F Human Warpriest/6 Oracle/1 (HP 59/59 | AC:23 [+1 when adjacent to a single foe] | T:12 | FF:21 | CMB:8 | CMD:19 | Fort:+7 | Ref: +3 | Will:+11 | Init:+1 | Perc:+4 | Speed:20) PFS#: 115025-3
Clair moves off of the stairs and up to the door. She temporarily leaves her scythe with one hand to point at the redcap, and casts burning disarm on its scythe.
Ref 13 to drop the scythe in a reflex, or take 2d4 fire damage when holding onto it.
Realising he is fighting the redcap alone, and has little room to maneuver and take a shot, Garret steps around the fey and focuses on keeping the creatures attention on him while he plays defensively.
"Is that the best you've got?
Garret will 5 foot step and go Full Defensive, making his AC 24.
The creature grins and doffs it red hat at Garret in a flourish "That was the opening"
It then proceeds to miss Garret with both it's weapon and the kick that follows. While it is doing so you see some of it's wounds closing again!
Auric, you forgot your knowledge nature roll... Knowledge Nature Auric:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Auric:
Redcaps embody both capriciousness and sadism. These stumpy, misanthropic fey freaks exist seemingly to indulge in blissful bloodletting and self-indulgent slaughter. Like prune-faced, angry old men, they mollycoddle their own inefficiencies and miseries in gore. Redcaps are most widely recognized for their long woolen caps, which they drench in the blood of their victims. Rumors and fairy stories abound concerning rituals and the cultural significance of their blood-soaked caps, though the practice likely evolved as an easy way for the brutish runts to create both fear and spectacle. Redcaps typically stand only 3 feet tall, with twisted frames, pointed ears, and long white beards. They dress in soiled leather armor and wear oversized, iron-shod boots that make a distinctive clanging when they run.
You know that the rumors about their redcaps are actually true:
Red Cap (Su) A redcap wears a tiny, shapeless woolen hat, dyed over and over with the blood of its victims. While wearing this cap, a redcap gains a +4 bonus on damage rolls and fast healing 3. These benefits are lost if the cap is removed or destroyed. Caps are not transferable, even between redcaps. A redcap can create a new cap to replace a lost cap with 10 minutes of work, although until the redcap takes a standard action to dip the cap in the blood of a foe the redcap helped to kill, the cap does not grant its bonuses.
You also remember that a redcap truly loathes good deities
Irreligious (Ex) Bitter and blasphemous, redcaps cannot stand the symbols of good-aligned religions. If a foe spends a standard action presenting such a holy symbol, any redcap that can see the creature must make a DC 15 Will save or become frightened for 1 minute and attempt to flee. A redcap who successfully saves is shaken for 1 minute.
Garret holds his position, dropping his enchanted longbow and instead drawing his longsword. Taking a swift moment to focus on the redcap, the lucky halfling braces for his allies to provide him with a flank.
Free action to drop bow, move action to draw longsword, swift action to activate Ranger's Focus against the redcap and then a readied action to attack when someone takes his flank. I'll make the flanking attack roll now to prevent delays.
Sunder and steal combat maneuvers work. Disarm won't. The cap is drenched in blood and wool does not burn well, so fire damage won't do it. You might come up with other things which I haven't thought of yet, just ask.
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Just looked at the map - seems Boram needs to make his way into the room. Oh, and, fwiw, the redcap has to make its reflex roll (for grease) every round it uses the scythe.
Move action: As indicated on map Standard action: Drink Dex mutagen (Lasts 30 minutes, AC 22)
F Human Warpriest/6 Oracle/1 (HP 59/59 | AC:23 [+1 when adjacent to a single foe] | T:12 | FF:21 | CMB:8 | CMD:19 | Fort:+7 | Ref: +3 | Will:+11 | Init:+1 | Perc:+4 | Speed:20) PFS#: 115025-3
"Auric!" Clair yells upstairs after seeing the redcap's wounds close. "You're the bard here! What can you tell us about this thing?"
This is the part where I assume Auric shares all the info in his spoiler.
"The cap, got it!" Clair replies to Auric.
She 5-foot steps into a flanking position with Garret. If Garret's attack is aimed at the cap and destroys it, Clair will attack the redcap itself. If Garret's attack isn't aimed at the cap, or is but doesn't destroy it, Clair attacks the fey's cap.
