GM Tyranius Tide of Morning (1-5) (Inactive)

Game Master Tyranius

reflex save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Kai's outfit unfortunately catches on fire. He steps out of the flames dropping to the floor, rolling around, managing to put out the fire.

5 foot step out of fire, then full round action to roll on the floor to put out fire, for another reflex save with +4

reflex save: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 4 = 15

Rose takes a step forward and swings her rapier at the man.

Rapier Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 121d4 ⇒ 1

If he takes a melee attack at Rose she will use a Panache point and trigger an

Lin steps out of the fire and immediately begins to roll all over the ground. Within seconds he is barely able to extinguish the flames.

Rose darts in with her rapier though her rapier bounces harmlessly off of the man's breastplate.

Aiden grabs ahold of the chair and uses it to leap across table to flank with the man.

Round 1
Lin Kai (8/10)
Rose
Aiden (16/19; -1 str)
Lady Yukimi (5/6)
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Thaven
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Darren

Yumiki steps to block the door and readies her bow, just in case.

Question. Which square is the manuscript in?

Red X contains the Manuscript

Lady Yukimi blocks the doorway and locks an arrow into her bowstring while Thaven grabs his axe and swings it at Darren.

Mwk Battleaxe vs Darren AC FF 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

the axe doesn't quite reach across the table as it cleaves off the corner.

Round 2
Lin Kai (8/10)
Rose
Aiden (16/19; -1 str)
Lady Yukimi (5/6)
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Thaven
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Darren

I'll get the manuscript. She attempts to spring past Thaven in a acrobatic move, and move to pick up the manuscript.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 10 + (5) = 20

Attempting to avoid an AOO by moving past a threatened square. I'll use a panache point to use

Aiden nods. "And I'll take care of this one." He takes advantage of the man's split focus to lash out with both of his heavy, short blades.

Immediate Action -- Study Target
Sneak Attack (Flank, ST): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 26
Damage (SA, ST): 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (4) + 1 = 13

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 12
Extra Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (2) + 1 = 12

Sneak Attack (Flank, ST): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 15
Damage (SA, ST): 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + (3) + 1 = 10

Kai quickly gets onto his feet and fires an arrow at the enemy.

composite longbow, point blank: 1d8 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11
damage, point blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7

Kai quickly gets to his feet and fires an arrow reflexively. Though it doesn't pay off as the arrow flies wide and sticks into the wooden wall.

Rose quickly rolls past and grabs the manuscript before the flames have a chance to spread too far.

Aiden lashes out at the man with his blades and is able to land a single blow. The mighty blow doesn't do nearly as much damage as Aiden thought it would have. This' man must have some sort of fey blood about him.

Round 2
Lin Kai (8/10)
Rose
Aiden (16/19; -1 str)
Lady Yukimi (5/6)
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Thaven (-8)
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Darren

Yumiki runs her hands over one of her sashes to trade burning hands for truestrike, reading the spell by feel as she watches the enemy.

Derring do?! So Rose is actually A.K. Yearling?

Derring do?! So Rose is actually A.K. Yearling?

Could be. :)

Darren lashes out with his rapier. "Murdering scoundrel!" He shouts as he drives the point home.

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Darren lashes out at the raging man with his rapier.

@Darren- Go ahead and roll the parry/reposte ahead of time if you will. It will help later if need it so we don't have to retcon damage.

Thaven blocks the rapier with his battleaxe while Lady Yukimi trades out a few of her spells.

The fire quickly begins to spread as it grows in intensity.

The flames wash all over the room as they ignite Kai.

Kai Fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Dc 15 Reflex or Catch Fire

Thaven swings his Battleaxe at Darren across the table once again.

Battleaxe vs Darren AC 18: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Darren ducks low as the axe passes right over his head. Thaven grimaces as the smoke gets in his eyes as it begins to fill the chamber.

Anything past 10 feet now has concealment.

Round 3
Lin Kai (6/10)
Rose
Aiden (16/19; -1 str)
Lady Yukimi (5/6)
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Thaven (-8)
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Darren

Rose puts the manuscript into her pack, and takes time to put out the flames directly in front of her.

