Iron Gods AP with GM Mustache (Inactive)

Game Master Mustachioed

Zeke draws his pistol while he moves beside the others choking in the cloud. Seeing the smilers attacking, he positions himself to catch as many of them as possible in a cone of swirling light. He mutters a quick prayer to enchant his arcane gun, and casts color spray through it.

(The Will DC to avoid the effects is 17.)

ROUND 1 SUMMARY

As Jolga and Ton escape the gas cloud, Zeke bravely steps forward and blasts three of them with a color spray! Two collapse unconscious! One fights off the effects!

It was a brave move by Zeke, who is now in front of the party and left exposed to a hailstorm of bullets! The three Smilers who are still up pick him as their sole target. He is hit twice for 9 damage total!

ROUND 1

Garfaulk -nauseated for 4 rounds (starting after you get out of the cloud)
Wulf
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ROUND 2
Jolga-nauseated for 3 rounds
Ton'iel-nauseated for 5 rounds
Zeke 9 damage
Smilers

Go if you are bold!

Garfaulk takes a nice deep inhale to start singing, only to find the air in his lungs has betrayed him. Almost heaving, the dwarf stumbles forward, moving from b the void to stand near Zeke, half not wanting to leave him alone up there, half because it was the shortest trip

Very sorry, I can't access roll20 in work right now. I hope I can move up and cleave.

"When. Will. You lot stop!" He shouts moving out of the gas and charging at the larger collection of smiles. "Don't you know who we are yet?!"

Rage PA Hammer Swing: 1d20 + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 13 BAB+Str-PA+MW+RA
Rage Hammer Damage PA: 1d8 + 7 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 9 = 22 Str+pa

Rage PA Hammer Swing CLEAVE: 1d20 + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 19 BAB+Str-PA+MW+RA
Rage Hammer Damage PA: 1d8 + 7 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 9 = 18 Str+pa

Wulf misses badly! The Smilers all chuckle and prepare to reload their guns...

The party can largely do nothing but to find cover, while the Smilers reload and fire again! Two of them five foot step back to get away from Wulf, and fire at him. One fires again at Zeke.

Wulf is hit for 2 and 6 before DR, Zeke takes a bad hit for 8!

gunshot wulf: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 131d8 ⇒ 2
gunshot wulf: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 111d8 ⇒ 6
gunshot zeke: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 121d8 ⇒ 8

ROUND 2

Garfaulk -nauseated for 4 rounds
Wulf - hit for 2 and 6 before DR
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ROUND 3
Jolga-nauseated for 2 rounds
Ton'iel-nauseated for 4 rounds
Zeke 17 damage --delayed, go twice
Smilers

Go if you are bold!

Garfaulk steadied himself against the wall trying to raise Crescendo at the nearest smiler, but with his vision swimming, he had no recourse but focus on not collapsing

Neaseated is always brutal

Jolga continues to hack and cough, trying to clear his lung from the awful, burning, stench.

Yep. I just picked up stinking cloud too... Only fair for it to get used on me first...

Yeah, gas grenades can just shut down a battle!

Zeke briefly closes his eyes and concentrates on his pistol in prayer, and casts remove sickness on Garfaulk. Then he moves behind Jolga for a bit of cover.

From his more protected vantage point, he casts coin shot and takes aim at the Smiler who keeps shooting at him!

Ranged touch attack: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 + 2 - 1 = 11 (BAB+DEX+enhancement-Deadly Aim)
Gold coin damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10 (CL+enhancement+Deadly Aim)

Glad to do something useful! Happy to provide cover.

Due to Zeke going twice from the delay, does that mean I'm not Neaseated this turn? Or just next? Figure it can't hurt to ask

Sure, that was his first action. So you can go this turn then, Garfaulk. I am amazed that he had remove sickness prepared.

He cast it through his bonded pistol, which lets him produce any spell he could cast 1/day. Unfortunately that means I don’t have enough for him to get everybody!

Hearing Zeke praying for him, Garfaulk looks over at the half-elf and grins, then raked a deep breath and starts bellowing, his voice loud and clear for all to hear, a dwarven song of gratitude, though one that was an octave deeper than he usually sang. Shaking the ground, the enemies would lose their footing as the dwarf sings a song to inspire his allies while slamming a cartridge into Crescendo

+1 to hit and Damage for us, -1 to AC for them!

Yay Garfaulk! Sorry I couldn't de-nauseate you too Jolga, but I figured you have fewer rounds to wait, and possibly your familiar can still act?

