GM Tektite's PFS Destiny of Sands (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkwen Agricola

"Keep your distance!", Fastenhyme tries to study the creature, meanwhile slides out a wand and fires a Magic Missile at it.

Kn Nature (What is it?): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22;1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"All I know is it needs to know no means no!" Marianne grumbles, bleeding onto the sand.

KN: dungeoneering is what your looking for.

Loenor jabs at a gnoll, but it dodges the strike!

Izoki fires his musket and puts a bullet in the creature!

Arovandeon tosses a bomb that explodes on the creature, as he recognizes it as a dust digger, a tremendous starfish-like with five long arms surrounding a circular toothy maw. Two pieces of info, based on a 21

Fastenhyme fires a magic missile from his wand, pelting the creature.

Rapunzel!

Strange, my post got eaten...

Rapunzel moves closer and fires an arrow at the sand creature!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Knowledge info - any vulnerabilities or special attacks.

Rapunzel fires an arrow at the sand creature, but misses!

Bite Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Grab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Tentacle Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Grab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Tentacle Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Grab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Tentacle Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Grab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Tentacle Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Grab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Tentacle Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Grab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

The dust digger moves closer to Rapunzel and bursts out of the sand, biting her, grabbing her in its jaws, then slapping her with three tentacles!

Looks like 23 damage and grappled for Rapunzel.

Intiative:
Marianne
Gnolls
Izoki
Loenor
Fastenhyme
Rapunzel
Arovandeon
Sand Creature!

Marianne!

Marianne waits for the gnolls to act before she does delaying. Then she steps out enlarges herself and plunges her spear into the bizarre starfish thing,

"We need to kill this thing or its going to rip Rapunzel to shreds! Fastenhyme can you make a sand golem to take care of the gnolls? Everyone else we need to kill that thing ignore the dogs."

Longspear: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 Damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4, 4) + 7 + 1 = 16

Marianne delays, watching the gnolls!

Attack vs Loenor: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Attack vs Loenor: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The gnolls conitnue to harry Loenor, one managing to stab him with a spear!

Marianne grows large once more and drives her spear into the dust digger, wounding it heavily, but it still moves!

Intiative:
Gnolls
Marianne
Izoki
Loenor
Fastenhyme
Rapunzel
Arovandeon
Sand Creature!

Everyone, but Marianne is up!

Izoki hustles northwest and fires another clear shot at the sand creature.

ranged touch, deadly aim: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 1 = 111d12 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"Hang in there Rapunzel!

Izoki fires his musket, blasting the creature. It slumps to the ground, releasing Rapunzel.

Shaken by the beast's attacks, Rapunzel quickly recovers and moves up to attack one of the gnolls, her hair lashing out angrily!

Hair attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Hair damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Hair Grapple: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 17

hp 7/29

Before Fastenhyme can react to Marianne's instructions, Izoki had already put the sand digger down. With everyone now concentrating on the gnolls, he continues with the wand.

1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Loenor winces at the pain of the spear, but attacks the same gnoll as before.

Trident: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7
1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
sigh...

He then tumbles around that gnoll to at least get somewhat away from the other.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
Are you frackin' kidding me right now?

Rapunzel slams a gnoll with her hair, then wraps it up in her locks!

Fastenhyme pelts the same gnoll with a missile!

Loenor stabs, but misses, then tumbles away, but not before the gnoll takes a parting shot.

AoO vs Loenor: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Ouch!

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Crit Damage: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 = 10

The gnoll's spears impales the elf's leg as he moves away!

Arovandeon!

Judging the distance, Arovandeon edges a little closer and throws a bomb from optimal range at the gnoll that just speared Loenor.

Touch Attack Bomb with PB: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (6, 1) + 5 = 12
[ooc]Precise Bombs discovery should prevent damage to any adjacent allies.[/dice]

Arovandeon tosses a bomb and kills a gnoll in one blast!

Attack vs Rapunzel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

The seeing gnoll attacks Rapunzel, but misses, while the blinded one follows the noise of the fray!

Party up!

Hoping for a change in his luck, Loenor once again stabs at the gnoll.

Trident: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10
1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9

Sigh!

With the bigger threats handled, Arovandeon changes to defensive tactics. Springing his second wand, enchanted to heal, he moves up behind Marianne and applies it to her.

"Some curative aid."

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Nodding her thanks to Arovandeon Marianne rushes forward and stabs at the gnoll engaged with her companions.

Longspear: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Fästenhyme remains at distance and continues to volley Magic Missiles. 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Rapunzel's hair tightens around the gnoll and she slams him into the sandy ground! Pin.

Hair Grapple (maintain): 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 22

Izoki steps reloads and fires at the pinned gnoll.

ranged touch, deadly aim: 1d20 + 8 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 8 - 1 - 4 = 41d12 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

His musket misfires!

Loenor attacks, but misses once more.

Marianne skewers the nearest gnoll!

Fastenhyme pelts it with a missile, taking it down!

Rapunzel tries to grapple the gnoll's unconscious body!

Izoki misfires!

The last gnoll, his vision returning, sees his companions down and turns and runs!

Out of Combat!

Unless you want to try to chase the last one.

Sighing in relief Marianne gathers everyone to her, ensuring all are close enough to be effected by her channeling, "Desna give us succour in this barren land, lay aside our wounds and grant us the strength to endure."

