Blood Under Absalom -- A Multitable PbP special (GM Hmm's table) (Inactive)

Game Master Hmm

Sheela continuous the rhyming while identifying the spells being cast. Meanwhile Mort intimidates the next aspis agent and Tiffany conjures a bright blast of light.

Fort: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The blue soaking wet bandit is to slow in putting his hands up to ward of the flash. Corona dispells the bane and Sophia conjures up a ball of acid. She is about to throw it to the blue bandit when Tiffany calls out "Don't! We are not to kill them, we will forfeit the match if you really hurt him!" Sufficiently chastened Sophia conjures a mesmerist trick to help Mort.

The white clown moves to Yorad, swinging her broomstick in a wide arc. She hits Yorad on his shoulder, he crumbles in a blueish heap on the ground.... The green monkey king touches the white clown, casting another spell.

Attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Kiang Zhen applauds loudly, standing up and cheering at the first knock-out.

"Maybe we can't sing and dance
Look at our stance,
We are only four
And knocking you out of the door!"

The aspis sing before Sheelah's spell goes off.

I have placed a template on the map, please adjust as you see fit

Initiative
You all have a +1 morale bonus on your rolls vs the aspis (to hit, damage, saves, skill checks)
[b]Sheelah, Unconsious Yorad (-9 NL hp, -8 lethal)
White Clown, Green Monkey King
Sophia, Corona, Tiffany, Mort (-8 hp)
Red Shaking (1/5) Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (-5 hp)

Sheelah can act!
Surge on Mort: If they attack, and hit him, Mort will get 2 temp hp. If their attack is enough to drop him to 0 or below, he gets an additional 8 temp hp.

Wow, what a broom! Sorry Yorad.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Sheela has no idea what that spell is. As she ponders this, she feels the magical energy around sleep finish. As promised, she directs it against the blue bandit, catching the clown and the Monkey Impostor. Normally she would be worried about Yorad, but he's...sleeping already.

Sleep Spell, Will Save DC 17 to resist.

Question: Does Sheela have her wand of Cure Light Wounds on hand? If she does she will draw it and try to heal Yorad.

If she doesn't have the wand, Sheela will instead try to cast Daze (Will DC 16 to resist) on anyone who is awake. Priority is Blue Bandit, White Clown, Red Warrior Woman, Green Monkey King.

Tough question Sheela about the wand, let me think on that for a bit

Will White: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Will Blue: 1d20 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 1 - 2 = 16
Will Green: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

The blue aspis agent joins Yorad in the realm of the sleeping. It is only now that Sheela sees the pointy elven ears sticking from the frog costume and she is well aware that those pesky elves and their half-human prodigy are resistant to sleep effects. The white aspis clown shakes once with her head and continues swinging her broomstick.

to be continued later

Nonlethal imposes a -4 penalty on attacks, doesn't it?
Plus, we aren't allowed to deal lethal dmg, but Torad has taken lethal....?

"An ode to my fallen friend,"
"To give aid my knee would bend!"
"To this Aspis scum,"
"I'll kick their bums,"
"And my fury will know no end!"

Perform(Sing): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Sheela's pretty upset about Yorad getting clobbered.

Plus, we aren't allowed to deal lethal dmg, but Torad has taken lethal....?

If a creature's nonlethal damage is equal to his total maximum hit points (not his current hit points), all further nonlethal damage is treated as lethal damage.

Yorad has taken a beating here :(

Ah yes...i forgot about that detail.

@Sophia: all costume weapons are specifically called out to deal nonlethal damage and do not incur the -4 penalty for dealing nonlethal damage with a lethal weapon
@Sheela: I have thought about it. The aspis don't have any of their usual gear either (the stats block re-use earlier stat blocks with some changes), so I rule that you have left all of your equipment (except spell component pouches where needed) in the dressing room.
@All: I see I messed up the previous actions, acting for the white clown and monkey king where I should have acted for Blue bandit and Red warrior woman. I have switched the two groups in initiative order to keep it the most fair.

