GM Dien's PFS #23: Tide of Morning (Inactive)

Game Master dien

From this post, there's no climb check needed. :) Spend 4 squares of movement, you're up.

Barred hurries up the stairs and stands at the top-- and can see the lorestone for which they came at his feet! It's a rock no larger than his fist, covered with a number of strange inscriptions. Barred can also see, from his new vantage point, the sun starting to rise through the trees...

Barred, I'll assume you'd like to use your move action to pick it up? Let me know if not... though Cym's actions will be the same either way.

"Dog! Gibbering ape! Miscegenated spawn of all the riverbank toads!" Cymflynder shouts wildly from beneath Barred, spittle and blood flying from his lips. "How dare you! Those are the secrets of MY kind to reclaim! Give it back!"

Acrobatics to avoid AOO from Rogar: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29

The quickling darts out of Rogar's reach easily and fixes all his attention on Barred, racing towards him through the writhing grasses. The quickling disdains the stairs completely, simply vaulting up through the air like a grasshopper and clearing the ten vertical feet as though it were barely a log to leap over. Furiously, Cymflynder stabs at Barred.

"MINE!"

Vs Barred: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Damage: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

(No vs entangle reflex save needed from those atop the plinth)

Round 6 -bold may act
Barred (-11 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (Barred, you can just go ahead and take your round 7 action now if you like, since there's no baddies left to interrupt you)
Cymflynder -8 HP, blurred
Rogar, entangled
Geera -1 NL
Reidog -3 HP, +1 AC
Kaya -3 HP
Calder

Sorry forgot about that. Yes he will pick it up and apparently get stabbed too :)

Calder will say a quick prayer to himself in Terran before moving into the entangled grass.

Reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Tries to double move into the circle

I totally forgot about the Wand of CLW we were given. Who has that?

Double move toward the pillar
Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Throwing the lorestone to one of us might be the best choice right now, since you are about to go down.

Well, it looks like Rogar has it to cast on us? That's what chis post has me thinking.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Kaya shuddered at the feeling of the plants finally wrapping about her legs. Ugh, it was so strange and slightly... violating. Eurgh. She really, really didn't like it - Kaya attempted to wriggle her way out, not actually wanting to hurt the plants, but wanting to get free all the same.
Escape Artist: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Escape artist against an entangle is a full-round action, right?

The entangle spell. Escaping it is a move action. Just a reminder that the entangled condition doesn't STOP movement, it just makes you move half speed, which will effectively be quarter-speed because of the difficult terrain.

Kaya, since you start the turn in the entangle and have previously made your saves against it, you COULD choose to just use your first four squares of movement to get on top of the plinth, at which point you don't need to make a save vs Entangle. If you would like to do that, you may, at which point you'll still have a standard action left. Of course, this would also put you next to Cymflynder.

Reidog and Calder work to get inside and help their allies, but the plants impede their progress. Uhoh.

Round 6 -bold may act
Barred (-11 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (For Round 7)
Cymflynder -8 HP, blurred
Rogar, entangled
Geera -1 NL
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC, entangled
Kaya -3 HP, may retcon action based on above if she likes?
Calder, NOT entangled

I got entangled on a 19?

Woops, no, I misread that as a 9 somehow. Sorry, you're fine!

Haha no worries

Taking yet another wound Barred drops the lorestone down to Geera and Kaya at the base of the stone and turns expecting to take another stab from the fast moving pest.

Full of bluff and bravado "Well come on then, is that all you got?"

I assume getting the stone to them is a standard action for a smooth hand-off.

Barred, I'd let that be a move action to basically drop it to them- not quite a free action since you're trying specifically to make sure they get it, but realistically you're just sticking your hand out and letting go. You have a standard action left if you want it.

I didn't realize! :D It'll, probably put me down, but I believe Kaya's still stealthed, so could she sneak attack him? If so, that would be her action - going up and sneak attacking him.

