Emerald Spire (PFS) (Inactive)

Game Master Michael Hallet

Now the fight is over you can see more of the room. Half-melted blocks of green glass lie thick on the floor. A crumbling archway to the north leads into another chamber, while a door to the west leads into the round tower at the southwest corner of the building. To the east, a barricade of rubble and wooden stakes blocks a passage leading into the tower.

The round tower room to the left has piles of rags and bones piled up into nest-like beds around the room. There doesn't appear to be another way out of the room.

To the right is a large foyer that seems to have once been the main tower entrance, but the grand doorway leading outside is now a broken mass of glass rubble. A crumbling archway leads further off to the north.

Ganem tries to think of some way to change the strange magical darkness effect that permeates the fort. The effect seems like something once documented as being used by the ancient Azlanti to light up buildings in the day and darken them at night, but this effect seems to have gone awry after many years of neglect. It would likely take a very long time to rectify the enchantments, if indeed they could be fixed at all.

The group checks over the body of the goblin and finds various goblin sized bits and pieces of equipment.

Studded leather armour, horsechopper, shortbow, quiver of 19 arrows, small vial of liquid (magical).

I've placed a couple of tokens on the map to represent light effects. Feel free to copy and use that to show where lights are.

Perception No. 201113: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3
Perception Brand: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Perception Ganem: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Perception Evgeny: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Perception Tarbin: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8
Perception Aldy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Perception Teeva: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Ganem and Evgeny think they can here the sound of scurrying feet echoing somewhere in the darkness.

"I hear movement ahead. Be on your guard."

Roger. On my guard. Always on my guard.

Aldy will move ahead to where his first token is, and then assuming there is nothing evidently hostile, he will move on to the position of the second token, looking for traps as he goes, and taking 10 on stealth for a 25.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 +1 more for traps

Ganem walks into the foyer...straining to see anything in the darkness...

I'll give everyone a little longer before i move things along. It's almost 1pm here in England so i'll wait to post until 8pm my time to give other time zones a fair chance to post something.

Tarbin and Teeva follow the others into the room, maintaining a rear guard and sharp eyes.

I moved up Brand and Evgeny to the middle of the party so they were not still outside when the combat starts

Aldy sneaks forwards silently through the darkness. As he reaches the corner to look into the next room he is surprised to see a goblin silently sneaking around the opposite corner leading his goblin dog behind him. He seems to be backed up by three more goblins just coming through a doorway leading further in to the fort.

COMBAT BEGINS

Round 1

A goblin crawls out from the barricade and tries to fire an arrow at Teeva. Two goblins from near the door move up and try to get around Aldy to flank, but he's up against a wall so they can't surround him just yet.

goblin RED bow attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
goblin RED arrow damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

goblin GREEN dogslicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

goblin YELLOW dogslicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

An arrow pieces Teeva causing her some pain. The other two goblins cannot seem to hit the nimble Wayang.

goblin RED
goblin GREEN
goblin YELLOW
Tarbin <-UP NEXT
goblin dog
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
goblin BLUE
commando
Evgeny
Ganem
Teeva (3 damage)
No. 201113
Brand

Teeva only has 11 health, so having taken 12 damage, 2 of those would have gone to Tarbin via Life Link. So at the moment he has 2 damage and all damage to Teeva will go to him for the rest of today.

Tarbin casts Mage Armor on Teeva and maintains his position, preparing a Dirty Trick to blind the Goblin in front of Teeva, should he move.

Dirty Trick AoO, Blind: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Ganem casts speaks an incantation and casts a spell. He then moves back from the goblins...

Bless
Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

"Teeva, can you be healed by healing spells that affect creatures of this plane?"

Knowledge check to know if Teeva can be healed by positive energy spells like cure light wounds.
Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

oh man Brand is dead last in init.

Second initiative roll for Ganem, who is now just before Tarbin in initiative - i could have used that 19 to stab someone! :P

Initiative 2 Ganem: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Round 1 (cont)

Tarbin tries to protect his companion with a spell. Ganem casts a spell, blessing his allies with divine accuracy.

The goblin dog cocks his head to one side and stares at his master. delay

The last goblin near Aldy moves up and joins in the fight started by his allies, but they all seem to be fighting each other to get the first hit.

goblin PURPLE dogslicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

goblin RED
goblin GREEN
goblin YELLOW
Ganem
Tarbin
goblin PURPLE
Aldy <-UP NEXT
goblin BLUE
goblin dog (delayed)
commando
Evgeny
Teeva (3 damage)
No. 201113
Brand

Tumble: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

[ooc] Move action to move away, then total defense. AC is 23[/dice]

Oh... crap. Um, hey guys. There's a lot of goblins up here...

