GM Ladile's TL;DR: A Pathfinder Society Campaign

Game Master Lady Ladile

Holan-Ji flies away to chase the wolfman through the skylight.

The dark courtroom looks like a scene out of a nightmare. A young woman, perhaps twenty, lies on the floor with her throat torn out. Across the room, a well-preserved older woman stands atop her bench, supporting a bleeding arm and swinging a ceremonial blade erratically. Four slobbering mongrels, each as much dog as wild wolf, circle her makeshift tower.

The wolfman runs past the jury box toward a doorway upon which only kindling hangs from the hinges.

For the sake of simplicity, unless you have a speed of 60 ft, 2 move actions to the guards or courtroom door. Once you make it to the courtroom door, I'll place you on the map.

Round 1. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee
Wolfhound 3
Maria
Wolfhound 1
Hepsubia
Wolf 2
Wolf 4
Werewolf
Pradowca

I think some of the party might have a Haste SLA available from a chronicle sheet - but Effie doesn't. So...

"On my way Holan-ji!"

Effie hot-foots it as best she can towards the commotion in the courtroom.

Oh Duke of Thunder, sometimes I do wish I'd been born a child of the sky, not of the flame.

Double move it is, drawing her pistol as she goes (which will have been loaded with silver ammo, given the briefing).

Effie barrels past the dying guardsmen and through the doors. Inside, she sees a pack of feral wolfhounds menacing an older woman standing upon a desk and brandishing a sword to keep them at bay.

One of the hounds in front lunges. The judge screams in pain as the beast's teeth sink into her ankle. She falls flat upon the desk as the wolfhound pulls her off her feet.

Round 1. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee
Wolfhound 3
Maria
Wolfhound 1
Hepsubia
Wolf 2
Wolf 4
Werewolf
Pradowca (-9 hp)
Guard 1 (-2 hp)
Guard 2 (-2 hp)

Double move to the guards, drawing wand of CLW. Can she see inside? Knowledge checks?

Double move to the guards, drawing wand of CLW. Can she see inside? Knowledge checks?

Bump.

Yes. You can see inside from the entrance.

Maria arrives at the entrance to the courthouse. The two guards have grievous wounds in their chests and need immediate attention. There Maria watches as a wolfhound behind the desk lunges and sinks its teeth into the judge's leg, dragging her off of the desk where her screaming stops.

Round 1. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee
Wolfhound 3
Maria
Wolfhound 1
Hepsubia
Wolf 2
Wolf 4
Werewolf
Pradowca (dying -6)
Guard 1 (dying -2)
Guard 2 (dying -2)

Knowledge: Nature + Inspiration: 1d20 + 12 + 1d6 ⇒ (17) + 12 + (1) = 30

”Take out a couple wolfhounds and you might get the rest to flee. Their minds are weak, if you have anything that works against that.”

Maria, I'll try to get to the judge so she don't die, get the wolves down as quickly as you can. Cheers!

Hepsubia mixes a few alchemical reagents, and drinks it quickly

Mutagen: +2 to AC, +4 Dex, -2 Wisdom, total Dex 24, Total AC 24

Sounds like a sound plan. Not risky at all.

Bump

With the woman dying behind the desk, two of the wolfhounds break away to rush Effie. One of them bites at her leg, but the ifrit quickly steps back. Meanwhile, the werewolf rushes into the darkness through a ruined door in the back of the room.

Round 2. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee (on map)
Wolfhound 3
Maria (1 step from the map)
Wolfhound 1
Hepsubia (mutagen) (1 move from the map)
Wolf 2
Wolf 4
Werewolf (no longer visible)
Pradowca (dying -7)
Guard 1 (dying -3)
Guard 2 (unconscious)

"I'm no expert, but I don't think wolves like fire."

Effie summons up her courage, and allows that part of herself that she used to fear to come to the surface. Her eyes blaze brightly, her colourful scarf catches aflame revealing two burning horns that protrude from her coal-black tresses. She reaches out towards the wolves with her free hand...

concentration DC17: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

fire damage (burning hands CL6): 5d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 2, 2, 4) = 14 Ref DC 16 for half, catches the two wolfhounds in front of Effie.

If that by any chance leaves the way clear, Effie has a move action remaining and she'll approach the fallen judge.

"Holan-ji! Can you lift her away to safety?"

"Holan-ji! Can you lift her away to safety?"

