[PFS] Curaigh's Outpost Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible (Inactive)

Game Master Curaigh

Alucard's normally pale flesh takes a bit of a rosy tone from Laiashi's whispering. "This is neither the time, nor the place, but I assure you, my residence in Ustalav is exquisite, and my seneschal is a capable chef."
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Completely oblivious to the area around him, Alucard descends the stairs with the rest of the group. with a look of displeasure, he glances at the guards. "I will not be dismissed. Do you have any idea who we are?"

Bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Perception (surprise?): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 = 15
Nope.

"Also, please ignore the blood on our weapons," Laiashi mentally adds, skeptical of her stage-husband's tactic. Well, what's the worst that could happen? "Dear, maybe he doesn't. Just a misunderstanding, that's all."

Aid another (Bluff) for an auto-success.

"No, I don't know who you are. But I do know who you aren't, and that means you aren't allowed down here. Leave."

At the commotion another of the monks enters from the east hallway. She says something to the bandits in Vudrani and they nod. All three take a stance with feet a little farther apart, hands comfortably resting on their weapons.
"Leave," the bandit repeats.

What is the Bluff trying to convince them of?

What shall we do? he asks his companions
How many monks can we see?

A hand on his bow, he smiles, baring his sharp fangs. "I promise you, we are not your usual Riff-Raff. Your employer asked for us specifically, and we were escorted down here. It would behoove you to show us to him, lest his wrath, combined with ours, be upon your head."

What is the Bluff trying to convince them of?

Quite simply, that we belong here!

..., and we were escorted down here....

The two bandits looks at Alucard, and then the rest of the party, and then passed Alucard at the empty stairs. It is then that the Pathfinders realize their guide is no longer with them.*

bandit: 1d20 ⇒ 4,monk: 1d20 ⇒ 4 Nope. Not suspicious. Not suspicious at all, dice roller. ;)

"Well then maybe you do belong here," the bandit gestures toward one of the tables that the wizards are chained to. "Go ahead then, have a seat and get to work!" Zamir has only ever asked for certain people to join his group of bandits. And those were for their training with magic items which he then enslaved.

1 monk, 2 bandits, 4 slaves. *The previous spoiler was the bandit's Stealthing away after getting you passed the monks up stairs.

He looks around to his companions, with a what would you like to do look

William snorts at the notion that he would work with the obviously enslaved wizard looking wretches but holds his peace, wating for the more socially adept of the group to handle the negotiations, gripping his greatsword in case the talking breaks down.

Seeing that William is a bit perturbed
We would love to get to work but it is really important that we talk to the bosses first he says
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25 diplomacy

You know how important it is to not be late, I'm sure?

Diplomacy, Aid Another: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Bandit: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15, monk: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

I am confused. What are you attempting with the Diplomacy roll? They already believe you belong here. Do you want to spend the minute to shift their attitude? Are you trying to make a request (this requires a second Dip roll)? I just need more information. It is important in PbP to give as much information as possible to avoid delays that questions can bring. If I have not offered enough information please ask your questions. I cannae see the pondering looks on your faces and don't know what I should add. Please ask. If/then statements are also helpful.

If you'd like to spend the 1 minute on Diplomacy talking to the overseer...

Laiashi looks at the bound wizards, and an idea pops into her head. "You heard him, dear," she says to Alucard, "we should get busy." She slides onto one of the benches with the other workers. She picks up a tool at random and tries to look busy, but makes a show of adjusting her clothes to get settled in-- and pulls out her lock picks on the sly. "Be a love and hand me that, um, thing over there," she says to the person next to her.

Sleight of Hand (draw Concealable Thieves' Tools): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Bluff (pass secret message): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 "I'm going to try to free you."
Well that's a failure, meaning he doesn't understand my subcontext. Everyone else, including the monk and bandit, can make a Sense Motive to try and understand it themselves.
Disable Device (nearest man's manacles): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Most if it comes from the Calistrian obedieance: Gain a +4 sacred or profane bonus on Charisma checks and Charisma-based skill checks when interacting with an intelligent creature that could be sexually attracted to you

Sense Motive M: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19, B: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Perception M: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18, B: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Good news: the one to make the check, doesn't understand Common. The bad news: they understand an open manacle. (Also we only have a few days to finish.)

