GM Chyro [PFS] Season 1 run. (Inactive)

Game Master Chyrone

The lantern archon comes up a little and sends forth more rays.
ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Meanwhile, Mylvwara casts a spell on herself and draws her bow, nocking an arrow.

stabilization check, DC 16: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

”I think the spirits will welcome us in the next realms soon!“ she says without much emotion.

Shardra walks back to receive cover from the beast.

move action.

She channels positive energy!
Channel hp : 4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 1, 4) = 14

As this is a burst effect the beast should not be affected by the channel.

I get back up!/but I get knocked down again!/You're never gonna keep me up\down...!

Wait until the martials got his AoO and then stand up and hide. I don’t want you to be hit another breath weapon while lying on the floor! Then you’d be definitely dead.

Gru'Gar move forward and tumbles the last 15'
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

And takes a swing
Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 21
Dice+base+prayer+haste
Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

Awww...Seems my yesterday post doesn't show..Will redo it, for better or worse. Hasted, Prayered and Raging

Attack with many bonuses: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
DMG: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Hasted Attack with many bonuses: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
DMG: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Mylvwara's archon gets one ray attack in, angering the almost cornered beast, while she prepares some archery.
Shardra does a bit of healing, restoring 14 hp to everyone, whereby Nemesis wakes up again. (At 8 HP)

Brallenera makes a run for it, yelling as she goes.
Aoo bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28 Dmg, extra fire: 2d6 + 12 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) + 12 + (4, 5) = 27
The jaws lock firmly, dealing 24 hurt in the process.

Her own attack is unsuccessful, however.

Nemesis

Gru'Gar (posted)

Nemesis seizes the opportunity to get up (move action), farther away (5-foot step), and blasts the servitor of Law with antithetical power!

shard of Chaos, DC 16, haste, prayer, black powder (+1 damage), melee penalty vs larger enemy: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
folio reroll: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Chaos damage: 5d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 4, 5) + 2 = 19

Willsave: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

The hellwolf (now at -98) was not expecting that, and it snarls in discomfort and rising anger. Gru'Gar sees the time to move himself further past the beast.
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The infernal kennels, round 6

The hellwolf lets out a thundering howl, such that the hounds in the cages take a few steps back.

Fire rises at the back of its throat, and it breaths flame again.
Eta: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Fire breath attack: 10d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 1, 1) = 31

Brallenera, Nemesis, Shardra, reflex DC 21 to 1/2 that.
Shardra has cover, granting her an extra +2 on the reflex save.

The rest of the hellwolf's movement will depend on who passes their saves and who doesn't.

Mylvwara (resolves 1st)
Brallenera & Shardra

Nemesis
Gru'Gar

I really hope you make your saves guys! :-(

Reflex, protection evil +2, haste +1, +2 cover : 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 12

Reflex, folio reroll@ 2 stars : 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 22

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Sharda takes a step back and starts casting a summoning spell!

Summon Monster IV, 1 rd casting time, summoning lower level lantern archons # : 1d3 ⇒ 3

Reflex save, haste, prayer: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

"ALL IS TO ASH!" Screams Nemesis through literally burning lungs before Fire claims her once more.

If anyone else has a miracle to pull out of their ass/Chronicle Boons, now'd be a great time.

Failing that, I've got enough Prestige to cover the restorations I'll need, and a reasonable sum of gold to contribute to my own raising.

I realise that i did not announce Mylvwara's spell. It was true strike.

Mylvwara glances down at her arrow, one of her two special arrows that she has held on to since her first mission as a pathfinder as she steps to the side 5ft step and raises her bow.

attack, evil outsider bane arrow: 1d20 + 8 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 20 = 43
damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + (5, 6) = 17

attack (haste): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

The lantern archon keeps up its attack.

ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

GM, can i give someone else my t-shirt re-roll?

Ref save+Haste: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 = 23

Awww.. again?

I had a feeling it'd be true strike. :)
From what i've read, it's a grey area, but varies per table. Though it wouldn't matter right now, as players have but 1 re-roll per mission. Nemms used hers already.

Come to notice, with Brallenera ending her turn near lava, she took 2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9 fire dmg at end of her turn.

The hellwolf's fire breath burns the two pathfinders alive, much to the horror of the other three.

The chaos shard slows it this round, so it only can do the hell breath.

Mylvwara and her archon dish out another 24 dmg, and the hound has suffered 122 dmg so far. By the 9 hells, it still stands on its legs, getting angrier the more it is injured.

