[PFS/DMK] 6-10 The Wounded Wisp - Table I (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

Amelia charges into the room, cutting hard to to right as she clears the mouth of the tunnel. She sees the spider engaged with the half orc and fires off a bolt of acid at it. I don't know what modifiers I would use.. do I add in my dex or anything?

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 3
For
Acid Damage: 1d3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (3) = 5

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For ranged touch, you would use your BAB (+0 for you) and your dex bonus (+2 for you), against the touch AC of the creature (which is something that I'll keep track of). At any rate, 3+2=5 is not going to cut it.

Astern moves up for the attack, but his curved blade does not so much as touch the spider. Amelia's bolt of acid goes equally wide, leaving the spider unharmed - for now.

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Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider
Spider
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Zlata
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Pretty tight quarters for throwing bombs...I do wish I had been able to afford a proper bow before setting out on this mission.

Kesuraman slips his crossbow off his shoulders and fumbles with it a moment, finally slotting a bolt into place and cocking the thing.

Move action to draw light crossbow, move action to load.

cool. Thanks! I really did spend my first module with no spells and a lot of hair... so as this is the first MU I've ever played I missed out on a lot of the mechanics

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Laetshi moves to the bottom of the stairs, drawing her pistol as she goes, and fires at the spider attacking the half-orc.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 1 - 4 = 9

If I randomly call people strange names ('Astern' in the above example), I blame Yosemite's shirty autocorrect.

Kesuraman is too far away to be able to attack the spiders, opting instead to ready his crossbow, while Laetshi fires her gun at one of the spider. The loud bang only serves to startle the fleeing Heryn, but otherwise causes no damage.

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Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider
Spider
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Zlata
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Moving in, Taelbin slips up next to Zlata, his curved long sword clear of it's sheath.

Let us see what we are made of.

Web, Taelin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Web, Asterion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Taelbin and Astern form the front line against the spiders in the cave. Both of them see the spiders form a mass of sticky strands, and lob it at them

DC 12 strength or escape artist to break free

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Zlata
Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider
Spider
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Looks like someone moved my token on the map once I was in the room. I don’t want to make a big deal of it, but Kesuraman is rather squishy and seriously ineffective in melee - and whoever moved him to make room put him right next to the spider. I moved him into the middle of the room now, but please keep his tendency to avoid face-to-face fights in mind if you’re moving him for some reason.

”Wow, those are big spiders!” Kesuraman cries out as he steps forward and gets a better look at them. ”Let go of those Pathfinders!” he adds as he levels his crossbow and fires it ineffectively at the one attacking Taelbin. He looks around for someone to do something more useful while he reloads his crossbow.

Standard action to shoot, move action to reload.

Light Crossbow, melee, cover: 1d20 + 4 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 - 4 - 4 = 7

Laetshi backs into the hallway, reloading her firearm and preparing to fire if one of the spiders presents an opening.

Are you sure the spider didn't move? I mean... the spiders definitely moved, but are you sure your piece also moved? I moved him to the center of the square he was in before, so it's possible you thought he was more in a different square than what I could see. That's why I try to make sure my token is unambiguously in the middle of the square I want; your token was in about 4 squares and I picked one that gave you distance from the spider. Then it moved.

I actually think it was the map that got inadvertently moved. I adjusted some token earlier, so I might have gotten it wrong.

While Laetshi reloads, Kesuraman fire a bolt at the spider, but shooting past Taelbin is harder than in seems.

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Zlata
Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider
Spider
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We can still attack while we're webbed, we're just entangled correct? If not Taelbin will just try to break free. Str Check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

Ugh, disgusting creature.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 - 2 = 3
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Taelbin strains against the webbing, bringing his sword around in a 2 handed swing aimed at taking off a leg or two of the spider.

Strength Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Asterion breaks free of the web and attacks the spider again

Elven Curved Blade attack and damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 171d10 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Amelia will continue to lob acid at the spider across the room. Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Acid Splash: 1d3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (1) = 4

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Zlata swings her scythe at the nearest spider.

Scythe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 for: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10

You can either attack or break free, not both. Attacking will be for next round...

Both Taelbin and Astern manage to get disentangled from the webbing, while Amelia fires off a blog of acid, burning and sizzling the spider. Zlata then hacks away at it, almost killing it.

The spider near Zlata, cornered, lunges forward with a bite, sinking its teeth into the Half-orc. The other one tries to bite Astern, but is easily evaded now that the Half-Elf is free of the sticky strands.

Bite, Zlata: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 191d6 ⇒ 6

Bite, Asterion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

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Zlata
Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider
Spider
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Grunting with annoyance at the spider's bite, Zlata retalliates with a second swing of her scythe.

Scythe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 for: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12

Tis only a standard action to break free of webbing, but it is at a -4 is using strength, which I luckily still succeeded

Asterion Astern Hmph.. I am no section of a boat breaks free of the web and attacks the spider again

Elven Curved Blade attack and damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d10 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Kesuraman fires a crossbow bolt at the spider attacking Asterion, cursing the crowd that makes the shot so difficult. As he reloads, he hurries around the stone wall, trying to get a clearer shot.

Light Crossbow, PBS, Melee, Cover: 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 4 - 4 = 13
Damage, PBS: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Amelia will hold her spells until we find out if the spiders are still standing

Zlata swings her scythe, while Asterion's curve blade is brought down against the eight-eyed creature in front of him. Neither he nor Zlata manage to breach the chitinous outer shell of the adversaries, and Kesuraman fares little better.

