GMTrex's PFS [Normal Mode] 5-07 Port Godless (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Trexler

Correct.

Kargen runs down yet another hallway, but finds that his quarry is mysteriously not there either... still have your standard.

"Follow me" Tarquin says as he sniffs the air.

Beast morph gives me scent and flight speed whilst under effects of mutagen. Tarquin will try to track her with his scent if she goes out of sight.

survival + scent: 1d20 + 6 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 8 = 21

Tarquin moves up the stairs and follows her scent until she get's close enough to pinpoint.
perception + scent: 1d20 + 13 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 8 = 31

So erm, this is going to be slightly annoying but let me know how you want to work with it. I think noticing the direction is a move action but the pinpoint is free as soon as she is within 5 feet of Tarquin.

Scent typically requires being within 30 feet of your quarry to work, absent wind or overpowering smells. So with that Survival check I can tell you that her most recent 'tracks' lead to the clouded square and then abruptly end.

I'll assume Tarquin relays the info.

Kargen follows Tarquin down to where he loses the trail. "Where the hell did she go?" The Inquisitor looks down the adjacent hallway.

Are those doors lining the hall?

Yes, although Tarquin will tell you that the tracks simply stop, they don't lead into a doorway.

@ Nokazi: The stairs lead up. She walked down the hallway, per Kargen's see invisibility relay. Do you walk 120 feet in that direction, or go up to where Oriandor just was? FYI, intentionally searching for stimulus via a Perception check (and forcing an opposed Stealth roll) is a move action.

Oops. I will be following Kargen and Tarquin.

Fenrik asks Tarri for a tap from her heal-stick before joining the others.

No worries!

Round VII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (8/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (6/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (-4/46hp, unconscious, bleeding out), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

I'll bot Tarri again.

Tarri reaches down to tap Baal with her wand, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5, just barely restoring him to consciousness! She then follows after the others.

Sorry Fenrik, I think Tarri would have prioritized the actively dying companion.

Round VII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (8/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (6/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (1/46hp), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

That was the plan. I'm going to spend a few rounds healing up.

yeah i meant after the bleeding out guy and herself.

Sounds good! :)

Baal reaches into his handy haversack and comes up with a potion of CLW and swiftly drinks it

Move - Draw potion from Handy Haversack, Standard - drink potion

CLWpotion: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

SUCCESS! :D

"Should we go down?"
"I don't know man. What was that sound?"
"I think we have to look."
"Fine. But you're going first."
"No way!"
"Fine, then we're not going."
"Ugh, alright. Stay right behind me!"

A gaggle of guards come cautiously down the stairs and bump into an invisible tiefling (provoking from Oriandor). "Hey! There's something invisible here! Oi! Who are these people! Help!"

Party is up!

Round VIII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (8/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (6/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (10/46hp), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

Fenrik advances deeper into the room with sword in hand preparing for another flank of combat.

Nokazi hides around the corner and listens at the door. Turns off boots of speed before turn.

Stealth: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Perception: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39

Not taking the AoO; think I have one more round of Vanish after this

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Oriandor tries to move behind the guards carefully, to throw them off the best he can before speaking.
Stealth: 1d20 + 12 + 20 - 10 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 20 - 10 = 31

"We are the seekers of vengeance against your employers who reek of evil! We seek not your blood as employees doing your job, but the location of captives that are here. Guide us to your female employer and to the captives and we shall leave you in peace!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Kargen curses as he realizes the woman may have gone to the prisoner. He casts a spell and then double steps magically toward the corridor he hopes will lead to back to the other room.

Cast Expeditious Retreat. Move 60 feet.

Tarri heals herself with the wand.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Tarquin taps himself with a CLW wand and moves to join the others.1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

@ Oriandor: I actually need an Acrobatics check rather than a Stealth check, and that will be half speed (so Stealth is 41).

The party does some healing while Oriandor tries to throw off the new arrivals. Nokazi moves up to one of the many, many doors and listens, but hears no sound from beyond. Kargen moves pack towards the chained woman.

Round VIII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (17/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (8/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (10/46hp), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

We're almost done.

"Has anyone checked the fallen bodies for gear or items?" If not Fenrik will do a quick search of the bodies if it is safe.

Baal stands up and hurries to the rest of the group, while saying "So, what did I miss during my nap?"

Move action - Stand up; Move action- Get by the group by the hallway

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

Oriandor manages to climb between the legs of three of the guards, but accidentally bumps into the last one (and is shunted to the next open square). A call rings out, from the north by the sound of it (for those on the bottom level), "Don't listen to the intruders! Get down here and stop them!" This call is followed by the sound of approaching footsteps.

