Naruda has to make the safe first before she is stuck! Nonetheless combat is over for now! Good job everyone!
Shiv and Atronia are able to distrupt the runes uniform once more and pull out a couple more large runes from the mix. The remaining runes are unable to stay cohesive and soon they power down and fall straight to the ground.
The threat out here might be taken care of, but you hear loud noises of crashing coming from within the building clearly indicating that there is more work to be done!
Do any healing if required.. Pathfinders you may go back to the entrance and 1) head straight toward animated relics; 2) or to the right toward guard animals; 3) or to the left and upstairs toward clockworks.
Makon hears the dogs (going to assume the guard animals are dogs; if not please interject with any growl or other sound said animals would make), barking and growling in the distance, what's wrong with the puppies (animals)? Says Makon genuinely concerned...Should we go check it out? A hint of pity and desperation seeping in to his voice.
Female Samsaran | Witch (Winter Witch, Invoker) 2 | Init +8 Per+2, LLV HP 10/14 AC (17)13, Touch AC (13)12(+4 vs Incorp), FF AC (14)11 | SVs Fort +1/Refl +4/Will +3 | CMB +1 CMD 13
For some reason I thought I had failed the save. Oh well, kind of moot since combat is over.
Naruda still has a charge of healing, if someone is willing to give her a congratulatory fist bump.
The Pathfinders rush into the museum straight towards where the guard dogs possibly are. Long shadows cast by ruined displays and broken furniture litter the floor. A humanoid-shaped figure made of shattered clockwork lies slumped over a bench. Above, an elaborately painted sign reads “Crusader’s Chronicles.”
Four dogs, one a little larger than the rest, are roaming about and turn to growl as you enter.
A quick check of your sheets suggest no one has handle animal or wild empathy, so we will go straight to combat!
Kn. Nature 10 then to identify the Dog (Small), and Kn. Nature 11 to identify the one larger dog (Medium). Every +5 from the DC allows you one question (refer to last page of the slides)
The large dogs charges at Atronia, bites and attempts to pull her down! Caught off guard, the dog manages to sink his sharp teeth into her legs and forces her right to fall flat on her bottom.
Male Kitsune paladin | AC 19 T 13 FF 14 | CMD 18 | hp 46/46 | F +10 R +11 W +8 | Spd 30 | Init +4 | Perc +0 | LoH 7/7 | Smite evil 1/1
"Well if that stupid mutt wants to walk right up to our resident meat-head, best of luck, Scooby. I'm gonna see if I can take out one of the little ones."
Shiv steps out from behind his companions to get a clear shot on red and fires an arrow.
Makon doesn't like it, but he swings at the dog that just bit Atronia great ax:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20dmg:1d12 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6Sorry bout' this puppy...but rabid dogs need to be put down!
Female Samsaran | Witch (Winter Witch, Invoker) 2 | Init +8 Per+2, LLV HP 10/14 AC (17)13, Touch AC (13)12(+4 vs Incorp), FF AC (14)11 | SVs Fort +1/Refl +4/Will +3 | CMB +1 CMD 13
Knowledge:Nature:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 I'm not picky about what she might want to know about dogs. Let's say we'll go into defensive stuff, like resistances, immunities, etc; just in case these aren't really dogs. I guess dogs are the same where ever you are.
"I hate doing this, but it may just be best to take the beasts down."
Naruda fires a ray at the dog straight ahead of her.
Ayla attempt at a peaceful conversation is taken with hostility. The alpha dog barks back at her! "Ru do not comply to standard roperating procedure! You are not recognized ras ran rallii to the museum! Intruder intruder!"
Diplomacy didn't meet the DC.
Meanwhile, the rest of the pathfinders attempt to hold their ground which results in some backlash! Makon wounds the hostile dog.
Wilen, mechanically do you do any actions besides 5ft step?
Male Halfling Alchemist 6 | HP 39/39 | AC 21, t 14, ff 18 | CMB 2, CMD 15 | F+7 R+9 W+3; +4 vs. poison, +2 vs. fear | Speed 20' | Init+3 | Perc+11 | Extracts: 2nd-barkskin, cure moderate wounds (2), invisibility; 1st-cure light wounds, shield, targeted bomb admixture (3) | Bomb: 12/12 | Mutagen: brewed | Active conditions: none
DEX mutagen:
Init+5 | Perc+10 | AC 23, t 14, ff 20 | R+11, W+2 | CMD 17
Yes, I will now. Was just waiting to see if Ayla could achieve peace. That ship has sailed :)
Wilen sighs in frustration and resign as he prepares one of his signature bombs. He fidgets with some of the attachments on it so that it doesn't envelope the entire area around its target.
