PFS by PbP scenario TBD (Inactive)

Game Master Brayden Green

If we get stuck, I can feed people air crystals or summon a medium squid (+10 grapple, 60ft speed in water) to handle him. Otherwise I'll wait for the others to cross (so that I can still cast) and then take 10 to swim over myself.

Actually Mylv, with Amnur and Varian crossing, everyone else's T10 is good enough! I'll assume that you again wait until treading the waters yourself.

Also, both the people I personally asked to join have already played this; does anyone know of someone they'd like to invite into the game? They'd have to have a level 3-5 PFS PC and cannot have played Night March before. If not, I'll go to the Recruiting thread and look for peeps.

WOOHOO! +3 SWIM!!!! Orion takes 10 across for 13.

"I just got this armor cleaned back at home. But, the bright side is that Amnur finally gets to take a bath! When it comes to the stench of the bog and what Amnur normally smells like, I'll take bog over stinky dwarf any day!" Orion jokes as he keeps his head and pack above water as well as he can.

Amnur gives Orion a squinty-eyed look full of irritation, "Well, now ya get to smell both! Ya skinny little hairless gobin!"

As the party dries itself off after the late night bath, the wind rustles the cool air and Kalkamedes once again tries to drudge forward before Amnur is ready.

Kalkamedes CMB: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
However, the extra weight from a soggy dwarf makes the sleepwalker's attempt futile at best.

Amnur grins in spite of himself, water dripping from his armor and beard, the rope soggy in his hands, "I'm gonna get a rash." he laments to himself. Louder he says, "Well, get out there ahead of him and let's get this silly escapade moving!" and starts out as soon as one of those in the lead gives the all clear.

Varian dries himself and his armor as best he can and, when all are ready, heads out walking along with Kalkamedes, watching for more impediments to their travel.

Once everyone has done their best with the cleaning, I use prestidigitation to finish off the cleaning.

Now thoroughly dried, the group continues forward along Kalkamedes' unknown path.

With Orion and Shilyn watching Kalkamedes to make sure no more injuries occur, Amnur, Mylvwara, and Varian all realize why the Pathfinder's destination has been hard to track; about thirty feet ahead is a canyon that spans 30 feet across. The depth is hard to gauge at this distance.

Kalkamedes shows no sign of stopping as he continues to walk towards the edge of the cliff.

Kalkamedes CMB: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Kalkamedes pulls hard and drags Amnur with him closer to the edge!

Kalkamedes is currently 20' away from the edge now.

Amnur pulls backwards deperately while his eyes quickly scan ahead and from side to side for a tree or rock to brace against for additional leverage. "Ooooh TORAGS TEETH!!" he shouts, "Get that sleeping fool stopped!"

CMB: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Perception - something to brace against: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

@Amnur: You not only stop Kalkamedes advance, but pull him back 10', giving you more breathing room.

However, focusing all of your strength to prevent your ward from testing the effects of gravity, you do not notice anything significant nearby to brace yourself with.

Varian walks to the edge and looks down while Amnur holds Kalkamedes back. He tries to gauge if the cliff is climbable in any manner... and wonders how to get Kalkamedes down the cliff-face if he can't be encouraged to climb himself. He looks from side to side as well, to see if the canyon narrows in either direction, with the idea of somehow spanning the canyon if it can't be climbed.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

@Varian: The cliff goes down for a hundred feet give or take. The canyon itself goes on as far as you can see in the darkness in either direction. As far as the cliff walls are concerned, it appears that it would be quite difficult to climb the sheer cliff walls without support and/or tools.

Varian turns to the party and shrugs, sighs. "I don't suppose anyone's got a rope of climbing or a mass fly spell? This looks pretty hopeless, as he seems to want to go straight across..."

