[PFS] 2-13: Murder on the Throaty Mermaid (Inactive)

Game Master Deane Beman



This is actually one of the few scenarios where the old faction missions are the secondary success conditions. I'll put them up on the Campaign Info tab tomorrow.

Silver Crusade

Male Half Orc | HP 10/10| AC15 | T15 | FF10 | Fort 3| Ref 1| Will 4 | CMD 13 | Init 5| Per 2 Inquisitor (FC)/1

Good morning GM! Looking forward to this mission !

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Ouroboreia, reporting for duty. Osirion faction here, PFS #76446-4

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

Here

Scarab Sages

Female Half-Elf Rogue 2
Stats:
HP 15/15 | AC 17 | T 13 | FF 14 | CMD 15 | Fort +1 | Ref +6 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +10 | Sense Motive +6 | Sneak Attack +1d6 | Evasion | Trapfinding +1

Lia Galanodel, reporting for duty.

Sovereign Court

will save reroll 1/1 | Heroic Defiance 1/1 Human (Taldor) Fighter (Unbreakable) 10.2 | HP 137/137 | AC 28 | TCH 12 | FF 27 | Perc +0 | Initiative +2 | Stealth -4 | CMD 21 | F/R/W: 14/9/10 (+2 vs compulsion/charm, +2 vs mind affect)

Chasik "bash" 63386-4


"Secondary Success" conditions are up in the Campaign Info tab!

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

I would like to but a wand of CLW using Prestige points before departure

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Just a simple question: do you think this game will be finished before the PbP GameDay 2 starts (April 5th)?


As long as we maintain our current posting rate we should most definitely be done by then.

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

was I able to purchase the wand in time?

Silver Crusade

Male Gnome (9.0A) Alch 9 | HP 54/57 | AC 32;TCH 18; FF 28 | F +10; R +11; W+6 | CMB +6; CMD 19
Consumables:
Bomb 0/20 | Muta 0/1 (+4DEX / -2 WIS/ +2 AC/+2 reflex) | Wings 7/9; Bewildering 2/3 | Wands: CLW 34/50; Endure Elements 40/50 | Alc Fire 8/10; acid 5/5 | Bolts 15/20; CI 50/50; Silver 49/50
Ouroboreia wrote:
Just a simple question: do you think this game will be finished before the PbP GameDay 2 starts (April 5th)?

Where do you find a calendar or list with future PbP Gameday dates at btw?


The announcement is here. Recruitment threads are starting to pop up. I've got one listed for The Confirmation. I might run one more as well...still deciding on which one.

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |
GM Beman wrote:
As long as we maintain our current posting rate we should most definitely be done by then.

Great, thanks!


For the next part of our adventure together you'll be wandering about the ship, interviewing the crew members and searching for evidence to exonerate yourselves for the murder of the ambassador. I just finished up playing this scenario as a PbP and it took a little more than five months to finish...to make a long story short I learned a lot about what works and what doesn't work for this type of scenario.

Starting tomorrow my plan is to lead you from section to section on the ship, introducing you to the various crew members and giving you a chance to speak with them. Be sure to add the appropriate skill rolls to your post...it will make things run much more smoothly. (Diplomacy/Intimidate, Sense Motive, Perception, etc...) Each morning I'll see where things are at with the current encounter. If you've gathered everything you possibly can I'll move things forward...if not we'll spend a little bit more time fleshing things out.

As the opportunity to complete your faction missions present themselves feel free to resolve them either in your posts, in spoiler tags, or via PM. As always with me creativity will be handsomely rewarded!

If at any point you feel as though I'm moving too fast feel free to let me know & we'll hit the rewind button. Sometimes I can be a bit overzealous in my efforts to avoid having you chasing red herrings!

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Great ideas!

Speaking of faction mission, here is my plan for the second one.

GM only:
My plan was to wait for the night and sneak off to the figurehead using invisibility, then replace it with silent image, giving me the time to get away with it. Would that need some skill checks?