Throw bomb at scooby:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Per Precise Bombs discovery, not affecting the squares occupied by Makon and Atronia. Bomb FIRE damage:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Bomb FIRE splash damage:1 + 4 = 5
If it misses, lands in square...:1d8 ⇒ 4 => diagonal lower-right of target, Scooby takes splash damage
Female Human Skald 2 | AC 16 (15) T 10 FF 14 | CMD 15 | hp19/19 (21/21, fast healing 2) | F +5 (+6) R +1 W +1 (+2) | Spd 20' | Init +1 | Kn (Arc, Dun, Eng, Geo, Nat, Nob, Pla, Rel) +2, Kn (His, Loc) +7, Perc -2, SensM -2 | Raging song 10/16 | Spells lvl1 3/3 |
Sorry for not posting earlier!
Caught unaware as she was thinking they would try to subdue the animals, Atronia yelps in surprise as she is brought to the floor by a very angry looking dog. She is a little confused when she hears Ayla bark, but figures it's magic and looks warily at the animal to see its reaction, which is obviously not positive.
Swallowing back the pain, she gets up and, towering over the dog, making herself as big as she can, she looks it straight in the eyes and shouts, "Down!" Sadly, the acute pain in her leg makes her voice quiver and she can't help but wince as she inadvertently puts her weight on the wounded leg.
A little rule clarification on Intimidate. Intimidate to improve attitude is mechanically a 1 minute action, a hostile creature would probably not let you intimidate it over the course of 10 rounds doing nothing and likely retaliates given the chance. Especially when they don't understand your speech. Intimidate would still have affect in combat but only to shaken your opponent.
In the case of diplomacy, it is also a one minute action but because it's a conversation it would make sense for it to play out if there was some kind of standstill if the other party wills it, which in this case could happen, but because the diplomacy check didn't pass, we continue into combat!
Wilen's bomb just misses the dog, but the heat expelled from the blast burns the alpha slightly. It limps and seems heavily injured but has yet to succumb to it's wounds.
The smaller dogs come to the alpha's aid as Atronia provokes them with a word that plays no affect on their psyche. The struggle for dominance ensues as the dogs form a perimeter defending against the Pathfinder intruders! Naruda and Atronia are wounded further in the fight.
Male Kitsune paladin | AC 19 T 13 FF 14 | CMD 18 | hp 46/46 | F +10 R +11 W +8 | Spd 30 | Init +4 | Perc +0 | LoH 7/7 | Smite evil 1/1
Wilen Proudbrew wrote:
"Shiv! Cool it, Ayla might be able to talk them down! These dogs are just dealing with whatever is going on in the museum."
"What? Cool it? Easy for you to say when it ain't your leg being gnawed off. I'll stop shooting when Scooby over there stops biting Atronia. How's that?"
As he says this, he trots over to get a clear shot on blue, and fires again.
attack roll:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22-4 to this for firing into melee damage roll:1d8 ⇒ 7
"Yeah, that's right. Let's see you chase foxes NOW you dumb mutts!"
Funny thing is that when I played Solstice Scar A, I played it as pregen Lini and managed to pacify the dogs without anyone suffering so much as a scratch. Complete opposite of this time. XD
Female Human Skald 2 | AC 16 (15) T 10 FF 14 | CMD 15 | hp19/19 (21/21, fast healing 2) | F +5 (+6) R +1 W +1 (+2) | Spd 20' | Init +1 | Kn (Arc, Dun, Eng, Geo, Nat, Nob, Pla, Rel) +2, Kn (His, Loc) +7, Perc -2, SensM -2 | Raging song 10/16 | Spells lvl1 3/3 |
I'm a little confused. Did he knock me prone again? I should probably have specified I was trying to get up (move action) and make the dog shaken. Which means I might be down because of the aoo. Bad choices on my part. In case it misses me with the aoo, I'll roll for an attack. Retcon the post if I'm unconscious.
Atronia winces as she suffers another bad bite, but this time, teeth clenched, she draws her sword with the intent of killing the dog.
