Feral's #3–23: The Goblinblood Dead (PFS) (Inactive)

Game Master Feral

Before Kelumur knocks the hob out again:

"You say that, um, your leader, uh...Telda. You say she's through the north door?" Gbagbe confirms. Pointing at the other exit, he asks, "And what about the door to the...other direction? That one? What's through there?"

With the various questions answered, the trippy grippli pats a small flask hanging from his belt and says, "Ready to go."

With combat over, Xiao hands his wand to Ashara.

cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

With that out of the way, he folds up his net and tucks it away, but before he does wipes it with something (dusk agate extract, which is a contact poison) in such a way as to not endanger himself (poison use class ability).

After that he takes the wall where he hopes to sneak in unnoticed along with Kelumur.

Stealth: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

"That way? It was sleeping quarters for myself and my men before you killed them", the hobgoblin explains before he's knocked out again.

The party opens the northern door to find a short hallway. Kelumur and Xiao move quietly to open the next door only to be greeted by a bank of thick fog that rolls out over them.

"Welcome intruders... to your deaths!" a harsh female voice growls.

Initiative: 7d20 ⇒ (1, 16, 12, 17, 5, 5, 20) = 76

The party is up. This is fog so the usual rules apply. Adjacent creatures have concealment. Thing further have total concealment.

5 ft step and ready an attack

Kelumur stands strong but upon realisation he doesn't have the upper hand, moves back to force the enemies hand, "Show yourself demon!" he yell's in attempt to taunt the witch.

rdy attack, dagger: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Xiao moves into the room through the fog.

Swift: 1 ki for +4 Stealth for 1 round
Move N, N, N, E, E, E - stopping when he sees the source of the voice.
Stealth: 1d20 + 14 - 5 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 14 - 5 + 4 = 28

When he is adjacent to the target he will toss his net onto her.

Ranged touch attack, if she spotted Xiao and is not flat footed, she can make an AoO.

Touch Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 88 1-20 miss

On a hit she is entangled and must make a DC 13 fortitude save or be knocked unconscious for 1 minute due to the contact poison on the net.

Assuming Xiao sees her he will alert others to her position.

Ondir whistles, wishing he could dispel the fog with his watery powers, but knowing he isn't quite that powerful yet. Instead he checks his water shield, hefts his staff and moves into the room after Xiao.

Double move to enter the room!

Ashara starts chanting to summon celestial eagles!

Summoning 1d3 ⇒ 3 celestial eagles

Gbagbe slips the small flask from his belt and drinks it down, his large eyes getting even bigger. His eyeballs seem to swirl around a bit, and he mutters a quiet "Whooooooa." With an eager, even zealous, gleam in his eye, he scrambles along the wall toward the door!

Standard to drink cognatogen for +4 to Int, -2 Str, +2 Natural Armor for 2 minutes, move action to climb along wall to doorway, ending up 5' above ground.

Fort: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Concentration: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Xiao makes his way through the fog eventually stumbling upon a gnarled female hobgoblin chanting and ritually waving her hands through the air. He catches her with the net but it isn't enough to break her concentration.

Senketsu is up.

Urging the protesting Yurei through the confusing fog, Senketsu uses the sounds of their allies to guide them through. Knowing to use their lance would be poor in such terrible conditions, the Wayang draws their battered longsword.

With a Soft battlecry, Senketsu utters a challenge to the Hobgoblin Necromancer and prepares to strike!

Swift to challenge, standard to attack

Longsword, PA, Challenge: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 = 23 for damage: 1d6 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 3 = 11

concealment, 21+ is good: 1d100 ⇒ 42

Ordered through the mists, Yurei growls softly and bites at the Hobgoblin priestess.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 for damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8 AND Trip: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Concealment, 21+ is good: 1d100 ⇒ 20

Yurei loses his prey in the thick fog but Senketsu's blade connects with the tangled necromancer. Despite the solid blow she appears unharmed as if some unseen barrier had absorbed the impact.

1d3 ⇒ 3

Finishing her spell, three masses of living grave dirt and pitted bone emerge from the mist. They rear up and strike at the party with barely formed limbs.

Vs Xiao (flank, earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 14
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 70
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Vs Xiao (flank, earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 15
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 53
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

Vs Senketsu (flank, earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 9
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 43
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11

Quickly she works another spell that wreathes her hand in sparking violet energy. She reaches for Senketsu's mount before the duo can strike again.

Concentration: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Touch vs Yurei (entangled, flank): 1d20 + 4 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 2 + 2 = 9
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 30
Damage: 3d8 + 7 ⇒ (5, 1, 2) + 7 = 15

The party is up.

Darting back to avoid the touch of the Necromancer, Yurei bears their fangs before snapping back at the Hobgoblin and trying to bring her crashing down.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 for damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10
AND Trip: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Miss, 21+ is good: 1d100 ⇒ 84

Bemused at their Sword blow deflecting from a mysterious field, Senketsu waits for the annoyed Wolf to strike ad hope the Necromancer is brought to their back. Swaying back from the elemental's swing, Senketsu ignores the earth creation in order to strike the Priestess.

