CORE The Confirmation T2 (Inactive)

Game Master Baerlie

Bulroar scrambles away from the cube, trying his best to avoid being engulfed by it.

Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 to avoid being engulfed

Bulroar manages to escape the cube, stumbling past Gailen as he does so. "Ack! Gah!" he yelps as he tries to shake the slimy feeling of almost being caught by it. In his disgust, he lets his rapier fall to the floor.

Watching his sword fall to the floor, Bulroar manages to snap out of his disgust and focus on the battle at hand again. "I'm not letting that piece of demon gelatine get the best of us. We can do this!" he shouts in encouragement as he reaches for his fiddle.

Move action to move back from the cube, free action to drop his rapier, move action to retrieve his fiddle.

Fidgit takes a 5' step out from the side tunnel and swings both swords overhead and down simultaneously.

"What the hell is this disgusting blob?"

short sword 1: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 = 17

damage 1: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

short sword 2: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

damage 2: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Bulroar dodges the gelatine creature's attempt to engulf him and retrieves his fiddle. Fidgit swings his sword at the transparent cube and one attempt hits.

Round 2
Cube -29HP
Gailen
Yorrick
Bulroar
Fidgit

Gailen takes a step back and swings her glaive once again at the cube.

glaive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Gailen cuts another piece out of the cube and the cube explodes into small pieces of getlatine, covering the walls, Fidgit and Yorrick in goo.

combat over

"Blaaaaak! It's like a dragon sneezed on me! I can't wait to get this goo cleaned off of me. It's rather disgusting."

Looks like they didn't need much inspiring, Bulroar thinks to himself. Oh well, at least the fiddle is good for something. He plays a short little ditty on the fiddle and the smaller pieces of goo on him, Gailen, and then Fidgit fade away. "I've got you covered," he says to Fidgit with a laugh.

Bulroar casts prestidigitation to clean people up.

Done with his fiddling, Bulroar picks up and sheathes his rapier, then walks around to pick up his longbow. As he does, he takes a quick look around the cave to see if there is anything of interested.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 to see if there is anything worth investigating further in the cave.
Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17 to see if there was anything else of use embedded in the cube.

Finally collected, Bulroar takes a moment to catch his breath, preparing himself to run towards the sounds of Janira and the minotaur.

Bulroar searches the area and the cube's liquid remains for anything useful. He finds weapons and partly digested kobolds, but nothing is useful any more. The weapons are already broken and rusty.

Once you reach the eastern end of this area, they notice a faint light at the end of the tunnel. It's reflected moonlight. The sound of Janira's oration is close and clear. Reaching the surface involves traversing only another 120 feet of somewhat slick tunnels.

"Janira! We're coming, friend!"

Climb if necessary: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Bulroar races after Gailen as fast as his short legs will carry hm. "Yes, we're coming!" he yells along.

Climb: 1d20 ⇒ 14 if necessary.

The light of the surface world above provides a welcome reprieve from the blue and green fungus of the caverns below, and light illuminates a stream whose water is hastened by runoff from a recent storm further up the mountains. A ledge to the west rises up to the nearby forest canopy.

You emerge from the caverns into a 40-foot clearing at the base of the Kortos Mounts. The full moon above provides dim light over the entire area, bright enough to illuminate even the shaded leaf litter beneath the trees. These patches of woodland are also filled with underbrush that behaves as light undergrowth, creating difficult terrain and concealment. green = light undergrowth, brown = grass and mud

The stream is about 10 feet wide and 5 feet deep in this area, and the water moves downstream from east to west at 30 feet per round. rough water, which requires a DC 15 Swim check to navigate

A 3-foot-diameter tree truck spans the width of the river, creating an impromptu bridge. The trunk is slippery from the splashing water. crossing it at half speed requires a successful DC 7 Acrobatics check

The slope to the west gradually rises to a height of 20 feet. creatures standing at its highest point benefit from both a commanding view of the battlefield and a clear vantage point for ranged attacks

Nearly 100 feet from the cave’s entrance, Janira Gavix is locked in combat with her relentless minotaur foe in a clearing on the southern bank of the stream. "You vile beast! I know not what drives your black heart, but I shall not fail in my duty. I shall see you driven from this forest, back to the hills from whence you came!" Janira shouts.

Seeing her ally in trouble, Gailen will attempt a running leap over the creek, heedless of any danger.

Using the Run action, Gailen will just barely clear the edge of the river if she makes the Acro check. Let's hope!
Acro: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13 Yay!

Fidgit double moves and crosses the tree trunk

acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Bulroar looks at the thick foliage and the distance between him and the river. It seems to stretch on forever. There's no way I'll make it in time, he thinks to himself.

