Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
Ace cheers and begins to play a rousing, fast-paced melody on his guitar for the audience to enjoy. "Never said no to a willing audience yet!"
Perform(Rock Your Face Off):1d20 + 24 ⇒ (20) + 24 = 44
He boldly strides to the middle of the tent as he plays before slamming on his axe with the power of Torag. The music echoes throughout the tent as Ace gets lost in the music.
The Bear: the bears take a –4 penalty on Acrobatics checks to maintain their balance on their unicycles The Juggler: if Rogg rolls a natural 1 on any of his thrown attacks, the attack deals damage to him instead of simply missing his target There's one more for this combat but it's a bit trickier.
Will:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
The bears start grabbing the food from mid-air as Hawkwren throws the rations into the ring, staying on their unicycles the whole time. The crowd applauds at the stagemanship.
Fendahl then gets one of the bears to stop pedaling, at which point it flops over to the ground. The crowd laughs and jeers at the bears and then bursts into wild cheering at Ace's appearance!
The giant frowns at getting the show taken away from him and grabs a pair of pies from midair to throw at Ace!
AC27/Touch17/Flat22/CMD29||HP77[77]|Fort:+9;Ref:+12;Will:+6(+2 vs enchant)|Percept+19|Init+5 Half-Elf Ranger (Urban Ranger) 9
Hawkwren thinks for a moment. "Ace! Keep working the crowd, they're applauding us. Let us deal with this....Joker! Play the Joke, there was a giant on it!"
Hawk grabs some blunt arrows, steps back, and begins firing them at the bear.
Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
The pies smash into Ace's face, drawing blood from a gash on his forehead. Some of the cream from the pie drips onto his guitar.
Ace's eyes light up with a deep fury as he launches into a tirade against the stone giant. "This two-bit carnival has seen the last of your tired act! THIS IS ACE'S CARNIVAL NOW! RUN BEFORE I HAVE YOU GUTTED AND FED TO YOUR BEARS!"
Scathing Tirade: No save; frighten effect
Scathing Tirade (Su):
A Diva of 8th level or higher can use her performance to verbally lash out at another creature, causing it to become frightened. To be affected, the target enemy must be within 30 feet and be able to see and hear the diva’s performance. The effect persists for as long as the enemy is within 30 feet and the diva continues her performance, plus 1d4 rounds. Although the diva can only direct the effect at one creature at a time, its effects persist for as long as she continues the performance, even if directed at a different creature. For example, she could direct her tirade at an innkeeper, who becomes frightened, then focus her wrath on the captain of the guard, and the innkeeper remains frightened for 1d4 more rounds even though her attention is no longer directed at him.
This performance cannot cause a creature to become panicked, even if the target is already frightened from another effect. Scathing tirade is a mind-affecting fear effect, and it relies on audible and visual components.
Maldoc's dancing only attracts jeers and boos from the crowd as the frightened giant starts juggling a kitchen sink and a giant-sized pair of stained underwear. He catches the items in mid-air and hurls them at Ace, to the delight of the crowd! I'm going to say it can't really flee effectively since it's stuck in the tent. It's only way to escape is to fight through you I guess. Still takes the penalty to attack though.
Sorry, Tolgarov! Forgot about that! Would have been triggered by the first attack (the kitchen sink) so:
As the giant throws the kitchen sink at Ace, Tolgarov sends a blast of water to knock the sink back, sending it flying through the air! That should bring Ace back above 0 since that attack didn't go through.
Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
Retcon!
Ace gets smacked in the face by the underwear as the smell overwhelms him.
"You !@#$! of !@#$!@, the !@#$ will !@#$ have to #@$@# @#$@#!@#!%!" yells the diva as he launches into a tirade against the man.
He begins to perform a dark piece on his guitar, fast-paced and deep intonations. Hold Person on the giant, Will Save; DC 22 (-2 to saves from Frightened.
The giant suddenly stops mid-juggle and a large toilet hangs at the apex of the juggle for a second before plummeting down on the giant's head and knocking him unconscous!
Out of combat!
The crowd applauds and cheers at what they have deemed was one of the best shows in a long time!
Behind the giant you notice for the first time that at the far end of the tent stands a sophisticated network of wiry bars and iron embellishments—an elaborate animal cage. The interior is furnished with overstuffed chairs and divans, and teacups and fine porcelain crowd every visible surface.
"Quite the show," a deep voice echoes from the cage. You see crocodile-headed creature dressed impeccably sipping daintily from a teacup. "Yes, quite the show. Come forward and let us chat. But I should warn you, I almost invariably lie."
DC 20 KN (planes):
His backward-bending fingers leave little doubt that he is a rakshasa, a type of shapechanger. They embody what is taboo among most societies, and see themselves as the only thing worthy of worship or devotion. They can detect thoughts and generally know a number of spells.
What is that asked Tolgarov to his comrades before moving forward to the creature.
Moving the grace of a whale outside waters, Tolgarov approached the creature.
As you can see, we are more than capable with ... a lot of things. We need a small favor from you and as we made the show, quite unforgettable for generation to come, I thing we've earned this favor from you.
"I could tell you that I am Bernaditi, but would you believe me?"
"Yes, I know what-and whom-you seek. The show was memorable, and I guarantee that was no lie. I enjoyed it. But if you want my token," he grins, showing all of his crocodile teeth before taking another sip from the tea he has been stirring, "you will need to beat me at a challenge of wits."
"I offer you five questions to catch me in a lie. You must prove that I lied, that is. If you succeed, I will hand over my token freely. Should you fail, I will keep one of you as my pet." He pats the slave currently serving as his chair. The laughing crocodile then adds, "And violence and threats are truly pointless, I've cleverly hidden the token so that you won't find it. Shall we begin?"
Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
Ace analyzes the creature's proposition, especially the part about whether it has truly hidden the token. Maybe the hidden token is a lie as well...
Sense Motive:1d20 + 24 ⇒ (10) + 24 = 34
He pulls out his wand of Cure Light Wounds and patches himself up, still clearly pissed about being hit by underwear that did not belong to a lady.
If he is telling the truth, Ace will concede to his request for a battle of wits. I am clearly the smarter of the two. Finding him out for lying should be quite easy...
AC27/Touch17/Flat22/CMD29||HP77[77]|Fort:+9;Ref:+12;Will:+6(+2 vs enchant)|Percept+19|Init+5 Half-Elf Ranger (Urban Ranger) 9
Hawk thinks back for a moment, then tosses down the Raksasha card. "He looks exactly like the drawing....
Anyone else want to take shot at the cards? I was holding off to see if anyone else would pick some. I feel like I'm hoggin' the Harrow Deck! I would assume the Liar gets played as well.
Male Half-elf HP 130/130 (172 for troll) AC33(40 for troll) Touch 13 Flat 31; F+17 R+11 W+18(+2 ench,+4 fey) INIT+4 Perc+21 CMB+16 CMD+30 Lion Shaman 13/Samurai 1, {see in posts} Shape changed 1/5 Beads 0/3, Rerolls 0/3
I agree with Bold Striders picks.
Fendahl continues to watch the rakshasa with skepticism.
"If you admit to lying, how shall we trust you will keep your word once we win this contest. Customary practice would have the prize entrusted to a third party for safekeeping . "
He wasn't lying about hiding the token, but he wasn't telling the whole truth either.
Surprisingly the Liar doesn't work here (I think that not all of the cards are used) but the Rakshasa certainly works and gains you a +4 circumstance bonus on Sense Motive checks against Bernaditi!
A bit more about the game though: you can all play together (it's not just one-on-one), and while Sense Motive can give you a hunch that he is lying, you have to prove that he lied. So you have to be clever about the way you ask the questions: they have to be things that he would lie about and then you would be able to prove rather than just accusing him of lying.
Fendahl Silvermane wrote:
"If you admit to lying, how shall we trust you will keep your word once we win this contest. Customary practice would have the prize entrusted to a third party for safekeeping . "
"I never said I would admit to lying! But if you can show that I lied, then I have lost and the token is yours. There will be no third parties. I lie but I don't cheat." He grins wickedly again.
AC27/Touch17/Flat22/CMD29||HP77[77]|Fort:+9;Ref:+12;Will:+6(+2 vs enchant)|Percept+19|Init+5 Half-Elf Ranger (Urban Ranger) 9
Hawkwren turns away from the liar, and whispers to his companions. "Surely this should be a simple affair. Is it as simple as asking him if he is a liar, then asking something that is true? I feel like I've heard this in the form of a riddle before, but I'm having trouble recollecting it."
Male Half-elf HP 130/130 (172 for troll) AC33(40 for troll) Touch 13 Flat 31; F+17 R+11 W+18(+2 ench,+4 fey) INIT+4 Perc+21 CMB+16 CMD+30 Lion Shaman 13/Samurai 1, {see in posts} Shape changed 1/5 Beads 0/3, Rerolls 0/3
Fendahl still cannot fathom building a game around deceit. He sees no honor in it nor in this creature.
He pauses and then nods at Hawkwren.
"Hrrmm, seems plausible, Master Hawkwen. Although he warned us he will invariably lie. After that statement, why would we trust anything else he says?"
FYI I like the idea of the riddle, but find it at odds with Fendahl's samurai principles.
AC27/Touch17/Flat22/CMD29||HP77[77]|Fort:+9;Ref:+12;Will:+6(+2 vs enchant)|Percept+19|Init+5 Half-Elf Ranger (Urban Ranger) 9
Hawk thinks for a moment, glances at his companions, and takes a breath. "Five questions, you say? I think I can prove it in one." He says, leveling a stare at the man. "Are you a liar?"
Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
"Couldn't we just have asked him where the token was? Then when it wasn't where he said it was, we can confront him with that evidence?" Ace states plainly.
Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
"You said that violence was unnecessary because you had cleverly hidden your trinket, yet the trinket is in your pocket? One of those surely has to be a lie, Bernaditi." Ace summarizes.
Male Elf Magus (Bladebound) [9.1] | HP 63/63 | AC 28 T 18 FF 22 | F +9 R +11 W +9 | CMB +7 CMD 25 | Init +8 | Perc +14 (low-light vision) | Acro/EA/Fly +8 | Climb/Swim/SM +3
Maldoc merely waits, seeing if the violence is true or not. He'll try to keep an eye on anything else that might occur while the "game" is being played.
"You said that violence was unnecessary because you had cleverly hidden your trinket, yet the trinket is in your pocket? One of those surely has to be a lie, Bernaditi." Ace summarizes.
"Prove it." Bernaditi responds. "Besides, who's to judge whether my pocket is clever or not?"
Tattoos: Invisibility (x2) [Ring]; Fly [Chest]; Primal Scream [Shoulders]; Water Walk [Feet] | Haagenti’s Blessing | Overland Flight
"Now, now, Bernaditi. The perceived third question was rhetorical in nature as is quite evident for someone of your mental prowess. For you to count that, it must mean that you are worried that we shall best you in this game of intellectual fortitude." Ace states in response to the rakshasa's claim.
"Either way, which pocket is the trinket in, Bernaditi?" Ace asks.
Bernaditi recognizes Tolgarov's spells and chooses to ignore the casting.
@Fletch: could you please check in to the Discussion thread when you have a chance? I mostly just need your PFS number for future reporting purposes. Thanks!
