[PFS/DMK/YotS] 7-06 and 7-08 To judge a Soul (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

Ahhh sorry I was off in my own world there :P not that it helped, would have been less embarrasing punching myself than missing that shot :p

Minor illusion stone maze 2 of 4 rounds.

Seeing that his companions are mostly pointing their weapons in the right direction, Mogall discharges his wand again at the Jujanil then takes cover behind the statue.

wand magic missile 9 of 28: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 40

Grim stands against one of the illusory walls, babbling incoherently...

Still having no better options against the 20-feet-in-the-air enemy, Zlata fires off another arrow.

Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 10 for: 1d8 + 1 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 8 = 17 bypassing DR

Which goes nowhere near her target.

Grim babbles some confusing nonsence, while Mogall keep firing his missiles one at a time. Zlata shoots an arrow, but her shot is a embarrassing as Pitbull's

The heap of entrails looks at Asbo, and decides to swoop down on him (her?)

Bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 261d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Slam: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Shahareen glows again, and the little girl calls forth the protection of her ancestors.

You get a +3 to AC this round if you're within 10 feet of her. For what it's worth.

--
Pitbull (confused, 1)
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 5)
Anaristiel (blur, confused, 1)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (>confused<, 5)
---
Jujanil (27)
Shahareen
---

1d100 ⇒ 54

Pitbull, so shocked at how bad her shot was... punches herself.

Damage 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 4

Finally able to stop hitting herself, Anaristiel drops her glaive, makes her way out of the illusory stone maze while drawing her bow, and fires an arrow at Jujanil.

Free action: Drop glaive
Move action: As indicated on map, while drawing bow
Standard action: Attack Jujanil
Attack (Composite Longbow, Prayer): 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 = 21
Damage (Composite Longbow, Prayer): 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6

Asbo is in range of Jujanil now. Just saying'

Pitbull stabs herself, trying to end the threat of the half-orc, while Anaristiel manages to land a great shot on the Penanggalen, avoiding Skarn and Asbo in the process.

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Pitbull (confused, 1)
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 5)
Anaristiel (blur, confused, 1)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (>confused<, 5)
---
Jujanil (33)
Shahareen
---

Not sure if I need to roll confusion or not since Jujanil didn't attack me this round.

In case I do need to roll for confusion: Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 97 Attack nearest creature... which would be either Jujanil or Asbo. I'll let you decide, or use the roll below if you agree to leave it to chance since both are within melee range.
1 is Jujanil, 2 is Asbo: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Skarn strikes blindly with his deadly longspear at the closest creature... which turns out to be the unfortunate Asbo!
Longspear, BS, Prayer, Enlarge, WoAwe: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 251d8 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 17 Ouch, sorry about that Pitbull!

I think Skarn's interpretation of the rules is right, he didn't get attacked.

Skarn finally finds his aim, but unfortunateky aims for Asbo rather than Jujanil.

---
Pitbull (confused, 1)
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 5)
Anaristiel (blur, confused, 1)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (confused, 5)
---
Jujanil (33)
Shahareen
---

Minor illusion stone maze 3 of 4 rounds.

Peeking out from around the statue for partial cover, Mogall feels his wand starting to get warm from the rate of use as he fires another magic missile at the Jujanil.

wand magic missile 10 of 28: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 50

Grim's babbling continues - sounding like the incoherent ramblings of the insane...

Asbo 34/51

The owlbear looks at Skarn for a moment - a smelly human, the tastiest species ever - has just attacked, but put is down to them being clumsy livestock. Asbo tries just grabbing the flappy thing that has been the source of mixed pleasure and torment and pulling it to the ground and stop it flying - the Owlbear wonders where its feathers are, and sets about giving the flying torment a solid plucking.

Grapple 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 1 = 27

Mogall and Grim continue what they were doing before. For mogall, that's firing a missile, while Grim keeps up his philosophical rant... about what, really?

Asbo decides it likes slippery entrails to much that the owldbear grabs a hold of them.

---
Pitbull (confused, 1)
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 5)
Anaristiel (blur, confused, 1)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (confused, 5)
---
Jujanil (38, grappled)
Shahareen
---

Can I have an action for Zlata?

Probably run forward and strike? Does she have any negative effects in play? Just reading stats now

Jujanil tries to control the grasp of Asbo, while Anaristiel and Pitbull find a moment of clarity.

CMB: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

---
Pitbull
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 4)
Anaristiel (blur)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (confused, 4)
---
Jujanil (38, grappled)
Shahareen
---

Zlata moves in on the grappled creature and swings!

Smite+flank
Attack 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 + 2 = 19
Damage 2d4 + 6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 4) + 6 + 8 = 20

She was somewhat out of range to do that. Let's have Asbo and Pitbull's own actions first for this round...

Zlata was nearby, adjacent Skarn - I moved her siz squares around to flank and shes using a reach weapon :) - Pitbull is the one all the way across the map :p

That is true, but that's because I moved her there as part of the double move (that got lost in a quick edit when I realized Jujanil was grappled by Asbo). Anyway, I'll keep the action for this round.

Zlata delivers a forceful hack at the evil Samsaran being restrained by Asbo.

---
Pitbull
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 4)
Anaristiel (blur)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (confused, 4)
---
Jujanil (58, grappled)
Shahareen
---

LOL Ahhh NOW I get it!

Asbo keeps gripping and ripping...
Maintain grapple
Grapple 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Inflict Damage 1d6 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 4 = 11

Pitbull picks up her sword and starts moving to the battle!

