[PFS]Mike's 3-23 The Goblinblood Dead (Inactive)

Game Master Michael Hallet

Every other GM I've played with has declared that moving through allies' spaces provides cover and therefore does not allow AoOs. Also, the cover from the fog should be preventing AoOs. Just sayin'.

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Selethe takes a moment to study the hobgoblin's tactics then stabs again with her sword.

miss chance >20 hits: 1d100 ⇒ 89
attack+studied target: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 = 21
damage+studied: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10

I asked our local VL who is also our local rules guru and he says that Michael is correct and when you move through an allies square the ally doesn't provide cover. Total concealment prevents aoos. Partial concealment doesn't. Though it does prevent sneak attacks unless you are an unchained rogue.

Friend: You can move through a square occupied by a friendly character, unless you are charging. When you move through a square occupied by a friendly character, that character doesn't provide you with cover.

Enemy no. 2 needs a will save.

Hobgoblin Fighter #2 was not there last round. (He moved there after your turn.) So would Midnar really have stood there doing nothing rather than push into the room where the fighting was?

Yes, absolutely. He's an arcanist. Running face-first into a foggy room is a great way to find said face rearranged, possibly removed.
DC 16 will save please.

Also, draw a dagger at some point.

To be fair my Arcanist was the exact same way. He wouldn't enter a room until the rest of the party had moved around a bit in that room and declared it safe. That is what got him through all of Emerald Spire with no deaths.

Exactly. On top of that, he's a librarian on his first adventure, not big, not strong, but clever.

Fair enough. I'll go with it, though you had no problem running into that foggy room when you thought it wouldn't draw an AoO from the other hobgoblin.

However, hobgoblin fighter #2 is trying to be stealthy, even if he isn't doing well at it. But you have a -1 Perception modifier, so you need to make a Perception check vs DC 4. If you make the check, you can cast the spell, otherwise you won't realize he's there.

tbh, your rules are different to the ones I'm used to. I don't know who is wrong but the whole cover+allies thing, the faerie fire not working like the beam from a lighthouse... my local GMS have ruled differently. Of course my decisions will change if the rules change.
My local GMS always make perception checks themselves, for example, unless you are specifically searching for something.

perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

DC 16 will save please.

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Midnar manages to catch the sound of the hobgoblin sneaking up and aim a spray of colors at the doorway. He hears the sound of a sword clattering to the ground.

Looks like we are waiting on actions from Harrisk/Goliath.

Goliath bites at the oracle.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 62
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

But the wolf misses.

The oracle once again tries to cast a spell, but tries to do so defensively this time.

Concentration: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

She ends up losing the spell.

The hobgoblin fighter tries to slash at Selethe again.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 35
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The hobgoblin manages to draw some more blood from Selethe.

EDIT: Forgot the skeleton.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 73
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 9

The skeleton manages to claw Hibbert once.

Selethe 4/19 hp
Hibbert 15/25 hp

Hobgoblin Fighter #1 -10 hp
Hobgoblin Oracle -15 hp

Everyone is up!

"The faster we finish her off the faster we can deal with whatever is going on out there. Anyone want to come over here and get this skeleton out of my face?"

Hibbert maintains the grab for damage.

Maintain grab inc +5 for starting in control: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 5 = 30
dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Dortlin doesn't feel like it is safe for him to summon so he keeps trying to hit the caster.

miss chance 51% + hits: 1d100 ⇒ 41

The frustration is real.

Hobgoblin Oracle -22 hp

Goliath continues to try to bite the foe in front of him.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 81
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Trip: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Crit Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Harrisk, meanwhile, hears the fighting going on in the hall and moves into the room to avoid anyone who might come rushing in.

Spark moves to where she can reach the skeleton easily and attacks, raging...

miss chance under 51 misses: 1d100 ⇒ 94
to hit: 1d20 + 3 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 2 + 2 = 10 bah!
dmg if hits: 1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 2 = 11

Hobgoblin Oracle -28 hp, but still standing.

Midnar will spend the next 2 rounds drawing a crossbow, walking up to the creature that just fell over, and delivering a coup de grace to make sure it doesn't get back up.
coup de grace: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 = 9 damage.
DC 19 fort save or die immediately.

When Selethe feels Midnar moving away from behind her, she steps back then uses her wand to heal herself.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Awesome.

Obviously, if the enemy isn't unconscious or there are more of them, Midnar's actions stop after drawing the weapon and entering the room.

The oracle, tries once more to cast a spell

Concentration (cast defensively): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Concentration (cast while grappled): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

But is unable to complete the casting.

