DM Carbide's PFS Emerald Spire

Game Master John Woodford

Senja peers around the corner of the hall and spots the serpentfolk. Conjuring another glittering black sphere of shadow, he tosses it down the hall, where it explodes in a cloud of shimmering dust, coating their foes, toes to nose!

Cast glitterdust, centered to catch all the serpentoids. DC 18 Will save.

Asvald brandishes his sword and begins his often repeated raging song.

Accepting Raging Song. AC 19 for this round.

Acrobatics + DD boots: 1d20 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 15 + 5 = 28

Kali attempts to flip past the serpentfolk next to the door and avoid attacks of opportunity from the rest as she moves northeast, then attacks the one with particularly green scales.

Wakizashi vs. Green: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 [+2 is target is blinded]
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Precision damage if Green is blinded: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

ETA: No Precision damage if it has concealment.

Kali, that puts you in the middle of the pool of water, and it's fairly deep at that point.

Which areas are difficult terrain and which areas require swim checks?

Of course, they don't specify in the room description, so this is ad hoc. The blue rectangle is the deep part, requiring a Swim check; the black rectangle is shallow enough to walk through as Difficult terrain.

Thanks for clarifying, Carbide.

Realizing too late how deep the water is, Kali instead tumbles past the serpentfolk to stop in the shallower end.

Using the same Acrobatics roll as above, but double moving.

Round 1 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted

The cloud of black chips leaves two of the serpentfolk clutching their eyes (blue and green), while the third is still able to see.

Eva to go!

Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 15 FF 13
Green: blinded
Blue: blinded
Orange:

Eva moves up and slices at the nearest serpent.

Slish vs blind blue (rage): 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 = 9

Eva's blade cuts shallowly into the serpentfolk!

Round 2 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja
Eva
Kali
Asvald

The green serpentfolk wipes its eyes clear of glitter and attacks Eva, missing with both fang and blade. The blue one, still blinded, retreats as the orange one moves up and stabs at Eva. Its dagger slides off of her supernaturally-tough skin, though.

Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 15 FF 13
Green:
Blue: blinded; -9 HP
Orange:

Asvald continues his rousing song and hacks with his blade at his true nemesis - dungeon hallways.

Someday Asvald will get a cape of the mountebank, or boots of teleportation, and he will be able to get into a fight before it's over.

"Come on, Asvald, get into the fight!" Senja exhorts, somewhat unfairly. He holds his long-fingered hands together, then pulls them apart to reveal a strange, long-bodied creature, like a mongoose made of shadow! He drops it to the floor and sends it running at the nearest serpentfolk, hoping to impair the foe's effectiveness in combat.

Misfortune Hex on Orange, DC 18 Will save.

Kali flips back 5 feet, then casts Scorching Ray at the blue serpentfolk still blinded.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
SR check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
RTA vs. Blind: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Fire Damage + Precision Damage: 4d6 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 6, 4) + 4 + (6, 6) = 31

Round 2 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted

Asvald continues to rage and sing. Kali's ray leaves its already-wounded target clinging to life by a thread. Senja's shadow mongoose, however, meets an ignominious end as its target stomps it into the slick stone surface.

Eva to go!

Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 15 FF 13
Green:
Blue: blinded; -40 HP
Orange:

Eva swings her sword again, this time in a swift flurry of attacks at the enemy's face!

Flurry Sord (rage): 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8

Flurry Sord (rage): 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 1 = 15

Flurry Sord (rage): 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8

Eva's blows find only duplicates, popping images and leaving the creature with only two remaining.

Round 3 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja
Eva
Kali
Asvald

The badly beaten and burned blue serpentfolk manages to clear its vision. It leaps into the water and sinks out of sight. The one that Eva attacked bites and stabs at her again, hitting her with its dagger for 3 HP. The other one splashes through the water towards Kali and stabs at her, but the agile kitsune dodges out of the way just in time.

Party up!

Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 15 FF 13
Green:
Blue: -40 HP; gone
Orange:

Could you remind me which serpentfolk have mirror image up and how many images they currently possess?

Senja frowns fiercely, sending another shadow mongoose - carefully formed to be slightly larger - at the same foe!

Use Accursed Hex to try again with Misfortune on Orange, DC 18 Will save.

Blue had none, but that one is gone. Orange has two images left, and green has four images.

Round 3 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali
Asvald

Second time is the charm, as the shadow mongoose discomfits the serpentfolk.

Thanks again.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

Kali attempts to use her acrobatic skills to move further back without leaving herself open, then casts an Acid Splash spell at the green serpentfolk.

Acid Splash RTA (no SR): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Acid Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Asvald continues to chant as he chips at the bothersome walls.

Round 3 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted

Kali's spell pops an image. Asvald chants and rages at the unfairness of it all.

Eva is up!

Eva continues to swing her sword flurriously.

Slish (rage): 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 1 = 13

Slish (rage): 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 = 9

Slish (rage): 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10

The first half of the audit is done. They'll be back in two weeks, but in the meantime things have relaxed quite a bit here. At least for today.

