Gameday 5: Master of the Fallen Fortress (Inactive)

Game Master Chyrone

The spiral staircase 'enters' this floor at the square south of Serge. That square is SW of the one the croc is on.
That would make going to another square, from there, call for an acrobatics roll, unless one would be bold enough to not care for an aoo.
If you see something i am missing, feel free to point it out.
I had ooc'ed that a few posts above. :)
P.s., how am i going to explain this mess to the police? A opera singer crashing down 30 feet from her set?

Hey, quick question about the grease spell. If I use it on Snapjaw's space, would he fall prone (assuming a failed save)? I ask because Snapjaw appears to be some form of quadruped, and I've seen GMs who consider quadrupeds immune or highly resistant to falling prone. I can't remember if that is an official rule or not. I've checked the spell description, the prone definition in the glossary, and the horse entry in the bestiary to see if they get a mention somewhere there; I've seen nothing like that so far. I'd rather know for sure how you'd rule that before using up the spell and action though, considering how things are going.

That's the 1st time i hear that, though i'd not think it impossible to get them prone. Prone means having lost balance on their legs, imo. Quadruplets have a bonus against [trips], from having have 4 legs.
Now if we're talking creatures without legs (snakes), they have in their CMD that they can't be tripped..well, no legs after all.
So i'd say go for it. But i'd give a +2 circumstance bonus for a quadruplet.

Right then, let's get Snapjaw on equal footing with Serge.

Adamondais casts grease on Snapjaw. Using a reservoir point, Reflex DC 17, marked on map in yellow.

He then yells at Snapjaw in draconic, on the off chance it might understand a word or two:

The dude stabilizes, whatever he's been smoking seems to be beneficial.

Adamondais coats the floor in a slippery substance.
Reflex Snapjaw, circumstance: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 2 = 20
Snapjaw, used to slippery surfaces and water, seems decent at staying on his feet.
However, he'll still have to make acro checks to get out.
I'm not rolling for the swarm, since swarms can't be tripped.
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Tasskar hisses, as he sees something on the floor.

Fort rolls vs poison & distraction from Serge.
Tasskar steps 5 feet forward, and throws a small flame at Adamondais.
RT: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11Fire dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

It's a close call, but Adamondais leans sharply to his left, and the flame flies past him.
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Serge Come on man. (fingers crossed)
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Snapjaw (-8)
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Balenar
The Dude (stable), Sifah (stabilize roll please.)

The ultra sick and poisoned serge special?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Add some nice distraction to the mix?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Good game guys, I can't do s#&~.

:/

Snapjaw is spared, for now.
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Bite vs prone: 1d20 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 4 = 251d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Serge goes snoozing again., and Snapjaw tries getting to Balenar.
Acro 10 to move 5 feet out: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
It appears to be possible to 5feet out of grease, but it still requires the acro check.
Snapjaw fails, and must make a reflex or drop prone.
Ref DC 17: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28
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Balenar walks around the staircase, and lays a healing hand on the other healer.
CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Reviving his Dudeness to +2 HP.

The Dude
Sifah (stabilize roll please)

Fortitude: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 141d2 ⇒ 1 Success

Stabilize: 1d20 + 2 - 8 ⇒ (14) + 2 - 8 = 8 Fail

The spiral staircase 'enters' this floor at the square south of Serge [Exhibit A: 'The square the Dude stepped into.']. That square is SW of the one the croc is on [Question 1: 'Does the crocodile have reach enough to threaten the square that the defendant stepped from immediately before the one he was wrongly attacked upon?'.

The croc only threatens the six squares around itself on the plane it is on. The Dude is entering one of those but not moving any further within nor out of that space. That doesn't trigger an attack of opportunity by the rules unless the croc has reach in which case it would threaten the stairwell which is 10 feet away from it. It being a low to the ground, 'long,' medium-sized creature (I think the large ones can threaten that far with a tail slap) I and Dude would assume it does not have reach. Stepping into a threatened square does not trigger AoO unless you left square that was also threatened by the same creature, I don't care what kind of rough terrain it is. So does the croc threaten the area directly above the square the last step is in? Or the stair itself? Is the map icon on the map depicting a stairwell in the wrong place? Should it be SW of Schrödinger's Paladin?

That's basically all the turn I can dedicate to game play today because I'm off to work.

It seems to me our reasonings are off-synch.
The croc was threatening the square below Serge, which is the square the stairs leads to when entering this floor. Where the floor begins, essentially.
When i looked at the map back then, your icon was west of Serge's square. Getting to that square west of Serge, required to move out of the threatened square, and therefor would call for an acro vs aoo. That's merely it.

