GM Endless Forms' PFS 00-22 Fingerprints of the Fiend (Inactive)

Game Master Mike Tuholski

Healing the Bard with the wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Healing the Bard with the wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Healing the Bard with the wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Healing the Bard with the wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

There, all mended! says the cleric with a sly smile.

Healing the Monk with the wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Healing the Monk with the wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Oh, I missed this part: After the golem crumbles to the ground, a green gas disperses into the area in a green oily cloud. The party is sickened for a few minutes by the noxious gas but quickly recovers.

Kyra makes sure the party is all patched up before everyone moves further into the ruined city.

Ahead, filling the cavern with its enormity, is a charred dome blackened by several dormant chimneys. A wide cobbled avenue thrusts forth from the cyclopean entrance signaling that whatever the Jistka produced within must have been gigantic indeed. Toppled and broken banner poles surround the soot-stained temple-foundry, and the wide avenue runs uninterrupted for as far as the eye can see. Other smaller domed basilicas surround the Jistka landmark in various stages of decline. Towering high above the charred dome are five chimneys creating a pattern that forms a shadowy pentagram down upon the cobbles below—alluding to the dark powers the Jistka once worshiped.

A gaunt man wearing ornate armor emblazoned with a snake motif exits the temple-foundry clapping his hands in a mocking fashion—following closely behind him is a shambling humanoid, all rotting skin and slashed up clothing.

“I’m impressed; you’ve accomplished what my men couldbnot. And, for that, we thank you. Because of you and your companions, we are now free to claim Rachikan for ourselves.”

Weiman notices four men hiding behind various pillars with the bows drawn. And thus he can act in the surprise round!

Initiative (surprise round):

1. Raphael
2. Haliduras
3. Bruxo
4. Zombie
5. Valeros, Kyra, and Weiman
6. Aspis Agents
7. Lindum

Weiman is up with a surprise round action

Also: ugh. I hate these kinds of mixed up initiatives on PbP. That's ok, we'll work through it. Raphael: after they shoot their bows in the surprise round you'll be the first up. If you don't think their volley will alter your action you can go ahead and post.

After weathering the opening volley, Raphael moves up to one of the agents and attacks.

attack vs agent4 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36
damage 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26
confirm crit 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
extra damage 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26

hehe, finally.... 52 point hit :)

Casting the last haste of the day

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Oh! wish I had known that, then I would instead attack the main guy. Are you OK with that change EF?

@Raphael: Sure, I'll redirect your attacks and move you on the map.

Weiman hastes his party members before the agents step out of hiding.

Hm-when I said they were holding bows. I meant rapiers. Totally the same thing. Why would they not give them bows? Crazy. . .

The agents move around the back sides of the pillars and surround the party. Raphael then rushes up the walkway and smacks Halidruas around. Haliduras responds by stepping back and casting a spell, separating Raphael from the rest of the party with a wall of fire.

Initiative:

1. Raphael
2. Haliduras
3. Bruxo
4. Zombie
5. Valeros, Kyra, and Weiman
6. Aspis Agents
7. Lindum

Haliduras: 52 dmg
Zombie:
Agent 1:
Agent 2:
Agent 3:
Agent 4:

Bruxo is up!

The zombie will be attacking Raphael of course so Valeros, Kyra, and Weiman can post their actions unless you think the zombie attacks are going to change what you want to do.

Bruxo grits his teeth. Oh, this is going to hurt...but we can't leave Raphael alone there.

He thinks a moment more, then smiles to himself. Or will it...?

Bruxo activates his Flight hex and moves over the wall. Currently 25 feet up. As a swift action, he drops a wand of bless out of his wrist sheath into his hand.

Valeros chuckles and says, "Yeah, I don't think it's gonna work out that way." As the temple is divided by a wall of flame, and Bruxo flies over the wall, Valeros adds, "Well, that got interesting quickly. Let's get things started on this side of things, shall we?" He takes a quick step towards one of the Aspis Agents, his blades whipping through the air like a machine made to harvest grain - or men.

5-foot step, full attack vs Aspis 1. Nice bow he's got.

Longsword attack, Haste attack: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 15 + 1 = 17
Longsword damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Longsword attack, Hasted, TWF: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 1 = 27
Longsword damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Longsword attack, Hasted, TWF: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24
Longsword damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Shortsword attack, Hasted, TWF: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 1 = 14
Shortsword damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Status: 71/74 hp, AC 25/16/20 due to Haste

Bruxo flies up and retrieves a wand. The zombie goes after Raphael:

slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Valeros makes quick work of the first agent, leaving behind a puddle of unrecognizable flesh.

Initiative:

1. Raphael
2. Haliduras
3. Bruxo
4. Zombie
5. Valeros, Kyra, and Weiman
6. Aspis Agents
7. Lindum

Haliduras: 52 dmg
Zombie:
Agent 2:
Agent 3:
Agent 4:

Kyra and Weiman are up!

