There is one person in charge (the musher), who uses handle animal skill to control the sled. Each sled can also carry one other passenger.
Mushers have three actions they can perform.
Mush
Mush speeds up the sled as a move action. Handle Animal DC 12 increases the speed by +1 increment.
Break
Break slows the sled down as a move action. Handle Animal DC 12 decreases the speed by –1 increment. As a fullround action, the musher can also attempt a full stop with a successful DC 20 Handle Animal check. The sled still moves its maximum distance for that round, however at the end of the round the sled’s movement is 0.
Maneuver Turn
Turn allows a musher to alter the direction of the sled within about 60 degrees to either side of the direction it is traveling. The Handle Animal skill check DC is 10 + 1 per every 5 degrees turned. Sleds moving faster than 5 increments risk tipping over. If a driver attempting a high-speed-turn fails the Handle Animal check by more than 10, the dogs maneuver erratically, causing the sled to tip over.
Slam
An attacker whose sled is parallel to his target can drive his sled into his opponent’s as a slam attack. A DC 18 Strength check in order to muscle the sled into a quick, violent turn that deals 2d6 damage to the sled and knocks it off course, changing its direction by 30 degrees. The musher of the targeted sled must then make a Handle Animal check (DC 10 + damage to regain control of his sled) or he loses his next action. If a slam attack deals more than 10 points of damage, the targeted sled flips
Grapple
Following a successful slam attack, riders within either sled can attempt to grapple the opponent’s sled, or individuals on the sled. This requires a melee touch attack, either against the sled (AC 8) or an individual within reach. All individuals in a moving sled are considered flat-footed. At the start of the next round, grappled sleds make opposed Handle Animal checks to see who controls the movement of both sleds. Individuals on either sled then attack as determined by initiative. They can attempt any partial combat maneuver they so desire (including a move action to climb into the other sled), provided they first make a successful DC 14 acrobatics
check. Anyone failing the check is thrown from the sled.
Regardless, the musher must remain at the reigns of the sled or the sled goes out of control, traveling in the direction it was before the loss of the musher for 1d4 rounds before tipping over and crashing.
Executing the Break maneuver during a grapple always causes one of the grappled sleds to flip, 50% chance for either
With a bit of effort you lever off the rune marked stone.
The stone sealed a small chamber filled with a bed of charcoal. Atop the charcoal sits a rolled up leather blanket tied closed with knotted silk rope. The leather blanket is lined with red and orange silks that bind together a collection of bones, intricately scrimshawed with fine calligraphy and rubbed with gold leaf, to make the runes stand out.
The mist again clears and behind the group there is a massive cracking sound as some huge creature digs its way out from within the ice..
Grab the bones. Quick Vetis says as he sees the massive beast begin to break through the plateau. He quickly speaks an incantation as he continues. It is time to go. Get away from the eggs.
Vetis will quickly cast another Call Lightning as the (presumably Remorhaz) approaches
The creature is a massive lizard, white, maybe fifteen feet long, and almost as broad. For a moment Lady Teldra thinks it might be a dragon, but there are no wings on this.
Certainly to get close to it, you'll be passing through its reach. Looking behind it, the ground steams, it is almost as if it melts its way through the ice. It looks formidable.
It may also just be protecting its nest and young. Vetis retorts, a hint of annoyance in his voice mostly masked by the stangre way the words come out of his elemental body. Nevertheless, as the remorhaz lets out a raging cry he whispers to himself I am sorry for this and calls down a bolt of lightning from the heavens.
Numair continues to pound the creatures with magical missiles, while Vetis calls down lightning on it.
ref:1d20 ⇒ 1
With prepared actions, can you roll the to hit and damage, so if they trigger I can keep the action progressing. As it is The beast has the initiative over her.
Jo strides forward to put her shielded self between the beast and the other pathfinders.
The beast stunned by the distant assault buries fast into the ice, but from the tremors you can tell it is heading quickly towards you.
Status: Everyone is fatigued.
*Zora -may act twice if she wishes
Maiden(Charis)
*Lady Teldra - 1 damage;
*Vetis - call lightning active, 1 used (this is your second call lightning)
*Numair
Jo - 10 damage , shield of faith,
Remorhaz 32 damage
The group looks around, preparing their attacks against the huge beasts inevitable onslaught.
For a few seconds nothing happens, and then the ground opens next to Numair as the beast emerges obviously keen to eat the creature that first assaulted it.
The maidens arrow bounces off the creatures thick hide, but Numair's point blank magic missiles go straight down its throat. Vestis summons another bolt of lighting
ref:1d20 ⇒ 14
Lady Teldta's hammer flies but like the arrow bounces off the creatures thick hide, and Zora is not close enough to land a blow after its sudden emergence.
It lurches forward, trying to swallow Numair.
attack:1d20 ⇒ 1
And somehow, remarkably, misses him.
Which is probably just as well for his state of living
Status: Everyone is fatigued.
*Zora -
Maiden(Charis)
*Lady Teldra - 1 damage;
*Vetis - call lightning active, 2 used (this is your second call lightning)
*Numair
Jo - 10 damage , shield of faith,
Remorhaz 48 damage
It lashes out and grabs her in its mouth, ready to swallow!
Status: Everyone is fatigued.
*Lady Teldra - 1 damage;
Remorhaz 80 damage ; grappling.
Maiden(Charis)
*Numair
*Vetis - call lightning active, 2 used (this is your second call lightning)
Jo - 29 damage , shield of faith, grappled.
*Zora - Weapon Fort Save DC 19
I had to look up the rules for weapon saves, as I never came across that before! I guess this creature is hotter than I expected...
Fort Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20Whew! I would have hated to lose that weapon.
Gm:
Had it failed, my understanding is that it takes half-damage and then subtracts hardness, and then applies damage. As an adamntine weapon, it's hardness is 20 +2 for magic bonus and it has 40 hp/inch +10 hp for magic - but I don't know how that translates to a shortsword.
Lady Teldra also needs to make a save for her Hammer
Zora:
That is pretty much it. Hardess 20, and 1/3 more HP than normal for a steel weapon. As it is magical, it gains another 2 points of hardness and another 10hp.
The huge worm tries to swallow Jo!
CMB:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39
Who vanishes down its gullet!
Sorry damage(bite):2d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 6) + 9 = 21 bonus damage(heat):8d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5, 4, 4, 6, 5, 5) = 38 Ouch
It burps loudly!
Status: Everyone is fatigued.
Maiden(Charis)
*Numair
*Vetis - call lightning active, 2 used (this is your second call lightning)
*Zora -
*Lady Teldra - 1 damage; Weapon Fort save DC 19
Remorhaz 80 damage ; grappling.
Jo - 88 damage , shield of faith, swallowed and very probably dead.
'The Grandidierite Sage' Male Half-Elf Sorceror 10 (HP 82/82) (AC 17/10/17) (CMD 13) (Fort +8, Ref +5, Will +9) (Init +6) (Perception +23)
I assume that Lady Teldra's hammer hit, and the creature is actually at 87 points of damage?
Utterly horrified by what just happened to Jo, Numair again steps back, and determinedly fires another volley of force missiles at the beast, frantically trying to drop it.
