[GM School]House of Harmonious Wisdom: Prophesy (Inactive)

Game Master MindXing

Looking to Yue Xin Treble responds. "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Strange coincidence to find all of you waiting here for us. He grabs his holy symbol and casts Divine Favor on himself.

Jiang Fei moves a few relaxed steps forward. "You were looking for something. Did you happen to find it?"

"Yes, the ruins of the Summer Palace, and we did find them. Nothing of note in them though. Got notes for what remains for the Society, and hopefully that's enough for Mai Chun," Zadim casually states as he gives Jiang Fei the once over.

Bluff: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

Studying Jiang Fei in case of combat. Who has the scroll case?

Treble has the scroll case.

"We did not realize you all knew each other! How funny that you have all come to meet us."

Aid for Zadim's Bluff check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Any other aids before I roll SM?

Ohm-Eran sighs, then decides to step forth. "I apologize. Truly there was nothing of interest in them. We're a bit embarrassed by the fact, but what can we do?" Bluff: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Jiang Fei raises her eyebrows. "Really? What a shame. I assume you will continue your quest then. Where to next?"

Yue Xin waves a hand towards the Pathfinders as if pushing them away. "Humph. Why does a moth circle an unlit candle? A waste. A total waste." He plops himself on the ground. He folds his hands in his laps, closes his eyes, and begins to meditate.

Jianghong looks to his guard and the guard looks back. They appear to exchange a meaningful look then they both look to the Pathfinders. Jianghong steps close enough to whisper to Treble. "I know your friends are not telling the truth. I can offer you a set of marvelous pigments if you give the scrollcase to me."

Treble tightens his grip on his scythe as the young man steps toward him. He turns and stares directly into his eyes. He speaks loud enough for all to hear. "I do not have any scroll case to give to you. And please back away. You're invading my personal space."
sense motive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Jianghong takes a step back, his eyes wide. He sputters. "I, uh, I.. Well, I think you maybe misunderstood my uh..." He puts his hands up in front of him as he steps back. Zheng puts a hand on the pommel of his sword.

Jiang Fei and Yue Xin perk up and look suspiciously at Jianghong. "What is going on here?" Jiang Fei asks. She also seems to prepare for a confrontation.

A slow smile spreads on Yue Xin's face. "Ah. The scrollcase, without a mouth, speaks of it's presence, through silence."

What is the Sense Motive check for?

Well, this is about to get ugly... Zadim thinks as he puts his hand near his own blades.

Eyden takes a single step forward and clears his throat. "Well, this has been a lovely reunion. What a pleasant surprise! But I'm afraid we must be going. Mai Chun is sure to be disappointed with our lack of results, and will want to send us out on another mission right away."

Jianghong looks at Eyden and then shakes a finger at him. "You can't fool me. I know you found what you were looking for." He gestures at the other two agents. "These guys want to take it from you. They have no right. It belongs with me."

Jiang Fei looks darkly at Jianghong and then the Pathfinders. "So you did find the scrollcase. And you were trying to hide it from me? I thought you were friends." Jiang falls into a defensive stance. "I'm afraid I won't be able to let you leave here with it."

Yue Xin also stands. "So. The rain whispers secrets while the tree hides in the forest. But do you think that snail will permit this?" A deep scowl creases his face and he begins preparing magical spells.

In the interest of moving this along I'm going to roll initiative and get us into round time.

--- Round 1 ---

Treble
Zadim
Zheng
Eyden
Jiang Fei
Yue Xin
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

Zadim jumps into motion, swiftly drawing the blade that he was reaching for. Without hesitation, he goes to bury it in the martial artist's gut.

Move action - draw Kukri
Attack vs. Jiang Fei

Attack(ST): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17For(ST): 1d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

Treble decides to take a swing at Jiang Fei. "I'm afraid we've never actually met."
scythe attack + divine favor: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 1 = 21
damage + divine favor: 2d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 + 1 = 9

Jiang staggers at the onslaught from Zadim and Treble and stands stunned.

Zheng steps forward to Treble and swipes at him with his halberd.

halberd@Treble: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

I realize I forgot to include the current status.

--- Round 1 ---

Treble (10 dmg)
Zadim
Zheng
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, staggered)
Yue Xin
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

I am assuming the rocks count as difficult terrain - if they're impassible, I'll probably need to retcon.

Separate question: can Zheng attack Treble with a reach weapon from where he is?

Eyden's eyes widen as Zheng's halberd slices into Treble.

Not good not good!

Eyden breaks into a run, shoving past the staggered Jiang and clambering over the rocks to get into position. He stands next to Yue Xin while the bureaucrat is still reacting to the sudden outbreak of violence.

"Pardon me, sir. We will be with you in just a moment."