Longsword, PA, Challenge: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 = 14 +4 if prone for damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + 3 = 11

Miss, 21+ is good: 1d100 ⇒ 8

Two of Ashara's eagles fly above the fray and attack the evil hobgoblin woman while the other one attacks the newly created monster...

Attack (Eagle red vs Hobgobba): 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18 ->
Damage roll: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Attack (Eagle green vs Hobgobba): 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11 ->
Damage roll: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Attack (Eagle black vs mud creature): 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 = 19 ->
Damage roll: 1d4 ⇒ 4

At the same time Ashara moves near the fry and casts another spell...

Cast Bless

Gbagbe curses the mist that blocks his view of the fascinating scene playing out in the room. Creatures made of rock and bone have appeared! How cool is that? And I'm missing it!

He swings under the top of the door and continues to climb the wall towards the fight, when suddenly he spots one of the summoned horrors before him! Squeezing himself back to present as small a target as possible, he sends a pair of rainbow-colored bolts of energy at the nearest foe!

Move action to get into room, standard to cast magic missile defensively at yellow.

Cast defensively, DC 17: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

MM damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 = 9

Xiao withdraws away from the dirt creatures and then up the wall. (on the wall, 10' up, above red eagle)

First square doesn't count as threatened, but will still have to tumble away from red and yellow.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 vs Red's CMD
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 vs Yellow's CMD+2

Why didn't err let the fight come to us? People.. Kelumur follows through into the room following the rest. "What is this?" He yells as he tries to stab it.

dagger: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3
miss<20: 1d100 ⇒ 6

Ondir lets out a small AH! as the mud creature appears. He lashes out with his staff! Attack vs red mud thing: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19 for 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3 damage! Miss, 1-20, hit 21-100: 1d100 ⇒ 62

Everyone attacked different elementals. =P

Xiao skillfully scampers up the wall safely but the rest of the party struggles to land a blow on the necromancer. Yurei grabs a firm hold with his fangs but when he pulls he reveals a thick suit of bone armor under her filthy robes.

Ondir, Gbagbe, and Ashara's summoned eagle manage to knock chunks off the earthen elementals but not enough to destroy them.

With her hand still wreathed in dangerous magical energy the necromancer lunges for Yurei again.

Vs Ondir (flank, earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 15
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 92 - miss!
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

Vs Gbagbe (earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 21
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 42
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

Vs Senketsu (flank, earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 21
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 21
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Touch vs Yurei (entangled, flank): 1d20 + 4 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 - 2 + 2 = 23
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 93 - miss!
Damage: 3d8 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2, 1) + 7 = 13

The party is up.

Assuming Xiao is threatening the witch.

Kelumur steps into the danger zone. "Take out snakes head, the rest are just noise." Bringing out his favourite pair of daggers again to slice and dice.

5ft step, and twf

slice,twf,flank: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 11
dmg,sneak: 1d4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + (2, 4) = 9
<20 is miss: 1d100 ⇒ 11
dice,twf,flank: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 16
dmg,sneak: 1d4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + (4, 3) = 9
<20 is miss: 1d100 ⇒ 78

Xiao is 10 feet up on the wall right now, so not threatening.

Xiao continues to remain in the safety of the fog and applies another dose of poison to a dart.

Ah oh well. I'll still maintain my action, just without the flank and sneak.

Ondir lashes out at the same elemental. Staff!: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 for 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 damage!

"Ouch!" Gbagbe cries as the bone and earth creature hits him. "That wasn't nice at all!" He scurries backwards along the wall, sending another pair of rainbow-tinged bolts of force at his attacker.

5-foot step, cast magic missile at yellow again.

MM damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 2 = 8

Status: 6/14 hp, 4/5 level 1 spells cast today

The eahles unleash their fury on the evil hobgoblin woman and the mud creature she summoned with her wicked magic!

Meanwhile Ashara casts another spell, this time targetting the hobgoblin hag!

Casting cause fear DC16 to resist

Eagle Miss Chances: 4d100 ⇒ (54, 61, 75, 78) = 268
Will: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Gbagbe blasts one of the mud creatures to bits while Ashara's eagles and Ondir batter the others.

Kelumur struggles to get past the necromancer's bone armor and Ashara finds her own necromancy resisted by the hobgoblin. Though she's still shaken for a round.

Senketsu is up.

Should the eagles roll for miss chance? They are out of the mist as far as I can see

They're definitely in the mist. It fills the entire space.

Forgetting a blunt weapon is really lame! Wonmt do that again. Also, obviously not sure if she has DR but bites count as Blunt/slashing and piercing

Glad for the magical protections of their new shield, Senketsu deflects the elemental's blow. Seeing the Bone armour revealed by Yurei's crushing Mae, the Wayang gives a cry.

"They wear armour of bones! This one thinks we must Smash them!" they call out to their allies.

