[PFS] PbP Gameday 3: #5-08: The Confirmation (1–2) and First Steps (Inactive)

Game Master bluedove

The route to the surface leads through a maze of tight passages that include steep ascents and short climbs as they wind from west to east. As the party travels as quickly as they may, they can hear the sounds of a distant battle echoing through the caves, intermixed with inspirational tales of famous Pathfinders and the heroic deeds — the raging fight between Janira and the minotaur.

The way out seems near as you come upon some tight tunnels that range from 2 to 5 feet in width and average about 9 feet in height. The narrow passage forces you all into a single file marching order and the moist cave floor is slick, forcing you to take the trek more slowly than you would like. The air here is dank and smells of decay. A spot in the passage ahead is overgrown with mushrooms and other fungi. Jorag slows to observe it more closely and holds up his hand to halt the party behind him.

Initiative Order
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Mira
Draco
Jorag
Havok
Boldren
????
Wei Ji

"Hold up a second," Kiri says. She casts a quick spell and begins concentrating on the area ahead. detect magic

Hair on his neck standing up, Jorag slowly backed away, rejoining the others and getting in amongst them. "Something isnt right."

"Well, if you can, please hasten! Our comrade is faced with a great task by facing the minotaur alone, perhaps to great for her to handle!", Draco says, clearly very concerned.

Boldren casts dancing lights to help those in the front see. He then sends the globes of brilliant light ahead to light the way. As the group moves forward, Boldren keeps a careful eye open for potential hazards.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Wei blinks once to make sure that he's not seeing things.

"Hold! Fungus moving!"

It's even more impressive because he's taking up the REAR of the formation, behind several light sources. His tone is quiet, yet not a whisper.

The tengu pulls out an alchemist's fire and glances to the rest of the party.

"Anyone want the honors? Also, be mindful how tight the space is, we might get smoke in our faces, or worse."

That is, of course, unless there is someone else in the party that has a better idea?

I would not use that till we know what it is first. Some fungi react in a inhospitably way when exposed to fire. Once we identify it and know what element to use on it, then we can try and destroy the fungi.

Whoops! Forgot Kiri in the order...

Initiative Order
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Mira
Draco
Jorag
Havok
Kiri - casts detect magic, but finds no auras
Boldren - casts dancing lights
????
Wei Ji

Kiri scans for magical auras, but finds none. Boldren adds more light to the situation and he too can now see something disconcerting about the patch of fungus ahead, though he still is not sure exactly what it is. Janira's voice still resonates in the distance.

Speaking is a free action, so actions are still available if someone in bold wants to try something. You can hear Janira well enough to be affected by her Inspire Courage. =)

Moving fungus? now I've seen everything!
Curve Blade: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Sorry, changed my mind a few times. Won't happen again!

Oops! There's supposed to be a +4 to damage XD I'm so silly!

Musket: bayonet on, unloaded
Paper Cartridges: 19
Bullets/Powder: 8
Alchemical Flares: 2
Grit: 3

Mira runs along with Jorag upon hearing Janira's voice. The halfling was safe! Good news if she'd ever heard it. Focused on running, she manages to just barely stop in time to avoid smacking into Draco ahead. Squinting at the moss, she wonders aloud "Why burn it? It's fungus. I bet you we could just jump over it." Nevertheless, she moves back to accept the alchemist's fire from Wei Ji with a nod of thanks. Her musket wasn't likely to do much to a bunch of mushrooms. "If we want to go with fire, I think I have a decent shot at it." she mentions.

Waiting for the others to weigh in on their course of action, Mira takes a moment to affix her bayonet. She might not do much shooting the fungus, but she bet she could still do a decent job at cutting it up.

Move Action: move 20 ft to accept alchemist's fire from Wei Ji
Move Action: arm bayonet

anyone know Dungeoneering?
Havok has his hand near his belt where a couple of pots hang ready.
"Anyone know what creature that is?"

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Unfortunately, my field of study never went into fungi or plants.

"We dont have time for this, just attack it with something!" Jorag yelled, quite upset that they were wasting time while an ally was in mortal danger.

Initiative Order
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Mira - moves
Draco - attacks for 7 damage
Jorag - delay
Havok - delay
Kiri - casts detect magic, but finds no auras
Boldren - casts dancing lights
???? - Slam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Wei Ji
-----------------------------------Round 2
Mira
Draco
Jorag
Havok
Kiri
Boldren
????

