[PFS - PbP Game Day 3] 0-17: The Pirate Pact (Inactive)

Game Master GM Aarvid

Holman rushes across the deck of the enemy ship and thrusts his dagger into the nearest pirate.

Full-round action: Charge pirate
Attack (+1 Adamantine Dagger, Inspire Courage, Pathfinder Flag, Charge): 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 34
Damage (+1 Adamantine Dagger, Inspire Courage, Pathfinder Flag, Sneak Attack w/Scout's Charge): 1d3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2d8 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 1 + (5, 3) = 14

Critical Confirm (+1 Adamantine Dagger, Inspire Courage, Pathfinder Flag, Charge): 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 19
Critical Damage (+1 Adamantine Dagger, Inspire Courage, Pathfinder Flag): 1d3 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6

Rhuul looks at the gap between the ships.

"I have never before indulged in dwarf tossing and see no reason to start now." he plants his feet firmly and prepares to hit any pirate trying to board again, while keeping up the humour.

Malus intones some words while gesturing at the archer farthest to the south, and not otherwise occupied by a melee monster.

The eagles, meanwhile, continue their attacks:

Eagle1 Talon1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Eagle1 Talon2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Eagle1 Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Eagle2 Talon1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Eagle2 Talon2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Eagle2 Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Eagle 1 farther north, Eagle 2 to the south

Malus casts a spell to the southern archer, but he shrugs off the effect.

fort: 1d20 ⇒ 20

The first eagle hits with all three of its attacks, dropping the poor pirate with numerous scratches.

The other does not fare as well and does not score any hits.

Rhuul continues with his jokes from the deck of your own ship.

Holman starts to charge but sees the eagle had dropped his foe (again leaving him with a change of plans). He races up the stairs and stabs the other archer through the eye.

Captain Riverbane points her wand at the last archer, and he goes down
in a clump.

"We have seen enough of your ilk. We will send you to the bottom of the riverbed for your inept attack on our ship!"

* End Combat *

"Why send them to the riverbed? Couldn't we like, sell their ship? We should see if there be plunder too suggests Rhuul, starting to get into the piratey swing of things.

A look of concern does cross his face.

"Surely this ship is known to be the property of the Black Marquis? Who would dare attack it? Do you know any of these ...." Rhuul points to the bodies.

“Arrh! I agree with Mr Irontoe. It’d be good to search the pirate ship for booty, Skipper.”

Take 10 Perception: 10 + 11 = 21

Eadie pleads with Lady Riversbane. “Couldn’t you send a prize crew back to the Black Marquis with the captured vessel, Ma’am? Though I must say, Waverender is a pretty boring sorta name. Would it be out of order to request we re-name the cog?”

“Here’s some suggestions …” She turns to her companions. “But feel free to suggest some others, guys. How about …

★ Ripper’s Revenge
★ Feast for Crows
★ Short ‘n Sharp
★ Bearded Jester
★ In Service to Lore
★ Black Dragon
★ Ravenous from Kravenkus
★ Diamond Sage

1d8 ⇒ 4

Malus takes some time to straighten out his clothing, and begins a quick check of his equipment to ensure nothing is lost or out of place.

"If this is the big pirate threat we have been hearing about on these waters, I am sorry to say that it appears slightly exaggerated; they may have accomplished more shouting puns back at us."

Malus waves dismissively at the eagles, causing them to leave this plane with a faint popping noise.

"I have no use for a ship myself, but I have to agree that this value seems wasted at the floor of the river."

Adoring the majestic eagles, his attention is diverted back to the discussion at hand after they suddenly poof out of existence.

"Aye. If we have enough for a skeleton crew, why not take it for plunder?

"I be liking 'The beareded Jester' meself" agrees Rhuul.

"Be there any plunder aboard? And Captain Riverbane - what can you tell us about these wana be pirates?"

The Waverender is in an advanced state of disrepair and is of little to no value.

Eadie finds a table in the captain’s cabin. Hidden under it, she uncovers a set of maps
and notes regarding navigation in the River Kingdoms. That is about all of note from the ship. The pirates are likewise non-descript, with mundane gear.

