GM Tektite's PFS #2-01 Before the Dawn (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkwen Agricola

Tad takes a step to his right to get a clear line of fire on the Red ape-man and unleashes a bolt from his crossbow.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 [/forehead]
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Tad shoots and his crossbow bolt flies 3' forward to gently plink in the ground in front of him...

Peperic moves up and cuts down the western chara-ku!

Tad fires a bolt, but it flies wide....very wide!

Rani and Itra

Readied action: Rani tries to take the legs out from under the last remaining ape-man. trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Standard action on our first round. Please add +4 is trip succeeded: Guisarme attack-PA: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 1 = 24, crit confirm: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 1 = 7, damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 1) + 9 = 14, crit damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5) + 9 = 18

Is the map up-to-date?

Up to Date!

Er...wait.

Rani swings his polearm in a great overhead arc and chops into the chara-ku, ending it!

One round of actions, then your up again.

As the ape man falls, you have a few seconds to recover before another group of chara-ku reach you!

Up to Date!

So Rani's moving? Does his not-crit take it out, or am I confoozed?

Edited! See above

Itra comes hurrying out of the ruins. "Everyone alright? Wish I coulda stayed in that thing... talk about powerful fists! Anyway, what else have we got? More of them?"

As she speaks, she takes position behind a tent, holding her spade at the ready. Double moved.

The half-elf draws his blade and shield, backing up so that he's better covered by Rani's Guisarme of Gimping.

Holding attack for *if* Blue gets to him.

Miyako takes her longbow and readies a shot against the first chara-ku to come within sight.

Readied arrow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

"Here they come again," screams Rani, readying his polearm to strike at the nearest chara-ku. Ready trip attempt: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8.

*sigh*

Tad fires a shot at the red chara-ku.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

And puts another bolt into the ground. Has Tad created 'difficult terrain' with all these bolts he's put in the ground? : P

Everyone readies themselves as Miyako puts an arrow into an ape man and Tad misses.

The chara-ku rush the party, dodging Rani's polearm!

Attack vs Itra, Cover: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 2 = 6
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Attack vs Miyako: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Neither ape man can land an attack!

Party up!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

The half-elf fighter moves up to attack the ape-thing nearest him with his bastard sword!

Agraic steps up and cuts into the chara-ku That was injured by Miyako. The ape man staggers forward and collapses.

Miyako shows the remaining ape-man the palm of her buckler hand. A cone of fire erupts from the palm of her hand, engulfing the chara-ku.

Burning Hands: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8
DC 15 Reflex for half

Wooowww, this cone's pretty!

1d20 ⇒ 11

Miyako release a fan of flames, badly burning the other chara-ku!

C'monnnnn Pep, Itra, Rani!

Itra steps out from behind the shelter and swings at the ape-thing with all her might!

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Rani moves up as well, trying his best to get around the creature. He then swipes as it with his polearm. Guisearme: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25, damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 = 10, crit confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17, crit damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 5) + 6 = 17

That should make up for last round.

I think we got it! :)

Almost....

Itra slashes the last chara-ku, nearly dropping it!

Rani brings his guisarme donw on the creature, ending it quickly!

A ragged, much more muted cheer goes up from the camp’s exhausted defenders. The cheer is short-lived, however; almost immediately the guards in the tower sound their horns, and pointing at the cliff that looms over the south end of the dig!

Turning, you see two more chara-ku scrambling down the cliffside behind you!

You had five rounds of prep before these show up, so feel free to roll readies along with a normal round of actions.

Party up!

Itra prepares to swing her weapon at the first ape-man that comes near!

Readied: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

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

Sigh... stupid dice.

Readied Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 131d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Normal Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 191d10 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

The sword and board fighter moves under the cliff a bit to provide some support for Rani's Glaive of Gimping attack, holding his blade at the ready to come down like an executioner's axe on the chara-ku descending the cliff-face between him and the investigator.

Thanks, that cleaned up nicely! Wish there was more damage, but hey, every little bit helps, right?

No, they're just scrambling/climbing down the cliff.

Readied Trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Normal Trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

LOL!!!

A bit overeager after killing the last chara-ku, Rani swings his blades wildly, not even coming close to the two creatures advancing towards him. He begins laughing and screaming out in a voice tinged with hysteria: "It is Nethys! Nethys is speaking to me! He is showing me that life is duality! Success cannot succeed without failure!"

Tad moves 10' down then over (avoiding AOO) nimbly ducking past Rani's flailing trip attempt to engage the red charaku with his rapier.

Piranha Attack: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 - 1 = 15
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Peperic moves toward one of the ape-men. Red

He swings his longsword.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Damage, if hits: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Itra misses as the chara-ku approach, then manages to land one blow, slightly wounding it!

Agraic fumbles with his weapon!

Rani tries to trip the creatures, but they see it coming from a mile away!

Tad circles around and stabs a chara-ku with his rapier!

