[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] 03-Special Blood Under Absalom (tier 1-2) (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

She hesitantly apologizes to the swordsman, who still looks confused about what has happened.

Still need a second diplomacy to explain what has happened and the mistake he made to resolve the situation.

The bystanders turn away as the action starts to die down a bit, all avoiding the stinking pathfinder team.

Sir Ninn pulls out his coin purse and makes a similar gesture as the samurai did, making sure to shake his head at the bartender, "Sir, I think this gesture has a different meaning in each of our cultures. Here, it shows a desire to share one's wealth, by buying a drink for others. On my own honor, I promise you that the intention was not to insult you or to steal your gold."

Deluge will add (in an attempt to aid Sir Ninn)

"Ah, yes. Did you know that in a wolf pack, it is a gesture of respect to roll on your back and present your belly? For other animals it is to not make eye contact. It is always unwise to judge other cultures or animals by the standards of yours."

Diplomacy Aid: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Thats good enough.

The Ronin nods his thanks to the group, although he turns up his nose at your attrire and smell. The innkeeper too suggests that baths might be in order before you come back to the public room for meals and drinks...

BATHS

"Yes. I have three that I can have drawn up. Which of you would like to go first?" asks the bartender.

Deluge is in no hurry and allows other to precede him.Though he is hungry and eyes whatever food might be in the process of consumption.

I hate to eat while filthy, but then again I hate being hungry...

"Please, allow the ladies to go first."

Elneth smiles to Sir Ninn "We women can wait as any man can do. Please, go first, I will keep you back well guarded." answers the half-elf while holding tight her axe "There is no dishonor on having your hands dirty because of doing your job"

Unless anyone specifically wants to go first, I'll roll for you.

roll away

Faeria steps into what she guesses in the 'bath-room'. It is all very novel for her. She looks about to see if there are any mapmakers about sketching the room. She also wonders why there is a bed, and chest in the room and no tub-thingy.

The tubs are brought in to your individual rooms to enjoy in privacy

Faeria gets clean, as do Victoria and Sir Ninn. Elneth valiantly guards the door ensuring that nothing except hot water can disturb Sir Ninn's bath
who: 2d5 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4

Deluge and Amarion make the most of their free time, enjoying a small meal - well as much as they can while stinking of sewers.

Then, at last it is time for a change, and the freshly washed pathfinder emerge, smelling distinctly sweeter than when they went in. It is then their turn to eat, and enjoy their meals while their stinky brethren wash the filth of Absalom from their clothes and skins.

Faeria, Sir Ninn and Victoria investigate the vase to find theatre tickets for early the next morning.

perception: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Who's Amarion? Faeria shrugs.

"Are either of you 'Amarion'?" She asks casually of the two people, or figments seated with her. She keeps her head down, concentrating on her cutting her baked potato. It's bad enough to acknowledge unknown, imaginary people by talking to them let a lone looking at them. One of them may have mentioned his name (the little one maybe), but with so little sleep it was too hard to remember.

"I think I just heard a shout, and it made me think the word 'Amarion'." She mutters knowing how it must look to the real people around her, but pretending not to care. Some of them might not be real either. "This is really good!"

"Amarion is one of our companions. He is the elven magic user. Shall I go find Amarion and ask him to please join us?"

Faeria alerts her companions to something untoward at the table, while Elneth fails to knock her intruder over. She does however spot her cold iron dagger she had been cleaning her nails with, within easy reach.

Status, bold may post
Victoria - (sitting) Perception DC 13 to act (starts prone)
Deluge (sitting in bath)
Amarion (sitting in bath) Fort DC12; 9 damage;
Assailants
Faeria (sitting)
Sir Ninn (sitting)
Elneth

"Amarion is one of our companions. He is the elven magic user. Shall I go find Amarion and ask him to please join us?"

"Oh? I thought he was the sort of big, foreign samurai with the cultural norms misunderstanding."

She shrugs and looks at the man's plate, and then looks into Sir Ninn's eyes and says very firmly. "Yes. Yes you should go find him. It might be the difference between life, and left-overs--I mean death. Yes, death. I-I have foreseen it."

