Of Kings and Commoners - Kingmaker AP

Game Master RPGGGM

At the time there was no place to 5-foot step to. Zokon could have 'moved' away, but the ooze would have gotten an AoO the moment he turned his back to do so since he had already taken a standard (attack) action and therefore can't 'withdraw', which is usually a full-round action unless you are staggered and normally the only other way to move away from a foe you are engaged with besides taking a 5-foot step.

Technically a player character would have to take action their action all at once at their initiative. We use block initiative to keep things moving, but you still take all your actions when you are up (because otherwise my head would explode). I could see a case for Zokon delaying until Numalar moved out of the way first. However the tactics Numalar wants to employ this round wouldn't work as he would end up either behind Celyne or around the corner and with no line of sight to the targets of his spells.

So the options are: Zokon 'moves', Numalar 'moves', or you come up with something else this round, maybe shuffle around and get into attack position for next round. If Numalar/Pete's going to be away when this posts, the final decision is Zokon's.

I think the idea was for Zokon to "move" normally, with an Acrobatics check to avoid provoking the AoO. He only spent the standard action, and would have had a move action left to get away, opening the way for Numalar. So order would be: Zokon attacks, then falls back acrobatically, then Numalar attacks and rides away on his mount to someplace down the hall that Didymus thinks smells interesting.

i'll keep my attack as it was

Sorry for the wait. I missed that you had replied there Z.

Celyne prepares to summon forth another creature from the aether.

Numalar's acid goes wide of the mark.

And Posh produces magical fairie light. Go ahead and place that where you like.

2d2 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

The wall of transparent jelly wobbles and a full fifth of its mass bulges out toward toward the summoned eagle.

slam v eagle: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17 bludgeon: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 acid: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Hit, Fort save DC 18

Damaged while flying You are not considered flat-footed while flying. If you are flying using wings and you take damage while flying, you must make a DC 10 Fly check to avoid losing 10 feet of altitude. This descent does not provoke an attack of opportunity and does not count against a creature’s movement.

digestive acid v Scarlet: 1d4 ⇒ 4

With nowhere to go the second cube flails (jiggles) about reaching a pseudopod toward the eagle.

slame v eagle: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 bludgeon: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 acid: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Miss

digestive acid v Luna: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Note on lighting the party's primary light source is down a side passage and partially obscured by walls.

Round 3
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 1, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle -3 hp
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 2, -9 hp
__ Scarlet pinned, paralyzed rd 3, -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, blue -18 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp
__ Zokon

At least my fingers aren't numb...but they sure are tingly. Wish I were an Oread though.

Scarlet feels something coming back. She's getting ready to tear this jelly apart!

Scarlet blinks at Zokon through goo. And then horrible realization fills them both--There's no air inside that thing!

Zokon slashes at the thing again getting more desperate to free Scarlet as time passes.

dagger slash: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 211d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Then he takes a 5ft step back

Alia mentally gets goosebumps when all she sees is jelly cubes, containing her team members, with the others falling back.
How many of those cubes were there? There could have been a dozen...forcing the others to flee. Will I die here? Was it all in vain? No, brother, I won't give up while there's still a chance...

Zokon cuts and runs.

Alia frets about what might be transparently sitting right behind her.

Scarlet realizes there is such thing as to much Jello.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Note on lighting the party's primary light source is down a side passage and partially obscured by walls.

Round 4
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 1, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle -3 hp (pending rolls: Fort DC 18, Fly DC 10, possible further fly check to maneuver)
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 2, -9 hp
__ Scarlet pinned, -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, blue -25 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp
__ Zokon

Alia tries hard to spontaneously evolve a Gaze Attack, but fails.
Don't have any "pure mental actions" to take, so you can simply skip me, there...

Thought you were holding a charge? ;)

Nope, that was upstairs, with manbearpig. Here, I stepped back to spellstrike next round if I would have found a suitable spell, then got bound in place(and not the good kind). So right now, only holding a grudge, against puddings and jellys.

Scarlet realizes she'll need all the help she can get to break free, so she taps into her bloodrage before struggling against the goo.

