GM Kyshkumen's PFS 3-19: The Icebound Outpost (Inactive)

Game Master Kyshkumen

"Fine with me." Dario peers out on the moat of ice. "I knew the skates were a better idea." As they near the ramp down, he stops to put on his cleats.

As the Professor starts to pull out his cleats.
Ranged: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
A crossbow bolt strikes the wall next to him.

Dario
Xerance
?
Zanakor
Avarus
Skaarr

? acted in the surprise round bold is up

Watch it! Avarus dashes to the balcony, axe ready, to get a better look at whatever loosed the bolt. SHOW YOURSELVES, COWARDS!

Dario glances up at the crossbow bolt. "Ok, maybe someone else wants to go first?" He looks across trying to spot the sniper as he finishes putting on the cleats.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

The Professor points out a man across the frozen moat winding a crossbow and shouting back into the temple.

Enemy has been added to the map, Dario is putting on his cleats this round. Avarus that will be your action this round when it gets to your turn, however you can't really see anything there as there is a 10 foot wall in front of you. You may change your action or placement if you wish. Xerance is up.

Dario
Xerance
Aspis Agent
Zanakor
Avarus
Skaarr

is this full round or sunrise? Cant move on the map atm. Xerance moves up to where she has a clear shot and draws her bow.

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This is a regular round the only surprise round was the Aspis firing at Dario. I also moved Xerance into a position she can fire from.

Xerance draws her bow and fires at the Aspis man but only hits the wall he is ducking behind. The Aspis continues winding his crossbow this round.

Dario
Xerance
Aspis Agent
Zanakor
Avarus
Skaarr

Names in bold are up.

Rather than jump to the Ice floor below Avarus drops his ax by his side pulls out his Shortbow and fires when able at the Aspis crossbowman.

Seeing the bolt strike the wall, Zan moves forward next to Skaar as he tries to shoot back. Instead of drawing his blade, he mutters a bit and gestures with a gloved hand. The exposed wrist suddenly takes on a horrifying appearance as black roots of corruption appeares.

He uses his hand to touch his cloak, causing Darkness, and putting his party under its cover.

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I cant modify the map via mobile, can someone pls move me north of Skaar...

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Done!

Avarus realizing he was approaching a wall changes course moving to the steps instead. There he assesses the floor quickly utilizing sight and his great axe to see if it is sturdy enough to run across. perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Does the wall he's hiding behind block sight if I were to move to the red sunburst?

Skaarr the red sun burst is 35 feet from you and the wall would block LoS.

Okay.

Skaarr moves out onto the ice, heading towards the man.

Move action; Move 30' along the orange dotted line. If the ice is considered difficult terrain, then that's a double move. If not...

He concentrates on the Aspis agent firing on them, seeking to curse the man into a deep slumber.

Standard action; Slumber hex, DC 14 will save or sleep for a round.

The ice is difficult terrain unless you have cleats on and any acrobatics take a -5, unless you have cleats on.

Avarus
Aspis Agent
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
?1
Skaarr
?2

I have no idea what happened this morning but I seriously !@#$ up the initiative order. Since there wasn't a lot that happened I am switching to the correct order, my apologies. I put the initiative rolls in a spoiler to clean up the post, feel free to double check my work in the future. Avarus is up.

Hearing and feeling a friend move past him Avarus heads out onto the ice in a direct path toward the Aspis with great ax rdy. Avarus will correct direction and continue onward until combat capable.

With his crossbow reloaded the man fires at the angry half orc with the great axe.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
The shot just skips harmlessly off the ice.

Avarus
Aspis Agent
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
?1
Skaarr
?2

Bold is up.

I'll assume the Darkness brought it from normal light to dim light. Any darker than that and Dario can't see.

The Professor quickly makes it down the ramp and across the ice to the wall in front. He crouches and moves along it to avoid any more crossbow bolts.

Double Move

I believe you can see those 'outside' of the dim light area fine even if you are within the coverage of darkness. You have problems looking into darkness, but not the other way around. It's like looking out from the shadows. In dim light, we have 20% concealment.

