GM Dak - PFS First Steps: I, II, & III (Group 2) (Inactive)

Game Master Dakcenturi

I'll shoot the closest I can see
Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 25 vs flatfooted AC?
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10
((+2 for animals, +1 for point-blank.))

"Look out! Critters!"

Tamarie reacts instinctively, and shoots the first rat that is in her line of sight. She impales to 'poor rat' before it has the chance to do more than squeek once.

In case I'm not around for a bit after the rats go, here's my surprise round action.

Rule wise: You only get a standard action in the surprise round.
Also: "makes it's way" > "makes its way" :P

Wow, I'm fast.

Thanks for the correction, I have an unnatural love for extra 's sometimes :). As to the 5' step I believe it's legitimate to take on on the surprise round. They aren't a move equivalent action...technically classified as a nonaction (equivalent with delaying).

Yup, 5FS is a "non-action", but about drawing the sword. Drawing your sword is a move-action, which would end your surprise turn.
You could simply ready to attack if necessary, and draw your weapon as part of the attack... I think?

heh I'd contemplated the - :) You're correct about drawing a weapon but I'm not sure if we went on initiative before, after or during my prior post where I took some actions in response to your warning. If that stuff happened first then he has his sword out already. If not then all he'll be doing is drawing his weapon this round. If you have a BAB of 1+ (which Olik doesn't yet) you can draw as part of a move action so I don't think there's a way to draw and attack in a surprise round (ignoring feats)

since I can't see a rat I want to use my surprise round to ready a bomb trow when one comes int view

bomb touch attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
splash is 6 DC15 for half

If a rat shows itself I'm hitting it with a bomb so beware

well unless a rat.is there i don't see it probably will miss so miss spot miss direction: 1d8 ⇒ 6 so miss is southeast of target or down one left one from target as it comes into view

Tamarie let's an arrow fly.

Concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 16

It almost seems to weave through the boxes and crates sticking solidly in one of the rats as it lets out a death squeal and drops to the floor bleeding.

Salador preps a bomb and upon seeing a rat come into view throws it in the rats direction. The rat scurries out of the way at the last second as the bomb explodes taking a chunk of floor with it.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

It just narrowly dodges out of the way of the splash from the bomb but still takes a small hit. It runs up to the nearest person, Jirani in this case and tries to bite.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The other rates squirms out of the crates along the west wall and comes upon the closest target; Salador, trying to bite as well.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Both missing their larger targets, Olik in turn steps over with his weapon already drawn and swings at the rat missing as it skitters out of the way.

Tessara hearing the rucis inside steps in and prepares for battle.

Turns - Tamarie, Rats, Everyone else

Is it Tamarie that's up? If any of them are left when Jirani finally notices something's happening, he'll move to the nearest rat, drawing his sword simultaneously, and attack.

Yep Tam is up. Once she and the rats go the rest of us do. We can coordinate and flank the one near us if you're game. 5' to the West and I'll do the same South and one of us will get a bonus :)

"Bah foul creatures. Jirani, let's surround this vermin so we can be done with it and get back to the mission at hand."

I'm gonna finish the one near Sal if he doesn't first.

Tessara moves inside, joining the others, pulling her short bow.

DM, can her elvish vision see anything a little further back, that might be out of the area of the light sources.

Sorry guys, my Tyranids had a playdate with some Eldar ;)

"Guys, watch out, I'm going to shoot between you. Just don't make any sudden moves."

Tamarie makes sure to have a good line of sight, and releases the arrow while exhaling, like her older brother taught her years ago. She aims for the lungs, and a quick kill.

Gotcha! Thanks brother!

or she shot at.the rat that is slightly burned

Salador, I missed that.
So I'm going to let you decide: shooting at the one on fire sounds like a good plan.
Is that okay GM?

Sounds good.

Tamarie lets another arrow fly, sinking it into the dire rat as it exhales for the last time it falls to the floor lifeless.

The last remaing rat, unaware of the lossing battle continues on and attempts to bite Salador.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Missing horrible, he has little left but to face the rest of the Pathfinders.

Tessa doesn't even waste an arrow, preferring to let the others gut the miserable creature, rather than risking a ranged shot in the crowd of Pathfinders.

As he raises his sword to cut down the rat before him Olik hears a warning come from Tamarie and looks just in time to see an arrow flash by and kill the creature.

That woman's good He thinks to himself feeling a bit remorseful that his blade has gone unbloodied.

Not seeing a path to the remaining rat without stumbling through the crates he picks up the coin he'd set down with his buckler hand and moves further into the warehouse to check for more of the creatures.

Olik will pickup the coin and move south three squares (taking a slightly round about route to avoid the crates) and checks the crates for more rats. Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

As far as I can tell that's the last of them...over here anyway. Did you finish the little bugger off yet?

Salador will take a step back not wanting to damage his new found commrades. He will then pull out his cross bow and load it.

free action five foot step
move action pull out cross bow
move action load cross bow.

