[PFS] GM Skipper's #2-04 Shadows Fall on Absalom (Inactive)

Game Master SkipperD

Miteke, I think you have a synthax error in your damage setup. It's 1d6d6 instead of 1d6.

I saw that and fixed it. Hopefully all the syntax and numbers are right now. I tried to put (acid) next to the acid damage so it could be applied separate from the non-lethal but that caused weird results.

Marta's second attack takes Dreng down.

Kleetus lands three blows on the mannequin, but it's hardy construction saves it, and it returns the favor.
Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

The last mannequin continues it's ascent,
Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9, but it looses it's grip falls 5 feet down.
It tries again though,
Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25, regaining it's prior advance.

Combat round 3
Bold may act
Current buffs: Inspire Courage +2, Haste (except Quiven)
________________________________________
The Physician, Quiven
Dreng (91 damage + 36 non-lethal, demoralized, sickened)
Kleetus (33 damage), Jaggar, Ouroboreia, Marta
Mannequins (yellow: 33 damage, 5 ft from the bottom of the pit, blue: 33 damage)

Ouroboreia gazes at the blue puppet with her void eyes, laying a curse upon it.

Reveal Weakness: Foe in 30 ft takes -2 penalty to AC and saves for 1 rd.

Marta checks Dreng out to make sure he is not spiraling towards death.

heal: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Jaggar moves inbetween the remaining golemns and strikes at the one not in the pit...
GG1+PA+FF: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 22 + 2 = 27
DMG1: 1d10 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 23 + 2 = 27

GG2+PA: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 14 + 2 = 23
DMG2: 1d10 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 23 + 2 = 29

GG3: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 14 + 2 = 26
DMG3: 1d10 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 14 + 2 = 25

Haste ATK: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 22 + 2 = 26
DMG1: 1d10 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 23 + 2 = 31

Jaggar, are those attack numbers right? With +11/+6/+1 I would have thought the third attack would be lower. And though your haste attack is at the +11 BAB, why is it not less than your first attack if there is no furious focus advantage. Or am I missing something?

furious focus on the first and no power attack on the last. with all bonuses he is +19/+14/+9 but then add +3 to the first attack for furious focus so +22/+14/+12

Power Attack: ... "You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn."

So once you start using it you can't turn it off.

you are right. thanks for pointing that out. I will adjust my rolls accordingly

Jagger takes out another mannequin. Marta discerns that Dreng is stable.

If you guys wish, we can just hand-wave the last mannequin. It is no match for Jaggar's adamantine weapon.

If you guys wish, we can just hand-wave the last mannequin. It is no match for Jaggar's adamantine weapon.

Fine with me

"Good fight that was. Is that poor sap dead?" Jaggar asks about Dreng.

"He's fine. I'll wake him up in a little bit."

Marta detaches a pair of shackles of compliance from her belt and attaches them to Dreng. She then brings out a Wand of CLW and is about to start curing him when he looks to the Physician and quirks an eyebrow.

"I don't want to be presumptuous. Perhaps you should do the honors and revive him."

"Perhaps some divinations, examinations, investigations, and ruminations are in order before we wake him up?"

The Physician casts detect magic, and examines Dreng.

Investigative Mind on these, taking the best.

Arcana: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Arcana: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

"Good idea."

While he is doing that Marta will detect magic around the shop. If she finds anything she can't identify, she will refer it to The Physician.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Dreng seems to radiate faint transmutation magic.

Is there a mask we could remove if we looked for one? Feel around his face in case. We did find that mask in the room so who knows.

Ouroboreia casts detect magic, inspects Dreng in the same manner, using her extensive magical expertise.
Spellcraft T10, heroism, guidance: 10 + 19 + 2 + 1 = 32

Can that effect be dispelled?

Well, it's not a spell per se. Since you knocked him out, instead of killing him, it is still active.

Feeling around Dreng's face, Marta finds no signs of a mask.

Quiven moves closer to Dreng. So, what do we do with him?

"Talk to him, of course. He has to know something. Perhaps get a dispel magic cast on him."

"I will let you silver tongued devils talk to him. I do the not so nice talking."

Marta grimaces when he calls her a devil, even if unintentionally or as part of a cliche. Too much of that from her childhood.

Still waiting for The physician to heal Dreng or motion Marta to proceed with her wand.

While he is still knocked out, Quiven will search Dreng to see if anything suspicious is on his person.

Kleetus, a little dazed, takes stock of his wounds and sighs. "Whelp, that hurt a mite. Y'all, Ah'm gonna look 'round fer more o' dem clues after Ah close up some of these wounds here. Holler if ya need me to scare him down the sacred road."