Gru'Gar

Oh this is all so sad!! :-( Nemesis!!! You sacrificed yourself for us! You could have hidden. But you did not! And Brallenera?!? Do you have another trick up your sleeve?!? Please say yes!!

I dont do tricks. I'll check my boons and stuff when I'll come back from vacation but I guess it's the end for Brallenera

Oh this is all so sad!! :-( Nemesis!!! You sacrificed yourself for us! You could have hidden. But you did not!

Just don't make me regret it; kill that b@@~@ and get us raised!

Three more lantern archons will chip, chip, chip away and Mylvwara has one last card to play. Fingers crossed.

Taking a 5'step to get into flank (about time).

Gru'Gar swings.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 20
Dice+base+prayer+haste+trait
Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 8
Dice+Prayer+trait
Sneak Attack damage: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Haste Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 22
Dice+base+prayer+haste+trait
Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 7

There's 23 points damage

Gru'Gar does a double swing at the hellwolf, but both slide off the beast's infernal barding.
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The infernal kennels, expected final round

The great beast bites back at Gru'Gar.
Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24 Dmg, extra fire: 2d6 + 12 + 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 12 + (5, 6) = 31
The teeth sink deep, leaving Gru'Gar bloodied and hurting, but still standing.
With Gru'Gar and Shardra one one side, and Mylvwara alone in a corner, the beast heads for the latter.
Acro vs Gru'Gar: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21 Pass.

Mylvwara

Shardra
Gru'Gar

Mylvwara looks at the approaching beast and takes a deep breath before casting a spell.
A cone of freezing sleet pours from her fingers toward the hellhound.
flurry of snowballs
cold damage, dc17 reflex for half: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 6, 1) = 13

The lantern archon also swoops forward.
ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

In the words of Mr. Matthew Mercer,

How do you want to do this?

:)

Um, I don’t get it? Maybe because I’m British?

He's the DM in the webseries Critical Role.
He says it when someone deals the decisive dmg that defeats a boss, the one doing so describes in which fashion they deal the finishing blow. :)

The massive hound, all flame and muscle and fangs, snarls at the slight elf before it. Endless malevolence burns in its eyes as it inhales, ready to roar out more gouts of flame.

At that moment, the shaking hands and faltering tongue of the elf unfold a spell and freezing hail, supernaturally cold, pours from her fingers.

The ice follows the giant hound’s inward breath, down into its gullet, and the creature chokes and convulses, lurching onto its side and kicking feebly at the air for a few moments before its inner flame gutters and goes out for ever.

She falls to one knee for a second then gets to her feet.

Mylvwara isn’t even looking at the great hound. Her eyes are fixed on two blackened bodies lying the other side of its great, fallen bulk.

Shardra can't believe what has happened here!

"Oh dear spirits ... Nemesis and Brallenera are dead!" she starts to shed some tears and runs to the cages looking for anybody who remotely looks like Dralneen!

She better be here ... otherwise ... otherwise all of this was in vain.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

With the hellwolf dead, Shardra heads towards the hanging gibbets, wherein a single humanoid figure is held captive.

Although the gibbet is a good 20ft up, long black hair and a messy formal dress, suggest madam Dralneen is up there.

She looks down upon you, shouting,

"There are controls below to operate the gibbets. Be careful, incorrect handling might have dire consequences."

Shardra is almost angry to hear such a tone after what she must have witnessed!

She tries to get the cage down.

Dralneen's as skittery about it all as you are, madam. :)

The wizard inspects the mechanism.
perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Then casts detect magic on it.

Her face is rigid with tension as she struggles to contain her feelings and get the job done.

knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Let me know if there are any other relevant skills.

Mylvwara doesn't detect any magical traces on the controls and, getting Gru'Gar to help, the two start shifting the gibbets, eventually successfully lowering the one Dralneen is held in.

Before disappearing, the archon has time to cast aid on everyone left alive.

(gibbet touches the ground)

(METAL BANG)

Dralneen's dress is filthy, and her forehead is visibly sweated, from spending time in this warm climate.

"My wholehearted thanks, agents. Am i right in assuming you came the same way as that hellknight did?"

"Yes." Mylvwara pauses, her attention still only partially on the woman.

Straining still to maintain her composure, the elf raises a question, "Did you, by any chance, see how the hellknight returned to the Prime Material plane?"

Then she gives a little, rueful smile which fades within an instant, "We have cleared your name. Restored your position. Shown that the charges against you were trumped up inventions."

Shardra raises an eyebrow again.

"We sacrificed a lot to bring you back. Two of our companions perished. Let us make haste and get out of here!"

Did you, by any chance, see how the hellknight returned to the Prime Material plane?"

