{PFS} {PBP} {LVL 11 - 13} Tide of Honor (Jade Regent book 5, sanctioned portion) (Inactive)

Game Master FiddlersGreen

Potions are ok, but no to authoritative command. Potions will count as preparation, but using a class ability during the fight will be interfering.

Rand, to speed things up, if your initiative roll is over 15, go ahead and take your first round of combat as well. He will not be flat-footed since you are both well aware of each other.
Should your AC be 1 lower without the luck bonus from the Jingasa, and are you drinking the potions of haste and blur from Rhon?

Alright, Feather Step on Rand then.

Like I said, I replaced the Jingasa with a dusty rose prism ioun stone, so it stayed the same.

Rand will drink the potion of blur and but will hold off on the potion of haste until combat starts.

Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Looks like it's him first.

Both warriors size each other up across the courtyard, waiting for the signal to begin. Sennaka sneers as he sees Rand's waver form, and beckons to one of his tengu guards. As the guard touches him, his form also begins to waver and blur.

"Hajime!" the man identified earlier as Kazuo suddenly bellows.

Though both warriors were waiting for the call, it is Sennaka who is quicker, charging forwards towards Rand to deliver the first strike before Rand can even touch the cork of the second vial that Rhon had given to him.

Challenge + Charge

attack roll: 1d20 + 23 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 23 + 2 + 2 = 42
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 35
damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 14 = 26
confirmation roll: 1d20 + 23 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 23 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 42
crit damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 14 = 28
Yeouch!

His strike cuts deep into Rand, leaving a deep wound! Sennaka beckons to Rand with his blade as he holds his stance.

Meanwhile, in the background, you see Kazuo's form begin to shift into that of a large blue-skinned humanoid. He does not move to attack, but when Sennaka strikes his blow, the yojimbo leads his forces in a loud cheer for their lord. No mechanical effect, no foul play here, just background scenery.

Rand: -54hp
Sennaka:

Rand, you're up. Kick his ass or drink the potion of haste?

If you're attacking, remember he has blur on too.

Ouch. So be it then Jedi.

Rand will take a step back and drink his potion and then draw upon his spirit to help him resist being hit further.

spending a Ki point to increase my AC by 4. my AC is 43 until the start of my next turn.

Am I able to take 20 on the Perception check? If so I get a 41 for Perception.

Perception: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (19) + 21 = 40

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Rhon, you cannot take 20, but you can take 10. But it looks like you made the check anyway. =)

Rand, I think you need the furious defense ki power to use ki to boost your AC, and it does not appear to be on your list. Do you have it from some item or archetype I'm missing?

Sennaka continues to press his attack, using his order ability to deliver what he believes will be a certain strike on Rand.

Full attack, activating way of the samurai

attack roll, best of 3, #1: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (11) + 23 = 34
attack roll, best of 3, #2: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39 Taking this one
attack roll, best of 3, #3: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (5) + 23 = 28
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 97
damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 14 = 33
confirmation roll: 1d20 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 23 + 2 = 38 Saved by haste
crit damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 14 = 26

attack roll: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 65
damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 14 = 27

attack roll: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 93
damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 14 = 32
confirmation roll: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 2 = 35 Well...that's a 1 in 400 chance...
crit damage roll: 1d8 + 11 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 14 = 31

Sennaka's final strike appears to be guided, if not by the gods, then at least by his supreme confidence in himself, and cuts deep into Rand, causing a spray of blood that darkens the grass around the duelists.

So... the good news is Rhon still has his first aid gloves on, and because Sennaka has been pushing forward, the combatants are quite close to the pathfinders' side...

Rand, please confirm how you're accessing the furious defense ki power. If you don't have it, I believe you're down. =( Rhon can rush forward to provide first aid, but that will kick us straight into full blown initiative.

Rand: -117hp (and another -33 if Rand does not have the furious defence ki power)
Sennaka:

Waiting on Rand, and if Rand has fallen, Rhon has a tough decision to make.
If Rand is still standing, then Rand has a tough decision to make as well...

Unsure what Kazuo is doing, 42 will cast detect magic and concentrate on him.
spellcraft: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

Unsure what Kazuo is doing, 42 will cast detect magic and concentrate on him.

