Of Kings and Commoners - Kingmaker AP

Game Master RPGGGM

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Also freshly picked up ;)

Thinking about the layout of the city from back when she was overlooking it while hiding in a grove, and the paths they took after entering the sewers, Alia comes to a conclusion: "Yeah, I did, Scarlet. He was not being honest to you. Using the left path here would be much faster. He probably intended for us to take the scenic route so they can warn their employers. If we mean to have surprise as advantage, we'd best hurry!"

Yay, thanks for HP, 9 then, much better ;)

Assuming there's nothing else, I'll update the map. Done.

Zokon hoping not to be out knowledged sees what he knows

kn Geo: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

kn Dungeon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Zokon after examining the surroundings

"Alia is correct, let's be off

As they reach the ship, Scarlet tries to discuss a plan.

"So we're here to stop them, right?" She scratches her head. "I'll go all out here, but I need to concentrate for a few seconds." She sighs. "I'm not looking forward to this, but we need to rescue those people and get this garbage system running again."

Scarlet needs 1 full round to enlarge herself, but then she'll be the frontline for a while.

"It's probably for the best to come dressed for trouble. Even if they intend to weasel their way out of this, rather than fight, it will give our words more weight."

I could also enlarge...but I feel I'll better spend the slot on frostbite-spellstrike if it comes to combat...

Alia draws her blade and will funnel arcane power into it.
Turning it +1 for 2 minutes

"I'll be ranged support and close support if our backline gets engaged"

Zokon checks his bow and arrows looking for irregularities

"It's probably for the best to come dressed for trouble. Even if they intend to weasel their way out of this, rather than fight, it will give our words more weight."

Numalar checks his crossbow and other gear.

"I'll cast a spell on us that will allow us to communicate easily without others hearing us. Once it is active you can just whisper and we can hear you. This will take a few moments. While we are getting ready, Alia, do you need healing? Perhaps we should try out our new wand. That is, if Celyne wants to hold her spells in reserve. Is anyone else injured?"

Numalar mumbles to himself over and over while making motions with his symbol. Casting message multiple times to include everyone. Spell lasts 20 minutes.

"Alia, can you use your power to make your sword silver? Wererats are tough to kill with normal weapons. I may have to get close and use fire. Try to leave me room to cast."

When they're ready, Scarlet runs onto the ship, holds her breath, and begins to focus on growing.

Using her spell-like ability, Enlarge Person on her self. This takes 1 full round to activate.

"No, changing the material of my blade is beyond the powers I wield...and a little healing would be much appreciated..."
Matter of fact, for Arcane Pool, there is only a third party Arcana that allows this. With spells, there's a 3rd Level Magus Spell with "costly" Material Components allowing this. Both not an option at this time.
1 Charge of CLW Wand: 1d8 ⇒ 6

"Much better...right behind you, Scarlet", and follows suite.

In the light of the setting sun, an ancient garbage scow bobs in the darkening waters of the Shrike River. The deck groans under the weight of piles of refuse, their reek overwhelming the dock smells of fish, tar and the nearby tannery. A wooden shack rises from the filth like a mushroom.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Celyne Know (nature): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Round 1
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Vernon
__ Roaches
__ Belia
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet
__ Celyne/Luna

"Scarlet! Look out!" Celyne points out the giant cockroaches waiting in ambush.

Celyne collects/calls Luna before heading to the boat.

know nature: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Unfortunately, she knows nothing about the moving bugs she points out to the others.

Zokon steps 5ft forward raises his bow and fires a pair of arrows at the right roach

bow+pbs: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 211d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

bow+pbs: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 251d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

bow+pbs crit confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 112d8 + 6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 6 = 18

Celyne collects/calls Luna before heading to the boat.

[dice=know nature]1d20+7

Unfortunately, she knows nothing about the moving bugs she points out to the others.

Actually, figuring you were too busy absorbing sunlight and expensive, brightly colored food and drinks with their own umbrellas (not that they'd need them), I rolled for you and got a 24. Which in hindsight is so good I'll give you another bonus tidbit: they have tremorsense.

ok, I missed that you rolled for me... and I am busy on the cruise, but trying to stay up with games as much as I can, which is little with minimal posts... I download stuff quick, then read at my leisure. internet at sea is pricey, lol...

"Careful, my friends, those bugs can sense you without sight by the vibrations your feet make on the ground..."