Muttering several expletives in various languages, Shilyn runs over to give Amnur a hand. "Ya know.. I'm half tempted to let this cretin take his walk and see how far down this thing goes.. by waiting for the splat at the end," she grumbles. Looking over at Varian through strands of hair that have worked loose, she tries to blow it out of her eyes to no avail. "I could climb down.. but um.. my hands are a bit busy at the moment."

"Let me help Amnur hold the quarry then, while you try the climb... But we don't know how deep it is, so be careful..."

cmb to assist Amnur: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

ooh, barely assisted

Helping.

CMB assist: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

EDIT: Or not... :P

Kalkamedes CMB: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 2 = 5

And with Varian's extra help, Kalkamedes is held in place, despite his efforts to crawl forward over the edge.

Amnur watches Shi getting ready to climb over the edge, "Uhh, I'm no expert, but is it possible to grapple over somehow? Does anyone have a grapple or maybe just jump? I don't know how deep that is, but I'm guessing it's no gentle fall..." The dwarf watches the others mill about with concern in his eyes, and tries to move Kalkamedes back another 10' for good measure.

CMB: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Pulling a rope from her pack, she looks around for a place to secure it. perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

Finding something she hopes will work, she quickly secures the rope, and walks over to the side. "Wish me luck boys.." she says as she lowers herself into the gap.

climb: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

I peer over Shi, hoping to spot any impediments or dangers: "So, you don't want any wishes of luck from me? Fine."

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Casting a quick glance up at Mylv, Shilyn laughs. "I always count on your luck filled wishes.. it's the boys that need reminding."

Sorry for the delay; tech week for my show = exhausted GM!

@Shilyn: Without the rope, you'd feel VERY uncomfortable climbing down the ravine. With the moonlight's assistance, you can see this easily descends 100 feet down, and you're only 15 ft down yourself. You're going to need more rope, for sure.

@Mylvwara: You do not see anything particularly dangerous, other than the sheer rockwall that would make free climbing incredibly difficult.

With rope use, I'm reducing the DC of the climb from it's otherwise very high number to a DC of 10; typically, this would be a DC 5 check, but the slippery rock walls, make poor support to brace against. Still better than the DC 15 unknotted rope, however.

Kalkamedes lemming attempt: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Kalkamedes makes good effort, but the aasimar dwarf team hold back the sleepwalker!

Amnur calls over from his position, "How's she doing down there?"

Calling up to the others, Shilyn quickly fills them in. "Um.. my rope doesn't even go halfway down.. and I'm NOT free-styling it," she says a bit loudly. "I kinda like my half-elf self in one piece.

She decides to turn around and climb back up.

There must be a path down somewhere, let's find it.

I start walking along the edge of the canyon, seeking a path.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Amnur, holding steady against the pull of the rope calls out, "Can the rope be grappled onto anything on the other side? I got one in my pack." He seems to think for a bit, then adds, "And who else has rope?"

So try to grapple a tree or something on the other side, and who else has rope? Amnur is using one, Shi used one to climb a little ways down. Amnur owns 1. If we have 3-4 total Shi can reach the bottom.

*Edit* looking at everyone. Looks like we have 3 ropes. 1 used on Kalkamedes. So two extra for roughly 100' unless knotted. So try to grapple across with one of the 2 unused.

@Varian: As a gift to you (and to help out Amnur's number), we'll say Gryne used his rope before remembering he had a family emergency. So you still have your silk rope!

@Mylvwara: It is about a quarter mile by the time you'll reach a much easier part of the canyon (only 10' gap; this continues for a bit further). Walking to that point is going to take you about 25 rounds give or take. Are you ok with that?

@Amnur: With Shilyn using some rope to secure it topside and trying to combine, there will be just over 10' short of hitting the bottom. This does mean that I'll need an Acrobatics check to safely land.

I'm okay with that.

That's fine as long as the scan of the far side of the ravine didn't reveal anything to grapple.

