PBP GAMEDAY 2: PFS 04-06 The Green Market (levels 5-9)

Game Master SwampTing

I misunderstood and thought she was a he. I wasnt trying to be mocking as much as make it clear a rumble in the streets would be a bad idea. :)

For now, Ill just Ready an action to step in the way of anyone that comes to try to attack Foxglove, still unarmed.

My name is not Christopher btw ;). Roger is fine :).

As her move action can Reiko try to blend back into the crowd and stealth?

** spoiler omitted **

Reiko can make the attempt, using the crowd for some concealment, with the normal -10 penalty since they are aware of your presence. Alternatively, you can move out of their line of sight before changing your disguise. The solid brown lines are walls. However, the crowd is thinning, as people have seen the aspis warriors show their weapons and were wierded out by the laughter. They can see that a fight is starting and they are not going to stick around to be caught in it. After this round, you can assume that all by-standers have moved away from the immediate vicinity, so that may affect how useful your disguise will be. Also, keep in mind of where you need and at which point in time to be if you want to get hasted by Peri.

Anyone who does not have permission to edit the map yet can request it from me. Or just describe to me where you want to move.

most of the time Ill just be describing it as Im on my phone. At home, in the evenings, I should be able to look at and use the map.

Hmm right you are Aram. I was wondering what the crowd would do.

For her move action from the suprise round, Reiko makes a fancy flip and salto to end up on top of the fruit stand and behind the woman.
acrobatics: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

Reiko takes the hint of her companion and will wait for her spell to land.

She looks menacingly at the woman who made her act so ridiculous and gestures to her friends to move into a flanking position. One Reiko plans use with great effect.

Reiko delays for the spell and someone to move into a flanking position. Will she have a normal round after the haste lands? If the spell only has the duration of 1 round I should be ok by then I guess?

Can't see the map yet, but here's my plan for when my turn comes up.

Oswin waits until the arcane forces in his team can work their magic. He then calls upon the power of Iomedae to grant him added strength and he moves towards his foes, sword and shield in hand.

So standard action: cast Bull's Strength, move action: draw sword and move closer, adjacent to a foe if I can reach with hasted speed. Preferably to flank with Reiko.

The opponents are all within about 10/15 feet, You can help me with a flank ;)

Wow, alot happened since I last checked in! Can't full attack either way, so will just take a move action to unsling my hooked lance, 5ft step North and try to trip the sorceress.

Exiel hefts his longspear, takes a 5ft step to the North and sweeps at the sorceress' legs with the hook on his polearm.

Trip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

This gets Reiko her flank, and if the trip is successful, she's also flat on the floor (denied dex bonus and ripe for sneak attack).

Can you move me to Zeeva, I can't really tell which one on the map is her, and I was trying to stay near her, then basically Ready an Action to step in and block any attacks coming at her.

Reiko hops onto the low vegetable stand with ease and moves behind the pesky sorceress. She sees Peri begin to cast a spell and waits for it to go off. (Reiko now on init 13.)

Exiel seizes the initiative and manages to pull the Aspis sorceress' legs out from under her. She lands flat on her back.

The bad news, Reiko, is that you won't be able to reach the sorceress from on top of the stand. The good news is that you can 5ft off the stand and stab her whilst she's prone (with the +4 bonus for prone, and she's denied her dex bonus - meaning lower AC and you will do sneak attack damage).

Zeeva scurries off to the South, content to let you handle matters. As she runs, she mutters, "I wish you luck, Pathfinder." As she does so, she makes a brief gesture towards 1d5 ⇒ 5 Oswin, who feels exceptionally lucky for a moment.

Oswin, if you roll a d20 before the start of Zeeva's next round, you can roll twice and take the better roll. You can change your action if you wish, or decide to keep the good fortune in case you need to make a saving throw.

Peri completes her spell, and the 5 of you start to move a lot faster!

Reiko, you can declare your actions for round 1 now. The sorceress is prone, the 2 men have not acted yet and so are flat-footed. Basically, you can sneak attack any of them this round.

Round 1
Current order:-
Exiel: 26
Zeeva: 22
Peri: 14
---------------------------------------------------------Actions Resolved
Reiko: 20 (delayed to 13)
Ignatious: 13
Oswin: 11
Man (black hair): 9
Woman: 7
Man (white hair): 4

Ignatious, I'll move you after Reiko's action resolves.