The skeleton continues to claw at the frog.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 46
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 21
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

He manages to claw Hibbert once and almost a second time.

The hobgoblin wanders into the fog, and encountering Selethe again, attacks.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 83
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

She manages to wound it as
He nearly hits the oread is a critical spot, but she remains standing, albeit barely.

The hobgoblin that was shouting from the back earlier comes into view weilding a wicked scythe. Selethe swipes at it as he attempts to move past as it tries to move past Selethe.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 24
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Selethe manages to wound it.

It finds Harrisk as it comes into the room and decides to swing at the halfling.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 86
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Harrisk manages to dodge.

Midnar encounters the downed hobgoblin and attends to end its life.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16... It dies.

Selethe 2/19 hp
Hibbert 12/25 hp

Hobgoblin Fighter #1 -10 hp
Hobgoblin Scythe -6 hp
Hobgoblin Oracle -28 hp

Everyone is up!

Hibbert continues trying to kill the struggling biped.

Grapple to dmg: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 5 = 16 for dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Going to use my folio reroll on that.

Grapple to dmg: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 5 = 29 for dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

And Dortlin continues to try and hit the caster.
miss chance 51%+ might hit: 1d100 ⇒ 63 Ohh maybe...

Bardiche vs hopefully grappled caster: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 for dmg: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Together, Hibbert and Dortlin manage to narrowly drop the oracle.

Hobgoblin Oracle -48 hp (dying)

"Ahh!" Harrisk shouts as he sees a scythe swing from within the fog. "Goliath, come help!" he calls to his pet wolf.

Goliath will 5-ft step away from the skeleton and bite at the hobgoblin.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 98
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Trip: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Selethe swings once more at the hobgoblin in front of her. "Avenge me if I fall!"

miss chance 21+ hits: 1d100 ⇒ 91
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Still raging, Spark attacks the skeleton again...

miss chance under 51 misses: 1d100 ⇒ 8

and whiff! Her weapon strikes through a thick patch of fog only.

The skeleton falls apart.

Not realizing their leader has fallen, the hobgoblin continues to attack.

First the one on Selethe.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 81
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Selethe goes down in a heap, the oracle starting to bleed out. The hobgoblin then moves into the room.

The scythe-weilder attacks the wolf which tried to bite him.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 92
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

But fails to hit.

Selethe -5/19 hp (DYING!)
Hibbert 12/25 hp

Hobgoblin Fighter #1 -10 hp
Hobgoblin Scythe -6 hp

You botted Midnar last turn. As a White Mage he cam spend one of his reservoir points to convert a spell into a cure spell. Doing that to heal Seleth seems logical since no one else is nearby to heal her.

Midnar gave me two rounds of actions last time, so now he is free to take whatever action he wants.

Hearing Selethe cry out, Midnar returns to his ally's side and uses his white magic Sacrificing an arcane point to heal her.
clw selethe: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Selethe's eyes blink open to see the wayang standing over her. "Oh goodness, thank you Midnar my friend!" She draws out her wand and taps herself. "I'm afraid I'm still quite wounded."

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Selethe 10/19 hp (prone)

Dortlin, Harrisk and Spark to act.

Hibbert will spend a move action to use scent. Realizing stinky orcs are nearby he will move 5ft and try to grab the one in the doorway.

miss chance 21+ hits: 1d100 ⇒ 3

Now that the caster is presumably dead Dortlin will follow Hibbert pulling his CLW wand and tend to his wounds.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Spark, still raging, will move to the east, jump up on the table, and attack.

acrobatics to avoid aoo: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
acrobatics to jump on the table: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

to hit: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 2 = 18
dmg if hits: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Spark fails to move quickly enough and the hobgoblin attacks with his scythe.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 49
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

But he cannot connect.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 39 The room is still filled with fog.

Spark does manage to land a blow, but the hobgoblin remains standing.

Harrisk will use his turn to withdraw and hide from the enemies.

Goliath will continue to attack the hobgoblin he has been fighting.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 86
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Trip: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The hobgoblins, realizing they have no retreat fight to their last breath.

The hobgoblin armed with a sword attacks Goliath.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 35
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The scythe-wielder takes his swing at Spark.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 82
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 So close.
Damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3) + 3 = 8

The hobgoblins quickly fall to the party.

With the defeat of Telda, the attacks by undead along the Sczarni trade route come to an end. You return to find the caravan is still safe.

The rest of the journey proceeds smoothly and the caravan reaches Druma safely.

With Telda defeated, the PCs have managed to eliminate at least one of Isger’s numerous internal threats. Soon thereafter, the Sczarni begin to move goods, people, and secrets through the Chitterwood with renewed fervor.

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