[PFS] GM Mjolbeard's 'Scions of the Sky Key' Series (Inactive)

Game Master Mjolbeard89

Huh, Lai thinks as the heat fades from her weapons. That's never happened before. "Well I think we found the eggs we were looking for. Let's grab one and get back. Do you think the Society will want one?"

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"Maybe. If there's anything left, let's grab what we can and get going." He sweeps his arm to indicate Destrier's saddle bags. "We should be able to carry it well enough."

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Denair tries to identify the eggs.

Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Denair identifies the eggs as tyrannosaurus eggs, meaning these are what the grippli sent you to retrieve. You find a total of five eggs intact, and you collect them all. In fact, only one of the eggs in the next was broken and consumed by the lizard folk. It would seem you made it here in good time. As you lift the first of the eggs from the nest, you notice that the eggs are quite heavy, and you find yourselves grateful for Willem's strong horse. You load up the eggs in the saddlebags and begin making your way back up the ravine.

A few hundred yards from the dinosaur nest, the ravine suddenly falls silent—no birds, monkeys, or other jungle creatures are audible. A few heartbeats later, a bellowing roar echoes through the ravine, causing countless small birds and animals to abandon their hiding places and scatter as quickly as possible. A series of great shuddering cracks herald the downfall of several trees in the distance, and a second thunderous roar pierces the air, followed by the frantic shouts of panicked humanoids. Suddenly, a massive dinosaur bursts out of the jungle to the southwest, pursuing a dozen leather-clad explorers through the ravine. The furious creature sweeps up a straggler into its massive jaws and flings the screaming victim off into the jungle, roars, and rushes toward its next target!

BEGIN CHASE SCENE!
This next section uses a modified version of the chase rules, where, instead of everyone making individual checks, you'll all make checks contributing to the group's overall success. I'll take the highest roll as the check for the group, and all other rolls will be treated as checks to aid the high roller. I'll give brief descriptions of the obstacles you face as you and the Aspis agents charging toward you flee from the raging tyrannosaur coming down the ravine. Each success or failure will determine the outlook of the final set piece of this scenario.
I'll start the chase in my next post.

The rival agents flee in the face of the stampeding dinosaur, heading straight towards you! What will you do?

Outrun the agents and leave them in your dust? Give me an acrobatics check

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Knock your rival agents flat to make them easy pickings for the dino? Give me a Combat Maneuver check, including any bonuses you might have for relevant feats

"Uh-huh. So... Tyrannosaurus. Big? Short arms. Big jaw? Carnivorous?" Meredith looks at the creature as it barrels at the party down, relatively stoic. "Let's get out of here, I don't think mama is pleased!"

"Hey Dargerion! Can you take a passenger? Saritirnen's not as fast as the rest of us!"

Meredith tries to stay ahead.

Acrobatics: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Denair is surprisingly limber, but is slow to react.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Acrobatics: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Jann sees the Mama Rex and nods. "I always thought I'd die in the jaws of some terror. I just rather thought it'd be an interstellar horror." And then runs like a rabbit.

"I'm guessing it's... that?" No wonder the gillmen wanted one. I kinda want one. Normally she would have no qualms about taking out an Aspi to aid her escape, but with limited time Laiashi opts to simply escape.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

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"You got it!", Willem yells as he swoops by Sartirnen and lifts him into the saddle behind him. As he does so, he lowers his shield and turns to ride towards the Aspis to scatter them before wheeling around and racing off after his party. He had their precious cargo, so he had to get out of there fast..
CMB: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

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Saritirnen finds himself riding atop Sir Willem's steed before he can react to the large lizard and the Aspis that are rushing towards them all.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

You manage to gather yourselves quickly enough to beat a hasty retreat from the enormous beast, though one of the Aspis agents behind you is not so fortunate, and he finds himself beneath the feet of the tyrannosaurus. The dinosaur is too angry to stop there, though, so the chase continues.

As you continue to run down the ravine, the dinosaur’s thunderous rampage causes some rubble to fall right in your path. Will you:

Go around? Survival check

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Shove the boulders aside and charge through? Strength check

"Keep it going, we don't want to be Tyrannosaurus chow." Meredith quickly searches for a way around the rubble.

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Meredith checks the landscape. "I bet those rocks didn't fall here! Come on!"

Denair, meanwhile, tries to use brute force to get past the rocks, giggling all the way.

Denair's Strength Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Jann casts Guidance on Meredith and tries to follow her lead.

Survival?: 1d20 ⇒ 15

"Come on Des!" Willem encourages his horse as he charges through the boulders.

Strength: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

It'll be a 16 if you allow him to use Destrier's Strength

Didn't fall here? They're falling everywhere! Lai takes Meredith at her word and follows.

Survival: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

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Saritirnen unable to do much on the back of Sir Willem's horse looks for a way around the rock debris.

"Follow the others Sir Willem. Follow the others"

Survival: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

With a combination of wilderness know-how and pure brute force, you make your past the boulders blocking the path. As he rides along atop Destrier, Saritirnen gazes back and catches a glimpse of the dino as it climbs atop the rubble and lets out a deafening roar.