I hate snipers...

Zan runs forward, but at the end of the ramp he jumps, or rather dives, twisting in the air to land on his back. One hand clutches the blanket knot to prevent it from breaking away, neck muscles braced to prevent his head from snapping backwards.

Acrobatics to land on his back during the shallow dive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Double-move to end up in a prone condition. Target square to land is behind Skaar, but Zan does not know how far he'll skid forward as a result of momentum. Green line added for reference. I'll let the GM decide how Zan ends up on the ice. :)

Xerance walks a little further so that she is in 30ft range of the enemy sniper.
"It's not nice to just shoot arrows at people you have not met yet! They might be really nice people!"
She says before releasing another arrow.
arrow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Dario takes cover against the wall. Zanakor flops down on the ice and slides a few extra feet stopping short of Dario. Xerance fires another shot but still fails to hit her target. While another Aspis agent appears in the door way.

Avarus
Aspis Agent
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other
Skaarr
?2

Skaarr is up

Skaarr continues across the ice, putting his back to one wall, he concentrates on the original Aspis agent, trying to curse the man with a deep magical slumber.

Move action; move on orange line.
Standard action; Slumber hex on the human agent. DC 14 will save or sleep for one round.

Will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

The man with the cross bow slumps down and falls asleep. Suddenly a voice can be heard from inside the temple. "Sleeping? We are under attack brother. Wake up and show these scum what happens when you walk into an Aspis base!" This is follow by a loud smack.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other
Skaarr
Aspis Female

Avarus is up!

Avarus seeing the Aspis group together within the room at the top of the stairs decides not to charge into the fray and moves past the opening to get a better look at the situation and wait for a better opportunity.

The man wakes up after getting a slap in the face. He stands up and moves out onto the steps while drawing his longsword. Taking advantage of the mans careless maneuvers Skaarr takes a swing with his axe.

Melee: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

His swing is wild and he only hits the stairs.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other
Skaarr
Aspis Female

Bold is up.

Edit: The man moves out onto the ice and has no trouble as he appears to be wearing cleats.

Oh great, more company... Well, I didn't join the Society for the parties. Might as well start testing whether my training has been of any use.

Zanakor stands up, shoves his right hand underneath his cloak, passing through the loop of his weapon cord, to hold onto the grip of his katana which is still sheathed to his side. As he does, a small flash of light comes from inside his cloak as he channels some of his arcane pool into his weapon.
+1 weapon enchancement bonus for 1 minute

He goes into a Total Defense stance to prepare to dodge any attacks.

Dario draws his rapier and charges at the Aspis agent who outmaneuvered Skarr.

Attack (Charge): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Xerance looses another arrow at the aspis in combat with her friends. arrow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Luck is not on her side at the moment.

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Zanakor stands up and takes a defensive posture, while Dario uses his cleats to charge at the blonde Aspis man. Dario's thrust is side stepped and Xerance's arrow skips off the ice. The fiendish man emerges from the temple and swings his short sword down at Skaarr.

melee: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 1 = 16 +1 from higher ground
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Cutting a deep wound into the half-orc.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other
Skaarr
Aspis Female

Skaarr is up and with his mage armor I count him at exactly 16 AC.

"Looks like these guys have special vision abilities, they're shrugging off our cover like nothing. Keep your guard up guys, I'll dispel it as soon as I can."

Skaarr winces at the deep gash. Finding himself trapped in the corner and unable to maneuver well on the ice, he has few options. He growls at the fiend wielding the shortsword, and concentrates to hex him.

Slumber on the guy who stabbed me, DC 14 or sleep for 1 round.

Will Save: 1d20 ⇒ 1

The Aspis on the steps quickly collapses and starts snoring. The woman steps out wielding a battle axe. "This is hardly the place for a nap! She hops down from the steps to face Avarus but takes a moment to wake the sleeping man in the head. Again Skaarr tries to take advantage of the careless maneuvers of the Aspis and swings at the woman as she steps out of the temple.

