Chyrone [PFS]: The confirmation, February -March 2017 (Inactive)

Game Master Chyrone

Yeah, I see that... Now we're relying on our bard to pull us through. :-)

What is sour, is he part that he's at just 1 HP.

Usually he'd have fled by then, but as he had to come across the river with great effort and injury, it turned into a fight or die situation.

I'd like to ask, wouldn't running into the cave, and shooting from there, have worked better, when he was still at a distance?
The cave is 5ft wide, he'd not fit.

I thought so, but didn't act on it, I'm trying it now, hopefully he misses.

Sure.

Or grabbing the stuff out of Janira's bag (cause I know what's in there from other games) and trying to immobilize him. Or having everyone stay spread out so that he couldn't be in reach of multiple people at once.

Hindsight and all that...

But then, not engaging to begin with, that would have been better. :-)

Really it came down to a few things:
1) Our first line of defense got too close to the river, letting him get an attack one round sooner.
2) The minotaur made his saves vs venomous gaze both times. There was a 35% chance of it working each time, was hoping to get one in. Not only would it have been doing damage, it also would have made the minotaur miss a turn, which would have been a big change in the battle overall.
3) The minotaur was rolling roughly on 50-50 or slightly better chances to hit, but he rolled really well. Had he missed one attack earlier in the fight, it would have made things a lot different (just like the gaze would have bought us one more round)
4) The AoO was HUGE. We couldn't afford to give the minotaur any extra attacks, and that cost us. We basically lost a round there.

BTW I was about to run for the cave on that round I retreated back, but I didn't want to leave the archers exposed. I decided to do the heroic thing, knowing that was likely not good for me.

I didn't realize the damage output was going to be as low as it was, or I would have probably not decided to fight this. I didn't look over anyone's character sheets (I'd rather be surprised, for better or worse.).

There's still a chance...

For me this is rather costly. It's my one-and-only chance to play this scenario at level 2. And my character has 4 xp already so I'm losing that too if he dies.

But it's just a game. :-)

And besides, Ajaline was always a bit condescending to many of his party members so maybe it's just karma.

Chance yes, that there's just going to be two of you left.

Thrawn, the damage output you guys had been shooting so far was still pretty well.

Well, I guess it boils down to this. Mistakes were made, but that's that, sadly.

Uh, also, I noted in a previous post I wanted to be as far north as possible, I just wasn't able to move my token at the time, as I was on my mobile.

I should have been well put of range and not provoked...

Could you next time ask for someone to move the token, so the GM won't accidentally axe you.

When retconning that, the fight looks entirely different.
Only Gregor would be a casualty, aside from Janira of course.

Unless there's objections, is the team prepared to snap out of the Vision of Demise?

You mean a redo back to some point of time?

No objections here!!!

I see no problem with this...:)

/sheepishly

how far back?

Good point DM I should have done that. Had to find a window at work to post so I flubbed it up :/

But yes, I'm ready to wake from this AWFUL NIGHTMARE (and from now on listen to the NPCs that warn us...)

Yeah, retconning that much is uncommon.
But it wouldn't be fair otherwise, near TPK from one detail that was mentioned yet overlooked.

Sorry to say, Gregor, this was past the point where you died.

All good. Good luck everybody.

Gregor noooooooo

Apologies for my absence, my computer has been having issues, as have I. I should be able to fulfill posting requirements from work or the library, or mobile, although I am somewhat loath to do so from there. If needed, I can, though.

Quick question: Isn't Janiera a splat on the ground outside the cave? I dragged her stuff, Gregor's stuff, and the minotaurs axe into the cave with us, but I don't think the Halfling is likely to be singing at the moment.

Fair point, thank you.

I have cons the next two weekends in a row. This weekend will be Fri-Sat-Sun, and the following is a Sat-Sun. I will try and keep up and post as best I can, but no promises.

I'm traveling from the US to Europe this weekend and I'll be in Munich then London all week next week. I'll still have internet access and I'll still be online (this is a work trip, not a vacation) so I should be able to keep up on the postings.

My selfish tactical advice:
R1 - Pull acid, throw acid, eat the AoO.
R2 - Move on top of Hal, pick up Ajaline's wand.
R3 - Heal Ickeckless about a second before he dies.

Once I'm up, I can channel everyone up.

What say Draklor posts his actions for the next 5 or 6 rounds, to speed things up.
Ickeckess likewise with his con rolls.

I'll roll the skeleton's actions worth if you guys agree.
The skeleton will only do aoo and full attacks anyway.

I'm game, I've posted Draklor's next 6 rounds. It's pretty much all Acrobatics checks, and he'll heal himself if he gets hurt. Rolls weren't great until the final round, unfortunately.

We'll see if the skeleton rolls particularly badly. At 3 attacks a round, it's not likely Draklor will live through this, but we'll see. I'm dead no matter what happens, so good game everyone.

Well, he might not do enough damage in one round to bring me down. I'll be healing when necessary, but sorry if I'm not able to save you or potentially anyone else.

Just an FYI, if you had thrown the acid and taken the splash, that would have ended the fight on the first round in the corner. There was a 0% chance of failure. Maybe next time.

Just 2 fights, including this one.

Hal, a question.

You switched from bow to melee, but did you sheathe and draw the weapons, or did you drop your bow and draw your melee weapon?

Sheathing a weapon provokes, is why i'm asking.

Guys, i believe i have good news.

Reading back on engulf, it seems the slam dmg does apparently not incorporate, only the acid. This means our elven friend could still be alive.

It means on round 3 he is disabled.
Round 4 at -5, considering his stabilize roll.
Round 5 at -7, but stabilizes by himself.

With the jello staying in place to digest Ajaline, it means you'd easily finish a sitting duck.

That is, if he decides to delay dancing with the elven girl.

Really? I wondered about that but I didn't look it up. Guess I should have!

Ajaline would be happy to be pulled back from his vision of heaven.

Thank you guys for playing, even though this isn't the outcome we'd had hoped for.

I aim to get the chronicles done this weekend.

Draklor, Hal, can you send me a PM with an email i can send them to?

Tough to watch from the sidelines! I'd be in for a future game at low tier if you were running, Chyrone. I have a couple characters kicking around.

I probably will at some point, but not in the very near future just yet.

But thanks for the compliment.

Hal, i got a PM from Draklor. Can you send me one as well, thanks.

Just peeking in to say I was following this exciting game. Sorry to see that some of you perished. What did Ajaline's fate end up being? Dancing in the afterlife, or partially digested and stabilized?

Dancing in the afterlife, after all.

Ajaline, Draklor made a tribute to you in the Flaxseed Lodge.

Theron will have to bring the bad news to Erlathan, when they next meet.
Which might even be if cthulathan decides to do a drink there soon.

Yeah, Theron will have to let him know. I'd have Erlathan post in Flaxseed but he's currently off in Tian Xia!

Thanks for the head's up about the tribute. I posted a response. I think that Ajaline might be enjoying the afterlife more than he ever enjoyed the mortal life.

Ok, game reported.

Draklor, i've sent you the chronicle.

Now to wait for Hal to send his PM.

Chronicle looks good, but I thought if Janira died, we didn't get to be her friend?

Ah, i knew i had forgotten something.
That means the first one crossed out as well, however, as it requires you having documented your Confirmation.

I'll resend the chronicle tomorrow.

I sent you the revised chronicle, Draklor.