GM Harker's PFS Season 4 Campaign

Game Master Justin L. Warren

Never mind. Whatever it was I tried to do, it failed miserably.

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Valik will full round withdraw to a safer place.

Quiella steps into the space that Valik left and slashes at the globster.

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Valik, in which direction did you want to move?

Mel, actually your CMB is +4. Your 18 CMD number is your defensive value. You probably want Escape Artist to be your go to skill to escape grapples since the modifier is higher. Also, if you fail a concentration check in a grapple, you lose the spell. So you probably don't want to leave that sort of thing up to the GM. :)

Melufiuos tries in vain to escape the constricting folds of the globster, while Valik moves to safety. Quiella takes advantage of the opening to slash the globster again, this time putting it out of everyone's misery. Globster 2 is dead, Mel is free.

Apparently not done harassing the group yet, the Jinkin tries to find another place to hide. This time he is not nearly as effective, as Melufiuos, Ophelia, Sam, Valik, and evidently Frostfur still see him. If you aren't of those characters, you'll need to make a Perception check DC 19 as a move action to see him.

Initiative (Rounds 4-5)
Halkale/Frostfur [F: Sickened] <= Up
Ophelia [Sickened] <= Up
Valik [29 Dmg; Sickened] <= Up
Quiella <= Up
Jinkin
Melufiuos [12 Dmg; Grappled] <= Up
Sam [Sickened] <= Up

Effects
Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and fear saves.

Everyone is up

I forgot all about Quiella's life link on Mel. I'm pretty sure 10 of that damage should be transferred to Quiella

Quiella, oblivious to the jinkin, clambers out of the sewer towards Valik move action. She closes her eyes intently for a moment, standard action to move life link from Ophelia to Valik. And then heals herself of some of the wounds she took for Mel.

Lay on hands, greater mercy, fey foundling: 2d6 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 1 + 4 = 10

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Halkale looks for the jinkin again.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Once he spots him, he fires an arrow at him.

Attack, PBS: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 1 + 1 = 23 Damage, if hits, PBS: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6

Mel crosses the stinky water, shaky at first, uses an arcane point to call back burning hands as a swift action, and then blasts the aggravating little creature.

Burning Hands DC14: 4d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 1) = 8

Ophelia moves forward, squeezing past Halkale and Frostfur, and draws her crossbow as she goes.

Double-move, drawing a weapon as I go.

Looking over the posts, Quiella did take 10 damage from her life link, while Mel currently only has 7 damage.

Quiella moves next to Valik, heals herself, and transfers a life link to Valik.

Ophelia advances while drawing her crossbow.

Halkale spots the Jinkin, but yet again his arrow only leaves a minor wound. Melufiuos then blasts the tiny creature with his Burning Hands spell, but it manages block some of the fire by ducking under a rock.

Valik and Sam are up.

Is there a reason Quiella only took 5 of Mel's damage? Did he not take the 12 until just last round?

Perhaps I misunderstand the question, but Quiella did take 10 damage in total from her Life Link with Mel, as stated in my previous post. If you are confused about Mel's current damage total being so low, some of that healing came from Ophelia's channeling.

my thought process was that it should have been in play before last round, so Quiella should have taken all but 2 of it. I'm not sure how else Quiella took 10 damage from it without moving Mel from 12 to 2

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Valik, despite better conventions, moves forward and strikes at the annoying enemy harassing him and the others.

AC 29: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 121d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

Ah, okay. I was confused because Quiella was the last person to act before the Jinkin and the first person after the Jinkin, which meant two applications of life link. Yeah, Mel only has 2 damage.

Valik advances on the jinkin, but the small gremlin avoids his attack.

Sam opts to conserve spells as the combat now seems well in hand.

The jinkin steps back 5 feet away from Valik, makes an obscene gesture, and teleports away.

Combat Over

There is no treasure to to be found in the cleft area, although it appears to continue further northeast into the darkness if you wish to explore it. Alternatively, Sascha's map indicates to move 70 feet down the sewer tunnel to the east, then turn north.

Going to be soaking up all of Valik's damage over the next 30 seconds in-game, so Quiella will be doing some self-healing.

The group waits 30 seconds for Quiella to absorb most of Valik's injuries. Go ahead and heal up the 25 damage, Quiella.

So, what is my life total than?

Ow, those things hurt. Damn, I failed my sensei, he would be very displeased in how I performed just now. I think I need more training, and to broaden my weapons training.

He looks over to Quiella, and gives her a big smile.

Thank you friend, I am unsure if I would be here conversing with you were you not here.

Lay on hands would be more efficient, but she's only got two uses left.

GM, altogether Quiella needs to heal 35 hp, because she also took some of Mel's. Can she just take the average result of a d8 roll as a 5 for CLW?

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Since we're out of combat, taking the average for healing is fine.

Oracle, CLW, fey foundling: 5 + 2 + 2 = 9
Oracle, CLW, fey foundling: 5 + 2 + 2 = 9
Oracle, CLW, fey foundling: 5 + 2 + 2 = 9
wand, CLW, fey foundling: 5 + 1 + 2 = 8

Quiella, brow intently furrowed, casts a series of healing spells on herself, and then pulls out her wand. After that, she uses the pearl she received as a gift. Saving 3 spell slots for the rest of the module

With that done, her face clears and she smiles at Valik "Of course, friend. I could do nothing less."

Wait, can we use Mel's clw wand instead?. It is of no use during combat, but Quellia's stuff is.

