[GM Striker's The Ruins of Azlant] Table 1

Game Master Sam Sturkie

For some reason, I don’t think we’re meant to have choker pets =(

Seeing no way around it, Aenon sighs, raises his hands and prepares to fight the choker children.

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Confirm fumble: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

'My god, they're fast' Deth thinks as one of they close the distance and one of the chocker's hands clenches tightly around his throat, stopping him from breathing or talking. Instinctively, Deth drops the charred Darkmantle and grows, grabbing the tentacle that has him and trying to reverse the grapple.
Grapple check, no bonus for the sudden growth burst added in: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Swift action to drop Darkmantle, Swift (move) action to grow, Standard action for Grapple check with both hands trying to reverse grapple

Deth's AC is now 11, 13 if he reversed the grapple and his CMB versus Grapple is now 15

Nox throws the next to last bead from his magical fireball necklace at one of the chokers who had not joined the melee yet.

RTA 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Damage 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 2) = 7

Round 1, Initiative 9:

Momo aims at one of the chokers currently choking Aenon. I'm going to assume Momo is within 30 feet.)

To hit (Dex, PBS): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Damage (Longbow: PBS, Str): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Aenon- Miss -and hit
Nininox- No attack roll neededDC14 Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 The choker is consumed in the flames and drops to the ground smoldering
Deth Grabbed- Grows and breaks free from the tiny creature you want to take control and hold it or break free?
Delia-
Momo- Shoots an arrow deep into the chest of the small creature leaving it twitching on the ground.

Round 2
Chokers - The one throwing rocks stops as its siling is rocks and screams and lunges forward.
@Aenon Red(tentacles): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 dmg: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 plus grab: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Constrict: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

@DethBlue(tentacles): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 dmg: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Blue(tentacles): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 dmg: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Aenon-
Nininox-
Deth-
Delia- Delayed
Momo-

Round 2, Initiative 9:

Momo stares in horror at the small creature twitching on the ground. "Oh no! What have I done?!" The bAYbies!

A single tear slides down Momo's cheek as she aims for the closest small choker.

To hit (Dex, PBS): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Damage (Longbow: PBS, Str): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Deth wants to reverse the hold. otherwise it would probably easily grab him on the next action. I notice Momo got the first kill! :)
Grimacing in pain, but finally able to speak he continues to stay large. "Somebody get me a bag to stuff it in." he yells while he tries to pin its arms to its side using his superior size.
Grapple: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Free action to enlarge, Standard action grapple check to maintain and pin. I'll admit to not knowing the rules for grappling as well as I should. I think I should get a +5 modifier for it not breaking free, but I don't think this modifier applies to me pinning it, just making sure it doesn't get out. Regardless, the bonus above does not include the +5

So basically the way the grappling rules work, Deth, is that since you are now in control of the grapple you will get a +5 bonus to your Grapple CMB check. If that is successful, you have a few different options that you can do as part of that check; Pin, Damage, Move, or Tie-Up. You do gain the +5 bonus to the check no matter which choice you make. Now, you still have to attempt to maintain your check each round even if you Pin.

Delia stumbles as combat begins to develop all around her with the choker babies. 'So much for that. At least the choice was made for me...' She moves between Deth's legs towards the last remaining monster and attempts to stab it with her starknife, but the twinge of remorse she feels causes her weapon to miss...

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Aenon moves to keep the choker distracted while Delia fights it. In the mean time he grabs the coil of rope off his backpack and hurls it to Deth. "Deth, catch!! I hope this will do."

I'm assuming a move to grab something and a std to throw it is about right

Nox delays, knowing he had next to no chance to hit the opponent without injuring one of his team. He readied an action to use his last bead if a choker left melee.

Aenon- Throws deth a rope
Nininox- Waits...
Deth- Grapple: 8 + 5 = 13 [ooc] That will just be enough to maintain and pin the tiny creature.
Delia- Misses
Momo- Hits her target and feels another pang of guilt as it too collapses to the ground.

Round 3
Choker- Pined more by Deth's bulk than skill it struggles to get free. Grapple DC15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 unable to do more the scramble out of Deth's grasp, the choker tries to scamper away to the south of this chamber.
Aenon-
Nininox-
Deth-
Delia- Delayed
Momo-

Deth sadly watches the chocker scamper away, knowing it has sealed its doom. He takes advantage of the reprieve to cast a Cure Light on himself.
Cure Light plus Fey Foundling bonus: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
and then looks around. "Anyone else hurt?" he asks. "And thanks for the rope." he adds to Aenon as he hands it back to him. He walks over to Momo. "It's all right, they made their choice, they would have been a danger to the settlement." he says, knowing that Momo's heart must be breaking.

