DM Panic's PFS Perils

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Sad hesitates while Ramli shields himself with magic armor.

Round 1
23 "D" : *Unknown*
19 Sad Rock : Delays
19 Harrol : TBD
10 Damvorak : TBD
9 Ramli : Mage Armor
8 "T" :
6 Benjamin :
5 Thorel :

Still To Go: Harrol and Damvorak

Thorel cast mage armor from a scroll.

As quickly as it appeared, the fog spirals back into Harrol's holy symbol as he dismisses the spell. Standard Action.

If he determines that the spellcaster is still present, he'll duck inside the cart and take cover. Move Action

As the mists part and vanish, the Pathfinders are greeted with an interesting sight - that of a robed woman holding a miniature-sized version of Cayden's Last Keg standing next to the cart.

The larger keg no longer appears to be in the cart.

Smiling, the woman quips, "That's not as fun, you've dismissed my cover prematurely, half-man!"

Round 1
23 "D" : Shrinks and grabs Cayden's Last Keg
19 Sad Rock : Delays
19 Harrol : Dismisses obscuring mist, takes cover in cart
10 Damvorak : TBD
9 Ramli : Mage Armor
8 "T" : TBD
6 Benjamin : TBD
5 Thorel : Mage Armor

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Now Up: Damvorak

Round 1

Seeing the woman being to steal Damvorak's beer, Sad Rock makes the tough choice to leave his protection of Caydeen's Ass and go save the spirits of his friend.

"No steal friend's beer!"

Sad Rock double moves to K20, provoking from the keg thief if she has hands free.

Round 1, Initiative 10, Location: L17

Damvorak stands and attacks the woman with the keg, "Give that back - it's not yours!"

I rule standing from a seated position is a '5' step' that doesn't provoke, but I've seen lots of DM variation. If it's a move action, I only get one attack though at +2 over what I've rolled below as I'm standing either way.

(+1 from higher ground as I'm on the cart? If not, subtract 1 from each attack.)
Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 1 = 15 for damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 1 = 18 for damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Ahhh, that enormous initative roll put a dent in my plans somewhat. She's had a surprise round and an action. D'oh!

For when it comes up, Harrol will move within 20ft and hurl one of his stones.

Magic Stone: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

I'm good that standing up in the cart uses a "5ft step" action. Otherwise there's no fun in sitting in a cart or wagon on journeys because it's vastly sub-optimal despite being realistic. Also good with +1 from higher ground from standing in the cart.

Sad Rock moves into position to cut off the woman's escape route, while Damvorak stands up and disciplines the thief for her indiscretions (one solid whack for 9 damage)

The keg-thief begins taking a step back, reciting arcane words as she begins to shimmer out of existence, only to partially reappear on the far side of the wagon, reciting different arcane words. It's a confusing moment for everyone (See map for d1 and d2)

As her words complete, a calm weariness falls upon the Pathfinders about the cart. (10ft radius burst catches Damvorak, Thorel and Benjamin - DC16 Will save or suffer the effects of Sleep)

Round 1
23 "D"/"d1" : Shrinks and grabs Cayden's Last Keg
19 Sad Rock : Delays
19 Harrol : Dismisses obscuring mist, takes cover in cart
10 Damvorak : Whacks the keg-thief for 9 damage
9 Ramli : Mage Armor
8 "T"/"d2" : Finishes casting sleep at Damvorak, Benjamin and Thorel
6 Benjamin : TBD
5 Thorel : Mage Armor (if not sleeping)

Round 2
23 "D"/"d1" : 5ft step and casts vanish, provoking an AoO from Sad Rock.

Now Up: Benjamin (and saves from Benjamin, Thorel and Damvorak)

Benjamin has a critical save and action here before "D" resolves her Vanish. I see Harrol's roll which will be kept for Round 2.

Handy Re-linking of Map

Will Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 vs DC 16.

sigh - sorry guys!

Damvorak's eyes grow droopy, and finally close as he falls back down into the cart dropping his beloved staff beside him.

Spellcraft 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Spellcraft 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Immune to sleep

Thorel changes hir mind and steps back from d2. Ze raises hir raygun and intones, "Ah TRAY dees." A bolt of force flies out at d2.

