GM Kobash - PFS First Steps Part II (Inactive)

Game Master Kobash

Falyf looks at her, "so, what happenend to you then?", unsure to make anything out of her.

Knowledge dungeoneering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Curraine continues his scramble to the high ground.

Climb Check - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

Curraine racks his brain trying to remember if there's any cure.

Mother Fu......., can anyone give me a boost?

Taurus trains a wary eye on the creature while he steps back to give Curraine a strong arm to brace against.

As Maurit tells her story, revealing the details of her fate, she seems to find a calm.

"We were exploring the Cairnlands and discovered this new entrance here. Venturing within we explored the chambers for a time. We drove off kobolds, and some other humanoid creature that can change the color of its skin. Then we encountered something else. It caught us by surprise, and I fell to its claws. The others fled with the monster in close pursuit. They left me for dead..." Her eyes turn distant and sad for a moment, then her head twitches and her shoulders hunch, the smokey eye gleaming at your group. "But I awoke. I can tell you more. Secrets, dangers. All I ask is that you take me with you."

"That'd be up to loverboy here", Taurus says with a snort while nodding at the Ulfen.

"If I had my way we'd be returning you to the earth right now. What do you say Adamus?"

"She might be dead", Haris gnashes out the side of his mouth, reminding the group of the Major's words, "She certainly smells dead."

Adamus raises an eyebrow as Taurus gives him the nickname."I think we should show some compassion here. Besides, if she can help us, so be it. But if she turns on us, I will be the first to send her back to the Ice Queen. And when this is over, one way or another you won't be cursed anymore." He says that last part with some uncharacteristic seriousness while looking at Maurit.

Taurus shrugs his broad shoulders, "You heard him woman, lead the way".

Bro-Meister, Bro-zilla, I hope you two don't think the rest of us are going to follow her willingly. We're either going to lay her low or bind her well.

"If it will make you feel better, we can gag her so she can't eat us."Adamus jokes. "If you got rope, go ahead and tie her hands together then."

Falyf nods, "Especially after Haris' words. I have a bad feeling....."

I've got an arrow and the high ground. I'm not going anywhere near her until she's bound. It's going to be one of you two that gets the rope out. Should some bad s$#~ go down, you're gonna want me making the pain go away.

"That's going to be up to the holyman", Taurus snorts. "I'm with the rest of you. I want to cut her down".

Maurit's eyes dart back and forth between the members of your group as you discuss what to do. Talk of bringing her along elicits an almost giddy smile with enthusiastic nods "Yes, yes! I can help!" Mention of finishing her off causes her to twitch and hunch her shoulders. "Please, please. PLEASE!"

I'll move on when someone decides exactly how to handle her.

Falyf steps over to Haris and whispers, "give her some holy water to drink? Just say, it is a test." he suggests.

"Fine. Taurus, give me your rope and I'll bind her." Assuming the bull of a man does so, Adamus uses it to tie Maurit's hands together.

"Lead the way. Don't make me regret trusting you." He says to her.

Reaching into a pouch, Taurus retrieves a length of heavy rope that he hands off to the paladin.

"Adamus can pass water for her if he wants, it should be holy too", Haris answers back quietly, "But this vial breaks only on emergencies."

Are any of you scratching your chin? I don't like her story. Why would another team of Pathfinders have been sent here? Why would we be sent if a previous team had been sent and hadn't returned?

Yelling over to Adamus, Ask her when her team was dispatched to this area. Ask her what the current date is. Something is fishy about her jive ass story

Curraine really starts looking Maurit up and down. Do her clothes look old and tattered or new? Is she wearing a pathfinder patch? Is she carrying anything? Any gear or weapons?

Take Ten if time allows. If not Perception check straight up.

Perception check - 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Wow, these rolls are sucking right now.

"Yes, I can help..." The woman mutters, her voice trailing off into whispers. Licking her lips, she sizes up Adamus as he binds her hands with a look not too much different then those given by the Paracountess Zarta. Twitching her head suddenly, she repeats herself. "I'll help. I can draw you a map, and I know of a secret entrance."

Maurit doesn't wear any Pathfinder symbols. You were told by Amara that a group of Pathfinders found this ruin, though the details of their visit were not given. Curraine still hasn't revealed his knowledge of Maurit's curse to the others. Also, he's pretty certain that her condition is not reversible. It's only a matter of time before she succumbs to the undead urges of being a ghoul.

"Just lead us there to the secret entrance then." Adamus responds. He follows right behind her to react to if/when she turns on them.

Falyf is still wary about the woman and nods, "yeah, just lead us there." and is on his guards what she does.

Once Maurit is bound, Curraine will come down off the rocks and go directly to Taurus. Pulling Taurus aside and in low hushed tones so Maurit cannot hear, Curraine explains, Bro, she's an undead. Or almost completely an undead. And there's nothing I can do to save her. I need you to take charge of Maurit once she's bound so I can give Adamus the skinny. I think he should know and he should be the one to ease her suffering.

Maurit draws a map of the interior, then leads your group around the south side of the cliff and up a small chute to an opening hidden in the shadows beneath an overhang. After a short twisting passage, created by either a burrowing creature or shifting earth from the quakes that are common in the Cairnlands, you come to an opening leading to a worked stone chamber. Cracked and crumbling frescos line the walls of the large empty room. The sections of the frescos not destroyed by the passing ages show Qadiran men engaged in battle. A rough stone tunnel leads off to the northwest, as if the ground simply cleft in two ages ago. A pile of bones rests just inside the passage.

I need a marching order please.