Nox uses his last bead of fire to take out the retreating choker.

Damage 3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 1) = 7

DC 14 Reflex for half.

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 It manages to avoid the worst of the damage and limps into the darkness.

"Come on, we need to follow it. If we leave the little one as it is now, it'll grow up to hate all humans." Momo moves to follow the injured baby, pausing for her companions to follow.

Once Momo starts after the injured chocker, Deth follows, trying to stay ahead. "Remembet, the parent is down here too. he warns.

’Careful now. Most things down here seem to be ambush predators. I think we would be wise to advance carefully.’

Round 1
Delia-
Momo-
Choker (Blue)- Reddies an action
Nininox-
Deth-
Chokers (Pink)-
Chokers (Purple)-
Aenon-

Are these baby or full-grown chokers?

Momo aims at one of the chokers (blue) and will aim for the larger chokers. If blue is the injured baby, Momo will aim for one of the others.

To hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Damage (Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

'Oh, Son of a $$#$' Deth thinks as he finds himself once again within reach of a chocker. Not wanting to get chocked again he warily attacks the closest one. He calls out before the hands can close on his throat. "Watch out! They're fast and have quite a reach with those tentacles!"
Defensively Attack Blue Man Chocker after drawing sickle (Fighting Buckler and Sickle now). AC is now 19 and CMD is 16
Sickle Attack: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (5) - 2 = 3
Sickle Damage (silver): 1d6 ⇒ 2

There are two adults here and the kid who ran away

Nox tries to put the northernmost choker to sleep.

D.C. 14 Will to resist.

Round 1
Delia-Delayed
Momo- Hit (purple) 11dmg
Choker (Blue)- Reddies an action
Nininox- Casts sleep @ Pink
Deth- Miss
Chokers (Pink)-DC14 WILL: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 Asleep
Chokers (Purple)[-11 hp]-

Aenon- Delayed

Aenon leaps out to the (Purple) chokers side and slams a foot into its side.

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Round 2:

Momo aims for the same choker.

To hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Damage (Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Seeing Nox sleep the other choker, Deth lets out a sigh of relief as he swings at the choker in front of him.
Defensive attack: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (15) - 2 = 13
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Sorry, not been having good times the past week or so...

Delia curses at the ambush and moves up towards her companions. She begins to hum a tune before breaking into another of her beautiful songs to bolster their prowess and courage!

Move to position. Inspire Courage. +1 Attack/Damage and saves vs. Fear.

Round 1
Delia-Delayed
Momo- Hit (purple) 11dmg
Choker (Blue)- Reddies an action
Nininox- Casts sleep @ Pink
Deth- Miss
Chokers (Pink)-DC14 WILL: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 Asleep
Chokers (Purple)[-11 hp]- ** spoiler omitted **
Missing with both swings.

Aenon- Hits for 8, finish off purple.

Round 2
Delia- Inspire Courage
Momo- Miss
Choker (Blue)- Screams and runs to pink to wake it up.
Nininox-
Deth- Miss
Chokers (Pink)- Awake
Chokers (Purple)[-19 hp]- Con DC10: 1d20 + 1 - 3 ⇒ (15) + 1 - 3 = 13 Stable
Aenon-

Nox targeted all three chokers with his spell now. If he got lucky, the others could dispatch of the creatures quickly.

DC 14 Will to resist.

Aenon moves in and unleashes another hail of kicks against the other choker. (Pink)

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Round 2
Delia- Inspire Courage
Momo- Miss
Choker (Blue)- Screams and runs to pink to wake it up.
Nininox- Casts sleep against the chokers...
Deth- Miss
Chokers (Pink)- Awake
Chokers (Purple)[-19 hp]- Stable
Aenon-
Blue DC14 WILL: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Pink DC14 WILL: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Purple DC14 WILL: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

With the creatures subdued their fates rest entirely in your hands.

”It’s grisly work, but we have to finish them. Their hunger will outgrow these caves and they will begin picking off members of the village who can’t defend themselves. Maybe even children.”. He pulls out a dagger and moves toward the beasts.