No problem. :)

"You should have surrendered when I gave you the chance lady"

Reiko clearly seems to have a personal vendetta against the woman. She takes a 5 foot step and cuts her twice with the wakasashi.

first strike: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 37
confirm: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31
Critical Sneak attack: 2d6 + 4 + 4d6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 + (4, 5, 5, 3) = 29

Seeing the critical hit land Reiko taunts.

"Surrendering would have saved your pretty face perhaps"

second strike from haste: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 36
confirm: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31
Critical Sneak attack: 2d6 + 4 + 4d6 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 + (1, 2, 2, 2) = 21

Reiko has another strike possibility, but will wait to give the woman another chance at surrendering (if she is not already bleeding out).

Instead she uses a ki point to get the third attack against the burly man next to her.

third strike from ki: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 22
Sneak attack: 1d6 + 2 + 4d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (6, 4, 1, 6) = 21

"Unless you want your companion to die I suggest you both drop your weapons. She is an awfully easy target now."

Reiko savages the sorceress on the floor with her wakizashi, leaving her very bloodied, but she is still breathing, and fairly livid at her taunts. The black-haired warrior also grunts in pain as Reiko sinks her wakizashi into his back.

Meanwhile, Ignatious pulls back to cover Zeeva whilst Oswin utters a quick incantation, then moves to flank the black-haired warrior with Reiko.

The black-haired warrior looks at the sorceress, and seeing her expression of rage decides it would be best to fight on, at least for now. He pulls out his greatsword and, deciding that Reiko is the most dangerous foe nearby, takes a powerful swing at her!

attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (6, 1) + 17 = 24

The woman on the ground snarls. "Get them! Kill them! Kill that b*%*% especially!" She indicates Reiko as she attempts to cautiously cast a spell.

Cast Defensively: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
As she completes her incantation, she vanishes from sight.

The white-haired warrior (you suspect it is a dye-job) steps towards Peri, thinking her an easy target, and takes a powerful swing.
attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (1, 4) + 17 = 22
But he focuses a little too much on power and fails to aim his swing properly.

Round 2 begins. Declare your actions!

Round 2
Current order:-
---------------------------------------------------------No Actions Resolved

Exiel: 26
Zeeva: 22
Peri: 14
Reiko: 20 (delayed to 13)
Ignatious: 13
Oswin: 11
Man (black hair): 9
Woman: 7
Man (white hair): 4

Reiko looks closely at the floor near where the woman dissapeared. She can't have gone far and as she is bleeding a lot there should be a bloody trail, even with the use of invisibility.

perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Wow that wakizashi...Although I guess it's more the sneak attacks that are doing so much damage...

Exiel takes a couple of stabs at the black-haired warrior. Meanwhile, Lucien (his familiar) senses that the situation is dangerous and melds back into Exiel's arm.

"Let's try to end this quickly and then see about finding that woman."

Trip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Trip if first attempt failed, otherwise Stab: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 (+4 if enemy is prone)
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Sneak attacks are my only source of real damage ;). Should have killed that stupid caster when I had the chance though. I'm waaaaay too nice for aspis :P. Was hoping they would surrender without incident :(.

Reiko does not notice anything that might indicate to her where the woman might be. Your action will resolve later.

Exiel trips the big man up with his lance and stabs him again whilst he is down, drawing some blood (but nowhere near what Reiko drew from the sorceress). Zeeva looks around at the lot of you, then decides to use her fortune hex on Peri.

Btw, Reiko, you might want to read this through. Spring attack is good, but not as good as you think it is.

Round 2
Current order:-

Exiel: 26
Zeeva: 22
---------------------------------------------------------Actions Resolved
Peri: 14
Reiko: 20 (delayed to 13)
Ignatious: 13
Oswin: 11
Man (black hair): 9
Woman: 7
Man (white hair): 4

"Be careful, miss Tilki! Oh and try not to kill them if you can. We just need to drive them off!"

So is spring attack just one movement or double movement. In Reiko's case: 30ft and an attack somewhere along the line or 60ft?

also, no trail of blood? :(

No trail of blood. As for spring attack, you move up to your speed, which is 60ft for now because of haste. But you need to move at least 10 ft before the attack, and cannot attack an opponent you started adjacent to. It's all in the feat description.

