GM ShadowLord's PFS #29: The Devil We Know—Part 1 (PbP Gameday 3) (Inactive)

Game Master The Rising Phoenix

Jeffrey heads up to the floor above, fumbling his way in the dark. He slams his foot into a barrel loudly but eventually makes his way to the stairs that lead to the top deck. It's full dark out and all he can see is the outline of a a dark-haired, muscular woman standing on the pier and approaching the ship with a shambling humanoid creature. As Jeffrey watches, they both board.

Watkins follows after Jeffery and then stares at him for a moment before whispering. "You know that wayfinder makes light right?" And grins at him.

The halfling will stealthy go up the stairs and see what is going on.
stealth 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Kimiya follows the group upstairs.

Moumoku follows, letting the more warrior-type ones take the lead.

Jeffrey, still crouched in the stairwell sees an average height middle aged woman steps on the deck and continues to yell, “I’m bringing a crew in tonight and we’re sailing this thing out of here tomorrow. You better not be down there beating my slaves to death!"

The rest of the party files in behind Jeffrey, standing in the stairwell.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Watkins grits his teeth and his grip on his bow tightens. To confirm what his eyes are telling him he uses detect evil concentrating on the shambling humanoid.

Watkins whispers "Undead!?"

Watkins has his suspicions confirmed when he detects the body above as evil.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Undead? Really?" Jeffrey tries to see the undead, but it's too dark for him to see anything.

"Bring those dancing light and that torch up, if you will," Jeffrey whispers to those behind him. "I'd rather save the daylight spell on my wayfinder now we have other light sources up anyway."

Watkins stands up. "May Iomedae grant your soul Mercy!"

Swift action Smite on the udead creature

Ranged attack,+1 PBS, -2 RS +2 Smite: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 16

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Ranged attack,+1 PBS, -2 RS +2 Smite: 1d20 + 6 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 2 + 2 = 15

Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Watkins AC increases to 21 verses his smite.

It's dark out. Let's see if the clouds are blocking the moon.
Cloudy?: 1d2 ⇒ 2Yep. 50% miss chance
Concealment? Higher is better: 1d100 ⇒ 40
Concealment? Higher is better: 1d100 ⇒ 63

Watkins stands up and announces his presence, trusting in his diety to guide his shot. The aim is quite good and he lets his arrow fly but the darkness was decieving as he actually aimed at a shadow instead of the actual undead creature itself. His arrow slams into the deck behind him. He corrects his aim for the second shot and finds his arm as the arrow strikes home and the creature howls.

The woman screams, "What WHAT WHAT is this?! Get them!"

Init: Benny, Watkins, Kimiya, Moumoku, Undead, Jeffrey, Woman

Kimiya: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Jeffrey: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Bennybeck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Watkins: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Moumoku: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Woman: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5
Undead: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9

The first hit of a smite does extra damage; for my level thats 1 more damage for a total of 5 :p

"Blast this darkness!"

I will delay till hopefully a light source comes up or untill its Undead's turn.

Jeffrey delays until everyone else has had a chance to move, not wanting to mess up the aim of the ranged attackers by moving in too early.

Sorry, the new job is going well but busy/

Seeing the woman the halfling, hoping she hasnt noticed him since he is a sneaky halfling, he will pull out a bullet for his sling and let fire.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Kimiya advances, calling out, "I do not wish to kill you but you must stand down." He gets close enough to use his naginata on the red guy and lashes out, aiming to disable but not kil.

Jeffrey turns around to see where Moumoku and the light source she's carrying stay. "Moumoku, you still there? Everything alright?"

Moumoku heads up onto deck, and positions her lights around the ship.
"I am here"
Will cast Magic Weapon on Jeffrey's (or Watkins in Jeffrey indicates otherwise)' weapon

Sorry had a rough couple of days

As soon as Moumoku shows up and illuminates his target he lets a couple more arrows fly at the undead creature.

Ranged attack,+1 PBS, -2 RS +2 Smite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Ranged attack,+1 PBS, -2 RS +2 Smite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

The light seems to have improved his aim.

Hopefully the undead is down and you hit the woman instead. :)

Or not since I didn't know simple facts about the undead :(

Benny's sling fires wide missing it target.

It takes all three arrows, but the undead drops to the ground from the flurry of arrows from Watkins.

Kimiya - since the undead is down and Watkins is before you, do you wish to redirect your attack to the other creature instead?

Works for me.

Jeffrey sees Moumoku's about to cast a spell and comments on it: "If you're thinking of giving me offensive support with your spell, use it on Watkins instead. I'm not going for offense right now."

After everyone's gotten their attacks in Jeffrey takes a double move to end up next to the woman.

Kimiya hits the woman with the broad side of his weapon, preventing any serious injury to the woman. Despite not suffering a lethal blow she spews forth a volley of obseneties at him. She takes a step back and blast Jeffrey and Kimiya with a wave of negative energy 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6 damage. DC12 Will save for half.

