PBP Game Day 7: 9-03 On the Border of War

Game Master SwampTing

"Me have headache. Smell bad here. Lampad very bad thing. Good that Claw and Antonella kill. Tooth and Claw have small hurts."

One channel might help? Tooth is down 7hp, Claw is down 4.

The Baron pries his polearm off his body, then gradually recovers from his mental travails, and then tries to help with the herb-lore.

know.nature, guidance: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7
heal, guidance: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 = 25

"Me think this useful for curing disease. Tofu? What you and your octopus think?"

Tofu confusedly bows to the priestess, and Ikarus does the same but with some level of knowledge the witch lacks.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

Ikarus begins an inspection to see what he can discern.
Know Nature with Guidance: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 = 12
Unfortunately, he has no idea as of this moment.
Gotta love these dice, right?

Goodness me! To-fu and Iro-shu rhyme!

Antonella gives the Herbal Hexer a look of amazement, as a calming Tien sutra fills the ears of all in range of her channelled energy.

channel healing: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

幸福永远不会因为被分享而减少

Happiness never decreases from being shared.

The Nekomancer calls upon his familiar once again to inspect the area

knowledge nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

"Ah, it appears that someone had transformed the chamber into a subterranean garden of moss and fungal species, including some experimentation with cross-breeding Taldan and local varieties for both medicinal and recreational purposes. More interesting findings for the Pathfinder Society."

spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

"Also, this one believes the necklace is a periapt of health, in case anyone here is afraid of succumbing to diseases."

I have DR 2/slashing and piercing, so I took 3 and 4 damage from the 2 stone call spells. Between that and Antonella's channel, I believe I am back at full hp.

With even more information for the Society gleaned, you proceed onward.

2 more discovery points.

You follow the passage to a large cave. Clear spring water rushes down from a raised opening in the western wall and spills into the pool below. Lit sconces flicker along the cavern’s walls, offering ample illumination throughout the chamber. Painted on the rough-hewn ceiling is the image of a resplendent red dragon encircled with flourishing script and arcane symbols.

A large feminine figure with red scales and a single eye stands atop the waterfall between two braziers of fire encased with skulls. She is flanked by two humans wearing tattered leathers under their chain shirts. The large one-eyed woman turns to you as you enter the cavern, having made no attempt at stealth.

“You come uninvited and trespass on the sacred grounds of the Firespeakers. Petty lordlings claim this land as theirs. Do you come on their behalf? No matter. It is none but the Dragon who shall inherit the land and rule as its rightful leader. The anger of these upstarts only fuels the fire of the Dragon’s second coming, and we shall continue to stoke that blaze among them until his return. As for you pitiful intruders, you shall make fine offerings, indeed. Count yourself blessed; not everyone receives such an honor.”

The two human women at the top of the waterfall with the giant act first, casting spells at your group.

The waterfall is 10ft high.
Pathfinders each of you needs to make 2 will saves against confusion. DC
Dailung can then act.

Will Save 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Will Save 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Well this is going to end poorly for me.

FF AC 21

Will: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27
Will: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31

Linguistics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

"Any idea what these creatures are?"

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Knowledge (all others): 1d20 ⇒ 13

will vs confusion 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
will vs confusion 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Not looking too bad - but three Confusion attacks? Pretty harsh.

“You come uninvited and trespass on the sacred grounds of the Firespeakers. Petty lordlings claim this land as theirs. Do you come on their behalf? No matter. It is none but the Dragon who shall inherit the land and rule as its rightful leader.”

"So you're dragon cultists."

Antonella gives the cyclops a pitying look. "Are you ashamed to name the false god you serve?"

Will+3 if compulsion spell: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Will+3 if compulsion spell: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Dailung moves forward towards the water, hoping to lure ther enemies closer.

will save 1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
will save 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

The Tofu's eyes glaze over as his mind begins to get cloudy...

Dailung moves closer hoping that the enemies will come to her. Instead, the one-eyed giant woman throws a fireball that engulfs your entire group.

