GM Tarondor's Emerald Spire Campaign

Game Master Tarondor

"What's that mean, Perry?" Wymond asks.

Perfire takes a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself before whispering. 'We've tried this before. They never follow us out.'

"But at least this way we ain't gettin' ambushed."

Lilika calls upon the powers of the Earth, seemingly causing the ceiling to fall down on the goblin warriors. Badly hurt, they flee the area as fast as they can scramble across the rubble.

Anyone, go!

Triath catches up with Wymond and Perfire, and the three of them wait for Colcille and Lilika.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Lilika hurries forward and tosses a quick acid dart at the goblin in the back!
Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 = 24
Acid Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

Lilika heartlessly murders her fleeing foe! :-p

Colcille, go!

"So," whispers Colcille, following after Wymond and Perfire "we are trying to engage creatures who delight in guerrilla fighting while in a terrain we don't know and only one of us can see through. Counterproposal, we go back to Fort Unpleasant and grab some potions or somesuch to see in the dark, whaddaya say?"

"Can we afford such things? We kind of just went shopping there before we started trying to attack the bandits on the third level?"

"Dunno, but it beats fighting in complete darkness."

Three potions of Darkvision will cost us 900 gp.

Wymond sighs through his nose.

"I'm goin' back in. Lili may need our help."

He lifts his torch and begins moving back into the dark, listening for the sounds of battle.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

'I'm with you.' Perfire whispers. He scoops up a loose stone from the floor and it begins glowing with a soft light and he falls in behind his friend.

"And so we march." sighs Colcille, following Wymond and Perfire. "Lili, we'll need you to point out where enemies are!"

Lilika, whatcha doin'?

Oh, didn't know it was her turn again.

Lilika goes back to fetch the others as they call for her. She leads them carefully though the tunnels and into the barracks. "The goblins retreated into this next room. Ready?"

It will take more than one turn, of course. Lilika intends to bring the others to the door that the goblins fled through. Once they're ready she'll open it.

Wymond stows his bardiche and draws his sword so he can hold it and a torch at the same time.

"Ready."

Triath trots up and gives a nod of approval.

Ioun torch orbiting her head, Colcille stands by Wymond. "These lights will make us as targets, so try to get some cover if you can. I'll see if I can get a flank."

Those with light sources can see no more than five feet away from the light source, save for Lilika, who can not only see down two hallways but detects the faint glow of real sunlight...the main entrance... to the west. Of the goblins there is no sign.

"Aye, let's hug the walls, that way we won't necessarily be flanked..." Wymond offers, doing so.

Lilika keeps the wall near her right shoulder, knowing it will be easier for the others to remember where they came from. She heads forward into the narrow hallway. She listens against both sets of doors, curious if she can hear the goblins behind either one.

Perception (single door): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Perception (double door): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Wymond follows closely, trying his best to see in the dank dark.

Perception (single door): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Perception (double door): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Wymond, no chance for you to see these doors unless you walk right up to them. Don't forget to move your token when you describe movement. I've done it for you this time.

Lilika, the double door is wide open. The single door the right is closed. The single door on the far wall is slightly ajar. No goblins are obvious.

Suddenly, the door to the north swings open and two goblins open fire with shortbows!

Goblin Shortbow v. Lilika: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 71d4 ⇒ 2
Goblin Shortbow v. Lilika: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 241d4 ⇒ 2

Critical Hit Confirmation?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 142d4 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 Failed.

A goblin arrow slams into Lilika's leather breastplate. It hurts, but didn't hit anything vital. Another slices through the air at her ear and crashes into the far wall!

INITIATIVE
Colcille Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Lilika Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Wymond Initiative: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11
Perfire Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Goblins Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

STATUS
Goblins -
Lilika - 16/27 hp
Colcille - (19/22 hp)
Wymond - 28/29 hp
(Triath) -
Perfire - 20/24 hp

Everyone, go!

Tarondor, I think something's wrong with the map. I can't see my token (or Triath's) and I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be able to see the whole map of the floor.

I don't see anything except the map for the current floor. No tokens, no cover-up, nothing.

I fixed the map, the layer order had gone wrong.

"Point us at the target, Lilika!" advises Colcille as the arrows start flying.

I'm not wielding my bow; I'll act after Lilika.

Sorry, the double door is wide open, so she can see into that room? Can I remove the blue square hiding it from sight? And the door the goblins are shooting her from is which? The single door she's beside? Or one I can't see on the map that's ahead of her? And what can she see ahead of her? Not sure which squares on the map I can see past and I don't want to peek behind the wrong one.

Lilika casts a hand out at the closest goblin she can see, sending a ball of acid at it.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16
Acid Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Then she gives her companions directions, trying to describe where the goblins are. (I will type out the directions when I know where they are, haha.)

Sorry, the double door is wide open, so she can see into that room? Can I remove the blue square hiding it from sight? And the door the goblins are shooting her from is which? The single door she's beside? Or one I can't see on the map that's ahead of her? And what can she see ahead of her? Not sure which squares on the map I can see past and I don't want to peek behind the wrong one.

Waiting for clarification on these questions so I may coordinate tactically with the gang!

