PFS: Before the Dawn Part II: Rescue at Azlant Ridge (Inactive)

Game Master Mari Clock

Damn. Okay. I'll make the acrobatics checks.

Blue Acro: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Orange Acro: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Grey Acro: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Okay, Orange and Grey are stuck, but does Blue get through?

And this is why hallways are the single biggest threat in an encounter. I've run so many scenarios where tactics are useless thanks to positioning. You would think the scenario writers would take such things into consideration, but I guess not all of them think about it ahead of time :(

Well, in this case, the ghouls have no int so no tactics, so they make poor choices.

BRAINS!!!!

Whisper only gets one AOO as he does not have combat reflexes

aoo: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
aoo_damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

"I may have miscalculated"

Whisper 5 foot steps to the corner so he is not flanked and attacks red.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Status update:

Whisper
Wilhimina
Marshala
Dk Red _ dmg
Lt Red 5 dmg
Pink 1 dmg
Blue 1 dmg
Orange _ dmg
Grey _ dmg
Balthazar still needs to go.

Surprised by the sudden rush of undead, Balthazar let one of the ghouls pass him, but not before he took a stab at it with his dagger.
Empowering his dagger, he slashed at the one in front of him. (pink)
"Whisper! Keep talking, we'll come to you!"

Whisper wonders if the irony of Balthazar's words strikes anyone else as humorous

"Let's end this quickly, shall we?" Wilhimina says as she moves up to the other side of the doorway (which will provoke from blue if it's still up). She reaches over and touches Balthazar's sword, infusing it with the power to hurt evil. "Now," She says, smiling at Balthazar, "show these ghouls they chose the wrong party to mess with!"

Wilhimina spends a point of fervor to give Balthazar's sword an extra 1d6 damage against evil creatures for 1 minute.

too funny Whisper!
Marshala's AoO:
AoO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
If hits:
aspergillium: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 (no bonus dmg
since she didnt take the time to load it with holy water.)

Marshala grumbles mildly at her goddess. Kin we be tryin tha again? she calls on the Pirate Queen twice more, channeling against the undead and invoking copycat

should hit all but Whisper's pink and red buddies,DC 15 for half
channel positive: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The blue ghoul in its frenzy rushes through Balthazar and Marshala, only to be cut down once it arrived.

Marshala channels positive and
Pink Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Grey Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Orange Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
the two next to whisper are light red and dark red, pink is in front of Balthazar they all they all take full damage.

Dark Red will attack Whisper
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 2 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis

Light Red will also attack Whisper
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 3 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis

Pink will attack Balthazar:
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 5 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 3 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis

Orange will try to move through Balthazar Acro: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 and fail to do so.

Grey will try to move through Balthazar Acro: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18, and succeeding will attack him.
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 3 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.

Your AOOs took out Blue.
Round 3
Whisper
Wilhimina
Marshala
Dk Red _ dmg
Lt Red 5 dmg
Pink 5 dmg
Blue
Orange 4 dmg
Grey 4 dmg
Balthazar

DC is actually pretty low. You're fine.

Balthazar is angry at the way the ghouls piled up on him, and took it out on Pink, tearing its head off with that dagger, and then proceeds to do the same to Grey.

This is Round 4.
Whisper
Wilhimina
Marshala
Dk Red _ dmg
Lt Red 5 dmg
Pink
Blue
Orange 4 dmg
Grey
Balthazar

Argh, dang it. It ate my post! And I got a 5 too... how much you want to bet I get another one redoing it??

Marshala steps into the hallway, provoking from lt red (and hopefully using his only AoO ;) as she does so. 50% miss chance and will use charmed life if a save is called for.

Whisper! Ye dead? Seeing him still standing, she turns her attention to the ghouls again.

Let us be dancin' again!
channel.pos: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Sea depths take ye!

edit: damnit! called it. Firefox, you're fired.

Wilhimina shakes her head at Besmara's idea of humor. "Maybe Desna will be kinder?" she mumbles to herself, reaching out to touch Balthazar again.

Healing Fervor: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Nope. Both goddesses are feeling fickle today...

Whisper got hit twice:
fortsave-paralysis: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
fortsave-disease: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

fortsave-paralysis2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
fortsave-disease2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

I will assume I am paralyzed and diseased.

If allowed Whisper will attack the Lt Red baddie
attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 2 = 23
damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 5) = 15

Light Red is down.

Dark Red will swing again at Whisper bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 3 points of damage, plus roll save for disease.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 4 points of damage, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 4 points of damage

While it is standing there, Orange will swing at Marshala bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 6 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 1 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis

Whisper
Wilhimina
Marshala
Dk Red _ dmg
Lt Red
Pink
Blue
Orange 4 dmg
Grey
Balthazar

I'm surprised he didn't attempt a coup de grace.

Both attacks will be aimed at Dark Red, unless he falls after the first strike.

"I guess it's the wand then," Wilhimina grumbles to herself, drawing it as she moves up behind Marshala. Reaching over, she bops Balthazar.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Balthazar misses with both attacks.

Ignoring the completely ineffectual orange ghoul and grumbling about wasted channels, Marshala channels once more, this time to heal her allies.

channel to heal: 1d6 ⇒ 6

yay!!