Telekinetic fist, point blank: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 = 19
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Round 1

Will DC 16: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Nap time! Sorry for the delay, just got out of the conference for the day.

Round AoO

Sad Rock tries to stop the beerthief with ihs shield.

"No steal beer. Sad not monster!" Sad non-sequiturs with anger.

1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 = 15 to hit;
1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 damage.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

"She's disappeared!" Ramli shouts! "I think there're two of them, probably using illusion to look the same!"

Growling at the attackers but not truly wanting to hurt the women, he casts again, sending a flaming bird toward the visible woman, and grinning as it explodes in his face. 3 hp fire damage, plus dazzled; DC 14 Reflex save for half damage and no dazzled

Cast snapdragon fireworks 1d4 ⇒ 3

The keg-thief narrowly avoids Sad Rock's shield as she finishes muttering her arcane words and shimmers out of sight.

Yet, just as she reappears again on the far side of the cart and finishes an impossible spell of repose that beckons Damvorak and Benjamin to the realm of dreams, she gets pummeling by the combined attacks of three of the Pathfinders.

Thorel's zapping, Ramli's fireworks and Harrol's magic stone all zot and thud as she stumbles about, blinking her eyes. Yet, the mini-keg is nowhere to be seen in her possession.

Round 1
23 "D"/"d1" : Shrinks and grabs Cayden's Last Keg
19 Sad Rock : Delays
19 Harrol : Dismisses obscuring mist, takes cover in cart
19 Sad Rock : Moves to block
10 Damvorak : Whacks the keg-thief for 9 damage
9 Ramli : Mage Armor
8 "T"/"d2" : Finishes casting sleep at Damvorak, Benjamin and Thorel
6 Benjamin : Sleeps
5 Thorel : Zaps d2 for 3 damage

Round 2
23 "D"/"d1" (-9): 5ft step and casts vanish - disappearing
19 Harrol : Hits d2 with a magic stone for 4 damage
19 Sad Rock : TBD
10 Damvorak : Sleeping
9 Ramli : Fireworks vs d2 for 3 damage and dazzles
8 "T"/"d2" (-10 dazzled) :
6 Benjamin : Sleeping
5 Thorel : TBD

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Now Up: Sad Rock in Round 2

Round 2, Init 19

Sad Rock slaps Damvorak on the face.

"Hey, wake up! How come you not want beer?"

Sad moves to M16.

"No, no no no!" Harrol shouts, barreling down the alley with a double move.

Round 2, Initiative 10, Location: L17

Damvorak grabs for his staff like s small child reaching out for his sucker (provokes). Once in hand, he stands and looks about for the woman with the cask (also provoking).

Round 3, Init 19

Sad Rock slaps the shit out of Benjamin who is sleeping on the job.

"How come you sleeping now? Too much beer? We need watch Caydeen's Ass or get stolen and Sad Rock fail...again."

No weapons in any enemy hands at the moment, so nobody threatens Damvorak.

Sad Rock stirs Damvorak from his slumber as the sorceress cackles and uncorks a flask from her belt, draining its contents.

"Ha! Silly relic guards, couldn't even stop a girl from taking your keg!"

Harrol can barely make out footsteps scrambling off into the distance along the cobblestone. The halfling cleric leaps from the cart and begins pursuit of the believed invisible original thief.

Round 2
23 "D"/"d1" (-9): 5ft step and casts vanish - disappearing
19 Harrol : Hits d2 with a magic stone for 4 damage
19 Sad Rock : Wakes Damvorak, moves
10 Damvorak : Stands and picks up staff
9 Ramli : Fireworks vs d2 for 3 damage and dazzles
8 "T"/"d2" (-10 dazzled) : Quaffs potion
6 Benjamin : Sleeping
5 Thorel : TBD

Round 3
23 "D"/"d1" (-9): Runs (south along K column)
19 Harrol : Rushes after d1
19 Sad Rock : Wakes Benjamin
10 Damvorak : TBD
9 Ramli : TBD

Now Up: Thorel (round 2), Damvorak and Ramli (round 3)

Round 3, Initiative 10, Location: L17->K16

Not sure what kind of movement it is to get off the cart, but Damvorak moves to K16 and swings on d2

Confirming Critical (+2 to hit if it's from the move action)
Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 for damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Damvorak, still rubbing sleep from his eyes, never the less sees the sorceress and takes his swing at her.