Maybe...? Move speed of 60, but I don't have any Flyby related feats. So I think I can move to her and grab her for sure. Strength of 20 I can likely lift her away, but I think it would take two turns.  Dang, if only there was a system with a 3-action economy....

Or I Move and shift to Tiger as a Free action and attack and/or Grab the dogs

I like the latter idea. Give the dogs something to worry much more about.

The ifrit's flames wash over the two wolfhounds, but these are hardy beasts. The fire is not enough to fell them nor scare them away.

Round 2. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee (on map)
Wolfhound 3
Maria (1 step from the map)
Wolfhound 1
Hepsubia (mutagen) (1 move from the map)
Wolf 2 (-14 hp)
Wolf 4 (-14 hp)
Werewolf (no longer visible)
Pradowca (dying -7)
Guard 1 (dying -3)
Guard 2 (unconscious)

"There are a LOT of big bad wolves in here!" Effie calls, glancing over her shoulder to see if she can spot the two elves. She sidesteps behind a bench in hopes of not getting outflanked.

5' step - but no move or swift actions this round.

"Holan-ji! Can you lift her away to safety?"

"I think so. Maybe," the dragonfly answers in a buzzing voice tinged with uncertainty. "She ain't big for an Avistani, but..."

He starts zooming towards the wolves and woman, but as he does so his features shift into a more familiar, ferocious, and furry form.

"You know I like fightin' more!"

Bite, Charge, PA : 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 21
Damage, B/P/S, magic: 2d6 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (5, 2) + 7 + 6 = 20
Claw 1, charge, PA: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 26
Damage, P/S, magic, Cold Iron, Silver: 2d6 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (6, 5) + 7 + 6 = 24
Claw 2, charge, PA : 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 29
Damage, P/S, magic, Cold Iron, Silver: 2d6 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 7 + 6 = 20

Attacking Red (I color coded that one to distinguish between the two.) Charge (Shifter's Rush to change form as free action), Pounce (Full attack when charging). -2 to AC this round from the Charge. 

(Sorry. I must not have set up the Alt text correctly.)

Holan-ji tears the more-wolf-than-hound wolfhound to pieces. The other hound beside him takes full advantage of the distraction to pounce upon the giant cat. However, without the other hound as a distraction, the wolfhound finds the cat too nimble.

Round 2. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee (on map)
Wolfhound 3
Maria (1 step from the map)
Hepsubia (mutagen) (1 move from the map)
Wolf 2 (-14 hp)
Wolf 4 (-14 hp)
Werewolf (no longer visible)
Pradowca (dying -7)
Guard 1 (dying -3)
Guard 2 (unconscious)

Acrobatics to avoid AoO, Mutagen Dex: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 2 = 28

Hepsubia dashes into the room, tumbling over the wolves and rushing toward the fallen judge to save her life.

Double move

Maria taps the nearest guard with her wand and steps over to the other one, ”Good work Tiger.”

CLW Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Hepsubia tumbles past the wolfhounds and rushes toward the desk.

Outside, one of the guard's eyes blink open, and he screams until he realize that he is not dying and the werewolf is gone.

One of the wolfhounds scrambles over the bench to get flank with its companion. The two beasts work together to harry the ifrit, and one of them manages to bite her on her leg.

Those of you inside the hall hear metal grinding in the distance, like a heavy iron door being pulled open.

Round 3. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee (-8 hp) (on map)
Wolfhound 3
Maria (1 step from the map)
Hepsubia (mutagen) (on map)
Wolf 2 (-14 hp)
Wolf 4 (-14 hp)
Werewolf (no longer visible)
Pradowca (dying -8)
Guard 1 (4 hp)
Guard 2 (0 hp, unconscious)

The big cat smiles and spits out a chunk of dog meat. Not that he minds the taste, it's a normal food in Chu-Ye, but he's gotta keep his mouth free to chomp on the other one. And the smile is cause his favorite flanking buddy just joined the fight!

Bite, Flank, PA: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 19
B/P/S, PA: 2d6 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 7 + 6 = 21

Claw 1, Flank, PA : 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 18
P/S, PA: 2d4 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 + 6 = 18

Claw 2, Flank, PA : 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 2 - 2 = 18
P/S, PA: 2d4 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 7 + 6 = 20

Effie salves the pain of the bite with a prayer.

lay on hands: 1d6 ⇒ 2

"I'll occupy these two as long as I can!" Effie calls as she pulls her old elephant knife from her Handy Haversack.