Three of the guards tramp down the stairs. "Get 'em, boys!" Two manage to reach the group in time to take a swing at Baal, but both miss. The third takes the long way around the table, polearm leveled. "Surrender!"

Guisarme @ Baal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 MISS
Guisarme @ Baal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 MISS

At the top of the stairs, the last guard gets flustered and swings uselessly at the air in front of him, hoping the invisible thing that hit him is occupying it. He is not.

Oriandor--you get two AoO's if you wish to take them.

Round VIII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (17/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (8/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (10/46hp), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

Looks for traps and opens the door if nothing found while maintaining his stealth.

Trapfinding: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (8) + 25 = 33
Stealth: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Kargen looks at Nokazi. "That came from the north! Come on! You can free the prisoner too." The archer quickly moves back to the room with the prisoner.

I'm assuming 'north' also applies to where Kargen and Nokazi are. Single move (with Expeditious Retreat), holding Standard action for if we see something in the room.

@GM: Was the voice that called out female? Also, if I use my offhand cestus to strike, that will still leave the shocking grasp in the sword, correct?

Kargen looks at Nokazi. "That came from the north! Come on! You can free the prisoner too." The archer quickly moves back to the room with the prisoner.

I'm assuming 'north' also applies to where Kargen and Nokazi are. Single move (with Expeditious Retreat), holding Standard action for if we see something in the room.

I will double move to follow Kargen next round. I had misplaced my token, but Nokazi is checking another room.

"Fat chance!" Tarquin says and tosses a bomb at the man with the turqoise shirt.

ranged touch 10 splash on the other unless dc 15 reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 243d6 + 7 ⇒ (6, 2, 5) + 7 = 20

Not finding any traps, Nokazi opens the door onto another room with a strange, purple-burning candle. Several racks of weapons occupy the center of this room, though several have been knocked over, scattering spears and swords across the floor. Suits of armor line the wall, and a small table in one corner bears several tools for repairing and maintaining arms and armor. Near the door is a broken staff and a lump of silver.

Tarquin hucks a bomb at one guard, burning him to death, and Reflex: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18 SUCCESS singing another.

Kargen completes his circuit but finds that the hallway on the opposite of the room is now laced with massive, sticky spiderwebs that stretch from wall to wall.

@ Oriandor: uhhh, didn't realize you had a cestus in the other hand. Magi need a free hand in order to cast, so either you don't have a cestus or you don't have a spell. In any case, attacking would break vanish but you can expend the shocking grasp whenever and however you want. It isn't cast into the sword. (It was a woman's voice.)

Round VIII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (17/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Purple @ 5dmg, Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (8/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (10/46hp), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

So I always assumed that a cestus would still count for free hand since you can hold things, even weapons in it. General forum concensus says otherwise. I'll assume that the cestus hand is the sword wielding hand (so I cannot use the cestus while using the sword).

Oriandor readies his blade, ready to swing at the woman once she comes up to the door.

Move action, close the door next to Oriandor. Standard action to ready attack (using the door opening as the cue to swing UNLESS a guard comes out from his right.

Kargen continues to call Nozaki. "In here! I need your help to free her." He stares at the candle for a moment before he extinguishes it.

Tarri continues using the wand, hoping to get a bit more power out of it this time.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

If there's no reaction to Kargen extinguishing the candle, he'll cast Flames of the Faithful, then make an attack against the webs to send a flaming arrow into it.

Ranged touch to hit webs: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Fenrik double moves towards Kargen's voice.

Tarri heals herself while Oriandor readies himself and Fenrik moves to join up with Kargen. Kargen puts out the candle, which doesn't feel hot but does go out. He then sets fire to the webs, which burn slowly away at a rate of 1 five foot square per round unless more arrows are added.

Round VIII - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (17/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, invisible, 5 images), guards (Purple @ 5dmg, Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (13/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (10/46hp), Oriandor (30/33hp, invisible)

Baal steps forward towards the guards that tried attacking him and smiles serenely.

"This ends now."

Concentration Check DC 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 Success!

Full round action - Spell Combat + Spellstrike, using Arcane Mark, attacking Red

Spellstrike: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 - 2 = 19
Damage!: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Normal Attack!: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 13 - 2 = 27
Damage!: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Crit Confirm!: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 - 2 = 19
Damage!: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Baal outright kills the man on his second blow. That does not end things, however, as a woman (or rather, six overlapping copies of a woman) appears at the edge of the hallway and blasts Baal with fire! "Out, invaders!"

