GM Aarvid - PFS Society Scenario #6–19: Test of Tar Kuata (PFRPG) PDF (Inactive)

Game Master GM Aarvid

Lore nods to Aro and Eadie... "Sounds like you two have this - but I can add a little food to the mix if more is needed, and I can create quite a bit of water for them as well if they need it - it can be more essential to survival than food if they are lacking, even if we have to ferry it up with ropes one skin at a time."

I feel fine - a little woozy and some swelling, but I'm otherwise good, no real pain, but the meds are still working fine :)

Khamul looks up to where the fortress is hitting the ceiling of the cavern and holding up the fracture that it has caused. "I don't think they'll be able to get out that way. Looks pretty well lodged up there and I don't want this whole place coming down on us. Don't these things usually come with a door though? Why don't we just make sure this place is safe before we let them out?"

Bertrag whispers you as you approach.

"No need to climb up. I can open the door and we will gladly accept any food you have. There were about a handful of Doomsday grunts to the east and their zealot cultist leader is down deeper in the mine to the southwest. But beware, he commands a powerful beast."

He pauses and then after consideration.

"I can escort the prisoners to the surface, but we will be moving slow in our condition, even with some food. If you can distract the Doomsday wackos or take them out while we escape that would help. We do not want to get caught in a battle while moving to and operating the elevator. What say you?"

"Sounds like a good plan... are you in need of water as well?... I can create whatever you might need, but I only have one skin to hold it - have you any containers for such?"

Jonterra frowns and asks. "What kind of beast? Can you describe it?"

"What say you?"

Eadie looks the monk in the eye. “My helm is old. My god is gold. Súrë has a bird he likes to hold. My slipper’s off. My foot is cold. And now my story is all told.”

"Súrë? I thought that bird-loving weirdo died a while back. Did he get better? Fine agent, just a little. . . eccentric. Did he make you look at his bug collection? I couldn't break away from him for an hour."

Lore considers giving Eadie a hotfoot, just to warm her up, lol

The warrior regards the necromancer with surprise. “I keep forgetting what a small world the Society is. I hadn’t heard Súrë had passed though. I sincerely hope he got yanked back from Pharasma’s queue in time.”

Eadie closes her eyes and shakes her head. “He and I went on a blind date … once.”

I think someone’s feeling better ☺

"YOU NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT THE KNIGHTS! OUR TASK IS TO END THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M AIMING TO BE THE BEST AT!"

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Bertrag nods and replies.

Very well, I will gather the others and we will prepare to make for the surface. May Irori be with you."

He closes the tower door to presumably gather the other prisoners.

Everyone not immune to severe heat, please make DC15 fort save
or take non-lethal: 1d4 ⇒ 4 heat damage. -4 on check
if in heavy armor, fatigued if fail.

Also, while you were speaking, there is movement from the southern corridor.

Everyone, please make perception checks DC7 to act in surprise round.

=== Initiative ===

18-Arovandeon
17-Eadie
14-Jonterra, Lore
13-Doomers34
11-Corbalias
10-Doomers12
9-Khamul
4-Prisoners (surprised)

fort save dc 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

perception dc 7: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37

omfg, what a waste of 2 20's, lol

WOW - Lore you are rocking it tonight.

Who needs nat 20’s when you have MAXIMIZED FIREBALLS :)

Fort (DC 19): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

It appears some of that lovely luck has rubbed off on me as well, Lore. Didn’t you roll a 20 in the horse chamber as well?

**Surprise Round**

Eadie delays until after (Aro), Lore and Jonty.

She then takes a 5’ step to the south not an action and raises her falchion looking to make a lunging strike at any Day Knight that comes in range. ready an action (std) (PLUS an AoO if an enemy closes with her).

Lore and Eadie hear movement to the south while resisting the heat
from the volcanic steam more prevalent in this lower mine chamber.

Go ahead and give an action in the surprise round.

Lore waits til she can actually see a foe or group of foes before taking an action... so she knows what they are up against...

fort: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
pcp: 1 + 10 = 11

Corb, always ready for combat (thanks to his Faith Trait), draws the borrowed reach weapon in addition to his already-drawn Greatsword. He moves west->south to threaten the same area.

Note that Lunge ends at the end of your turn, so your threatened squares for AoOs don't go up from it (though the readied does count.) (... I'm pretty sure.)

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Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

"What's this now?"

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Arovandeon was just considering the need for alchemical protection from the heat when he hears trouble approaching. Deciding that he can withstand it a little longer, he instead grabs his mutagen and drinks it. His mind expands with mental power, though his shoulders stoop as the side-effects sap his strength.

Cognatogen +4 Int -2 Str +2 Nat armor - duration 40 minutes.

Arovandeon drinks down his brain-boost smoothie.

Two of the doom knights see Corbalias and Eadie move into view.