Will White: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Shaking Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 2 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Sheela cast a spell at the white clown. The half-orc sneers at the aasimar pathfinder "I am coming for you!".

The blue bandit snores, blissfully unaware of the raging combat around him. The red warrior woman swings her polearm at Mort while trying to keep as far away from as she can. The result is that the polearm passes harmlessly in front of Mort's face.

Initiative
You all have a +1 morale bonus on your rolls vs the aspis (to hit, damage, saves, skill checks)
Sophia, Corona, Tiffany, Mort (-8 NL hp)
White Clown, Green Monkey King
Sheelah, Unconsious Yorad (-9 NL hp, -8 lethal)
Red Shaking (2/5) Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Shaking (1/3) Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (-5 NL hp)

Sophia, Corona, Tiffany and Mort can act!
Surge on Mort: If they attack, and hit him, Mort will get 2 temp hp. If their attack is enough to drop him to 0 or below, he gets an additional 8 temp hp.

Sophia shifts her hypnotic stare at the warrior woman.
-2 to willsaves.

"Well hello there."

Sophia casts daze on her, DC 15

Do players that made the save vs bane get the benefit of the bless?

Seeing Yorad go down Mort frowns behind his mask Damn this armor all to hell! He lashes out with his giant club at the woman clumsily Club + ACP + Study: 1d20 + 5 - 7 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 - 7 + 1 = 131d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 1 = 17 If I do get +1 from bless I can't imagine it'll make the difference here, waste of some nice max damage too.

Mort does his best to play up the show at least Perform: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 roaring and unfortunately clubbing the wooden floor instead of the woman before him.

Apologies Yorad! Coronabot will save you next round if Corona doesn't do it herself.

Sheela cast a spell at the white clown. The half-orc sneers at the aasimar pathfinder "I am coming for you!".

Sheela turns around long enough to shake her moneymaker at him.

Yorad: no, the bless was cast to dispell the bane, they cancel each other out even if you made the safe

Red Warrior Woman's will save: 1d20 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 1 - 2 = 14

She stares into space, looking momentarily dazed!

Meanwhile, Mort's clubbed swing misses the Red Warrior Woman, but he clubs the floor so convincingly Kiang Zhen claps in appreciation! "Ha, swing that club!"

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany, Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown, Green Monkey King, Sheela, Yorad (unconscious, -9 NL -8 Lethal), Red Shaking (2/5) Dazed Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Shaking (1/3) Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (-5 NL hp)

Tiffany and Corona are up! Can someone please bot Corona? Thank you!

CORONA BOTT(L)ING!

The whimsical masked maiden bends down to slowly draw her hand across Yorad's face "Awaken dear friend Yorad... the show is not nearly over!" Casts Cure Light Wounds! CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

So that should heal both 5 nonlethal as well as 5 lethal correct?

Yes.

Yorad awakes to Corona's gentle touch!

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany, Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown, Green Monkey King, Sheela, Yorad (-4 NL -3 Lethal), Red Shaking (2/5) Dazed Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Shaking (1/3) Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (Sleeping, -5 NL hp)

Tiffany is up!

Tiffany sighs and steps ahead. "Hey, you ever been punched by an amphibian? Well, now ya have! Hi-yaaa!" She throws a fist, leaping up and aiming for the white clown's cheek.
Unarmed strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 151d2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Nonlethal

The regal princess leaps up and punches the white clown. "Yow!"

Tiffany did you add in your morale bonus to your punch damage? If not, you did 4!

The annoyed white clown glares at the plucky little grippli in front of him, and takes his attack of opportunity with the broom.

"What kind of crone hails from the bog?
Gonna sweep you up, you stupid frog!"

Broom AoO: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

He misses, so then his eyes narrow as he takes his regular attack, whacking her unarmored self solidly.

Broom: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14
Damage, Non-Lethal: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Meanwhile, the Green Monkey King dances around in monkey fashion and attempts to daze Mort.

