PFS # 6-09: By Way of Bloodcove, with GM Pendrak (Inactive)

Game Master Pendrak

Will dc 17: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

The rock monster suddenly becomes more rock like as it is grasped by a slow spell. Luckily, the elemental only attacks once anyway. It then tries to slam the robot.

Powerattack slam: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Standard action to swing.

He is... belch.. using slow. Man, he is using some powerful debuffs!

"{pant, pant} Whatever it is, it makes me sick."

perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

No additional move.

That earth elemental needs to hold the bridge...

Haska will move 20 feet away from the stink (3 squares off map in line).

"What rotten luck with this stink." "We can't catch a break."

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Woodthorne keeps running.

The robot gets and AoO

I believe Woodthorne also needs to make a DC 10 Acrobatics check to move at half speed through Velinov's grease spell. Failure means he stops when he enters the effect, and failure by 5 or more means he falls prone. Either way it will slow him down slightly as well.

The robot ducks under the elemental's punch yet again, and for a moment it pumps its fists ups and down in the air, in a sort of victorious gesture before resuming it's fighting stance.

When Woodthorne runs by, the robot jabs out with an elbow, painfully smashing him in the knee.

Woodthorne takes 5 points of damage from the attack of opportunity. Kahwen can act.

I was wondering what that gray circle was.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

[B]"Grab him, Kahwen." "Else he will keep raining spells on us."[b]
Just a thought...

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Wow...twice in a row hitting the save DC exactly.

Kahwen doesn't quite catch what Na'alu says but he managed, just barely, to avoid being affected by his slow spell. Which is good. Because Kahwen likes being fast.

Instead of just stepping up to the Consortium agent, he cuts around him, keeping out of his reach to come at him from another angle and cut off his paths of escape.

"I'm no good at wrestling, Friend Haska! But I am good at cutting," he says as he takes a swing with his blade.

Elven Curve Blade: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Slashing Damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Na'alu groans as he receives a slash across the chest from Kahwen's sword.

"You'll pay for that, vulture," he says as he steps back and reaches into his pouch for a third time, this time producing a ball of bat guano and sulfur. He murmurs his spell, tosses a glowing, pea-sized bead over the heads of Kahwen and Woodthorne, and smiles, as the bead explodes into a huge ball of fire.

The metallic pugilist continues his fight with the elemental, missing once but hitting him with a solid uppercut on the second swing.

The elemental takes another 6 points of bludgeoning damage. Woodthorne and Kahwen need to make Reflex saves. Success for Kahwen means he takes no damage thanks to evasion. Success for Woodthorne means he takes 10 points of fire damage. Failure for either means they take 20 points.

Haska, Kahwen, Woodthorne, Thaia, Nigel, the elemental, and Velinov can act.

The map isn't really big enough but she continues doing what she was doing last round.

Thaia continues to avoid clustering up, while at the same time remaining within 120 feet of the action, until she is allowed a standard action (2 rounds from now).

Haska will pull out his dex mutagen and wait to feel better to drink it.

Nigel just stays in the bush, losing his lunch. Last round for me of the sickness... but my options will be limited being stuck on this side of the cloud.

Rocks come flying off of the elemental's face as it gets hit hard. It tries to swing back, hoping to finally land a blow in this fight.

Power Attack Slam: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Standard action to attack... Man, I can not roll for the life of me. At least the robot has been tied up fighting my summoned monster this whole fight.

Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Woodthorne stumbles forward a bit from the blast. He must be on the edge of the blast and doesn't take the brunt of it. He takes a moment to heal himself.

5'Step and Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (1, 7) + 4 = 12

Woodthorne stumbles forward a bit from the blast. He must be on the edge of the blast and doesn't take the brunt of it. He takes a moment to heal himself.

I'm pretty sure that Woodthorne has 2 more rounds before he can do anything other than a single move action.

Refl Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Kahwen watches the little bead soar over his head and suddenly puffs up, the tengu equivalent of the hairs on the back of a human's neck rising. When the blast goes off, those feathers serve as tiny antennas, telling him how to twist and turn and compact his body to avoid the blast.

There is faint smell of singed feathers, as they get scorched a bit but he is otherwise unharmed.

"You and your Consortium allies are the vultures, feeding of of Bloodcove. Though you make me sick, you cannot sicken me. You cannot slow me. You cannot burn me. But I can cut you. And I'm going to keep cutting you until you fall," he says. It is not a rage filled rant but a calm statement of facts as he steps up and slashes at the man again.

Elven Curve Blade: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Slashing: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

You're right. In that case,

Woodthorne runs away.

Na'alu laughs, and steps back to the edge of the water.

"Let's try blinding."

He pulls out some sort of powder from his pouch and throws it into the air near Kahwen, speaking arcane words as he does so. The tengu and the surrounding area are dusted with a cloud of golden particles.

The robot dodges a blow from the elemental once more, and keeps up its attack on the rocky outsider, missing once but delivered another solid blow with his second punch.

The elemental takes another 7 points of bludgeoning damage. Kahwen needs to make a DC 16 Will save or be blinded. He can make a new save each round if he fails the first.

