DM Jesse's Temple of Elemental Evil PbP, Pathfinder style

Game Master Jesse Heinig

Kyrie nods at Zinnath's suggestion and chided herself for not thinking of it first. The tiny dragon was the best scout she had ever seen, and it was a good idea to let him do what he was good at.

Fezzik nods in agreement to Bat's and Zinnath's comments. "Maybe split up? I block escape route and Enoby uses her bow while rest try to flush them out," he says looking around for confirmation.

Enoby purses her lips.

"A sound strategy, Fezzik. As we posess time to prepare, I can magic my bow to make it more deadly as well."

Bataleigha tries to approach the door as silently as possible. Once she reaches it, she checks things out, listening and then scanning for traps.

Stealth: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (4) - 3 = 1
Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

*CLOMP!!* *THUMP!!* "SHHHHH!!!"

Fezzik moves to be able to attack anyone who comes out of the secret door with his new great sword. I'm assuming it's near the rubble at the corner

The rubble isn't actually secret; it's just an area of collapsed wall. The secret door in that wall has a second staircase down to another part of the dungeon, but it looked like it just went into a little closet so you guys never really used it much.

Zinnath flits ahead and quietly hides behind a chunk of the ruined wall.

Moving up to the door next to Bat, Deko looked between the woman and the door before asking, "Deko break door now? Go punch bad guy?"

Enoby moves into position not too far from Fezzik. She knocks an arrow and draws a bead on the opening, ready to fire at the first ne'er-do-well that attempts to flee.

Enoby readies an attack for the first person who attempts to escape through the collapsed wall.

And here's the attack roll, just to save time if it triggers:

Short Bow(+Point Blank Shot): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Kyrie moves over, getting a clearer view of Deko and Bats as they column-up by the door.

Bat gives Deko an amused look before mouthing the words "Turn the knob first?" and pantomiming turning a doorknob. Then she gives Deko a nod.

I'll need Stealth checks from Deko, Fezzik, and Enoby - basically to see if they notice you coming in the front, or out at the back.

Sneaky Sneaky!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Also, I forgot about Enoby's Light Blindness, so she's Dazzled right now (unless there's enough tree coverage in this area to create a significant amount of shade). As such, that readied attack at the top is at a -1, for a total attack roll of 14.

The Party: "There are several claws worth of bipeds in here, humans it seems. They have weapons, but they seem to be not too well fed or clothed. They might be ruffians, or they might be refugees. What do you want me to do? I can try speaking with one of them from hiding?"

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 - 3 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 3 = 3 lol

As Fezzik is stepping across the water, he hears Zinnath's voice in his head and looks up to see where he is. Distracted, he doesn't watch where he is stepping and his weight causes a pumpkin-sized rock to shift and splash loudly in the water. He grimaces as he realizes he has blown their element of surprise.

Stealth: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

Walking on tip-toes to try and be more stealthy, Deko none-the-less managed to step on every loose stone and dry twig in his path.

And probably a few on another plane.

Initiative: Brigand: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

Initiative: Bataleigha: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Initiative: Deko: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Initiative: Emory: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Initiative: Fezzik: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Initiative: Kyrie: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Initiative: Zinnath: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Zinnath is first, then the brigands, then the rest of the party.

"Crikey! They must be back!" shouts one of the brigands in the ruins as you try, futilely, to sneak up on them. They prepare a variety of weapons ranging from crossbows to polearms.

Whoa. Fast bandits! The door is still closed, yeah?

Yep. It's a move action to open a portal.

It doesn't seem so on the map, but I was peering in over/through the broken wall, so I'd have thought I was closer?

I'm both stealthed and have initiative, and I'm hoping I'm within 30' of one of these bipeds.

I will cast snowball, which should also gain sneak attack damage, against the brigand nearest me...

Snowball To Hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 vs touch
Snowball Damage: 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 1) + (3) = 5 DC 14 Fort or staggered for 1 round

So that's disappointing!

And then I will move down along the wall and hopefully gain total concealment.