Bloodrage Activated!
CMB to break pin: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 = 15

For a moment it looks as if Scarlet is doing an impression of a mime walking against a stiff wind. Then the cube's tummy(?) gurgles like a suddenly cleared drain and *Sploosh!* out falls Scarlet. She's free but behind her the cube advances once again.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Note on lighting the party's primary light source is down a side passage and partially obscured by walls.

Round 4
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 1, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle -3 hp (pending rolls: Fort DC 18, Fly DC 10, possible further fly check to maneuver)
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 2, -9 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, blue -25 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp
__ Zokon

fort save dc 18: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
fly check dc 10: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

not sure what the failed fort save means but IF the eagle can attack again, it does so

fly dc 15 to hover: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

The eagle circles around and makes one claw attack with a talon.

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Celyne finishes summoning another eagle which attacks as well... flanking with the other eagle.

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 = 19
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 2

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 2 = 16
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 3

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 = 11
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The Fort. Save was to avoid 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10 rounds of paralysis.

ignore the first eagle attack then - it falls to the ground paralyzed instead

The new eagle would still get flanking with Scarlet if they can be flanked

Nope, no flanking, no crits, no precision damage. Still they all hit.

Despite only being willed into existence a second before the new eagle pecks, claws and tears at the cube.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Note on lighting the party's primary light source is down a side passage and partially obscured by walls.

Round 4
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 1, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle #2
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 2, -9 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, blue -34 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp
__ Zokon

Numalar sees from down the hall that Zokon has taken a position where he was, and that the fight continues.

"Selbina's Tears! What's going on? I can't see from here. Let's go, Sir Didymus."

He spurs Sir Didymus to go back through his friends and south down the other passage. He reins in at the corner (in case Celyne needs to 5' step or someone else needs in there I have left a gap).

Move 25', then standard action to cast acid splash.

concentration: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Numalar looks to his left, down the new corridor.

Perception (if needed): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

If I see a hostile creature approaching from the west I will cast Acid Splash at that, otherwise the blue jelly.

Once again he spits a glob of acid.

Acid Splash touch +1 morale -4 cover -4 in melee: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 = 12
Acid Splash damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Celyne, at a loss for what else to do, starts summoning again....

More of Numalar's magical acid comes flying at the cube scorching its surface.

Celyne begins weaving her magic again.

Map updated.

I'm assuming that Posh positions the dancing lights in the vicinity of the combat.

Numalar, just a reminder, that while you can see in the dark, Didymus can not.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Note on lighting the party's primary light source is down a side passage and partially obscured by walls.

Round 4
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 1, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle #2
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 2, -9 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, blue -37 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp
__ Zokon

I'm assuming that Posh positions the dancing lights in the vicinity of the combat.

Numalar, just a reminder, that while you can see in the dark, Didymus can not.

Good point... I didn't think of that. But the dancing lights would allow us to see. I put them on the map for Posh now... he can move them if he likes.

Out of curiosity what are these monsters?

Posh continues his performance, uncertain of how he could possibly help out the situation.

Due to being a hard corner I assume I can't, for example, help Scarlet out with her grapple situation or assist in combat?

Out of curiosity what are these monsters?

Posh continues his performance, uncertain of how he could possibly help out the situation.

Due to being a hard corner I assume I can't, for example, help Scarlet out with her grapple situation or assist in combat?

Let's try that the in-game way first. LINK.

[ooc]As far as stuff to do you do have line of sight on both of them though they have cover from walls and people.[ooc]

Inexorably the gel presses forward attempting to reclaim Scarlet.

Scarlet You can either attempt an AoO or try to get out of its way (Reflex DC 10). If you try to get out of its way you end up pushed behind either Celyne or Posh. If you succeed the thing then rolls on into Zokon's square and Zokon gets the same deal (AoO or Reflex DC 10 - success pushes him back to the nearest available square down one of the same two corridors.)

If you stand and attack and don't kill it somehow I need a Fort save DC 18 or you become paralyzed. Regardless you become pinned, hit for acid damage, yadda yadda yadda....

