[PFS] GM Rinaldo's Echoes of the Everwar (Inactive)

Game Master The Great Rinaldo!

Garmit steps forward and calls into play his friendly false flanking likeness, courtesy of Xen's earlier kiss. He then lays into the vampiric spawn with both blade and beak.

Silver Mace +1 #1: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 2 + 6 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 4d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 + 5 + (5, 3, 2, 5) + (3) = 26
Silver Mace +1 #2: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 2 + 6 = 25 Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 4d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 + 5 + (5, 6, 3, 4) + (3) = 33
Silver Mace Iterative: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 2 + 6 = 32 Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 4d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 5 + (5, 4, 6, 5) + (6) = 35
Beak: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 + 6 = 27 Damage: 1d3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 4d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 5 + (1, 2, 1, 1) + (3) = 18

Minor point, but Xen has to activate the false flanker. No problem as she see you fine and she is always looking for the chance to do so.

Does that false flanker work just once, or until you change your implanted tricks?
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Garmit steps up and smashes the vampire spawn into a pulp. Your first hit took it to one hp ... the rest was just overkill ;-)

Herrick is up, but I'm not going to have a Botted character charge ahead of the group toward the last remaining enemy, so he's going to delay for the moment.

Garmit is pretty self-defending, so the mohrg doesn't have much to do. It is delaying as well.

Rhuul is next!

It only works once (for one entire round, not one attack) per implant. As a standard action I can implant the trick again. I get like 8 tricks a day so there are plenty but I have to touch to implant it.

""Where does a vampire usually eat his lunch?"

Rhuul jumps down from the burning building.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33 and then hurries toward the battle.

Move action to jump down, move action to move. Free to maintain performance

"In the casketeria!"

Rhuul nimbly jumps down from the roof he is on and runs up to join Garmit.

Seeing his minions taken out, the vampire suddenly turns to mist and flies up into the air.

The fire on the building starts to spread, and townsfolk start to run out of the burning inn.

Xichi, Kai, and Xen are up!

Based on our knowledge checks earlier, did we find out what affects the vampire in gaseous form?

If this works the mohrg will be released. If it is released, kill it. Xen warns as she flies toward the now misty vampire. She stares at it and channel to control undead.

Will save DC 23, with the Princess' icy stare.

Wait, I want to talk. she says the vampire.

Excellent map work, GM! The escaping villagers are a nice touch. But it appears to me that we've lost all our opponents except Red and Play Misty For Me. Did I miss something?

@Xichi: The rest have been defeated, and lacking a CON score, once dead they stay dead, so I removed them from the map. And thanks, I Googled "panicking villagers" and found that graphic. ;-)

@Kai: Most things still work, but being insubstantial lets it escape from the entangle. In particular, mind affecting effects...

Vampire Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
Xen attempts to exert her will over the vampire, but it does not appear to have succumbed to her charms.

Xichi and Kai are still up. I'll take Herrick and Red's actions after theirs.

Xichi drinks his potion and moves closer to the vampire.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

HP 30/53

Not about to leave Xen to face the abomination alone, Kai races forward, powered by the hastening magic. Unfortunately, it is not quite enough for him to reach the floating mist, so he gulps down an extract, and suddenly doubles in size.

Swift action studied target on vampire. Drink extract of enlarge person, so now it is threatened by Kai. If it moves, unless it's a 5-foot step, Kai can make AoO.

I heard back from Herrick, and he's now catching up on hundreds of posts across multiple forums. Since it's Friday evening (for me at least), I'm going to give him time to catch up and post for himself before I go to the next enemy action.

As if coming out of a long stupor, Herrick shakes his head and suddenly seems to remember himself. His eyes quickly track to the one remaining enemy floating away in gaseous form, and he quickly pulls several arrows from his quiver as he gifts magic to his bow that is bane to undead. Inspired by Rhuul he lets his arrows fly and hopes they are enough to destroy the evil vaporous undead.

