka rushes forward, following the example of those who had gone ahead of him and skirting along the edge of the strange darkness that seemed to radiate out and fill only part of the room.

"Some foul creature of the darkness has spread its stain in this place. Inheritor, guide my blade." M'boka's prayer ends as a flash of light emanates from his hand and a line a brilliant white flame courses along the edge of his weapon.

Move, followed by casting Sun Metal on my terbutje.

I can strike without breaking the grip?

For your information...

That's impressive! Thanks!

"You're nothing compared to me!" - wheezing the almost choked Kiddir. With great effort he begins to tear off his vile tentacles of a monster... and trying to grapple it himself!

Re-Grapple: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Rage, AC without penalty

Not sure if it makes a difference with that roll, but your rage bonus, being surrounded bonus, and the inspire courage bonus should boost your grapple check as well since it does count as an attack. I have a game I run with 2 combat maneuver junkies... I've had to review that section of the CRB and that flowchart MANY times. Should put your total bonus at something like 1 (BAB) + 4 (Str) + 1 (Crowd Control) +1 (Inspire Courage) = +7. I somehow suspect that won't make a difference with th roll of 6, but figured you'd might like to know. Now I'll go yell at the trip monk and bonebreaker brawler in my Iron Gods group some more for making me read all that...

Ser Willem will continue to circle the area, awaiting something to come out of the darkness.

Half move around darkness, Ready to Attack any enemies that come out of the darkness.

"I can't see a thing in there! Can we do something about that darkness?"

According to the rules, being in darkness makes you effectively blind, but there is no rule that I could find that says being blind effectively makes everyone else invisible. I would probably rules that way in a home game, but this being PFS is different. Which means without the +2 that an invisible creature would get to their CMD, the total roll on Kiddir's grapple check of 13 is in fact sufficient.

Kiddir manages to pry the tentacles off the creature for the moment, but the creature tries to fight back.

Grapple: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

The creature manages to get its tentacles around the neck of Kiddir again and Kiddir slips into unconsciousness. The creature releases its grip to search for more prey.

The centipede tries to bite Katzu.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

It manages only a scratch but Katzu is once again exposed to venom.

Meanwhile the jinkin moves quietly about the room.

Round 2/3 -- Everyone is up.

Kiddir -5/14 hp (dying, stabilization check required), Rilia, Searlas M'boka, Nona, Katzu 3/6 hp + 1 nonlethal (caltrop wound, diseased, Fort save vs poison required), Willem
Mifra, Fiendish Centipede, Xarmigash

"Katzu, Ser, to my voice, grab Kiddir and retreat. They'll be forced to come to us and leave their cover of darkness!"

Searlas makes a careful retreat from the cover of darkness.

Searlas' words make Willem realize that waiting out here is fast becoming folly, since something must have happened to Kiddir, he had to do something. Moving into the darkness, the emissary frantically searches for the fallen warrior and grabs him to start dragging him out.

Perception to find Kiddir in the dark: 1d20 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 1 - 4 = -2

Free Perception to find target, Move at Half speed, Ready to Grab Kiddir when found. Sigh... Not with that roll though...

stabilize : 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (20) - 4 = 16

Fort Save, Agathion bonus: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 4 = 7
Still waiting for the dice-bot to work these low rolls out of its system.

Katzu winces as the poison burns through his system, but ignores it, grabs Kiddir's two nearest limbs and drags him toward the light and the entrance. As he moves, he speaks, "Kiddir is down. Bringing him this way."

Nona bites her lip, knowing that Katzu is hurting, but she knows there is nothing she can do for him. She tries to get into a better hiding place and keeps her javelin ready to throw if she sees a Jinkin or another enemy creature.

Stealth: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6
Still waiting for a d20 roll above 10.

The starts to work, trying to paralyze the agathion.

Dex Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Katzu bravely tries to rescue Kiddir, but it exposes him to attack from the enemy.

Centipede Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Darkmantle Slam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

He manages to dodge them and drag Kiddir away.

?: 1d100 ⇒ 45
Tools Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Katzu does however manage to step on more of the tools and injure his feet even more.

Round 2/3 -- M'boka still to act.

Kiddir -5/14 hp (stable), Rilia, Searlas M'boka, Nona, Katzu 2/6 hp + 1 nonlethal (caltrop wound, diseased, poisoned 0/6, 1 Con damage, 1 Dex damage), Willem
Mifra, Fiendish Centipede, Xarmigash

Sorry for the delay. Busy weekend.

M'boka springs into action as he hears Kiddir's cries of pain. He moves around the edge of the shadow, then plunges into the darkness, his weapon glowing with the brilliance of sunlight. He moves without regard for his own safety, spurred on by the need to avenge his ally. He swings his terbutje with a cry of divine vengeance.

Terbutje: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Damage+Sun Metal: 1d8 + 3 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (1) = 6

M'boka swings in the dark, but is unable to connect with the creature it hears skittering about.

The creatures converge on M'boka and attempt to hurt him.

Centipede Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Darkmantle Slam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
grab: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
constrict: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

The giant centipede can't breach the warpriest's armor, but the darkmantle has no problem latching on and nearly squeezing the life out of M'boka.

The giant centipede disappears.

The sound of spellcasting can be heard from the back of the room, somewhere in the darkness.