What happens determines the other gel's action.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Round 4
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 2, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle #2
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 3, -9 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, blue -37 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp

With her Bloodrage going strong...

Uh, Scarlet needs to draw a weapon to take the AoO. I assume she dropped it when the thing grabbed her

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Scarlet retreats from the ooze, bumping into Zokon. "Zokon! Sorry. I'll tear into this thing in a second, but I need some room. Luna and Alia are stuck back there!"

Depends on how you interpret 'paralyzed'. Some folks like 'cartoon paralyzed' where a person is just stuck like a statue, but others go with the 'Strength 0' interpretation. In 3.x I tended to favor the latter for realism, but PFRPG leans toward the former. With these things I think cartoon paralysis works just fine. There are no penalties for having objects in your hands when attempting to break a grapple/pin (only when you are attempting to grapple) so you certainly could have your weapons in hand assuming you had them in hand when you went in, which makes sense to me since you are in a dungeon. Still, if you stand, and attack, and don't kill it....

Go ahead and move yourselves on the map (or tell me where you are moving to). Scarlet goes first.

Okay, Scarlet had her weapons drawn, then.

Scarlet stands her ground and swings at the pseudopod trying to engulf her.
Scarlet's AoO, Bloodrage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 2 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

Alas, slimes cannot be crit.

"Back off, squishy!"

Scarlet's blade flashes out and whatever surface tension that was holding the thing together fails and it subsides to the floor. The second cube advances on Scarlet.

Same choices: Scarlet You can either attempt an AoO or try to get out of its way (Reflex DC 10). If you try to get out of its way you end up pushed behind either Celyne or Posh. If you succeed the thing then rolls on into Zokon's square and Zokon gets the same deal (AoO or Reflex DC 10 - success pushes him back to the nearest available square down one of the same two corridors.)

If you stand and attack and don't kill it somehow I need a Fort save DC 18 or you become paralyzed. Regardless you become pinned, hit for acid damage, yadda yadda yadda....

What happens determines the other gel's action.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Round 4
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 2, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle #2
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 3, -9 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp

Scarlet lacks Combat Reflexes, so she cannot take an additional AoO.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Scarlet's glad to have defeated the blog, but there's another one advancing on her. She falls back towards Zokon.

"Sorry Zokon- this thing's coming fast!"

Zokon moves out of the way of the onrushing ... thing with grace, style and panache all at the dame time, damn he's good.

Reflex dc 10: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

acid damage v Luna: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Scarlet and Zokon avoid the wall of jam. Zokon makes it look good.

What happens determines the other gel's action.

Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Round 5
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Zokon
__ Poshment
__ Alia paralyzed rd 2, -2 hp
__ summoned eagle #2
__ Celyne
__ Numalar
__ Sir Didymus
__ Luna pinned, paralyzed rd 4, -12 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp
__ Gelatinous Serving, green -24 hp

"I'll get him out of there, Celyne! Just get out of my way."

"..."
Good transparent jelly containing a tiger. Go away. Don't eat me.

The summoned eagle that isn't a paralyzed splat on the ground attacks again, first trying to hover...

fly dc 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

then it attacks 3 times...

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 2

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 = 15
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 1

to hit: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 = 21
dmg if hits: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Hitting seemingly easily but not doing much damage.

Celyne shrugs and fires her crossbow again.

to hit: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 4 = 1
dmg if hits: 1d8 ⇒ 4

but the bolt skitters off to the side and impacts a wall...

Celyne, you DO know you are next to the slime, right? Meaning firing and reloading the crossbow both provoke AoO's from it? If you really want to save Luna, you may want to let our melee monster take your spot next to it...

Celyne, you DO know you are next to the slime, right? Meaning firing and reloading the crossbow both provoke AoO's from it? If you really want to save Luna, you may want to let our melee monster take your spot next to it...

I am inclined to agree. You may want to withdraw here. Scarlet is asking for you to move out of the way.

This also means that your eagle is not in melee any more, which means three things:
* It gets an AoO when the green jelly moves away
* It doesn't get a full attack, but doesn't need to hover
* It can make a charge for the attack on its turn for +2 to hit

"By Macrathane's Rotten Left Testicle! Will this thing never stop?"