Round 3:

Momo doesn't argue with Nox. She believes the same thing.

Momo hooks another arrow onto her bow and spends it at one of the adult chokers. "No use waiting around. Let's finish this." Momo will move to kill the chokers.

Deth helps kill the chokers, starting with the young one. "Nox is right." he says.

Aenon nods and waits in grim silence for the others to finish of the chokers. Remiding himself once again that not all tales have happy endings.

Treasure:
Stashed in a nook in the wall here is a burlap sack filled with random knickknacks the chokers have taken from the colony. The sack contains a porcelain tea set, haphazardly thrown into the sack such that three of the teacups now have broken handles. There is also a steel flask full of whiskey etched with an elaborate “R,” a silver mirror with a rose motif worth 150gp, a set of dice in a wooden cup capped with leather, two vials of defoliant, four star candle fireworks, a thunderstone, a meridian belt, and a wadded-up shield cloak.

Momo perks up when she sees the silver mirror with a rose motif. "Look Scuttles! Look into the mirror!" Momo props the mirror against the cave wall and positions it so Scuttles can see. "See that wittle spider? That's you my little Scuttles!" Momo watches eagerly as the mechanical arachnid peers into the mirror.

Scuttles turns back to stare at Momo and tilts it's head for further instruction. Momo leans over to her companions conspiratorially, "Aww, I think Scuttles recognizes himself, guys!" Momo picks up the mechanical arachnid and mirror. She carefully deposits both in her pack, placing Scuttles in last so he can peer out from under the top flap.

Momo will take the mirror if that's okay.

"That whiskey bottle probably belonged to Rayland, right?"

Deth looks over the stash of stuff and takes the thunderstone. "Nox and Delia, can the tea set be magically mended?" He peers over at the whiskey bottle and agrees with Momo. "Yep, and it appears that our choker friends had a taste for hard liquor." He eats the last goodberry and casts the spell once again from the wand.
Goodberry: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4
He eats one of the new berries. "Anyone else hurt?" he asks.

If no one objects, Nox will put the meridian belt on. ”Won’t do any of us any good now, but this will be really handy in the future,” he explains.

As the others search around for loot, Aenon sneaks away to check out the last tunnel.

"Well, I guess we should sell the rest of this stuff. Mend the tea set?" Momo looks shocked, "That can be done?!" Sorcery!

"Well, I guess we should sell the rest of this stuff. Mend the tea set?" Momo looks shocked, "That can be done?!" Sorcery!

Deth shrugs. "I don't know." while he waits for the monk to finish sneaking.

G6. Cave Exit
The cave tunnel gradually begins to slope upward here, with a faint glimpse of light to the northeast and a warming of the air temperature.

G5. Mining Operation (CR 5)
A section of the northern wall in this spacious cavern has been hollowed out and veins of various crystals exposed, which refract any light cast upon their surface. Small piles of rock are heaped on the ground nearby, where the earth has been carefully chiseled away to expose the potentially precious stones.

Spellcraft 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Nox was so excited at seeing the stones, he missed the magical aura that was on them.

Aenon returns to the others after grabbing the nearest gem. ’I think I’ve found where the chokers came in. He shows the gem to the others and tells them about the mine.

Deth is excited about the mine. "This will help the colony, both in attracting new colonists and in financing." He accompanies Aenon back to the mining area, approaching the light to the northeast and verifying that it is an exit.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
"I wonder who was doing the mining." he wonders as he checks the ground for tracks.
Survival: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Disappointed that he can't find any, but convinced there must be a clue somewhere he asks for help. "Momo, you don't happen to see any tracks that weren't made by us do you?"
And here's hoping that Delia can make those knowledge and spellcraft checks.

Perception 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Nox doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary in the cavern.

Anyone want to bot Delia? Her player hasn't posted in a week and didn't sound great during the last post.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Deth is oblivious.

Knowledge (Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13 Nope.

Hearing Deth’s request, Momo looks for tracks to follow in the mining area. G5 She kneels down close to the ground, picking up a bit of dirt and rubbing it between her index finger and thumb.

Survival (possible tracks): 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 = 19 +1 from Special: Track to follow tracks

Momo gets off her knees to stand. She dusts the dirt from her leather pants, explaining her findings or lack thereof.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 Nope.

Can Scuttles roll perception? If Scuttles notices anything, the mechanical arachnid dips deeper into Momo's pack as if to hide.