What's a naked guy to do? Grapple! If he has a full round if he will move action to stand, 5' step, and grapple blue. He will use a boon from The Sky Key Solution (Timelost Chronicler) granting him a +1 on any one 20 sided roll per scenario.

grapple attempt: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4 vs. flat footed CMD.

If he can't grapple because he only has one standard action in a surprise round, he will stand up because that is all he can do. With that crappy roll I rather hopt that is the case.

Deluge stands and lunges at the assailant, but slips on the soapy floor.

I was kind of running the surprise round as either it happens it doesn't depending on your perception roll and then moving to a standard round. Due to the confusion, I'll let you keep your +1 for another roll.

Fort. save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Amarion snatches his spell components from the ground with a shriek Move
and flings suddenly iridescent sand in his assassin's eyes. Color Spray Will DC 17

will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
The assassin facing Amarion falls flat on the floor.
Victoria perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Victoria stands, steps towards the door and throws it open to allow others through. With the door opened, the sounds of combat can be heard from the corridor.

The assassin, for surely these are none other, facing Amarion is unconscious on the floor, literally floored by the elfs magic.

The man facing a naked Deluge draws his sword and slashes at the druid.
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

While the one facing off against Elneth tries the same.
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
But it is his turn to slip on the soap, and he comes nowhere near hurting her.

Status, bold may post
Faeria (sitting)
Sir Ninn (sitting)
Elneth
Victoria -
Deluge - 3 damage, Fort 12 save required
Amarion (sitting in bath) 9 damage;
Assailants

Sir Ninn stands and moves toward the danger.

Soapy-haired, Amarion emerges from the tub, and rifles through his clothes and pack for a potion.

@Amarion You getting one from your own gear, or looking for a bottle on the assassin?

My gear

Fort ST: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

did you post the results of a failed ST somewhere?

No.. I keep you all in suspense until you fail. One point WIS and CON damage; and another save next round please.

Status, bold may post
Faeria (sitting)
Elneth
Victoria -
Assailants
Amarion 9 damage; (potion in hand, has spell component pouch)
Deluge - 3 damage, 1 point WIS and CON damage; Fort 12 save required
Sir Ninn

Faeria stands defiant-looking.

Elneth avoids the blow, then still covered just by the soap's scum, she quickly snatches her cold iron dagger and answers with a fast attack at the assailant.
dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
But still covered with the soap, she has enough problems to keep the dagger within her hands "You bastard son of a dretch run away now you are still on time!"

oopse, sorry don't know how I missed this. I should have just NPCed Victoria yesterday. Her posting seems eratic, so if we are waiting on her more than a day, anyone may feel free to put in a post for her, or a poke to me.

Faeria clears the table while Elneth battles with the dangerous soap.

Victoria hurries down the hall and tries to attack the first conscious assassin she can see, the one battling Deluge.
attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
attack: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Caught between the two, he decides to try and finish off Deluge quickly.
Deluge on a 1: 1d2 ⇒ 1
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Luckily the poison wore off after the first strike.

Further inwards, the last assassin faces off against the knife-armed Elneth. He plunges his sword deep into her defenseless body. Everyone hears that scream and the inns common room starts to empty.
attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
crit ?attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 = 14

Status, bold may post
Amarion 9 damage; (potion in hand, has spell component pouch)
Deluge - 8 damage, 1 point WIS and CON damage; Fort 12 save required
Sir Ninn
Faeria
Elneth 14 damage, Fort DC 12 save required.
Victoria -
Assailants

Amarion downs his potion and snatches up his club, ready to beat the brains out of his would be assailant.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Sir Ninn hustles down the hallway, "I'm coming Elneth!"

Deluge is going to go on total defense. AC 14.

"Ow. That hurt. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your arm pits."

"Aaaargh!" Elneth scream of pain is clear.

She attempts to focus on the fight the best she can, her blood bathing her hands, but keeping an eye on defending herself better.
dagger-attacking defensively: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 - 4 = 13
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

AC (fighting defensively) 14
HP 1/15

Faeria rushes down the hallway.

