DM Rah's "Quest for Perfection - Part I" PFS (Inactive)

Game Master Kobash

Ahhh yes, singing and poetry. Reminds me of that couple I picked up in Absalom's Petal district, now that was a night.

assuming I can do this
Raul strolls forward while drawing his greatsword, hacking at the thing as he closes in.
power attack: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 - 1 = 20, damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 6) + 7 = 18

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Don't forget the inspire courage. Not that it matters in this case.

"Hideous creatures!, Barley follows behind Raul.

The second creature is below the path at the bottom of a 30' drop, moving to the edge Raul sees that it is headed for a cave.

MAP UPDATED

"It's heading into some sort of cave. We must have scared it." Raul announces.

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Seeing the ghoul scamper off, Jonterra steps ten feet (squeezing?) into the passage to his left and peers into it.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Jonterra squeezes a short way into the fissure behind the shrine and can make out a small cave a little further back. Within are bones, clothes, and some other items strewn about the floor.

Map updated for Jonterra. Waiting on Barley.

Barley defers to next round.

The creature below scrambles into the cave.

INITIATIVE - Round 2 - All PCs are up!
Chamius 21 <=Up
Barley 19 <=Up
Jonterra 19 <=Up
Raul 13 <=Up
Gurau 10 <=Up
Klaidingo 7 <=Up
Enemy 12

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Klaidingo moves as far as he can towards the undead creature

Gurau follows Jonterra into the cavern.

Klaidingo, the creature is currently out of sight in a cave at the bottom of a small 30' cliff.

Jonterra yells again to his companions. Something's coming this way!

Raul casts Light on his greatsword and approaches Jonterra's position.
"Be ready!"

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Barley follows chose behind Raul, he jerks out a shuriken holding it like holy symbol.

The undead creature rounds the corner of the cave and lunges towards Jonterra.

I'm assuming Jonterra had a ready action, so he can attack first. Chamius also has an action left, but with the fissure overcrowded, whatever he can't even see inside at this time.

Can I see the monster?

Yeah, I'll have a readied attack. Forgot I only used a move.

Readied Punch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Face Punch!: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Klaidingo is around a corner and cannot see the creature.

Jonterra's punch is blocked by the creature, which lunges forward and tries to bit him, but fails.

Bite at Jonterra: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

INITIATIVE - Round 3 - All PCs are up!
Chamius <=Up
Barley <=Up
Raul <=Up
Gurau <=Up
Klaidingo <=Up
Jonterra <=Up
Enemy

"Everybody back up, draw it out of the cave!", Barley overhands the star and backs up.

shuriken: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 2 - 4 = 13 ;dam: 1d2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

How deep is the drop to the rocks below?

Chamius maintains the inspire courage and delays, whip in hand.

Klaidingo heads to the edge of the cliff

Jonterra waits to see if the others will heed Barley's suggestion.

Raul stands behind Jonterra and readies a greatsword attack if the ghoul should make it out.

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Gurau shouts at the creature trying to lure it out, "Rotted corpse, come out of there! I think you need a little air!" Gurau moves to a better spot that will give her room to swing her axe.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Seeing his companions not miving, Jonterra rears back and punches the ghoul again. Jonterra then backs out of the passage to an open spot, hoping the ghoul is too dazed to retaliate.

The creature reels back from Jonterra's blow, but doesn't fall. As the oread retreats from the fissure it pursues, snapping its jaws at him like a rabit animal. Scrambling from the fissure it attacks the nearest target, Raul,but he's ready for the attack and brings his weapon to bear and cleaves the thing's skull, sending it back to true death.

bite AoO: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

COMBAT OVER

Exploring the fissure and cave beyond reveals a stash of the goods these creatures once valued during life, including a pair of boots of the winterlands, some jewelry and coin, and a weather-worn journal.

The journal details a previous expedition to the high reaches of the Wall of Heaven. Time and the environment have made most of the journal unreadable but Klaidingo and Barley manage to piece together the last few pages. Within it details the expedition of another group of travelers that attempted to brave the path but fell victim to a sudden avalanche, which deposited their bodies among the rocks below the path. A few of the travelers survived the initial fall, but while trapped beneath snow and rock, their fear and desperation eventually turned to cannibalism. The last page of the journal lists the names of those that died during the expedition, including a Pathfinder named Rickard Murton.

On another note, restoring the shrines requires a knowledge (religion) or knowledge (local) skill roll.

Can we take 10 on the Knowledge check, and if so is a 16 good enough?

You can take 10, but if 16 isn't good enough I'm not sure you can attempt a random roll after the fact.

I'll take my chances with a roll.

Chamius tries to remember anything else useful about the traveler's shrines.

Knowledge (Local) check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Worked out this time.

Klaidingo looks around the statues.

I prefer the statues of the chubby naked ladies in Absalom. One day I'll make it to Taldor and meet the models.

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Since I know 16 is a miss...
Gurau tries to restore the shrines, but isn't sure what the local worship customs are. So, she just goes with what she knows and blesses them with the spirits of her people.

Chamius recalls enough of the local lore to know the appropriate way to reassemble and restore the shrines. After a couple hours the Path of Many Shrines is whole once more.

Anything else before moving on?

While resting from restoring the shrines, Chamius peruses the remains of the journal. "Here, do you think those ghouls might have been what's left of the expedition? I suppose we should hold onto this, so the book can be closed on Pathfinder Murton. As it were."

The bard looks around the party. "So, who's to use the shoes? Not I, said the little drummer boy. Perhaps our militant priest, or our shaman?"

"Shoes? Not for me."

"No, you're more one to hoof it, hey?"

Gurau looks over at the priest wearing full plate in the snow. "I have learned to deal with the chill. Raul should take them before his cold armor makes him ill."

"Not anywhere near cold enough for all of that stuff."

"If the boot fits!" Raul accepts merrily.

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You follow the Path of Many Shrines through the mountains for an hour before the narrow mountain path ends at the lip of a fifty-foot-wide crevasse that stretches out of sight in both directions. A pair of carved stone pillars stands at the edge of the chasm and a matching pair of pillars can be seen on the far side. The remains of corroded iron chains, set within the stone pillars, dangle limply into the crevasse. A relatively gentle slope leads to the bottom of the crevasse. The slope on the far side is much steeper, and is covered with jagged, precarious looking rocks.

Survival: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Gurau tighens the straps of her pack and gets ready for traversing the crevasse. "Well, let us climb the ridge. It would be easier if it still had its bridge."

survival: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

survival: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

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Untrained Knowledge (Nature) check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Any chance some of those Survival checks could be Aid Another to the highest roll?

In PBPs it seems that Aid Another checks are handled pretty loosely. They should be declared beforehand and keyed to a person taking the lead in a situation. Usually this is the person with the best skill, not the best roll. In a PBP it's a little hard to arrange, and I allow aid checks in good faith, but I don't like converting checks into Aid bonuses after the fact. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

I prefer to see them declared ahead of time as well, with (in almost all cases) a dedicated lead. The one exception to that I can think of at the moment is STR checks; if three people are pushing on a door together, e.g., I'm good with taking the highest roll plus Aid Anothers as applicable from everyone else pushing. In this case, though, no one apparently thought to declare lead or aid another. I also don't mind people coming after the first roller to declare Aid Another. Personally I wouldn't give it to us unless there was some in-game reason to cut us a break--going forward, let's not just roll our own in cases where Aid Another might be useful.

Untrained Survival: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

”Perhaps there's an easier path”, Barley says,”I'll go look around.”.

(take 20+6 search)

No opinion really on the matter.