Not sure of the HP and hardness of wool, but destroying the cap can't be much harder than damaging an object made of cloth! :)
Sorry Clair, I read "redcap" as the creature, not his hat. The focus is because of his ranger's ability. I will treat your attack as a sunder attempt. I had already decided to treat the cap as being made of leather (harness 2, 5 hp)
Clair moves into position and Garret hits the fey, but again his strike fails to penetrate the fey's resistances. Then Clair swings her scythe, aiming at the tiny hat on top of the fey's head. The redcap immediately retaliates and strikes at Clair. She almost falls over but manages to destroy the hat!
My hat! I will kill you dead for that!
Initiative
Auric
Yakima
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Redcap without a cap: 10 damage
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Boram
Clair 0/20 hp
Garret 34/44 hp
Human (Chelaxian) Bard (Archaeologist) 8 | HP 54/54 | AC:21 T:16 FF:21 CMD: 22 | F+7 R+16 W+9 | Init +6 | Perc +16 Trap spotter
GM:
With the soft cover, his AC would be 24, so that would confirm. Sorry about that, but I've GMed a scenario with a redcap about a week ago, so I remember his AC. Is there any other modifier I'm not aware of?
Sorry, that is what I get for not double-checking. I was certain it's AC was more than 20, while it is exactly 20. Thanks! I have edited the original post
F Human Warpriest/6 Oracle/1 (HP 59/59 | AC:23 [+1 when adjacent to a single foe] | T:12 | FF:21 | CMB:8 | CMD:19 | Fort:+7 | Ref: +3 | Will:+11 | Init:+1 | Perc:+4 | Speed:20) PFS#: 115025-3
The redcap's sudden attack disables Clair, but she manages to finish her attack. However, the strain from finishing the attack causes Clair to feel light-headed.
"You just did," she mutters to the redcap, and passes out.
I used a standard action while disabled, meaning I lost 1 more HP when the standard action was completed :( Ah well, at least the cap's gone!
Yakima hits the redcap with her bolt which leaves a tiny sizzling hole in it's shoulder.
She slashed my cap! the redcap growls as he focusses his attention on Clair. Luckily for the severely wounded Clair he misses with both his scythe and his boot.
Garret's attack does not miss, but his steel longsword is unable to hurt the redcap.
Clair draws her wand You are staggered, so move or standard, not both
Boram's bomb misses due to the swirling mass of bodies between himself and the redcap Soft Cover. Instead of hitting the fey the bomb lands just behind Garret!
Splash:1d8 ⇒ 7 Splash Damage = 6hp Reflex DC14 for half for Garret and Redcap
Redcap Reflex:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Initiative
Auric
Yakima
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Redcap without a cap: 43 damage
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Boram
Clair 0/20 hp
Garret 34/44 hp: Splash 6 hp, Reflex DC14 for half
Human (Chelaxian) Bard (Archaeologist) 8 | HP 54/54 | AC:21 T:16 FF:21 CMD: 22 | F+7 R+16 W+9 | Init +6 | Perc +16 Trap spotter
The arrow is a cold iron one, by the way. Since they're the cheapest arrows (4gp for 50), all my base arrows are cold iron, unless specified otherwise.
Auric, that is good to know. I also just noticed that Yakima had already shot the redcap with her crossbow
Yakima hits the redcap with her cold iron bolt and the redcap decides to give his attention to the human that stands ready with her wand to heal herself. But again he misses! Clair then uses the moment's respite to use the wand on herself Heals 9 and taking 1 damage for strenuous activity
I had already included Auric's damage in last post
Yakima's magnificent shot goes right into the eye of the Redcap. Sizzling it disappears entirely into the brain of the evil fey who slowly keels over...
HP 42/44 AC:24,FF18,touch16 Init+6 Perception+10 F8 R10 W4
Yakima picks through the carnage in the room trying to get an idea of how many creatures and of what type were in here. Also she is specifically looking for the body of a female spell caster of some sort.
There is no body of a female spellcaster, but you can see that at least five humans and a similar number of bugbears have been killed here.
You open the door in the south wall. The walls, floors, and ceiling of the next half-moon-shaped room are covered in hundreds of mirrors of all shapes and sizes, some still intact, but most broken. You entered through a a beige stone door built into the northern wall; the southern wall sports two milk-white stone doors of a similar design.
DC 20 perception:
You take a second to look into a mirror and notice the vague shape of a humanoid woman.
Yakima averts her eyes, trying not to peer into the mirrors.
Clair takes the opposite approach, investigating the mirrors. After a while the figure becomes clearer, eventually transforming into an elven woman standing in the background of every mirror in the room. She is elderly and somewhat frail looking, but still quite beautiful, and is dressed in long, light green robes and an ornate jade headpiece. You don't recognize her.
Clair:
How long do you investigate the mirrors? A couple of rounds / a minute / several minutes?
The mirrors radiate a moderate lingering aura of divination and illusion