The lead one channels the dark energy of Rovagug. All within the 30' burst are burned with the wrath of the dark one.

negativity: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 4) = 10 DC16 WILL for half damage (Jonterra & Arovandeon are out of range)

The other knight casts a spell on Corbalias.

DC14 WILL save or be frightened. EDIT: Corbalias is unaffected by the spell based on HD. (Of course they do not know that, so feel free to bluff that you were affected and run away. :-)

Waiting on Jonterra's action or will delay after tonight.

Eadie looks over her shoulder at Khamûl.

“This is where we hold them!”

“This is where we fight!”

“This is where THEY die!”

Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Eadie pictures Abadar’s Calm, Determined Face as the dark energy washes over her. She roars through the pain. “Another holds the mortgage on my soul!”

(Feel free to bluff that you were affected and run away. :-)

lol

will save dc 16: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Lore takes a step to the side (5' step) to see better down the corridor and places a fireball behind the bad guys, to avoid hitting her party and to hopefully hit others as well if there are more than the three she can see.

56 pts of dmg maximized fireball at cl 8, save dc for half is reflex 18

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Perhaps it is his experience with undead or his upbringing in the land of Geb, but Khamul seems to resist most of the foul energy from the Rovagug fanatic.

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

Not really feeling the heat, Jonterra hears the sound of trouble, and quickly casts a spell, blessing the party.

Bless

Lore, can you mark the target intersection of the spell ? I will update tonight.

marked

Jonterra calls forth a divine blessing upon the party.

Lore sends a bead of fire and force down into the dark chamber. A flash of burning light followed by yells of men, seen briefly.
The smell of burnt flesh, hair and other objects overpowers the stench of the volcanic steam.

Two of the men appear to go down to the severe burns. Another (the one that cast at Corbalias) remains standing.

About this same time the door opens to the tower and the prisoners appear ready to exit.

Khamul is up...then top of round with Eadie and Arovandeon

=== Round 1===
18-Arovandeon
17-Eadie
13-Doomers34
11-Corbalias
10+Jonterra
10+Lore
10-Doomers12
9-Khamul
4-Prisoners

Khamul will delay until after the prisoners (just to group the initiatives a little easier) and then fires a sickly green ray at the Doomsday Knight!

ray of sickening
ranged touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
DC 15 Fort save or sickened for 4 minutes

Round #1: bless from Jonty

“Wow! It won’t be long before my job will be to merely keep the unrepentant hordes away from you, so that you can lay waste to them, Lore.”

With Corbalias carrying Eadie’s pack, once Khamûl and Arovandeon have acted, the warrior advances 25’ and attacks the upright Doomer.

falchion + PA + FF + bless: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 14 + 1 = 34
damage: 2d4 + 16 ⇒ (4, 1) + 16 = 21

confirm critical: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 14 + 1 = 16

“Corb! I’ve left you a charging lane.”

Arovandeon moves closer, taking care to stay out of Corbalias' charging path, and throws a bomb, aiming blast the enemy with an indirect explosion.

Bomb to spot just SE of the enemy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
9 fire splash damage. Reflex vs DC 19 for 1/2

On mobile and unable to edit the map at the moment.

Corb utilizes the charging lane while raging!

Charging, rage, PA, Furious Focus, bless. AC is now 6 for this round
Chaaaaaarge!: 1d20 + 16 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 16 + 2 + 1 = 212d6 + 23 ⇒ (1, 2) + 23 = 26

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Khamul delays firing a ray of sickness at the standing doomknight, but misses his target.

Arovandeon moves up and lobs an explosive bomb.

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 16

However the standing doomknight avoids most of the splash.

His luck ends as Eadie moves up with falchion in hand.

However as she enters the room, a fourth knight channels, hitting her for

"Rovagug will feast on your soul, wench!"

negative: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 5) = 10 DC16 Will for half

She cleaves into the knight, sending him to the ground, bleeding out.

Corb has a charge lane but no standing target.

Corb can move to attack without the charge, if he has the distance

11-Corbalias
10+Jonterra
10+Lore

Lore moves up, but stays out of Corb's way if he hasn't moved yet. She taps Eadie with her wand of clw.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

“Thank-you, Lore.” Eadie takes comfort from her friend's proximity.

Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

“Wench?” Eadie shakes her head. “I know you’re a thief, liar and murderer but you won’t make any friends speaking like that.”

She thinks for a bit. “Mind you, the point is probably moot.”

Corb's unarmored, so 25' is fine. Attack loses two to-hit and becomes 19.

Edit: forgot my Wills for channels.
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 71d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Corbalias moves up and hacks at the last standing doom knight, but is blocked by the man's shield.

Eadie is the only person in range for the second channel

Lore heals a small bit of damage on Eadie instead of giving her a hot foot.

Jonterra

With the extra light from Eadie's wayfinder in the room, Lore and Eadie notice The southern walls of this messy campsite are covered in
shaggy brown filaments which appear to be growing, and oddly radiating cold.