Male Kitsune paladin | AC 19 T 13 FF 14 | CMD 18 | hp 46/46 | F +10 R +11 W +8 | Spd 30 | Init +4 | Perc +0 | LoH 7/7 | Smite evil 1/1
Ayla, I already took down Blue. Also as an FYI, from your position, both Scooby and Green both have cover from our allies, but with that roll you've a good chance of hitting anyway. XD
That makes it easier, but it would have attempted trip from it's normal round attack that still hits.
Trip?:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
As soon as Atronia gets up, she falls back down succumbing to the alpha's strong pull. I'll just assume you attacked from prone, and it still hits, and that the other attacks were directed to the last dog making it unconscious, hence ending combat!
The dogs clearly underestimated the prowess of the pathfinders. With your counterattacks you are able to quell the threat, but to a point where Atronia's angry retaliation outright kills the alpha.
The other three dogs are unconscious.
With the threat of the guard dogs running loose out of the picture, you are able to turn to focus on the other areas of the museum that are still filled with havoc!
Do any healing if required.. Pathfinders you may go back to the entrance and 1) head straight toward animated relics; 2) or to the left and upstairs toward clockworks
Female Samsaran | Witch (Winter Witch, Invoker) 2 | Init +8 Per+2, LLV HP 10/14 AC (17)13, Touch AC (13)12(+4 vs Incorp), FF AC (14)11 | SVs Fort +1/Refl +4/Will +3 | CMB +1 CMD 13
Wand of CLW:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
I bet there is going to be worse things then dogs deeper inside this museum. It's time to protect myself.
Naruda uses her wand of mage armor on herself. Wilen, Ayla, would you also like in on this MAGE ARMOR?
All the choices sound dreadful...how about going after the clockworks?
Female Human Skald 2 | AC 16 (15) T 10 FF 14 | CMD 15 | hp19/19 (21/21, fast healing 2) | F +5 (+6) R +1 W +1 (+2) | Spd 20' | Init +1 | Kn (Arc, Dun, Eng, Geo, Nat, Nob, Pla, Rel) +2, Kn (His, Loc) +7, Perc -2, SensM -2 | Raging song 10/16 | Spells lvl1 3/3 |
Atronia takes a deep breath to calm down as she looks at the dead dog, then turns around to start looking in her bag. she soon brings out her own wand of cure light wounds and uses it on herself. As she does so, she says, "If we are still thinking of making sure we don't leave anything behind us, shall we check those animated relics? I don't mind either way, but I think you suggested that, right Ayla?"
Makon wipes a tear from his face. poor puppies...just defending their home...maybe I can... Makon hears the females talking about going after the relics...and interjects, No! it's only been a few minutes we've been here and already gotten in to two fights! I'm tired (speaking of his non-lethal dmg) and we don't know what we're up against! I say we go to the front entrance and try to get instructions from somebody and find out exactly what's going on!
Makon, I'm not sure if it's just RP or if you might be actually confused about the situation, but if you back track to the post with the Overseer update and my post after, it should be somewhat clear. But if you need any further clarifications do let me know how I can help. At the moment we're against the clock on encounters that earn successes to trigger the next phase of the scenario.
Wilen, Mage Armor does not stack with your regular armor. So your stats would actually FF 15, and AC 18.
Along the way to the relics, as you pass the entrance, the ulfen lieutenant greets you. "How fares your attempts? It seems you and the rest of the Pathfinders are starting to quiet down the place while Nigel continues working on the those magical defences upstairs, but there's still the relics and clockworks running loose! I'll leave you to it then, we'll continue to form the perimeter as your sort things out."
Straight into the main exhibition hall, under a sign that reads “The Shining Armory,” priceless Shining Crusade artifacts displayed on pedestals creak and move by some unseen force. Eerie light seems to dart between the objects while the din of a raging battle echoes throughout the chamber. The central feature is a low, artificial hill atop which stand two stuffed owlbears surrounded by shattered undead foes. Each of the beasts wears chainmail barding and an orange-and-black caparison depicting a stylized owlbear. A dead man dressed in furs lies on the floor before a suit of fullplate armor.
One of the banners that are used to decorate wall seems to be hovering around uncontrollably!
Kn Arcana DC13 to identify! I should also mention that the banner has a reach of 10ft.