Wulf can go yet, and Ton can cough a bit more!

Thanks! But no, Mara can't do much.

Busy night and i'm in work today to so.

Wulf shouts out in frustration and moves to the large group wanting to swing hard and cleave through them.

Rage PA Hammer Swing: 1d20 + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 29 BAB+Str-PA+MW+RA
Rage Hammer Damage PA: 1d8 + 7 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 9 + 1 = 25 Str+pa

Rage PA Hammer Swing Cleave: 1d20 + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 29 BAB+Str-PA+MW+RA
Rage Hammer Damage PA: 1d8 + 7 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 9 + 1 = 18 Str+pa

Sorry Garfaulk I might have left you open to some attacks but I gotta get this cleave off :P

I'm still here but coughing heartily

Wulf one-shots one of the unconscious Smilers, and then cleaves into another one, but the Smiler is still up. the ones marked with that symbol were color sprayed and are unconscious, stunned, blind, all that

Zeke's shot goes wide...

Garfaulk recovers from the gas and starts his song...

And from around a corner, Charles reappears!

The three conscious Smilers reposition with five foot steps, reload, and fire again!

at garfaulk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 181d8 ⇒ 3
at garfaulk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 131d8 ⇒ 8
at jolga: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 111d8 ⇒ 6

Only one bullet hits (Garfaulk for 3 damage). Garfaulk's magic leather duster repels a bullet, and Jolga is missed altogether.

ROUND 3

Garfaulk -3 damage
Wulf - hit for 2 and 6 before DR
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ROUND 4
Jolga-nauseated for 1 rounds
Ton'iel-nauseated for 3 rounds
Zeke 17 damage
Charles
Smilers

ALL PCS GO!

Go if you are bold!

Jolga keeps his shield up and coughs in the general direction of a smiler.

Garfaulk continued to bellow as the Smiler's aimed at him, pushing off the wall as he tumbled forward-the boat absorbed one hit, and he tucked and rolled under the other bullet

Using Gunslinger's dodge to gain a +3 to my AC (2 from the action, 1 from the duster)

Summersaulting to his feet, he whips Crescendo up, aiming for the head of the nearest Smiler, intending to shoot that damn grin off the criminal's face

Crescendo: 1d20 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 3 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 17BAB+Dex+MWK+Inspire-Deadly Aim
Damage: 1d12 + 1 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 4 + 3 = 16
1 grit used for charisma to damage

Then he slammed another slug into the musket, looking from one to the other with gritty determination.

oh no! Super great move, Garfaulk, but remember these guys are hitting touch. With you +3, your ac is still at 18, which is what he rolled. So it still hits for 3.

As Garfaulk is reloading he feels a sting on the side of his leg. Looking down, he sees a bit of red on the side of his leg-seemed mid tumble they still grazed him, which only made him more intense

Doh! That's what I get for posting hastily at work on break instead of lunch lol. My bad

Charles sneaks behind a smiler and stabs away. stealth: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
attack: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 1 = 26damage: 1d3 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 + 1 + (5, 5, 3) = 24
Not sure what the symbol on the smiler on the map means, if that changes anything.

he's been color sprayed!

Charles has no problem sneaking up on the sleeping Smiler and absolutely slaughtering him!

"Can't leave you alone for any time at all."

Zeke moves closer to the fallen Smilers and shoots a coin at the one still standing.

Ranged touch attack: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 - 4 = 15 (BAB+DEX+enhancement+inspire courage-Deadly Aim-firing into combat)
Gold coin damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 15 (CL+enhancement+inspire courage+Deadly Aim)

Wulf laughs now, happy to take his frustrations out. "Now you know!" He takes a step back as Charles steps out of the shadows and goes for the smilers he left behind him.

Rage PA Hammer Swing: 1d20 + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 29 BAB+Str-PA+MW+RA
Rage Hammer Damage PA: 1d8 + 7 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 9 + 1 = 24 Str+pa

I assume there's no way for me to stand on that corner and cleave the guy at the back?

hp - 80/84

"...$$%&$@((!)D)!)**£&DJ@((&&!@)_+(^....." a stream of filthy curses spits from Ton's lips in amongst strings of saliva and bile.

Jolga nods, echoing Ton's sentiments.

Wulf smashes a head into jelly, Charles slits a throat, and Zeke takes out another with a gold coin shot!

Only one remains! Panicking at this point, he shakingly reloads his gun and fires at Wulf who is only 10 feet away and coming fast. Wulf is shot for 6 damage!

fire!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 181d8 ⇒ 6

However, Wulf just keeps on coming, and cuts the Smiler down without a second thought. It is inevitable!