Draco moves up and slashes at the mass of moss and fungus. His curve blade slices through the mycelium, revealing a slimy, oozy form beneath. A probing pseudopod comes out like a tentacle and lashes out for the elf, but he is too quick and dodges out of the way before it can find him.

Yeah, it doesn't look like anyone has Dungeoneering. Party is up!

In the tight confines of the tunnel, Kiri has few options for damaging the creature. She settles for casting a spell that causes her hand to cackle with pent up electricity. cast shocking grasp.

Boldren moves up and begins manipulating the arcane energies around him. Using intricate hand gestures and words of arcane command he calls forth another ray of icy cold. Thinking the cold ray may not do much to the plant, he begins working the ray of cold into a ray of lightening. With a final mental command he releases the ray directly at the plant.

Attack Ray of Lightening: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Damage Ray of Lightening: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Given that Wei's equipment and load-out are significantly melee, after Mira grabs the Fire from him he moves up. No attack this round, not close enough.

If you judge that Havok judges the oozyness to be enough of an ooze to warrent it he wil close to behind the elf and toss his alkali flask.
attack: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 2 = 16
dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

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Quickly redoubling his efforts, he strikes again.
Curve Blade attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Hmmm.... I wonder if it's dead yet. ;D

Musket: bayonet on, unloaded
Paper Cartridges: 19
Bullets/Powder: 8
Alchemical Flares: 2
Grit: 3

"Uggh, gross!" Mira exclaims as she sees the fungus's slimy tentacle lash out. Gripping the flask of alchemist's fire tightly (it would not be good to drop it in this confined space), Mira weaves her way between the other members of her party to get close enough to throw.

Double move action to get into position

Double move, Mira? Didn't you only have to move 20 ft? Havok, I probably ought not allow since I think you have played this scenario before, but it's your item being consumed. You should probably account for how you bought an ooze busting flask without even knowing what one is. Must have been a persuasive salesman! ^_~

Draco slashes again with his blade, slicing another large rip in the creature's fungal foliage. Havok then tosses a flask that seems especially effective. Whatever it was expires in frothy explosion of a chemical reaction and you are free to continue toward the surface.

Go ahead and announce any prep actions you take before emerging, I will update the map shortly. Kiri, are you wearing the cloak you still carry?

The silvery light of the moon-lit surface world above provides a welcome reprieve from the blue and green fungus of the caverns below, and the moonlight illuminates a stream whose water is hastened by runoff from a recent storm further up the mountains. A ledge to the west rises up to the nearby forest canopy.

Map is ready now, we'll continue with the same initiative, adding Janira and the minotaur.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
1d20 ⇒ 1

Initiative Order - Round 3
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Mira
Draco
Jorag
Havok
Kiri
Janira
Boldren
Wei Ji
Minotaur

Yeah, I'll just wear the cloak if there are no objections...

Kiri, hearing Janira in peril, rushes toward the ensuing battle.

double move

Wei will look at the party, then at Boldren who had noted an interest in the items earlier while the tengu was working on the rope bridge.

"Thunderstone. Tanglefoot. Stop it. Burn at range. Don't give free shots! Jorag, hit shields on our magi, just in case, and Havok. I'll go without. Then focus on keeping everyone alive as best you can."

It's short, quick, and hopefully to the point. Havok will get an apologetic tilt of the head and slight shrug as previous adventuring experience with the Society in a slightly different scenario sort of bubbles out of his beak.

His bastard sword and shield have come out, just in case he *does* have to get into melee range with the minotaur.

That's Wei's 'prep' action. Will make move declaration when turn comes up on rotation.

Musket: bayonet on, unloaded
Paper Cartridges: 19
Bullets/Powder: 8
Alchemical Flares: 2
Grit: 3

I somehow counted that distance as 40 feet, hence the double move. No biggy, I only make my living by doing math! :P

With the ooze taken care of, Mira rushes out of the cave. That minotaur was a lot further away than it sounded! Rushing to catch up with the party's magi, Mira tries to mentally calculate the distance. She slides to a halt next to Mira. Close enough? It was only about 100 feet, she could make the shot if was careful. Especially if the minotaur continued chasing Janira.

Grabbing the bayonet, Mira rips it off of her gun, cursing the stupid thing. It was still shiny and new, having not been used at all. It just ate up valuable time while a friend was in danger.

Move: move 30ft
Move: remove bayonet

With nothing more than an acknowledging nod and an impressed look on his face, Jorag follow Weis instructions. With a flick of the wand, he applied its spell to the Magus.

