Corsairs of Varisia

Game Master dain120475

The un-touched goblin at W:30 and does a full attack on Hack –

Attack 1
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

If it hits –
1d3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

Attack 2
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

If it hits –
1d3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5

Meanwhile –

From the large building you see the half-orc step.

He moves to J:21.

He looks at you all with feverish eyes.

”The Father comes for you all! Know this and despair!” he cries out in a desperate voice.

From the opening in the large building something comes moving out.

It is very large, and its eyes gleam with cruel intelligence and it moves to J:19 (So that you know, it’s a “Large Sized” creature) and hisses at you malevolently.

New Battle Map.

Geser looks over that giant serpent and his mind tacks back to the information that Asan had shared with them and the clues that they found from the dead body on the trail south.

The pieces click - the serpent is no native; it was brought here for some purpose and now it is coming to kill them all...

"Oh hell..." he mutters as a Free Action.

"Damn! Suny get back behind me, quick!"

Stefan moves towards the new threat adopting a defensive posture.

"Kill that blasted orc!"

"Damn! Suny get back behind me, quick!"

"Kill that blasted orc!"

Stefan, I'm bumping you up to N:27 as O:27 would have you standing on top of a corpse and that would be too difficult to maintain a Full Defense on.

FYI - any thoughts on the Discussion Thread would be helpful, too.

Two-Kills, not caring about the serpent and wanting to finish the last of the goblin scum, charges and full attacks the goblin @ W:30.(+2 flanking with Hack)

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 = 11
Damage, if hits: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 plus grab
Claw 1 Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 2 = 24
Damage, if hits: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 plus grab
Claw 2 Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 2 = 26
Damage, if hits: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 plus grab

Attempting grapple as free action,

CMB to grapple: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 2 = 19 vs CMD 12

Additional special attacks and damage,

Rake 1 Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 2 = 29
Damage, if hits: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Rake 2 Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 2 = 10
Damage, if hits: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Confirm Crit on Rake 1: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 = 13 Didn't confirm

Total Damage to goblin @ W:30: 17. I think the goblin is dead.

Two-Kills roars in almighty victory against the goblins!

Two-Kills HP: 1/26, AC 16

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Taissa rifles through her mind trying to discern what she knows about the "Father"

[dice=Know. Nature re "Father"]1d20+5[/dice]

Dain GM, Using 1 free re-roll here

[dice=Know Nature re "Father"]1d20+5[/dice]

She calls to Polux, "Come closer to us now!"

She whistles to Daya, calling her back.

I have to collect my dropped shortbow when this is done.

Taissa's HP 23/29, AC 16

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Daya flies down toward Taissa, and hovers 5 to 10 feet over W:25.

Fly check to hover (DC 15): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Daya's HP 9/15, AC 22

[dice=Know. Nature re Father]1d20+5

Dain GM, Using 1 free re-roll here

[dice=Know Nature re knowledge of Father]1d20+5

Two-Kills killed his goblin, but he looks very, very intimidated by the presence of that creature "The Father" - let's see if Taissa can find out why via her roll...

Thanks for running me, Dain GM. Yesterday was a long day--worked 4 hours when I was supposed to be off, despite my plans for the day. Spent today mostly in bed, having come down with something quite suddenly. I still don't feel quite right, but hopefully I'll be better tomorrow.

Geser looks at the snake, his eyes flicking back to Hack and Polux and he considers what could happen...

Possible Action from Hack and Polux...

He considers what the others will do, but can't come up with an equally good visual at this time...

Geser, I hope you feel better soon. I was in the hospital earlier this week and I had to go on valium for the pain, it's messing with me, too, so I understand how you feel. Of course, you're free to act now, though, if you'd like.

@ALL: Taissa has shared all the information under Dain GM's spoiler re the Father with you for expediency sake.

Constrictor stats

"The Father is a constrictor snake! He will be very hard to take down. We must work together or we will perish."

Taissa drops the lucerne hammer and draws her loaded musket and aims at the giant serpent and shoots.

Ranged Touch Attack with musket, including range penalty: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 2 = 13
Damage, if hits: 1d12 ⇒ 12

The snake moves 20 ft per round and isn't impeded by the difficult terrain and it's bite is at +11, so not good to be bit. We need to keep moving back when we can and draw it forward. Polux use your musket or longbow, if you can.

It takes a full round to reload a musket, so yes, that's what Taissa will be doing next round.

Constrictor's HP now 68/80.

Nice shot Taissa! Your shot hit it hard!

"Come on you big, ugly bastrad! I'm right here!"
Stefan shouts at the snake as he rattles his manacles at it.

