[PFS Gameday V] #4-09 GM Iff's The Blakros Matrimony (Inactive)

Game Master Iff

sense motive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
k. Planes (Monster lore): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Babau- special attacks. Also I assume we are still peace bonded?

will save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
fort save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

Lysaer fights off the effects of the illusory assault and spits, untying the clumay peacebond on his acquired axe, the Hellknight readies it and points the twin points at the babbling lunatic on centre stage.

"You picked the wrong group to mess with fool." he curses darkly as he feels his Pantheon's power surge through him in righteous judgement.

Activate judgement for fast heal 1 as swift action. Un peacebond as a full

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

"What are these things, and what in the hells is he shouting about? Onyx Alliance?" Auriea asks, a bit disoriented from the new commotion.

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

"What? You bring demons in our midst!? Prepare to die foul creature" Isabella shouts as soon as her companions fill her in on the true nature of the creature. She quickly unties the bonds on her sword, steps closer to the and draws it.

Swift for smite evil vs Arastrax, fullround for untying peace bond and drawing sword. Free action for 5 ft step

If Isabella is attacked
Parry: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
Reposte: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
Damage, precision: 1d8 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 5 = 17

Those are some pretty awesome saving throws. Isabella, please note that the second saving throw is a Reflex save. With that roll, you would have failed it, unfortunately.

To answer the second question. Yes, your weapons are/were peacebonded again.

Cernan knows that Babau are resistant to most weapons, unless forged from cold iron or infused with the power of good (DR 10/cold iron or good), while Lysaer knows of their prowess in combat, especially when working in packs or against the unwary (+2d6 Sneak Attack). Additionaly, they have a number of spell-like abilities to sow confusion put their opponents on the back foot.

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Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Brock can't identify them

Will Save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Fort Save: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

While everyone is mouthing off between good and evil, Brock is reeling from the effects of the very real and very scary shout in his ear. After several moments he starts slapping the side of his head. "WHAT! WHY IS EVERYONE MOVING THEIR LIPS!? I THINK HE CAST A SILENCE SPELL! BE CAREFUL IF YOU USE MAGIC!"

"MISHA! GO HIT THE UGLY THING WITH THE SPEAR!" Brock himself with start jostling his way through the crowd to joint Isabella in fighting the eastern demons, then start untying the peace knot on his blade as he goes, cursing and waving around his glove menacingly!

Free action to command Misha, Swift action to Animal Focus Bull, Move action to approach the demons, standard action to start undoing the peace knot.

Misha was seated on the edge of the pavilion doing tree things when the madness started, and was missed by the spell that struck the rest of the party, and so it seems mostly befuddled by its master's actions. Still, on command from Brock she begins bumbling towards the same foe as Brock.

In the process the large mass of wood may knock over a few of the decorate dividers at the edge of the dining area. When it reaches the fray, she casually winds up a large branch it swings it down at the head of the nearest Babau.

Move to the Northeast Babau, Standard to slam it.

Slam(Flanking, Power Attack): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
Damage(Precision, Power Attack): 1d8 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (6) + (5) + 15 = 26
Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 2

I seperated out the acid damage on her attacks, since it's not the first time I've seen Babau and I know it matters.

Those are some pretty awesome saving throws. Isabella, please note that the second saving throw is a Reflex save. With that roll, you would have failed it, unfortunately.

I see now that I rolled a reflex were it should be a fort, taking full damage and deafened

WHAT?

Cernan will untie and draw his long sword.

I had a pretty long day today. Not enough time/energy left for a decent update. Auriea, let's say that the Babau delay. That gives you an opportunity to post now, and puts us back into block initiative.

COMBAT TRACKER - Bold may post

Auriea

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
WIL: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Galandaro is taken by surprise and succumbs to the effects of the spells... he takes damage and is deaf..

Planes: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

"By the stars that was painful... is that a babau demon...? Can anyone hear me...? Hallo...? By the stars I think i went deaf..."

Regardless he senses danger and casts Haste on his turn...

Getting hit with the blast from Arastrax, the bard shakes his head realizing that it wasn't a true form of the spell it was supposed to be. Pulling out his kukri he then looks towards Lysaer and Misha before grinning. "May Desna's blessings be upon us, as a butterfly's sting never comes from the first strike!"