Hmm, nobody's hurt yet and nobody can really benefit from Invisibility right now...

Weiman delays, given that his main combat utility has been activated already (that, being haste.) He'll leave delay and Cure Moderate Wounds anyone if they're hurt for more than 15 damage in a round and he can cast without having to do it defensively or provoke.

Kyra will call on the favor of her god and use Holy Smite on the three remaining agents.

Smite the Agents!: 3d8 ⇒ (2, 3, 4) = 9 Plus they are blinded unless they make a DC 18 Will save (also for half damage).

Though I'm sure I don't need to remind EF, I want to note that Holy Smite also is less effective if they're Neutral. No blinding and they automatically take half and can Will to take 1/4th instead. There's also the outsider thing, but none of them are, so... yeah.

Weiman continues to delay! If this were a live game, I'd say I'm coming out of delay and then just delay again for maximum amusement (because that's what Weiman is about)!

edit: ugh. I hate it when the boards eat your posts/edits. I usually CTRL+C before pressing submit just in case but occasionally I forget and those are coincidentally the times the post gets eaten.

#2 Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
#3 Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
#4 Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

Kyra calls down the power of her goddess and two of the men are blinded by the holy power. They nonetheless stumble onto the cleric and stab with their oddly pointy and metallic 'bows'.

#2 stabby stab on Kyra: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 28
damage, sneak, fav enemy: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (6) + 2 = 11

#3 stabby stab on Kyra: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 = 22
50% miss chance, high is miss: 1d100 ⇒ 83
damage, fav enemy: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8

#4 stabby stab on Kyra: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 22
50% miss chance, high is miss: 1d100 ⇒ 4
damage, sneak, fav enemy: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (4) + 2 = 11

#2 stabby stab confirm on Kyra: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 10
damage, fav enemy: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4

Initiative:

1. Raphael
2. Haliduras
3. Bruxo
4. Zombie
5. Valeros and Kyra
6. Aspis Agents
7. Lindum

Delay: Weiman

Haliduras: 52 dmg
Zombie:
Agent 2: 4 dmg
Agent 3: 9 dmg
Agent 4: 9 dmg

Lindum and Raphael are up!

Raphael smiles at the Man after he casts.
All that wall does is ensure that your friends cannot save you from me. I am Raphael Hernan, the greatest swordsman in all of Golarion and I shall enjoy crushing you and your undead minion too.

Intimidate vs Haliduras DC= 10+ hit dice and Wis modifier of target. 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29
If successful target is shaken for 1 round, plus 1 round for every 5 I beat the DC

attack 1 vs Hal 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

attack 2 vs Hal 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21
confirm crit 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26

haste attack vs Hal 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23
confirm crit 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29 damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

If either of the first two attacks drop Haliduras, then the rest of the attacks go against the zombie

Wow!! I guess I'm making up for all those single digit hit rolls earlier :)

That's weird, my haste attack was a 20 too, but after edit it changed to an 11??? Oh well, just ignore second crit then.

I'm going to assume that Kyra placed that Holy Smite where it couldn't get Lindum (Lawful Neutral and all)
The halfling maneuvers into a flank with one of the agents (aspis 2) and attempts to slay him with an inflict spell. (Dropping a Dispel Magic)
Concentration: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21 Success... Barely.
Touch Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 3d8 + 14 ⇒ (4, 3, 8) + 14 = 29 Will save DC 19 for half

Kyra groans as she takes a couple of wounds from the Agents! Looks like I took 22 HP of damage there if I figured it right.

Slip also attacks, appearing out from invisibility and attempting to sting Lindum's target.
Spring attack:
Attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 311d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Poison from sting: Fort DC 14 Freq. 1/round for 5 minutes, effect 1d2 Dex, Cure 1 save

What happened with the 20 rolls is that each post tracks what each "die" rolled in order. If you edit a post put in, say, another 1d20, it will repost them in order rolled and break any context. Its usually better to type everything at once and only ever add at the bottom.

Weiman will move up and heal Kyra. cure mod: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (1, 2) + 7 = 10

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Yep, I see that now. It pushed my 20 to the confirmation roll. Thanks for the info. So my original rolls were 4, 20, and 20 and then because I inserted the confirm crits between them, the second two rolls of 11 and 12 pushed the 20 to confirm and the 11 went to haste attack. It doesn't really matter, I think I did enough to obliterate him anyhow and the zombie is no threat to me at all.

Raphael leaves a fine red mist where the cleric once stood.

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Lindum pumps one of the Aspis agents full of negative energy and he drops to the ground. Slip stings one of the other guys? and hits, although his poison doesn't seem to affect him. Weiman steps in to heal the cleric.

Initiative:

1. Raphael, Weiman
3. Bruxo
4. Zombie
5. Valeros and Kyra
6. Aspis Agents
7. Lindum

Zombie:
Agent 3: 12 dmg
Agent 4: 9 dmg

Bruxo is up!