Party is up!

Should I assume Moumoku cast Magic Weapon on Watkins' bow before the end of the round?

Watkins moves into a better firing position.

[dice=Ranged attack, +1 PBS, +1 "Magic Weapon"]1d20+5+1+1[/dice]

[dice=Damage, +1 PBS, +1 "Magic Weapon"]1d8+1+1[/dice]

The halfling seeing his friends hurt will attempt to hit the lady again with a bullet from his sling.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
1d3 ⇒ 3

Kimiya reels from the negative energy blast before swinging again at the woman, "I said stand down!"

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Naginata: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 for NL Dmg: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Ah bah, a caster," Jeffrey mutters and loosens his tower shield.

Jeffrey drops his shield on the ship's deck and takes hold of his longsword with both hands. He waits for everyone else to attack first, to avoid making the woman harder to git with ranged attacks. when everyone else is done attacking, Jeffrey 5-foot steps toward the woman and swings his longsword at her.

Cold iron longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 2H damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Confirm crit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 2H damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Yes Moumoku will target Watkins at Jeffrey's direction
Moumoku will draw and fire her sling.
Sling: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Benny and Kimiya put the woman on the edge of tottering. Jeffrey's two handed weapon sends the woman nearly to her deathbed. The woman flies backwards onto the deck as a tremendous wound tears into her neck. She flops the ground like a doll in a bloody pulp, death only seconds away.

Out of initiative.

"Is this the person the captives were talking about?"

Jeffrey sheaths his sword, takes his rope, and ties the woman up. "If someone else could stabilize her while I tie her up, that'd be nice."

He searches the woman for a spell component pouch, which he'll remove, and makes extra sure her hands are tied in a way she can't use spells with somatic components.

Afterward Jeffrey retrieves his tower shield, which he puts on his back. "Moumoku, after the woman's stable, could you heal me with my wand?"

"I have the ability to make the wand function, if that would expedite the situation."

CLW Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Moumoku knows nothing of non-magical healing arts, so can CLW the woman but do little else for her, beyond an untrained check?

Go ahead and use another charge of my wand on the woman. She's close to bleeding to death so it'll have to happen fast.

"Thanks, Watkins, but it seems Moumoku beat you to it."

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 on woman.

The halfling will go and take a look at the undead creature.
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Perception, looking for nice things.

Jeffrey pokes he woman with his boot. "Sooo... any signs she's waking up after the healing? I want to start the interrogation."

The woman is still very injured. While not on deaths door anymore she awakens in obvious pain, cradling her injury and rocking back and forth on the deck. She stares up at Jeffrey and spits on him, "I'll tell you nothing!"

She's obviously hostile towards you, you're going to need a diplomacy check to bring her down.

"Please help us find our lost comrade and perhaps Iomedae would look at your plight more favorably."

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

The halfling will watch to see what is going on with the lady.

Diplomacy, aid: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (17) - 2 = 15

"We want to know where Cestis is. Tell us, and you will not receive further harm."

The woman scoffs at the two men, "Seriously? You're going to cut me down to my deathbed and then ask me for information? Sure. I'll help you. I don't know Cestis. Can I go now, unharmed?

"The only reason you are not bleeding out right now is because we hoped you could help us find our comrade. If you can not help us then we can return you to your previous state. The only reason I haven't smited you into oblivion is there might be some small chance letting you live serves the greater good. My friend said you would not be harmed further, not that you would be allowed to leave."

I am not skilled in intimidate, but I can aid Kimiya if he chooses to try?

The woman shrugs, painfully, letting a gasp escape. "Fine, fine. We'll make a deal. I'll tell you what I know, you'll heal me and let me be on my way and I won't interfere in your business further."

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Kimiya looks down at the woman, tapping the end of his naginata against her leg, "you will tells us what we wish to know. Then," he growls as he continues, "and only then, will we discuss anything further."

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Intimidate: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Intimidate, aid another: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

well then!

Intimidate, aid: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (17) - 2 = 15

Jeffrey draws his longsword and puts the tip against the woman's throat. His big smile's as bright as ever when he threatens the woman. "There will be no further healing. You're not in a position to demand anything. Tell us what you know, and be glad you'll get to live another day when you do."

"Alright, alright. I'll talk. A cleric named Dalirio Teppish has spent the last several years recruiting a small cult of followers. He even traveled deep beneath Cassomir, wandering Cassomir’s Locker and then the Darklands and found the derros in Corgunbier, their city deep beneath northern Taldor. Somehow he convinced them to step up their kidnapping in Cassomir to create further confusion and chaos. Dalirio presently leads a sizeable band of miscreants. Anyway, your friend was caught up in the kidnapping, to be sold a slave."

Sense Motive 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13