Shield of Faith on Draco.

double moving or running if possible? As prep I hoped a shield of faith, but if not nm. Need to figure out which feat would be useful here

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As a prep action, Boldren will cast enlarge person on 1 or 2 people if anyone indicates they are willing to receive the spell.

Before exiting the cave, Boldren turns to the group and states. “I have the ability to increase a person’s size to match the size of the Minotaur. I can effect up to two people, would anyone prefer to be larger in size?”

Wei will nod to Boldren if no one else wants the en-biggening.

That's totally a real word! :)

Given that he's already talked a bit, there's probably not much he can do besides nod...

Just please make sure Wei is clear of the cave first, otherwise it's just very embarrassing.

Once the groups clears the cave, Boldren draws upon the arcane energy from the surrounding area then begins shaping it into a spell. Once the arcane energy reaches its peak, Boldren unleashes it into his willing host.

Casting enlarge person on Wei once we are clear of the cave.

sure I could also use to get some reach

Suddenly have this image... "I'm Hans!" "I'm Franz!" "We're here to PUMP you UP!"

Since Enlarge Person is a full round spell, that will also let Jorag get off another Shield of Faith before Havok goes in.

On the first available opportunity,y Boldren will use his bonded item to cast enlarge person on Captain Havok. I'm guessing this will happen the following round.

Initiative Order - Round 3
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Mira - move, remove bayonet
Draco - move and ?
Jorag - move and cast shield of faith on Draco
Havok - runs
Kiri - double move
Janira - Disarm w/ whip: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 = 15 attempts to disarm, fails
Boldren - begins casting enlarge person
Wei Ji
Minotaur

Note that anyone who opted to double move may choose to run instead for 4x movement speed or 3x if you wear heavy armor. if you run, however, you must move in a straight line. Moved Havok as far as he was able at a run.

The halfling's grim and determined expression shifts to one of hopefulness as Janira notices the party emerge and come speeding her way. She continues her oratory speech, inspiring you on. “And it was Selmius Foster’s race against a marid and efreeti on the isle of Jalmeray, which taught us that nothing is truly impossible and every situation can end in victory!”

She steps back and lashes out with her whip which wraps around the thick haft of the minotaur's greataxe. She tugs against the brute's strength, but only manages to free her own weapon without dropping it.

'cause I'm a rocketman.....

As if the bats of Asmodeus were upon his heels the tengu takes off, whipping along as fast as he can push himself. No time to chat, given that he's focused soley on being as zippy as he can manage.

If Wei's positioning needs tweaking, please go right ahead, eyeballing it was making my brain hurt. Double Move/Run

I was double moving, thought I had posted that already, but don't have anything I can do at my current position.

Initiative Order - Round 3
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Mira - move, remove bayonet
Draco - double move
Jorag - move and cast shield of faith on Draco
Havok - runs
Kiri - double move
Janira - attempts to disarm, fails
Boldren - begins casting enlarge person
Wei Ji - runs
Minotaur - Axe attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 Confirm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 Nope Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 5) + 4 = 14
--------------------------------------Round 4
Mira
Draco
Jorag
Havok
Kiri
Boldren
Wei Ji
Minotaur

The minotaur glances across the stream and spots the long line of pathfinders barreling his way. This new threat seems to focus the great beast and he steps toward the weakened halfling and swings his axe with terrifying accuracy. The axe crushes her minute form into the ground. She coughs once, bringing blood to her lips and then lies still.

Party is up!

Kiri sees Janira fall as she is crossing the log, which causes her to lose her concentration on the slippery trunk.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7 Moving at half speed over the log...

Not sure if that's going to cut it...I may end up in the drink!

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Really?

Wei wasn't going to mess with the log, even before seeing what happened with Kiri's attempt at it. A nice long jump, with a nice running start... and given Pathfinder luck right now, ends up in the middle of the river.

If there's a plus side, he's en-Larged, right? And if the minotaur does try to get to him, it's not going to be able to charge, due to the difficult terrain, right?

Also, putting this up now because I have to work tonight.

Oh, hey, there's even a chance Wei can catch Kiri if she falls 'his' direction off the log! That'd be a bonus!

"GET JANIRA UP! TANGLE! TANGLE!" If that minotaur doesn't get slowed down, the party is toast, no doubt.

Havok takes a running jump and
acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Just barely makes it across the 10 foot wide river. On the other side he widens his stance, lowers his shields and readies for what is about to come.

Full defense and use combat expertise if that stacks (not sure about that).