Volker and Jirani are left before the next round, if there is a next round :)

Volker's fingers begin to turn cold, as a tell tale mist begins to wisp around the tips. Suddenly there is an icicle hurdling toward the nearest rat.

The icicle, sprung from Volker's hand, smashes into the rats head, leaving it twitching on the ground for only a moment before it stops moving forever.

With the rats deaths you are free to search the warehouse for items that may help in your plan to retrieve the crate sought by Guaril.

Hearing the sounds of combat cease Olik nods to himself

Seems these companions are capable...we may well have songs of our own to sing one day. For now enough of this darkness.

The beasts nest is over here. We should search it before we go, they may well have pilfered shiny things that we would value as well.

Olik will move due south avoiding approaching he damaged floor(taking his time to move over/through the crates) to the double doors and see if he can unlatch and open them to let in the sun and the sea air.

Once there's some light he'll take a Knowledge : Engineering check to get a feel for the structure of the planks holding up the chest as well as the edges of the hole. 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

With the doors open light floods in so you can see the whole warehouse.

Olik will take a good look at the crate checking for anything to attach a hook to or any ropes or handles. He'll then take a look at the crane system to see how it picks up crates (net, hook, etc).

I should probably note that he's not approaching the crate, just looking from a safe distance. :)

Still deep in thought, Jirani hardly hears Tamarie's warning of scratches, or the beginning of the battle around his feet. By the time he collects himself, it's already over. He looks over to Olik. "You didn't get one either? At least you got your weapon drawn."

He looks at the two skewered by arrows, and over to Tamarie with her bow. "If only I were as good with a sword as you are with that bow. Impressive!"

"All of you," he adds, surveying the bombed floorboards and frozen rat, as well. His smile has faded, clearly dejected that he reacted so slowly.

"Well, back to the task at hand, I suppose."

So, what's the crane system like? I was picturing just some pulleys on rails. I figured there'd still be a challenge of securing the crate before we could lift it.

Looking at the crate you don't notice any notable places to latch onto it or hook it. Examining the crane, it appears to be used for loading and unloading boats, it clings to a rail running the length of the warehouse, hanging 5 feet below the high ceiling, and can slide out to extend past the loading doors along the west wall. There is a hook that looks like it is used to pick up nets with crates in them to haul them.

"Maybe there's still some nets around here we can use with the crane."

Jirani begins his search among the boxes on the east.

is there actually no handles at all on the crate

Looking quizically at the others.

well I'll look at the crane and see if I can not figure it out just in case we can or need to use it.

general knowledge check on crane: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Volker moves slowly towards the stack of boxes. He scans the boxes to see if there is any markings indicating what is in the boxes.

Tessara doesn't tinker with the crane the others are inspecting. Trying to keep busy, she casts a spell causing her eyes to tint a deep blue before going back to their original color. She slowly walks around the warehouse inspecting everything with her newly enhanced vision.

Casting Detect Magic, DM.

Tamarie will look a tiny bit shy, and put away her bow.
After a few seconds, she will regain her footing.

That didn't... sound like sarcasm... Right?

"Heh, sorry guys, you'll have to learn to be quicker,"she says smilingly. "I just happens that my older brother taught me to hunt animals of all sizes, and releasing some rats was one of our harder exercises. And those were a lot smaller than these... whatchamacallits?"

She will look around some more, and see is she can help open the wide doors so everyone can see better.

"How about our original plan? I can hear no more rats, so how about it? I still think we should keep it simple: boat underneath, lightweight person tieing a rope around it and then lift it upwards using the crane. I mean, those things are meant to make everyting lighter, no?" she says while helping Olik.

Jirani while searching through some of the various crates and boxes easily found several hundred feet of rope and net, in ten to fifty foot lengths, in addition you find a couple decrepit sails.

Salador spends some time looking at the crane system and thinks he can operate it. Can't use knowledge skills untrained, I'll say it was perception instead.

Volker looking through the differnt boxes finds lots of different symbols of various shipping companies or suppliers but can't discern the nature of the boxes aside from they have various items in them.

Tessara, her eyes changing momentarily, looks around the room, obviously examining as much as she can.

Tamarie still consernd about the rats double checks to make sure there are no more critters hiding around and does not seem to find anymore.

Sensing a bit of uncertainty from Tamarie Olik lets out a mirthful deep chuckle.

Indeed we will young huntress! Don't let the vanity of a couple of sword swingers worry you a bit. He says with a self deprecating smile. You just keep dispatching our foes like that and either Jirani and I will get faster or perhaps we'll give up our blades and I'll just follow you around singing of yours skills while he carries all the treasure we find!" He finishes with another friendly laugh and a hearty pat on her back. The gesture is a bit heavy handed seeming to imply that Olik is used to dealing with people quite a bit more sizable than the willowy young half elf.

"Does someone know how to pilot that boat the 50 feet or so to anchor it beneath this hole. It is not something I have a skill for, I'm afraid."