Aldy will tumble away into the corner and wait for his companions to come help.

Round 1 (cont)

Aldy tumbles away leaving the goblins arguing with each other in goblin about who is to blame for letting their enemy get away.

Another goblin crawls out of the barricade and takes aim at the strange looking longshanks. PS, that's Teeva. The goblin is dumb, OK!

Goblin BLUE bow attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Goblin BLUE damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The goblin dog holds still while the commando jumps up rides on in a single fluid movement. He rides around the corner and swings his horsechopper at Evgeny.

Ride, quick mount (DC20): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Goblin commando horsechopper attack, FE bonus: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 = 12

goblin RED
goblin GREEN
goblin YELLOW
Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
goblin BLUE
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny <-UP NEXT
Teeva (10 damage) <-UP NEXT
No. 201113 <-UP NEXT
Brand <-UP NEXT

"Seems like I'll have to be ready to fight up close then."

Evgeny's hands sprout claws and he stows his bow.

Warpriest Animal Blessing and move to stow. 2/3 Blessings remain

Teeva is delaying her action at the moment, waiting to see what the others do. May or may not take an action after Numbers and Brand, if they post and I don't see a particularly effective move, I'll delay until after the next group of Goblins. As soon as Brand and Numbers post I'll let you know.

Despite her clearly grievous wounds, there's a savage, masochistic grin painted across the Kyton's face. "These... are nothing." She's panting between words but seems to be able fight fine. "Your magic will do nothing for me. My poor little Tarbin... might need it sometime though."

She nods at the Gnome, who is slightly pale and has a sheen of sweat across his brow. "Not yet though. He can take a little more..."

No. 201113 ducks into the room, and fires off a Snowball.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 232d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 6 = 18

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 92d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 4) + 6 = 15

Also, if it lives it's a DC 15 Fort save or staggered for 1 round.

No. 201113 gives a screech equally as loud as the goblins, before yelling "Get it away! Get it away!" A light frost appears in his hands, and he hurls it at the nearest goblin.

I think that's a dead goblin that doesn't have to worry about being staggered. lol

With the goblin mounted, Brand has no qualms in striking it! His axe whistles through the air, powered by brawny arms towards it!
Attack, dislike Goblins 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 131d10 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Quickstepping as he does so, he brings his whole body into the swing as well.

Was the one Numbers just obliterated the Red Goblin? If not, Teeva will 5-foot Step forward and attack Red. If he did attack Red, she'll move deeper and attack Teal Goblin.

Teeva darts forward, ignoring the skin ripped from her muscle as she whips her chain forward in an attempt to dig the spikes into the Goblin's flesh. "Ahahaha! SQUEAL LITTLE PIGGY!" She cackles wildly and whirls her weapon with glee.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 6 = 13

Here's hoping that 19 AC will keep Tarbin alive...

He attacked Red Gobbo, apologies for not being specific!

Round 1 (cont)

Evgeny prays for claws.The goblin near the barricade dies in one of the most painful snowball fights any goblin has ever seen. Brandand Teeva both aim powerful strikes at the goblin commando, but the little nimble goblin dodges on way and then the other as both attacks miss their mark.

Round 2

Two goblins stalk forwards and try to surround Brand. Ones tries to duck past and flank the dwarf. The goblin's body tumbles perfectly into a pile as Brand's waraxe chops him down. The other goblin laughs at his allies misfortune as he tries to hit the dwarf, but his sowrd is turned away by brand's armour.

acrobatics (DC16): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Brand AoO: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 = 24
Brand waraxe damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

goblin GREEN dogslicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

goblin GREEN
Ganem <-UP NEXT
Tarbin (2 damage) <-UP NEXT
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
goblin BLUE
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand

Tarbin dashes into the main room, twirling his Longspear as he does. With a flourish he slides behind Brand, his spear nimbly ducking under the dwarf's arm and thrusting at the Goblin commander, attempting to slice him above the brow to force blood into his eyes.

Dirty Trick, Blind: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

"Now, while he can't see!"

Ganem touches Evgeny's shoulder and says, "Good luck...", then pulls a wand out of his pack.

Cast guidance on Evgeny.

Retrieve Wand of CLW from pack as a move action.

Round 2

Tarbin makes the goblin squeal in panic as blood gets in his eyes. Ganem casts a spell to guide Evgeny with some divine energy.

The final goblin in the large room decides to go after the dwarf too, but his armour provides too much protection for the attack to get through.