"False god? Fool! I am Ismene, the inheritor of the Firespeakers’ legacy and herald of the Second Dragon! The one who conquered this land once; the one who will return and conquer it again—the dragon wearing the skin of mortal man. He shall arise and punish these people for forgetting their place and we, his true and loyal subjects, will be at his side to carry out his justice! Starting with your pathetic wretches.”

Antonella the medium-sized ones are human. The large woman is probably some kind of cyclops.
Tofu is confused.
Fade still needs to make 2 will saves vs confusion. You know the DC is higher than 15 but lower than 20.
Pathfinders all need to make a reflex save vs a fireball.
Fade, Tofu, Tooth/Claw, Antonella and Neko are up.

ref vs fireball: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Claw has Resist Fire 10, and Evasion. He also has Spell Resistance 13, so might not need to save if the Cyclops doesn't pass a spell penetration roll.

At a click-clack command from Tooth, Claw attacks! The insect flies towards the dragon cultists and his claws lash at the closest spellcaster.

claw vs red human, charge, ant focus, GMF: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 34damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 10
grab on hit: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 32
If the grab lands: mandibles: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 24damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8

The Tofu's eyes glaze over as his mind begins to get cloudy...

Tofu is confused.

So what else is new? XD

Tofu takes damage, and then would head into melee to fight the Cyclops. Spells be damned.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Tofu rushes forward past his allies, screaming some random incoherent battlecry that is further reverberated by his Trident.
Double move to 60ft, then end turn. The worst part? I do have a swim speed, so I could theoretically scale that waterfall and then be stuck up there. With them. TT_TT

ref vs fireball: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

"Dragon, eh? You see bardiche? Four notches yes? Each one a dead dragon. Each thought it should be a king. Only gods say who can rule!"

Tooth casts Resist Energy (Fire) (20) on himself, and advances with bardiche brandished ahead of him.

Looks like that Fireball will mean anyone Confused will now target the cyclops :o

reflex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Round #1: AC 27 vs cyclops, 23 otherwise; ?/83 hp

"I have an extra potion of fly in my backpack if anyone wants to collect it from me."

Hmm ... a cyclops that worships a red dragon. It's probably worthwhile ...

Antonella calls down a swift smite evil on Ismene, as she steps to the west 5 feet and draws a potion of fly. (swift, 5' step, move action)

The priestess watches with concern as her friend plunges into the underground spring. "Tofu, hold that thought. This is for Fade and you."

Antonella ✨casts a handful of Brevian river sand into the air and says a short prayer praising both Irori and Desna's concern with having their children see more clearly.

GM, I'd like to burn Antonella's Ritual of Star Dust boon (in her profile) as a standard action, to grant Tofu a re-roll to his confusion will save with a +2 luck bonus, and to give Fade a +2 luck bonus to both his will saves.

GM, can we tell from Tofu's position how deep the water in the flooded cavern is?

Refl: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Next round I can get right up amongst the bad guys with Raven's Flight - but won't be able to attack till the following round, and won't have much in the way of buffs.

Same

"Hmm ... I may need an extra round to get into the fur ball, Baron Tooth. But I think I should be fighting, rather than buffing or healing."

"Thoughts welcome as always."

"Tooth and Claw Kill!"

The Baron's intentions are obvious towards the worshippers of false gods - the worst of sinners in the eyes of a follower of Achaekek the Blood God.

I intend to close with them. I'd much prefer to have mirror image up before I do, but we'll see how it goes. Don't want three casters chucking spells at us with impunity.

The fireball penetrates Claw's spell resistance and singes him painfully. Claw retaliates by moving up to Red and grabbing her down to itself. Claw protects himself against fire. Tofu, confused by the many magics around him, charges forward in the direction that the fireball came from.

