[PFS] #5-08 The Confirmation - Gimble's Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Eric Sklavos

Luna points her finger at the skeleton and summons little icy meteors upon it's head in a 5-foot radius.

Black Motes DC 14: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Actually what is the DC? Last time I said it was 15, but I think I am wrong... the book says The save DC is equal to 10 + 1/2 your sorcerer level + your Charisma modifier so it's only 14, yes? Since you always round against the character it's just 10+Cha until level 2?

Volyana springs over Ezekias' back as he recovers from his attack on the zombie, winking as she lands to his left. Her whip whirls through the air around her as she cocks her left arm ready to block any counter-attacks. The spike at the end of the chain slams down at the zombie's feet, then spins back around her in a blur. "Haha! Let's go!"

Aye, round down unless otherwise stated.

Swift action to enter Crane Style.
Move 15' to the red skeleton, left of Ezekias, moving through his space, drawing nine-section whip as part of movement.
Acrobatics to avoid attacks, should succeed with a 17.
Defensive attack on skeleton, AC 19.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Nine-section whip: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 41d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Kaa moves forward and draws his katana.

Vigny also moves forward, trading in her longsword for the club she keeps hanging from her belt.

Luna rains icy meteors upon the skeleton's head. Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
The skeleton is quick enough to avoid the meteors (no damage).
DC 14 is correct.

Volyana moves around the wall of the cavern, through Ezekias's square and to the side of the skeleton. (I placed you where I thought you'd want to go. The spot 1 step south you'd be squeezing).

You actually have to roll Acrobatics for each enemy and you'd actually have to move by all 3.
Acrobatics (Green): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Acrobatics (Skeleton): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Volyana is quick enough, and easily avoids threatening the undead. She swings her whip, but the whip gets caught up on the wall, missing the skeleton by a few feet.

Kaa and Vigny both move up closer to the fray and draw their weapons.

Brud takes a swing at the Blue Zombie, taking a huge chunk out of its abdomen, but the almost eviscerated zombie still stands and readies its attack.

Zombies:
Blue takes a swing at Brud again, and Green attacks 1-Brud 2-Ezekias: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Slam @Brud: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Slam @Ezekias: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

The Blue Zombie swings back, but Brud easily avoids the attack.
The Green Zombie takes a swing at the one who stabbed him and slaps himself in the head, but luckily for the zombie, its DR prevents himself from damaging himself.

Initiative
Round 2
Brud
Zombies
Ezekias
Skeletons
Luna
Volyana
Kaa
Vigny
End of Round

@Luna: I just noticed you didn't move your character to a spot with Line of Site. I moved you, and for the sake of continuity I'll say you have line of site to the skeleton, barely, around the rounded corner of the cavern wall.

Eazy begins casting a spell and readies his rapier for a better strike this time at Green.

Casting Defensively, DC15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Rapier, Arcane Pool, Spell Combat: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 1 - 2 = 21 Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6
Confirm Critical: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 - 2 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9
Disrupt Undead, ranged touch, Spell Combat: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 - 2 = 14 Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Also taking a 5 ft step northeast.

Ezekias starts to cast with one hand, and attacks with his rapier, stabbing the sword under the zombies chin, and through the back of its head, then, holding the near destroyed undead steady with the sword, sends a ray of positive energy directly to its chest. The zombie falls, now just a corpse.

The skeleton attacks: 1-Volyana, 2-Ezekias: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Broken Scimitar: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12
Claw: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (19) - 3 = 16

The scimitar misses Volyana completely as the monk's fighting stance just deflects the blow from the claw.

@Volyana: I'm pretty sure fighting defensively with crane style gives you a +3 to your AC, not +4, for an AC of 18.

Initiative
Round 2
Brud
Zombies
Ezekias
Skeletons
Luna
Volyana
Kaa
Vigny
End of Round

Good to know about the squeezing, thank you. Also the Acrobatics checks, I had thought it was one against all foes but I remembered incorrectly.

Correct, Crane Stance is an additional +1 dodge bonus, for a +3 total fighting defensively, but since nine-section whips are blocking weapons I get an additional +1 shield bonus for fighting defensively with it. Grand total of 19 AC.

Battleaxe: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 for slash damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Brud, moves up and continues his onslaught of the enemy.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Kaa fails to tumble into the flank. Provoking an AOO.

He then retaliates with a slash.

Katana, Flank: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
1d8 + 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + (4) + 6 = 12

Vigny will move up into range of the zombie Blue Thing and attack with her club.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Volyana whips her chain around the undead gillman in a rapid pattern, denying any openings the zombie might try to use.

Full, Flurry of blows, fighting defensively.

Nine-section whip: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 81d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Nine-section whip: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 111d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Are we unofficially switching to block initiative?

not that I know of, but I work odd hours so I post when I can and the GM seems to be adjusting as I go. If he wishes I stop I will stop :)

Same for me. I figured it would be better to just go ahead and post with the DM using it in order than to wait down the initiative sequence and keep everyone waiting a long time if I can't post soon after.