Goblin Purple doglicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

goblin GREEN
Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy <-UP NEXT
goblin BLUE
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand

Aldy will 5 foot step out of his alcove, and full attack the green goblin. I should be flanking with Teeva.

TWF, Attack 1, Flank: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 2 - 2 = 21
Damage1: 1d3 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) - 1 + (1) = 2
TWF, Attack 2, Flank: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 2 - 2 = 23
Damage2: 1d3 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) - 1 + (3) = 4

Round 2 (cont)

If the goblin commando was on your side you'd be flanking. The attracks will both his but will not do their sneak attack damage.

Aldy stabs twice at one of the goblins. The attacks connect but the Wayang is only strong enough to scratches the goblin a bit.

The goblin near the barricade fires another arrow, this time at No. 201113. The goblin is surprised to see the human dodge the arrow.

goblin BLUE bow attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

The goblin dog bites at Brand, the the commando kicks the creature in it's sides and it dteps back so the commando can strike with his reach weapon.

goblin dog attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
goblin dog attack: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 plus fort save.

Brand DC12 fort save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

goblin commando horsechopper attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 miss!

goblin GREEN (2 damage)
Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
goblin BLUE
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny <-UP NEXT
Teeva (10 damage) <-UP NEXT
No. 201113 <-UP NEXT
Brand (4 damage) <-UP NEXT

Evgeny steps in to flank with Aldy, taking swipes at the goblin between them.

"Cover me." Evgeny shouted as he took position.

Claw 1 (Flanking and Guidance): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 131d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Claw 2 (Flanking): 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 101d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

"Ugh, these nimble little buggers are going to be a pain."

Is Gobbo Commander still blinded?

Brand grunts as the bite finds a gap in his armor to find flesh. His hardy dwarven constritution manages to push back whatever foulness from the bite and he responds with a vicious overhead swing.

The Goblin dog has reach?
Target Green goblin with dislike. 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 111d10 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

No. 201113 really, really doesn't like being shot at. So he fires off another Snowball at Blue Goblin.

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 192d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 = 14

GM, I have an AC of 13, and if I'm reading that correctly, Blue Archer rolled a 15 attack. Did he hit, or miss?

@Teeva He'll be blind for 1 round, so yes he's still blind. It seems unfair that a mounted character can use their move action to remove that while still 'moving' on the mount, so i'm choosing not to.

@No. 201113 I realised it had hit but it seems i forgot to type out the damage roll. Thanks for pointing that out for me.

@Brand The goblin dog doesn't have reach. It attacked and stepped back then the goblin attack at reach.

Sorry if there is any confusion. There is a lot going on in this fight and it's quite easy to lose track of things. Due to the way the tactics are written you're actually fighting off three rooms worth of goblins at the same time right now!

arrow damage No. 201113: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Evgeny lets his claws fly out in anger, but the goblin dodges everything. Brand lets another wild swing fly but misses his target. In the other room No. 201113 kills another goblin with a rather painful snowball.

Round 2 (cont)

Teeva <- UP NEXT

Round 3

goblin GREEN (2 damage)
Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand (4 damage)

That's a well trained goblin dog. Since the map doesn't show me how the dog moved and then hit me as I'm parked next to another two goblins.

That's a well trained goblin dog. Since the map doesn't show me how the dog moved and then hit me as I'm parked next to another two goblins.

I believe it started its turn next to you then attacked you from where Evgeny was, that's how Tarbin hit it with a dirty trick. Then it took a 5 foot step back and Evgeny moved in.

Teeva will maintain her current position and sling her chains at the Goblin commander, attempting to finish him off before he can recover.

Spiked Chain Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Spiked Chain Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 6 = 11

@Brand he's a good boy!

Teeva whips her chain around and slashed the goblin commando, but the little goblin valiantly fights on.

Round 3

The GREEN goblin takes a step to the side to try to avoid getting surrounded then tries to stab Aldy, but the fight is becoming a contest of dodging than a contest of stabbing.

goblin GREEN dogslicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

goblin GREEN (2 damage)
Ganem <- UP NEXT
Tarbin (2 damage) <- UP NEXT
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand (4 damage)

From my current position, if Aldy takes a 5-Foot step down and right, I will be flanking, correct? As I threaten him and a line drawn from me to him passes through the Goblin?

Tarbin twirls on his heel and twists his wrist, thrusting his spear forward in unorthodox fashion in an attempt to stab at the Goblin's eyes.

Dirty Trick Blind: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

@Gm Volandis. No! That's a bad dog! It bit me.
@Teeva. That makes sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

Ganem steps up and taps Brand with the wand.

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

"Ugh...still trying to break in this wand..."

