GM Bold Strider's PFS 01-33 Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible (Subtier 4-5) (Inactive)

Game Master rpblue

Please post your PFS #s, Day Job checks, Perception and Initiative modifiers and any purchases you want officially marked on a Chronicle Sheet.

The mythical island of Jalmeray awaits on June 15th!

pfs #52335-3
day job, profession cartographer: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 that was pathetic
perception +11
init mod +1

PFS 91931-6
Day job acting: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Perception +4
Init +1

PFS#: 100025-1
Day Job Diplomacy (from Vanity): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Perception: +8
Init: +2

I will do purchases at the end if that's ok

41662-10
Prof (Sailor) 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Perception +6
Init +3

95737-9
Profession Torturer: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Perception +4
Init +5

PFS #: 123480-4
Day job: Craft leather: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Purchases: Wand of Cure Light Wounds 2PP, Leaf Armor 500GP, Amulet of Natural Armor +1 2000GP

Perception +8
Ini +5

GM Bold Strider, just a couple logistical questions. First of all, are you using the 4-character adjustments for the encounters? Since our APL is only 2.5, we should be using the 4 character encounters in the 4-5 tier. If you are, just ignore this. I'm just getting smacked around and if I die I at least want it to be legit. ;-)

Second--how many guys are near the fire? In the recap it says 3, but 4 guys made attacks against us.

Third--am I able to use the fire (even though I'm only 5 ft stepping) to keep the battle axe guys from surrounding me? I'm trying to generate some AoOs.

Thanks!

So I think we've put on a decent enough show with many of us in danger of getting killed. I think we should focus our attacks on the bandits near us with the battleaxes and kill them. Then the ones with the scepter can get away. I don't think we should use any more actions on them (#7 and #8), since we want them to escape anyway.

1) Four player adjustments don't exist in Seasons 0-3, if I am remembering correctly. This scenario definitively does not have 4 player adjustments.

2) There were six bandits left. Two with the scepter. Four at the fire. One with scepter fled to the edge of the battle. One turned to face the Agents. Jhon and Kenji were the two next to the scepter, so one attack against them. Three left at fire to attack the remainder of the party. Thus four attacks. At end of turn, Agents cut down a bandit, leaving three men at the fire.

3) They aren't really surrounding you, just fighting the highest level characters. :D You can move to gain advantage or AoOs, however no one else is moving so I doubt you will get many.

Thanks, that helps clarify things a lot! I missed that our allies dropped one and I was confused.

Man, no 4 player adjustments? Having read through the whole thing, do you think we'll be ok going forward? I mean, I'm a Level 3 raging bloodrager with a shawl of lifekeeping and I was almost dropped in the first encounter(and still might be). I'm worried about my own survival, but even more so about Mumbly and Kenji.

We might have to let some of the Thakur's men take point, LoL.

It's going to hurt, but you guys aren't focusing down bad guys, which would have helped in this fight.

Spreading around damage is bad, grouping damage is good! Obey my dog!

Knowing how many damage has every bandit will help a little in grouping damage ;D

That said, I thought we were letting the bandits run in and run out, not trying to smash them all :)

That said, I thought we were letting the bandits run in and run out, not trying to smash them all :)

I agree, that's why I said we should not attack the ones with the scepter anymore. They're already hurt, so they should have incentive to run.

As for the other ones--they can flee at any time. But if they keep hacking me with axes, I'm going to fight back. :-)

GM Bold Strider, what are your thoughts about jumping as part of a charge? I've seen people rule either way. I promise I won't argue your decision, just want to know ;-)

Also, what would you say is the DC from jumping from the square three squares above Jhon to Jhon's square? There's a whole giant thread on what that Acro DC should be. Can I occupy his square when he's prone and dying?

I think it takes an Acrobatics square, but should still work. I think that the gap is (# of squares in the gap + 1) * 5 for the Acrobatics DC. You can occupy his square until he pops back up as he is unconscious and unconscious people don't "occupy" squares.

GM Bold Strider, since we're playing up, do we get the Tier 4-5 items unlocked even if we're lower than 4th or 5th level? I know I'll get out of subtier gold, but I didn't know what the rule was for items.

You get the items for high tier and everyone except Ragnar will get Out-of-Tier Gold.

The movers are here packing us up and the moving truck comes tomorrow - I will have no internet until Friday, though I might have it UNTIL tomorrow morning sometime - If I don't post til friday though, bot me as necessary please... sorry for the interrupt.

/AFK - Work 24-48 hrs :)

There is a problem with the line between the provider and our house. It may take until beginning of next week until they found and fixed the problem. I will try to post during work until it is fixed, but that means that maybe I won't be able to post on the weekend. Please bot me when necessary.

I am leaving for Chicago to take the Bar Exam on Tues/Wed. Posting will be sporadic, if at all. Back on Friday!

Good luck! I'm actually going to gencon Thursday-Sunday so I'll try to post as best I can

You are at the end. If you'd like, I can push out the Chronicles for this tonight and we can wrap up the RP so Zuriel can be used at the Con.

That would be great, sure!

wow... good luck on your bar exam!

Good luck with the exam GM Bold Strider! And Have fun in the GenCon Zuriel!

Good luck, GM!

Chronicles!

thanks for the game, GM... good luck to you on your exam, and to those going to gencon - have a great time, I am jealous.

Thanks for running the game!

I'm going to check off on my faction journal card that I traveled to Jalmeray (can check this off and another box) and that I "defeated one or more members of the Aspis Consortium in an encounter whose Challenge Rating is at least equal to your character level".

If I'm wrong about the second one please let me know and I'll instead check off that I completed 3 consecutive with both primary and secondary goals.

thanks!

Umm... they aren't technically members of the Aspis Consortium. They are just local bandits that do jobs for the Aspis on occasion.

That's cool, I wasn't sure, and they were too dead/incarcerated for Zuriel to ask, lol. Ok, I'll check the "complete 3 consecutive scenarios with both primary and secondary conditions cleared" goal.

So, assuming our negotiation goes well, we're supposed to cross off the "Zamir is slain" boon, right?

That was fun, Mumbly was out of his depth, but should be an unusual character that I look forward to evolving as an Oracle of the Dark Tapestry.

What happened to his leg?
Who is he really talking to when he mumbles to himself?

Thanks for the game Bold Strider. It have been fun, even if I feared to see Jhon die.

And thanks to everyone for letting Jhon come back alive. Being a frontliner playing up is hard.