"They were not much of a fight." Captain Riverbane cuts one of the six lines and yells to her crew.

"Cut us loose and dump the bodies. We are losing time, boys!"

She orders the Scrag to make haste on the river.

The Scrag Fisher sails on after the altercation with the river
thugs and does not come across any other aggressive boats
that day.

The next morning, low gray clouds smear the
sky, and by midday tall trees leaning over the riverbank
further obstruct the pale sun. A gloomy mood falls on the
crew as the ship enters Echo Wood.

A mere hour before dusk, the sailors call out as your
expedition comes across a barge trapped in giant webs.

The wind seems to come to a dead still as the Scrag Fisher
approaches the wreckage of a hulking river barge.

“It’s the Hanspur’s Luck, Milady—or what’s left of it,”
grumbles one of the crew. Like a large bee stuck in a spider’s web, the
partially sunken boat bulges out of a mesh of sticky tangles,
its deck slightly sloping abaft.

Slowly turning the wheel, Lady
Riverbane orders her ship toward the ensnarled derelict,
and a minute later the Scrag Fisher’s moorings are secured
to the Hanspur’s Luck. The captain turns around and says,

“Here we are mates. That looks like a good place to start your
investigation, wouldn’t you say?”

See map 2. This is a new day.

With a polite bow to Eadie, Rhuul looks around for a plank to use to cross over onto the ensnared ship.

"Ladies first. Well, armoured folk first anyway."

Rhuul unflurls his pathfinder flag.

"Explore, Report, Cooperate!"

Scrutiny of the Stars: 1d100 ⇒ 49 1 hp recovered for a restful night's sleep.

As dawn breaks and the bosun does his rounds, Eadie grumbles as she rolls herself out of her hammock, wrapped in her cloak.

Craft (Fritters): 1d20 ⇒ 3

Half an hour later she is busy helping the cook fry burn whitebait and corn fritters.

She chats to Tormer while she serves the crew breakfast. “So we ARE on the Fever Sea! I KNEW IT! Holman tried to tell me we were still on the Sellen River, and I believed him!”

“Shoulda had more faith in my own judgement. But I’ve gotta say … the Fever Sea is WAY narrower than I thought it’d be.”

"Oh and I hope you like your fritters well done ..."

Once the galley fires have been extinguished, she shares her breakfast with her companions, washing it down with a dose of antitoxin. Before preparing to board the Hanspur’s Luck, Eadie takes her time donning a suit of black full plate. Over her left breast is embossed a modified symbol of Abadar – a key with a heart-shaped head. She throws her golden cloak about her shoulders and adjusts her weapons and backpack before settling a golden feathered helm over her head.

“I’m happy to go first. I may be a bit slower than before but I’ll be harder to hit.”

Malus takes the time to activate his Mage Armor wand once again, and joins Eadie, albeit slightly behind. The wand is returned to his bandolier for future use.

"I am right behind you, Eadie, my magic at the ready."

"Beg your pardon Eadie, but my eyes are sharp and able to warn our crew if we encounter any traps. With your permission, I prefer to scout ahead five paces unseen."

Bow in hand, Nokazi begins scouting 15 feet ahead for traps and threats if the group agrees.

Taking 10 for Perception DC 21 +2 traps, Stealth 26

Also if anyone was still injured after the battle yesterday, Rhuul can have done some healing without needing a wand, just let me know.

Rhuul falls into line near the back of the group, his keen dwarven eyes keeping a lookout on the webs.

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Holman, too, will scout ahead with Nokazi.

Perception (Take 10): 10 + 9 = 19

Stealth (Take 10): 10 + 15 = 25

As the party scouts ahead to the derelict ship, you find
the top deck of this bulky vessel holds nothing of
interest. There is no sign of life onboard.

To even move, you must cut your way through thick
webbing to reach the hatchway and staircase leading
inside the ship's hull. The webs are everywhere on the deck. You can tell the ship is sinking towards the aft as the bow of the ship is inclined.

Give a marching order or move yourself onto the ship on the new map. Let me know if you cannot update.

Captain Riverbane calls out.

"Let us know if you find anything. We will wait here for you."

"Down looks to be the only option."

Says Rhuul, enlightening nobody.