Over his shoulder, he shouts,
"By the way, none of you would have chanced to pick up my sword from the beach...?"

"Come on you big, ugly bastrad! I'm right here!"

Stefan shouts at the snake as he rattles his manacles at it.

Over his shoulder, he shouts,
"By the way, none of you would have chanced to pick up my sword from the beach...?"

Stefan, I think someone may have picked up your sword, as well as Geser and Suny's weapons. You can wield them, but still at a penalty. Also, whoever is holding the weapons will have to bring them to you.

The half-orc hears you, Stefan, and his eyes narrow.

"So! You would be the first to taste death, then?" he says with a calm finality and states hard at you.

"Know death and despair - Apep comes for you!" he adds with a cruel yell.

We did collect everything from the foreshore and anything we found on the deceased goblins. But I think Polux would have them, more than likely, as Taissa was busy searching for tracks (with Hack's aid) and trying to entice Two-Kills to join us. Polux is currently at T:16. :)

Round 4, Sickened, Rage: Rd 9/11 (AC: 14)

Hack moves forward to Q27, and attempts to intimidate the Half-Orc.

I am gonna eat your father, after I take yer head!

Intimidate: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Since this is difficult terrain, Polux should be able to double move 30' correct? Going to T:22, and throwing Stefan's sword towards him. Do I need to roll anything?

Since this is difficult terrain, Polux should be able to double move 30' correct? Going to T:22, and throwing Stefan's sword towards him. Do I need to roll anything?

Hack - you just moved 40 feet through difficult terrain and used a Standard Action via Intimidate. It's difficult to tell if that was successful, but it might have been...

Polux to "hit" Stefan with his sword, if you want to toss it at him, you need a ranged touch attack of DC 10.

Since it's a thrown weapon and it's 40 feet the range increment is standard 10 feet.

Stefan, there really aren't any rules for "catching" things that I know of, so I'll say that you can make a raw Dexterity check (or Reflex Check if you prefers) of DC 15 to catch the weapon in the air as a free action. Or the weapon can hit the ground by your feet and you can pick it up as a Move Action.

Polux, while I'm thinking of it, you probably have Suny and Geser's weapons, too.

Ranged Touch Attack to throw Stefan his weapon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Phew...

Suny continues to move along with Stefan and Geser, helping support the chain binding them together.

I don't think our manacles are attached. Are they, or are we individually manacled?

Geser will retrieve his weapons if his friends have indeed picked them up--and any other equipment they've grabbed that's his. As soon as he has everything in hand, he immediately applies all of his senses to detecting Apep. The ankh the half-orc is wearing flashed light on Geser and his friends. If Apep is real, they've proably all been marked as targets, and the light was evidence of some kind of power at work...

Perception roll" 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Dain GM, it sounds like you've had it rougher than me these last few days. I don't know how you keep up with all this. Looks like all the vitamin C in my current diet helped me through the worst of whatever I had.

Dain GM, it sounds like you've had it rougher than me these last few days. I don't know how you keep up with all this. Looks like all the vitamin C in my current diet helped me through the worst of whatever I had.

Thank you, Geser. It has been hard lately, but it is the job I signed on to do, and I do like to write. For me, this is more of a forum for creative writing that involves an existing format for me to get reactions to my work. So despite my personal issues, it's a pleasure for me to write.

Regarding your check - you guess without rolling that it's a religious symbol of some sort, and it's likely this person is a cleric.

That said, the real question is to discover what the symbol is all about. If you had Knowledge: Religion, you could make a check on it, but Knowledge Skills cannot be used untrained. In other words, you need at least 1 rank in it to use that skill.

It's reasonable inference to assume that Apep may be some sort of divine being; but as to how "real" he is would require an appropriate roll for Religion.

Okay - I think everyone who has acted has acted. I guess that means I'm up. I'll have something up soon, then.

Can Suny redo her action this round as she isn't attached to the others via the manacles? Her current action, as it stands, is wasteful and she may be able to do something more useful.

Dain GM, it's a joy for me to indulge in creativity as well, but if I'm tired, anything that's in any way cerebral sucks. I think I tire out my brain before anything else. As for my Perception check, I wasn't focusing on the symbol; I was going off of your description of it from earlier and the things he's done with it as a reason to expect that this "Apep" he's speaking of might actually show up. My Perception roll was to look around and see if I noticed anything approaching.

Reflex save 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Stefan reeaches out, but the manacles prevent him from catching the blade. Instead it drops at his feet.
"Oh well, we will see if I get a chance to pick it up."

Ret-conning Suny's action -

Okay, as Suny has not posted and was able to do more than simply stand there, I'm going to move her to O:25 to try to search the body of the dead goblin archer.