It doesn't seem so on the map, but I was peering in over/through the broken wall, so I'd have thought I was closer?

I'm both stealthed and have initiative, and I'm hoping I'm within 30' of one of these bipeds.

I will cast snowball, which should also gain sneak attack damage, against the brigand nearest me...

[dice=Snowball To Hit]1d20+7 vs touch
[dice=Snowball Damage]2d6+1d6 DC 14 Fort or staggered for 1 round

So that's disappointing!

And then I will move down along the wall and hopefully gain total concealment.

I don't know where you wanted to be, that was up to you. Zinnath's stealth score is good enough that as long as he has concealment he can easily get pretty close - so you probably couldn't actually enter the room without being seen, but you could be anywhere along the edge of the broken wall.

Just in case we're waiting for me. I actually moved myself up to the wall. From where I was able to see the bad guys, is where I fired my snowball and then I dropped down out of sight.

Super-busy and not-great weekend, sorry 'bout that.

The brigands are quick to respond to the perceived intrusion.

"Cover the door and the back wall!" shouts the man in chain armor (#1).

One with a halberd (#4) moves to cover the door. Another with a voulge (#9) moves to cover the entrance at the southeast side of the rubble.

"I can't see the spellcaster!" shouts one with a crossbow (#8), obviously responding to the spell that Zinnath fired in.

The other brigands raise their weapons and prepare to defend themselves. They are taking readied actions.

Rest of the party up for round 1! Remember that opening a door is a move action.

Kyrie readies herself to throw a Magic Missile through the door as soon as it is opened to the poor man-at-arms that surely stands on the other side.

Also readied action: Cast MM Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5 Also, Toppling Spell. He must CMD to beat Trip DC of (10+2+4=16) or fall prone.

Sigh! Looks like Bat's before Deko in Initiative Order, so...I guess she'll eat a readied action or two before Deko runs in and avenges her. ;)

Bataleigha nods to Deko, takes a deep breath, and then throws the door open. Seeing a brigand nearby, she takes a step forward, swinging her mace with evil-smashing intent.

heavy mace: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 for bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

The brigands unleash hell on Bat.

Brigand #3: Thrown javelin: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Brigand #4: Halberd: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Brigand #6: Light crossbow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Brigand #7: Light crossbow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Brigand #8: Light crossbow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

One javelin gets past her defenses.

Javelin damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Bat responds by getting inside the reach of the halberdier, batting his polearm aside with her shield, and smashing his face into an unrecognizable pulp.

...and then Kyrie's Magic Missile strikes the next bandit closest to the cleric, hitting him soundly and rocking him backward?

"Friends...ATTACK!" Bat shouts fiercely as a javelin opens a bloody line along the right side of her neck.

And thank you all for letting me have this magical shield.... she thinks to herself. Then, realizing she can broadcast her thoughts to a certain whitish dragon-like creature, she mentally projects: Eight bandits...a variety of weapons. A little help, please!

Well, the next closest would be #2 (ring mail, shield, longsword). So let's see...

Kyrie's unerring force bolts crash into the brigand and send rings of his mail scattering. The powerful impact of the bolts knocks the air out of him and sends him to the floor, seated involuntarily.

Hearing the commotion, Enoby grimaces as she realizes there'd be no ferreting these footpads from their fortifications.

"It appears, my large friend, the we are now laying siege.", she states to Fezzik.

Enoby advances, and takes a shot at the bandit covering the southeast entrance.

Targeting Bandit #9
Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Enoby hits brigand #9 - he's only wearing leather armor, after all - and her arrow lodges into the collarbone. He collapses in a heap, choking on his own blood, and kicks twice before falling unconscious.

What of the one I snowballed? Did he drop? Make his save?

Bat: "Do you think I don't know?"

For some reason I thought it'd missed.

Bandit #8: Fortitude save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

Zinnath's snowball splats onto one of the brigands, who seems ill-prepared for combat.

These guys don't have many hit points.

I'm assuming the rubble is difficult terrain. If not, I move up and attack with my great sword instead.