[dice=spellcraft]1d20+19

Kazuo appears to be a shapeshifter of some sort, and was simply shifting into another form. Quite likely his natural form. You can attempt a knowledge planes to identify him.

Seeing that he doesn't know much on the spellcraft, he switches his knowledges.

Know P.: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
Know P.: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

Double crit for the win.

See, that's the kind of luck Rand needs.

The tengu are yamabushi tengu, a type of oni with supernatural abilities, including wings on their back that allow them to fly while retaining the use of their hands. 4 more questions can be asked.

And Kazuo is most definitely an ogre mage. 3 more questions can be asked.

Kazuo's Saves, High to Low. Special Defenses, Special Attacks?
Tengu, Saves, High to low, Special Defenses, Special attacks, Weaknesses?

42 is a little surprised when he recognizes these creatures. He'll pass along the information he recalls through the message spell.

Ogre magi generally have:
1. Low reflex and high fort
2. Spell resistance and regeneration (overcome by fire or acid)
3. Shapechanger, alter self or giant form 1; spell-like abilities (the offensive spell-like abilities are cone of cold, deep slumber and charm monster each 1/day)

Yamabushi tengu generally have:
1. High fort and reflex, low will
2. spell resistance, blur 1/day
3. steal voice (basically a target silence with a will save to negate) spell like abilities offensive ones are hideous laughter 3/day, ray of enfeeblement (3/day), scorching ray (3/day), glitterdust (1/day)
4. susceptible to pattern spells (-2 on will save)

Now waiting on Rand and maybe Rhon if Rand has fallen.

My apologies. I missed that they made the +4 dodge bonus to AC a Ki power. I would just activate my stance then instead.

42 messages his team, "Guys, The shapeshifter will be tough, but those Tengu are many in number and they can silence each of us. That doesn't mean much to you warrior types, but for us with spells, it's out milk money. I can use a spell that might scare the Magi to death, he has a high chance of resisting it... Or i can try it on Sannaka and put dishonor on Rand. What are your opinions."

Well, that's awkward...
42, Rand needs a breath of life!

Rand quaffs his potion and adopts a stance, but Sennaka's relentless assault and uncanny luck finds him ripping a tendon in Rand's leg and opening him to a devastating cut across his torso. Rand hits the ground, his lifeblood flowing freely into the ground.

Sennaka gives a cry of triumph as he raises his bloody blade above his head. His troops give a rousing cry as he points his blade towards the rest of you.

With the duel won, Sennaka has pretty much declared your lives forfeit.

Kazuo:
Rand: -150hp
42:
Alden:
Samurai:
Tengu
Matamah:
Sennaka:
Rhon/Earl:

Kazuo, ever watchful over his lord, rushes to Sennaka's side as soon as the duel is won. Seeing that Sennaka is far closer to you than the others, he reaches out to touch Sennaka, and he disappears from sight.

Round 1:
Kazuo:
Rand: -150hp
42:
Alden:
Samurai:
Tengu
Matamah:
Sennaka:
Rhon/Earl:

42 and Alden are up. Rand needs a breath of life! Ahem escape route ahem.

I am taking it that Earl never surfaced from the start of this. So we should be in somewhat a group? In that case

with another message, 42 says, "Get around Rand Now. Save him if you have the spell. But everyone put your hands on the same place as everyone else.. Earl, Burrow away."
Still invisiable, 42 waits till everyone has their hands in position he places his ontop and uses Dimension door to get them a good distance away, to the closest town with a good priest. He also made sure to grab Nalla's fur.

Alden yells out orders to his allies, giving them all the benefit of Escape Route. He then turns to defend whoever will be running in to save Rand.

Rhon rushes to Rands side and lays his hands upon his lifeless body.

Breath of Life via First Aid Gloves: 5d8 + 9 ⇒ (4, 3, 7, 1, 1) + 9 = 25

Rhon also uses his Lay on Hands ability to restore some of his own lifeforce.

Lay on Hands: Positive Energy Feedback Loop: 6d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 1) + 1 = 25

Well, it's official, your RNG loves to crit Rand.