Female Gnome Rogue 3 | HP: 27/27 | AC 16 (T14, FF 13) (+1 vs. traps) | CMB: +0 CMD: 13 | F:+4 R:+7* W:+3* | Init +3 | Perc +10*, DisDev +11*, SM +1, Bluff/Diplo/Intim +0 (+1 vs. Mendev Crusaders) | Speed 20 ft. | Sneak Attack +2d6 | Dancing Lights: 1/1, Ghost Sound: 1/1, Prestidigitation: 1/1, Speak with Animals: 1/1 | Esoteric Scholar 1/1, Prepared Agent 1/1 | Active Conditions: None
Ayla lets out a laugh at Wilen. "Well, I'm turning the dogs into something way cooler, for sure! Like... hellhounds! Or dire wolves! Yeah! Oh! Or maybe massive guard dogs possessed by evil spirits!"
Ayla dashes into the room and fires off a shot at the banner, before it can react!
Ranged Attack:1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 = 14 Piercing Damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 On the off chance I get sneak attack on a banner... Haha:1d6 ⇒ 6
At the time of writing this I have a clear line of sight and its not in melee, so I didn't subtract a -4 for firing into melee. If it's needed, my attack roll goes down to 10.
Makon has a serious sense of duja vu... (having already been through this encounter with this character in part A)Ah a flying banner! I've had dreams this day would come! I tore you to pieces then as I will now! Come time to make some handkerchiefs! Makon trods forward and hefts his axe high above his head to strike G ax:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 dmg:1d12 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5confirm:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17dmg:2d12 + 8 ⇒ (6, 3) + 8 = 17
Female Samsaran | Witch (Winter Witch, Invoker) 2 | Init +8 Per+2, LLV HP 10/14 AC (17)13, Touch AC (13)12(+4 vs Incorp), FF AC (14)11 | SVs Fort +1/Refl +4/Will +3 | CMB +1 CMD 13
Knowledge:Arcana:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
How do you kill something made out of cloth? Naruda will prioritize her knowledge checks trying to figure out special defenses
Naruda springs into action, moving towards the animated banner to the take cover behind one of the art displays. She will fire a ray of frost:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 201d3 ⇒ 3 at the banner unless she knows that her cold attack wouldn't hurt this thing.
UNLESS:
If that is the case, then she will stay where she is at and pull a torch and her flint & steel out of her traveling bag.
Naruda realizes the banner is likely haunted! It's a construct mechanically = construct traits. While it doesn't have any special defences, it has similar features to a construct. Immune to Mind affecting and anything requiring fortitude.
Without wasting any time, the group rips the banner to shreads through whatever means they can! Daggers, Arrows, Axes, completely cut apart the banner rendering it useless.
The sneak and two crits immediately end the encounter! You guys are on fire! FF AC 14! Anything special you would like to do? Else we'll move to the clockwork in about 12 hours.
You're not able to identify the dead man lying on the floor, he clearly isn't one of the pathfinders or guards and doesn't really wear any distinguishing features.
Meanwhile, funny noises come from above you, likely the doing of the clockwork creatures the lieutenant mentioned earlier.
A high-pitched buzz pervades the museum, rising in frequency to the point of being inaudible. A moment later, a rolling boom echoes through the museum like thunder, and the glowing wards around the museum begin to fade.
@Table GMs: The “Failing Wards” condition on page 9 is now in effect.
Female Human Skald 2 | AC 16 (15) T 10 FF 14 | CMD 15 | hp19/19 (21/21, fast healing 2) | F +5 (+6) R +1 W +1 (+2) | Spd 20' | Init +1 | Kn (Arc, Dun, Eng, Geo, Nat, Nob, Pla, Rel) +2, Kn (His, Loc) +7, Perc -2, SensM -2 | Raging song 10/16 | Spells lvl1 3/3 |
Atronia doesn't even have time to react to the familiar scene before everyone has torn the banner apart. "Makon, what did we say about artifacts last time? I don't particularly like him, but we're going to give this poor Nigel a heart attack if we destroy the things he has collected. Maybe we should have... restrained it somehow? Well, too late for that."
She pauses for a moment, staring at the collapsed body. "Well, that's not part of the exhibit. What might have happened to the poor fellow? What was he even doing here?"
Female Samsaran | Witch (Winter Witch, Invoker) 2 | Init +8 Per+2, LLV HP 10/14 AC (17)13, Touch AC (13)12(+4 vs Incorp), FF AC (14)11 | SVs Fort +1/Refl +4/Will +3 | CMB +1 CMD 13
Since it sounds like we're fighting clockworks next, I'll roll a Knowledge Arcana in advance, just in case. Focus on identifying special attacks first this time. Knowledge:Arcana:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
"Is it a stranger? If there are invaders in the museum, then we'll probably encounter more of them."
Does the body have any equipment on him? What's he wearing?