"Can't find room to shoot though" she grimaces, and takes up a defensive posture.

omg! melee, gandasa vs bad wolf, defensive fighting: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 - 4 = 2damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 1 = 4

Bumps AC to 24 this round.

She jinks out of the flank, for now. 5' step.

Holan Ji mauls another of the wolfhounds to literal pieces. Effie channels divine power into herself and then makes a careful, testing strike toward the other two wolfhounds. The two remaining wolfhounds raise their hackles and follow the ifrit with their attention, but their tails are also curled under themselves.

Round 3. Bold may act!

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee (-6 hp) (on map)
Maria (1 step from the map)
Hepsubia (mutagen) (on map)
Wolf 2 (-14 hp)
Wolf 4 (-14 hp)
Werewolf (no longer visible)
Pradowca (dying -8)
Guard 1 (4 hp)
Guard 2 (0 hp, unconscious)

Maria taps the other guard with her wand, then issues a brief statement.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

”We heard screams and are here to help. Grab your weapons and guard the doors, don’t let these feral beasts escape. They could hurt innocents.”

She moves inside and draws her rapier.

Hepsubia slides with style over the table taking 10 for Acrobatics for 22 with augmented Dex and secures the judge's health first

Healing, Reduced Wis: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 - 1 = 22

Needing some help Tygger?

"Not any more," Tygger replies as he spits out another hunk of wolf. "You're timin' was perfect."

He nods as Hep works on the judge, and looks back towards the door and the remaining wolves. "Tails between their legs. You might be able to just shoo 'em away," he says with an added growl for emphasis. "But I'm goin' after the big guy."

The first guard to be healed stands and runs off into the night while Maria heals the second. That man's eyes blink open, and he feels his neck when there nearly fatal wound had been with wide, terrified eyes. He scrambles to his feet and runs off gibbering.

Hepsubia stops the judge from bleeding to death. The longsword next to her limp hand is ornate but the blade itself is blunt.

The two wolves turn around and run past Maria into the night.

(Either would trigger AOO, but they have plenty of HP.)

Round 4? All may act.

Holan-Ji (on map)
Effie Gee (-6 hp) (on map)
Maria (1 step from the map)
Hepsubia (mutagen) (on map)
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Wolf 2 (-14 hp) (off map)
Wolf 4 (-14 hp) (off map)
Werewolf (no longer visible)
Pradowca (0 hp, unconscious)
Guard 1 (4 hp)
Guard 2 (9 hp)

Maria stabs!

Melee AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 for Silver/Piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 3

She glances back as the guards also sprint away, ”Cowards! Do your job!”

With a look of distaste, she turns back to the group, ”The judge ok, Tahl? If so, the chase can start.”

She's still wounded but No longer dying at least. Me, saving a servant of the Law.. I should spank myself!

She gives the Judge a vial with an effervescent liquid.
Bottoms up! It will restore your health a little, I did it myself! Notices the lemony taste, hope you like it

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Holan-Ji playfully swats Hep's butt with one enormous paw as he passes behind her. "Happy Spanky's Day!" he laughs. "You know, I bet that's a real holiday somewhere. Everyone spanks each other cause you can't spank yourself, then they have a huge feast." He laughs again, the roar echoing off the marble walls. But when he reaches the door, he stops laughing, gets serious (but chuckles one last time as the image of Spanky's Day returns to his cat-brain), and moves on through to continue the chase.

"Maybe we can come back and question the judge later..." Effie wonders as Tigger leads on.

Happy to follow ;)

Maria replies as she follows the big tiger, ”It’s most definitely a holiday, and often a weekly celebration at the Calistrian temples. Not my cup of tea, personally. But they offer a variety of different enjoyments, so there is usually something for everyone.”

"Wait! Wait for meeeee!"

Finally, Soddy comes huffing and puffing into the chamber, hat askew and out of breath. "Oh, I'm still figuring out how my new wings work or I would have gotten here sooner! Did we save everyone??"

The judge's eyes blink open after Hepsubia pours a potion into the woman's mouth. As Holan-Ji makes his way toward the shattered door, the judge groans, "Wha--?" The leshy herbalist also hustles into the courthouse after being blown several blocks away away by an errant breeze (or the force of Holan-Ji's dragonfly wings).