Thanks for fixing it Colcille. Probably my mistake.

Sorry for the confusion. I thought you had moved up to the next room. So, forget what I said. The double door to your right is open and it shows the stairs down to the Cellar level. The door to your right is slightly ajar. The goblins are attacking from the room up ahead.

Thanks! The goblin she threw her acid at would have been the one straight ahead of her behind the table, since its the only one she can see well. She also would have moved a five foot step forward while giving them directions.

"Straight hallway. Ten steps ahead of me is a room. Goblins on either side of the entry. More further in."

Perfire dashes up between his friends' feet and holds his glowing stone out in front of him. It lifts from his hand and begins to float down the hallway.

Using mage hand to float the stone I cast light on earlier out into the room

"Tally-ho!" Wymond cries as he barrels past Perfire and Lilika into the room after Colcille, swinging his torch from side to side to make sure he doesn't get flanked by the goblins until he can see the light of Colcille's aeon torch.

My understanding was that Paizo was getting away from calling them ioun stones since "ioun" is a D&D word. At least, that's what they're called by the time Starfinder rolls around. Also, I believe I'm susceptible to attacks of opportunity from the gobbos?

Oh, I moved myself on the map but didn't post about it because I wanted to react to Wymond for a flank, but I didn't reset the map. Sorry about the confusion. So here's my action.

Two knives flip out of Colcille's sleeves as she rushes forward, weaving and bobbing to dance around the foes' blows. She heads for the archers, hoping to put some pressure on them and stop taking potshots.

Double move with two Acrobatics check not to provoke. DC is the goblin's CMD for the first, and the other goblin's CMD+2 for the second.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
If those rolls are enough (going by the Bestiary they should) then I'm where I am, with my leafblades out.

Actually, "Ioun stones" comes from Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" series of novels, particularly "The Eyes of the Overworld" and "Morreion", which describes their origin in the heart of stars. That is the same series from which D&D's spellcasting system comes. However, you're right. Pathfinder is switching to calling them Aeon stones in 2nd Edition.

I have put the two light sources (Colcille's ioun/aeon torch and Perfire's light stone) on the map. If you don't have Darkvision, you can only see what's within 5' of one of those lights.

Wymond, none of the goblins got AoO's against you because they had bows in their hands, not swords.

Lilika burns a hole straight through one of the goblins just as Wymond and Colcille arrive to threaten it. It drops dead with an astonished look on its face.

The other goblins flee in terror out the double-door to the West, shrieking and screaming.

What about the regular torch in Wymond's hand?

What about the regular torch in Wymond's hand?

Feel free to put that on the map and move it with you.

oops, looks like the boards ate my post, lemme try again

Perfire follows Wymond into the room. His glowing rock follows the goblin voices into the darkness.

mage handing the stone deeper in.

Wymond Dwerryhouse wrote:

What about the regular torch in Wymond's hand?

Feel free to put that on the map and move it with you.

Put it on the map? How do I do that?

Those little images are very easy to make if you fool around with the drawing tools. But the easiest way is to copy the ones I already made.

Done!

Wymond follows after the goblins, torch in hand.

"Yeah! Run away! Scaredy... scared... thing!" Colcille trips over her words, doing her best to avoid the debris on the floor as she follows Wymond.

Lilika hurries after the goblins. "They're going this way!"

As she nears the back goblin she draws her short sword and stabs at it. (move action, drawing her sword as a free action as she moves, standard to attack that one near her).

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Confirming a Critical: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Waiting for the results of Lilika's stab to see who I can stab next.

Please make sure your light symbols are always on a corner, not the middle of a square.

Lilika stabs a goblin the back of the neck, killing it instantly!

Wymond, go!

Seeing one goblin fall, Wymond tromps in after the next one to do the same, raising his sword and bringing it down in an overhead chop!

Power Attack Gladius!: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 = 191d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Colcille moves deftly in Wymond's wave and goes further, positioning herself to cut the last one's retreat. She's feeling sort of nauseous seeing how they aren't defending themselves, but she keeps it down, focusing on how the little psychopaths would have no qualms slaughtering them in their sleep.

Double move. In case they are not holding bows, I'll use Acrobatics to avoid AoOs (I think the one in front of Wymond is already dead.

Colcille Acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Wymond kills another goblin and Colcille easily brushes past the third and last.

From the darkness to the south, Colcille hears a shrill word barked in goblin.

Almost instantly a hail of tiny arrows flash out of the darkness at the elf. The goblin near her makes a run for it!

Colcille Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 151d4 ⇒ 2

Goblin shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 91d4 ⇒ 1
Goblin shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d4 ⇒ 1
Goblin shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 131d4 ⇒ 1
Goblin shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d4 ⇒ 1

Two of the tiny darts prick her skin, but Colcille is mostly unharmed. She slashes at the fleeing goblin and it is mostly unharmed.

Everyone, go!

Wymond follows after Colcille and looks for the goblins!

Which way did he go?

To your left. South. But you can't see very far.

STATUS
Goblins -
Lilika - 16/27 hp
Colcille - 17/22 hp
Wymond - 28/29 hp
(Triath) -
Perfire - 20/24 hp