Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Pallas tries to focus his mind away from the incredible burning pain long enough to cast his most powerful healing spell. Concentration check :1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23
A moment later, Daxter's hood is removed and he sees one hooded cultist forcing Valeros to his knees. Valeros is still blinded by the black cloth bag.
The woman throws back his hood revealing flawless pale varisian features. She smiles sweetly revealing canines ending in deadly points.
"The greatest gift Lissala has to offer is eternal life", Charito explains. "It shall be yours. But there is one last rite you must undergo, to show us that you are dedicated to the goddess above all else. Take this knife, and with it, remove the heart of the wretch before you. Feast upon that heart, for those who are unworthy to serve in life should feed those who rule with their blood. The blood will baptize you, and the hour of your glorious transformation will be at hand."
Daxter keeps his composure when he realizes that there is a vampire in the room. Daxter takes his knife and raises it high in the air only to bring it down.
Bluff to hide my intentions:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
Onto Valero's blindfold!
"Get up and fight you fool. We need to kill a vampire."
hp 43/58, AC 24, touch 15, FF 20, CMD 26, Fort +8 Ref +6 Will +4 Status:2 con drain, 2 negative levels, bestow curse
"Thanks...friend. Wouldn't know what to do without ya."
With that, Valeros spins around, drawing his blades and swinging a longsword at Charito, yelling "Hey, get offa him and pick on someone your own size!"
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Pallas attempts to throw the hood off of his head, while disguising it to look like he did it involuntarily while sneezing. Bluff check to make it look like a really bad sneeze:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37
Pallas (and everyone else once they get their hoods off) sees that you appear to be in a well furnished office space. Lined up against the wall with the three pathfinders are the four other aspirants the party met earlier. Everyone except for Pallas is still wearing their hoods.
On the other side of the room are cultists with their hoods pulled back. They have pale smooth features but a hateful predatory glare in their soulless eyes. They sneer revealing sharpened canines.
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Pallas' eyes grow wide as he sees the cultists with the smooth skin, "Such alabaster complexion, and so smooth! I am envious." Knowledge (religion):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Pallas jumps up from his kneeling position, quickly moving in front of his fellow Pathfinders while drawing his scimitar. He takes on a defensive stance versus any who might harm He flicks his wrists and shakes out his legs, ready for combat. His scimitar crackles with a purple glow. (Move action to stand, 5' Step to move to square Y6; draw scimitar as move; swift action to activate Arcane Strike)
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Pallas does not simply stand there, however. His feet and entire body enter a waving, snake like dance.
(Oops, I forgot, free action to enter the Dance of 23 Steps.)
Level 7 Male Dwarf Cleric HP 80/80 [0]| AC 21 | T 10 | FF 22 | CMD 18 | Fort +11 | Ref +4 | Will +10 | Init +4 | Perc +3 | Sense Motive +11
Harsk hears someone making moves to his side. He shakes off his hood and stands up. He notices the aggressive look on the three cultist's faces and Pallas' stance. So, he rushes forward toward the pale-skinned cultist directly in front of him. As he moves forward, he readies his battlaxe to deal with the cultists. Move to X.8
"Gorram cultists. I knew this would end badly."
I figured that removing a hood would be a swift action, or something that I could combine with the move to stand up. So, if it's no good to do that, then my two move actions are to remove my hood and stand up.
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Harsk McLarson wrote:
"Gorram cultists. I knew this would end badly."
Pallas barks out, "Harsk and Amira, these are vampire spawn. They are susceptible to magic! Stay near me!"
This is for everyone. I have the Bodyguard feat and have optimized myself to keep my fellow Pathfinders from harm. In game terms, this means that as long as you are adjacent to me, I can use my AoO to make Aid Another rolls to make you harder to hit. What this means is that as long as I don't roll a natural 1, your AC (normal, touch, and ff) goes up by 8 points. So I would highly advise you to stay near me. I have 7 AoO a round, which is generally enough.
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
GM Feral: In order to speed things up, I will preroll 10 Aid Another checks. Please use these results any time an ally of mine within my reach is attacked. Note that Bodyguard applies to all attacks, not just in melee. Since my attack bonus will fall below +9 very rarely, I am simply making straight d20 rolls. The Aid Another action only fails on a natural 1.
1. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 9
2. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 20
3. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 7
4. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 20
5. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 17
6. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 18
7. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 18
8. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 7
9. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 18
10. Aid Another:1d20 ⇒ 15
I'll handle the rolls. I know you only fail on a 1 so I just rolled a d20. It's worth noting that Bodyguard is still Aid Another so you have to follow all of the mechanics associated with it.
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
DM Feral wrote:
It's worth noting that Bodyguard is still Aid Another so you have to follow all of the mechanics associated with it.
The mechanics are actually slightly different. Aid Another requires you to be within range of the attacker, while the Bodyguard feat specifies that you have to be adjacent to the person you are defending. What other mechanics are there?
Bodyguard does not eliminate the need to be adjacent to the attacker. It just has the added requirement of requiring you to be adjacent to your ally.
Bodyguard wrote:
When an adjacent ally is attacked, you may use an attack of opportunity to attempt the aid another action to improve your ally’s AC. You may not use the aid another action to improve your ally’s attack roll with this attack.
SRD wrote:
In melee combat, you can help a friend attack or defend by distracting or interfering with an opponent. If you're in position to make a melee attack on an opponent that is engaging a friend in melee combat, you can attempt to aid your friend as a standard action. You make an attack roll against AC 10. If you succeed, your friend gains either a +2 bonus on his next attack roll against that opponent or a +2 bonus to AC against that opponent's next attack (your choice), as long as that attack comes before the beginning of your next turn. Multiple characters can aid the same friend, and similar bonuses stack.
Don't worry, I'm not going to have the bad guys go out of their way to foil your bodyguarding but protecting people from ranged attacks is very difficult.
No sun domain, so no Channel Resistance ignoring; Abadar doesn't have it, and an indoor bookworm like Amira would never have it. Only the rarely-useful Community domain is at her disposal (due to my lack of reading about having only one domain on this horrible archetype.) I figured we could use some damage on all of them instead of some paltry healing.
Male Human (Keleshite) Warrior for Sarenrae 12 (HP 102/102 | AC: 37* T:25* FF:25 | CMD 31 | Fort:+11* Ref:+19* Will:+12* | Init+9* | Perception+11* | Effects: Insp C +6, Fly, Haste, Good Hope, Mirror Image, Abyss (-4 to Int, Wis, Cha rolls), Dance of 23 S, Discordant Voice
Pallas screams out in pain as his very life energy is torn from his body. "Damn you all to the Pit of Gormuz!" he yells in Kelish. His hands twitch momentarily as he ducks out of the vampire's reach to cast a spell. Immediately, a small group of additional Pallases spring up around him, all mirroring the bard's every action. Despite his weakened body, the dancer then attempts to wind his way through his undead opponents so that he can defend the dwarf and the Qadiran woman simultaneously. (Concentration check to cast mirror image defensively (DC 19):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34; Number of images created:1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4; Acrobatics checks to move through three different vampire spawn's threatened squares to square W6: Acrobatics vs. F2::1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35, Acrobatics vs. F3:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30, Acrobatics vs. F4:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29; free action to maintain Dance of 23 Steps; swift action to continue Arcane Striking)
Harsk’s keen-edged axe is buried in the chest of the nearest vampire. The cultist goes rigid and then melts away into a pale mist that slowly drifts toward the double doors on the southern side of the room.
Pallas’s spell goes off unhindered and the vampires struggle to follow the bard’s swift movements.