Female Gnome Rogue 3 | HP: 27/27 | AC 16 (T14, FF 13) (+1 vs. traps) | CMB: +0 CMD: 13 | F:+4 R:+7* W:+3* | Init +3 | Perc +10*, DisDev +11*, SM +1, Bluff/Diplo/Intim +0 (+1 vs. Mendev Crusaders) | Speed 20 ft. | Sneak Attack +2d6 | Dancing Lights: 1/1, Ghost Sound: 1/1, Prestidigitation: 1/1, Speak with Animals: 1/1 | Esoteric Scholar 1/1, Prepared Agent 1/1 | Active Conditions: None
Ayla laughs as she reloads her crossbow. "Not everything that moves! That'd be pretty silly. We'd all be dead, for one. And for two... Or, second, rather, WHOAH! Look at that dead guy!"
Ayla scampers over to inspect (rob) the dead man on the floor.
Perception to be thorough!:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Male Kitsune paladin | AC 19 T 13 FF 14 | CMD 18 | hp 46/46 | F +10 R +11 W +8 | Spd 30 | Init +4 | Perc +0 | LoH 7/7 | Smite evil 1/1
"If it moves against us, or if it moves when it ain't supposed to move, I shoot it," Shiv replies as he nocks an arrow to his bow and aims at the figure.
"Chaldira teaches that in battle, you hit first and hit hard, and let luck to make up the difference. Spend too much time deliberating and the enemy will overwhelm you before you know it."
He grins.
"One of my favourite teachings from the old fuddy-duddies."
It's clear that the dead warrior succumbed to the slashing wounds across his chest. His fur outfit and weapons are primitive (and nothing useful for the Pathfinders), suggesting perhaps he came from a tribal background, likely that of a Kellid. However this raises more question than it does answers for the situation the museum faces. But with nothing much left on the ground floor, the group heads up the stairs to face the next danger.
Gears, glass, and chunks of wax litter the polished wood floor under a sign that proclaims “Scars of the Lich.” The corpse of another Kellid warrior lies in a pool of blood, her furs soaked through. A constant ticking and whirring sound echoes in this area. A few Pathfinders are engaged around the corner in battle with some clockworks!
Ahead of your path, an eerily expressionless shining crusader(?) with an unusual glistening quality, as though it's covered in an oily sheen, roams around the area and notes your entrance up the stairs! Although it has a face of a human, the expressions are featureless, like a wax figure, and you're definitely sure it gazes upon you with upon you with hostile intent!
Kn Arcana DC13 to identify the creature.
Naruda recognizes this to be a wax golem! Figurines that are given life through magical means. On a very rare off chance of potent magic, sometimes they develop a consciousness. No special attacks, but i'll give that as a freebie, so you are free to ask another one.
My bad if I've lead you on to think there were clockworks! Well, there are, but only not for this tier. :)
Female Human Skald 2 | AC 16 (15) T 10 FF 14 | CMD 15 | hp19/19 (21/21, fast healing 2) | F +5 (+6) R +1 W +1 (+2) | Spd 20' | Init +1 | Kn (Arc, Dun, Eng, Geo, Nat, Nob, Pla, Rel) +2, Kn (His, Loc) +7, Perc -2, SensM -2 | Raging song 10/16 | Spells lvl1 3/3 |
Atronia carefully moves forward toward the menacing golem, drawing her greatsword, and stands at the ready. "Do any of you have some good idea as to ways to incapacitate this thing without destroying it, or should we just slash it to pieces and apologize to Nigel?"
K arcana:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Move while drawing my weapon, then I'm readying an attack if the golem comes within my reach. I'll roll for that attack in case it happens. attack:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 damage:2d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 6 = 13
Female Samsaran | Witch (Winter Witch, Invoker) 2 | Init +8 Per+2, LLV HP 10/14 AC (17)13, Touch AC (13)12(+4 vs Incorp), FF AC (14)11 | SVs Fort +1/Refl +4/Will +3 | CMB +1 CMD 13
Naruda would be interested in defenses, especially weapon damage (as that's how we're probably going to take it down).
"Warriors, I think these things are merely guardians and not valuable museum pieces! We should have no qualms about putting them down."
Naruda moves behind Makon, placing her hand on his bicep. A calming energy moves through his body as he is filled with the power of mystical guidance.+1 competence bonus to a single attack, skill or save
Tien:
"Yamatsumi, grant this warrior the steady strength of a mountain."
