PFS 07-14,16,18 Start Date 11/10 TABLE 3 (Inactive)

Game Master Emmjay

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood the initiative tracker. I think I should just be at -12 due to DR 1/- (2/- vs. nonlethal)

Enough! Begin Raging

Roldala bellows and hammers her scimitar into the guard's blade near the hilt.

Sunder (Trait, Racial ability, Improved Sunder): 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 19
Slashing: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16 Scimitars are typically hardness 10 with 5 hp

Sajna reaches the door of the safehouse, throwing it open ready for Mireille to enter.

Cornelia follows behind Sajna and ushers their elven charge through the doorway before taking one last look around as she entered as well.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Shera seeing Mirelle make it to safety, turns and moves back toward the Inn to let the rest of the group know what is going on. She waves at Amarandlon in greeting as if she was just arriving for an evenings entertainment. Trying to convey the message that everything is good.

Bluff: 1d20 ⇒ 13

++++++++++COMBAT ROUND 4 CONTINUED++++++++++

GM -
Green-14hp, -1ac, saves 1 round. Blinded (-2ac, loses DEX Bonus, -4 to most STR and DEX skills), Stunned (-2ac, loses DEX bonus) AC=9, Broken Weapon
Red-Hypnotized 5 rounds.
Blue - Good
Sanja - Keeps Fleeing
Cornelia - Keeps Fleeing
Minmaximus - Cast a spell!
Amarandlon - Continues to retreat
Roldala - -12hp
Shera - Trying to bluff people that are distracted.

++++++++++COMBAT ROUND 5++++++++++

GM -
Green-14hp, Blinded (-2ac, loses DEX Bonus, -4 to most STR and DEX skills), Stunned (-2ac, loses DEX bonus) AC=9, Broken Weapon
Red-Hypnotized 5 rounds.
Blue - Good
Sanja -
Cornelia -
Minmaximus -
Amarandlon -
Roldala - -12hp
Shera -

Scimitar(Blue): 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 4 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 - 1 = 1 (includes -1dr)

With two guys effectively out of the fight, Blue attacks with all his might.

Feeling that she has given this man every possible opportunity to give it a rest, Roldala smashes into the guard of remarkable bravery with her blade.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Slashing: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Shera continues back to the tavern. She gets next to Amarndlon. "She's safe."

Min sighs deeply and decides discretion is the better part of not being around when the murder occurs. He heads toward the safehouse posthaste.

Sajna follows Mireille and Cornelia into the safe house, looking around at the interior of the building and checking for any further danger.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

++++++++++COMBAT ROUND 5 UPDATED++++++++++

GM -
Green-14hp, Blinded (-2ac, loses DEX Bonus, -4 to most STR and DEX skills), Stunned (-2ac, loses DEX bonus) AC=9, Broken Weapon
Red-Hypnotized 5 rounds.
Blue - -16
Sanja - Stays with Mireille at the safe house.
Cornelia -
Minmaximus - Flees the Inn completely, leaving Roldala alone.
Amarandlon -
Roldala - -12hp Attacks Blue, deals decent damage
Shera - Gets back to support the group at the Inn

Sajna follows Mireille and Cornelia into the safe house, looking around at the interior of the building and checking for any further danger.

[dice=Perception]1d20 + 8

The Safe House is safe.

Shera enters the inn and looks stunned at the carnage. She waits behind them to see what happens next.

Shera will attempt to heal them once the battle is over.

Cornelia lets out a sigh of relief once they finally make it safely to the safe house. Before doing anything else, she quickly goes about a very regimented routine of smoothing out any wrinkles in her clothing and securing any stray wisps of hair back into the tight tail at the back of her head. Once done she lets out a sigh of relief. "I hope those fools do not get caught."

++++++++++COMBAT ROUND 6++++++++++

GM -
Green-14hp,
Stunned (-2ac, loses DEX bonus) AC=9, Broken Weapon
Red-Hypnotized 4 rounds.
Blue - -16
Sanja -
Cornelia -
Minmaximus -
Amarandlon -
Roldala - -12HP
Shera -

Green, now able to see, note that both him and Blue are covered in blood, and that many more enemies are coming at them. "Lets get out of here, it isn't worth dying over to stay here!" Both Green and Blue withdraw and flee the area. Red, still hypnotized, doesn't do much but stand there.

Rodala, if you desire you can still get an AOO against either Blue or Green. Not that it will do much but assuage your anger.

COMBAT OVER
.....Though you still have to deal with a hypnotized RED guard....

Roldala lets them run. Amarandlon, if we leave him here, will that be a problem?

I figure we can jog away and get out of line of sight while he's still not really paying attention if that works for everyone else.