Zombie will be attacking Raphael so Valeros and Kyra can post actions too.

Bruxo will throw a Misfortune hex on the zombie, then cackle. DC 18 Will

No reason to tempt fate; there's a 20 on every die, right?

Kyra will step back and to the left and then use Searing Light on Aspis 3!

Touch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Damage: 3d8 ⇒ (2, 1, 6) = 9

Valeros grumbles to Lindum, "Making me hustle all the way over there to kill one, when I could have just stayed right here and chopped yours to bits... Well, at least I can cover Kyra this way." He then takes a few rapid steps around his long-time adventuring companion, putting himself between her and the Aspis agents, before swinging his longsword in two rapid strikes at the nearest foe.

Move next to both Aspis agents, attack Aspis 3. If 3 drops, haste attack will be on 4.

Longsword attack, +1 for Haste: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 15 + 1 = 34
Longsword damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Longsword, Haste attack, +1 for Haste: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 1 = 27
Longsword damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Status: 71/74 hp, AC 25/16/20 due to Haste

Raphael takes a closer look at the zombie.

Could this be the agent I'm looking for?

Perception 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bruxo calls down misfortune upon the zombie. It claws out at Raphael nonetheless.

take lower attack:
slam: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
slam: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

take lower attack:
slam: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
slam: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Kyra steps back and fires a ray of holy light at the Aspis agent and he falls. Valeros then leaves behind a puddle where the other agent once stood.

Initiative:

1. Raphael, Weiman
3. Bruxo
4. Zombie
5. Valeros and Kyra
6. Aspis Agents
7. Lindum

Zombie: misfortuned

Lindum, Raphael, and Weiman are up!

Lindum smiles as the Aspis agents fall.
He calmly walks through the wall of fire (Resist Fire 10) and, noticing the undead, attempts to command it.
Channel energy (Command Undead) Will Save DC 19 to resist.

fire: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 2) + 9 = 15

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Lindum walks through the fire, only getting slightly singed, and tries to command the zombie, although it does not respond to his call.

Raphael and Weiman are up!

Ah, Lindum, is everything alright over there? Someone seems to have placed a wall of fire in the way.

attack 1 vs zombie 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19
damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23

attack 2 vs zombie 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (6) + 18 = 24

haste attack vs zombie 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
damage 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25

Raphael quickly ends the zombie.

Out of combat!

Although his body is somewhat decayed and has since been mangled by Raphael's blades, the face is unmistakably akin to that of Benton Grone. The journal on the zombie's body confirms that this was indeed Eldris Grone.

With the Aspis Consortium defeated, you have temporarily secured Rachikan, though sounds of hundreds, maybe thousands of morlocks deeper in the city can be heard even as the battle with Haliduras comes to an end.

The party quickly moves back through the ancient city with morlocks on their heel. Everyone leaps in the cart, Raphael and Valeros cutting down a few morlocks on the way. Valeros jams the cart's controls forward and the ascent begins.

Back in Absalom you will will earn credit with the Pathfinder Society for being the first to explore Rachikan and the Society will have to decide what to do about the morlock infestation sometime in the future. With the
camp atop the pillar cleared of Aspis agents, the slaves are at your mercy.

With the return of Eldis’ corpse to Benton, the grieving uncle decides to reenter the Society and continue his nephew’s work.

Congratulations, everyone! You completed Fingerprints of the Fiend*, one of my favorites if for nothing else than the sheer Indiana-Jones-ness of it, although you missed out on having a cliff-side fight dangling from a rope (which is a good thing because that's the most challenging combat in this one-we almost had two deaths).

We will move on to the conclusion with Fury of the Fiend in a little while once I get everyone's numbers and Day Jobs and get the chronicles distributed.

Hope everyone had a good time!

Thanks for running! Does this mean you've run the retired scenarios, too?

craft (food): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 might reroll if bad

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2*star chef reroll: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 2 = 14

Weiman prepares a new dish, Jistkan golem surprise. A cracker shell, hardened around fancy (but horrible-smelling) cheeses. While it amuses Weiman, it is very badly received. The remaining shipment is sent to adventurers Weiman has adventured with before.

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No, I have not run the retired scenarios. I've got plenty of sanctioned scenarios to GM first but I'm sure some of them are good. Maybe one day I'll look through them. I know there are some good 3.5 modules I'd like to run if they ever get sanctioned. (Not likely)

Raphael's PFS number is 13658-1.
Day job 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26

Thanks for running EF, had a great time.

Wow, that's a lot of GMing! I will apply this one to Bizzle Goodwager, #79644-1. Do I get to roll for Bizzle's day job?

If so, Profession (Gambler): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Thanks EndlessForms! Appreciate the game.

Lindum's PFS number is 5338-3
Day Job (Heal Skill): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

Rockin', EF! I can't claim that many, that's for sure. I'm workingon it, though! :-)

No Day Job for Bruxo.
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