AoO: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

His swing connects but glaces off her armor.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other (immune to slumber)
Skaarr
Aspis Female

Avarus is up

18 misses?! (x_x)* Means I have less than 25% chance of hitting them. Hit the prone one while you can still get that +4!

There are things that will change different enemies AC's coming up so bear that in mind if an 18 hits that character later.

Ok.

Xerance shoots another arrow at the man closest to her if he is still standing. Otherwise the other man if he still stands. arrow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18 dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The Aspis have come into the clear as anticipated. Avarus excitedly swings the Great Ax at his immediate threat.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Ouch... I hope the ice won't break after a swing like that.

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Avarus strikes the woman giving her a nasty wound but she is still standing. The blonde man pulls his shield while he steps between Dario and Skaarr. The Aspis takes a swing at Skaarr with his long sword.

melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

He strikes some invisible force that is protecting Skaarr.

Xerance takes aim at the blonde woman as she looks to be the best target but her arrow only strikes armor.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other (immune to slumber)
Skaarr
Aspis Female (9)

Bold is up.

If it makes a difference I clearly said man, that woman seems to have something that makes her hard to hit. And the man is flanking a companion. I have precise shot so no worries on shooting in melee. So it would be the one on the steps.

The man just pull a shield upping his AC, the one on the stairs is prone giving him +4 AC vs ranged making her the easier target. In the end an 18 will not hit any of them at this time.

Dario glances back and sees Zanakor is in a possible positon to aid Skarr, so he steps over to the man on the steps and drives his rapier down at him.

Swift action to Activate Luck
Attack (Luck): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 13
Damage (Luck): 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

Zanakor casts Shield on himself before stepping forward, ready to attack the enemy once he sees an opening.

I can't draw my weapon with a move action yet... :/

Dario steps forward and takes advantage of the prone agent by stabbing him in the gut. Zanakor activates some magical defense and steps into the melee. Prone and surrounded the Aspis agent attempts to stand up provoking from Skaarr and Dario.

Skaarr: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Dario: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 13

Both attacks miss and the fiendish Aspis attacks Skaarr.

melee: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 26
confirm: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 8
damage: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3) + 1 = 9

The Aspis blade finds its mark causing another large wound to Skaarr. You may remain standing with your half orc ability but keep in mind I stop hitting downed opponents.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other (6 immune to slumber)
Skaarr
Aspis Female (9)

Skaarr's turn.

Cast Defensively: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Standard action; cast infernal healing.

Skaarr wards himself with his axe as he carefully draws a small vial of unholy water, and pours on his largest wound while chanting a brief spell. He then collapses in a pool of his own blood, before his wounds begin to slowly knit themselves back together.

Take 1 damage from doing a standard action, puts me at -5. Then pass out.
Fast healing 1 for the next 10 rounds. See you guys when the combat's over, sorry for being totally useless (~_~)*

Seems like the tier 1 has gotten significantly more difficult than when I used to do PFS before.

The Aspis woman grits her teeth as anger burns in her eye. She grips her battle axe tightly and as she brings it down on Avarus she screams, "DIE ORC SCUM!"

melee: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Aspis Other (6 immune to slumber)
Skaarr
Aspis Female (9)

Avarus is up, and there have been a lot of bad rolls which I think is most of the problem for you guys right now.

May the Lord in Iron pull my blade through your heart Woman! Again he swings at the Aspis female with his great axe.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Avarus puts the the Aspis woman down with a mighty swing of his great Axe. The blonde man sees the woman drop in front of Avarus and he screams, "HILDR! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SISTER YOU MONSTER!" He swings viciously at Dario as he is in the way.

melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Xerance's arrow finds the Aspis on the stairs and he goes down from his wounds. While Skaarr's wounds start to heal and he is now stable.

Avarus
Aspis Male (immune to slumber)
Xerance
Zanakor
Dario
Skaarr

Zanakor, Dario and Avarus are up.