Touch @ Baal: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 2 = 19 MISS
Touch @ Baal: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 = 26 CRIT THREAT Confirm: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14 not confirmed Fire: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 2) = 16

Baal goes under again, unable to withstand the heat. The remaining guard on the ground floor, bolstered by the reappearance of his master, attacks Tarri--but the halfing ducks out of the way! Up above, the door opens and Oriandor lets out a vicious attack, but unfortunately also misses. The guard, surprised, drops his polearm, draws his longsword, and swings for the tiefling.

Guisarme @ Tarri: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 MISS
Longsword @ Oriandor: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 CRIT THREAT Confirm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 not confirmed Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Round IX - bold may act!
1. Nokazi (59/76hp), Tarquin (17/45hp)
2. Sophini (25 dmg, 5 images), guards (Yellow unconscious @ 28nl, Green unconscious @ 23 dmg)
3. Kargen (28/36hp), Tarri (13/40hp, Hugo 8/39hp), Fenrik (29/52hp), Baal (-6/46hp, unconscious, bleeding out), Oriandor (25/33hp)

"Yeowch! Not cool... ", but hearing the sound of the woman below, Oriandor sighs. "You're lucky I have no beef with you other than cleaning bills for the garment you just stained!"

Swift action to use a ki point to increase my movement speed, and eating the AoO from the guard.

Seeing the woman finally, the magus' eyes light up red as he dashes towards her. "Been lookin' for you, love, and have a present for you!"
Shocking grasp blade @ woman: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 +3 if she has a metal weapon
hit chance (6 = woman): 1d6 ⇒ 6
Damage on hit: 1d6 + 2 + 5d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (1, 2, 5, 4, 5) = 20

3 physical and 17 electric

Seeing the area, he calls out to Tarri, "Take care of him, I'll keep her busy!", nodding to Baal's body.

Hearing the woman from the other side of the webs, Kargen fires a volley of flaming arrows right over the prisoner and into the web to clear it.

Attack (RS, PBS, Judgement, DF): 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 15

Attack (RS, PBS, Judgement, DF): 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 23

I'm assuming, I don't need to roll damage

Fenrik double moves closer to Kargen.

DC 10 Stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 6 ⇒ (16) + 1 - 6 = 11

A smile crawls across Baal's face as he stops bleeding and dreams of happily ending the person causing so much misery.

Fenrik double moves closer to Kargen.

Nokazi does the same.

Tarri once again drops her wand, drawing a series of arrows and launching them at the man standing over Baal's fallen form. As the last arrow leaves her bow, she spurs Hugo forward,and the owlbear savages the man, his beak crushing a shoulder while one of his heavy, clawed arms slams into the man's head to the sound of a sickening crack. The man's head is cocked at a very unnatural angle as he falls.

Longbow Attack Primary: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17 - +4 hit/dmg vs. human
Longbow Damage Primary: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Longbow Attack Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
Longbow Damage Rapid Shot: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Longbow Attack Iterative: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Longbow Damage Iterative: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28 - +4 hit/dmg vs. human
Bite Damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Claw Attack 1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
Claw Damage 1: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Claw Attack 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35
Claw Damage 2: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Crit Damage: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

If a 17 hits, that's a total of 74 damage. If 17 misses but 24 hits, that's 51 damage. He's probably really really dead.

"Try and duck this one Oriander!"
Tarquin says and throws a bomb at the female wizard.

ranged touch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 163d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 2, 6) + 7 = 20

random hit: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Even if it doesn't hit, I guess it would land behind here and blow away some of those mirror images and force her to make a reflex or still get hit right?

@Tarquin: The splash damage would not affect the mirror images; she will have to make the reflex save though for the splash. Also, even if you do miss, if you miss by 4 or less, then it still pops an image. And if you did hit her, then it's still a chance an image was hit, then if it doesn't, splash damage using her square as origin.

Working together, Oriandor, Tarri, Hugo, and Tarquin slaughter the Blackfire leader! Kargen does a number on the webs, which eventually burn away as Nokazi and Fenrik join him in the chamber. The remaining guards flee the compound, although bells are still ringing out above...

Out of initiative!

Oriandor looks for a book on her, stows it in his bag for later if there is one, then drags her body with him as he heads upstairs. "Let's see if they'll listen to me now...", he grumbles.

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Baal, still smiling on the ground hopes someone notices he's not moving ...

Kargen walks over and looks down at the woman's body. he kneels down to search her, looking for a key to the prisoner's chains. "Good work. She was beginning to really annoy me." He glances over to the stairs and hears the bells. "My guess is we need to go up and find the Riftwardens before the Legion comes and takes us all away."

"But there's a prisoner back there too. We should get her unchained. Maybe it's Jodinaj."