Sorry, Narvik, I missed your post while working on my own.
There are no powders - no one took the powders from the crate at the docks - but there those sheets, blankets, the bed screen curtains, and, also from the room description, "Goose down [that] now litters the room, covering almost every surface and the silken shreds of the cushions that contained it".
Following Wuliem's lead, the group spreads out, waving their arms and spread goose down - and looking for disturbances in the down on the surfaces.
Searching blindly, as you all are, Exitium just manages to reach the right direction and touch the imp with his front paws!
Alia casts her readied Glitterdust spell, giving the invisible imp a sparkling outline.
Exitium, Alia, and Pizzmic each have stepped back to get out of the way of the sleep spell.
GM roll:
Imp's Will save:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17Not blinded Using the failed save from before.
The imp is squinting, at least...
Pizzmic finishes his spell, having a target - just in time - and more space to cast it, and picks a spot, and the imp falls to the ground. (Fortunately, it doesn't fall far enough to take damage and reawaken.)
It is actually fairly difficult to find a spot that wouldn't affect the players before the imp. F-G/3-4 seems to do it.
Since it will last 10 rounds, we can now be out of formal combat rounds.
Male Half Orc Oracle of Bones [6.0] | HP 49/49 | AC 25 T 12 FF 24 | CMB +6 CMD 18 (19 vs grapple) | F +6 R +5 W +9 | Init +1 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | SM +6 | Heal +11 | Intim +10
Narvik will move to recover the box that the imp was throwing around.
Narvik recovers the box. Looking at it more closely, it is an iron chest (a little dented from time and the imp's efforts) with seven locks of obviously very high quality strangely built into it.
Male Half Orc Oracle of Bones [6.0] | HP 49/49 | AC 25 T 12 FF 24 | CMB +6 CMD 18 (19 vs grapple) | F +6 R +5 W +9 | Init +1 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | SM +6 | Heal +11 | Intim +10
Hmm, more locks... anyone want to try dealing with this?
That is a good idea about the shackles or other restraints. There are some other silver implements there, but nothing that seems appropriate to a tiny creature: no cat-sized manacles.
"Oh, just leave it be," Zarta answers, rather subdued, as if disappointed that the fun is over so soon. "You've got what you came for, and I am more that capable of disciplining it myself."
"Yes, the item is the box and what is contained within it, and no, I never got it open, but not for lack of trying - on my part and obviously on my servant's," Zarta admits, adding, "As the saying goes, 'Some safes are tougher to crack'," with a distinct wink in Ralklain's direction.
You both feel she is telling the truth, and would probably have loved to tell you all about it if she had been able to open it.
I'll move things forward but, as always, feel free to backtrack.
After leaving Zarta's, you head back with all four tasks accomplished. When you are passing through the Foreign Quarter on the way to the Grand Lodge, a throng of people blocks the street ahead. A performance art group commandeers the street, drawing graffiti to create a jolly hellscape complete with illusory devils comically dancing around in circles. A few citizens avoiding the crowd slip off-street through a nearby alley, the only egress past the gathering.
As you go down an alley - not for the first time today - some of you notice that something is wrong this time.
Narvik, Ralklain, and Wuliem noticed the halfling - and see him again in front of you. Alia's earlier sense motive also allows her to act, forewarned of this danger. Alia, Narvik, Ralklain, and Wuliem can act in the surprise round.
Alia, Narvik, Ralklain
You see:
- the halfling, now with a greataxe;
- a woman who may be the previous red-haired woman, now wearing a Norgorber mask and wielding a short sword;
- a blond woman smiling maniacally; and
- a brown-haired man in a brown cloak wielding a rapier.
The maniacal woman just finishes an incantation and sudden mists emanates out from her, obscuring the group!
The areas with the orange dots are obscured: all vision, including darkvision stops after 5', partial concealment at less than that.
Initiative order: The good guys then the bad guys. Alia, Narvik, Ralklain, and Wuliem are up. You can take a move action or a standard action (or charge, if you can and are out front.
That is where the scenario has you, but you can be a straight line if you prefer.
H.Summoner 2 HP 15/15 | AC17/T13/FF14 | CMB+2/CMD15 | F+1/R+3/W+3(+2) | Init +3/Conc. +4 | Perc +0, SM +0, DK vis.
Exitium:
HP 15/15 | AC20/T12/F18 | Perc. +4 SM +4 - CMB+5, CMD17(21trip)
Is C7 a passable square?
Ralklain casts Mage Armor on Exitium bringing his AC to 20.
The summoner speaks in a low voice for the group, trying not to be hear by the enemies:
Don't advance. Let them come to us.
Exitium 5-foot-steps C7 (or D7) and readies an action to attack any enemy that comes within range.