While the view is good news in that it provides a really awesome image for the elf to discuss with his multitudes, it's bad news in that it leaves open a long, clear path for the tyrannosaur to charge down. She climbs down off the rubble and begins racing after you. With the open patch of ground ahead of her, she is able to build up some speed and come dangerously close to catching you! What will you do?

Take the safer but probably slower path and get off the road? Stealth check

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Face the monster head on and fend her off, if only for long enough to give you an opening to get away again? Attack roll

Seeing a large boulder large enough to hide behind, Laiashi darts off the road and prays the tyrannosaur didn't see her do so.

Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Awww yeaaaa

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"I'm not sure what you've been eating lately, Sar, but she has it in for you! " Seeing an opportunity, Willem directs Destrier to go up one side of a hill and suddenly wheel about. "You might want to keep your head down!" He commands as his weapon clears its sheath. Charging right at the beast, he cuts low into her leg as he rides past, hoping to slow her down and confuse her at the same time.

Charge Attack!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

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"I'm getting tired of running." Meredith readies her Gold Crown (TM) longspear and jabs her longspear into the dinosaur's foot.

Masterwork Longspear: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Denair, meanwhile, is nowhere to be found.
Denair's Stealth: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

With chaos all around him he watches as Willem rears Destrier and charges at this king of lizards. Spear still in hand he strikes at creature as they crash into it.

Long spear: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 Jann follows Lai and goes all Ninja.

A series of slashes and stabs draw the dino's attention away from the retreating party. As the tyrannosaur tends to her wounds, some of the more stealthy members of the group find a convenient break in the foliage behind a large boulder. The break actually seems to be the head of a small path off the main passage through the ravine, and you manage to gain some distance between yourself and the rex.

As you hastily work your way along the path, you come across yet another obstacle. A waterfall feeds a pool and stream that cut across a broad section of the ravine, and sharp-toothed fish are leaping out of the water in anticipation of a meal. How will you make it past this beautiful but treacherous setting?

Jump across the stream? Acrobatics check

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Trust in the thickness of your armor, the speed of your swimming abilities, or the pure luck that has allowed you to survive thus far and brave the water? Swim check

Meredith grins. She's never disrupted a dinosaur before, especially one this large. Denair has to almost drag her away. "I can take her! Leggo- oh fine!"

Meredith sees the waterfall. "Beautiful..." Full of energy and adventure, she dives right into the sea (but not before casting guidance.)

Swim with Guidance: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

Denair struggles to pull her boss away. "Boss! You can't fight a tyrannosaurus! She'll snap you right up in her jaws!" Watching Meredith dive into the tooth-filled water, Denair simply decides to leap across and prepare to pull Meredith out of the other side.

Actobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

"Alright Sar, keep those fish off of us. Des can't jump with all this weight, but he can push through the water. "

Destrier Swim: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

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Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 2 = 16 Jann plunges into the water!

A little surprised that her plan worked as well as it did, Laiashi tries to jump over the treacherous pool.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

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As Destrier plunges in Saritirnen holds on tightly but still he feels his legs rise in the cool water.

swim: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Many of you barely make it across the shallow stream, and Saritirnen nearly follows off of Destrier as she splashes down into the water. Denair manages to leap across gracefully, however, and she helps get the rest of you back onto dry land with only a few curious nibbles on a few of your toes.

You continue your trek through the ravine, trying desperately to find your way out before the tyrannosaur finds you again. As you come out into a clearing, though, you spot the Aspis agents trying to cross a deep pit by swinging on vines. Will you...

Try to shoot the vines and send the agents to their doom? Ranged attack

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Leave the Aspis to their needlessly risky ways and take a moment to find an easier path up the ravine? Perception

You guys are doing great by the way! All successes so far. We're about half way through the chase now. I'll do what I can to keep the pace up. Thanks for your quick responses.

Saritirnen happy to be out of the water and no longer chased by the gargantuan lizard sees the Aspis making for them. "Let us keep ahead of them"

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

"I think we'll skip those vines Des."
Perception : 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Willem says as he spots a small trail for them to follow.

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"Calm down, Boss! Those fish almost bit your flower off." Denair brushes some of the weeds off of Meredith.

Meredith simply grunts. "It was worth it, just to watch her wince. Sometimes the little guy stands taller than any mountain."

Watching the Aspis try to swing across a ravine, Meredith laughs. "Let's find a smarter way across, eh?" Denair nods and starts sniffing around.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
Meredith's Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 14

"Agreed. I'd rather not temp fate any more than I have to."

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

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Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 1 Jann does his best to help spot danger!

Uh oh...

You are able to find a way through the jungle that avoids the needless risk of the pit, but, as he searches, Jann fails to notice that Destrier had stopped ahead of him, and he runs into the side of the horse, right into the saddlebag containing the precious eggs!

Jann, give me a Reflex save please!