Damvorak leaps from the cart, landing softly next to the sorceress who shatters her empty potion bottle at the half-orc's feet. Undeterred, stepping through crunching glass, Damvorak brings one end of his staff up with lightning speed cracking the woman just below the chin. As she stumbles around, the other end comes crashing back down with a sickening splunch as she collapses into Damvorak's arms.

(d2 is down; you all realize there are a pair of identical twins where the one with the chest sprinted off with Harrol in close pursuit)

Now Up: Ramli, Benjamin and Thorel.

Round 3

"Remember no killing!"

Benjamin hops off the cart and takes off after Harrol.

"Blast it," Ramli curses, and races off after the fleeing thief.

"And watch out for archers!"

Full action: Move to follow the thief

Benjamin and Ramli begin pursuit, chasing after Harrol and the keg-thief.

Round 2
5 Thorel : TBD

Round 3
23 "D"/"d1" (-9): Unknown?
19 Harrol : TND
19 Sad Rock : TBD
10 Damvorak : TBD
9 Ramli : TBD
6 Benjamin : TBD
5 Thorel : TBD

Now Up: Everyone (and Thorel twice).

She's off and running somewhere in the 25-row. The ?? is just an indicator of general area that you heard footsteps on cobblestone.

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Ramli continues to run to where he thinks the thief is, casting about in the hopes he manages to find her by pure chance.

"Blast it, woman, where are you? We've got your lookalike, so if you want her back, you'd best surrender now!" he roars.

Move action to Q-25, then I guess move/standard action to circle that area, hoping to feel something invisible.

Round 3, Initiative 10, Location: K16->V19

Damvorak runs down the alley hoping to head off the foe - double move to V19.
I hope she turns left!

Round 3, Init 19

Sad Rock moves to I17 to guard Caydeen's Ass.

Sad protects the precious.

Harrol will double move to W24, clutching his holy symbol and praying that she doesn't escape with the relic.

Giving Thorel and Benjamin a little longer before I lap Thorel for a 3rd round action.

Sorry, my indicator does not seem to be working.

Round 2, Init 5

Thorel double moves in the likely direction of the alethief, passing by hir comrades who are staying in one area..

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Round 3, Init 5

Thorel moves thirty more feet and attempts to pinpoint the fleeing sorceress. Ze readies hirself to zap hir quarry should she reappear.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Magic missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

If you don't mind, I'd like to have Thorel end up in V26, readying hir magic missile.

Round 2
5 Thorel : Runs after woman

Round 3
23 "D"/"d1" (-6): Invisible
19 Harrol : Run to W,24
19 Sad Rock : Moves to protect Cayden's arse
10 Damvorak : Runs to V,19
9 Ramli : Circles Q,25
6 Benjamin : TBD
5 Thorel : Run to V,26 and readies magic missile

The heroes rush off in search of the invisible thief, and it's Damvorak that discovers the sorceress as she materializes back into view, discarding a flask onto some hay near a fenced area.

Now realizing she has appeared, she turns her flushed face towards the half-orc, clearly distraught at collapsed form of her twin sister.

"Please! I give up if you can keep her alive!"

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We can drop out of initiative and combat if you accept.

"Very well. Where's the keg? More importantly, where're the archers?" Ramli asks, looking around.

Damvorak accepts and rushes with her back to the group where he quickly casts Stabilize to keep the sister alive (if no one else beats him to it).

He agrees with Ramli and nods encouragingly. "Yes, where is the keg?"

Sad Rock paces around Caydeen's Ass, looking for trouble and hoping his comrades were able to recover their beer.

Sad only one to guard the Ass. Only good Packfinder.

"This one accepts, as well. What is your designation, she-who-runs-with-kegs?" Thorel approaches the woman, raygun aimed at the ground.

Benjamin, winded from the flight, stands and huffs as the woman surrenders.

"See, that's why you don't kill them right away."

If they can tell you how they feel during the procedure all the better...