Peperic then brings his sword down on the same ape man, taking it down!

From the cliff, you see two more chara-ku clamber down, dropping the last five feet, and looking for trouble!

Attack vs Itra: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

The chara-ku wearing the blue loincloth steps over and swings at Itra, but misses!

Party up!

Now feeling infused with his god's power, Rani tries to sneak his polearm next to Itra and trip the monkey-man.

Move action, Trip : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Rani swings his polearm and easily knocks the chara-ku to the ground!

Peperic steps into flank with Agraic and swings his longsword.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 2 = 14 Damage, if hits: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Tad moves forward and stabs at the beast.

Piranha Strike: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 1 = 23
attack: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

confirm crit: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 1 = 5

Itra nods, pleased with her companions' coordination. Dodging to the side to position the enemy straight between her and Tad, she waits for the right moment and swings!

Attack (flank, prone target): 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Attack (flank, prone target): 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Miyako was spacing out while the others were preparing, but quickly moves over to the last chara-ku. After dropping her longbow at her feet, Miyako's hand catches on fire once more. She then tries to touch the prone chara-ku with it.

Touch of Flame, versus prone: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 4 = 12 Fire damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 111d10 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Seriously? Guy Fleegman, atcher service! Also, do we add the +4 to our hit, or is it -4 AC? Please forgive my newbieness, never had this happen before, either!

Agraic does his part to try and help the party hit the remaining monkeyman by emulating Rani's method of waving the bastard sword around dangerously!

The entire party converges on the prone ape man, destroying him! Looking up you see more chara-ku on the cliff, but most of the charau-ka that attempt to climb down fall, resulting in a chaotic rain of shrieking ape-men. Around you, small knots of Pathfinders and camp workers fight scattered groups of charau-ku, but it is obvious the battle has been won.

With the charau-ka and their champion defeated, the remnants of the ape-men flee back into the jungle, giving the excavation site its first relative peace in 10 months. With most of the camp either wounded or sick, Dias fears she may have to bury the site and take the key with her back to Absalom. Regardless, she thanks the party profusely
for yourtimely help, promised to report to her venturecaptain in Absalom that the success at Azlant Ridge was due in no small part to the efforts of the party.

Should any of the Aspis agents survive the battle, Dias thanks them and then informs them they have 1 hour to rest and then vacate her camp before she orders her Pathfinders to flay the skin from their bones. The Aspis grumble about it, but leave as they were told to.

Over the next several days, Dias guides the camp through packing and loading the caravan wagons to head for the coast and catch a vessel bound for Absalom. She packs away the key and the monolith control device and has the camp workers bury all signs of their dig, including triggering a rock fall to rebury the door to the Azlanti complex.

That concludes Before the Dawn- Rescue at Azlant Ridge! Thanks for playing. I hope everyone enjoyed this two-parter.

@Agraic: It's -4 to the prone creature's AC, but people often just add 4 to their attack rolls. Just make sure to mention it when you do the latter.

Miyako picks up her longbow when the last chara-ku goes down. "We did it, woohoo!"

She helps Dias with her preparations during the days that follow the battle.

Once everyone's back in Absalom, Miyako waves her comrades goodbye. "It's been fun working with you! I hope we'll see each other again some time!"

Rani spends the rest of the time at the dig site trying to learn as much as he can about what Azlant had buried here and why they traveled so far from home. After all, their island home was located over a thousand miles northwest of their current location. Even though his inquiries do not reveal anything particularly new, the Garundi man has the time of his life studying the remnants of an ancient, nearly-forgotten civilization.

Rani bows low to Miyako, "It has been an honor for myself as well, Miss Okori. May our paths cross again soon!"

As the group is ready to split up, Peperic says, "May the light of the sword-mistress shine upon you all. If you have need of my sword, please don't hesitate to call."

"Society better keep a very close eye on the things we learned and acquired here today. Last thing we need is to come back here and have to deal with more of those Aspis folks."

After a bit he'll pause and consider.

"If'n y' need me out there, send me a mail through the Grand Lodge, can't guarantee where they'll send me next, but it's the thing I do."

Though not nearly as well as either Rani, Itra, Miyako, Tad, or Peperic...

Itra smiles at Agraic as if sensing his thoughts, or perhaps there's simply a note of hesitation in his voice. "You'll make a fine Pathfinder, Agraic. Just gotta stay on your toes and keep practicing. I can show you some drills on the way back, if you'd like."

"Wouldn't mind it. Might help highlight why folks are beasts on the battlefield, maybe bring back some memory. So yes, let's do that."

The fighter checks over his gear thoughtfully. "Almost wondering if I should go lighter on the armor, now that I have some money to spend on equipment."

Tad waves a cheerful goodbye to all his companions on this most memorable adventure.

"Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. Go raibh an ghaoth a bheith i gcónaí ag do chúl agus féadfaidh an ghrian Shine te ar d'aghaidh."