(ie tremorsense)

Zokon's first shot thunk into the scow's rail cover . His second flies true and sinks deep into the vermin's shell.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 1
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Vernon
__ Roaches
__ Belia
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet
__ Celyne/Luna

Alas I am stuck without my computer for a while so it probably be early tomorrow before I can update the baddies. Sorry.

black roach -11 hp

Posh'll stay behind. At later levels Bards get a awesome spell my PFS bard uses where she can temporarily change material of someone's weapon or the type of damage it does, but that won't be for a while.

Okay weird. I somehow deleted this post....

The giant roaches hiss through their spiracles making a sound like a pair of plate mail suits of armor filled with snakes. The rust-colored one charges down the gangplank gnashing its mandibles at Scarlet.

Hit an AC 18 for 4 hp damage.

The black roach probes its arrow wound with its antennae.

Meanwhile a cloaked figure with a prominent, buck-toothed snout and messy straw-like hair rushes toward the bow and draws a clawed hand against the mooring line, severing it and freeing the bow of the ship.

Hit the rope for 4 hp damage.

The gangplank shifts as the garbage scow, now only tethered to the docks by the line at its stern, moves more in-line with the flow of the river.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 1
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Vernon (delay)
__ Roaches
__ Belia
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -4 hp
__ Celyne/Luna

black roach -11 hp

"I got this one, Scarlet", Alia exlaims as she steps forward and pierces the Roach with her Estoc.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 3) + 5 = 9
Crit?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3) + 5 = 10

Luna leaps onto the scow and attacks the small clawed creature at Celyne's order.

handle animal: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Celyne bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Alia does indeed! Skewering the hissing bug like one might spear an exotic, crusty morsel from party platter with a toothpick. However while seemingly mortally wounded the bug continues to twitch and move.

Celyne sends Luna bounding onto the scow from the dock landing next to the suddenly frightened-looking rat woman.

"CAT! They didn't have a cat before!" She practically squeaks.

Luna bites but the rat-woman quickly regains her composure as her supernatural toughness blunts the attack completely.

And it is then that s similar figure dressed in a ragged, nobleman's dueling armor sweeps in behind the cat a rapier in its hand, a grin on its rat-like face!

rapier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 miss!

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 1
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Roaches
__ Belia
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -4 hp
__ Celyne/Luna
__ Vernon

black roach -11 hp, rusty roach -19 hp (Diehard!)

Without a clear line of sight, Numalar drops the crossbow on the pier. He moves forward and produces his longspear. With a flick of the wrist, his hand becomes sheathed in flame. He points at the roach on the gangplank and a burst of fire shoots towards it...

Ranged Touch vs. red roach (-4 because engaged in melee with friend): 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 - 4 = 21d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
but the shot goes wide and lands in the water with a hiss.

"Macrathane's Codpiece! We need to clear the way up there fast!"

Is anyone good at acrobatics? This would be a good time for someone to tumble past the cockroach. Though the ones on the boat don't scare me nearly as much as the one in the river. :)

@GGGM: I'm guessing I won't be able to use burning hands on the creatures on deck from my angle because of elevation? Also, will burning hands set the ship on fire?

Sounds like I didn't get my round to use enlarge person. Oh well, it's too cramped, anyway.
"Duh, cats don't fit in sewers."

Scarlet tries to tumble past the cockroach onto the ship, with unnatural speed.
Acrobatics vs CMD: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Instead she fails to move and provokes. Awesome.

"I know what you're doin'. I know why you're doing it. It's hard to be accepted when you're diff'rent. But you could just leave and make a life of your own! Why kill everyone here with a plague?"

Scarlet slices at the cockroach with her longsword. Dammit, I didn't want to have to do this, to them.
Longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Zokon uses studied target on the wererat on the left and then fires a single shot

longbow+st+pbs: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 131d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Precise shot no -4 into hth

@GGGM: I'm guessing I won't be able to use burning hands on the creatures on deck from my angle because of elevation? Also, will burning hands set the ship on fire?

Alas, cones don't translate well in a cubist world. You could angle the cone upwards at an angle, it would truncate the area of effect, loosing the middle step along it's 15-foot-long normal reach. The boat is wood and can burn above the waterline.

Sounds like I didn't get my round to use enlarge person. Oh well, it's too cramped, anyway.

I had assumed you began the process of casting the full-round spell-like at the base of the ramp. So you would be big the moment before your turn this round. If you want to pass on bigness you can dismiss it as a standard (no AoO) action or simply not complete the process (free action usable before your turn). Let me know how you want to proceed.

Scarlet Scarab wrote:

Sounds like I didn't get my round to use enlarge person. Oh well, it's too cramped, anyway.