"I hesitate to give any praise
In honor of this brutish, club-slinging phase
Someday we'll see you all in your tomb
(We'll stack you double to make room)
But for now, let's slow you... With a daze!
Ha! Who's making a monkey of whom?"

Mort's Will Save, Morale Bonus: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Mort easily throws off the daze!

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany (-5 NL), Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown (-3 NL), Green Monkey King, Sheela, Yorad (Prone, -4 NL -3 Lethal), Red Shaking (2/5) Dazed Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Shaking (1/3) Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (Sleeping, -5 NL hp)

Since neither the warrior woman nor the bandit can act, the whole team is up!

Yorad struggles to his feet, still feeling a tad disorientated. "Who turned the lights out?"

Move: Stand up. (Will provoke from Blue and White).
Move: Pick up Wooden Knife.

Yorad gets up to discover that Blue is too asleep to take his attack of opportunity. The white clown, however, is happy to take another whack at Yorad...

Attack of Opportunity vs Prone: 1d20 - 1 + 4 ⇒ (9) - 1 + 4 = 12

...and miss.

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany (-5 NL), Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown (-3 NL), Green Monkey King, Sheela, Yorad (-4 NL -3 Lethal), Red Shaking (2/5) Dazed Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Shaking (1/3) Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (Sleeping, -5 NL hp)

Everyone but Yorad is up!

Sophia turns her hypnotic stare at the clown.
..and then casts daze on her too.

"Quickly, make use of the opportunity."

White Clown's Will Save: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 - 2 = 19

He sneers at your spell.

"Yo, knew you were trouble
When you first addressed me
Is that little cantrip
Supposed to impress me?
Please... Girl, you're outta your league
You're facing a godsdamned Aspis Blitzkrieg!"

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany (-5 NL), Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown (-3 NL), Green Monkey King, Sheela, Yorad (-4 NL -3 Lethal), Red Shaking (2/5) Dazed Warrior Woman, Blue Dazzled Mage Armored Shaking (1/3) Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (Sleeping, -5 NL hp)

Corona, Tiffany, Mort and Sheela are up!

Woops, I did forget that morale bonus, so it'll be 4. Thanks Hmm!

Tiffany reels back as shes whacked with a broom, and a furious stare washes over her face. "You ugly creep! You're lucky I don't have my staff! Take this!"

She jumps up for another wallop at the clown's face.
Unarmed strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Sheela casts Daze Will Save DC 16 on the Green Frog and advances.

She has used 15 feet of movement so far. If green is dazed she will keep moving until she is 1 to the right of green.

"This white clown, has no grace."
"This white clown, has a funny face."
"He sweeps floors, it's all he can do"
"But he'll submit to the Pathfinders, just for you!"

It had taken Corona a few moments to really get into the swing of the performance but now she cackles gleefully as she steps forward and waves her broom wildly in the White Clown's face to distract him.

"Ehehehe! Fool versus fool! Which one will win?"

Broom! (Aid Another: Yorad): 1d20 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 - 4 = -1
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Mort hopes to get super lucky with this club Clubby + ACP +Study +Morale: 1d20 + 5 - 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 7 + 1 + 1 = 191d10 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 17

I just may have hit!!

Mort leans into one and goes for the upper cut golf swing at the warrior woman as she looks off into la la land. Perform: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 He shouts something unintelligible that you kinda think is happiness? "Mort smash! hehehe"

Tiffany hits again, giving the White Clown a bloody nose!

The Green Monkey King makes a will save...

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 2 = 14

...and fails. He is dazed! Sheela, feel free to move up.

Then Mort hits the Warrior Woman, solidly! She falls to the ground, bleeding, as non-lethal damage flows into lethal.

The White Clown is the only one who can act! He attempts to wallop the pesky little frog that is ruining his day...

Broom: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

...but his nose bleed is making his hands slip on the broom!