The floor is covered in the charred remains of a campsite, with burnt bedrolls and personal effects.

"That looks like brown mold, and it feeds on fire... in which case, my fireball is what made it grow so big... needs cold to destroy it efficiently... anyone have any cold spells?"

That was one reason for knowing the precise location of the FB spell. :)

"I have a cold spell I can cast to get rid of it." Khamul has ray of frost, which can cast from a safe distance over and over until it is gone.

Eadie looks right-left-right in the Chelish manner, to see what she can see down the unexplored mine passages.

“You know in Andoran, pedestrians look left-right-left before they cross the road. I know this because during my first eva week in Augustana, Monterey I looked right-left-right and almost got run over by a coupla Andorans driving before them an ENORMOUS Dire Dodge Ram!”

Eadie looks a little sheepish. “They stopped to make sure I was OK, which was very nice of them. (And I was). And they weren’t mad at all, but I certainly learnt a valuable lesson.”

Hahaha! I've had the similar (opposite) problem when I was in Australia and NZ.

"Glad to hear you survived that one then. At least the Andorans you came across were nice; most of the ones I have met were quite. . . loud and opinionated, often without much thought to those very opinions. Strange combination."

Yep, just about every American we encountered on our US trip was courteous and helpful. In restaurants, on the street, on the road, other (American) tourists. Indeed, you guys could teach us a lot about being courteous on the road.

I spoke to an Australian ex-pat on the plane over about driving on the RHS of the road. He said ‘Don’t worry. You’ll pick it up in half an hour.’ It wasn’t half an hour, but after maybe 2 hours I was fine. The only place SO and I still got confused was driving in big shopping centre/mall car parks.

This reminds Corb of something, so he yells back, "MY CART IS UPSTAIRS! IF YOU GUYS BACK THERE CAN BURGLE SOME OF THE HORSES WITHOUT DYING, YOU CAN USE THAT TO LEAVE!

Jonterra delays. Probably does not matter in this case.

With Corbalias in his face The remaining Doomknight will reach out and touch him with some evil lovin.

Feel the grasp of Rovagug on your soul, heathen!

On Corbalias - touch of corruption, cruelty: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
for dmg: 3d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4) + 6 = 17 and DC16 Fort or Dazed 1rd

Hoping the warrior is dazed, he steps back and calls smite good upon Eadie.

"You shall be next, Rovagug will aid me!

Note: Pending failure, Corb Step(s) Up. fort: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Well, he was hoping at least. Map updated with Corb's movement. Khamul and party are up.
Now if Lore wants to channel and forget to exclude the 3 guys on the ground she burnt...well, I would be willing to turn a blind eye to that. :p

Irritated that the body of one of the Doomers prevents her from charging, Eadie nonetheless moves 15’ to the west and raises her blade.

falchion + PA + FF + bless: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 14 + 1 = 16
damage: 2d4 + 16 ⇒ (3, 2) + 16 = 21

Turning red under her great helm she says, “Uhh … just leaving the glory for you, Corb.”

Two 1's in a row. Nice.

This last guy needs to change his fealty to the dicebot rather than Rovagug. It has kept him alive longer than he should have.

Rage, PA, Furious Focus, bless. AC is now 8. Would have -5ft of movement, were Corb a runaway baby.

Greatsword!: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 16 + 1 = 192d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 6) + 18 = 27
Iterative (no FF or OC): 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 11 - 2 + 1 = 172d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 3) + 18 = 22

The accursed Shield of Rovagug stands in the way twice more! Where his accomplice is sheepish, Corb grows angrier!

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Khamul moves in and tries to light the man on fire!

spontaneous immolation
fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) = 8 and catches on fire
DC 15 Fort save for half and to prevent catching on fire.
Each round they can attempt a Ref save to put out the fire.

If we're aiming for 7-8 tier, I think I'll bring my grippli gunslinger (level 7).

Sounds like a plan. I will create a new thread this weekend and start prepping 3-26 for low tier.

Woo hoo!

I was hoping Endless would bring Chochok.

I have a few 7's available. I'll wait to see what everyone else is bringing, and getting back home from out of town tomorrow.

Top three choices would be;

Baz level 8 Inquisitor

Leastrie level 7 Lore Warden/Lantern Bearer

Caradeum level 8 Wizard/El.Knight

I will very likely bring Maximo (level 8).

I'm sticking with Lore of course...

So …

Chochok – ranged damage
Eadie – front line
Lore – blaster/healer
Maximo – bard/melee
Weiman – Buffer?/secondary melee?
OR Turg – spam battlefield with summoned critters?? She also has haste

Leastrie/Bazresh – melee//Baz also brings secondary spell-casting
OR Cara – Strong arcane caster + device disabler + secondary melee?

That’s a pretty strong group. We can make any of those three work well, Tektite! As always, play who you want to, buddy.

Gameplay thread created to dot.

I will close this one down once we have everyone over there.

Looks like everyone made it to the other thread.