Eva's slash destroys another image, leaving her target with only one.

Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja
Eva
Kali
Asvald

Eva's target takes a short step back and concentrates, its outline blurring. The other serpentfolk likewise concentrates and blurs.

Party up!

Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 15 FF 13
Green (3):
Orange (1): unlucky

Senja casts a baleful eye on the single serpentfolk he can see, beginning to laugh madly as he does so.

Cackle to maintain hex, Evil Eye hex on orange for -2 to AC (DC 18 Will save).

Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali
Asvald

The serpentfolk fails to resist Senja's second hex!

Kali sighs loudly as both serpentfolk go blurry, then casts another Acid Splash spell and aims it at the orange serpentfolk to the south.

Acid Splash: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali-acted
Asvald

Even with Senja's hex slowing it, the serpentfolk manages to dodge Kali's acid blob.

Do my eyes deceive me? Is that an opening?!

Spotting an opening, Asvald stops his fruitless attack on the dungeon's walls and darts inside the room. Provoking.

He hacks at the nearest serpentfolk with wild abandon!

Attack (rage, favored enemy): 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 16

Asvald--going after green or orange? You're in position to attack either one.

Do either of them not have images up? If they both have images Asvald will target orange.

Orange only has one image left, and it's also lost a couple points of AC to Senja's evil eye.

Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted

The serpentfolk stabs at Asvald as he rushes by, but Senja's hex confuses it and it misses. Asvald, however, does not, landing a solid blow on it.

Eva to go!

Orange (1) - AC 16 T 13 FF 11 -16 HP misfortune, evil eye
Green (3) - AC 18 T 15 FF 13

I'm not sure if I'm reading your rolls correctly. Did Asvald miss due to miss chance, images, or AC?

It's not his rolls you're not reading correctly, I think you're not reading his words correctly: Asvald didn't miss, he landed a solid blow on it. First, "it misses." Then, "Asvald, however, does not" (i.e., does not miss). That's how I read it.

Ah. Reading is hard.

Eva pursues the cowardly snake with the pointy end of her blade!

Flurry Slish: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 1 = 14

Flurry Slish: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 = 12

Flurry Slish: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11

Eva pops the last of the images guarding her target!

Round 5 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja
Eva
Kali
Asvald

The serpentfolk fruitlessly bite and stab at Eva and Asvald.

Party up!

Orange - AC 16 T 13 FF 11 -16 HP misfortune, evil eye
Green (3) - AC 18 T 15 FF 13

Still only able to see one of the serpentfolk, Senja continues to ruin his target's day. He pauses briefly in his mad laughter to let loose a silent scream at the orange-scaled snakeman, then his cackling resumes!

5-foot step, cast ear-piercing scream (DC 17 Will save or dazed for one round, save also halves the damage), cackle.

Sonic damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 4) = 11
SR: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Asvald presses the advantage, hacking and slashing at the imageless serpent.

Attack (rage, favored enemy): 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 19

Short on magical spells after her earlier solo adventure, Kali casts another Acid Splash to help reduce the number of images on the green serpentfolk to the north.

RTA - Melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Percentage miss chance; low always bad: 1d100 ⇒ 54

Since that missed by less than 5, I believe it still has a chance to reduce its images if the percentage roll is above the concealment chance.

Round 5 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja-acted
Eva
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted

Despite the interference from Senja's hex, the serpentfolk manages to keep its wits about it as it's buffeted by his sonic assault. Asvald takes a mighty swing at the same one, but its blurred outline throws off his aim just enough that the creature can escape the blow. Kali's spell disrupts another image on the unhexed serpentfolk.

Eva is up!

Orange - AC 16 T 13 FF 11 -21 HP misfortune, evil eye
Green (2) - AC 18 T 15 FF 13

Eva swings again at her target, confident that this time its tricksy magic will not avail it!

Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13

Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 1 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 = 26
Confirm: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 = 27
Damage: 2d8 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (2, 8) + 10 + 2 = 22

This time, none of the serpentfolk's defenses avail it. Eva cuts it down with three rapid attacks.

The last one decides it's time for the better part of valor and leaps into the water. Asvald, take an AoO as it retreats.

Presented with an opportunity, Asvald attacks!

AoO: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 21

Asvald is taken by surprise, and can't manage to hit the creature.

Out of combat, unless you want to swim after it.

Kali laughs to herself as the serpentfolk starts to swim away, "Where is he going?" She continues to just watch, baffled why he would try to escape underwater.

"Probably running to his boss - the spellcaster the prisoner warned us about. Let's heal up and keep moving. I'd hate to keep them waiting."

"I imagine you're right, Asvald," Senja says, leaving off the mad laughter for a bit. "How about we get a hustle on, everyone, and see what's through that next door, so we're not waiting right where he left us when the boss comes looking?"

"Oh well, let's check this room first though. Maybe those snakeguys have something valuable on them." Kali suggests as she searches the bodies, then the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26