He looks around, hoping there's another way. Maybe there's a slide or someth... Ooh, that would work. He takes off towards the western slope as fast as his little legs will carry him, reaching for his shortbow and arrow as he does so.

Double move to move up the slope, retrieving his shortbow at the same time.

While Gailen and Fidgit move across the trunk Bulroar takes his position up the slope.

Round 1
Yorrick
Gailen
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Minotaur
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Bulroar
Janira
Fidgit

Does somebody want to post an action for Yorrick?

Yorrick follows Gailen's lead and runs at full speed toward the fight, jumping across the water.

Run action for Yorrick, then jumping to just barely cross the water.
Acro: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Gailen uses her one smite evil of the day, then charges the minotaur, hoping to take it down quickly!

glaive charging power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 - 1 + 2 = 29
damage: 1d10 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 = 16
CRIT CHANCE!!!: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 - 1 + 2 = 14
crit damage: 2d10 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 18 + 2 = 32

It is POSSIBLE that could hit since the creature is flat-footed, since it hasn't acted yet. That would be pretty amazing, but kinda unlikely!

Gailen's AC is only 14 for this round since she charged.

EDIT: Actually, I'm going to use my PFS Shirt reroll on that crit chance! Re-rolling with a +3 from my GM stars.
CRIT CHANCE REROLL!!!: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 - 1 + 2 + 3 = 15 BOOOOOOOOO! LOL I suppose that gives me a SLIGHTLY better chance of hitting.

14 is enough to confirm the crit, no need to use the reroll now :)

Gailen charges the minotaur and hits it with her glaive. The minotaur attacks Janira with his horns but misses the small halfling.
Gore: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Janira in return takes a step back and throws a tanglefoot bag at the minotaur.
TFB: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 duration: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
Reflex Minotaur DC15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Round 1
Yorrick
Gailen
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Minotaur -39HP -1NL [2 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity] 6R
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Bulroar
Janira
Fidgit

Bulroar continues moving along the slope until he has a better view. "Come on, fly true," he whspers to himself. then he raises his shortbow to his cheek and fires.

The arrow flies, but not perfectly. I'm not used to shooting at these distances, he complains to himself, but I need to be better.

Move action to move into position, standard action to shoot.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 2 = 14 to hit the minotaur, one range increment away.
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3 if attack hits.

Fidgit moves up to hopefully flank with someone, and readies to attack just before the minotaur's turn... allowing anyone to move up and flank also.

assuming the minotaur has reach, this should draw an AoO.

Acrobatics to move through threatened square: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

short sword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 (+2 if someone flanks before minotaur's turn)

damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

"Big one aren't you? Let's see how you handle an organized pathfinder crew!"

10 ft. reach is correct

Bulroar moves closer and shoots an arrow at the big cow. He hits and the arrow gets stuck in the minotaur's shoulder. Fidgit steps up to the creature, gets hit by a battleaxe while doing so, and finally pushes his sword deeply into the minotaur's chest.
Aoo Battleaxe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

combat over, that was the fastest minotaur raid I've ever seen...

Bulroar sees the minotaur fall and lets out a yip of triumph. He stows his bow and flips down from the ledge, but the fall is still a bit farther than he expected.

"No, really, I'm okay!" he shouts in protest as he wipes himself up and gets up, going to join the others. "Wow, Janira! That was amazing. Some confirmation, huh," he babbles on. "Good job everyone. High fives all around."

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 to soften the blow.
Fall damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5 for the last 10 foot fall from the cliff.

Back in town, Bulroar starts writing a combined dance routine and fiddle piece to play in the streets of Absalom.

Day Job: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Perform (string) to capture the glory of their task.

Hooray for Smiting Paladin two-handed x3 crit!!! :-D

"Well. That foe was not as hard as I expected it to be. Well done, friends!"

"See? I TOLD you I was the greatest swordsman the society has ever seen! That killing blow will make an amazing final entry in this journal we were tasked to keep. Are you ok Janira?"

"Yes, I'm ok. Thanks for your help! Tell me, did you find something in these caves?"

"Oh boy, did we! Here take a look at this." Fidgit offers his journal for Janira to look through.

Janira has a look at Fidgit's journal. "Oh, that cave seems to be bigger than I expected. Good job!" and after reading the part with the dhampir necromant she says "I'm glad somebody dealt with this guy. Now the gillmen can use these caves safely." and after reading the chapter about the model of Absalom and Aroden's early version of the disguises she continues "This is even more interesting. You have to write this information into your report to the Society. They will for sure send a group of historians to visit this part of the caves."