Are we unofficially switching to block initiative?

Since the purpose of PbP is to post whenever you are available to do so throughout the day, I encourage players to post during their block of initiative, but all actions will be resolved in the actual initiative order.

I just reread my previous post about posting out of turn during combat, and I hope it made sense (I posted it from my phone while at work). The bottom line is, yes it's ok to post your action out of turn. I'll resolve the actions in the order of initiative.

Normally I'd give Luna a bit more time, but combat's going to end, so I'll go ahead and resolve it.

Volyana attacks with a flurry using her whip, but both attacks fail to find her target.

Kaa moves into a flank position, unable to avoid an AoO:
Slam AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

He swings his Katana, slicing the zombie's head clean off.

Vigny moves up to the skeleton and attacks, but she hits the wall as she starts to swing and misses wildly.

Brud takes a 5' step toward the skeleton and slashes through its bones, doing just enough damage to drop the undead creature.

All is quiet.

End of Combat

Wiping his blade on the tatters of the zombie's garments, Eazy turns to the corpse in the corner.

What have we here?

He calls forth a Magick! lantern Light cantrip to illuminate the corpse better.

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17

Kaa wipes the undead gore off his blade and then rubs the wound where he was hit.

Brud, feels he ribs. They are sore, and are likely to bruise in the morning.

A cracked rib or two, but nothing life-threatening. A hard double shot will help ease the pain. So, see anything interesting on the dead guy?

per: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Brud takes a look around, but sees nothing but shattered skeletal pieces and rotting flesh.

Sorry had a lot going on Monday and didn't make it online. I'll definitely check again later tonight to make up for it (usually I check games around 6pm central time. I have an alarm set to make sure I post at least once a day.

Vigny will check everyone who is wounded an use Janira's wand on those who need it.

Anyone down more than a couple of HP?

CWL Brud: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

I took 5 which is 1/3 of my hp. I would totally appreciate a heal.

CLW Kaa: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

"There you go Kaa. All better!"

"Many thanks."

As the party searches the area, and the dhampir's body, they find a very nice longsword, and a ring. As well as a note that details plans to start an army of undead made from the “fish people” who have been frequenting this cave.

Since I won't be around tomorrow to answer this question, both the sword and the ring detect magical.

Hm! As an avid longsword user Vigny would love to take that sword! Anyone mind?

Not an axe so Brud has no major attachment to the sword

Fine with me, Vigny. Let's see if we can identify it.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Or the ring.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

I'm guessing probably not good enough on both checks. Can anyone help a brother out?

Eazy takes the note and reads it with a grim expression.

We must warn our gillman friend of this, if he is still nearby.

He moves to return to the prayer cavern, unless stopped.

Luna attempts to help identify the sword and ring.

Spellcraft vs. Sword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Spellcraft vs. Ring: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Luna identifies the sword as a +1 Longsword.

The ring remains unidentified.

Brud, hefts his axe back over his shoulder, and begins to walk back to where the gill guy was praying. He looks towards the others, as they go to relay what had just happened.

Kaa will tell the Gillman. "There were undead of your kin. We had to slay them."

Vigny follows the others back to the main cavern while checking out her cool new sword.

"Seems someone wants to raise an army and sees your kin as the way to do it. Do you know of any reason they would need a horde of undead gillmen?"

Vigny shrugs. Looks to me like the guy was just a loser with illusions of grandeur.

As you enter the cavern, the gillman is standing at the Absolom model.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 4

He doesn't seem to notice the group. Kaa starts to speak, and is ignored, but goes over and taps the gillman on the shoulder, and relays his message.

@Kaa: "It seems they were no longer my kin, you were right to slay them. Do you know who or what might be responsible?"

@Volyana: "I suppose there would be many reasons to raise an army and perhaps my brethren were the convenient choice."

@Vigny: "So, did you find the culprit? Is he dead?"

Kaa shakes his head no.

"There was the body of a strange man, but there might be others responsible."

That is possible. But with the note we found on the body, I believe he was alone. He created the undead but could not control them in the end.

"Hopefully, the body you found was the culprit. Thank you for putting the others to rest."

Kaa raises an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"

perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Vigny notices and wonders too. But, since Kaa has already asked she'll just look on.

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9

Eazy also notices but waits for the gillman's response.

The Gillman sighs, holds up a small gemstone, and puts it back on the alter. He smiles at Kaa, "I never was very good at being sneaky. It's just part of the rituals."

"Oh, carry on."

"Ritual, huh? I've seen a few practices, but never a gillman's. What is this ritual for?"

Religion, if needed: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Take 10 on Diplomacy if needed.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Luna sees nothing, but since others did...

@Volyana: "The rituals of the old god, whose energy lingers here, give blessings to those that perform them."