"I have found several nets and ropes. I think if someone holds one edge of a net at the east side of the hole and we thread some rope through the edge of the other side of the net, we can drop the net through the hole and use the rope to bring the edges back up on the other side of the crate. Then we'll be able to effectively wrap the crate in the net, secure it to the crane, and lift it over to safer ground."

Hope that makes sense. We hold the ends of the rope at the edges of the hole as we drop the net through. The rope is just to help us pull the edge of the net back up. Then we take the rope ends to the other side of the hole, so we'll be able to position the net under the crate without disturbing it. If you imagine the net where the hole is (and imagine the hole as a clock face), one end of the rope would be pulled up by someone at about 11 o'clock, and the other end would pull the other end of the rope through the two remaining floorboards at about 8 o'clock.

Jirani sets the crowbar on top of one of the boxes. "Here's the crowbar. If you're looking around, feel free to open anything up. I'd be interested to see what else is out here, too. I just want to make sure we get what we needed first."

"You look like kittens, afraid of getting wet," she says while smiling at Tessara.

"I'll see about the boat. Can't be that hard now can it?"

Remember the boat's at water-level, 15 feet below the pier. Not sure what level it's tied to, but probably the same, so you'll have to get down there somehow, first. :)

Sheathing his sword Olik says:
Sounds like a plan. Jirani if you guys can get the net rigged up I'll give Tamarie a hand. Be careful though the wood around that hole is clearly rotted.

Olik will grab a 50' and a two 10' sections of rope on the way to the boat. Before getting in he'll tie off one end of the 50' rope to the pier and bring the rest into the boat and tie off the other end to the prow of the boat. Basically putting a 50' tether on the boat

This should keep us from getting too far off course

He then casts off the shorter rope and attempts to assist Tamarie in manoeuvring the boat.

I'm picturing us more using the structure of the dock to move the boat around rather than really sailing it.

Strength check to assist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Driving Vehicles: When a driver takes a driving action, she must make a driving check to determine the maneuverability and speed of the vehicle that round. The vehicle's propulsion determines what skill is used for the driving check. A driver can always make a Wisdom check in place of a driving check. The base DCs for all driving checks are DC 5 and DC 20. Use the lower DC when the driver is not in combat and the higher DC when the driver is in combat.

Driving Check Survival

So, I need you to pick a driver and roll Survival, six checks, to get into position (One to get the boat away, one more to get aimed the right direction, and two additional to move the distance to under the hole. One final check to actually stop under the hole.

I'll use that first roll from Tamarie if she is the driver, in which case I would need 5 more Survival or Wisdom rolls against a DC 5.

Jirani are you planning on going on the tiles right next to the hole or which ones? Place your guy.

Jirani pulls out a net and unfolds it near the caskets. He unfolds another, and then another, before he finds one that is big enough to have extra slack. He pulls out some pieces of 50 ft rope, and begins threading them through the edge of the net.

If we finish before the boat is in position, we'll wait until they move into position before we try to move the net into position or lift it.

EDIT: I moved him to where he's working on the net. Although, he probably would have walked the whole northern semicircle of the hole to measure it out as well as he can.

I'm picturing us more using the structure of the dock to move the boat around rather than really sailing it.

Same here. And I'll roll for an acrobatics to jump down. Tamarie is a bit reckless for her age.

"Careful Olik, you're going to push us in the wrong direction. Turn your body to the left.. other left!"

Seeing Tamaries apparent skill at moving the vessel and feeling a bit awkward when compared to her nimbleness Olik tries to follow her lead while making sure the tether doesn't get hung up while spooling out.

Take 10 on a survival check to assist (16). He'll continue to do so until we're under the hole. Once there, if there's something nearby he'll use the 10' sections of rope to tie us off and help keep us in position.

Once under the hole he calls up "Could you throw down some of the sails you found up there? If we pile a few on the deck down here it should cushion the crate if it falls."

With the aid of Olik, Tamarie has no problem getting the boat under the spot where it's supposed to be.

"We're here, you can commence! Remember to use the block and tackle!"

...which should give you a +5 on STR checks ;)

Leaning back and watching everyone scurry around Salador smiles.

Very interesting lot we have here

Just let me know when and I will get the hook over to the crate as best I can

You safely maneuver the boat Don't need to even bother with the checks taking 10 would give you a 15 + 2 for Olik's aid and are able to keep the boat stationary under the hole. With the net Jirani gets it in place. Salador moves the crane to a position where Jirani can hook it up to the nets and he then continues to move the crate away from the hole with no issues.

Olik and Tamarie bring the boat back to the pier and tie it up, getting back up into the warehouse as the others are getting ready to break into the crate.

While Tamarie and Olik make their way back, Jirani begins opening other crates, scratching his treasure-hunting itch. The only selection process he uses, is to give the crate a smell first. If it smells like rotted food, he passes over it to the next one.

When Tamarie and Olik return, he looks up, the broad smile returned. "We thought we'd wait for you before opening the Sczarni crate! ... oohh... Sczarni. I better check it for traps again."