PFS #5-08 The Confirmation

Game Master Feth

A little irked that her arrow missed, Aislinn is just overjoyed that no one in the pack had been hurt. She also gives Rohini a surprised look, once again the little one has out done herself. Aislinn felt like she was watching a pup grow before her eyes. As they begin walking Aislinn gives Rohini an enthusiastic, buy gentle, pay on the back. She definitely was no longer the hiding shy stutter they had started out with.

"Sounds like a plan Nixie, lead the way for the water and we'll scout the land once crossed ." Aislinn says towards Nixie as they head towards the water. Faolan trots from the cave and before joining Aislinn, gives Rohini a slight bump with his head and a sloppy lick. He was also greatly impressed by the little one.

Nixie tests the stream, making sure that it's clear enough for the others to pass.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

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Roll us into that last combat, GM!

Nixie hugs Uri before he leaves. "Clear waters to you, too! Will we see you again? I'd like that."

Uri shrugs. "Maybe? Who knows what the waves will bring?”

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The tunnel climbs upwards at a steady pace. Faint sunlight appears right as the group begins to hear the faint sounds of combat. You hear roars and a familiar woman’s voice half-shouting and half-reciting, “As the legendary Gregaro Voth successfully battled the wild beasts in the deepest reaches of the Mwangi Expanse, so shall I defeat you, foul servant of Lamashtu!”

You emerge into a small clearing. In front of you Janira faces off with the minotaur from before. She’s dirty, blood soaking into her clothes from dozens of cuts across her body. The halfling clearly needs help and somehow, by some strange twist of fate, you’ve arrived at her fight.

Janira, ever defiant, shouts “You vile beast! I know not what drives your black heart, but I shall not fail in my duty. I shall see you driven from this forest, back to the hills from whence you came!”

NEW MAP HERE Under construction, will done within 5 minutes of this post

INITIATIVE ORDER Aislinn + Janira, Minotaur, then everybody goes before the Minotaur goes again. So once Aislinn posts we can get this party started ;)

EDIT: Whoops, retconnon Janira. Aislinn go ahead anyways

Janira takes a step back and snaps her whip at the minotaur

Disarm: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

She tries snatch the battleaxe out of the creature's hands but it just swats the whip away.

You can cross the river with a DC15 Swim check. A 3-foot-diameter tree truck spans the width of the river, creating an impromptu bridge. You can cross it at half speed with DC 7 Acrobatics check, but you're flatfooted while you're on the log.. If you fail the acrobatics check there's a DC 13 reflex check to not fall in the water

Overjoyed to be seeing light again, and get dry after the water and Faolan shaking himself on her. The sound of combat though was not quite what she had expected when leaving the tunnel. While relieved and happy to see Janira alive.....the Minotaur was a less than welcoming sight. Hearing Janira's enthusiastic whoops and her backing away from the Minotaur Aislinn swings her bow off her shoulder and takes aim. she says a slight prayer under her breath to the spirits of the forest for a straight true shot she releases her arrow at the Minotaur.
Faolan takes off towards the log, waiting for his opportunity to take a bite out of the Minotaur. He lets out a light enthusiastic encouraging yip to the group as he takes off. No matter how old they get or confident in their strength they are, Aislinns heart sinks a little at seeing him run towards danger alone.

Aislinn:
bow attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Faolan:
acrobatics: 1d20 ⇒ 15
(cross fingers for safe crossing)

On her turn, Nixie will sing a section of river solid to create a bridge that all the fighters can cross.

The minotaur ignores the new arrivals. Janira's done some damage to it; it's got a couple of scratches and its axe is broken but it's clearly in better shape than the Pathfinder. It focuses all of its hatred on the halfing and swings its axe at her.

Broken Axe: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Damage?: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 = 10

His strike is clumsy and Janira dances out of the way. Janira retaliates by throwing a small bag at the creature.

Ranged Touch: Tanglefoot bag: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

The bag explodes at the minotaur's feet. It tries to move but it's glued tight to the ground. The creature bellows in rage.

Janira keeps backing up until she's right by Nixie's bridge. "Oh, that's clever! You must tell me how you- err, that's for later. I'm pretty beat up but I'll help you as much as I can!"

Nimerah, Rohini, Leela and Aislinn all have moves before the Minotaur goes again. The blue line on across the river represents Nixie's solid water bridge

Rohini jogs forward, putting another potion to her lips and examining her bomb.

Drinking Targeted Bomb Admixture.

"That's amazing!" Nimerah exclaims, her normally composed expression shifting to one of wide-eyed wonderment as Nixie forms a solid bridge from the water itself. "And good shot Janira! Head this way, we will cover you!"

Nimerah moves forward, drawing her bow as she does, and takes aim at the enraged, currently immobile minotaur.

Attack (Shortbow): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

It's hard for me to tell at an angle, but the minotaur may be just outside the range increment for a shortbow (60ft) so Nimerah would take a -2 penalty on her attack roll. Not that I think a 13 would hit anyway, heh.