Numalar waves his acid flask around and spits yet another glob of acid at the oncoming jelly.

Acid Splash Touch +1 courage -4 cover -4 melee: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 = 31d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Nope, not likely.

This also means that your eagle is not in melee any more, which means three things:

* It gets an AoO when the green jelly moves away
* It doesn't get a full attack, but doesn't need to hover.

Still needed the fly roll because it didn't travel the minimum distance it needs to to avoid having to make one, but otherwise correct.

that's what I get for not checking the map... I moved Celyne in stead of firing the crossbow.

Scarlet steps in and swings twice. See my rolls above.

Zokon will also attack it if posh gets out of the most way... please

5ft step
Studied target on thing

dagger+st: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 231d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

The eagle strikes a pair of parting shots then Scarlet slices at the gel with her swords and the thing looses what solidity it had and falls like a big gelatinous landslide to flagstone floor burying a petrafied, mucus-covered Luna.

End Combat

3d100 ⇒ (73, 74, 68) = 215

Aside from Luna the party discovers among the rapidly drying ooze: a masterwork heavy mace, and set of three clay mason jars covered in flakes painted glaze that did not survive the cubes' acid. Each jar contains an oddly colored alchemical sludge--like the half dried remains of a potion. The largest is nearly empty except for some blue goo at the bottom. The medium one seems the most liquid and most full. It is a transparent green. The last and smallest has a soupy red liquid in it.

JAR CONTENTS:

Celyne goes to Luna's side and cradles her... "Does anyone mind if I use the healing wand on her? And do any of you need healing too? I will heal you guys first of course."

The summoned eagle flies around aimlessly a few seconds and winks out of existence.

Celyne rocks gently while holding Luna and waiting for an answer from the rest of the party. "Oh, poor baby girl... "

"Well, I'm glad that's over. And no, I have no objection to using the wand on Luna. Is Alia all right?"

Numalar looks at the remains of the jellies.

"It looks like these creatures have swept up things as they oozed along these passageways."

Numalar looks over the jars, waving his little symbol over them and mumbling a few words. I will cast detect magic and examine them.

Is taking 10 on these rolls allowed? In case it is not:
Spellcraft (big jar): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Spellcraft (small jar): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"The big and little jars contain magic potions. It seems like they have enough energy in them to still work. The big one is a potion of enlarge person. The smaller one is reduce person. I'm not sure what the middle one is; it does not seem to be magical."

"Now the question is... do we continue on? It looks like there is a whole labyrinth here to explore. I still have two spells remaining, but Celyne used up some."

Alia still gives her best impression of a statue. Esme would be SO proud.
...
Knowledge Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
This...I know what it is.

Celyne goes to Luna's side and cradles her... "Does anyone mind if I use the healing wand on her? And do any of you need healing too? I will heal you guys first of course."

Celyne rocks gently while holding Luna and waiting for an answer from the rest of the party. "Oh, poor baby girl... "

"Take care of Luna first. I could use some help from the acid burns and... Alia!" Scarlet runs around the corner and sees the elven maiden frozen in place. "You should be fine in a bit. Hey Celyne, can you help Alia once you're done with Luna?"

Whenever Celyne gets a chance, she helps Scarlet's burn wounds.
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"I'm fine with resting. No point over exerting ourselves."

Several seconds later, Alias mobility returns, and after shaking loose her limbs for a bit, she joins the others, then takes a look at the middle-sized jar:"Ancient Elven Craftsmanship. It's a self-cleaning portable toilet! Just don't touch the contents."
Bluff to be serious: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Perform(Comedy) to lighten the mood: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Taking a look around, Alia ponders their situation: "I'm still fine to continue, but it does seem pretty mazelike with lots of branching corridors here. In the side corridor where I was, there was a locked portcullis. Maybe we could take a look at the inmediate area to make sure nothing surprises us while we rest?"

If we continue, I'll take one charge of the CLW wand, too - otherwise I would only sleep for +2 HP: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8