Puts out the flames to the south of me. I put a triangle on teh square.

Yumiki mutters something, draws her bow, and takes aim.

Casts truestrike

reflex save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

This time, although roasted, Kai manages to hop out of the fire's reach before his clothes manages to combust.

Eyeing the fire around with great concern, Kai decides that focus on the enemy for now, hoping to take hm down in time to fight the fire later.

composite longbow, point blank: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 = 15
damage, point blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8

I just realized that I rolled a d8 instead of a d20 in the previous attack. Sigh...

"Let's finish this and get out of here!" Aiden strikes again with his sword heavy blades.

Sneak Attack (ST, flank): 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 21
Damage (SA, ST): 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (4) + 1 = 10

Sneak Attack (ST, flank): 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 26
Damage (SA, ST): 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + (1) + 1 = 9

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 9
Extra Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

opportune parry and riposte: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 dang, I wish that were the attack roll

Darren knocks the axe aside with his rapier and uses the moment to make a thrust of his own.

rapier, attack, flanking: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 = 28 for cold iron: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
crit confirm: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 = 20 for cold iron: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

After that and the rogue's attack if the man is still standing, Darren stabs at him again; otherwise he tries to get out of the building.

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@Rose- A PC can extinguish flames in an adjacent square as a standard action with a successful DC 12 combat maneuver check or by dousing the square with 5 or more gallons of water.

Darren steps back and stabs his rapier into Thaven. The pointy blade enters in through the ribs and punctures his lungs. Thaven falls to the ground, unconscious.

Save your truestrike

Hemzel’s journal is written in pidgin shorthand of Common and Druidic.

Give me a linguistics or appropriate skill check to decipher some of the journal.

Hidden under the table along the far wall is Hemzel’s treasure. A potion of barkskin +2, a potion of bear’s endurance, and two scrolls of lesser restoration.

Everybody try to put out a square!

Aiden stomps down on some of the flames, trying to put them out.

CM: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Rose tries to put out a square. She doesn't have any luck.

CM: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Create water won't work then, since Kai can only create 2 gallons for now.

Kai follows the lead of his party and manages to stomp out some of the fire.

CM: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

sweet, back up to 3/4 panache, then

Darren joins in stomping out the fires

cmb: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

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Yumiki tries to control the fire as previously described (kicking loose burning stuff away from not burning stuff, ripping burning wall thatch out of the walls, etc).

three rounds of fire fighting: 1d20 ⇒ 11d20 ⇒ 71d20 ⇒ 7

You know, I don't really like how this game (d20) has moved away from description affecting the outcome. Here I am being the smart one in how I'm fighting the fire, and yet I know it is pointless because the rolls are completely unaffected by my smart methodology. I also note how once the gm says it is a dice roll, no one really describes it anymore, they just roll the dice and say enough to indicate what the roll is for. Very sad in my opinion.

Use create water to douse the squares that are not yet burning to slow the fire's spread. Oh, and you can also use a container, cast create water three times into it, then you'll have 6 gallons to put out a square of fire, and honestly, if 18 seconds each bucket is too slow to keep up with putting the fire out, then the fire mechanics need fixed (old bucket lines took a awhile because they had to catch up rather than keep up, since by the time the bucket line starts the entire building is already burning.)

The rolls are there but ultimately there is room for bonuses / penalties for outside the box thinking. If you have a good description for how you are trying to put out a square of fire. That said just remember that this fire was started just before you got here and is to the point that it is raging and spreading at a high rate of speed. Basically the scenario calls for each of the fires, including new ones to spread to a new square each round. Create water is only 2 gallons per level which will indeed stop one from spreading, essentially slowing down the fire. Not all fires are this far along usually. If lvl 3 then Create water will put out one of the squares.

The group rushes about the hut, slapping their cloaks against the ground, moving flammable objects away from the flames and stomp out what they can. Aiden, Darren and Kai are able to slow the spread as they put out a bit. The rest of the party helps stanch the tides of some of the flames by removing flammable objects.