[ooc]Amnur: I'm going to need some rolls from you then; give me 25 CMB rolls! I'll assume that between Orion and Varian, one of them will succeed each time so you get +2 on the roll. Likewise, I'll be making 25 CMB rolls for Kalkamedes. This will be to cover time while Mylv and Shilyn scout the terrain.

As noted before, Kalkamedes is 30 feet from the edge when we start this off.

There are several times that Kalkamedes makes incredible pushes forward! Let's see those rolls :)

@Amnur: D'oh, you're right! In lieu of that, Kalkamedes will be back 40' instead :)

Immediately, upon seeing Mylvwara try to chart out a better path, you pull hard and keep the Pathfinder at bay although he doesn't make it easy.

However, only once does the man overpower the dwarf and his allies, and even then Torag blesses him with the strength to pull him back.

Kalkamedes never stood a chance of continuing his journey the long way down.

Shilyn, what are you doing over this time period?

Reminds me of a wedding I saw once. Orion struggles to help the group.

"Maybe if we could get one good climber up on the other side we can attach a rope to an arrow or bolt, shoot it across and the person on the other side can secure it to a tree or rock. Then we'd have the basis for a rope bridge... if we can do it down the way, where it's only 10' across, one rope can go across 3 times maybe and form the bridge."

"Varian, that's a brilliant plan! Who's best with ropes? Shi?" I look expectantly at the young woman.

"I can cast a spell which lets one person climb with the ease and agility of a spider. Whoever goes will find the climb easy."

If you guys wish to go this route, Amnur will be able to get Kalkamedes over to the narrower gap without penalty; the process will take about 15-20 minutes time given the slower speed and the occasionally successes that will counteract successful CMBs. Post what you guys wish to do and we'll get past this!

Amnur blows out an exasperated sigh and begins the long process of dragging the man over to where the gap narrows. "Let try it over where it's not so wide. Maybe we can throw him over!" and with the others help starts making progress.

We're taking him to where it narrows some

As she's coiling her rope to put it back in her pack, she pauses for a moment and taps her lip in thought.

"You know.. we could take a bit of rope and form a type of shackle for this guy.. and only give him so much rope to move. It'd keep him from running and if he gets too froggy, we can use it to trip him up."

Over the course of 15 minutes, it's tug of war back and forth, but ultimately, Amnur's heavier base and higher strength prevent Kalkamedes from making an untimely passage downward.

The gorge ahead narrows to just over 10' in width before opening up again. Mylvwara does take some note that a river must have been through here years and years ago, but now rocky terrain and a few sparse bushes and plants dominate the bottom that she can see.

Now... how to cross to the other side? A couple ideas were brought up, but a consensus, still!

Amnur thinks for a bit, "Let's just have everyone go to the other side except me and Varian, then string a couple ropes across. Then we'll give the end of this one tied to him Varian, who can climb across the gap while I hold the slack. Then when Varian's across we just let Kalkamedes go over the edge, still tied, and pull him up from the other side?"

I look sceptical, "Won't we smash him to pieces if we swing him like a pendulum against the canyon wall?"

"Once we get some ropes across the chasm, we can hang him from one and pull him along on it... I think if we just swing him across, he'll get too badly hurt... however if that happens, I can heal him some."

Some ideas thus far, but no action yet! What does the group decide one?

Kalkamedes CMB: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

I have no idea, just posting to re dot and show that I am here. I'm having a hard time following what is going on. There is a chasm and we need to get across it?

Shilyn looks at the others and offers to climb down and carry the rope across.

@Shilyn: To point a GM note... it's still 100 ft down from this point. But only 10' across, which is only a 10 Acrobatics check to cross if you get a running start :)

So if I have a +5 athletics (and an extra +1 when jumping) I can just take 10 to get across? If so I do that, carrying one end of the rope with me. I missed the part about us walking to a narrower part of the cavern.

@Orion: That be correct; if you can take 10 on that roll, no need to make you suffer over it!

I'll do that then, and stand on the other side of the chasm, holding one end of the rope.