It's hard for me to tell at an angle, but the minotaur may be just outside the range increment for a shortbow (60ft) so Nimerah would take a -2 penalty on her attack roll. Not that I think a 13 would hit anyway, heh.

Normally yes, buuut being entangled dropped his AC down to 12 from the Dex loss. I drew a couple of lines and he's 55 feet away from you; he takes up two squares each way so I blew his image up to reflect that better.

I don't think Nixie has Inspire Courage going. I'm assuming she turned it off after the last battle. But a 12 is still good enough to hit so yay for that! :)

Nimerah's hands are a little unsteady; her shot is a little off aim. Luckily the Minotaur is more than a little stuck to the ground. The shot hits it right in the leg.

Do we need to bot Leela?

I'm putting in a 24 hour "You snooze, you lose" policy. We're sooo close to being done and I really want to report the game before I go to bed on Saturday.

Leela decides it’s time to take the fight to the minotaur. She runs across the bridge.

Leela: Double moving

Longbow Attack + Point blank shot + Inspire courage: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 26

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Trip?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Aislinn closes in on her prey. Her shot sinks into the creature's neck.

Foalan rushes foward, leaps and sinks his teeth into the minotaur's arm. The creature falls over.

Aislinn: Move action -Moving 30 feet so she’s close enough to active point-blank shot. Standard action- Attacking with her Longbow

Faolan: Move action -Moving 10 feet so he can attack the minotaur. Standard action - Attacking with Bite.

The minotaur pushes himself back up.

Minotaur: Move action- stand up. He provokes an attack of opportunity from Faolan

AOO Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Faolan snaps the creature but misses. The minotaur tries to cut the glue that's hold him but all he does is get his axe covered in goo.

Axe attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 = 11

Janira pulls out her crossbow and loads it.

Party up! Everybody go :)

Nimerah continues to advance towards the river, even as she readies another arrow and fires at the minotaur once again. Unfortunately, her aim is off due to trying to keep steady as she approaches the loose, uneven soil of the riverbank.

Attack (Shortbow): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Add in a +1 to both those when/if Nixie starts her Inspire Courage this round.

Bomb: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 5 - 2 = 14 Range
Damage?: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 (Fire, 7 Splash)

Rohini moves gamely forward, chucking another bomb toward the minotaur.

On her move: Leela calls up the blood rage and swings her massive sword at him.

(Can the GM please either roll these for me or tell me the codes for them on FB)

Nixie delays for Janira.

"Cross the bridge now if you're going to do so! One of us should be inspiring people. Are you out of rounds?"

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I was going to drop the bridge this turn to inspire, but I'll keep the bridge going if that will help Janira escape. Frankly, I'm hoping she'll cross before my action.

A bunch of spoilered options for my delayed action:

Raging, Power Attacking, Bastard Sword: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 1 = 22
Damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5) + 9 + 3 = 20

Nixie: Janira already went this round so you've got a turn before she goes again. She's got two rounds of bardic performance left but no spells. If you come across this round she'll turn on inspiring performance when it's her turn. She's not going to cross the bridge, you guys are her 'charges' and she's too stubborn to cross.

Nixie runs across the bridge, muttering about stubborn land people, and puts herself between the wounded halfling and the minotaur.

Double Move

Well. I just did the math and that minotaur is dead. Good job! I'm in line with Aislinn at Star Wars so I'll do an official post thing when I get home.

Watching the minotaur fall, Aislinn let's out a joyous howl and carefully crosses the log to get to the other side. Faolan runs around the Minotaur and jobs in Alison's victory howl. As he runs towards Janira he takes makes a hefty leap and lands on her. Wanting to make sure she doesn't take off or do her self more harm Faolan plots down on Janira and let's out a warning growl if she tried to move.

Watching the minotaur fall, Aislinn let's out a joyous howl and carefully crosses the log to get to the other side. Faolan runs around the Minotaur and jobs in Alison's victory howl. As he runs towards Janira he takes makes a hefty leap and lands on her. Wanting to make sure she doesn't take off or do her self more harm Faolan plots down on Janira and let's out a warning growl if she tried to move.

Did Leela kill it? :D

Leela laughs and yanks the giant sword from the Minotaur's corpse. She wipes the blood off her face and turns to walk back to the group. "That," she says, pointing back at the Minotaur, "is why I joined the pathfinder society!"

She pulls back her grin and looks a Janira. "Are you okay?"

"Well done," Nimerah applauds, unable to keep from grinning at Leela's show of enthusiasm. "That could have turned out much worse than it did. And Nixie, that thing you did with the water - that was magnificent!"

As Leela sees to Janira, the half-elf looks around at the rest of the group. "And everyone else is okay too, right?"

Nixie is so excited, she offers soggy hugs to everyone!

Leela accepts the hug, pretending it annoys her, but can't help a small tug of a smile at the corner of her mouth.