Fire Spread 1: 1d8 ⇒ 7
Fire Spread 2: 1d8 ⇒ 6
Fire Spread 3: 1d8 ⇒ 1
Fire Spread 4: 1d8 ⇒ 2
Fire Spread 5: 1d8 ⇒ 2
Fire Spread 6: 1d8 ⇒ 6
Fire Spread 7: 1d8 ⇒ 3
Fire Spread 8: 1d8 ⇒ 8

The fires continue to spread all throughout the small wooden hut as it ignites underneath Kai, Rose and Aiden. The entire hut begins to fill with a choking smoke.

Kai Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Rose Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Aiden Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Dc 15 Reflex or catch fire

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"It's no use! Everybody grab something and get out!" Aiden yells as the flames roar around him. Suddenly the flames get fanned and the Chelaxian is on fire. Aiden tries to whips his cloak behind him and he grabs the fey warrior to drag him out of the hut.

Aiden will grab the bad guy and head out of the hut.

reflex save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Too intent on putting out the fire in front him, Kai fails to notice the fire creeping up behind until it was too late. He only got singed by the flames, but unfortunately, his outfit catches fire again.

Following Aiden's lead, Kai grabs the carcass of the dead wolf by the front door and drags it out of the burning hut.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Rose is just barely unable to avoid the fire. She rushes from teh building and rolls on the ground to put out the flames. "That was terrible."

Giving up, then? Darren shakes his head as he lugs the druid's mangled body out of the hut.

"What now?"

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Kai drops to the ground, rolling around to put out fire on him. He then hastens to assist his teammates to put out the fires on them.

reflex save: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 4 = 21

That done, Kai pulls out his wand and draws from it regenerative energy to heal his burns.

wand of clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Kai can do the same for those with your wand of clw. If you don't have one, just go ahead and roll for your healing, and I'll take those charges off my wand.

That done, Kai kneels over the body of Hemzel and his pet wolf, and utters a solemn prayer. "Please commit their souls along their journey, Eternal Rose. Their violent deaths have marred the beauty of their lives, but I pray in their afterlife, they might continue to add to the beauty of creation."

Looking up, Kai turns to Rose and smiles encouragingly. "What does the manuscript say?"

One by one the group rushes from the fire filled hut. Grabbing the manuscripts and the druids still form Kai and Rose quickly begin to roll all over the ground to extinguish the flames.

Standing up Kai knocks the dust and soot from his singed clothes and checks on the journal. It seems to have taken a little smoke damage but was wholly saved from the wrath of the blazing fire that continues to consume the hut behind the group.

Hemzel’s journal is written in pidgin shorthand of Common and Druidic.

Give me a linguistics or appropriate skill check to decipher some of the journal.

Rose hands her wand of cure light wounds to Kai. She looks over the journal. "Unless having some local knowledge will help, I'll leave this to any scholars we may have in the group."

Wand CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Know Local: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Once outside of the burning hut, Aiden drops the fey man he's carrying and turns his full attention to the flames burning him. He flings the cloak to the ground, stomping on it, and then snuffs out any remaining flames on his shirt with a few swats of his hand.

Once the flames are out, he hands his wand over to Kai for healing. Aiden is still feeling the effects of the poison from the spiders, but he hopes time will heal that wound.

"We could take this back to get some scholarly or magical help deciphering it." The Chelaxian searched the fey warrior's body for any other clues.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"Maybe the birdie can help." Darren looks around. "Hey, you. Can you help us make sense of this? Or point us at someone who can?"

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Aiden looks around to find the flying fey. "Gire! Where are you? We need your help."

Within all of the chaos the group just begins to notice that the flying fey seems to have fled into the forest.

From what little Rose knows is that the lorestone is keyed to druidic circles, and one lies several hours’ travel north from the hut on a lake island.

A few minutes after the events at the hut come to an end, a band of gnomes approaches the hut from the south. The leader of the gnomes looks Aiden up and down and grunts and sneers at the group as his gaze looks you all over one by one. These must be the Pathfinder Looters Hemzel spoke of. The gnomes face turns from sadness to anger as they catch sight of the druids mangled body. The gnomes quickly draw their weapons. You kill him and start his home on fire ye savages!?