Oh I do. His quote stands but followed with a strike.

Cold Iron Gauntlet: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Cold Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Kaya: Go for it! And yes, the plinth has been between him and you, so yeah, I'll totally give you the stealth and the sneak attack. One general note in play-by-post is that it's often convenient to simply type out the thing you're going to do and ask the GM if it's legal-- if it's not legal, the GM will almost always tell you, no, that won't work, and allow you a chance to decide a different action. But asking 'can I do x' can result in a long delay in PBP, as you have to wait for the GM to answer the question, and then the game has to wait for you to get a chance to act accordingly if it's a yes. Does that make sense? (This isn't criticism, it's just explaining one of the little quirks of PBP play that can sometimes make games go slower, and that's why this is a learning game. :) )

Cym's Blur, high is a hit for Barred: 1d100 ⇒ 86 Crunch!

Barred's fist plows a second time across Cymflynder's face, and he feels bone crunching under his cold iron gauntlet. Little flakes of frost rime the impact site, thanks to Calder's prayer.

Round 6 -bold may act
Barred (-11 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (has taken round 7 action)
Cymflynder -15 HP, blurred
Rogar, entangled
Geera -1 NL
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC, entangled
Kaya -3 HP, may make her attack
Calder, NOT entangled

Yessir, I'll keep that in mind! :)
Sneak Attack w/Rapier: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Confirm?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + (2) = 4

I wish I was holding that new dagger...

Try to break free Strength: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Nope. Move 1 space closer.

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Kaya definitely does have reason to wish she was holding her new cold iron dagger-- her strike is dead on target, but the magical nature of Cymflynder's fey flesh enables him to laugh off the blow as he is definitely not laughing off Barred's. He sneers at her with his mouthful of busted teeth. "You'll be next."

Round 6 -bold may act
Barred (-11 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (has taken round 7 action)
Cymflynder -15 HP, blurred
Rogar, entangled
Geera -1 NL
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC, entangled
Kaya -3 HP, may make her attack
Calder, NOT entangled

Status of the Lorestone: Barred was handing it off to Geera/Kaya, but Kaya's now up with him on the plinth. Geera can either spend a move action to 'catch' it, or it'll be in Geera's square.

Geera carefully catches the lorestone and stows it away. She shakes her wrist and a wand pops out.

"Hang on, Barred, I'll come to you!"

Rogar still up for the round, and entangled. DC 13 Strength or Escape artist check to break out, as a move action.

sorry. I updated all my games and the ones I did with app got eaten.

Rogar tries to muscle his way out of the vines.

str: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

waisted crit lol

Rogar will keep moving in toward cypher

new ref: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Rogar struggles forward through the grasses, initially bursting free, but only makes some progress before they twine around his ankles again...

Cymflynder looks furious that his prize is gone. Bloody teeth bared in a grimace, his eyes blaze as he faces off with Barred. "I'll cut you down, then the frog, and take back what's mine!" he shrieks.

Attack Barred: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

But for once, the blade misses its target!! Cymflynder shrieks in fury.

Rolling a reflex save for Geera as she ended last turn in the grass:
Geera: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 Pass

Round 7/8- bold may act!
Barred (-11 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (this will be his round 8 action)
Cymflynder -15 HP, blurred
Rogar, entangled
Geera -1 NL
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC, entangled
Kaya -3 HP
Calder

"You will not be getting that stone back!"

Cold Iron Face Punch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 blast it to heck

Barred's looking a little worn by now! Dam! And he's our most efficient fighter as of yet! This damnable grass has me slower than a slug! Guess I'll keep making my way there!!!

Calder will double move again towards the center.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Don't know about effective but he is willing to take a beating when needed it seems.

Geera will move partially up the stairs behind Barred, and tap him with the wand. I'm not exactly sure of the terrain here, but I'll do whatever I need to in order to reach Barred.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

"Go get 'im, Barred!"