"Lets hope the ship takes her sweet time coming to the same conclusion."

He follows the group downwards.

"Down looks to be the only option."

“That’s one possibility – sure.”

After considering Rhuul’s conclusion, Eadie activates her wayfinder and clips it to her belt in anticipation of a dark trek below decks in the Hanspur’s Luck.

“I’ve got no problem if you and Holman want to scout a little ways ahead, Mr Stoneclaw. I’ll be only a holler away.”

Take 10 Perception: 10 + 11 = 21

Sounds like the marching order is Nokazi+Holman, Eadie, Malus, Rhuul. If I have spoken out of turn, please let us all know, guys.

Can't update map from work, but so long as I am not first, my position doesn't really matter. I generally want to be within 60' of my targets.

Sounds like the marching order is Nokazi+Holman, Eadie, Malus, Rhuul. If I have spoken out of turn, please let us all know, guys.

Updated map with said marching order.

Sounds good here.

Sorry I have not been able to get onto Paizo all night and morning until now.

You hack through the webs on the top deck finding nothing of interest. As you head down into the darkness below, you hear the sloshing of water and smell of dank wood.

The light from Eadie's wayfinder shines below as you step down the creaky, swollen steps.

You can make perception checks as you enter the lower hold. Map has been updated...and for some reason you feel about 15% smaller in the ship's hold - lol

I think that we are all in the 'same boat' (gotta keep it going) regarding paizo.com

Perception (Malus): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Perception (Ripper - He communicates feelings to me): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

As he enters the dark hold, Rhuuls natural darkvision comes to the fore and he looks around.
perception with darkvision: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Eadie looks around for threats.

Take 10 Perception: 10 + 11 = 21

Holman, too, keeps an eye out for danger.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

=== Surprise Round ====

22-Malus (act)
19-Holman (surprised)
18-Creeps (act)
17-Nokazi (surprised)
5-Rhuul (surprised)
4-Eadie (act)

Malus, gets the sense of something moving from his vantage point on the steps (surprise round action).

I see them on the map, can my character see them from where he is? 60' Darkvision

@Malus - From your vantage on the stairs you can see the one on the right. The others would be blocked by the ceiling or stairs from your angle.

Malus incants some words and a portion of the floor in the hold ahead of you is covered with a thick, greasy coating.

Malus chants quickly as you descend, even before most of you know what is happening.

1d20 ⇒ 16

The floor grows slick, but the giant spider nimbly grabs the wall and ceiling, covered in webs, to avoid the grease.

In the hold, with the light from Eadie's wayfinder, you see vast sheets of webbing (act as web spell for movement) and 3 large spiders spring from behind crates to attack.

The two in the bow of the ship, creep forward and shoot blobs of sticky webs at Nokazi and Holman.

@Nokazi touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 vs FF touch AC
@Holman touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13 vs FF touch AC

Another of the giant spiders comes from behind and shoots a web from the side of the stairs at Rhuul.

@Rhuul touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 vs FF touch AC

DC19 to break free from the web/netting. See rules for "nets".

Eadie is up for a surprise round action...and then the top of the round with Malus again.

Oh, and Eadie and Malus notice that some of the crates are marked "explosives".

Eadie frowns at the crates. “What does TNT mean?”

She moves N-N-E 15’ and draws her Lucerne hammer.

I believe ranged attacks incur an AoO, GM Aarvid? I think Eadie should threaten both southern spiders, if the purple one is on the ceiling.

@Eadie, yes, she would threaten both with reach.

All 3 webbed targets need DC19 to break free of their bonds

Malus contemplates his next move before the spiders prepare

=== Round 1 ====

22-Malus
19-Holman (webbed)
18-Creeps
17-Nokazi (webbed)
5-Rhuul (webbed)
4-Eadie

Not sure what check the DC is against... but here is a basic roll to see whether that is likely to be important
escape: 1d20 ⇒ 17

If that is a strength check, then Rhuul manages to break out.

That is a harsh DC! Can the webs be destroyed with melee damage? I seem to recall they have DR and HP.

you suspect they are tough, but can be cut.