"Only in that he'll be nearby," Amarandlon says briskly. "My friend! Why don't you follow your companions and see that they come to no harm before they get to the guardhouse," he suggests to the hypnotized man.

I think that's a "reasonable" request.

"Let's go." Shera turns around and starts moving back to the safe house. I'm getting my exercise today.

"Only in that he'll be nearby," Amarandlon says briskly. "My friend! Why don't you follow your companions and see that they come to no harm before they get to the guardhouse," he suggests to the hypnotized man.

I think that's a "reasonable" request.

Your single request was for him to lower his weapon, which he did...

"Let's go." Shera turns around and starts moving back to the safe house. I'm getting my exercise today.

Back at the safe house Mireille thanks you, and your group, over and over again for keeping her safe. She especially thanks the three party members who stayed behind to delay the guards so everyone else could escape. "Now, make your way back to Zefiro. I am sure he will want to know I am safe and sound."

"First let's get everyone healed.She pulls out her wand of Cure Light Wounds, and begins to tap those who are injured.

I"m happy to use my wand. Go ahead and roll what you need and let me know how many to mark off.

Cornelia nods to the elven woman. "Be safe, milady. One day I hope to meet you again and hear all that you know about my ancestral lands before the Devil worshipers destroyed it."

Thanks but no need over here, Roldala's wand is all charged up and ready to go

Roldala draws out a plain yew wand and passes it over to Shera for healing.

CLW: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 5) + 3 = 13

Roldala screws up her face like she's about to mock Mireille for her cause, but lets the moment pass. Just don't get yourself killed over this stuff. The world is wider than Cheliax.

"And smells significantly better." Min mutters, eying the neighborhood.

Zefiro, once everyone has gathered back, tells you all of a major piece of evidence that he has found. Slide 10, Handout #2 He also thanks you greatly, and time and time again, for getting Mireille to safety.

Zefiro informs you that are welcomed to spend your last night at the West Drenches’ Wicked Fork. It’s a weatherworn building marked by a trident with the central tine broken off and run by a talkative proprietor, Neld Havasavu. When you awake the following day, you find Cassian already downstairs, drinking at the bar. His disheveled clothes, damp hair, and grimy brow suggest he’s had an industrious morning—or perhaps just a sleepless night. After he downs another shot, he informs you that he’s through sneaking around for Zarta. He tells you that he met with her contact, the same Tamrin Credence they met at the docks, and delivered Zarta’s message. Neld inches closer as you all speak, working over a glass with a dirty dishrag.

Cassian continues, “Then I come back here and find that rat is an agent for the Aspis Consortium!” Neld leans in and states, “Well, that’s what I heard, anyway. His ties go back— way back. But that’s how it goes around here. Everyone ties their cart somewhere, you know?” Cassian tells you he couldn’t sleep, fearing that Zarta is slipping into old habits too quickly. He collected their supplies early that morning to keep his mind off these developments. You find everything is loaded and ready for the trip to the Eismonts.

SLIDE 11 - EMBERHOLD SURFACE

Little remains of the town of Anglemire. Nature is reclaiming the few sturdy stone buildings still visible from the coastline. At the north end of the city, where the Eismont foothills meet with the rocky steps of the Menador Mountains, is a short square tower surrounded by the crumbling walls of Emberhold. Thick curtains of lush, green ivy reach upward from an ocean of waving grass and cling to the cracked stone walls—all that remain of the keep.

If there was any last minute shopping (or planning) to be done before leaving, do it now. You also have time to go to the boat to pick up anything that you left there. We will continue when everyone has checking in by posting, as well as placed their marker on SLIDE 11, at/near the entrance to Emberhold, though players are free to walk around/observe the entire structure if you so wish to do so..

The first thing Roldala does upon arriving at the Wicked Fork is demand a tub or basin to scrub the blood from her skin and tools.
The next morning she's thrilled to discover Cassian has taken care of preparing her real weapon and the rest of the supplies, but just scowls blackly as he raises his concerns about Zarta. Can't say I'm too surprised.

Looks like there's a fair number of windows, what sorts of things can we see through there?

Looks like there's a fair number of windows, what sorts of things can we see through there?

Go up to a few and give me Perception checks..... (you can label them on the map and do a PER check for each in a single post...

Sajna gracefully stalks around the left side of the building. Her musket, retrieved from the ship before they left the city, rests comfortably in her hands.

Finding part of the structure collapsed, she takes a look around the rubble to see if she can catch a glimpse inside.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Going clockwise, numbers put on map next to the windows/holes.
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Roldala stalks around the perimeter of the building, squinting at some of the holes, intentional and otherwise, that pockmark the weathered building.