I had assumed you began the process of casting the full-round spell-like at the base of the ramp. So you would be big the moment before your turn this round. If you want to pass on bigness you can dismiss it as a standard (no AoO) action or simply not complete the process (free action usable before your turn). Let me know how you want to proceed.

Oh. Well then. Make my Scarlet GROWWWW

"Inyuk-chuk!"
Apache Scarlet grows to the size of a very large dwarf (or perhaps a small giant) but the sudden change means that her now 'longer' longsword overreaches its target and hits the gangplank (but not the bug's AC).

Zokon fires into the melee, but misses his target.

"It's too late to try and stop us now!" The male wererat cries.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 1
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Roaches
__ Belia
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -4 hp
__ Celyne/Luna
__ Vernon

black roach -11 hp, rusty roach -19 hp (Diehard!)

How realistic is it to "jump" on the ship from the pier, like Luna did? Could an average human do it? The gap is only 5 feet and there is some height difference, so could be difficult, or could be reasonably doable with a running start, but do I think there's a chance to make it?

You could jump to catch the side of the ship and pull yourself over (acrobatics (long jump) followed by a climb DC 10). Or you can just vault the distance and land on the deck (acrobatics DC 20). And who cares if a human could do it you're an elf. Go Legolas the hell out of that thing.

I've got nothing to do so I'll pass my turn. I can't think of what I could possibly do to aid.

Posh, did you Inspire Courage yet? The extra damage will help us get past their AC.

"It's too late to try and stop us now!" The male wererat cries.

It's too late.

"It's. Never. TOO. LATE!" Scarlet screams.

The wererats pause a moment, mid-stride, causing Zokon's arrow to miss, their brows furled at Scarlet's cry.

"What are you? Some naive, big-eyed, Pollyanna third-class Shelyn scout cadet who thinks just so long as the world has butterflies and flowers in it that everything is fine? Fool!" Says the male rat.

"Vernon, let me-." Says Belia crinkling her snout, baring her fangs at Scarlet.

"No. Cast off. Then we'll drown this cat." Vernon snarls down at Luna.

Belia rushes around the back of the cabin, weaving between mounds of trash to reach the second mooring line. Double move.

The rusty roach snaps again at Scarlet.

bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Miss.

The oily black one unfurls its wings and takes to the air however the damage inflicted by the shaft buried in it drags the insect back to the earth--next to Numalar! Move.

"BWHAHAHAHAHA!!" Vernon laughs maniacally.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 1
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Roaches
__ Belia
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -4 hp
__ Celyne/Luna
__ Vernon

black roach -11 hp, rusty roach -20 hp staggered

"What are you? Some naive, big-eyed, Pollyanna third-class Shelyn scout cadet who thinks just so long as the world has butterflies and flowers in it that everything is fine? Fool!" Says the male rat.

"Nah. Just someone who's going to stop a plague, whether with words or swords!"

Can anyone kill this rusty bug? Scarlet will double move onto the ship and engage Belia if you can.

Addition: The effort it expended in attacking Scarlet seems to exacerbate its wounds. -1 hp

Luna attacks the remaining rat lady...

to hit claw: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
dmg if hits: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

to hit claw: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
dmg if hits: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

to hit bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

rake dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
rake dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

I expect since her claws and fangs aren't silver none of that gets through... sigh

Celyne fires her crossbow at the one untying ropes.

to hit: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
dmg if hits: 1d8 ⇒ 7

I've got nothing to do so I'll pass my turn. I can't think of what I could possibly do to aid.

"Posh! Know any jokes about wererats?" There's always bardic performace.

Attack of Opportunity on the roach which would have passed through my threatened area.

AOO Longspear: 1d20 ⇒ 171d6 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1

The black roach flutters down in front of Numalar - as it attempts to land, Numalar swipes at it with his longspear, and clips the roach with a weak thrust (I believe that's 1 point of nonlethal damage).

Produce Flame, Touch: 1d20 ⇒ 6

With the roach now directly in front of him, Numalar tries to poke it in the eyes with his flaming hand... and misses. Numalar is not used to targets that are shorter than him.

FYI Numalar will use windy escape if the roach bites him.

Can anyone kill this rusty bug? Scarlet will double move onto the ship and engage Belia if you can.

"Alia! Finish off that bug! When the roach is down, Scarlet can get on board! While we're on the subject, Zokon, if you could feather this annoying insect I'd be very much obliged."

Luna attacks the remaining rat lady...

I expect since her claws and fangs aren't silver none of that gets through... sigh

You would be correct about the damage vs Vernon. But he is a rat man and Luna probably only rakes when she's grappling a foe.