That's fine Geera! nice heal.

Try to break free Strength: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Can't see the map from my phone. I think it is still difficult terrain, so I can move 2 squares closer while shifting the morningstar to my primary hand.

Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

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Map now updated. How high off the ground is Cymflinder? Will I be able to strike at him from the ground?

They're ten feet up.

Kaya jabs forward again, stabbing at Cymflander with her rapier.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

She winced at the aim, but figured any attack was helpful - distractions, after all, were still useful, right?

The kitsune watched him carefully.

Not sure if she gets an AoO on him if he does anything else (since he's in a threatened square?) but if she does, she'd take it.

Rogar tries to press forward.

str: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Moving forward Rogar bases the enemy

end of round ref

ref: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Rogar, Calder, and Reidog all begin to inexorably close on the plinth despite the cursed grasses...

Kaya is correct, the plint is 10 feet up so short of a reach weapon you can't hit him 'from the ground'. However, he's about to no longer be there. Because he's a jerk.

Kaya: There's a wonderful thing in the rules called "aid another" which mechanically reflects the distracting tactic you're trying to do. By making an attack vs AC 10 (usually much easier than most monster's AC!), you can give an adjacent ally a +2 to their to-hit roll. Since your rapier won't do much if any damage to Cymflynder (because it's not cold iron), I'm willing to make your roll there an attempted aid another, if you like. Sadly, even with the +2 Barred still wouldn't have hit.

Geera heals the doughty brawler to keep him on his feet and fighting the good fight! Cymflynder looks angrily around at the foes closing in on him, and narrows his gaze at Geera.

"I'm wasting my time! The sun rises and you've hidden the blasted thing away! Enough of you, you idiot half-orc-- it's the frog I must kill, I see!"

Acrobatics to move through Barred's square, DC 23 (Barred's CMD +5, +2 for Kaya threatening): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

Lithely, the murderous fey manages to twist between Barred and Kaya and lands on the ground next to Geera's precarious position on the steps. He bares his teeth at her before stabbing.

Geera, you had your dagger out, so you can take an AOO on him as he lands by you.

Attack vs Geera: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Damage: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

Reflex save as Cym ends his turn in the grass: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 Pass

Round 8/9- bold may act!
Barred (-2 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (this will be his round 9 action)
Cymflynder -15 HP, blurred
Rogar
Geera -2 HP/1 NL
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC, entangled
Kaya -3 HP
Calder

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Barred attempts to move off the stone to help his savior but is immediately stuck in the weeds again.

I assume getting off the stone and getting stuck counts as a full round action.

Geera stabs at the quickling as he runs by.

cold iron dagger: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
cold iron dagger damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

She winces as his stab connects. She steps away from the fey, stashes her wand, and throws a bomb at the intersection to the southeast corner of his square.

Bomb, point-blank shot: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 = 9
Bomb direction if miss: 1d8 ⇒ 7
4 splash damage, Reflex save 14 for half

"It's not yours to destroy!"

Calder will attempt to use his whip to disarm the annoying fey of his blade, hoping to help create an opening for his allies!

Disarm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Try to break free again.

Strength: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

*sigh* Move 1 space, end turn.

"Geera! Get between me and Rogar, we will protect you!"

Since Kaya's not in his vision anymore since he's focusing on Geera, could she kinda move down and sneak attack him? Dunno if I need to stealth for that.

"Stay away from her!" Kaya would cry out as she moved down the stairs and attempted to intercept the man.

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 Not sure how that works with the rapier/sneak attack (if I get that?)
Rapier Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Sneak Attack?: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Rogar will base cypher and swing

atk: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 4) + 13 = 23

With a powerful swing rogar comes down hard on cypher.

first atk with smite and bypass all dr

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Seeing his teammates deadly swing Barred cant help but cheer.