Map opened up

22 - What you see in here is something that was once a large hall, maybe even throne room of some kind. What you see on the ground is a lot of gourds in several patches or fields in the hall.

26 - This may have been a kitchen or food prep/work room at one time. Long since destroyed.

Its now been 24 hours, what's the group going to be doing?

Shera follows Roldala around the outside of the building. She places her shelf right at what might have been the double entrance doors. "Should we go inside and see what is there is to see?"

If there are no objections she'll make her way inside the ruins, and head toward the back.

Sajna follows the others inside, carefully making her way up the crumbling staircase to get a better view of the area inside.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Roldala heads in as well, long-hafted hammer held before her.

A fire long ago removed the roof and floors of Emberhold’s great hall. Five thick columns still stand amidst a dense gourd patch at the bottom of the large pit that remains. The main doorway on the south side is flanked by two stone staircases that wrap around the interior of the west and east walls, much of which have crumbled to the ground. To the northwest is a square tower that’s only partially standing. Weeds have overgrown a doorway on the east wall, which breaks on the northeast corner for a wide set of stairs descending from the ground level. A rusty iron gate still stands at the center of the pit’s northern wall, rising from the densest portion of the gourd patch and fencing off a descending set of stairs.

Sanja, you swear you hear some sort of scream or wail or something being tormented or tortured from below, coming from the gate across the hall.

As you also see, the place is overgrown with weeds and gourds.

Everyone inside, I need a Profession (Gardner) or Know(Nature) check, please.....

Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 ⇒ 19 Untrained

Shera thinks its an interesting gourd patch, but doesn't know anything about nature.

Nature is one of those things that Minmaximus considers beneath him, and thus he ignores it. He stands outside the walls, glancing at them as if waiting for them to collapse.

No joy on either of those I'm afraid, I'll take 10 for a 10 on the Knowledge though.

How well do gourds normally grow inside? Anyone actually know anything about plants?

Deciding that they are after all here to explore the place, Roldala will lower herself down to the loamy ground.

Know(Nature) 10 isn't high enough, I'm afraid.

Shera follows Roldala into the garden area. She doesn't tromp on any gourds just in case. "They look yummy. I'm not going to try to pick one though. In this land they could be poison."

Anyone going in/amongst the gourds please give me a : Survival, Acrobatics, Athletics, or similar Profession/Perform test, please.

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Uh oh.

Roldala is much less concerned about possibly plant-related danger.

Very, very sorry folks. Holidays this year have made folks a little crazy and work has been extremely busy the past few days.

Knowledge: Nature: 1d20 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (10) + 7 + (6) = 23

Cornelia suddenly joins the group in examining the area and gives herself a moment to examine the plants before moving toward. "Roldala, hold a moment please if you will?"

Very, very sorry folks. Holidays this year have made folks a little crazy and work has been extremely busy the past few days.

[dice=Knowledge: Nature]1d20+7+1d6

Cornelia suddenly joins the group in examining the area and gives herself a moment to examine the plants before moving toward. "Roldala, hold a moment please if you will?"

Well, good news for the group is that Cornelia knows quite a bit about what you are facing here. While it is a field of gourds, and a quite well tended field, hidden within are several Grand Gourd Leshys. Generally quite docile and friendly, they tend to stay hidden unless intruded upon, or their fields damaged (which they take great pride in maintaining). They are very good at collecting, repairing, and maintaining items thanks to their Keepsake ability.

Cornelia smiles as she recognizes the beings amid the area. "Gourd leshys! I have read about them, but never encountered one before. Greetings, honored guardians!" She calls out to the hidden creatures.

Would Cornelia recall whether the Leshys understand Taldan (Common)?

Cornelia smiles as she recognizes the beings amid the area. "Gourd leshys! I have read about them, but never encountered one before. Greetings, honored guardians!" She calls out to the hidden creatures.

Would Cornelia recall whether the Leshys understand Taldan (Common)?

They do not understand common...

But, seeing that their ruse is not longer working, three of the gourds stand up.

מה אתה עושה פה? מה המטרה שלך?

Beth wyt ti'n gwneud yma? Beth yw eich pwrpas?

Roldala looks questioningly at Cornelia and Amarandlon. You get any of that?

Cornelia shakes head. "I know many languages, but I do not know that one." She turns to her companions. "Are any of you able to decipher what they are saying?"

I think our elven wizard is the only party member with Sylvan as a language.

Cornelia shakes head. "I know many languages, but I do not know that one." She turns to her companions. "Are any of you able to decipher what they are saying?"

I think our elven wizard is the only party member with Sylvan as a language.

Thank goodness Amarandlon does, otherwise this will be another interesting encounter....

"Yes, elf. Speak tree with them." Min smirks, standing well back.