Initiative:
C: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
L: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
W: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
H: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
A: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
VT: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
VT: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

R1
A 21:
L 20:
W 16:
H 12:
Bandit 11:
Monk 10:
C 6:
Alucard, Laiashi, William, and the Herald are up.

Looks like the jig is up.

Herald shares a bit of his divine power with his allies.

Casting Bless for +1 to hit and +1 vs Fear for all allies.

Laiashi sees that the bandit notices her unlock the first wizard's manacles, and touches her fingers to her chin in mock surprise. "Oops." Then she explodes into action, pulling a dagger from her boot and letting it fly.

Dagger + bless vs bandit, flat-footed: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 = 14
Damage: 1d4 + 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + (5, 3) + 4 = 16 +1 fire

"Finally! I have never received such Rude Treatment from the staff when I have visited. Told to Work? We shall have none of that! Now is the time for Wrath!" Alucard begins, pulling his bow up and snapping a quick arrow off toward the Red target.
Longbow Hit: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 22
Longbow Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 1 = 9
Beginning his Oratory (Inspire Courage!) and firing an arrow If the Red one is Super dead, then fire at the Blue one? People that benefit from my Inspire Courage do not provide cover fro me (per Precise Minstrel)

Ready for the inevitability, William steps forward and slashes the closest guard (Orange )

Attack, bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 1 = 14
Damage, Courage: 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 4) + 6 + 1 = 13

AS 22 if shield is still up

On his turn he will try to whip the green guy
1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5

lol

The monk drops under Caelhal's whip, not because of any great degree of monastic agility, but because Alucard's arrow has pierced her heart. The bandits are a little more hardy than the monk, but one drops to Laiashi's impossibly fast blade and the other to the large curving blade of William.

The monk is carrying a potion (CLW) and another of the impressive tiger masks.

The hallways to the east and west lead to sparse cells. Each contains a simple mat and a bucket, and nothing else.

Moving us forward (but let me know if you want to do something else here).

This large hall is relatively clean and empty. A few racks on the walls contain wooden training weapons, and targets and straw dummies stand here and there. A strange wooden statue stands in front of a large alcove in the south wall. It has three tiger faces on its head, each facing a different direction, and six arms. The statue’s hands hold a variety of weapons; quarterstaff, sai, nunchaku, siangham, and kama. In the back of the alcove is a large wooden door.

Stalking away from the mangled bodies of the guards he grunts at the enslaved wizard's, "We'll let you out later."

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Moving int what looks like a training room, William allows "This keeps up this bandit lord won't have any bandits left even if we do work a deal with him. I guess that's his problem, not ours"

Keeping a wary eye, he stalks to door in the back of the room.

Percetion 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Perception DC20: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

The Herald moves into the room and sizes up the statue from afar.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Boy, we're doing great on these Perceptions.

After the others make short work of the rest of the bandits, Laiashi retrieves her knife from her target's throat and wipes it clean on his clothes. "We will do nothing of the sort," she says to the captive and no doubt startled wizards. "I will let you out right now." Retrieving her thieves' tools from where she let them fall, she works on the remaining shackles.

I'd like to free the rest of them. Can I take 10 on that? How many are there?

Perception (next room): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Laiasha quickly disables the manacles, catching up to the party as the enter the training room.

When William approaches the statue near the door, it assumes a fighting stance: spearhead level, nunchuku spinning, swordblade high.
within 10 ft.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Glancing down at the workbenches to watch Laiashi work, Alucard notices a chisel with a inscription on the the handle. "Intriguing. I wonder what it could say..." Tossing it in his pocket for the time being, Alucard follows the others into the new area.
Spoiler says Linguistics to translate it. If anyone would like to give it a shot, they can go ahead!

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Looking at the Large statue, Alucard smiles a wicked smile. "Normally, I wouldn't be sharing information like this, but I have been tasked with destroying that... training thing. I would assume that it should spring to life if approached." Nocking an arrow, Alucard takes aim for one of the Tiger Masks, before letting it fly!
Longbow!: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18 Damage!: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Ninja'd during my edit? :)

Ninja'd during my edit? :)

Hah! I didn't know you posted until my RSS Reader told me! That's awesome! Either way, I'm still going to fling an arrow, but it could be on my turn if we go into Initiative.

William grunts as the thing comes to life, then focuses his mind, touching his occult talismans with his mind as he does so.