Both spiders are still unharmed.

I also need a fort save for Zlata...

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Zlata
Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider
Spider
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Laetshi steps back into the room and fires at the spider opposite Taelbin. Then reloads her pistol.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 3 - 4 = 7 Grr...

It's not just you guys. I'm GMing many tables at once, and I swear these guys are just rolling d10's instead of d20's

Both spiders are still unharmed.

How can that be? You described Zlata as almost killing one of them.

Oops. You're right. The one near Zlata took 10 damage

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Zlata
Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider (10)
Spider
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Free of the webbing, Taelbin brings his dueling sword around in a wide two handed arch.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Hey Boss/Gm...My first attack should have worked, escape web is standard action, and that attack hit AC 17 if it matters

Amelia will fire off another glob of acid at the spider across the room from her. Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Acid Splash damage: 1d3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (1) = 3

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Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Orc blood doesn't poison easily

@Asterion: You get a move and a standard action per round. You can exchange a standard action for a move action, but not the other way around. Busting the web and attacking would have needed two standard actions, where you had one at most.

With an elegant flick of the wrist, Taelbin manages to avoid the mandibles of the spider, and plant his blade right between the eyes, ending the life of the spider.

Amelia lobs her acid at the last spider, causing an acrid smell and a sizzling sound.

Undaunted, the spider keeps attacking Asterion

Bite, Asterion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 161d6 ⇒ 3
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Zlata
Laetshi
Amelia
Kesuraman
Asterion
Taelbin
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Spider - Dead
Spider (3)
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Amelia takes a 5' step into the room so that she can see the remaining spider and launches acid at it
Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Damage Acid Splash: 1d3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (4) = 6

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Poison? If so it's below

Fortification: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Zlata moves toward the remaining spider and brings her scythe around for a third time.

Scythe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 for: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

If Zlata's attack doesn't drop the spider.

Letting out a cry of joy as the spider drops dead, Taelbin turns toward the other and moves in beside the half-elf, his blade swinging in an upward strike.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

If Zlata's attack does drop the spider.

Letting out a cry of joy as the spider drops dead, Taelbin turns to see Zlata bringing the other beast down. Slowly he begins to scan the cavern, searching for any other enemies.

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Amelia launches more acid at the spider, dissolving it somewhat further, and weakening it enough for Zlata and Taelbin to finish off the eight-legged menace.

Combat over

With the threat gone, the pathfinders now have the time to investigate the documents. The papers chronicle the personal exploits of one Selmius Foster, a name that most Pathfinders recognise as a famous member of the Society. Most of Foster’s more infamous adventures appear here in varying amounts of detail, but it is evident there is another investigation he had been pursuing before he died: the lost records of a Society agent named Eylysia.(The notes are on the Map page.) Furthermore, someone called 'Adolphus' made additional notes.

"Fascinating!" Kesuraman says as he studies the notes they've found, his manner much more animated in perusing these lost documents than when he found himself in conversation in the taproom upstairs. "I wonder how long these have lain here undiscovered? And if Heryn didn't know this place was down here, what other surprises might be hidden here?"

He holds the documents up to the light and scrutinizes them carefully for any dates or other indication of when they were written.

"Very impressive indeed! But where to turn first? The Wall of Names, the arcanium, or to the old rascal that obviously set us up to find this?"

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Well it seems like the old beggar wanted us to find this and continue the investigation. Oh do not forget the bit about something in the stonemason's mausoleum.

Taelbin will take a quick look down the tunnels, just to make sure nothing else is lying in wait.

Laetshi reads the documents and sighs. Sometimes I wish our Venture-Captains were actually as oblivious as they pretend... Oh well.

"Well, my vote is for investigating the mausoleum or the names on the wall."

Asterion sheathes his blade with a flourish as if to prove something to himself.

He then sets about cleaning the various bits of spider web off himself.

Then he launches himself into reading the papers as others finish with them.

"The Gnome Fimbrik seems to be another lead that we could pursue, his address is written down"

Where do you want to head first?

I'm good for any choice. . No preference.

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"Lets goto Dreng I suppose, he'll want his wine and the information

"Agreed," comments Zlata, "and if the captain wants us to pursue the matter further, I would suggest looking into what the 'secret' entombed in the mausoleum is, first."

The party visits Dreng in the Grand Lodge (See the spoiler in the previous post)

Details left by Selmius Foster indicate the location of Arkath’s burial site: a plot of land in Eastgate operated by priests of Pharasma.

A fence surrounds the grounds of the necropolis, but the gates are open to those paying their respects. The doors to Arkath's mausoleum, however, are sealed with sturdy stone slabs. A cleric of Pharasma roams the grounds.

"This is an interesting predicament.. that priest will most likely not take kindly to us messing with the tomb. How are we going to get in there?"

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"We ask?" Laetshi says with a shrug.

"Excuse me!" she calls out to the Pharasman priest. "Why is that mausoleum sealed?"

Yes it might be best to see if we can't get in an easy way.

In a forceful and stern manner that brooks no argument
"Yes the Inquisition of Iomedae seeks entry to this mausoleum, please assist us"

intimidate: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Kesuraman admires the ease with which Laetshi approaches the Pharasman priest, a total stranger, and asks about the sealed tomb. If it were in a book I could find the information easily...

When Asterion confronts the priest and rather forcefully requests assistance, Kesuraman holds his breath, unsure how the Pharasman will react.