"Cut that little piece of trouble maker in half!" [i] I hope I did not cheer too soon. {/i]

Okay, several things to clarify here:

Barred, it's not exactly a full-round action: you'd make your reflex save on entering the zone, but entangled doesn't stop your move, it just cuts it down a lot, so you could theoretically still attack.

Rogar, you're narrating attacking but you're nowhere near Cymflynder, he's on the other side of the plinth from you and moved down there to attack Geera before your turn. I stated earlier, in response to your last post and question about attacking him on the plinth, that he wasn't going to be standing there any longer. Please check the map before assuming you're adjacent to a foe. Given the entangled area is all difficult terrain, you would have had no way of having reached Cymflynder on that turn to attack. (Not enough move.)
Also, I assume you're on your phone and that it probably auto-corrects you a lot, but as a GM, I do appreciate clarity in player posts. "Rogar will base cypher and swing" is... well, I'm not really sure what you were saying there honestly, other than assuming you mean Cymflynder by cypher. Anyway, I'll permit you a retcon to double move instead, but you need to actually post that you're doing so before he takes his next turn, or I'll consider you to have delayed instead.

Geera, given the difficult terrain of the entangle, you can't 5-ft step, so moving away from him would have had to be a move action, and your movement would have provoked. Normally I'd just rule you provoke and manage to stow the wand (with no bomb), but given several people are going to have a chance to clarify actions, you can retcon if you like (but we'll keep the move, given that Kaya is now standing where you were. Still, you can try to Acro to avoid the AOO if you like).

Calder's disarm vs Blur, high is good (20% miss chance): 1d100 ⇒ 8 ....well, dang, sorry Calder. That would have been a really cool moment. :( It was a good tactic anyway and you can always try it again.

Kaya, in Pathfinder, unless your line of vision is specifically blocked, you're considered to be 'aware' of stuff in 360 degrees. So no, the fact that Cym's focus is on Geera is not sufficient to give you the chance for a stealth check: you would need some sort of solid object between you and him to break line of sight. No sneak attack. However, you did still roll a critical hit, so let's see about the blur:

Kaya vs Blur, 20% miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 71 A hit!
Kaya's second d6 of damage, for the critical rapier hit: 1d6 ⇒ 5

You might want to consider switching to your cold iron dagger, Kaya-- after the DR, unfortunately only 1 point of your critical got through to him. Of course, if you hit him hard enough and get sneak in there too, you can still potentially overcome his DR.

Calder tries to disarm the fey, but the creature's magical protections ruin an artful whip strike! Kaya slithers down into the space where Geera just stood and stabs-- drawing blood, but only a thin trickle of it.

Still Round 8/9- clarifications and retcon chances, bold may act!
Barred (-2 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (his round 9 action; he can still attack, albeit with the penalties for entangled (-2 to attack) (entangled)
Cymflynder -16 HP, blurred
Rogar (May retcon his turn, since he couldn't attack)
Geera -2 HP/1 NL (May partially retcon her turn, but you'll have to keep that initial move)
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC, entangled
Kaya -3 HP
Calder

Thank you for the clairification. Sometimes w/o the real life table cross-talk i mess up rules I would normally know.

Ret-Con the rest of Barred's turn.

Finding his feet tangled Barred is still able to take a swing at the annoying fay menace.

Cold Iron Gauntlet Kidney Punch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 blast
Cold Iron Damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Cold Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

I stated in my turn I moved adjacent to him. I just couldn't move my picture. I made save last turn so I wasn't entangled

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I stated in my turn I moved adjacent to him. I just couldn't move my picture. I made save last turn so I wasn't entangled

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Where did you state that? This was your posted turn:

Rogar will base cypher and swing

atk: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

dmg: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 4) + 13 = 23

With a powerful swing rogar comes down hard on cypher.

I see nothing in there about moving, and, again, you can't reach him in a single move from where your token is. It's difficult terrain and you have a base speed of 20'. There is no open square adjacent to Cymflynder that you can reach with 2 squares of movement. If you don't state your character is moving in a way I can understand, and you don't move your token, and you don't explain your token needs moving, I'm hard-pressed to grasp how I can make that leap.