"OH!? Hello."

She rushes past Deluge's open door munching on something, and trying to avert her eyes from the naked illusory man. Nothing to see. Nothing to see.

Coming to--well she doesn't know the woman's name yet--coming to the screaming woman's room she attempts to clamp her hands over Ninn's eyes. Even if he is pure imagination the boy's obviously too young to see--did he call her Elneth?

"Oh? hello. Are you 'Elneth'?"

She pulls a fresh plate of butter out of her sack, and uses it to weave a spell.

cast defensively: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Victoria continues her assault, stabbing at the assassin in front of her.
Activate detect evil. If there is even so much as a hint of evil, she's gonna smite.

You tried to kill the poor man in the BATH? That's awful! Shelyn would want you off this world you disgusting.... PIG! Yeah! You're like a dirty pig!

SMITE! BLUE: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Amarion drinks his potion, and feels a little better, while Sir Ninn hustles towards Elneth. Enleth herself can't get past the assassins defenses.

Deluge, sensing that help is at hand, adopts a defensive stance. Victoria helps out, smiting the man who goes down in a heap at her feet.

Faeria plays with some of the meal she swept into her bag...
ref: 1d20 ⇒ 13

He keeps his feet, but the soapy floor is now even more slippery.
He in turn attacks who: 1d3 ⇒ 2 Sir Ninn
attack: 1d20 ⇒ 2 and misses by a country mile.

Status, bold may post
Amarion 6 damage; ( has spell component pouch)
Deluge - 8 damage, 1 point WIS and CON damage; Fort 12 save required ; Defensive.
Sir Ninn
Faeria
Elneth 14 damage, Fort DC 12 save required. Fighting defensively AC14
Victoria -
Assailants

Deluge and Elneth you each need to make Fort saves please.

Amarion isn't feeling the slightest bit merciful towards the unconscious man on the ground, especially because he will wake all too soon.

Or would have.

Club Coup de Grace: 1d6 - 2 + 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 + (2) - 2 = 2 - I think that works out to 2 lethal and one non lethal for a Fort DC 13 to not die

fort: 1d20 ⇒ 20
This assassin is tough

That's okay, Amarion has a lot of anger and not a lot of hit points or spells left :p

Deluge grabs his shield and holds it up in front of his privates.

Sir Ninn swings wildly at the assassin.

Deluge grabs his shield and holds it up in front of his privates.

I guess that is just a move action. since he has a standard left, he then casts storm burst on green (or any other assassin) if he can see him.

To hit ranged touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4; non-lethal and -2 to attack rolls for one round

Deluge and Elneth you each need to make Fort saves please.

Amario bludgeons the unconscious man in front of him.

Deluge your assailant was taken care of by Victoria. There is just the one left now

Status, bold may post
Deluge - 8 damage, 1 point WIS and CON damage; Fort 12 save required ; Defensive.
Sir Ninn
Faeria
Elneth 14 damage, Fort DC 12 save required. Fighting defensively AC14
Victoria -
Assailant
Amarion 6 damage; ( has spell component pouch)

Faeria tries the door to her south. If it opens she steps in if not she steps west 5-feet. I've moved her as if the door opens.

Fort DC 12 (sorry I forgot this!): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Elneth feels badly but attempts a last desperate attack to get rid of the assailant!
dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Fort ST: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Poison, what poison?

I'm a bit confused. The room Deluge is in has no doors or windows. The red oppnent is upside down which suggests that it has been KOed. Green is right side up which suggests it has not - but there is no door or anything. These are baths so maybe the walls are curtains? Unless that ever-so-slightly greyer patch to the south is a door?

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OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
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There is a loud banging at the door! Moments later the door flies open revealing a dozen armed tengu behind it. They quickly storm into the room, blades drawn.

Victoria gestures to the assailants as she addressed the Tengu.
Thank Shelyn! Those mean men in pajamas tried to hurt our friends while they were taking a bath! Are you here to arrest them?!