I need to delay until I get an IRL answer from our resident ninja.

Unfortunately Reiko does not have a lot of hitpoints left after the large greatsword (16). Also it appears that ninjas do not have evasion :s. And she only has 10 con so she could die really quickly :P. Do you have enough other options?

Oswin's face grows grim as he strikes at the black-haired warrior!

Power Attack, with Bull's Str, haste, and flanking: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 25 +4 if he's still prone.
Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + 4 = 13

Extra Attack, with Bull's Str, haste, and flanking: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 19 +4 if he's still prone.
Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 4 = 12

Luck re-roll, with Bull's Str, haste, and flanking: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 15 +4 if he's still prone.

I can deal with invisibility, but it won't be until next turn. IC, he's trying to take down an obvious threat. For all he knows the woman's trying to retreat.

No problem Reiko . I have other options, I thought that the pregen ninja had improved evasion but I see she does not.

Peri steps away from the brute that just tried to attack her. She brings her left hand up to her lips before blowing her assailant a kiss, and winking.

You don't really seem to be into this fight darling.

Peri takes a 5 foot step south. Please move my avatar GM. and casts Oppressive Boredom on the man that just tried to attack her.(DC 23 WILL)

If that was the case you could have blown fireballs all day, but alas :P. @Oswin: I have the distinct impression the woman wants to see me dead ;)

Peri steps back and weaves her spell, and as she does so her attacker seems to attempt to stifle a yawn. I don't roll till he tries to act, it seems.

Meanwhile, Reiko continues to demonstrate her love for stabbing people who are flat on their backs. As she sinks her wakizashi into the helpless brute, he drops his greatsword and whimpers.

"Stop, stop, I surrender. Get this crazy psychotic beast off me!!!"

Oswin, you can change your action if you wish. Waiting on action from Ignatious.

Round 2
Current order:-

Exiel: 26
Zeeva: 22
Peri: 14
Reiko: 20 (delayed to 13)
---------------------------------------------------------Actions Resolved
Ignatious: 13
Oswin: 11
Man (black hair): 9
Woman: 7
Man (white hair): 4

In that case, let's see what we can see...

Oswin steps 5' back from the surrendering warrior and casts invisibility purge.

Everything within 35' of me should now be visible. Not sure if it works on greater invis. though, if that applies.

"Fireball away" as I tell Reiko to come to me, and cast Shield Other on her. "For the next few hours, you need to stay pretty close, my daughter".

Reiko, note that you are barely within range of Ignatious' spell, and if you move out of the range of the spell, it ends.

Both Ignatious and Oswin call upon their respective patrons for blessings.

As Oswin completes his spell, the sorceress suddenly appears once more. It appears that she had not gone very far at all (she just stood up and took a 5ft step whilst invisbile). She looks startled as her spell is suppressed by Oswin's magic, and spares a moment to spit disdainfully at the black-haired warrior before trying to extricate herself from the situation.

"Alright, Pathfinders, you win. I surrender as well, but remember that you were the aggressors here. Regardless of what was said, it was that harpy shrew," she spits as she points to Reiko, "who was the first to pull a weapon and initiate violence. We only wanted to remind the Foxglove woman of our desire to enter into a business negotiation, and you were the ones to start the violence."

She grits her teeth as she looks at the state of her two companions.

"Let us go now, and we'll leave our equipment behind as recompense."

She pulls a rod and a wand from her belt and sets them on the floor slowly, but she does so carefully as she eyes Exiel's annoying hooked lance (since you are still threatening her).

Will save vs boredom: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Meanwhile, the white-haired thug appears to yawn of all things, and looks at the sorceress with droopy eyes as if only half-paying attention to her. But he does also drop his greatsword.

It looks like their surrender is genuine, but I still need you to declare your actions for round 3, if any. Unless they impact on each other, your actions will not need to be resolved in order.

If you do not post within the next 23 hours, I will assume that you do not take any actions this round, but merely wait to see how things develop from the actions taken by the other members of the party.

bluff: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
"I had drawn no weapon. I merely poked you with my nails. It was you who turned to agression when you used a spell on me. If you had been wise and abstained from battle we could have talked it out like decent people."