3 channels remaining. Marshala's hp is now full. Copycat rnd 3 of 4

Whisper will stab the dark red Ghoul.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
and miss.

Dark Red will go for
1 Whisper, 2 Balthazar
1d2 ⇒ 2 Balthazar

bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 1 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 1 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 1 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis

Orange will go for Marshala.
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 if it strikes take 1d6 ⇒ 2 points of damage, plus roll save for disease and paralysis.
It will also hit with both claws
claw 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 2 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis, and
claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 if striking deals 1d6 ⇒ 3 points of damage, plus roll save for paralysis

Whisper
Wilhimina
Marshala
Dk Red 1 dmg
Lt Red
Pink
Blue
Orange 5 dmg
Grey
Balthazar

Orange's miss chance with claw 1: high will hit Marshala, low the copycat.

%: 1d100 ⇒ 65

Save against paralysis, using Charmed Life
fort: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 4 = 25

Ha! Ye managed a wee scratch!
Marshala retaliates against orange

aspergillium: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 = 16
dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Copycat round 4 of 4

Fighting back the growling ghoul, Balthazar scored another hit with his dagger.
"To the Boneyard with you!"

Wilhimina, does that holy fervor multiply on a crit?

Sadly, no. :(
Are there any enemies left?

I think orange is still up..

Technically, both are still standing, though staggered. 13 HP each, and both have been hit for 13 points. However, they're going to just drop so combat over now.

Undead can't be staggered; once they reach 0HP, they are destroyed. Yay, go team! :)

"Well, that was fun. How is everyone doing?"

Marshala pulls out her wand of Cure Light Wounds and taps Whisperer twice.

wand: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (6, 7) + 2 = 15

we loot like pathfinders?

Do we see or hear anything else down here, or from the battle above?
perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

After the last ghoul falls, crumbling into 10,000 year old dust, Balthazar immediately continues investigating the hallway, looking for anything of archeological significance.

As you go the rest of the way down the hall, you find yourselves in a fifteen-by-fifteen-foot room constructed entirely of the same smooth-white material seen on the sphere outside. A single white pillar stretches floor-to-ceiling in the center of the room, and in a niche rests a smooth, white, hand-sized square covered in glyphs and runes similar to those on the complex’s front door.

Wilhimina pokes Balthazar, since he seems the most knowledgeable about such things.

"What's that?" She asks him.

Upon clearing the complex, Balthazar sheathed his dagger, choosing a different weapon. His inkpen.
He worked furiously, taking shorthand notes of the layout of the complex and any symbols and text he found, managing to spit out a halting response to Wilhimina's question.
"I have... no... idea... Pre-Earthfall..."
By that point he had sketched the square, and was actively trying to decipher the symbols.
Linguistics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Marshala would like to try to aid Balth in deciphering the symbols.
linguistics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

If it appears to be magical in nature, she'll use read magic and attempt to spellcraft
spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

I would suggest as much in the way of spellcraft as you can...

Wilhimina will read magic and detect magic and then try to spellcraft:

spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

When mundane deciphering methods turn up (presumably) nothing, Balthazar will cast detect magic and proceed to use Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29.

I'm not sure if you can aid, but it doesn't specifically say you can't so I'll say Balthazar made a 29 and other folks aided which gives you enough

Batlhazar, with some input from his friends, can determine that the device likely controls something.

The spellcraft doesn't tell you what, but you might be able to use your smarts and figure it out.

Wilhimina continues to look towards Balthazar as the smartest of the group. "Well?" She asks impatiently.

David spoiled this part for me last year, not remembering that I hadn't played it. I know what it does, so I'm refraining from playing my gnome as usual to give someone else a chance to figure it out...

Thank you for not spoiling it :)

It matches the sphere so I'd guess it does something with that, not that we know what the sphere is or does.
I also think as soon as we touch it we'll be faced with angry golem guardians from the first room...

Marshala leans back from peering at the symbols and the column and stretches her neck stiffly. Looking over at Balth, she offers her conclusions.
"Trouble. Aye, that be what it is. But we done be sailed this far, and no booty fer turning 'round now. Migh as well see what sort o' kraken we release by trying it. What say ye?

If Balth or anyone looks to activate the relic, Marshala will pull her rapier and pop herseld with the shield of faith wand in expectation of trouble.

"It appears to be a control interface of some kind..." Balthazar replied to the impatient gnome as he finished his observations hunched over the strange square.

"Trouble. Aye, that be what it is. But we done be sailed this far, and no booty fer turning 'round now. Migh as well see what sort o' kraken we release by trying it. What say ye?

"I concur." He stood up straight and recited. "Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain." Then a wide, exhilarated grin spread across his face, and his eyes brightened with a wild excitement.

With that, he gingerly plucks the square from its niche.

Balthazar picks up the square.

Wilhimina looks at Balthazar. "Now what do we do?" She asks, uncertain where to go from here.

Now that you've picked up the square, what are you going to do? Just leave?

The square doesn't seem to be doing anything but adding weight to your pack.

Wilhimina looks around, and in the niche, making sure nothing was overlooked before wandering off and leaving study of the square to Balthazar.

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

There is nothing else of note in the room.