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 77
Once again, Skarn strikes blindly at the bundled mass of grappled feather and bowels.
1 is Jujanil, 2 is Asbo: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Longspear, BS, Prayer, Enlarge, WoAwe: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 131d8 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 13 *sigh*

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 29

Grim's babblings take on a new sound. A worse sound. A scarier sound...

This Is Just To Say
By William Carlos Williams

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

(My poor son, a math major in college, had to sit through an hour-long discussion of this poem in a Lit class. He said he wanted to gouge his eyes out...I tend to agree!)

Minor illusion stone maze 4 of 4 rounds. {last round}

Feeling they may live to see another day, Mogall fires another magic missile from his wand at the Jajanil.

wand magic missile 11 of 28: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Asbo pecks at the entrails in its hold, while Skarn has a hard time hitting the enemy without hurting Asbo. Mogall's missile strikes true while Grim babbles.

I'll just roll next round's check, so you can finally finish this thing off
Escape grapple: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Jujanil struggles against Asbo's strength, perhaps for the last time.

---
Pitbull
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 4)
Anaristiel (blur)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (confused, 4)
---
Pitbull
Asbo (a-ok)
Grim (confused, 3)
Anaristiel (blur)
Mogall
Zlata
Skarn (confused, 3)
---
Jujanil (73, grappled)
Shahareen
---

Zlata attacks again.

Scythe, smite, PA: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 16 for: 2d4 + 6 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 6 + 4 + 6 = 21

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 52
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Grim's mutterings take a harsh edge, and he cuts another gash in his arm with the greatsword...

Mogall uses his wand to strike at the foe one more time.
wand MM 12 of 28: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

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Rather than wasting time to retrieve her glaive once more, Anaristiel moves again, firing once more with her bow.

Move action: As indicated on map, while drawing bow
Standard action: Attack Jujanil
Attack (Composite Longbow, Prayer): 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 1 = 22
Damage (Composite Longbow, Prayer): 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 63

Skarn, still bewildered by the spell, slits his own wrist.
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 1 = 9

Zlata, who only seconds before was as good as dead, bleeding on the floor, now move to the cut through the mass of entrails. Asbo feels the struggle of the Penanggalen diminish, and finally cease as another magic missile flies from Mogall's wand, and knocks out the evil Samsaran.

Combat over!

As the undead Samsaran lies slain, a black miasma emerges from her mouth. The spirits of Shahareen's many former lives - Rianon of Minkai, Malikeen of Wanshou, Malash of Hongal, Bakten the Venture-Captain - coaslesce around the inky stain, and ultimately absorb it into their brilliance. Then the bright cloud surges into Sharaheen’s mouth and the enlightened child stands tall.

The ornate boxes in the room are filled with relics of Jujanil’s past lives, some of which have lasting value as a psychic artefact (See the chronicle sheet).

The largest and most intricately ornamented box is inlaid with black onyx, and contains dozens of journals. The earliest volumes, written in precise and methodical script, detail Jujaril’s plans to erase records of her existence. They speak dispassionately about “obtaining necessary sacrifices for my ascension to lichdom,” and describe how she planned to harness the combined power of relics of her past lives and a convergence of ley lines to fuel her apotheosis. The volume directly below those is covered in dried blood and pieces of viscera. The text below it is scrawled in large and messy letters, like a child’s first attempt at writing, and filled with profanities, confused rambling, and the often-repeated question “Where are my hands?” A second pile of volumes details Jujanil’s process of making sense of what happened to her when she awoke from her failed ritual. They include her bafflement that Ryuu stayed by her side after she lost her body and much of her mind, and her awe at the power she must have once had to enthrall him so thoroughly. The penanggalen’s words express a kind of twisted affection that she developed for the elf over the last 3 centuries. In the last few entries, Jujanil fearfully mentions a group of Pathfinders working with her latest incarnation, Bakten, and later smugly describes invading his mind and killing him from within in a psychic duel.

A few second later, the room starts to crumble, urging the group to make an exit through the portal. As the group leaves the tower and descends from the pinnacle, they see the storm clouds parting, and hear the triumphant hooting of yetis from the nearby peaks. Sharaheen accompanies the group to Amanandar, vowing to help them organize Bakten’s biographies for delivery to the Lantern Lodge. She apologizes again for Bakten’s manipulations, and reassures them that she intends to spend this lifetime repairing the damage in Ayajinbo and Dallo. Finally, she bequeaths Bakten’s former home, the Sanctuary of the Unbound Knot, to the Pathfinder Society, recommending that they consider it as a potential site for a future Pathfinder Lodge.

That's a wrap!

I didn't understand everything because of the missing letters/syllables, but the outcome is a relief! Thanks for GMing it for us, DMK.

Ah, that's my pdf reader. For some reason it completely messes up ligatures (notably fi, ft, ff). If you find yourself missing letters, that's the likely cause. I'll edit the above post.

Yay thanks Kludde! Another well run session :) Cool adventures but still reckon theyd have made a better Module :)

Thanks DMK for running the module, That was a close one for the party!

Yeah that got really ugly in places!

Yeah thought I was done for for a while there, thanks to everyone for the support! And to DMK again, of course.

The chronicles are up!

Linky!

I'm not sure if everyone updated the table, or if they had to. Let me know when I got subtiers wrong...

Huzzah!

Pitbull now L7...ooooh

Sucked having Grim taken so thoroughly out of the action! But that's what makes these so addictive - the fact that you might actually fail (again!) Thanks, DMK! And sorry for that hit, Z!!!

The chronicle for Mogall had the 3-4 tier gold circled, but the out of tier gold amount listed in the Gold gained field. I'm I correct in thinking that we were playing in the out of tier level?

Yes, it's the out-of-tier gold that counts

Skarn is now level 7!