Manyshot attack: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 5 = 33 Manyshot=2 arrows
Haste attack: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 5 = 35
Iterative: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 6 = 26

(2 arrows)Magic Piercing+holy+bane+sonic damage: 2d8 + 26 + 4d6 + 4d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 26 + (3, 2, 2, 3) + (5, 4, 5, 6) + (6, 3) = 71
Magic Piercing+holy+bane+sonic damage: 1d8 + 13 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 13 + (1, 2) + (2, 3) + (4) = 27
Magic Piercing+holy+bane+sonic damage: 1d8 + 13 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 13 + (1, 1) + (3, 3) + (4) = 30

To Hit Calc: BAB+6, Dex+5, Enhancement+1, Haste+1, Deadly Aim-2, Bane+2, Inspire Courage+Flagbearer+5

Damage Calc: Base d8, Str+1, Enhancement+1, Deadly Aim+4,Bane+2(and +2d6),Holy(+2d6), and Inspire Courage+5(+d6 Sonic)

How many rounds of Bane has Herrick used if you have kept track? I will try and count them up but I don't want to miss any.

Thanks Rhuul, I just edited the post to reflect correction for haste/IC.

Flagbearer+IC is only +5, the extra +1 is from haste, which you were counting separately.

Princess Xen commands the mohrg to lay down and wait as she flies on. Xen can try to command this vampire 6 more times assuming she can keep it in range. She is flying at 60'. I am hoping it is slower than that. If this is the case, odds are that she will be able to charm the vampire if it simply stays in gas form and tries to escape. f course odds do not always work out - that is why we roll dice. :) Should she succeed that other thing will likely become free though.

Herrick fires off a series of arrows at the misty vampire. They all reach their target, and it is clearly badly hurt by them. They don't get past the vampire's DR/Silver, but that was a lot of damage nonetheless.!

At Xen's command, the mohrg lies down on the ground.

Garmit and Rhuul are up!

Rhuul continues to crack jokes as he speeds toward the insubstantial vampire.

We're under haste effect at the moment, arent' we? Garmit should be able to move twice normal distance?

Garmit hops over his personal mhorg bodyguard and then rushes up through the streets of the town, weaving his way through a drift of young piglets before circling around behind the vampire.

Haste doubles your move, up to max of +30

Garmit and Rhuul rush up to join the rest near the misty vampire, but as they do it simply ... disappears ...

Meanwhile the buildings continue to burn and the villagers continue to flee from them.

Everyone is up! Does anyone have a way of seeing things that are invisible? If so, I'll tell you if the vampire is still in your field of vision or not.

The moment the vampire disappears Herrick snaps of a spell that causes his eyes to glow faintly for a moment before returning to normal.

He scans for the vampire aided by his spell that allows him to see invisible creatures and objects.

Cast See Invisibility, and should he see the vampire he will quickly point it out to the others so they can at least have a shot to attack it this turn. If it survives this round he will switch to silver arrows next round for his attacks.

With Herrick's guidance Xen will fly close enough 30' and channel again.

Unless I am way off, channeling does not need to be targeted. I have seen negative channeling PCs hurt their party members that were invisible or in mist for example. You do have to see the person to exclude them.

With Herrick's guidance Xen will fly close enough 30' and channel again. You WILL listen to me!

Unless I am way off, channeling does not need to be targeted. I have seen negative channeling PCs hurt their party members that were invisible or in mist for example. You do have to see the person to exclude them.

With no obvious threats, apart from the burning building, Rhuul grabs a bucket from the well and runs back toward the burning buildings.

"Quick, bucket chain!" he calls out.

GM, did it cast a spell? If so, unless it did it defensively, it would have provoked an AoO from Kai. In case it did, I had rolled the AoO in this post earlier. Otherwise, I'm waiting for Herrick's directions.

Chain of Perdition says that it "suffers no penalty or miss chance due to darkness, invisibility, or other forms of concealment", so while it may be ineffective, it still continues to attack. That should give us a pretty good indication where Mr. Misty is, at least for another 5 rounds.

Xichi commands the chain to follow its target and attempt to constrict him. Move action

He then casts Dispel Magic at the location specified by Rhuul or indicated by the chain.

Targeted Dispel: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Spells 1:7/8 2:8/8 3:3/7 4:5/5

Also, the Unofficial FYI at that page may have some bearing on the chain's actions and effectiveness on the vampire. I'll leave it to the GM to make that call.

Garmit will wait until the location of His Royal Mistiness is pointed out before taking his action.