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany (-5 NL), Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown (-8 NL), Green Monkey King (dazed), Sheela, Yorad (-4 NL -3 Lethal), Red Warrior Woman (Unconscious, -13 Non Lethal, -4 Lethal), Blue Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (Sleeping, -5 NL hp)

The whole party is up... Again!

*Narrows her eyes at the clown*

"Yes i spoke to you, you aspis prick.
Just go home, your rhymes almost make me sick.
There is no blitz, you're the only one left.
Surrender, or Mort will introduce your -other- hole to the club's shaft.
Give up you douche, your singing isn't bold.
The gods even know, i rocked harder than you when i was five years old."

Sophia snaps her fingers like a Spanish señorita dancing.
Perform (singing): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Intimidate with singing: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

With the Green Monkey King dazed, Sheela continues moving without fear. Watching Mort take down the Red woman, Sheela changes plans.

"Mort! Mort! Your skills are needed here!"
"This clown's clock must be cleared!"
"I'll make this Monkey King laugh"
"Before we give him a bath"
"So you can wade in without fear!"

Sheela tries to tap the Monkey King on the shoulder, hoping to give him fits.
Laughing Touch, Melee Touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
But her hand is caught on her sleeve and she catches nothing but air.

Mort steps over the now KO'd woman and comes up behind the white clown "Leave the frog alone." Clubbin' + ACP + Flank + Morale: 1d20 + 5 - 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 - 7 + 2 + 1 = 61d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 1 = 17 But his swing doesn't even come close to landing.

Tiffany cocks her head at Sophia as she listens to her rather saucy song, then gets back to the task at hand. "YEAH! Leave the frog alone! Bebop, together now!" The toad leaps onto her the back of her hand. She tightens it and leaps up a third time at the clown's head, announcing what she hopes is a knockout punch and swinging for his nose. "Warty Thunderous Cannon Fist! Haaaa!"

Unarmed strike: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 161d2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Sheela intimidates the White Clown in the wittiest rap smackdown the opera house has ever seen! Kiang Zhen claps for both of you! Sheela misses the Green Monkey King this round with her laughing touch, as Mort misses the White Clown.

The clown hadn't taken an attack of opportunity this round, so he tries to block with his broom as the regal mistress of the amphibian martial arts comes forward with her famed 'Warty Thunderous Cannon Fist'!

Shaken Broom Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 - 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 1 - 2 = -2

He's too terrified to get in his attack, and Tiffany knocks him out!

ORDER: Sophia, Corona, Tiffany (-5 NL), Mort (-8 NL hp), White Clown (Unconscious, -10 NL, -2 Lethal), Green Monkey King (dazed), Sheela, Yorad (-4 NL -3 Lethal), Red Warrior Woman (Unconscious, -13 Non Lethal, -4 Lethal), Blue Sleeping Soaking Wet Cruel Bandit (Sleeping, -5 NL hp)

Corona and Yorad are still up!

Yorad smiles as he sees the lone combatant standin. Maneuvering around the fallen combatants he slides to the other side of the Green-costumed Monkey King. "Feel the sting of my blade and the defeat of your plans...HAHAHAHA!!" He crows as his wooden blade strikes!

Move to position on map.
Attack Green Monkey King. Knife, Sneak Attack, inspire: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 13; damage: 1d4 + 3 + 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (4) + 1 = 9 nonlethal.

Corona cackles gleefully as the White Clown drops to the ground and steps around the sleeping Blue Bandit.

"Poor little monkey, surrounded on all sides!" she exclaims as she tries to whop him with her broom.

Broom! (Nonlethal; Flank, Improvised Weapon): 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 1 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 11
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Yorad staggers the Monkey King, and Corona knocks him out!

Kiang Zhen laughs so hard he can hardly see straight, then waves a hand to allow Tengu monks to rush onto the stage and stabilize the unconscious opponents. He leans over to put an Arcane Mark on each of their foreheads. "This is the mark of shame. Be glad you did not earn one of these from me!"