Yumiki keeps her bow on her back, remaining without a weapon equipped and her hands visible, "Why would we drag out his body out of the hut if we killed him? Would have been far better to leave his body in there so others would an accident rather than foul play. The little creature Gire was here. Said that a man claimed Hamzel was trying to destroy the fey. This body here is one of that man's lackeys, and I believe to be the one who started the fire."

Anything on the fey warrior's body?

Aiden watches the gnomes take up a formation. He eyes the leader for a moment., then points down to the dead fey-man. "Here's your culprit. Do you know him? Seems Hemzel made some fey enemies."

He looks at the gnomes. "Who are you and what do you know about what Hemzel was involved in? We came to parley with the druid, to make peace with his differences with the Pathfinders."

Studied Target against the leader
Diplomacy (ST): 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 1 = 18

Rose coughs a little bit. "Would we all have been singed like this if we'd killed him. Why remove the body?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Hemzel was your friend? I'm sorry for your loss." Holding openly his holy symbol, Kai continues, "I swear by my goddess Shelyn that we had nothing to do with his death. We want to find the perpetrators as much as you do."

diplomacy, aid Aiden: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 2 = 16

The gnomes look to be hostile. Of course you would take his body to your masters as proof! The gnome glances at the manuscript. And you are stealing everything he owns. Do Pathfinders have no conscience?

Through all of the explanation the gnomes seem unimpressed and seem too hostile to believe you at the moment. You have 20 seconds to tell em what is really going on or you better leave the druid and his belongings and get out of here!

Aiden glances down at the fallen fey man and sees that he wears a breastplate, Mwk Battleaxe and some form of a potion in his satchel.

I don't know if I can do better than Aiden's 20 (After aids) but I figure I can try. If 20 wasn't good enough, 22 probably won't either, so I'll do my own roll instead of aiding.

"Whoa whoa now, no need to rush to conclusions here. We really were here to make amends, and we stumbled onto an attack just as we arrived. We did everything we could to save the good druid, and his house, but the fire spread too fast."

diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

well, I tried

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GM, is Darren's a new attempt? Seems like at least Aiden's attempt held them off for a while. If so, Kai tries aiding Darren this time.

"We would have given Hemzel and his companion his last rites, but since he's your friend, of course we will leave it to you. And it is fortuitous that you have arrived, so that we can at least pass his belongings we saved from the fire to his friends. But this manuscript could give all of us clues to who was responsible for all this. Please, work with us. We'll would definitely return it." With that, Kai leaves Hemzel's other items on the ground next to Hemzel's body, but hold on to the manuscript.

diplomacy, aid Darren: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0

Sigh, me, too.

"That's right. Do you read Druidic? If you can help us with the manuscript, we'll gladly leave Hemzel and all his other belongings to you. Or if you know of another druid that could help us."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 ha!

For the moment the group seems to calm the small group of gnomes. Their leader grunts as he lowers his blade. ye may be telling the truth. His eyes turn back to sorrow as he looks over the Druid's fallen form.

He moves forward and takes a look at the manuscript. Can't tell much bout it but there is a small Druidic circle not far from here. You will have to go yerselves as that circle is dark and a cursed place. He says begrugingly.

Aiden bows his head to the gnome. "Thanks. We will leave the druid's body with you for you to bury him. Do you know the name 'Cyflymder'? We heard he killed Hemzel."

The Chelaxian takes the potion off the dead fey. He hands it to one of the others to examine.

Adding on to Aiden, Kai says, "We believe he is a fey creature. He was accusing Hemzel of leading humans to destroy the feys, but I believe it was a ruse for him deceive the fey so that he could steal Hemzel's lorestone. We promise to recover it."

Taking the potion, Kai takes a brief sip to see if he recognises it.

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 You can use perception to ID potions. :)

Kai does not have comprehend languages memorised right now, and I had chosen dawn as the time he prepares his spells. (Why didn't I leave a slot open? Sigh.) Would have to wait til the next day for him to re-prepare his spells.

Yumiki is pefectly happy to let the talkive ones do the talking. Instead, she climbs up the little slope and takes watch while the others are distracted, though she seems to be listening.

"Which way to the dark circle, shortie?"

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