Reiko studies the woman to see if she has more possible magic items on her. The rod and wand are surely not the only magical items she has on her. She steps in front of her with her weapon down and looks her over. At the same time this is closer to Ignatious I believe.

perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

"Someone look if she has more magical items on her. I do not believe that that experienced Aspis agent with her contingencies only has one rod and wand on her."

Reiko requests someone to cast detect magic on the woman to point out any magical items.

No action in the combat round, unless I see an obvious threat.
Sense BS (motive): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

I'll Detect Magic, unsure exactly who drew first blood, but not happy that the needles violence occurred at all. If Foxglove comes with me, I'll advance to the rest of the party. "Is anyone in need of my mother's healing rain?"

Ignatious: Zeeva does follow you, and you are able to position yourself to cast detect magic in a cone that as far as you can tell only includes the sorceress in the AoE. You detect the presence of magic, but can't tell anything more without concentrating for a few more rounds.

You are also pretty sure of 2 things as you observe the Aspis sorceress.
1. She is genuinely surrendering. She's worried that if she carries on, she might get killed.
2. If she were alone with Reiko in a back alley and Reiko was tied up and helpless, only one woman would be walking out of that back alley.

"Hey Reiko. She's speaking in code. But I cracked it. She says if you take her to that back alley, she'll show us a hidden stash of Consortium treasures. . ."

Reiko:
You notice 3 things:
1. She still has her dagger, but...
2. She is still in the process of disarming herself, and...
3. If she could deal damage with the death-stare she gives you when you speak, even a CL25 maximised empowered breath of life spell would not bring you back.

"I am not concerned with who was the aggressor. You are wise to surrender now, however. The Inheritor does allow for mercy to the penitent. Now, perhaps you can tell us why exactly the Consortium is interested in a deal with our friends the Foxgloves."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Exiel keeps his grip on his hooked lance, ready to trip or strike if any of the Aspis Consortium members make a move that appear dangerous or potentially hostile. Especially the woman, and he sure as heck is not letting her step within touch range...

The sorceress looks unimpressed by Oswin's attempt at diplomacy.

"The Consortium's business is its own, and not the business of you meddling Pathfinders. If your "friend" has not told you why we want to do business with her, then perhaps she does not regard you as a friend despite what you may think."

I'd say that's about a round's worth of interaction, so we'll move on as soon as Peri posts.

Ignatious could easily see that Reiko is quite bloodied by the single greatsword attack from the brute (at 14 hitpoints out of 38). She is holding her side to stem the flow of blood while looking daggers at the sorceress. That sorceress might still have some tricks up her sleeve.

That is still for the previous round

Peri knows a kindred fey born when she sees one and anticipates needing to possibly counterspell.

Delay until the other lady starts doing something somatic.

The sorceress in fact does not attempt anything funny (at least for this round). She continues to disarm herself under your watchful eyes.

Evetually she finishes and stands up, having laid the following on the ground:
A small pouch
A rod
A wand
A dagger
A ring

The men lay down their swords, bows, quivers and cloaks.

"Alright, can we go now?" she asks testily.

Perception!
Reiko: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Peri: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Exiel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Ignatious: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Oswin: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

As Ignatious concentrates on his spell, he suddenly hears the faint sound of chanting and some of the market produce moving on their own!

Ignatious' initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
However, he is unable to react or respond in time!

Before any of you can reply to the Aspis sorceress, you hear a commotion to the North. Despite being indoors, a terrible wind begins blowing through the Green Market, shaking the tree in the plaza to the North as well as the many decorations placed in the various stalls. Fruit and vegetables in carts, bins, and baskets shift about as the ground shakes as if an earthquake were hitting. Seemingly at once, several of the previously inanimate objects affected by the strange weather spring to life!

Hundreds of pounds of vegetables, flowers, and other produce rise from the adjoining stalls to fly dangerously fast in a swirling tornado around the center court. They coalesce into the hulking form of vegetation with potatoes for eyes, a carrot for a nose, and sinuous grape and pumpkin vines threaded through its broccoli-blotched body. At the same time, the tree on the north end of the haunt's area animates and uproots itself.

The Aspis sorceress and warriors cry out and start to pull away. The sorceress in particular utters an oath and says, "Ye gods, this place is cursed! To hell with this damned market, it's not worth the trouble!" As she says this, she pushes past the lot of you and starts to run towards the exit to the South, her warriors hot on her heels.

You can try to take your attacks against them if you wish, but they appear to just want out of this place now.