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Barred, no worries, entangle is honestly a really annoying and convoluted spell and I've had to recheck the text on it like eight times this scenario. You're fine.

Oops, sorry about that! Yes, moving and stowing the wand is fine, but I will attempt the Acrobatics check.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Geera stumbles through the thick vines.

ah the "will base Cypher" is meening will move up to and base his character. Since i can move normaly because i made my last save, I move 20 feet to new location on map following the arrows.Then i make the attack. Unless it is the terrain itself that is difficult terrain and not the spell

It is difficult terrain because of the spell. However, it is difficult whether you are entangled or not. If you are entangled your movement is halved again.

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This spell causes tall grass, weeds, and other plants to wrap around creatures in the area of effect or those that enter the area. Creatures that fail their save gain the entangled condition. Creatures that make their save can move as normal, but those that remain in the area must save again at the end of your turn. Creatures that move into the area must save immediately. Those that fail must end their movement and gain the entangled condition. Entangled creatures can attempt to break free as a move action, making a Strength or Escape Artist check. The DC for this check is equal to the DC of the spell. The entire area of effect is considered difficult terrain while the effect lasts

And NVM the last sentence always gets you lol.

GM I will double move.

Glad we sorted that out.

AOO vs Geera from her move away: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Damage vs Geera: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

The sun begins to clear the treetops, sending golden light over the treetops and the grasses and the to of the plinth... but our heroes have squirreled the stone away already!

Cymflynder screeches in wordless fury at seeing the sun rising... too late for his plans. He gazes hatefully at Geera and begins to flip around through the grasses, around everyone else, to reach her. He nearly manages it scot-free, but there's a brief instant where Rogar sees the fey's side exposed! (Rogar gets an AOO)

Unless Rogar can capitalize on that opening, the twisted fey creature closes on Geera and stabs at her with all the hate he can muste.

Spring attack stab at Geera: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29 Potential critical
Spring attack stab at Geera: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24 Sorry, Geera!
Damage: 2d4 - 2 ⇒ (2, 4) - 2 = 4

This time Geera's alchemical protections cannot protect her from the blade...!

"Damn your bulging eyes, frog! Give it back!" he spits as his blade pierces deeply into Geera's amphibious hide.

Geera's reflex save for ending turn in Entangle: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Pass
Rogar's reflex save for ending turn in Entangle: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 Pass

Round 9/10 - bold may act
Barred (-2 HP, cold blessing on his fists) (this will be his round 10 action) (entangled)
Cymflynder -16 HP, blurred
Rogar (can make an AOO!!)
Geera -4 HP/1 NL (or -8hp if Cym survives the AOO)
Reidog, -3 HP, +1 AC (entangled)
Kaya -3 HP
Calder

Someone, finish him! You guys got this!

Cold Iron Head Slap: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 - 2 = 5

"Hells and damnation I can not hit this guy any more."

I'll wait until after the AOO

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Seeing as Geera had more people close enough to run interference,
she swapped her rapier out for the cold iron dagger she'd obtained before this all-too-green adventure had begun. Truly, forest-inhabitants killing a druid?
Definitely bizarre. Still, it was what it was.

Newly armed with the dagger, she ducked a bit behind Rogar, trying to sort out her next attack.
Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

As it was, she nearly fell over - she hadn't quite been as balanced on her feet as she might've liked to be. Ugh. So much for trying to be sneaky.

She didn't think she'd be able get to him and hit him again, but... She'd be ready for the next go if one of the others didn't drop the crazy man first.

I do believe that's two move actions? Putting away and then pulling out a weapon, I mean? If not, Kaya would try to flanking attack with 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 at 1d4 ⇒ 2. Not sure what the modifiers are. ;A; Pretty sure I'm used up, but just in case? :D