After collecting yourselves from Jann's misstep, you come to a particularly dense copse of trees. You hear the crash of the tyrannosaur in the trees nearby, and know that such a large beast wouldn't be able to follow you into such a tight space. What will you do?

Go through a weak spot in the foliage, even if it gives the dino a better chance of following you? Knowledge (nature)

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Squeeze through the denser sections to throw off your pursuer? Escape Artist

"I see it!" Denair points to a path and gallops a shortcut around the pit and Meredith follows.

The party moves up to the foliage.

Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

"Ooo, look at these trees! This one is poisonous, and this one is sticky, and this one is fragile, and this one grows a bunch of leaves at the bottom, but it leaves a bit of room to move through. Big enough for a horsey, I think." Denair heads through the weakspot, giggling all the way. It felt like home to her.

Meredith travels by instinct, not memory. She's not sure which trees are safe, so she heads into the dense section of the wood.

Meredith's Escape Artist: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Reflex save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 "Ooof. Who put a horse here?"

EDIT: Shirt re-roll, with 4 stars!: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 4 = 18

A careful glance tells Laiashi that Denair's eyes see it true. "Right, and careful of these thorns here."

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

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"Careful Jann or all this would have been for naught!"

Willem spurs Destrier through a thicker copse of trees as he ducks to avoid branches.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

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Saritirnen follows the others mindful to keep his many thoughts to himself. He watches as Jann stumbles into the saddle bag and can only hope that their precious cargo is undamaged.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Untrained Nature: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Fortunately, Jann sticks his hands out just in time as he collides with Destrier's backside, and he manages to avoid smashing one of the eggs in the saddlebags. Close call!

Everyone but Denair struggles to push through the thick foliage in an attempt to make the pursuit more challenging for the tyrannosaur. Denair, on the other, relies on the her knowledge of her fellow foliage to guide her and the rest of the party through.

Eventually you find your way out of the trees and break through into another path along the ravine. The ravine wall is just ahead, and you can see a set of handholds you might be able to climb to get out of the ravine and escape the dinosaur. Just as you come into the clearing, Aspis Consortium agents burst from another stand of trees across the path and race for the same set of handholds.

As you race toward the cliff, you see a single glowing fruit growing in one of the trees along the path. You think that you might be able to reach it as you run along, though it might put you at a disadvantage against the agents. What will you do?

Sic the dino on the agents? Handle Animal

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Beat on them a bit yourselves? Attack rolls

You can also try to retrieve the glowing fruit by rolling whatever skill you attempt here twice and taking the lower result, as well as making a DC15 Acrobatics or Climb check. You're almost out!

"Why are you walking into the trees?" Denair sticks her head out from the foliage. "This tree is soft enough you can push it. Just don't knock it over!" She guides the party through the rest of the underbrush.

Denair reaches for the fruit. "Ooo, shiny! I got it! I got it!"

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Watching the Aspis agents reach for it, she flails her long arms in their direction. "No no, it's mine! I mean, ours. I mean, not yours!"

Attack 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Attack 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
RIP Critical Hit

Meredith, meanwhile, is getting tired of outracing the tyrannosaurus. She struck at it once, maybe she can dominate it now. She climbs atop a rock next to the cliff. She looks at it, right in the eye.

"HEY."
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
"Cut it out."

I make animals unnerved...

Jann unslings his staff and uses it to whack the Aspis goons!
Staff whacking: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 for 1d6 ⇒ 6 damage!

Sorry boys, Laiashi thinks as she whips out a dagger. But if it's you or me, I choose me. She lets it fly at one of the Aspis.

Dagger throw (non masterwork): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

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Seeing Meredith get the dinosaur's attention, he thinks he knows her plan. Before Sar can protest, Willem rides Destrier right into its path and then raves right towards the Aspis agents, getting ready to make a hard left at the last moment...

Handle Animal : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

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Not being versed in handling animals Saritirnen prepares to attack the Aspis agents should it come to that.

Long spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

You make a run for the cliff face and begin to pull ahead of the Aspis agents and the thundering tyrannosaur. As she runs, Denair leaps excitedly as she passes beneath the fruit-laden tree and plucks the glowing fruit from its branches!

As she lands, she tries to turn and strike at the fleeing Aspis agents, but narrowly misses landing a crushing blow.

Jann, on the other hand, swings his staff around and catches an agent in the jaw, knocking him unconscious and leaving him to be snapped up in the dinosaur's razor-sharp teeth.

Meanwhile, Meredith takes a stand against the furious t-rex and backs it down with a stern word.

Despite the delays, however, the tyrannosaur nearly catches you as you begin to climb the cliff face to escape the ravine. This is the final ascent! What will you do?

Abandon all hope of anything clever and simply climb as fast as you can? You guessed it, give me a Climb check

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Go for the final word against the dino by dropping a big ol' rock down on her head to stun her? Strength or Dexterity check, please

In his mind he already knows the large lizard must have caught scent of its unborn offspring. Wishing this could have gone another way he uses his long spear as leverage to tip a rock down upon its head hoping to stun it rather than kill the creature.

Dex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23