Maurit's MAP

Taurus considers the elf's words carefully, "Very well."

"Adamus", the massive barbarian calls out. "I will handle her. You and Curraine take the lead."

Marching Order: Adamus, Curraine, Taurus (with Maurit), Falyf, Haris. Sound good to everyone?

Sounds good.

"You sure you're not going to try to scalp her? Fine." Adamus acquiesces. He takes a look back every now and then to check up on the pair.

Falyf shrugs, "sure enough. He leans over to Taurus, and whispers "so what is she then?"

Once Taurus takes possesion of Maurit, Curraine pulls Adamus aside. Bro, she's already lost. I cannot cure her and it's only a matter of a couple tick tocks before she'll be trying to eat us. She IS a ghoul. I think once she get's us to the secret enterence she should be put out of her misery. If you have a problem with that let me know. I'll make sure her suffering ends quickly

"A ghoul, huh? Alright then. If there is nothing we can do for her, then I will put her out of her misery myself." Adamus replies to the elf.

Once the group gets to the entrance, he pulls her aside and away from the group. "It seems that we cannot help you with your condition. You are a danger and a threat to us and others. All I can do for you is to send you to Pharasma's realm so you can find peace." He says while looking in her eyes. He raises his hammer and brings it down on her.

I'll roll the attack and damage roll if you want me to.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

2d6 + 9 ⇒ (2, 1) + 9 = 12

With all the whispering and chattering back and forth, Haris hadn't completely grasped the entire dilemma of Maurit. He had only caught the 'map', 'rope' and 'ghoul', and was content with being put last in line. The next thing he knew, Adamus is bringing his holy hammer down on her brain pan. "What the Falyf!", he squeals at the sudden violence, expecting a spray of gore and a twitching corpse.

putting a hand on Haris' shoulder, be mellow Bro. She wanted to help and she did. But she was the undead and sooner or later would have been speedbump. Now she's at peice and has the knowledge that she helped a Pathfinder one last time

Since you explained what you were planning to do, I'm going to say we need initiative rolls for those aware of Adamus' intention - Curraine, Adamus, and Maurit. After rolling the order for the surprise round are Maurit, Curraine, then Adamus.

Unfortunately, Curraine's words are a little premature...

As Adamus finishes his speech and begins to raise his hammer, Maurit's head teitches violently, recognition of danger flashes in a hateful glare and bared teeth elongated and sharp as razors. One moment she is a cowed prisoner, the next she is sinking her deadly teeth into the ropes around her wrists and ripping them free with a furious shake of her head. Twisting away, she also manages to avoid Adamus' attack.

Curraine and Haris are up, but everyone please go ahead and declare actions.

"Damn", Taurus grunts. "I knew she wasn't going to go quietly."

Taurus draws his weapon and calls out to Adamus, "Can you handle her?"

Falyf draws his weapon, uses his arcane pool to enhance it and attacks.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Damage 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"...probably could have use that tidbit...
Ready Action: Full Defensive

Taurus draws his weapon and calls out to Adamus, "Can you handle her?"

"Yea, she just seems to be a little quicker than I thought. I have this under control, Kurgess willing. I'll let you know if it changes."

These are the things that happen when we don't discuss every detail. I assumed that she would be bound with her hands behind her back as no one realy wanted to go up to her and going up to her from the rear would have been safer.

Curraine draws his longsword. Gnarly Bros! He will then fire and Icicle from his finger as a ranged touch attack.

Icicle attack - 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Damage - 1d6 ⇒ 2

We're waiting on Haris before I continue.

On a side note, Curraine knew she was a recently turned ghoul, but didn't share that information until after she was bound and gave information, such as drawing a map (which she couldn't have drawn with hands behind her back). The details where there, just not put together.

Haris readily steps back, letting ample room for the men and the eminent slash fest.

Not engaging, continue to ready action for full defense if she comes his way.

Maurit lunges at Adamus with claw and bite. Only one claw slips through his defense and finds a gap in his armor, leaving a bloody set of lacerations. 5 Damage.

Adamus looks down at his wound with a grimace. He brings his hammer back and takes a sideways swipe at Maurit.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

2d6 + 9 ⇒ (5, 2) + 9 = 16

Maurit flinches from Curraine's freezing icicle, then takes a mighty blow to the face from Adamus' earthbreaker. She reels back on her feet, but manages to stay on them. Growling she turns her bloody face back towards him, now half-torn away to reveal muscle, bone, and sharp jagged teeth in a gaping hole where the flesh was torn away. "Betrayer!" She gasps, her words mangled but still intelligible. "I'll devour your heart!"

Adamus, it looks to me like your damage bonus is off. Since no smite or power attack was declared, it should be +6, correct? Regardless, it's not enough to drop her. Is anyone else attacking?

You are right, I did not declare power attack and I didn't alter my attack bonus, so take 3 less.

Thanks. To avoid confusion, please declare the use of feats or abilities every round, regardless of what natural state your attacks fall under. And as a side note, I was confused because I calculate your attack at +5 to hit while using power attack (+1 base attack, +4 strength, +1 masterwork weapon, -1 power attack). Perhaps an earlier version had weapon focus, but the character sheet under your name does not.

No, you're right. For some reason I thought my attack bonus was higher, but I was wrong. From now on, I will declare Power attack.

Taurus stays in delay, respecting Adamus's claim to deal with the ghoul himself.

Curraine will take a step back and fire another Icicle as a ranged touch attack.

Icicle - 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 well that sucked
Damage - 1d6 ⇒ 2