Not surprisingly, she finds the bow of the goblin archer on him and some arrows - she picks them up and is now armed, though still bound with the manacles.

Bad-guy moves coming soon...

New Round –

The snake takes a double-move and moves over to L:M/25.

Finally, the half-orc cackles fiendishly and begins to cast a spell…

New Battle Map Here.

Your move, gang.

Taissa takes a 5 ft step to W:27 and begins loading her musket (full round action).

Taissa's HP 23/29, AC 16

As a free action, she swiftly speaks to Two-Kills in lion-speak,

Two-Kills HP 1/26, AC 16

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Taissa is worried about her injured Roc so she asks Daya to remain put until she can see what her companions do next.

Daya's holding for now. HP 9/15, AC 22

As a free action, she swiftly speaks to Two-Kills in lion-speak...

Covered in blood, Two-Kills cocks his massive head as he watches Taissa and nods quick.

Two-Kills takes a 5 foot step to S/T:29 and fastens his teeth into the unconscious form of the goblin by Geser's feet, then picks the goblin in his maw and turns and moves south to X/Y:31 with the goblin held between his teeth.

Taissa watched Two-Kills' movements, from taking the dead goblin to retreating. She bowed her head at his final words and was relieved he was leaving, headed back to his home, and away from possible death.

Spirits, guide our hands and hearts. Allow us to defeat the evil.

She continued loading her musket in preparation for next round.

Polux tries to close the distance to the caster in the back as best as he can in the snowy terrain, wading in through snow and dirt.

Double move to O:20

So noted, Polux! Meantime, I'm off to work in the snow... Yay commuting! See you guys tonight :)

Seeing the snake hasn't reached him yet, Stefan takes the opportunity to pick up his sword. Then stands and interposes himself between the snake and the rest of the group.

Where is the Half-Orc positioned, and can I charge him?

I believe J:21

I feel stupid, but I guess I was skimming when I could over the weekend and must have overlooked it. The snake, Apep...yeah. Okay. Duh.

Geser will look around for something he can use to touch the ankh. Perhaps a cloth from the clothes of one of the dead goblins? He doesn't want to make direct contact with it, but if he can get it away from the half-orc, perhaps he can deter the snake with it.

I'm back for a bit between jobs - commuting to the first job today was awkward with the snow and also construction. Yay...

In any case -

1. Hack, Polux is correct - the half-orc is 50 from you over difficult terrain at J:21. However, the snake is only 20 feet from you - which means you could move 15 feet and hit him, if you wanted (in other words 15 feet puts you adjacent to the snake).

2. Stefan - your total defense is noted. By the way, as I'm reading it now, I do not believe that Crane Style is able to "Deflect" a Combat Action, only a specific attack; but not something like Disarm or Grab - please clarify if you have notes on it either way. Thanks.

3. Geser - I'm assuming that you have at least a bandanna on your person at some point. However, you are 60 feet away from the spellcaster at this time and you have not attempted to move closer. If you want to try to "Disarm" him (A Combat Maneuver) you are welcome to try - but you'd still need to close 60 feet over difficult terrain and you have not yet moved.

At this point we're still waiting for both Suny and Taissa to take their formal moves, as well as for Hack to declare his formal intentions - then it's my turn.

Meanwhile, I'm off to my second job and I'll see you all tonight. Good luck!

Round 4, Sickened, Rage: Rd 9/11 (AC: 14), Power Att

Hack will move to N:26 and attack the snake.

GA Att: 1d20 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 2 - 1 = 11
GA Dam: 1d12 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 4 = 22

Possible 'double move' to some where like R:26?

Suny is ready to hand over the bow and arrows to some one who can use them. Other than that? She just gets ready to hit snake....

Correct, Crane Wing does not work against combat manuevers. However, an attack with the Grab special ability must hit first before a grapple attempt is made, so Crane Wing does work against that. The snake does have the option of just trying to initiate a grapple, but that would provoke an AoO as Grab does not count as Improved Grapple except with the attack that has Grab.

Geser heads toward the half-orc at his best speed possible, but he keeps an eye on the serpent as well. After all, it's probably going to protect him at all cost. He makes sure to have a piece of cloth in his hand so that he can grasp the ankh without making contact with it.

Okay - so at this point it's 3:30 in my time and I have two jobs to go to in the morning. So what I'm going to do is have Daya use "Full Defense" for her action this round.

Next, I'm going to put up the actions of the bad guys. But I have spent the majority of the day reading the posts and going over them in my head and they've left me very, very confused. So I'm going to address that on the Discussion Thread.