Just as he reaches the door, Holan-Ji hears Soddy come running in breathlessly. He turns and realizes sheepishly that it might well have been his recklessness that caused her to get blown down the street. Then he hears the Judge groan, and turns back to see if they shouldn't take care of her first. He trots over to Soddy Daisy, gives her a head butt and offers to let her ride on his back while she catches her breath if she needs to.

Meanwhile, Maria moves over to the judge, ”Evening your honor, we heard screams and came to help. We saved you and your guards, but were too late to help your assistant. Your guards also ran away after coming too so I’d suggest you have words with their bosses. Two of the dogs ran out the doors and another assailant ran through there. Did you see anything that could help us about them?”

She points at the exit location Tiger was sniffing around.

"Oh, I think I'm okay," Soddy nods, though she does give the big kitty an appreciative head pat in thanks.

"We're Pathfinders and we're here to help," she adds to Maria's explanation, not really considering whether that information would actually be helpful or not. Gazing around, she tries to quickly assess any injuries her friends (and the judge, of course), have.
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Anyone especially injured?

"Um. Oh," Judge Pradowca stammers. "Thank you. I'm afraid that all I saw were bloodthirsty wolfhounds and their sharp teeth."

She wobbles to her feet, using the sword in her hand as a cane. She looks down at it as she steadies herself and then lifts it to offer it to Maria. "Take this as a reward for my rescue. And this." She removes a small jewelry box from the desk and offers it also.

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Holan-Ji looks through the ruined door and sees a hall with three jail cells and further to the left is a closed wooden door. One of the three jail cells are open, and he can see the sewer grate in the floor of that cell has been forced out of the floor for easy egress to or from the sewers.

Raising an eyebrow Maria is a bit caught off guard, but she quickly recovers. Accepting the sword and box she adds, ”Thank you, Your Honor.”.

She moves over to Holan Ji and inspects the two items while asking, ”What do we have? A good trail? Need it checked for traps or do you think there wasn’t enough time?”

The elf swigs two potions, the second of which is spit back into its vial.

Alchemical Allocation on Elixir of Vision, +10 Perc for 1 hr. If we take more time to buff, she has tons more. But we may also want to go quickly and only take a couple rounds.

"I won't assume there's no traps, but I kinda doubt they took time to set any. I'm thinkin' the blood-crazed werewolf ain't careful and calculatin' like a kobold."

He turns back towards the doorways and stares into the gray-scale darkness. "I can probably track 'im. Won't turn down any concoction you got that'd make my nose as sensitive as it is when I'm tiger-ing," he interrupts himself to laugh, "Is that a word, tiger-ing, wait, no don't answer."

Shan't we move and go pursuing the wreewolf? Asking for a friend.

The tight confines of the courthouse sewers eventually open into wider tunnels collecting effluence from the neighboring buildings. The putrid stink of human refuse mingles with a more natural stink of decomposition. Bubbles and ripples occasionally break the water’s surface, filling the chamber with a constant gurgle.

Stroll through the Sewers. Round 1. Bold may act.
Ambient Light: Darkness
Features: Water (brown squares) is difficult terrain and filthy.

Effie
???
Hep
Maria
Holan-Ji
Soddy
???

Holan-Ji dips a toe into the dirty water and immediately withdraws it as that small act stirs up an even fouler scent. "I think I'm done being Tyger for now. Too big and too furry," he says as he surveys the size of the tunnels. Shifting back to human/oni form, he rolls his shoulders, cracks his knuckles, and bends down to one knee to look at the walkway more closely and try to discern where the werewolf went.

Survival to Track : 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

The elf nods, "That's what my last roommate at the Grand Lodge was saying about fur. She was an interesting young catfolk."

Maria pulls a wand as she moves up off the sludgy swamp onto the path and taps herself with it. Her focus on the task narrows even more as she dials it in to eleven!

Heightened Awareness Cast, will not dismiss it for an initiative bonus. It's there for the bonus to knowledge checks.

Based on disruptions in the clumps of floating feces and swirls of oil and tan foam in the brown, scummy water, something must have passed to the east not too long ago.

Stroll through the Sewers. Round 1. Bold may act.
Ambient Light: Darkness
Features: Water (brown squares) is difficult terrain and filthy.[/ooc]

Effie
???
Hep
Maria (heightened awareness)
Holan-Ji
Soddy
???

Hepsubia casts light on the backside of Holan Ji

Didn't knew you could transform into a glowworm.

And she dares to chuckle too.