The sylph's fingers dip into a pouch hanging at his belt. He pulls out a handful of colored sand, shouts "Taste the rainbow, goons!", and flings the sand at Jiang Fei, Jianghong, and Zheng.

Casting Color Spray, DC 15 Will save to negate being knocked unconscious, blinded, and stunned (depending on HD).

It doesn't seem that halberd is a reach weapon.

Jiang will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Jianghong will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Zheng will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Jiang Fei stands, staggered, and blinks away the colors but she's unable to do anything else.

Jianghong shrieks and then collapses to the ground unconscious. Zheng tries to cover his eyes but is too slow and takes the full brunt of Eyden's spell. He drops his halberd and stands stunned.

"Well, this isn't a snow storm. I can see that." Yue Xin steps away from Eyden and calls on divine energy. He casts a spell reaching into Eyden's mind.

--- Round 1 ---

Treble
Zadim
Zheng (blinded, stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, staggered)
Yue Xin
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

The mesmerist, unsurprised by the turn of events eyes Yue Xin. His gaze is intense, and bores down into the soul Yue Xin takes a -2 on Will saves for a round. He then casts a spell of Mental Block on her. Will DC 18

Never seen Mental Block before. It's pretty awesome. How does Ohm-Eran impose the -2 on will saves?

Will save: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 - 2 = 7

Yue Xin shakes his head and then suddenly realizes that he can't remember anything. He holds his hands in front of him, staring at them with a vague knowing that at one time he could do something with them.

--- Round 2 ---

Treble
Zadim
Zheng (blinded, stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

I didn't call it out by name, but it's part of the Mesmerist class: Hypnotic Stare. I dig the flavor of the spell. It's really mechanically similar to "hold person", but with some flavor.

Seeing that Eyden has cleared the way, Zadim wastes no time with the stunned foes, and rushes straight for the last opponent still fighting, the babbling Yue Xin. As he approaches, the Kelishite raises his kukri to catch his quarry's upper arm.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22For: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Ruh-roh.

At Yue Xin's command, Eyden turns stiffly on his heels and begins running away without a word.

Reeling from the vicious blow, Treble focuses his will and starts a Judgement on himself. Healing Judgement. Gain fast healing 1 as long as long as the combat lasts and as long as Treble is alive. He then steps away from the dangerous Zheng.

Zheng is stunned this round and Jianghong is unconscious so we go right to Eyden.

Jianghong continues to lay on the ground, his chest moving with shallow breaths. Zheng turns his head from side to side with blind eyes. He still reels from the magical effect and does nothing else.

--- Round 2 ---

Treble
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

What am I doing?!?

Eyden turns around and starts running back toward his friends.

Jiang Fei barely stands. She steps away from Treble holding up her hands. "Ok." she gasps. "Stop. You Pathfinders are stronger than me." She bows her head in shame, defeat written in her posture. "You can keep the scrollcase."

Yue Xin sneers in Jiang Fei's direction. "That's fine. You give up, just like all of Quain. Weaklings." He draws his morningstar and swings it as Zadmin but misses.

Morningstar@Zadim: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

--- Round 2 ---

Treble (9 dmg)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

--- Round 3 ---

Treble (9 dmg)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

Did my first attack miss?

"Or maybe she's wise enough to read the writing on the wall. Let me give you a better view of it," Zadim retorts as he continues his assualt on the spellcaster.

Move action - Study Yue Xin
Attack vs. Yue Xin

Attack(ST): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 = 21For(ST): 1d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

Sorry, missed that. Your first attack did hit. And so did the second one.

Yue Xin reels from the constant attacks from Zadim. He glares at Zadim and shakes his fist at him. "You will not get away with this."

--- Round 2 ---

Treble (9 dmg)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

--- Round 3 ---

Treble (9 dmg)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (10 dmg, mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

Apologies. The weekend got away from me with midterms this week.
Don't forget everyone, from Ohm-Eran you get a free flank for 1 round due to his "false flanker" Vulcan mindmeld mesmerist trick!

Ohm-Eran continues to push into Yue Xin's mind, this time with a simpler spell, but given Zadim's advantage, nonetheless deadly. Daze, Will DC 17

Yue Xin Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 Did something Zadim do affect the will save?

Yue Xin stares defiantly at Ohm-Eran as he feels the mental force of the mesmerist trying to invade his mind.

--- Round 3 ---

Treble (9 dmg)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (10 dmg, mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

Bold are up.

Treble?

As divine energy flows through and starts healing him, Treble feels he should stay away from the fighting, at least a little longer. He once again feeds on his deity's power and casts Bless, enveloping all his allies with a boost to morale.
Sorry. Had to go on a business trip. Didn't get back until a little less than 2 hours ago.

No problem. How much healing did you get? What is your current HP?