Malus moves back to get a better angle on a spider, then casts a quick spell targeting the spider that was near his grease. A ball of frost appears above his hand and launches toward the spider.

Snowball vs Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 2) = 9

DC 15 vs Fortitude or Staggered for one Round.

"Darn these webs! Get them off of me!"

Izoki bow dangles from a cord as he rips the sticky tendrils and thrashes about with his beak and claws.

Bite, power attack -2, entangled: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 2 - 2 = 24
slashing dmg: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Claw 1: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 - 2 = 25
slashing dmg: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Claw 2: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 2 - 2 = 11
slashing dmg: 1d3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Can webs be crit? If Claw 1 destroys the web, then he will step and use Claw 2 to cut Rhuul's webbing.

Malus hurls a ball of frost at the closest spider to the right, managing, despite the cramped quarters, to hit it soundly with a thud.

fort: 1d20 ⇒ 1

All 8 legs twitch for a bit but it continues on...towards Eadie.

On Eadie bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 but she manages to fend off its razor sharp mandibles at the last moment.

The one furthest away moves up, invoking an AOO from Eadie as it closes with her, as she blocks it from its intended bird-meal. (Do Tengu taste like chicken?)

On Eadie bite, charge: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 However, her long reach hammer, distracts its timing.

Finally, the large spider from behind the stairs steps up to try a taste of dwarf. Cutting deeply into the exposed leg of the bard. But the pain and the bite, help the dwarf break free of his sticky webs.

On Rhuul bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 for dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 plus poison FORT save

Nokazi is able to bite and claw his way free of his bonds as well.

=== Round 1 (con't) ====
19-Holman (webbed)
4-Eadie (AOO and full round remaining)

Rhuul curses as the spider decides to try dwarf for lunch.

"Git off me ya overgrown ant. Say- What do you call an under cover spider?"

He gasps in pain as the venom is injected into his system

fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

"A spy-der!"

Holman attempts to break free of the webbing, but can't seem to slip himself out of the sticky strands.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Ooh! There’s a third one!

Eadie drops her polearm from its high readied position towards the new threat …

AoO On Red + PA + FF: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Thud!: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

… before pivoting on her right heel, swinging her body through 270 degrees, she directs her hammer from a low position back over her right shoulder. As she plants her left foot she brings the weapon down on yellow like a lumberjack splitting logs.

Lucerne hammer on Yellow + PA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 9 - 2 = 9
damage: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Hardcopy Character Folio reroll Lucerne hammer on Yellow + PA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 2 = 21

As he ponders Eadie's riddle, Rhuul resists the poison from tainting his dwarven blood.

Meanwhile, Holman twists and struggles against the webs, but cannot break their sticky grip. Where is your elven blade, Sting, when you need it?

Finally, Eadie sets to work smashing one rushing spider and then turns to the next. She barely hits the first, and by fate smashes the second. Both blows land equally hard and the cracking of exoskeleton can be heard.

=== Round 2 ====
red-20, yellow-29+staggered, purple, Rhuul-7

22-Malus
18-Spiders
17-Holman (webbed)
17-Nokazi
5-Rhuul
4-Eadie

Remember you are all at +1/+1from the flag, and Eadie will be at +2/+2 as she comes after Rhuul starts the special spider jokes.

"How can you tell when a spider is angry?"

Asks Rhuul, trying to keep his angry spider at bay with swings of his waraxe.

"It's driven up the wall!"

Wow this is going fast, sorry, this was our big 'set up for Xmas' weekend, lots to do.

Malus flicks his right wrist, and a wand appears in his right hand. He activates it on targeting the same spider he damaged before.

Magic Missile vs Yellow: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Malus unleashes a bolt of force on the heavily injured spider, causing it to twitch again.

All three spiders attack again...on the joking dwarf and the hammer wielding Amazonian woman!!!

On Rhuul atk: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 for dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 plus fort

On Eadie atk: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 for dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 plus fort
On Eadie atk: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 for dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 plus fort
confirm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 for dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Looks like another hit on Rhuul from Purple Widow and one hit on Eadie from Red Widow, fort saves needed from both.

Party up...

red-20, yellow-33, purple, Rhuul-16, Eadie-7