Thaia posted that she continued her moving away but staying within 120 ft, but I believe she can actually take a full action on round 4 if she so desires, so I'll leave that up to you. Then Haska, Kahwen, Woodthorne, Thaia, Nigel, the elemental, and Velinov can act. Nigel can take normal action this round, while Woodthorne can act normally in round 5, and Haska and Velinov can take normal action in round 6.

Thaia posted that she continued her moving away but staying within 120 ft, but I believe she can actually take a full action on round 4

As far as I can tell that's what round this is (intimidate/move, sick/move, sick/move, now). If she has two rounds of full actions I guess lemme know.

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Well...it couldn't last forever. But now at least there are other people to distract him.

Kahwen's bravado disappears as his vision does. He lets out a squawk of surprise and fear as golden sparkles blind him. He is surprisingly relieved when he hears the boom of Thaia's boom stick.

He's not completely without options and it seems that his allies are back in the fight and he begins going through the swooping, twisting motions that leave him in Crane Stance, once more.

Full round action to go into Crane Stance.

As far as I can tell that's what round this is (intimidate/move, sick/move, sick/move, now). If she has two rounds of full actions I guess lemme know.

Yes, she should get another full action. That said, the shot you just readied is going to hit and finish off Na'alu. Which kind of puts us in a strange position, because in theory, had that been your action on Round 4 you would put Na'alu down before he even got the opportunity to cast glitterdust.

So, in fairness, I'm going to say that basically Thaia got the shot off on Na'alu just as he cast the spell. Kahwen was blinded for only a second, and then shrugged it off. Kahwen can either keep his action to go into crane stance, or do something else if you prefer. Thaia can take a shot at the robot, or whatever, for her Round 5 action.

Kahwen closes his eyes as he is cascaded with fairy dust. He rubs them, and opens them, after hearing Thaia's boomstick, and realizes he can see after all. He sees Na'alu laying unconscious before him, bleeding from a gaping gunshot wound to the chest.

Nigel, the elemental (although looking at it, he may have been poofed by the last hit), and Thaia can take full actions. Haska, Velinov, and Woodthorne can take move actions.

I'll stick with going into Crane Stance but I'll add this free action -

"That's what you get!" Kahwen declares, aiming a finger down at the fallen Na'alu.

Move and reload.

With the last punch, the earth elemental explodes into shards of rock, dissolving away before they hit anything.

Ready a move action to move away if the a threat moves within 15'. How deep does the river look?

Not that I want it to be bigger... but the cloud is too small. It is supposed to be a 20 ft radius and it isn't. It seems to have a diameter of 35 in both directions. But I do look forward to it being gone, it is really making this hard! I can not summon a monster out of the cloud. But I have an idea...

Nigel moves around the outside of the cloud. I do not want to get stuck in that again! Once he moves a bit, Nigel starts the summoning ritual again. This time, he makes the circle above his head instead of in front of him.

Needing to make a new stat block again so expect some delay between my next post.

A lightning bolt strikes down into them circle that Nigel created in the air and suddenly, 30ft above his head, a small lightning elemental appears. The elemental flies down and attack the robot.

slam: 1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 3 = 13
+3 from attack something "wearing" metal
damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d3 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (3) = 8 3 of that is electric damage

Move action to move and standard to swing and miss again. The dice are not a fan of me this fight.

Haska holds his spot struggling to recover. (2 more rounds i think).

Woodthorne keeps running.

The tributary here is about 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep at its center. The water runs swiftly but has few rapids, requiring a successful DC 15 Swim check to traverse. The bridge has fairly low sides, providing little cover.

It looks like Nigel is correct and the cloud was a bit small, which has been corrected.

Unsurprisingly the construct's morale, if such a thing exists, does not seem to have been affected in the slightest by the demise of its master. It turns its attention to the newly summoned air elemental. Typically of the metallic being, it misses the first time but hits the second.

The air elemental takes 6 points of bludgeoning damage. Kahwen, Nigel, the elemental, Thaia, and Woodthorne can take full actions. Haska and Velinov are still nauseated for 1 round.

Finally able to comport himself, Woodthorne casts a cure spell upon himself as he moves back to the party.
Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 = 12

No hesitation.

BOOM! v 'metal man' (precise shot, touch attack, range, cover from bridge): 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 7 - 2 - 4 = 11 damage: 1d12 ⇒ 2

"Blast! Winged it. It will look nice next to the minotaur I took during my society confirmation. It would have been a total waste of my time otherwise."

Man, I was hoping the cloud would of worn out by now. The cloud being there is just as bad as being nauseated.

Nigel looks panicked at the giant stink cloud. I cant even throw acid at the weird man thing...

I got nothing I can do as Nigel. I will wait till the duration of the spell ends (which I imagine will be soon since he hasn't cast any 4th level spells yet and this is a round per level spell.

The lightning elemental takes the hit from the robot and tries to swing back.

slam: 1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 3 = 12
+3 from attack something "wearing" metal
damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d3 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (1) = 7 1 damage is electric

Standard action to attack.