Scarab Sages

Female Half-Elf Rogue 2
Stats:
HP 15/15 | AC 17 | T 13 | FF 14 | CMD 15 | Fort +1 | Ref +6 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +10 | Sense Motive +6 | Sneak Attack +1d6 | Evasion | Trapfinding +1

Ouroboreia & GM:
As far as a plan for the second mission, thoughts on using Stealth/Invisibility to steal the pipe and replace it with the scrimshaw pipe the ambassador was using? Means there's still a pipe there, so a cursory glance will mean that things look okay. I have decent Acrobatics & Climb if they're necessary to get to the pipe.


Osirion:
An Acrobatics or Climb check would be needed to avoid falling in the ocean.

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

Tyraneus takes a long and complete look around the aft deck to include the crew that is currently there before talking to the navigator Ulamon.

"So how long have you been a part of this crew?"

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Acrobatics, with Guidance cast on self just before: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Osirion & GM:
Excellent option about the scrimshaw pipe. I'll use invisibility to approach, then replace the pipe. I'll keep silent image as backup if something goes wrong.

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Did it work?


Yep...you're good.


Finished and with time to spare before the second PbP Game Day. I'll have chronicle sheets out shortly...check your in-boxes later today for the links.

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Thanks for GMing for us, this murder story was fun to solve! I just wanted to do my day job roll, could you please add it?

Craft (Gemcutting): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Dark Archive

Alchemist (grenedier) 2 | HP 15/15 | AC:19 T:13, F:16 | CMD:17, CMB:+4 | Save (F+4, R+6, W-1) | Init:+5 | Perc: +4 | Bombs 6/7

Interesting, thanks very much for the game GM Beman!

Craft Alchemy: 1d20 + 14 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 14 + 5 = 31

Sovereign Court

will save reroll 1/1 | Heroic Defiance 1/1 Human (Taldor) Fighter (Unbreakable) 10.2 | HP 137/137 | AC 28 | TCH 12 | FF 27 | Perc +0 | Initiative +2 | Stealth -4 | CMD 21 | F/R/W: 14/9/10 (+2 vs compulsion/charm, +2 vs mind affect)

day job: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Thank you GM :)

Happy gaming in the future. :)

Quick question, what loot do I put down since I was out-of-tier? Is it 1-2, or 4-5?

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

Just a reminder that I did purchase a Wand of CLW with 2 prestige points

and thanks for the great game :D

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

and I also had the same question for OOT for Loot as Chasik

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

Also my Out of Tier gold says it is +1570G when should'nt it be the average of the 2 tiers?

523+1309=1823
1823/2=916

I could be wrong though


Yep...I'll redo those OOT sheets later. Don't ask me where I got that number from!


OK...something went wonky between my PDF editor and google drive; so I went old school and filled them out by hand. Sorry about that.

Out of Tier Chronicle

Tier 4-5 Chronicle

Silver Crusade

Male Half Orc | HP 10/10| AC15 | T15 | FF10 | Fort 3| Ref 1| Will 4 | CMD 13 | Init 5| Per 2 Inquisitor (FC)/1

GM Beman thanks for a great game!

Scarab Sages

Ouroboreia | Female Human (Varisian) Wizard 5 Magaambyan Arcanist 5 | HP 67/67 | AC:16 T:12 FF:14 CMD: 14 | F+10 R+10 W+12 (+3 vs. Spells, Spell-like abilities, +1 Death)| Initiative +3 | Perception +14 |

Thanks a lot!

Silver Crusade

Male Human (7.0A) Clrc 3/Wiz (Evoker) 3/ Mystic Thuerge 1 | HP 44/44; AC 19(22 w/ faith);TCH 12; FF 17; F +6; R +5; W+12; CMB +5; CMD 17; INIT +6;
Track:
Force Missile 6/6; Firebolt 6/6; CPE 3/3; Wands: CLW 42/50; MM 46/50; Prot from Evil 45/50 | Pearl of Power(1) 1/1 | Metamagic Rods Lesser Piercing 3/3; Lesser Empower 3/3

Yes Thanks it was awesome

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