Fed up, they attempt to strike down the Hobgoblin, hoping the elementals will not
Last much longer.

logsword, challenge, pa: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21 for damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

miss, 21+ is good: 1d100 ⇒ 40

Growling at the taste of rotting bones, Senketsu tries to bite the hobgoblin once more and bring them down.

bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 for damage, blunt, poercing, slashing: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 = 12

trip: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

miss 21+: 1d100 ⇒ 28

The bone armor doesn't give her DR, just AC.

Senketsu and Yurei continue to struggle against the necromancer's magical defenses.

She lunges for Yurei again.

Vs Ondir (earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 11
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 52
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9

Vs Senketsu (earth mastery, flank): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 14
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 65
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

Touch vs Yurei (entangled, flank, shaken): 1d20 + 4 - 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 2 + 2 - 2 = 10
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 97
Damage: 3d8 + 7 ⇒ (8, 7, 2) + 7 = 24

The party is up.

Using the concealment his has, Xiao tries to sneak down the wall and get within sight of the hobgoblin.

Stealth: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27

If spotted, the hobgoblin gets an AoO against Xiao as he is making a ranged attack while adjacent.

Dart: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 1 = 28
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 14 1-20 is a miss. Well crap.
DC 13 Fort save vs poison on a hit or unconscious for 1 minute

Is Xiao within flank range now?

If Xiao came down to the ground, yes. If he's still on the wall, no.

The celestial eagles keep shrieking and attacking while Ashara casts another fear spell against the hobgoblin malefactress...

Again, cast cause fear DC16, if I'm not mistaken I've 1 lvl 1 spell left

Yeah, Xiao trying to stay up on the wall. He wants to be able to 5-foot back up and then poison another dart. This is pretty much one of the only ways he can contribute. Not being an unchained rogue, even normal concealment foils his sneak attack. (Unchained rogues get to make sneak attacks unless their target has total concealment.) So Xiao is not capable of doing much damage while in this room.

Err, it occurs to me that cause fear cannot affect the necromancer. She's got more than 5 HD.

All of those eagle attacks miss. It doesn't help that she's got pretty high AC for the level band.

Did you remember the -2 to AC for her being entangled?

I did not! Let me go back the last couple rounds and see how much that changes.

Edit: Taking the forgotten AC penalty into account, Senketsu hit another time and four eagle attacks hit. She's taken a total of 29 damage.

I don't own UC and ACG so those classes I'm unfamiliar with. But glad to know the info.

Unable to pick a good opening for a while, Kelumur decides to switch targets to one he has a better advantage on.

5 foot and twf on green elemental

dagger, flank, red: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 - 2 = 11
dmg: 1d4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + (3, 3) = 9
dagger, flank, red: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 - 2 = 11
dmg: 1d4 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + (4, 6) = 14

Kelumur is unable to find a soft spot in the elemental's form to exploit.

Ondir, Senketsu, and Gbagbe are up.

Gbagbe peers through the mist and picks out an elemental. He telekinetically lifts a chunk of one of the fallen elementals and hurls it at the last one standing!

TK projectile: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Bludgeoning damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
1-20 misses: 1d100 ⇒ 28

If possible I'd like Ashara to retcon her previous action since she would have noticed her spell had no effect on the hobgoblin. If allowed she will move behind Kelmur and cast guidance on him which stacks with bless previously casted by Ashara on the party.

Ondir continues his bashing of the elemental!
Staff hitting!: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 for 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5 damage! 1-20 Miss, 21-100 hit: 1d100 ⇒ 28

Noticing their blows finally cutting into the Necromancer and showing that they can indeed bleed, Senketsu keeps up the assault, wishing they were able to bring their lance to bear in these shrouded confines.

longsword, PA, challenge: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 for damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

miss? 21+ is good: 1d100 ⇒ 65

crit threat: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 for extra damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Reroll crit threat: 1d20 + 2 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 2 + 7 = 20 for extra damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Yurei growls as their Companion's sword bites and follows up woth a bite of their own.

bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 for damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8

And trip: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

mis, 21+ : 1d100 ⇒ 7

Ondir and Senketsu miss the surviving elemental. Senketsu is more successful and drives their longsword deep into the necromancer's side.

Badly bleeding now, the hobgoblin desperately lunges with her glowing hand again.

Vs Senketsu (earth mastery): 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 9
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 72
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Touch vs Yurei (entangled): 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 2 = 8
Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 6
Damage: 3d8 + 7 ⇒ (4, 2, 4) + 7 = 17

The party is up.

Gbagbe hurls another chunk of earth and bone at the remaining elemental!

TK projectile: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9
Bludgeoning damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
1-20 misses: 1d100 ⇒ 50

Unable to get a clean strike, he moves back and attempts to trip the hob, not taking chances he unleashes two bolas.

drop daggers, quick draw bolas, twf

range trip: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 2 = 11
miss?<20: 1d100 ⇒ 67
range trip: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 2 = 21
miss?<20: 1d100 ⇒ 40