I'll move you around a bit to make these actions more doable. I wasn't exactly sure where to start you. The new placement allows Wuliem to throw his bomb and not be blocked, and for Ralklain to do a touch spell on Exitium. Ralklain, Readying an action is a Standard Action, so that will have to wait, as will the movement by Exitium since it didn't get to go in the surprise round. C7 is a passable square, though. Wuliem, I thought the minimum was 5 splash since the 1/2 rounded down?
Wuliem tosses his bomb into the mists and hears the explosion and cries of pain, but the Norgober follower dodges most of the splash.
I'll have to ask somewhere what total concealment of a square does for the miss chance on a square...
Alia and Narvik can still go. I've redone the map.
Male Half Orc Oracle of Bones [6.0] | HP 49/49 | AC 25 T 12 FF 24 | CMB +6 CMD 18 (19 vs grapple) | F +6 R +5 W +9 | Init +1 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | SM +6 | Heal +11 | Intim +10
Narvik will cast Guidance on Alia for his surprise round action, allowing meleers to move in front of him.
The bolt misses wildly, and so does the bite, but both claw swipe sthe halfling, leaving deep, bloody gouges across his chest! Already badly burned, he collapses to the ground, unconscious.
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+1 Dex, +1 size) hp 8 (1d6+2) Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +2 Str 8, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 16 Base Atk +0; CMB -2; CMD 9
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Pizzmic lost in thought doesn't notice the three figures until wuliems bomb explodes. Pizzmic half startled lets out a little yelp agh.... what the what?! pizzmic hastly moves to E3 and casts bungle onto the cloaked man near the wall (will save 15) surrender now or prepare to meet your companion's fate bluff:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
hahahaha finally the epic CRICTICAL FAIL." Pizzmic's taunt provides the enemy with a heightened rage abadoning all reserve and leap at the lowly gnome to make him swallow his words!"
Male Half Orc Oracle of Bones [6.0] | HP 49/49 | AC 25 T 12 FF 24 | CMB +6 CMD 18 (19 vs grapple) | F +6 R +5 W +9 | Init +1 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | SM +6 | Heal +11 | Intim +10
Narvik will move up to where he can see the guy hanging around the corner so that he can cast Murderous Command on him.
If I can't cast it on him without getting into melee range then I will move to D8 and cast Death's Touch on him instead. If so, vs Touch AC:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 for Damage:1d6 ⇒ 1
The brown-cloaked man turns on his heels and attempts to stab the woman with the Norgorber mask but misses, deflecting off of her shimmering energy shield. She, also feeling the murderous command, attacks him back, but also misses her nimble friend-foe.
The blond woman comes running out of the mist, still laughing manically, only stopping to cast a spell, causes an-all-too-familiar spray of vivid colors to leap from her fingers!
Exitium, Ralklain, and Narvik make a DC14 Will save.
Will save, DC 14:
You are unconscious, blinded, and stunned for 2d4 rounds, then blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, and then stunned for 1 round.
Male Half Orc Oracle of Bones [6.0] | HP 49/49 | AC 25 T 12 FF 24 | CMB +6 CMD 18 (19 vs grapple) | F +6 R +5 W +9 | Init +1 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | SM +6 | Heal +11 | Intim +10
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+1 Dex, +1 size) hp 8 (1d6+2) Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +2 Str 8, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 16 Base Atk +0; CMB -2; CMD 9
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Pizzmic seeing the opportunity of clustered foes will cast sleep upon the cloaked man. (Will save 15) if anyone can stablize the halfling that would be great.we probably don't want to actually kill these people
Male Half Orc Oracle of Bones [6.0] | HP 49/49 | AC 25 T 12 FF 24 | CMB +6 CMD 18 (19 vs grapple) | F +6 R +5 W +9 | Init +1 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | SM +6 | Heal +11 | Intim +10
Narvik shakes off the effects of the spell. Moving to the cloaked man he casts Death's Touch.Only fair to use my previous roll, likely a bad miss.
No, Ralklain, I don't think so. Which part is confusing? And why "again"?
Rounds 1 & 2 (so far)(Omitting Surprise Round):
1.
Talor loads his pistol.
Ralklain misses with his crossbow.
Halfling down to -8 from Exitium's claws.
Alia gives masked woman a murderous command
Wuliem throws another bomb (injuring cloaked man and halfling)
Pizzmic casts bungle on cloaked man
Narvik casts murderous command on cloaked man
Cloaked man and Masked woman attack each other, missing
Blond woman casts Color Spray
2.
Ralklain and Narvik make saves vs. Color Spray; Exitium fails save
Ralklain casts Daze on Blond woman
Talor shoots HF for 4.
Pizzmic begins his sleep incantation.
Alia and Wuliem still to act; Exitium unconscrious.