The Dude goes full defense and stands up.
AoO croc: 1d20 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 4 = 11
Snapjaw misses his attack. The Dude steps 5 feet back down the stairs, awaiting the next opportunity to heal Serge or Sifah.

You'll understand why on Tasskar's turn.
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Boss level, Tasskar, round 3
Adamondais
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Tasskar
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Serge (prone, unstable at -5)
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Snapjaw (-8)
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The Dude & Sifah (at -8, unstable)

If we've gone past me in initiative, then I'm at -9 now.

Adamondais moves toward the stairwell and takes a shot at Snapjaw:

acid splash vs touch, into melee: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 2 - 4 = 6

acid damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Not in range yet to cast grease on Tasskar, and don't want to risk getting between him and Snapjaw while that swarm is still about.

Boss level, Tasskar, round 3

Adamondais' acid splash flies past Snapjaw, ending up on the wall beyond.
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Tasskar laughs, and in his arrogance with the odds currently, he forfeits further concentration on the swarm. He directs it to attack Adamondais & Balenar, though.
Swarm dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Fort Balenar vs poison: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Fort Balenar vs distraction: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

He lobs a second flame, after which the fire in his hand diminishes further.
Rt vs Adamondais: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 81d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Tasskar hisses in frustration, as his aim got lousy.
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Serge Stabilize roll please.
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Snapjaw tries to move towards Balenar, and must make acro for 1/2 speed.
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Reflex?: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 = 12
Snapjaw fails both checks, and drops prone in the grease.
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Balenar moves over to Sifah.
CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11, reviving her at +2 hp.

The Dude & Sifah

Serge be bleedin': 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

That's three natural 1s in a row. That's almost impressive.

Stabilize: 1d20 + 2 - 9 ⇒ (9) + 2 - 9 = 2 Fail

Sifah, you're at +2 hp, and conscious. :)

The dude casts CLW and heads up to Serge to deliver the charge.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6, it revives Serge to +1, now setting up flank for both him and Sifah.

Come on guys, turn him into handbag material. (fingers crossed)

Sifah

Fey foundling, sire

Me scusa, amico.
El situazione est piu benne, seis al 3 punti di vita.
Alora, vais, vais uccideis la cocodrillo, okay?

My parents are Italian and would be sorely disappointed that I can't understand a word of that other than maybe "Pardon me, friend ..." and something about "3 points of life" OH, OH and something about the crocodile ;)

Lol. I've spent two summers in Italy, working entertainment on camping villages. As such, being among Italians mainly, i had to learn the basics by necessity.
I was told i am at the level of a kid, but it's understood and appreciated. I'll probably not have typed this 100% correctly either ^^.
[I'm sorry my friend,
The situation is better, you are at 3 points of life.
Now, go, go kill the crocodile, okay?]
Pardon = pardone
Situation = situazione :D

Sifah will grab one of her short swords and attack the croc.

Short Sword: 1d20 + 3 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 - 4 + 2 = 171d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (3) = 6

I believe Balenar still had inspire on, meaning you did it.

Sifah quickly stabs at Snaljaw, and her sword sinks deep enough to cause him to pass out from the wound.

Croc killer award to Sifah!
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Boss level, Tasskar, round 4

Adamondais
There's still a pending fort roll vs the spider poison & distraction from last round.
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Tasskar
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Serge (prone)
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Snapjaw (-8)
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The Dude & Sifah (prone)

Serge doubles over in pain, grabbing his bloody arm. "A fine strike, Sifah... But it is not over yet..." He tightens his grip on his nodachi, but wonders if leading the party in escaping may be a better idea given Tasskar's apparent power.

"Alright, that's more like it!" Adamondais says as Sifah drops Snapjaw.

Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Fort vs Distraction: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

I looked up distraction in the swarm subtype to see what it does. Requires concentration checks to cast and Will saves to use certain skills. Am I missing anything? I've got a pretty bad head cold, so I'm likely a bit thick at the moment.

Adamondais tries to dismiss the grease under Sifah. Not sure if this would be concentration or Will, so I'll roll both. If this is even a thing I can do right now.

Concentration: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Will: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Dismissing the spell is a standard action.
Distraction mentions that the affected target is nauseated for 1 round.
Nauseated itself says the affected can only take a move action on its turn.

My apologies, I missed that. In that case, Adamondais will move to the staircase and descend as far as his 30 will feet allow (hopefully leaving space for the others to also move down).

Right-o sir.

Adamondais leaves the floor and heads down the stairs.
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Tasskar directs the swarm towards 1d2 ⇒ 2
Serge & The Dude.
Swarm dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 2
The Dude is disabled.

Tasskar lobs a flame at Sifah.