Cure Light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Cure Light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure Light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Cure Light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

And with those four taps, Kleetus begins searching around.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 2 = 21

"We should either break his arms or bind him with manacles or rope before he wakes up.... just a thought..."

Dreng has no suspicious items on, but he does have a magic belt.

As Kleetus searches around, he hears a low whimpering emanating from the fitting room beyond the counter.

"We should either break his arms or bind him with manacles or rope before he wakes up.... just a thought..."

"Already done. You must have missed it but I got a pair of these beauties during an expedition."

Marta jiggles the manacles on Dreng.

"They are magical, you know. Helps me extract information from an unwilling participant. But I would prefer to take a less aggressive route with Dreng. I still hold out hope that this is some kind of enchantment and he is not in his right mind."

"Breaking arms is funner... just saying..."

"Ho-ly Abadar on high! Fellahs? Ah think we gots a person in this room here and they sound kinda scared." Kleetus go up to the door and after inspecting it for potential traps opens it.

Trapfinding!: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 15 + 2 = 31

@Kleetus: There's no door, you just have to move around the counter. It's the area with all the mirrors on the map.

Whelp, that'll teach me not to look at the map. Kleetus boldly strides to the spot I have him on the map and takes a peek.

Jaggar follows Kleetus to make sure he is not alone...

Since Dreng is still unconscious, Marta drags him with her to see the whimpering person.

A sea of satin and suede floods across this room as several masquerade costumes cram racks surrounding a central platform. Above the platform, suspended from thin wire, dances a flamboyant, over sized masquerade costume complete with mask. Four curtained change rooms offer privacy, and several mirrors adorn the walls reflecting the meager light of this shadowy room.

The whimpering comes from the over sized costume hanging from the ceiling.

Kleetus, wide-eyed beneath his mask, takes a defensive posture and stares into the ... things' ... soul. If it has one.

Going through the detect alignment samba, starting with detect evil. I would like to attempt a knowledge roll to identify whatever this is, if it's a creature.

"We could imagine that this Dreng is a shapeshifter of some kind, and that the costume hides the true one. The mirrors, however do not bode well." comments the wizardess.

Since detect magic is up, I'll try to identify "Dreng"'s belt. Spellcraft Take 10 = 32.

Maybe we should get it down and see what it is anyway. We gotta see it to know what it is, right? Quiven will then try to quietly approach the custome, hoping to get a peek at what it is.

It's a belt of physical perfection +2. Nothing else in the room is magical.

Quiven discerns that there is something moving about inside the costume hanging from the ceiling.

Before investigating the new threat, Marta would like to get another shield in the ioun stone, cast heightened awareness on herself from her wand, and cast shield of faith.

How far up is it?

Dumping Dreng in the passage between the two areas, Marta says

"I'm going to check out the changing rooms."

It's a belt of physical perfection +2. Nothing else in the room is magical.

Nice belt! Marta would benefit from the belt if no one else wants it, but she will defer if someone else speaks for it. Until Ouroboreia speaks up, however, Marta is unaware of its nature so this is ooc.

Ouroboreia would of course share what she knows with her companions.

-Posted with Wayfinder

"Get 'em lads!"

From a handful of other places, thugs step out from behind curtains as well.

Combat round 1
Bold may act
___________________________________________
Marta, Quiven, Kleetus, Jaggar, The Physician
Thugs
Ouroboreia

"Where did these guys come from? To arms!"

Inspire Courage +2 and move into the room.

Marta responds by activating the shield from the ioun stone (no AOO) as a standard action, activates bane as a swift action, and she has no move action as she is right next to someone and has to protect Drengs unconscious body.

AC 28.

Make that Dragon Style instead of Bane. Why waste a round if I'm not attacking?

Jaggar double moves to just in front of the others with a table to his back...

Quiven moves quickly to engage one of the men, hoping to catch them flat-footed with his quick reaction! vs black

Attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30 for Damage: 1d4 + 9 + 5d6 ⇒ (2) + 9 + (5, 6, 5, 5, 1) = 33

The group advances into the room, spurred on by the Physician's inspiring tale. Quiven sneaks in a stab while the thug is still struggling with the curtain.

Combat round 1
Bold may act
___________________________________________
Marta, Quiven, Kleetus, Jaggar, The Physician
Thugs (black: 33 damage)
Ouroboreia

Kleetus marches forward, calling upon Abadar's spells and judgements to deal with the newest threat.

Casting Keen Edge, activating Judgments of healing (3) and destruction (3)

"Y'all c'mere now so Ah can UNLEASH THE FURY O' THE LORD OF AKTUN UPON YER WRETCHED SOULS!!!"