Fezzik frowns that their plan didn't work. He quickly looks around the ground for a place to drop his new sword. He grimaces as he drops it on the rubble away from the water, hoping it doesn't get too scratched up. He then grabs a javelin and throws it at the nearest brigand.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Fezzik's javelin impales another brigand (#7).

Just Deko left, I believe.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

With a bellowing charge, Deko ran into the room with his fist cocked back. "Deko punch bad guy!" he yelled before the fist came down in a crushing blow.

Deko rushes the prone brigand that Kyrie had slammed into the ground with her magical missile, and brings his fist down on him with sickening force. The man falls to the side with several bones broken from the force of the blow.

ROUND 2 - ZINNATH

As I believe I have total concealment against the enemy, I will fly up again, and fire a blast of cold at the next one in line, which should be a sneak attack...

Ray of Cold To Hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 vs touch
Ray of Cold Damage: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + (5) = 10 or just 5 damage if not a sneak

If needed:

Stealth: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40 +4 in forests

Zinnath blasts another brigand who's holding a crossbow (#6).

The one in mail armor snarls and rushes Deko with his longsword.

Longsword attack vs. Deko: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

One of his compatriots (#3) does likewise.

Longsword attack vs. Deko: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

The last one (#5) gets hung up trying to get around behind Deko and winds up fighting Bat instead.

Spear attack vs. Bat: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Their efforts, though, are futile.

Party's up!

Seeing as how Deko seems to be successfully solving this problem with punching, Kyrie shits down into the lesser-potent spells and just throws a Force Missile into the bandit on Deko's flank.
Damage Bandit #3: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Feeling emboldened by the success of their attack, Enoby moves into the opening in the rubble and fires an arrow at the bandit directly across from her.

Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

After firing the arrow, she shouts to any remaining bandits: "You are routed! Surrender now, and tonight you will rest in a cold prison cell. Continue to fight, and all that waits you are the flames of the Abyss!"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

I included the Intimidate roll as just a general idea of how scary Enoby managed to sound. "Drop your weapons or die" didn't really seem to fall into any of the official uses of Intimidate in the rules. Feel free to ignore the roll as such. Enoby still makes the threat, however.

Zinnath unleashes another elemental ray against the nearest bandito.

Ray of Cold To Hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 vs touch
Ray of Cold Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

All: "Huzzah! Reminds me of when I used to bullseye womp rats back home!"

'Meh. The ability to hit a six-foot rat is little to brag on.'

Always thought that went unheralded: They have SIX F'N FOOT RATS on Tatooine. Huh.

ROUS's?

Kyrie: "I know! Those things are huge!"

Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't they exisAHHHHHH!

I want you to know that I tried HARD to somehow mangle the "T-16" part of the quotation into something that would make sense in context, and I just couldn't get it done.

Fezzik steps closer and throws another javelin. are there supposed to be #'s on them? I don't see any.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 - 4 = 3
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Bat (5-foot) steps up to Deko's side and takes another swing at the brigand to the south about the same time Enoby offers them the opportunity to surrender.

heavy mace: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 for bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Laughing as the bad guy's attacks floundered against his awesome physical might, Deko turned to the one on his right and lashed out once again. "Deko punch all bad guys! Hahahaha!"

The combined attacks of Deko and Kyrie mutilate the brigand south of Deko (#3).

The numbers are on the nameplates that include their equipment line. When you drop a bandit I turn those off because it isn't that relevant any more (unless you wanted to go for a crossbow in the middle of combat or something). Right now only #1 should have a nameplate.

Bat swings on the one south of her (#5) but misses. Fezzik's ray hits, though, and sends the brigand to the ground with a face full of frost.

The last man standing (#1) throws his sword on the ground and says, "That's it! I've had enough! You've beaten all my boys anyway!"

For defeating the brigands, the party earns 247 xp each.

The brigand scowls and puts his hands behind his head. "I guess it's gonna be the rope, eh? Well, you done us good and proper," he says unhappily.

All: "So that went well I thought!"