Kai: I apologize for not stating it - he can't fail to cast defensively so I didn't roll.

Rhuul: I am guessing you have mistaken a circular tent for a well. There is no water at hand, but if you make an Oratory check I'll allow you to pull the villagers out of their panic to start organizing a bucket brigade.

Herrick quickly downs a vial of liquid and his eyes begin to glow slightly. He sees that the misty vampire has moved only slightly from where he was last seen.

Vampire Will save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Xen attempts once more to bend its will, but it turns out to have quite the will ...

Xichi: Because you only have Herrick's description of where the vampire is, I will give a small chance (say, 20%) that you place them incorrectly.
Xichi miss chance: 01-20 misses: 1d1d100 ⇒ 72
The chains landed in a good spot, so roll an attack roll for them.

However, even with the chains, you can't actually see the vampire to target it with Dispel Magic unless you have Greater Dispel and use the burst option.

Xichi, Kai, Garmit, and Rhuul can still take their turns.

The chain attempts to trip up the vampire.

Dirty Trick Entangle, Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 15 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 15 + 6 = 41

CoP 4 rounds remaining.

@GM, thanks for clarification on Dispel Magic. I'll retconn that. Does the chain following its target require a Move action from me, or is it autonomous as long as the target is unchanged? I'm about 5 feet out of range for the spell I want to throw at him, so my further action depends on the answer.

Spells 1:7/8 2:8/8 3:4/7 4:5/5 (no Dispel Magic cast this round)

I think the mist is flying, and something fling cannot be tripped...

I'm going for Entangle, but my main question is whether I need to burn a Move action to have it follow Mr. Silent-But-Deadly (as the RAW suggest) or whether it follows him until I say otherwise (as the RAI suggest).

Edit: it occurs to me that for this round it may be a moot point, since the chain has 10 ft reach, so if Mr. Play-Misty-For-Me only moved 5 ft from his original location then he's still within range. Still gonna wait a few hours for GM to weigh in before confusing the issue further.

When it first went misty, it moved 10 feet away as its move action. This round it moved another 5 feet away, so it was out of range of the chain's current location. You'll need a move action to relocate it, after which it immediately attacks using the roll you just made. You still have a standard action left if you want to move the chain, or you can leave the chain where it was and take all of your actions.

Rhuul tries to encourage the villagers to help themselves.

"Friends! Your life and liberty is not the only thing at stake, but your very dwellngs themselves. Have a thought for your future and your belongings."
oratory: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32

Xichi commands the chain to follow the vampire, then casts a spell on himself. He transforms into an air elemental.

+3 AC, +2 DEX (included in AC already), 60ft Fly (Perfect)

Spells 1:7/8 2:8/8 3:4/7 4:4/5

Pretty sure Mr. Misty can't beat 90 feet movement per round. :-)

@GM, any chance I can convince you that Whirlwind can do something nasty to Mr. Gaseous-Form? RAW say he's got to be smaller than me, which would be Tiny or smaller, but hey -- he's literally made of air right now!

Pretty sure its speed is currently 10. Xen should have no trouble being close enough to it each round to channel with a fly speed of 60. 5 more tries. :)

Xichikitte moves his chains closer to where Herrick is pointing, and is gratified to see the chains wrap around an invisible foe! He then changes himself into a small air elemental in preparation for chasing the mist down.

Rhuul calls out to the panicking villagers. The sight of seven dwarfs calling out as one voice inspires them, and they begin moving to their supply buildings to grab buckets.

Kai and Garmit are still up! The Chains reveal the square the vampire is in, so attacks can be made with the usual 50% miss chance.

Ooh, I hope the villagers start singing "Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho"!

"Most appreciated, Xichi." With the glowing chains marking the location of the vampire, Kai jabs his enlarged spear where the undead is in three rapid strikes.

Mutagen, Studied Combat, Power Attack, Haste, Inspiration, Enlarged
+1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 6 = 28
dmg: 2d6 + 10 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 1) + 10 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + (5) = 41 miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 91

haste attack: +1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 6 = 31
dmg: 2d6 + 10 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 5) + 10 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + (3) = 39 miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 7

iteration: +1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 6 = 38
dmg: 2d6 + 10 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (5, 4) + 10 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + (3) = 41 miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 89

Studied Target - Vampire: round 2

Glad to see I'm a good influence on everyone :-) Of course there is a reason he doesn't have any ranks in "sing"

might not be a vampire let to command... which would be ok.