Okay, that said - I'm going to put the bad guys up in a moment.

Bad guys turn –

First, the priest takes a Double Move to move to K:26.

Meanwhile, his spell goes off. An Air Elemental appears at P:25 and attacks Suny with a Slam Attack.

Attack –
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

If it hits –
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Meanwhile, the snake will simply go after Stefan.

Attack against Stefan –
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

If it hits –
1d8 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

If it hits Initiate Grab CMB
1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

New battle map Here.

Seeing that Stefan has parried the attack of the serpent, the half-orc calls out in a harsh voice to it -

Okay guys - it's your move. See you soon.

Dain GM, Taissa moved back 5 ft to W:27 last round. Can you please update the map accordingly? Thanks. :)

Not being deterred by the air elemental appearance on the field, Taissa aims at the large serpent, again, hoping to do more damage before it grabs one of her comrades and kills them.

Ranged Touch Attack with Musket, including range penalty: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 2 = 15 (Has Precise Shot so no penalty for firing into melee.)
Damage, if hits: 1d12 ⇒ 7

I believe the Touch AC is 11 for the serpent, so I think that hits for another 7 damage.

2 shots out of 5 used.

Serpent's current HP 61/80

As a free action, she speaks to Daya in Roc-speak,

Daya, wary of the air elemental and not wanting to draw attention to herself, will attempt to stealthily fly to W:20. She will reach for the 2 pound composite shortbow with her claws, remaining 5 feet off the ground at all times.

She will remain hovering in the air @ W:20 (bow held in claws), until she can return to Taissa's side and deposit the bow by her feet.

Raw Stealth check to move/fly without drawing attention: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Fly check to hover (DC 15): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Not sure what rolls I need to make, if any. Please advise further Dain GM. Daya's strength is 13 (carrying capacity: light load 50 lbs or less) and the comp shortbow only weighs 2 lbs.

That's two move actions this round for Daya : fly and retrieve weapon, if the action is allowable.

Stefan smiles now that he has his sword in hand.
"Now we shall see how well your pet stands against my steel."

attack vs snake 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
damage 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Well, based on what Dain has posted in discussion, here's some meta - someone needs to shift their position to L:27 or M:27, so Polux at least gets a chance to charge the snake and flank her also - actually going to L:27, attacking the half-orc, and offering a flanking opportunity to Polux would be great - GO!

EDIT: Ninjaed by Stefan - what about a retcon there Stefan? *hint*hint*

Polux, you can stand next to Stefan or I in K:25 or N:25 and still get flanking because it is a large creature.

Stefan, You have a +2 for flanking with me, don't you?

Round 5, Sickened, Rage: Rd 10/11 (AC: 14), Power Att, Flanking

Hack will continue to lay into the snake from a flanking position with Stefan.

GA Att: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 10 - 2 + 2 - 1 = 19
GA Dam: 1d12 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 4 = 15

@DAIN GM: Major mistake...In my Round 4 attack a few posts above, I forgot to add the +10 to my attack, and only subtracted for Sickened and PA. Please retcon my last post to a 21 Attack Roll. That means that I likely hit for 22 points of damage last round on the snake!

Polux, you can stand next to Stefan or I in K:25 or N:25 and still get flanking because it is a large creature.

I am confused Hack - how is this possible? As far as I understand, the half-orc is in K:26. If I stand in K:25 yes I can flank the snake, but how do I flank if I am on N:25?

Taking a second look at the map (I am on O:21) - if anyone would have shifted to M:27, I could get flanking and sneak attack, by moving to N:24 (can only move 15' in difficult terrain and attack, I believe).

Then again, I don't think you can shift in difficult terrain so it doesn't really matter I guess...

Seeing the half-orc lurking behind the massive creature, Polx drops the bow and wades in on the snake, drawing his Earthbreaker - "Who wants to live forever anyway?" - he growls, swinging in a wide arc.

Moving to N:24 and attacking the snake - fighting defensively.

Earthbreaker attack: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 4 = 22
Damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 3) + 9 = 15

--Status--
AC: 18
HP: 6
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Seeing the great serpent slide up to Stefan, Geser and herself Suny simply drops the bow and arrow as she turns, deftly wraps the chains about her fists and wrists in a complicated manner, thence tries to connect said metal to the beasties head.

Att with improvised weapon=>Catch off guard=>Target is flat footed to Suny's attack=> 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 - 2 = 10(Hopefully flanking with Stefan and Geser. Though the minus from being sickened sucks)

Dam Roll:1d4 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (5) = 10(+Sneak attack for target being Flat Footed)

Well...not much productive with those dice rolls...