Round 3/4 -- Everyone is up.

Kiddir -5/14 hp (stable), Rilia, Searlas M'boka 4/13 hp (grappled), Nona, Katzu 2/6 hp + 1 nonlethal (caltrop wound, diseased, poisoned 0/6, 1 Con damage, 1 Dex damage, Fortitude save vs poison required), Willem
Mifra casting, Xarmigash (grappled)

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Searlas looks agape as Mboka runs into the darkness.

"Barely got Kiddir out! Pull back, into the cells or around the corner. Make them come to us."

He pulls out his wand of cure light wounds and tosses it to Rilia.

"I think he'll be easier to move if he's on his feet..."

Draw wand, 5 ft step, give to Rilia

Katzu drags Kiddir into the light while saying, "The Jinkin is across the room from Kiddir against the far wall. M'Boka is being strangled. Heal me and I can move more quickly to get to his aid." The agathion does not seem concerned for his own health so much as for his inability to help someone in need.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
"The Jinkin is casting a sleep spell!" Nona calls out. Then she sends a javelin hurtling into the darkness at the spot Katzu described.

Javelin, Inspire Courage: 1d20 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 + 1 = 17
damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1
50% Miss chance, high hits: 1d100 ⇒ 43

She hears a disappointing thud and clatter that suggests she missed. She utters a mild swear word in Dwarven and pulls out another javelin.

"Some foul creature of the darkness has spread its stain in this place. Inheritor, guide my blade." M'boka's prayer ends as a flash of light emanates from his hand and a line a brilliant white flame courses along the edge of his weapon.

Searlas' words make Willem realize that waiting out here is fast becoming folly, since something must have happened to Kiddir, he had to do something. Moving into the darkness, the emissary frantically searches for the fallen warrior and grabs him to start dragging him out.

M'boka springs into action as he hears Kiddir's cries of pain. He moves around the edge of the shadow, then plunges into the darkness, his weapon glowing with the brilliance of sunlight. He moves without regard for his own safety, spurred on by the need to avenge his ally. He swings his terbutje with a cry of divine vengeance.

"Barely got Kiddir out! Pull back, into the cells or around the corner. Make them come to us."

He pulls out his wand of cure light wounds and tosses it to Rilia.

"I think he'll be easier to move if he's on his feet..."

"The Jinkin is across the room from Kiddir against the far wall. M'Boka is being strangled. Heal me and I can move more quickly to get to his aid."[/b]

"The Jinkin is casting a sleep spell!"

"That's it, man. Game over, man! Game over! What the f%$* are we gonna do now!? What are we gonna do!?"

FREE ACTION

Still holding her bow and obviously agitated at all the running about on caltrops in the dark, Rilia looks at the offered wand. "I hope that's a wand of mass shut the f&~+ up and tell me what's going on. Searlas, give me the Society cliff notes version of what a Jinkin is and please make it useful. On that note, M'boka, any particular sort of 'foul creature of darkness' or is that paladin for 'everyone who isn't one'? It might help the decision-making process--especially if someone could point it out."

Oh and don't hate me because I'm beautiful. ;)

"It's a wand of cure the KO'd barbarian. Jinkin... gremlin, trickster, general pain in the rear, extra effective with the element of surprise, that's about all I know. If that's a sleep spell I SURE HOPE THEY DON'T CATCH ME AND YOU IN IT RILIA."

That's all I know in-character at least.... another fun encounter from an AP I've run... *mutters curses*.

Yeah, I can't find any instance of Rilia seeing the darkmantle to trigger a knowledge roll and she failed the Jinkin one earlier.

Well, considering we can't see anything and darkness is centered on an object, if we fall back we make them come to us, or wait the 5 minutes for it to go away. Then the whole thing becomes quite simple. Barbarian smash, thing die. Also we are immune to sleep and can wake people up much easier than we can hit the things.

Well, considering we can't see anything and darkness is centered on an object, if we fall back we make them come to us, or wait the 5 minutes for it to go away. Then the whole thing becomes quite simple. Barbarian smash, thing die. Also we are immune to sleep and can wake people up much easier than we can hit the things.

Many of the characters don't know any of that though and earthly octopuses are smart enough to carry objects around with them. Then there's the fact a few of us can't travel very fast because of caltrops or being unconscious (really, those are the only people you have to beat--and then only in a foot race).

"M'boka? Honestly man, stop playing around in there and answer me." I wonder were whatever-it-is is now?

"Aaaahhh"

"Katzu told me it is a small flying beast with many tentacles with hooks in them, covered in dark leathery skin."

The opportunity to identify it with Knowledge (Arcana) was in this post: Post 195. The post does not describe the creature, only mentioning that we hear various things. I'm not clear if that means we did not get a clear look at it or what.

Thanks!
knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Blast! It is a magical beast. Why did that daft old human not give us more and varied sorts of weapons that are arbitrarily fatal to different sorts of craetures?

"Oh fine!"

cure light wounds v Kiddir: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

As Kiddir gets healed Searlas yells "Yes I know you are aching, tired, and confused. Just go be those things that way!" and points down the hall.

Just realized Searlas is yelling at a still KO'd Kiddir. Oh well... Guess we've gotta keep dragging.

Whadya mean? He's at 0. He's fine. Let him walk it off. :)

Oh and more free action bardic performance.