The black roach flutters down in front of Numalar - as it attempts to land, Numalar swipes at it with his longspear, and clips the roach with a weak thrust (I believe that's 1 point of nonlethal damage).

Actually it has a surprisingly resistant armored shell.

And minimum damage from an lethal weapon attack is always 1 lethal point of damage unless you were going for nonlethal damage originally (or there's some modifier other than the attacker's Strength penalty in play).

FYI Numalar will use windy escape if the roach bites him.

Roger that.

Celyne makes Belia recoil with grazing shot from her bow, but for a scrawny rat girl she's remarkably tough.

Meanwhile Luna bats at Vernon but he has the agility of a fencer and the few blows that do land the wererat rolls with, coming away unharmed.

Numalar swats and tries to fry the bug that alighted next to him but roaches seem hard to kill and hound-sized ones doubly so.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 2
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Roaches
__ Belia -2 hp
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -4 hp
__ Celyne/Luna
__ Vernon

Belia -2 hp; black roach -11 hp; rusty roach -20 hp staggered

Poshment Underhill wrote:

I've got nothing to do so I'll pass my turn. I can't think of what I could possibly do to aid.

"Posh! Know any jokes about wererats?" There's always bardic performace.

I believe Posh has used a total of 3 performance rounds today.

Acrobatics, Large vs CMD +5: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Acrobatics, Large vs CMD +5: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Realizing it's now or never, Scarlet awkwardly tries to skip past the rusty roach. She fails miserably the first time (provoking an AoO), but she redoubles her efforts and tries again.
Acrobatics through occupied spaces halve your movement speed. Scarlet moved 15 feet but would need 10 more to cross the green spots, so she's stuck here.

"Violence, Belia. It's the only language we know, right? I saw a huge rat scurry past me and I didn't understand what it was, so I hit it. I guess you didn't like that very much, huh?"

In the end, my blades do the talking..

Scarlet has 10 ft reach and will swipe at Belia or Vernon if they enter her range without reach weapons.

bite (AoO): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 hit. +1 point of damage to itself.

The cockroach wheezes out it spiracles and takes advantage of Scarlet's misstep to bite hard. But a moment later the thing is looking looking up as a pair of tremendous boot-shaped shadows pass overhead.

The scow rocks to one side as Scarlet lands on the filthy deck bleeding, her boots kicking up a wave of muck and buzzing flies.

Belia looks up from the mooring rope. "You're so dead." She hisses bearing her teeth and fangs.

Sticking half out of the pile of trash at her feet Scarlet sees the remains of a white-bearded dwarf. There's not much left of him after being picked over by the scow's six-legged scavengers.

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 2
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Roaches
__ Belia -2 hp
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Celyne/Luna
__ Vernon

Belia -2 hp; black roach -11 hp; rusty roach -21 hp staggered

I usually start it at the begining of the round so it should be running. If not I'd start up now, coming up with something Jovial, yet inspirational.

Posh decides to attempt to get involved in the combat and help out Alia, drawing his heavy mace and stepping forward to attempt to smash the rusty roach, however his swing goes off-target.

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Somewhat puzzled by her previous stab not managing to kill the creature despite piercing it completely, Alia is at a loss as to where to aim to put the creature down.
Flanking attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 2) + 5 = 8

Realizing the wererats are trying to move the ship onto the river, Alia attempts to hurry up past the beetle to help Scarlet.
Acrobatics to tumble through opponent: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Well, bad rolls...guess I don't hit the attack, and provoke+lose move action

This stupid roach will be the death of us. On the plus side, I already provoked it, so I won't attack you.

As soon as that thing drops, please hurry and heal Scarlet. My AC is gonna be garbage soon.

Vernon lunges at Luna as the guard roaches continental to stand firm.

rapier v Luna: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Conditions: Green areas are considered difficult. The lighting is dimming, but still light enough to not be dim. The trash, the scow's railing and the height out of the water give creatures on the deck partial cover from creatures on the dock.

Round 2
The bold may act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Roaches
__ Belia -2 hp
__ Alia
__ Numalar
__ Posh
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Celyne/Luna -7 hp
__ Vernon

Belia -2 hp; black roach -11 hp; rusty roach -21 hp staggered

which is the wererat on the left?

Figuring that his companions have the roaches Zokon concentrates on his already studied target

Zokon fires a pair of shots at the left wererat

longbow+pbs+st: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 121d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

longbow+pbs+st: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 251d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Belia.