Misha hits one of the Babau with its branch. He hits, but the oily coating on their skin eats at at the bark. (See Pending effects below). Lysaer prepares for the combat, as do Auriea, Isabella, Cernan and Galandaro.

The Babau then launch their attack. The blue one pushes through the crow with his longspear to assist its fellows, while the red sees an unarmed man in front of him and start tearing into Brock with claws and toothy maw. AC 24 vs flanking, rigt? Despite the help, the Babau only manages to hit with one claw, a decent strike. (16 damage)

Seeing how the Babau alone couldn't deal with the elven druid, the demon next to him joins the fray. He circles around the unarmed Brock to bite, but also misses.

The man on stage surveys the pandemonium below him. "Yes, fear us. The Onyx Alliance will be your doom today!" He then sends a wave of spine-chilling magic at the Pathfinders. Curiously, it also affects both Babau that caught in the cone.

Everyone please make a DC 18 Will save. If you make it, you're shaken for one round. If you fail, you're panicked for 1 round/level. Please note that all the exits are blocked.

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COMBAT TRACKER - Round 2 - Bold may act

1st - Arastrax, Babau: Red (-26, panicked), green (panicked), blue
2nd - Brock (-34, deaf), Lysaer (-2), Isabella (-18, deaf), Cernan (-2), Galandaro (-18, deaf), Auriea (-2)

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PENDING

Misha - Reflex save DC 18 or take 2 acid damage.
All - Will save DC 18 vs fear.

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will, bravery: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 = 9

Reroll, 2 stars, bravery: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 15 Come on!

Shaken to the core by the dark energy Lysaer drops he recently acquired Axe to the ground and backs away in terror, cowering in the corner of the pavilion behind Miska he covers himself with his gauntleted arms. I do hope the Maralictor can't see me he thinks.

Move to corner, Total defense in the corner. On the "upside" I fast heal 1 point of damage

Yes, since I assume it's been at least an hour, then my Barkskin is gone, so 22(24 vs flanking)!

Will: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

"OW! THAT THING HIT ME!" He seems to shake off the wound, though there's obvious bleeding from his side where the Babau struck him. "MISHA WE SHALL KILL THIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME!?" Despite being flanked Brock manages to dance around through guarding swings of Misha to escape to a better vantage point, never exposing his retreat to attacks.

Once he's repositioned he gets his great sword free of its sheath and swings a blow at one of the demons. A shiver runs down his spine from the casting of the man, but he seems to shake it off, though he doesn't swing his blade just yet.

Finish drawing my weapon as my standard, using my move and escape route to step out of the flank without provoking AoOs.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Misha's bark sizzles from where she struck the demon, but she doesn't seem to even notice the fear spell, her alien vegetable mind not understanding the need the cower.

Her closeness to Brock allows her to guard his movements before she rears up and begins to attack with hasted movements against the injured Babau.

Full attack on Red, I believe we have a haste up, so 3 swings, ignore the last if I am mistaken.

1st Slam(Flanking, Power Attack, Haste): 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 15 + 1 = 26
Damage(Precision, Power Attack): 1d8 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (8) + (4) + 15 = 27
Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 6

2nd Slam(Flanking, Power Attack, Haste): 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 1 = 27
Damage(Precision, Power Attack): 1d8 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (3) + (5) + 15 = 23
Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Haste Slam(Flanking, Power Attack, Haste): 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 15 + 1 = 28
Damage(Precision, Power Attack): 1d8 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (3) + (4) + 15 = 22
Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5

will save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Cernan will use escape route to get as far away as possible.

Will Save, Charmed Life: 1d20 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 3 = 7
Reroll, 3 stars: 1d20 + 3 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15

the shame!

Isabella drops her sword and runs to a corner, cowering in silence
and provoking two attacks of opportunity, luckily not flanking at the moment she left her square

Seriously? I had such high hopes after your last batch of saving throws... :/

WIL: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

After casting his spell last turn Galandaro feels overwhelmed with dread and is panicked...

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Auriea starts to jump up and down before landing on both feet together and brings his kukri to eye level with one arm, while placing his other behind his back. "Since this is a celebration, I guess I could be imposed to dance with you interlopers. Before I do that though, let me make this a more even performance." As he finishes the spell, the sylph seems to split in two, with both dancing around each other.