"Yes, he used a figurine he opened a portal to here with."

We sacrificed a lot to bring you back. Two of our companions perished. Let us make haste and get out of here!

"I am sorry for that. Hopefully both of them have the means to come back to us, but indeed, the faster we are out of here the better."

Gru'Gar shoulders one of the fallen and gets ready to leave.

"We better get going."

Zartana nods.

"Indeed."

Mylvwara uses the keyword she heard Nemesis speak before, and the portal back to the citadel opens before you.

There, the maralictor sits still bound, save he has a black eye now.
Zartana frowns, as she approaches, but an air of dignity still surrounds the woman.

"Your plan has been foiled, hellknight. Two of our own fell in the rescue, i will make sure the situation for you will be as unfavorable as possible."

He glares back at her, not saying a thing.

Will you leave the citadel right away, or....would you like to accompany Zartana?

Or do we fireball the hellknight?

My vote would be to accompany Zartana. The job's not done until she is out of the citadel.

”We will accompany you all the way back to the venture captain miss Dralneen!“

Hitching a ride with a contingent of hellknights, set for Korvosa, you find yourselves back in a civilized metropolis.....as far as such is considered.

When you meet Venture-Captain Heidmarch at Shoreline Drinkhall, he
hastily instructs medics to whisk Dralneen away to safety.
"Gods be praised, your effort was a success. I regret to see at the expense of two lives, though. I'll get a runner to make reservations for a revival at the church of Abadar."

He nods.
"Nonetheless a job well done. The society owes you a great debt, even though it as a whole won't speak it, i will, and moreso likely, lady Dralneen."
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Some time later, at a local church of Abadar,

The head priest and his clerics prepare the revival of Brallenera and Nemesis, each of whom surprised their respective 'doorman to the line of judgment', by being there on such short notice yet again.

As the door to the room opens for them to rejoin their fellow agents, Brallenera sees a cheerful sight. A small girl, holding a teddybear, comes out of another room where a revival was performed. Received by parents, with tears of joy, the girl then noticed Brallenera, waves, and comes running into Brallenera, hugging her in excitement.

It's little Emily whom she met in the line of judgment, at the time of her death at the hands of the dark creeper rogue.

"Mama, papa, and the nice lady too. Hello again."
(warm radiant smile, and 2nd hug)

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That evening,

You had received a summon to a house in one of the more posh districts of Korvosa, signed by Zartana Dralneen.

"Welcome, agents. Once again, and now at my leisure, i wish to express my gratitude for freeing me from imprisonment. Mere words are insufficient, and therefor i offer each of you an item from my personal collection. Within reasonable boundaries, of course."

She also reserves a table for you at a nice restaurant, with a balcony view of Korvosa's waters and surrounding land. The light of the moon presents a serene, yet slightly melancholic, atmosphere.

With recent events, thoughts come and leave your minds.
Where will each of you go from here, will it still be with familiar faces, will great feats like recent ever be recognized beyond those directly involved.

Only time will tell...

Music theme

Wow. Nice description. To the point and emotional! :-)

Shardra has little joy when it involves such posh festivities but she is so glad to see her companions are alive again.

Nonetheless she feels that the spirits must have visited them in their absence from this world.

Hesitantly she asks.

”Nemesis, Brallenera ... a .. a personal question. How was it like ... to be dead? To be a spirit?“

Aww, not so bad, but I wouldn't do that for a living.

Despite the humor and bravado, Brallenera still have a heavy heart.

The encounter of Emily, again, weights heavily on her soul, and she hides herself to get a little cry

Awww.. why me? Why can I come back from the dead, while Emily can't? At least she's with her parents now..

Really, really nicely done, Chyro. You got me. That was unexpected, and a really nice touch of continuity.

Mademoiselle, you may want to read that over again. :)
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As the door to the room opens for them to rejoin their fellow agents, Brallenera sees a cheerful sight. A small girl, holding a teddybear, comes out of another room where a revival was performed. [rest of text]

Call me a sucker for happy cutscene if i have the liberty of writing them.

”Nemesis, Brallenera ... a .. a personal question. How was it like ... to be dead? To be a spirit?“

Nemesis is silent at first, staring not at the sea, but back at the hearth inside.

"It is Pain. It is Power. It is Perdition. It is Purity...Of course," She smiles gently at Shardra. "I can speak only of Ymeri's Domain. You weren't thinking of converting, were you? I've never gotten to perform the initiation rite for another...."

Shardra blinks for a couple of seconds.

”No. I do not wish to convert.... “ she says politely in her deep voice.