Then he returns to his seat as the Tengu monks cart your opponents off for further healing. "So, my delighful little troupe... Do you wish to continue improvising an after combat performance for me? Perhaps you can share the stories of your adventures so far, or act out a musical skit?"

-- We're in holding pattern, but there's no reason you cannot have a little melodrama of your very own! --

Sheela claps, giddily.

"I don't see why not." She thinks. "Hmm, my adventures are either too raunchy or too melancholy... Oh! The samurai I met afterwards introduced me to beekeeping. He owns his yard. Now of course, I'm very curious. So when I visited his manor to collect honey, well, let's just say I needed a lot of ointment that evening!"

She turns to her companions. "We could have a little improv here. Let's see... myself, the Samurai Lord, a queen bee, a few worker bees, maybe a servant or two who tried to warn me of... I forget."

"If you guys have a better story to spin, we can try that instead."

Yorad leads against one of the scenery walls and gives Sheela a bemused look. "Do I look like some famous story teller? I could tell you some stories about how one of the boxes from the dockyard nearly slipped off the gangway and plunged into the harbor. Or perhaps the time I nearly saw one of the ships plow into the dock...That happens more often than you would think, he he." He snorts in laughter. "This is the most fun I have ever had in my life...though it nearly was the end of me there!"

"Oh! I want to be a bee!" Corona says, bouncing excitedly. "This is the best day ever!"

Just don't be a buzz kill!

"If Corona's a bee, then I'm, like, suddenly hungry," Tiffany says with a smirk on her face.

"Really? I don't think I'd fit in your mouth, New Friend Tiffany...and I'm also not sure how good I'd taste," Corona responds, her expression somewhat dubious.

"Well, there was this one time in the Nagajoran jungle. It was beautiful. A great anaconda defended its eggs from a group of poachers.
They were no match for nature's grace."

"Wow...New Friends, you have all sorts of stories to tell! Maybe we should get someone to write them down sometime, because I bet they'd all make good operas."

Kiang Zhen claps his hands. "Many good stories, but let us see this bee opera!"

His tengu assistants bring out long yellow and black scarves, hastily put together antennae, and silly looking prop wings that they all give to you. One of them holds up a crown. "Who wants to be the bee queen?"

Feel free to improvise your best bee songs, jokes or puns.

"Indeed, who wants to Bee the queen.
Shall it Bee me, or shall it Bee Corona?
Bee careful, don't mock her, or she might get Stingy."

Tiffany bursts out laughing as Sophia unleashes her pun parade. "Wow, you're so funny, Sophia! All this bee talk reminds me of this one time, I was on a mission for the Society to take down some Aspis in Diobel. It was something of a sting operation!"

Sheela picks up the broom. "Well then, where is the Lord? There was something I wasn't supposed to do with the nest." She nudges the chair in the room.
"Something about...this nest."
"Do I jest?"
"Oh what joys this will bring?"
"I hope I don't get a sting!"
"All this for a yummy honey fest!"

Corona cheerfully applies the makeshift bee trappings though she can't quite get the antennae to stand up straight; one of them flops a bit giving her beesona a rather comical, disheveled appearance. She takes the crown and makes a show of buzzing around Sophia before setting the crown on her head.

"Queen Sophia, there can be no finer,
Always hardworking and never a whiner!
Kind to her workers, she's not a snob,
Queen Sophia is definitely the best bee for the job!"

The tengu monks, decked in bits of yellow and black fabric, come out to serve as a chorus.

♫ Bee-da-la-dee-dee, bee-da-la-do,
Sheela's our queen through and through
We love her in the morning
When we gather our nectar and dew
We love her in the evening
When she's charming the drones in a big to-do
Bee-da-la-dee-dee, bee-da-la-do,
We lo-o-o-ove you! ♫

The blue monk blows her a kiss, and then they cartwheel and do a few tumbling tricks before leaving the stage.

***Overseer post***

"CURTAINS!"