A pathfinder's work is never done. Kahwen had hoped that Na'alu falling would make the mechano man stop, too. It was clear that was not going to be the case and that it was going to keep fighting.

He rushes to the aid of the lightning elemental. "This is a new one, isn't it Friend Nigel? I like it!" he calls out. There's no reason not to chat while fighting, is there?

He has to be careful as he gets close though, the ground here is quite slick.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

Not so slick for him, though...

He takes a swing, finding a moment when the thing is not paying attention to him while fending off the lightning elemental to strike a precise blow.

Elven Curve Blade minus Fighting Defensively plus flanking: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 10

Slashing plus Sneak Attack plus Dirty Fighter: 1d10 + 7 + 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + (6, 1) + 1 = 25

AC is 24 this round.

Haska continues to avoid the cloud and tries un sucessfully in recover from the nausea.

The construct remains evasive, managing to avoid the barrage of attacks the elemental, Kahwen, and Thaia send at it. It remains consistent as well, missing once and hitting on its second try, sending off sparks of electricity from the elemental as the punch lands squarely in the outsider's face.

However, the cloud of malodorous vapor finally dissipates at this point, opening the battlefield significantly.

The air elemental takes 5 points of bludgeoning damage. Kahwen, Nigel, the elemental, Thaia, Woodthorne, Haska, and Velinov can now all act normally.

Kahwen grumbles as he misses. "This time I'll get you!" he declares, as much to himself as anyone else.

Elven Curve Blade minus Fighting Defensively plus flanking: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 28

Slashing plus Sneak Attack plus Dirty Fighter: 1d10 + 7 + 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + (3, 5) + 1 = 21

Crit? plus Tengu Rogue Favored Class Talent: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 - 2 + 1 = 20

Extra Damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Move and reload.

Kahwen is correct. This time, he does get the construct. Timing his blow perfectly when the thing is attacking, he slices the metallic man's head clean off. Smoke pours out of its neck hole, and it jerks and convulses. For a moment it begins to do its little victory dance with fist pumping, but it gradually slows and slows until the fists stop completely, and it falls over with a KLUNK.

Victory at last! Other than a little wrap-up, that pretty much brings us not only to the end of combat but the end of the scenario.

As the group searches Na'alu, they find, in addition to his gear, several encoded messages.

The magic items can be identified using detect magic and Spellcraft.

Woodthorne does not have the Linguistics skill, but does carry a Wand of Comprehend Languages, if that helps.

Woodthorne will Aid in identifying the items if able.
Potion 1Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Postion 2Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Cloak Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Ring Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Pharmaceutical Heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Woodthorne does not have the Linguistics skill, but does carry a Wand of Comprehend Languages, if that helps.

It has to be Linguistics in this case, because it is a code instead of another language. Comprehend languages "does not decipher codes or reveal messages concealed in otherwise normal text."

"It's a cypher of some sort. Best take our time, and when we're well away."

Thaia takes her time (and 20--for 27) to decipher the code.

"Huzzah!" Kahwen declares, brandishing his sword overhead as he cuts the creature down.

He helps search Na'alu's body but is also quick to urge people to continue on their way. Villain though he may be, the man they just killed in self defense is still well respected in Bloodcove and has plenty of allies. Lingering is an invitation for trouble.

Got not skills to help out here.

The Pathfinders move out, soon leaving Bloodcove far behind, traveling overland back to Nantambu over the course of a few days. Thaia is able to decipher the code as they travel. They return to the hot basement of Sharrowsmith's secret Pathfinder lodge, where this all started.

Aya Allahe is please to see them, and listens carefully as they recount the tale of their adventure.

"This report confirms my suspicions that the Aspis is planning to investigate the same area that Venture-Captain Sharrowsmith was researching before his party’s disappearance. The intelligence also reveals that the Consortium is sending a lot of manpower along with the expedition, including several veteran field agents with grim reputations. Those are a nasty bunch of names, the worst of the worst as the Apsis go."

"So the Technic League is involved now too? Great. That complicates things, but it is good to know."

"I'm so glad to hear you were able to sabotage the expedition. That buys us a day or two to plan our response, a commendable advantage."

"Congratulations on making that deal with Ungala. Having a reliable transport of supplies and personnel through Bloodcove greatly strengthens the Society’s position in the upcoming conflict, and a capable ally in Bloodcove is to the Society’s long-term advantage. Trade Prince Aaqir al'Hakam will be informed of your success."

"Thank you all. You did a terrific job from what I can tell. Now I must move on to the task of preparing the Society’s response to the impending confict."

Unless you have any final roleplaying you'd like to do, this concludes the session. I hope you enjoyed it. I should have the Chronicle sheets ready in a day or two.

Whoot! Thank you. It was greatly enjoyable, both because of you running the game and my fellow players!

That was a fun scenario, despite the 5 rounds of being incapacitated. Thanks for running it.

The last word.

Nigel felt useless? Woodthorne ran around trying to hold his stomach in that last combat. I'm sure Thaia had something to say about that!

"Perhaps a bit more grit."

;)