The water is only ankle deep and drains away down a sinkhole to the South. It does not impede movement at all.
Antonella unfortunately Tofu is neither babbling nor acting normally, so he cannot take advantage of your reroll. Fade will also not get the benefit of your boon on his initial rolls because they happen before your turn. You can change your action if you wish.
Tofu fortunately you cannot swim up a waterfall.
Dailung, Claw and Tofu take 25 damage from the fireball, less fire resistance.
Tooth and Antonella take 12 damage from the fireball, less fire resistance.
Fade still needs to make 2 will saves vs confusion. You know the DC is higher than 15 but lower than 20.
Fade and Neko still need to make reflex saves vs a fireball.
Fade and Neko are still up for this round.

Tofu fortunately you cannot swim up a waterfall.

While thats good news my situation is still not favorable :(

reflex save roll: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

The nekomancer hisses in pain as he ducks down to avoid some of the flames. Seeing that the enemy is just as bunched up, he scatters a cloud of blinding glitter over them to try to blind as many as he can, and then moves closer to get in range of his other spells.

Glitterdust DC18.

You can change your action if you wish.

Thank-you, GM.

Round #1 (re-do standard action): AC 27 vs cyclops, 23 otherwise; ?/83 hp

After drawing the potion of fly, Antonella proceeds to drink it.

Hissing in pain Dailung looks at the others."Can anyone get me up?"

"If nobody can cast fly on you, Sister, I can delay while you step to me and retrieve a second potion of fly from my backpack yourself."

The paladin gazes above the waterfall where Claw is already in engaged. "Please hurry, I intend to be toe-to-toe with our opponents next round."

"Tooth and Claw Kill!"

Good thoughts.

alas, Raven's Flight is a Personal spell.

I will bot Fade soon.

Does anyone know what happened to him?

I will bot Fade soon.

Does anyone know what happened to him?

I know work's been very busy for him. I sent him an e-mail a few days ago asking if he was OK, but haven't received a reply yet.

Antonella drinks her potion of flying and the nekomancer, who evades some of the fire, responds with what appears to be his favorite spell.

The cyclops woman, having only one eye, closes it quick enough to avoid being blinded by the glitter, but the two human women are not. They scream in anger as their sight is stolen.

Now botting Fade.

Fade also succumbs to the confusion but avoids some of the fireball. Outraged by the fiery attack, he shoots back at the source of the fireball, shocking his one-eyed adversary with a blast of electricity.

Red and orange begin chanting and singing in a strange foreign language that you do not understand, but you instinctively realize that there is some power in their voices. Ghostly begins to swirl around your three opponents and the ones around Red lash out at Claw, albeit ineffectively. Red also struggles against the mantis, but is unable to break free this turn. Orange takes a blind stab at where she believes Claw to be, but without her sight, she merely stabs the air above the mantis.

Despite being grappled, Red manages to brush away the glitter from her eyes, but Orange remains blinded.

Fade took 12 fire damage and is confused.
Neko took 12 fire damage.
Only Orange is (still) blinded. Red is still grappled.
Dailung is up

Dailung moves to Antonella to receive said potion.

"Dailung, if you step five feet to me and find the potion in my backpack, there should be time to drink it as well."

If the GM allows, of course.

That's a 5' step, move + standard

Dailung moves over to Antonella and grabs the potion from Antonella's pack.

The cyclops casts a spell, then over to Claw and touches it...

Claw needs to make a will save. It is not a mind-affecting spell.
All pathfinders except Dailung are up.

Tofu runs up to the wall and starts climbing, dropping his singing trident. The sound of a reverberated emptiness and almost sadness can be heard when it falls to the floor and clangs against the cold stone.

Ikarus in his futility is splashing about in his sphere, trying everything in his power to stop his rampaging minion.

Climb Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

add another +4 for Devotion if this is vs an enchantment spell

Also, the Cyclops needs to overcome Spell Resistance 13 if it hasn't already rolled.

Can anyone Spellcraft that spell? Tooth can't but maybe someone not confused can. I'll wait to post actions till I see what effect, if any, the spell has on Claw.

Round #2: AC 37, T 32 vs cyclops (crane wing, smite evil, osyluth guile, charge), AC 29 T 24 otherwise (crane wing, charge) ☤ Medic’s Report ☤ Dailung 43/68, Neko 29/41, Tofu 26/51 (confused), Fade 111/120 (confused), Tooth 59/71, Claw 45/60, Antonella 71/83 hp

“Brother Tooth, I need you out of the way so I can CHARGE!!”