"I am Durnil. My sister is Tersula. Are you able to heal her, priest?"

Shuffling through her robes, Durnil sets the shrunken version of the keg back into the cart and looks hopefully at the other Pathfinders.

"If you can heal my sister, and promise to let us go, we can tell you where the woman who hired us is. I'm certain, you being Pathfinders and all that, you'd all love to know who's behind the thefts of these relics..."

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"This one cannot heal your crechemate, but the promise you ask is given." Ze reaches out to touch Durnil's temple with index finder and thumb in a matter of fact, gentle way.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Damvorak leans in and converts a Divine Favor to a Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10.

"So where can we find this woman who hired you?"

Damvorak on a roll...

Harrol leans against the wall, struggling to catch his breath as Damvorak heals the fallen mage.

He looks up at the woman, wide eyed. "How did you... huff... snatch the barrel so fast? How did you... hooo... make it so small?"

As Tersula regains consciousness, Durnil ignores Harrol's question and crouches over her and brushes her sister's hair from her face.

"Ters! Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Blinking, Tersula reaches about her person for a weapon before realizing she is not in combat and responding in a weak whisper. Her sister wastes no time wrapping her arms around her fallen sibling and then proceeds to look up in your direction.

"She's at the third warehouse two streets down from the Pitview - there's a small driveway and there were two empty wagons out front earlier. If you hurry, she may still be within!"

Standing, the two siblings hobble deeper into the alley.

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Feel free to make additional plans or roleplay, but I'm posting the map for the warehouse arrival now in case you have no additional plans. In that case, just add a post for the warehouse arrival.

The exterior of this run-down warehouse is rotting, and the roof is clearly sagging in places. Any paint that once coated its walls has long since flaked off the parched-looking gray wood. The windows are boarded firmly shut, and both pairs of loading doors appear to be jammed closed.

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"Wait right there!"

Damvorak does not let them go until they return what they stole. Once he has that, he is fine with them hobbling away.

- - -

"She's an archer, and she uses poison so everyone be careful. Keep your eyes on higher ground - she'll probably attack from above. Can anyone fly up to meet her?"

Thorel takes out hir octoscroll and summons up the purple hazearmor. Ze shakes hir head at Damvorak. If only my moondrake Asha could have traveled through the portal.

At the warehouse, do we still have Caydeen's Arse and the beer? Or did we finish that mission first?

Sad Rock scratches his butt then his head as he stands confused as what to do next.

My magic stones last for half an hour. Would you say they're still active for this fight?

As they approach the complex, Harrol calls on Iomedae's blessing. Casting bless

He'll then turn to Damvorak. "You know, I don't think I've ever asked you about that holy symbol around your neck..."

Ramli watches as the two women leaves. Twins, huh ... Wait. Twins!

He clears his throat.

"Ahem. Ladies. Now that this unpleasantness is behind us, is there a way I can find you if I should need to later?"

He shakes his head as they leave his sight and turns back to his fellow Packminders.

Pathfinders! Don't listen to the rock...

At the warehouse, he looks around.

"Well," he whispers, "let's hope the roof being in such poor condition means she won't be sniping at us from above!"

You have had the keg returned to you. You still have the cart, and can choose to either bring that with you, or leave it somewhere "safe" while you investigate the warehouse. As long as you are quick about it and pretty much cut straight to the warehouse, I'm good with it only taking about 15 minutes to get there, so Harrol's magic stones would still be active.

When you are ready to proceed into the warehouse, pick a door.

The northern door requires a DC15 Disable Device check or DC20 strength check to get inside.

The western door requires a DC15 Disable Device check or DC25 strength check to get inside.

Disable Device can be done quietly. The Strength check would obviously be significantly noisier.

Well peeps, do we have the cart & Arse & keg or not? If we do, Sad, the most dedicated Packminder ever, is happy to guard it (that being the Arse). I'm going to assume that we left it and Caydeen's most prized Arse someplace safe, unless all y'all abuse Sad of such notion.

Sad Rock looks at the warehouse and scratches his head, lost in thought.

Outside of warehouse like how others see Sad Rock. But Sad not monster...neither is warehouse.

I'd say we should probably take it with us, since we were told we'd have to hurry.