Mirror Image: 1d4 ⇒ 1

(Move action)Battle Dance: +1 Move Speed, Inspire Courage (Self Only) +1; (Standard)Mirror Image)

AC is currently at 22 from Haste

The red Babau was fleeing, so I've added Misha's attacks to the blue one, killing it.

Arastrax spell has devastating effect: Lysaer, Cernan, Isabella and Galandaro turn tail and flee as well as they can, in the confines of the pavilion. Fortunately, two of the Babau also run away, while the third is beaten to a pulp by Misha.

The man on stage, having identified the largest threat, points his arms at Misha, and two rays of fire fly at the tree creature. One hits, while the other flies wide. 16 fire damage. Will save DC 19 to disbelief the spell as a shadow evocation and reduce damage to 3. Does Misha take double damage from fire? I haven't taken that into account yet.

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COMBAT TRACKER - Round 2 - Bold may act

1st - Arastrax, Babau: Red (-26, panicked), green (panicked)
2nd - Brock (-34, deaf), Lysaer (-2, panicked), Isabella (-18, deaf, panicked), Cernan (-2, panicked, Galandaro (-18, deaf, panicked), Auriea (-2)

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PENDING

Misha - Will save DC 19 to reduce damage form the Scorching ray to

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Lysaer continues to keep his guard up in the corner, though his Judgement seals the rest of his minor wounds, the Hellknight Aspirant is clearly not up for this fight.

Total defense, Judgment's fast heal 1 heals the rest of his damage

Auriea moves in gracefully attempting to dance past the man, and slashes at him with his kukri, trying to deflect his attention somewhat. "You, sir, seem to be keeping my friends from having their fun!"

Perform Dance (Acrobatics): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30

Haste Inspired Attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 31
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

Critical Confirm + Anatomist: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 25
Damqge: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

Forsaking Butterfly's Sting, as no one is close enough to pass on the critical.

Galandaro is still panicked and hiding and cursing the fates for bringing him to this location...

Oh what a lovely corner I have found

Will Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

GM Reroll +2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Those rolls are for Misha as they will impact Brock's actions. I'm not sure if she's impacted by fire weakness. Nothing listed for the archtype or in plant type, but treants normally are weak. Your call.

Brock, bruised and grumpy, sees what the man is attempting to do to his poor little sapling, even if he can't hear it. "WHERE DID EVERYONE GO! AURIEA WE SHALL BASH HIM TOGETHER! MISHA GET THAT MAN!" He flails an arm wildly at the casting man, then attempts to do the same himself. Since fire is being tossed about it's best to proof the treant against it.

Deafness casting failure, 1-20 fails: 1d100 ⇒ 79

Brock manages to finish his spell despite not being able to hear the words jumbling in random shouts from his mouth and slaps Misha with magic to defend her against fire while following her towards their still present foe.

Standard to cast resist energy(fire) on the treant, move to head towards Spikey-hair McShadowMagic. With haste they can both move 30ft in the difficult terrain.

Misha realizes somewhere in her woody head that the spell heading her way isn't quite what it appears to be. The shadowy spell singes her but does little to stop it's lumbering gait to Brock's command. Bolstered by new magic she continues to have no fear and attempts to beat the brains in of her newest target while her master threatens and harries.

Move to next to Spikey-hair, standard to smack'em.

Slam(Flanking, Power Attack, Haste): 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 15 + 1 = 28
Damage(Precision, Power Attack): 1d8 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (6) + (3) + 15 = 24
Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Sorry to put so many people out of the fight, folks. Luckily, I have the feeling it will be over soon...

Arastrax manages to laugh off Auriea's attack, but the treant's massive swing causes him to reel. Seeking a means of escape, he turns back to the dancer and uses magic to shove the man out of the way. Will save DC 19, or be shoved back 15 feet, off the stage and stumbling into Cernan. 1 damage in that case. He then steps back, away from the treant.

In the rest of the tent, you can see that the guests, working together, have started to get the demon invasion under control. The band of Hellknights are clearing out the southern entrance, while Damian has gotten hold or a sword at the northern exit and fights a couple of dretches, Michellia by his side with a longspear she nabbed from another of the Babau.