Zheng barely stands on his feet. His body sways slightly and he turns his head side to side, unseeing, as if he is unable to comprehend what is going on around him. His weapon drops from his hands and bounces on the ground. Jianghong still lays crumpled on the ground.

--- Round 3 ---

Treble (9 dmg??)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (10 dmg, mental blocked)
Ohm-Eran

Bless in effect for all PCs
Bold are up.

"Make me look like a coward in front of my friends, will you? You false sage, there are wiser aphorisms than your mangled meanderings carved into the walls of tavern privies all across Tian Xia! Now it's your turn to taste the rainbow!"

Eyden takes a step closer to Zadim and flings another handful of colored sand, this time at Yue Xin.

Casting Color Spray (DC 15) at Yue Xin, angled to avoid exposing Zadim.

Yue Xin opens his mouth to reply to Eyden but then the spray of colors overcomes his senses. He falls to the ground unconscious.

At this point all of the agents are either stunned, unconscious, or disabled for at least 2 more rounds.

--- Round 3 ---

Treble (9 dmg??)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (10 dmg)
Ohm-Eran

--- Round 4 ---

Treble (9 dmg??)
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (10 dmg,unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Ohm-Eran

Bless in effect for all PCs
Bold are up.

Ohm-Eran opts for a more vulgar approach and attacks Jiang Fei for a dagger, giving him a Bleeding Stare look

1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8, but his technique is poor.

On mobile, can't move on map.

Given the turn of events, Treble feels much more confident. He steps forward and tries to take Zheng fully out of the fight.
scythe vs. flat-footed: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 1 = 13
damage: 2d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 3 + 1 = 10
"Please give up. You are all disabled one way or another. Only two of you still stand."
Gain 1 hp, fast healing

Zadim walks over to Zheng and picks up the man's dropped halberd. "As much as this hasn't been enjoyable, I think we need to be going. Does anyone have any rope to tie up Mr. Babble and Jianghong? Lady Jiang Fei has already yielded, and I'm sure that Zhang will also do so if his ward is bound."

Eyden pulls a ball of twine from his backpack and eyes it skeptically. "I'm afraid even the Prattling Piscatorian here" - he points at Yue Xin's unconscious form - "could escape this too quickly for our purposes. Anybody else have something stronger?"

Zheng still seems stunned and unable to do anything useful. He wobbles a little bit and puts a hand up to protect himself, a full second after Treble's scythe bounces off his armor. "I... uh..."

Jhiang Fei has surrendered, Jianghong and Yue Xin are unconscious. Zheng is stunned and blinded. We can continue with round time until Zheng is no longer stunned and the other two are back to consciousness or we can fast forward to that time or you can take advantage of the opportunity and leave.

Song Rui floats forward, into the melee. Sadness fills her face as she sees the downed agents. "After all these years, it still comes to violence. So sad."

--- Round 4 ---

Treble (8 dmg??)[/b]
Zadim
Zheng (blinded,stunned)
Jianghong (unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Eyden
Jiang Fei (17 dmg, disabled)
Yue Xin (10 dmg,unconcious, blinded, stunned)
Ohm-Eran

Bless in effect for all PCs
Bold are up.

I'm all for just going.

Ohm-Eran looks happy with simply going. This is not his cup of tea.

Agreed.

Eyden tosses the ball of twine back into his pack. ”Shall we?” As soon as the others are ready, he continues on their path back to Mai Chun.

Treble addresses Jiang Fei. "Fate does not seem to be in your favor at this time." He activates deathwatch and checks the condition of their foes. "Please, when you are able, see to your companions that no further harm comes to them." After making sure Zheng is divested of all his weapons, he turns to leave with the others.

The group of Pathfinders makes their way back to Ashima without any additional mishaps. As they enter the town Mai Chun is waiting anxiously. Her face grows excited when she sees Song Rui.

"Well? Did you find it?" She can barely contain herself.

You will tell her you found it, right?

Zadim debates for a second keeping Mai Chun in suspense, but decides the better of it. "Yes, we found the scroll case, as well as Her Eminence Song Rui," he says, as he gestures to the phantom. "Song Rui, This is Mai Chun, the lady who requested our aid for the sake of Shokuro."

Mai Chun is ecstatic when you give her the scrollcase and introduce Song Rui. Mai Chun and the old princess get on famously, and the phantom flits awkwardly about the riotous village party to celebrate your success. Mai Chun pledges to publish an entire book of interviews based on their conversations, and she delights in trading poetic couplets with the well-educated phantom. A local representative of the Sun Shogun provides a reward of 3,000 gp and access to a store of magical talismans in gratitude.

This concludes the adventure. Now we do the part where we do chronicles. I have no idea how we do that now.

Excellent and well done! Moving to the Discussion tab.