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If you insist, but I don't mind. It is unlikely she will use those 3 slots. It would also involve burning 1 more charge. The Oracle bonus, makes it exactly 35 as is

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Yeah, it seems like we've been taking more damage than usual this adventure, so I'd prefer to have as much in-combat healing available as possible. So I'll tick off 5 charges, plus one for me. I think that gets everyone back to full, right?

To Valik, "Dude, I don't think anyone is ever prepared to be grappled by a huge mound of living poop." He stops to gag a bit, involuntarily as the memory overwhelms him. "Ok, I should have pulled these out earlier, but I forgot about them." He drinks a bottle of Soothe Syrup and hands his other one to Valik, "In case we meet any more stanky foes".

He then reminds the rest of the party of the extra junk he bought earlier.

Quiella takes one of the offered vials of vermin repellant and applies it.

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After all the healing, Valik still has 4 damage left. Everyone else is at full health and no one is sickened any longer.

Let me know if you want to further explore the cleft or would prefer to continue following the map to the vault.

"Mel, Valik, Halk, do you guys see anything else in this cleft?"

consider me pro- exploration. We are pathfinders after all

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Halkale glances down the cleft and looks at Frostfur. He shakes his head. "It is too d-d-dark. Need light." he says.

I assumed that it was too dark for us to see down, but I can roll perception rolls if needed.

Quiella casts light on her greatsword

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The group follows the small tunnel at the back of the cleft for a short distance before it terminates at a stone wall. Valik is the first to notice that the wall in the back used to be a secret door, but the mechanism for opening it appears to be purposefully broken as well as thoroughly rusted. Although the secret door cannot be opened, Valik does find a small crack in the door frame that would allow a Tiny creature to squeeze through it, perhaps even a Small sized creature if they are extremely competent in contorting their bodies.

Halkale Perception: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 2 = 22
Mel Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Ophelia's Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
Quiella's Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Sam's Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Valik's Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26

Can it be broken open to allow the passage of bigger creatures?

Almost anything can be destroyed over time, this secret door does not look easy to break open.

Mel tries to peek through the crack, tossing in a lightstick if necessary. He whispers into the crack, "We're coming to get you. No more sniping. Come out and talk peacefully."

There is no response from the crack, nor can you see much of what it is on the other side with a sunrod, other than a stone floor.

I'll give you guys a little while longer here if you want, otherwise we'll have you go back to following the map.

does Quiella think she can manage it without her armor on?

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It's extremely unlikely unless she had some magical help.

does anyone have Grease prepared?

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I wasn't thinking about grease. I was hoping I had a shrink or gaseous potion, but no.
Grease, I got.

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Scratch that! I already used it. Sorry. Story of my life.

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I have the spell but I have already used quite a few slots. I dont think its worth the effort, lets move forward.

With no one capable or willing to cast a spell to augment Quiella's chances of making it through the crack, the group opts to move on.

Sixty feet east down the sewer tunnel from the cleft, the group discovers the exterior doors to the vault. Algae and moss slick the first four stairs in a short flight of steps that rises to a stone and steel door worked with designs of riders on horseback. Etched into the center of the door is a horse head emblem with a fleck of ruby-red glass for an eye. The edges of the door bear depictions of Shoanti on horseback fighting horned, winged monsters.

The map indicates that there is a Flame Strike trap on the door. It doesn't not indicate how to disarm it, however.

Halkale Perception: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 2 = 28
Mel Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Ophelia's Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
Quiella's Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Sam's Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Valik's Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26

Although difficult to find, Halkale manages to discover the precise location of the trap on the door and shares it with the others.

You need the ability to disarm magical traps to counter this one, or some way to set it off. Those familiar with magic can tell the group that a Flame Strike trap will probably be a column of flame that extends a distance.

Mel can disarm magical traps, right?

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Mel, you should really re-familiarize yourself with unchained rogues. Please pull up the PRD on this site and read what 1st level unchained rogues can do. Searching for Pathfinder Unchained Rogues on a search engine also works, probably faster and easier.

OK, he can, but it sounds like the dc will be too high for me

"I got this," says the magus before turning to his manservant and digging through his load. Finally he finds the scroll he is looking for and raises it triumphantly. He mutters to himself, "About time I finally get to use one of these."

Turning to the party he presents the scroll to them. "Unseen Servant! Everyone get out of range and around the corner. Then I'll have the servant try to open the door. It is probably too weak to, but it will hopefully be enough to trigger the trap."

Once everyone is out of the way, Mel will stand just under 25' from the door and have the unseen servant try to trigger the trap. He does take the time to dampen his eyebrows, just in case.

Quiella gives Mel a skeptical-older-sister look, "If you're sure..." then she gets out of the way.

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"oh..um..okay." Halkale looks confused as to how a scroll is going to help, but backs away with Frostfur in tow.

Sam swiftly moves out and far from the way.

The party backs away from the door and Melufiuos creates an Unseen Servant from a scroll he brought along. Once everyone is at a safe distance, the elf orders his arcane servant to set off the trap. As it nears the doors, a pillar of fire erupts in front of door, destroying the hapless servant.

With the trap neutralized so to speak, the group continues forward.

Past the stone door, the coarse brick of the sewers gives way to cut stone block construction with corbeled arch ceilings that peak at a height of ten feet. Sturdy wooden doors line the walls, though years of mildewed neglect have eaten away at the facades.

Sascha's map indicates that her cache is kept in a room to the west down the hallway.

"Time to start exploring, eh?"

Let's systematically go through each door

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If you are going to open doors, let me know where you start and who all is doing the opening.

maybe we should at least scan with detect magic and detect evil? Then have Mel and Valik check for traps on each door as we systematically work out way around?

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