Aye, well, he does have a 15-20 threat range and a +2 to confirm crits. XD But that double-20s on the last iterative attack was... unlucky. On the plus side, you will live! Well, provided Rhon lives till his turn...

I take it Earl is indeed underground, as he had no reason to surface yet. At the moment, only Matamahand 42 are invisible, so I will take it that 42 has readied an action to cast dimension door as soon as everyone is adjacent to him and Matamah signals his presence by tapping him on the shoulder as a free action. That will allow 42 to dimension-door everyone away. But before that...

The samurai appear to begin to advance, but delay a little as one of the tengu squawks a command in Tien (which only the non-conscious Rand understands). Matamah and 42 have a moment to realise that the tengu are looking straight at them. Two of the tengu point towards your group, spreading glittery dust over your entire party (except Earl who is still below ground).

The remaining 4 point towards 42 excitedly and caw, "Ningen! Ningen!"

Round 1:
Kazuo:
Rand: -150hp
42:
Alden:
Tengu:
Samurai:
Matamah:
Sennaka:
Rhon/Earl:

This is going to affect their subsequent actions. Rhon, Alden and Naala need to each make 2 will saves. 42 and Matamah, due to their positionings, were only caught in 1 glitterdust spell each and so only need 1 will save each. And you now realise that Yamabushi tengu are able to see invisible creatures!

Rhon, as it is not your turn yet, you can still change your action if you wish.
Please also remind me how positive energy feedback loop works. Does it allow you to heal another person with your swift action lay on hands?

will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

easily overcoming the secondary effect of glitter dust, 42 drops his invisibility and waits for his team to get into position.

If the Tengu are using a spell like ability they need to overcome my spell resistance.

Will Save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
Will Save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

Positive Energy Feedback Loop: When Rhon is affected by a positive energy spell or effect, increase the damage healed by 1.

Will Save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Actually, Matamah isn't invisible as he said he dropped it earlier.

Matamah withdraws to get into position. Should be able to get around his reach and into position with a withdraw.

Casting Confusion was so tempting though. Maybe that's our plan when we come back. ;)

Alden will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Alden will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Naala will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Naala will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Both blinded, of course. Sigh.

Through the Message: "42, you might want to cast defensively. He's invisible next to you."

Keeping that in mind, 42 casts on the defense.
CoD: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

Barely making it, once everyone is ready it will go through successfully.

Ok, before Matamah and Rhon go, I need to complete the rounds for the tengu and samurai. Alden and Naala are blinded, but fortunately that won't stop 42 from touching them. But it will mess up their ability to aid...

Cackling with delight as they see Naala and Alden succumb to the glitterdust, the remaining 4 tengu fire rays of fire at the pair as they advance.

Vs Alden
attack roll: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
attack roll: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
damage rolls: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5, 5, 1, 1) = 35

Vs Naala
attack roll: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
attack roll: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
damage rolls: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 1, 6, 5) = 34

Alden and Naala are hit and scorched by the burning rays.

The remaining samurai advance, drawing their bows as they move. They seem to divide themselves into two units, with one targeting Rhon and the other targeting 42.

Vs Rhon
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Vs 42
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
attack roll: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

Fortunately, they do not appear to be that capable with their bows, and all their shots miss.

Appreciating the dire circumstances, Matamah and Rhon move towards 42. Fortunately, Sennaka does not appear to bother with joining the melee for now, content to let his minions finish you off. Seizing the opportunity, 42 casts his spell, extracting the party from the combat.

Round 1:
Kazuo:
Rand: -150hp
42:
Alden: -35hp/-34hp
Tengu:
Samurai:
Matamah:
Sennaka:
Rhon/Earl:

Ok, 42 manages to cast his dimension door, extracting you. I assume Earl will find you without too much trouble.

Combat is now over. 42 has extracted you from the battlefield. I assume you are as far from the garrison as 42's spell will take you. What do you wish to do now?

Heal up, Resupply, make sure everyone is alive, new day of spells. and go back and nuke the place.... Like i was all up for in the first place. :p

Did Rhon get his breath of life off on me?

Where are we currently?