Assuming The Great Misty One is defeated, and as it is in the air and I think out of reach from him, Garmit will just delay anyway.

Teamwork wins the day! With Herrick to point the area and Xichikitte's chains pinning it down, Kai is able to quickly jab into the invisible mist, somehow managing to bring the vampire down. Yeah, it only had 7 hp left after its last fast healing round ...

You then turn your attention to the burning buildings. The townsfolks bring out the buckets and start the chain. With your help, they are able to get the fire under control with fairly minimal damage to the upper parts of the two buildings.

With the fire out, some of the villagers notice the mohrg lying on the ground, making unpleasant noises. Magistrate Adagre comes up to you and quietly asks, "So ... what is up with that one? Are you going to finish it off ... ?

See what happens when you do not listen to me. Xen retorts to the dying vampire. Is it dead dead or will it go to its coffin to reform, or do we know?

Why Magistrate, this mohrg is my friend. I could never let your hurt it. the princess purrs. Besides it likely knows much about where the missing townsfolk have been taken, who took them, and why. And I am sure it wants to help us return them. Why I bet it will even come with us get them back. And until we depart he will help guard the town, from a safe distance to any townsfolk of course. Xen would have had it help with the fire but I bet most of the townsfolk who were helping would have fled. :)

Diplomacy on Magistrate: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (12) + 20 = 32

Xen sits on the ground beside the mohrg and begins a conversation. She will ask the creature what it knows about the taking of the townsfolk and who it used to work for before our new friendship. Happy to make some diplo rolls if needed but I don't specifically desire to RP the gathering of information unless you do. Where are the townsfolk who were taken? Are they still alive? Who is responsible for taking them and why? Where are they? Strength and number of opposers? Traps? etc.

You are fairly certain this is a vampire, not a lich, so it should be dead. Once it becomes visible, you can see that Kai's last two hits were pretty brutal.

The magistrate is uneasy, but grateful for your assistance. "Well, as long as you are in control and keep it away from everyone ... though I would be much more relaxed if it were destroyed ..."

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The morgh tells you that its true master is a terrible undead who will feast on your eternal souls for the blasphemy of interrupting their harvest. You can tell that it is suffering intensely from the struggle between its master's control and yours. Its master's control is apparently enough to prevent it from revealing much, and mostly what you get are agonized moans. It seems unable to reveal where the townsfolk have been taken beyond pointing at the lake.

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At this point several of you have damage you may want to deal with. Beyond that, you can rest for the remainder of the night and continue investigating in the morning, or you can try to investigate now.

"Well, I ain't no priest, but I did hear this very interesting story about a priest of the dawnflower once..."

Rhuul starts off on a highly amusing, if somewhat inappropriate story about the priest and his quest for enlightenment. As it progresses the ground around him starts to physically light up and Rhuul invites the wounded pathfinders (and any burned locals) to "step into the light" as he progresses.

Greather path of glory. 4 of us will be able to heal 55hp, another 4 50, another 4 45, down to the last four only healing 5 etc. Those totals can be reduced and shared among the villagers if there are that many of them left and carrying injuries.

I'd prefer to wait until morning myself. Can we "remove" the morgh from the game in boxed text since its highly unlikely that it is gonna act against its other master?

Tracking: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Before the party rests for the night, Herrick crouches down and scans the ground for signs of the mohrg's passing, hoping to locate the path back to the boat so the group can compare the landing spots for a pattern as Kai previously suggested.

While still crouched he steeples his fingers upon his chin, apparently deep in thought. After a few moments he stands and faces the princess.

"Since your friend the mohrg seems to be having such a conflict between you and its master, maybe it wouldn't have a conflict if it succeeded in its harvest... by bringing us back with it as the harvest."

Xichi is favorably impressed with Kai's martial ability, but remains quiet for the most part.

"Good thinking Herrick. I wonder how much its master knows what it experiences, and how much is just an order... and whether we would find out by asking?"