Tasskar's flame in his hand went out, and through lack of focus, the spider swarm disappears as well.
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Serge
Balenar, The Dude & Sifah

Serge watches as the spiders bite at Dude and chooses to wait until Sifah and Dude are safely below before making his way down.

Delay until Dude and Sifah have acted please

Balenar heals Sifah for another: Clw: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10, and motions for a retreat.
The Dude heals himself for 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7, and he moves down the stairs.

Sifah & Serge

I'm not too familiar with crawling, but can Sifah crawl out of the grease, stand, and then walk downstairs?

Crawling, i see no problems with it.
Can't fall prone when you already are. But that's a move action itself as well.

Sifah's intent then would be to grab her other blade and crawl on out.

I feel needed:

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Ok, but you'll risk Tasskar coming for you in melee, and he's got a slight advantage to strike against you in prone position. Because...if it's an off hand weapon you want, the trogs downstairs carried clubs, which are also light weapons.
Could you move your icon to where you want to exit the grease?
You can crawl 5 feet as a move action.

Serge

With that acro roll, you can just stand up and get the hell out of there, no?

If yes,

Serge stands up, shouts something about Ragathiel to Tasskar, and then runs downstairs. Withdraw

Why can I only get 5' as a move action? I have a 30' speed, so I should be able to move 15' which gets me onto the steps. As for Tasskar, he can't charge across the grease and attack me.

Indeed she can move out with that roll.

For safety purposes, let's say Sifah does leave her sword here, and will get a club from downstairs.

Tasskar knows he'd be at a disadvantage, considering the distance between him and the party, so he decides to remain above, and plot his revenge.

What's the plan here, burn the charges and head back up for round 2?
Or wait for the night to fall and rest, barricading yourselves in?

Let's see what Adamondais says, since he's the caster. I do worry however that Tasskar will get his spells restored as well if we sleep

Hmm. How's Balenar doing? Does he have any rounds of performance left? I feel that our best bet is to heal up with the wand and head back up. Waiting the night opens us up to an ambush, and I think Tasskar's spells will help him more than ours will help us. Tasskar will likely summon another swarm, so we'll have to spread out. If Serge and Sifah can flank him, I doubt he'll stay standing long. I still have one spell, so I could either trip him with grease or ready an action to hit him with a magic missile when he tries to cast. Unless Serge and Sifah get sickened, I think we've got a decent chance.

Balenar still has inspire rounds left, but used all his lvl 1 slots on healing.

We're immune to his sicken for 24 hours. I vote for the counter magic missile, it's sure damage and possibly a lost spell by him.

Then I'll vote for healing up and heading back up. May the initiative RNGesus be with us.

Chyrone, after we heal, can Dude use Guidance on me before we head back up?

Of course he can.
Serge's not immune, though, he rolled a 9 before.

The Dude gives everyone a tap of guidance before you return to the top floor.
I trust there's enough charges to heal the few wounds on everybody, so everyone's at full.
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Everyone speeds back up the staircase, and spreads out quickly.
Tasskar is waiting.
Fort roll from Serge.

Return of the team, round 1

=> Sifah
The Dude & Adamondais (Can post in advance)
Balenar
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Tasskar
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Serge

On his turn, Adamondais will 5-foot-step West one square (still on my phone, could someone move me to the square SW of the stairwell on my turn, please?) and will ready an action to cast magic missile at Tasskar if he does anything that looks like casting a spell.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29 To tell if a spell is being cast

magic missile damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Done.

Return of the team, round 1
=> Sifah
The Dude & Adamondais (has posted)
Balenar
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Tasskar
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Serge

I suppose my options are limited, I will charge him.

Anyways, the first one is a surprise attack I guess...

Short Sword: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 171d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + (5) = 9

I don't think I heard that the bardsong was going...

Sifah rushes in, and stabs Tasskar quickly.
The Dude casts guidance on Serge.
Balenar starts another round of inspire.

He himself has to make a fort roll.
Fort vs stench, DC 13: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
"Bwurrr", and he still feels sickened by it.

Adamondais holds a magic missile ready.
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Tasskar (-9) steps 5 feet away from Sifah, and casts a spell.
Yet since he's behind the large throne, Adamondais' already dimmed vision of him, is obstructed.
This prevents proper spellcraft analysis, with his motions not in sight.
A flame in the shape of a scimitar is in his hand.
He hisses at Sifah for her attack.
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Serge

Fort save :(: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Serge rushes over while whispering a prayer to Ragathiel. He closes the distance with Tasskar on the other side of the throne to allow Sifah to setup a flank. Double move, activate smite evil

AC to 19 vs Tasskar

With Serge rushing over, we go into round 2.
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Return of the team, round 2
=> Sifah
The Dude & Adamondais (can post ahead)
Balenar
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Tasskar (-9)
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Serge