Combat over!

Jolga finishes coughing up his left lung then turns to the others. "Thank you." Then he turns to Charles as he begins gathering up the Smilers corpses and searching them. "What did you find?"

you didn't mention Garfaulk's shot, did it take out a Smiler? Asking for grit restoration purposes

Garfaulk looks to the others, going over to pat Ton on the back until his nausea passes. "Hmpn. It's almost like that saw us comin, might want ter use our aliases round here again, just in case, though it seems theyre expectin us. Should we keep tryin tweet get in the arena, or just go fer em?"

"Outer door trapped. I disabled it. Here." Charles produces a rifle. "Don't fight over it. Lobby has two doors, guarded by ogre. Hhh. Ogre thought I was a ghost. To the right are what sound like dorms. Some sleeping, some awake. Seven rooms, each with at least one in it. Other door by the ogre leads to hallway with another door at the end. Something in there I couldn't quite see."

Oh, my bad Garfaulk! You did the initial blast on the smiler, and Zeke's pistol is what finished him off. Charles-- the dorms were to the right (If I messed that up earlier-- whoops.)

Zeke produces a wand and begins restoring his and Wulf's health. "Those exploding devices are quite effective," he says ruefully. "I don't suppose they left any unused ones?"

Wulf, cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Wulf, cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Zeke, cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Zeke, cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Those as*holes..." Ton mutters, still hawking and spitting while wiping tears from his eyes.

"So there's no way we could all sneak in there, right Charles? Thing is once we hit that ogre everyone is gonna come runnin.' So we funnel em all into one place but they'll have us outgunned, outnumbered and if they got more of those gas grenades that can be a pain in the ass on it's own."

"Anyway we could lure that ogre outside?"

"Should be doable. Didn't seem particularly smart. If it can read, the ghost told it to kill the necromancer or be haunted forever, hh. Got any more invisibility? I could sneak back in and do some serious damage before anyone knew we were there."

"Buddy, I can do this all day." Ton grins around a dog-eared cigarette. Anything to take the taste of vomit out of his mouth.

Technically not true. But With Arcane Bond and Spell Recall I could cast Invisibility 3 more times and still myself a little juice to buff my gun.

If you want it, I can cast it on you. Before I do though, what's the actual plan? Sneak in there and assassinate the sleeping Smilers and lure out the ogre?

I just picked up stinking cloud so I can make them deal with the equivalent of these gas grenades too. Maybe a higher PC than the grenades as well. I'm just not great at fort saves...

The five smilers each carry a vial of that awful Soothe potion, and each has a masterwork buckler, and tons of ammunition, but nothing else noteworthy. Like all the other Smiler's you fought, their pistols are pieces of junk.

After taking what you want, you quietly work your way to the front of the Smiler HQ.

If you want to put a plan into effect other than the simple run and gun, now's the time to do it!

"Garfaulk. Want to run a scam on the ogre? Me invisible, you making like a ghost?"

What are these soothe potions?

Jolga asks "There wasn't any moss or plants down there?"

"Crazed cannibals seem not to garden or decorate."

The dwarf's eyes lit up like a muzzle flash "Thinkin somethin with Illusory magic, eh? maybe make a ghost, have it make a ruckus, make em think he's haunted, flingin stuff around? Or am I distractin em so you can finish em off? Cause I'm good with either-I think I can also provide a distraction to get his attention-I have a performance up my sleeve that I'm tiold can be quite... fascinatin. Wont be able to take his eyes off wha I'm doin, if I can get a hold of his attention before he attacks me"

I forgot about Fascinate, as in the Bardic performance. Might be useful as well, though I'm good with trying to haunt him and scare him off.

@Jolga, check out the Technopedia in the links. Any Iron Gods specific item will be in there! Jolga is strange enough that maybe he would like them!

Wulf places a hand on Zekes shoulder as the half-elf heals him. "Thanks Zeke." He skin heals over the metal under it.

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"An Orge. I've never fraught one before." He thinks a moment. "I'll let you try and talk your way around it but I'll be ready to smash that frek up. If it goes loud I'm going all out, you got anything to enhance me with I'll hold off going big." He smiles.

I'm not entirely sure what you guys have in mind, but Charles unlocked the front door, and the way in is clear. You can go in when ready. Oh, also, no one jumped on this, but Charles gave you a timeworn tech rifle that should be identified.