[PFS] GM kuey's House of Harmonious Wisdom (#8-16) - GD7 (Inactive)

Game Master kuey

Dwight is going to delay to see how they respond to this round of onslaught

Sorry, my bad. I forgot to move Zheng's token next to Inira. Have just done so. Toral, your slumber is not in range, but if you move, I think it would be so I'll go ahead to resolve it. Vayon, not sure if you are moving to attack Yue Xin (yellow) or Zheng (orange). Based on the below though, I'll transfer the attack to Yue Xin.

Before Zheng could raise his weapon for a second strike, Toral gestures in his direction and Zheng suddenly just collapses onto the ground. "Zheng!" Jianghong yells out in terror, fearing what foul magic had befallen him. (Jianghong is not on a the map as he is a noncombatant, but next round, he is about to run to check on Zheng, and thus wake him up.)

Vayon turns to chase after Yue Xin and with an arcane-imbued blow, deals a blow powerful enough to knock him out. (Just barely!)

Combat over... pending how you resolve things with Jianghong.

”Jianghong, do not worry! He is just sleeping! We mean no harm! Please wake him up but make clear we do not want to fight!“ Toral exclaims.

Diplomacy : 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Jianghong was about to rush in when Toral's words stopped him. He stares at Zheng, and visibly lets out a sigh when he sees his loyal servants rising and falling chest. He looks at the fallen Jiangfei and Yue Xin, before nodding back at Toral, his face expressionless. Walking over cautiously to Zheng, he shakes him up. "It is over, loyal Zheng. They have bested us. We have to find other means to restore our family." Zheng looks confused momentarily to find himself on the floor, but sees Jianghong's steely gaze and nods in understanding. With the combat over, Princess Song Rui finally reveals herself, leaving Jianghong and Zheng staring at her, slack jaw. Zheng eventually recovers and turns to the Pathfinders. "We will take care of these two until they wake. Please be on your way. We will not delay you any further."

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Upon your return to Ashima with the bejeweled scroll case, Mai Chun is ecstatic. The entire town celebrates your triumph in the temple square, although the Princess causes quite a bit of stir initially. However, Mai Chun and her get on famously, and the phantom flits awkwardly about the riotous village party to celebrate your success. Mai Chun pledges to publish an entire book of interviews based on their conversations, and she delights in trading poetic couplets with the well-educated phantom. After a few days in which you spend at the village to recover from the celebrations, a local representative of the Sun Shogun arrives to reward the Pathfinders - providing a sum of 3,000 gp and access to a store of magical talismans in gratitude (in your chronicles sheet) But as they say in Tien, "天下无不散的宴席。" The entire village again gathers to bid your farewell on the morning that you take your leave as you return to report yet another success for the Pathfinder Society.

The End! Hope you enjoyed it. I know the combats are rather underwhelming. Think they didn't balance things well. Not sure how they thought 3 L5 NPCs could possible give 6 T4-5 PCs a challenge. :) But hope you enjoyed it. Will try to get the chronicle sheets out by today.

Thanks! That was fun. I have run it several times but never had the chance to play it until now. I agree the combats are written to be very easy. Especially at high tier. But it's a fun one either way.

Thanks for running it. Great job.