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COMBAT TRACKER - Round 3 - Bold may act

1st - Arastrax (-33), Babau: Red (-26, panicked), green (panicked)
2nd - Brock (-34, deaf), Misha (-3), Lysaer (-2, panicked), Isabella (-18, deaf, panicked), Cernan (-2, panicked, Galandaro (-18, deaf, panicked), Auriea (-2)

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PENDING

Auriea - Will save DC 19 or be shoves back 15 feet and suffer 1 damage.

"I will try harder my lady, just make this stop!" Isabella is mumbling in her corner.

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

The wind gets knocked out of Auriea as he flies away from the man from an unseen force hits the bard. He then moved back towards the man and takes another swing! "That's a different ability! Some sort of telekinesis?"

Haste Inspired Attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 14
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

I don't know who over the slide last but it looks all sorts of funky at the moment.

Not sure, but it looks okay to me now. I've placed Auriea back due to the Telekinesis, and moved Arastrax because of his 5 foot step earlier. The Babau in white/black is dead, I've removed the other two off the map because they fled quite a long way.

Auriea strikes the mercenary, and deals the final wound necessary. The man crumples on the stage, coughing up blood before taking his last breath. Upon his death, a creature departs from his body: a demonic entity consisting mostly of shadow, with bat-like wings and winked claws and teeth. "That was inevitable, wasn't it. Crude body..."

The shadowy creature looks around the pavilion, where the rest of the guests are definitely gaining the upper hand, and several people have slashed gaps in the walls to allow frightened people to leave. He seems unhappy about the turn of events, but also resigned. "Well, so far for my involvement here, it seems..." It hisses, and then flies away through the pavilion wall. Even before it's fully out of sight, it teleports away.

COMBAT OVER

The effects of Arastrax's spells on you also wears off after a short while. The fighting eventually winds down, with many of the demons fleeing or teleporting away when they see that they're losing. They have inflicted considerable damage to the guards and guests present, though.

That means that we're almost done with the scenario. It's just wrap-up at this point.

Brock lets out a massive sigh and drops on his butt where he stands, patting Misha on a barky thigh and letting his sword drop down beside him after the demon flees.

He's a bit of a mess, but looks like he'll pull through, but he sits there for a couple minutes trying to get his hearing back before the sounds of screams and chaos return and his smiles. After the last slap to the side of his head he speaks. "Hey! I can hear again! Good work finishing that thing off Auriea... any idea what it was?"

He'll drag himself to his feet and start checking on the others before trudging off to help the other guests and prevent anyone from bleeding out that may have fallen in the battle until someone gets things back in order.

Cernan will go back to pick up his long sword that he dropped earlier.

With the reception interrupted and the security of the island clearly breached, Hamaria Blakros calls the weekend’s festivities to a close. The guests with the most critical wounds are taken care of at the pavilion, and after that all of the guests are quickly rounded up by surviving mercenaries and ushered to the pier. The boat ride back to Absalom takes on a somber tone, any joy at the wedding eclipsed by the death and destruction the demons brought to Pariol Island.

During the boat ride, several of the guests come around to the group of Pathfinder, most specifically Auriea and Brock, to laud them as lauded as heroes of the wedding, and the Society’s prestige grows as a result of their actions. A few days later, Ambrus Valsin seeks you out at the Grand Lodge. "Greeting, Pathfinder. I've had reports from several of our faction leaders about the wedding. It seems they weren't kidding about the need for security measure. From what I hear, you've handled yourself admirably in this social arena. My compliments, and congratulations on this successful mission."

That concludes this scenario. I hope you've a good time. See the Discussion thread for further info towards reporting, chronicles and boons.

Auriea beams as he is praised, but also tells the guests that if it weren't for the team, the event would me more of a disaster than it had been. As it were, the others had helped with keeping many of the foes distracted allowing himself and Misha to take care of the threat.

Yay, that was fun! Thank you for GMing.

Cheers for that Iff!

Lysaer shakes the panic from him before immediately going into damage control, trying to stabilise guests who had been wounded in the attack and ensure the demons had indeed left.

Planes: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

"A Shadow Demon! It must have possesed the Mercenary, though that begs the question of who brought it here, and where was Tancred during all of this?"