Antonella delays until after Tooth moves before rising to her full height, arms outstretched like some majestic wading bird (swift action crane style) and fly-charges defensively 70 feet (60 lateral feet) rising at a gentle 9.5º angle, straight at the cyclops.

Provokes an AoO from the cyclops, assuming it has a 10’ reach

defensive improved unarmed strike + smite evil + charge on cyclops: 1d20 + 14 - 2 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 14 - 2 + 4 + 2 = 21
magic bludgeoning damage + smite: 1d8 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 9 = 15 + acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5 smite evil overcomes all DR

Re-roll defensive improved unarmed strike + smite evil + charge + GM star on cyclops: 1d20 + 14 - 2 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 14 - 2 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 27

Brother Tooth will gladly get out of the way (and most likely also up in the cyclops' grill) as soon as he knows what's going on with Claw :)

The nekomancer mutters under his breath as he reluctantly moves into the water and gets his paws wet. Finding that the enemy is still just a little out of range of his other spells, he settles for another cloud of glitterdust, trying to keep the enemy blinded to give the party the tactical edge.

Dailung prepares to fly next round.

Against the odds, the Nekomancer manages to blind all of the enemies with his glitter spell! Seizing the opening, Antonella flies in and smashes the giantess in the face.

Meanwhile, Claw succumbs to the cyclops' spell and begins to find trouble coordinating its actions. Bestow curse, not a mind-affecting effect.

Tofu moves up to the wall and tries vainly to scrabble up it.

Claw is under a curse! It has a 50% chance (1-50 on a 1d100) to act normally, otherwise it takes no action. It takes no action this turn.
Tooth and Fade are still up for this turn.
All the enemies are blinded for now. Stupid glitterdust, stupid dice.

With a word of 'powerful tengu magic' the Baron transforms into a raven-like blur of shadow and feathers and speeds through the air to arrive in the midst of the blinded enemies.

Cast Raven's Flight - lasts 1 round, so Tooth returns to normal right before his next turn. Not a polymorph, so the only change to AC is the +2 from Tiny size for a total of 29, touch AC 16.

"Brother Neko, I appreciate your sacrifice! Wet fur is a serious business."

The priestess smiles as the raven lands on the waterfall's edge near her. "There you are, Baron Tooth!"

"The raven is said to be an omen of ill fortune to some people." She gestures with open palms at the enemy.

Looking down at an unarmed Tofu trying desperately to climb up into danger, Antonella frowns. “Brother Ikarus, with your permission …”

@GM + Tofu, I’d like permission to treat Tofu as a non-ally while confused.

As such, once he reaches the level of Antonella’s feet, she would deny him the ability to enter her square, without making an acrobatics check.

If that means Tofu’s focus changes to attacking Antonella rather than the cyclops, she is good with that.

Botting Fade.

Tooth flies up to the cyclops, taking advantage of the cyclops' blindness to get to her side undetected. Fade pegs her with another lightning blast. The cyclops attempts to cast a spell defensively on herself.

She succeeds, and she also shakes the dust from her single eye. She then notices the bird beside her and grins darkly.

The cyclops is no longer blinded.
Antonella, a confused target does not regard any target as an ally, so Fade will need to try to move around Antonella anyway.
Dailung is up.

Dailung quaffs the potion and starts moving toward the enemy!

The 2 human women, though unable to see, remember where they last saw some of you. They go for the largest target they saw - the currently-cursed mantis!

The blindness leaves them mostly stabbing at air, save for the last lucky stab that gets Claw rather painfully. Meanwhile, the strange shapes swirling around them hammer at their nearby assailants, slamming them for some additional damage.

Meanwhile, Red recovers her sight again.

Antonella takes 7 damage.
Claw takes 23 damage, after DR.
Only Orange is currently blind
Pathfinders except Dailung are up.