Cast Lead Blades. Shield still have any rounds? Hard to know how long talking/charming/disarming took. If it's still good AC 22

Shield is gone. Also, the statue is Small. With a capital S. The room is large (lower-case l). The other table had the same reaction and now I want to know if that happens in table top games. :)

William takes a step back and pauses to concentrate on his spells. Though the creature animates when approached it returns to resting if no one is within 10 ft. of it. It can be approached, touched, and even struck with a weapon without it 'animating' in the traditional 'monster hiding in plain sight' sense that is taught in most Society training sessions.

What ever shall we do now? he inquires.

Is Bless still in effect?

I am not sure that it is. How long was the interactions we had?

Seeing the arrow whiz over his head, William grumbles, "You need to destroy this thing right?"

Stomping over to the training device he slashes at it with his heavy blade.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Damage: 3d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) + 6 = 20

Yeah! Let's Wreck the place! We'll show these Jerks that NOBODY steals from Pathfinders!

Alternatively, we could continue instead. I'm not super worried about Faction Missions that no longer influence scenarios.

Is Bless still in effect?

Sure, it has a duration of two minutes, & combat lasted a round so why not.

Beyond the next door:
This room is nicely decorated and comfortably furnished, unlike the rest of the complex. Cushioned chairs create a comfortable sitting area, and a large tapestry depicting a battle of dozens of dervishes in a bright yellow sandy desert adds color to the room. The air is scented with cinnamon and trophy heads and animal skins decorate the floor and remaining walls.

A vudrani man sits at the desk, a tiger sits at his feet. He is studying a gem-encrusted rod. The rod should look familiar if anyone is still watching the Wayfinder, it points toward the desk. At your entry the man stands up and points the object at you. An unfriendly scowl on his face, he stares down at you with a look that says 'Well?'

He doesn't actually say anything.

Zamir, I presume? I don't suppose you'd be interested in hearing the Bad News about He/They/She, would you?

Bad News? You don't say, tell me more

Ha! Rookie mistake!

The Herald seems surprised to find someone who wants to hear the Bad News for a change.

Oh, really? Well, I, uh...okay...She/He/It are coming. They/It/She come from beyond the stars, and when it/she arrives they/he/she will devour all. She/He has chosen me to be it/their herald, to prepare the world for her/it's arrival, but instead I am warning everyone. We must prepare! We only have 10,000 years in which to...

Herald continues on at length, unless interrupted, heedless of his spell ticking away, his Pathfinder mission, or anything else.

...don't know what exactly this new magic known as Tekk Gnoll-uh-gee is, or if gnolls are even truly part of it, but we do know that...

Have you heard about the Bird?

...and thus may we use "new clear" bombs to provide limitless power, which -- again, as I have foreseen -- may be attached to missiles somehow. I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that Giants will fire them, as they are the only ones large enough to handle crossbows of such size. Anyway, these "new clear" missiles will ascend into the sky...

William groans inwardly as The Herald launches into his tired old spiel, hoping that maybe he would bore the bandit lord into surrendering. More likely there would be combat presently, but maybe, just maybe his other more silver tounged companions will step in and do the actual negotiating they were brought in to attempt.

Else he would start hacking things apart. Either way, nothing interesting seemed to be stored at this location, he simply wanted to finish this task and get back to his research.

"Well now that we've found you," Laiashi says over the Herald's prattling (whether or not he continues), "we've come to take you in. We're from the Pathfinder Society, and I believe you have some things of ours."

"So you are going to take me in to your your New Gnoll Clear Gee's?" Inwardly he thinks, I wonder if I could convince giants to join me? They can carry big weapons. and they can carry a lot more lute. I wonder if they are as gullible as these Tiger Eye monks are?

"Something of yours? Everything here was rightfully obtained. Why should I let you take me anywhere? You will just kill me when we get there. I may as well kill you here and presently enjoy doing so."

Rookie mistake, or calling your bluff? :)

Everything rightfully obtained, you say? Where did you obtain that expensive looking rod you're holding right now, if you please?

The elf looks around to see what is going to happen. murmuring a prayer to the Savored Sting to enhance his words enhanced diplomacy

1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 4 = 19 There is no need for violence. In fact, we would rather not have to fight, such a sordid event where people get hurt and that is not a good thing