Initiative:
Reiko: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Peri: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Exiel: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Ignatious: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Oswin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Zeeva: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
???: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
!?!?!?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Round 0
Ignatious gets a standard or full action for spotting the stuff happening early, but he acts after ??? and !?!?!? finish forming.

Round 1
Current order:-
---------------------------------------------------------Actions Resolved
Reiko:24
Exiel: 23
Oswin: 21
Zeeva:16
???:10
!?!?!?:10
Peri: 9
Ignatious: 7

Reiko, Exiel amd Oswin declare actions!

Given that haste is rounds per level, it seems like we might still have it for a couple more. Bull's Strength should still be up for me, as it's a 7 minute spell right now.

Oswin looks at the two monstrosities and grimaces.

He then moves closer to engage them with sword and shield.

Double move. 5' up and to the right first, then straight ahead for a total of 40'. If haste is still up, move me 10' farther on, to the square just "north" of the little well/fountain thing on the map. Thanks!

You still have about 4 rounds of haste each. Exiel has 5 since he acted before Peri in the round that she cast her spell. Bull Strength is still up for you as well, Oswin.

Will move you after Exiel and Reiko resolve their actions.

Reike ponders whether to trip the sorceress, but her judgements tells her to just ignore her.

Reiko will stay close to Ignatious because she desperately needs healing for dealing with these monstrosities.

Seeing that the sorceress dropped a ring she picks it up and puts in on hoping that there are some defensive magics on it.

After putting the ring on she stands next to Ignatious and asks him "I could use some refreshing rain Ignatious if you please. That sword cut hurt quite a bit."

I think that is all she can do this round. Do I get an idea what the ring would do if I activated it?

You can't activate it if you don't know what the heck it is. If it's a constant effect item, however, you don't need to activate it. Also, you can't put on the ring yet. You moved 10 ft (move action) and picked up the ring (your standard action since you already took a move action). You can put it on next turn. Due to a hard corner, there is no way for you to take a 5ft step and pick up the ring. Sorry Reiko.

Waiting on Exiel now.

"See, this is why we are always told as children to eat our vegetables...so that they don't run amock like this."

Exiel casts a shield spell on himself, then moves up towards the big moving mountain of vegetables, hooked lance at the ready.

Zeeva moves up to Reiko and touches her. As she does so, Reiko feels some of her wounds close.

healing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Meanwhile, the creatures to the North roar in a language foreign to all your ears save one.

The tree-creature looks at Exiel and Oswin in turn...
Who does it focus on?: 1d2 ⇒ 2

It shifts forward slowly, and it looks like that will be all it does...but suddenly three of its roots extend rapidly towards Oswin, seeking to pummel and pull at him!

Attack 1: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Damage 1: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Pull 1: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22

Attack 2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Damage 2: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Pull 2: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36

Attack 3: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Damage 3: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Pull 3: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33

It strikes Oswin twice, dealing 22 damage and with each successful strike heaves him a full 10ft closer to himself (20ft total)!
Having successfully pulled his target close enough, it suddenly leans over towards Oswin, and its bark parts to show a jagged maw that it uses to bite down at Oswin! The sudden movement seems to give it an advantage on its attack as well!

This thing is nastier than I first realised!

Free Bite!: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31
Damage!: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (2, 3) + 15 = 20

Oswin takes a total of 42 damage from the onslaught!

Who does it focus on?: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Oh...ouch...please survive this!

Slam 1: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Slam damage 1: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (5, 5) + 11 = 21
Grab 1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
Constrict 1: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (3, 1) + 16 = 20

Slam 2: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Slam damage 2: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (6, 3) + 11 = 20
Grab 2: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30
Constrict 2: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (5, 6) + 16 = 27

(VERY) fortunately for Oswin, the smaller creature fails to bash through his armor, and he manages to fend off the attacks. He gets the impression, however, that had the creature managed to hit even once, it would not have ended well for him!

You all get the feeling that you need to act quickly if you are to save Oswin!

Everyone declare actions, Peri and Ignatius for round 1 and Reiko, Exiel and Oswin declare for round 2.

Oswin, I don't like to softball things, but I don't like to kill players either, so I will give you a fair warning: it should be obvious that these things have reach. Don't forget about it and beware of AoOs.
Exiel...um...just be careful.