@Tarbin i don't believe so. I think you would only get flanking if you were where Brand is standing. If anyone knows something i don't please point me to it online.

Round 3 (cont)

Tarbin does another perfect slice around the eyes of a goblin. Ganem heals Brand with want that seems to be having power trouble.

The PURPLE goblin next to Evgeny tries to stab him with his dogslicer.

PURPLE goblin dogslicer attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
dogslicer damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

goblin GREEN (2 damage, blind)
Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy <- UP NEXT
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny (1 damage)
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand (4 damage)

I believed I was flanking because when a line is drawn from the center of my square to the other, it passes from the exact top left corner of the square, and ends 3/4 of the way up on the opposite side. But as always it's GM call, not trying to start trouble or anything!

I just did another search trying to find a reference to flanking with reach against a single square creature - i found a diagram from 3.5 that shows exactly this! As Pathfinder is uses the same flanking rules this is good enough for me. So from now on i'll have to remember that reach flanking can indeed work this way. I learnt something today! :)

Acrobatice: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) - 1 + (4) = 5

Aldy will tumble into position and once again try to hit em' where it hurts, but fails miserably!

Round 3 (cont)

Aldy tumbles around, which he's great at, but unfortunately all the rolling around throws off their stabbing skills.

The goblin dog and the commando pull the same attack sequence again, but this time their target is Evgeny. The bite doesn't connect but the commando gets a good hit against one of his hated enemies. I think Favoured Enemy (Longshanks) should be a valid goblin option - but human is as close as it gets.

goblin dog bite attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

commando horsechopper attack, FE bonus: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 2 = 22
horsechopper damage, FE bonus: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8

goblin GREEN (2 damage, blind)
Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
commando and goblin dog
Evgeny (9 damage, unconscious, prone, bleeding) <- UP NEXT
Teeva (10 damage) <- UP NEXT
No. 201113 <- UP NEXT
Brand (4 damage) <- UP NEXT

Constitution: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (11) - 1 = 10

Evgeny lays on the ground unconscious.

Taking a calculated risk here...

Teeva circles back around the group of combatants, dashingly nimbly through the crowd and rapidly closing in on the green goblin. Attempting to duck the attack from her blinded target, she flanks him opposite Aldy and lashes her chain forward with a wicked cackle.

Attack, Flanking: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 6 = 9

I will trigger an AoO, but Teeva now has an AC of 19 and he's blinded. So Teeva does have total concealment against his attack.

No. 201113, trying to get away from the ickiness, charges into the room his companions went. Unfortunately for him, there's more.

"Why won't they get away?" No. 201113 yells. "Tell 'em to get away!"

He throws a Snowball at Commando Goblin.

Assuming that Evegeny's unconscious, I should have line of sight.

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 162d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 6) + 6 = 13

Round 3 (cont)

Blind creatures treat enemies as having total concealment. Concealment doesn't allow AoOs. It's not the easiest thing to find a ruling on but that seems to be the way it works.

Teeva moves past the blinded goblin then slices him to death with her chain.

No.201113 hurls another snowball, but the goblin commando barely stays conscious and holding on to his goblin dog mount.

Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
commando (13 damage, staggered)
goblin dog
Evgeny (9 damage, unconscious, prone, stable)
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand (4 damage) <- UP NEXT

Round 4

Ganem <- UP NEXT
Tarbin (2 damage) <- UP NEXT
goblin PURPLE
Aldy
commando (13 damage, staggered)
goblin dog
Evgeny (9 damage, unconscious, prone, stable)
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand (4 damage)

Tarbin takes a step to the side so that Aldy can 5-foot step into flanking the purple goblin, then thrusts his spear forward through the pantleg of the Goblin, attempting to entangle him in his own trousers!

Dirty Trick, Entangle: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Only, of course, if Aldy so desires. It will leave him flanked as well.

Brands steps over his fallen companion to better guard him as he swings his axe at Purple the goblin menacing him.

His axe rises up and then swings down in a sideways chopping motion, making sure to keep his shield aligned in a guarded position.
Attack with FLank and dislike 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 241d10 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Ganem steps behind Brand and taps Evgeny with the wand again.

Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Tarbin tangles up the PURPLE goblin. Brand steps in and strikes the creature with the full force of his axe. The goblin falls to the ground and doesn't get back up again.

Ganem uses some power from his wand to heal Evgeny's wounds.

Round 4 (cont)

Ganem
Tarbin (2 damage)
Aldy <- UP NEXT
commando (13 damage, staggered)
goblin dog
Evgeny (3 damage, prone)
Teeva (10 damage)
No. 201113
Brand (4 damage)

Evegeny now up to 5 HP.