She then uses tow of her spells and a wand charge to heal herself, before turning to Rapunzel and Loenor and using three wand charges up each.

[ooc]Marianne is back to full. Heal 16 for Rapunzel and 19 for Loenor.

Channel Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Cure Light Wounds Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Loenor flexes limbs to stretch the newly healed skin. "Thanks. Gods, I couldn't hit to save my life! It's as if Desna herself has decided to make me her entertainment for the day."

"Desna is a goddess of dreams and travelers, not nightmares, and I would call that monster the later. Thankfully she is on our side or things could have easily gone much worse!"

She moves over and searches the gnolls bodies for anything they can use.

Arovandeon moves to check the defeated gnolls, hoping one has survived. "Perhaps we should question one of these gnolls to see if the Aspis Consortium chose to take this route as well."

Untrained Heal Check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Untrained Heal Check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

Once stabilizing one, he retrieves some smelling salts from among his alchemical supplies and opens the stopper under the nose of the least injured gnoll.

I don't want to waste too much time on them, but I'll offer them their lives if they talk.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 Hmm...

"I'm not so sure they even speak Common", Fast leans towards the gnolls as if they were hard of hearing and says it louder, "Did you see any other travelers come this way?!".

Diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Marianne sighs, "What does it matter our only response would be to go as fast as we can and we are already doing that. Just kill these beasts, we know they are slavers and prey upon travelers and then let's get on our way."

"Desna is a goddess of dreams and travelers, not nightmares, and I would call that monster the later. Thankfully she is on our side or things could have easily gone much worse!"

She moves over and searches the gnolls bodies for anything they can use.

"Ah, but the Great Dreamer also looks after the luck of her puppet theatre, which she seems to see fit to deny me. Even now, she laughs..." Loenor is certainly bitter about the Varisian goddess' spiteful antics and makes note to drop some coins in the next temple to her they cross. Maybe that will help my fortune.

As the talk continues, Loenor chimes in. "I agree. If they are ahead of us, talking only puts us further behind. If we are ahead, all we do is cut short our lead. Best to press on and put these beasts down. It would be doing the world a favour."

Arovandeon is able to revive one of the gnolls, but learns nothing uesful from it.

"You were correct in your assumptions." Arovandeon admits to Loenor and Marianne. As he speaks, the elf gets out a pen and journal as he steps over to examine the dust digger. "Yet you could not have known for certain, and I am an academic unused to ignoring an opportunity to learn."

He examines the creature for a few seconds, then turns to leave, sketching and writing notes from memory.

"Let us continue."

Fastenhyme studies the star creature carefully, getting close details of its anatomy and remembering the way it moved. "This will come in handy later..."

Loenor tests the water in the oasis. If it is drinkable, he will empty the remnants of his waterskin into the sand and refill it in the crisp fresh water. Taking some from the pool in the palm of his hand to refresh himself, he grabs his belongings and looks for the map. "Enough gawking at the creature. Where to?"

"I can create water you know, best not to drink that, it could have been tainted by that thing or its kills - I expect it used the oasis as a lure," Marianne advises.

Izoki clears his misfire and looks around the oasis for tracks.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

"Let us continue our journey through the desert."

Survival, before assists: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Survival Assist: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Eager to get underway, Loenor assists Izoki to find the way to the destination.

As Izoki examines the oasis, he finds a poorly hidden cache of stolen goods near the gnoll's hiding spot. In addition to a silver cup worth 60 gp and a hodgepodge of coins, their ill-gotten gains include alchemical supplies from Thuvia that consist of an alchemy crafting kit, a vial of antitoxin, and two flasks of alchemist’s fire. There are also two flasks of liquid ice, and two potions.

As the sun begins to sink on the horizon, he party notices the setting
sun’s light causes a weathered hieroglyph depicting an arch to glow. Even as the sun sets, the long shadow cast by the stone never shifts, always pointing to the northwest with exactly the same bearing.

Traveling through the night or resting?

Marianne inspects the potions sniffing them first and then handing them off to others with a shrug, "Anyone make out what they are?"

As the sunsets she scowls, "Can we afford to rest?"

Perception 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Perception 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

To lose our advantage or to risk being exhausted when the enemy comes... Choices.

Loenor checks the potions after Marianne.

Perc 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Perc 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

”In this desert, best to rest at night, we'll need our strength to press on. Even our enemies will do the same.”

W/o rest, we'll probably get fatigued condition

Marianne nods, "We likely need it after that fight anyway, very well let's rest. You take first watch Fastenhyme, then Izoki, Loenor, Arovandeon, then me, two hours each ought to give us enough time."

Marianne is unable to identify the potions, but Loenor identifies the first one as a potion of haste. He is likewise, unable to identify the second potion.

In the morning, Fastenhyme studies the second potion to determine its properties.

[replace Message, Prestidigitation with Detect Magic]
Spellcraft DC15+: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Rapunzel asks Loenor to let her try a taste...

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

Arovandeon lets his companions examine the potions. He could have easily identified them, but doing so would have denied the joy of discovery after diligent study to the others.

During his watch, he studies the terrain, making sketches and filling out his notes on the journey.

The second potion is identified as a potion of haste.

"I'm sure these will come in handy..." Rapunzel grins at Loenor. "Onward?"

Izoki rolled a Survival DC 26 including Loenor's aid. Would anyone else like to aid?

Survival Aid: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23