Breath of life was successful.
You are whereever 42 has d-doored you to, which I presume is beyond the compound of Shuryo Onsen.

As you asses your surroundings and Rand sputters back to life from Rhon's timely intervention, Matamah hears Exiel's voice in his head.

"There are reports of a commotion at Shuryo Onsen. What is the progress of your mission? Give situation report in twenty-five words or less."

Matamah realises that Exiel is using a sending spell, and can convey a 25-word reply.

Rand: -125hp
42:
Alden: -35hp/-34hp
Matamah:
Rhon/Earl:

I believe Rand is still unconscious at -1.

Rhon is using his wand of cure light wounds on Rand.

Rand you are healed for the following. Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 5 charges: 5d8 + 5 ⇒ (8, 5, 3, 1, 2) + 5 = 24

42 whacks Rand across the back of the head. "Foolish fighter. When have one on one duels done anything?" mumbling around, "Now they know we are after them... the defense will be stronger."

To be fair, I expected Rand to win that fight. If Rand had won init and started slugging without bothering with the potion, there's a pretty good chance he would have won.

Have some time to RP, and once Matamah sends his reply to Exiel, I'll progress the plot. Feel free to help Matamah with his reply as well.

"I can respond to the Sending with 25 words or less. How should I respond?"

Sorry. Busy, busy weekend.

"I can respond to the Sending with 25 words or less. How should I respond?"

Sorry. Busy, busy weekend.

That was 17 words, you have 8 words remaining.

42 thinks, "How about, "Initial scouting of the facility is done, will move onto the next part of the plan in the morning. Will report again after successful completion." should be okay."

"First off, I am THE Iron Fist of the immortal city, not a fighter. Secondly, Duels resolve a great many things. Many wars have been averted by them. You are right, however, we should get back on our feet then just head back in and kick in his teeth."

I would have been alright were it not for the crit. Or for the Ultimate Equipment Errata.

"You know we don't have time to wait until morning, right? The people providing us a distraction are probably fighting for their lives."

With that, Rand stands up and dusts himself off.

"Ah, good you are awake Rand. I thought I might have lost you there for a moment. Now, how do you feel?"

Rhon prodes you and gestures. "Turn a bit. I have to check for further injury."

Whew! What a combat! Naala is very hurt, so healing up is important for sure. She's at 10/76, and I'm at 28/95.

"A well-timed extraction, my friend. That could have gone much worse for us. I will try to avoid being blinded mid-battle like that again. I seem to keep finding ways in which I could improve my training."

Matamah likes 42's reply.

"Initial scouting of the facility is done, will move onto the next part of the plan in the morning. Will report again after successful completion."

"Now, let's get healed up?"

Matamah will use any wands the party has (roll your own healing), or will start using his own if we are getting short.

You mind if we take average on wands when not in combat FiddlersGreen?

Sure that's fine. But...

A short while later, Matamah receives another sending.

"Cannot hold off army till morning. If target has been alerted, probably heavily guarded or hidden now. If so, abort mission and return to base."

Wow! We have been gone less than a minute at this point. How much backup could he have gotten in such a short period of time?

Wow! We have been gone less than a minute at this point. How much backup could he have gotten in such a short period of time?

He hasn't gotten backup at the moment, but Matamah's message said that you were gonna try again in the morning. Come morning, even if Sennaka is still there, the place will be crawling guards.

Exiel also assumes that if Sennaka now knows there are people after him, he's not just going to be sitting there waiting for you to try again. To Exiel's mind, the likelihood is that either Sennaka will relocate himself, prepare his garrison for a second attempt, or both. He could be wrong though. How often do Venture Captains make the right assumptions about your mission? XD

If you want to return to the garrison and try to complete the mission despite the unfavourable odds, you can certainly try. The only thing certain is that waiting till morning is most likely not a viable option.

So... raid Shuryo Onsen again, or return to base?

Matamah, you think Exiel is expecting a reply to his second sending.

Lets raid Shuryo Onsen and go kick some butt!!!

Agreed. Let's go back. Matamah will do the Dimension Door this time if needed.

Does anyone still need healing before we return?

Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds: Rhon: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1) + 3 = 9
Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds: Rhon: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1) + 3 = 7