What are the human women attacking with? Is the cyclops armed?

Claw's curse, 1-50 = act normally: 1d100 ⇒ 52

The mantis remains broken...

Tooth returns to his usual humanoid form. In the blink of an eye he has dropped his bardiche and drawn his sacred sabres.

menacing sabre vs orange, ant focus, flank, power attack: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 2 + 4 - 2 = 30damage, dirty fighter: 1d8 + 6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 4 + 1 = 12
menacing sabre vs orange, ant focus, flank, power attack, iterative: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 + 4 - 2 = 12damage, dirty fighter: 1d8 + 6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 4 + 1 = 16
sabre vs orange, ant focus, flanking, power attack, off hand: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 2 + 4 - 2 = 28damage, dirty fighter: 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 7
peck(bite) vs orange, ant focus, secondary, flanking, power attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 4 - 2 = 11damage, dirty fighter: 1d3 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 + 1 = 7

I have not added a modifier to hit for the enemy's blindness.

"Sinners! Followers of false gods! Me send you to judgement, you see how false your god is!"

Tooth's blades slash downwards at the vulnerable, blinded cultist.

I'd have gone for the cyclops, but I'm not very accurate until I can get into a flank :(

Should anybody get into a flank with the cyclops or the orange cultist, Tooth's Menacing weapon grants an extra +2 to hit them.

Round #3: AC 39, T 34, CMD 43 vs cyclops (crane wing, smite evil, osyluth guile), AC 31 T 26 CMD 35 otherwise (crane wing) ☤ Medic’s Report ☤ Dailung 43/68, Neko 29/41, Tofu 26/51 (confused), Fade 111/120 (confused), Tooth 59/71, Claw 45 - 23 = 22/60, Antonella 71 - 7 = 64/83 hp

“FADE! THAT’S TWO ELECTRICITY BLASTS IN A ROW!”

“Why don’t you mix it up with a straight Telepathic Blast, like you did against the red-scarfed bandit, in case she’s gotten wise to that tactic.”

“The Telepathic Blast does more damage anyway!”

Antonella holds her ground, genuinely torn between targeting Ismene and Orange Rags, but eventually decides: We need to drop one of the Weird Sisters – and soon!

I should be able to hurt the cyclops more ...

flurry defensively + smite evil + deliquescent gloves vs cyclops: 1d20 + 17 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 17 - 2 + 4 = 24
magic bludgeoning damage + smite vs cyclops: 1d8 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 9 = 19 + acid: 1d6 ⇒ 6 smite damage overcomes all DR

flurry defensively + smite evil + deliquescent gloves vs cyclops: 1d20 + 17 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 17 - 2 + 4 = 34
magic bludgeoning damage + smite: 1d8 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 9 = 19 + acid: 1d6 ⇒ 2 smite damage overcomes all DR

flurry defensively + smite evil + deliquescent gloves vs cyclops: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 12 - 2 + 4 = 32
magic bludgeoning damage + smite: 1d8 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 9 = 17 + acid: 1d6 ⇒ 3 smite damage overcomes all DR

Burning 1 Ki point for one extra attack this round as a swift action

flurry defensively + smite evil + deliquescent gloves vs cyclops: 1d20 + 17 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 17 - 2 + 4 = 25
magic bludgeoning damage + smite: 1d8 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 9 = 15 + acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5 smite damage overcomes all DR

Looking down from the ledge briefly, “Tofu, YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”

“Why not attack the cyclops by throwing your cold iron trident at her? Fade’s using ranged attacks.”

If Tooth drops Orange, Antonella will finally 5’ step into her square.

If the cyclops drops with attacks to spare, Antonella targets Orange, with the same attack score (flank + Tooth's menacing weapon, instead of smite) ; damage is reduced by 9 per hit.

The Nekomancer moves a little closer, and calls out to the blinded human up on the ledge.

"This one thinks you should follow the sound of my soothing voice," he purrs cheekily.

Command, using the "approach" command, DC17. Will use misfortune to force a reroll if he rolls above a 10. Hello attacks of opportunity.