Changed my last move, ran diagonally to the stream. Now for next move
Draco slows down to cross the stream and readies himself.
Acrobatics: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Um, would an acrobatics check count as a move or quick action? if it's a quick action, I'd like to move closer to the Minotaur and do this; Curve Blade attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

If it's a move action, I'll try this; Ray of frost: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12 Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1
If it isn't either one, well then I'll just stand there waiting :p

Um, would an acrobatics check count as a move or quick action?

I think pretty much all uses of Acrobatics are done as part of movement, or atleast jumping is, so a move action. On his turn, Jorag can use a free action to let Draco ignore difficult terrain, which would let him charge across the log and perform the curve blade attack.

"Noo!" Jorag roared, a deep bellow emanating from his throat, reminding everyone of the warrior he once was. Without a thought he sprinted towards the river. As he ran, he looked at the stricken halfling, hoping against hope that there was yet a life to save.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 4 = 11

Aided by his god given speed, he just barely managed to clear the river. Not thinking straight, he came to a halt at her side, within reach of the beasts weapon. "Would that these muscled were not ravaged by time, I would make you eat that axe, monster!" He howled, fists clenched, his stance wide and challenging.

Double move next to Janira, using Agile Feet on Draco and anyone else who looks to be needing it (Bit vague I know)

I’m a little confused on the prep prior to exiting the cave. Did I manage to get an enlarge person off on someone as we exited the cave or no? Second I asked if someone wanted an enlarge person cast on them and two people said yes, but it looked like they ran off immediately after saying that. If that was the case Boldren would not have wasted the spell and instead would have moved with the group. At this point, standing in the cave casting enlarge person on nobody is a waste.

Musket: bayonet on, unloaded
Paper Cartridges: 18
Bullets/Powder: 8
Alchemical Flares: 2
Grit: 1

The gunslinger gives a horrified shout as she sees Janira go down. It was so far away, she couldn't see what was going on so well. "Jorag! Is she still breathing?!" Mira calls, her voice sounding more like a terrified girl than the brave adventurer she usually presented herself as.

With shaking hands, Mira loads a cartridge into her weapon and takes careful aim at the minotaur's head. She had to make her shot count at this range.

Move: load cartridge
Standard: Shoot minotaur
Deed - Deadeye: Spending 2 grit to resolve attacks VS touch AC out to 3 range increments (120ft)

Attack on Touch AC: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Damage: 1d12 ⇒ 8

Musket: unloaded

Paper Cartridges: 18
Bullets/Powder: 8
Alchemical Flares: 2
Grit: 1

Didn't update top section correctly, fixing it here

I guess I need to know if I fell in the stream before saying what I do next...

Afraid my post rate will lag over the holidays, currently scrambling to get stuff done.

Boldren, did you mean for the enlarge person to begin in round 2 and complete on Wei Ji before he exited the caves? Your text saying
"Once the groups clears the cave..." is why I put that action in round 3 originally.

Also, Kiri does not fall. She actually hit the DC for crossing the log at half-speed.

Sorry again for the delay, we lost internet for a while. =/ Boldren, since Havok destroyed the fungal ooze, we'll use your 2nd round action to have begun the spell and you'll complete it just after Wei Ji gets out of the cave. Go ahead and make your move for round 3 and let me know what you want to do for round 4 and then 5.

Initiative Order - Round 3
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Mira - move, remove bayonet
Draco - double move
Jorag - move and cast shield of faith on Draco
Havok - runs
Kiri - double move
Janira - attempts to disarm, fails
Boldren - completes casting enlarge person, moves
Wei Ji - runs
Minotaur - strikes Janira for 14 damage, knocking her unconscious
--------------------------------------Round 4
Mira - shot hits for 8 damage on Minotaur
Draco - crosses stream and strikes for 11 damage
Jorag - crosses stream and moves to Janira
Havok - crosses stream and goes on defensive
Kiri - crosses stream
Boldren
Wei Ji - stuck in stream (Make a strength check to move through)
Minotaur - AOO on Draco: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 (Miss)
Axe attack on Draco: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 = 12
Axe attack on Draco: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 (Miss)
Gore attack on Draco: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
--------------------------------------Round 5
Mira
Draco
Jorag
Havok
Kiri
Boldren
Wei Ji
Minotaur

The Minotaur bellows as Mira's blast takes him off-guard. Draco moves straight in drawing a swipe from the creatures axe, and strikes with his curve blade, opening a large gash. Jorag moves to Janira's side, taking advantage of the creature's attention being focused on the brash elf.

The monster unleashes on Draco, striking at him repeatedly with axe and horn. He hits his mark only once, but it is a crushing blow. Draco take 12 damage! Party is up!

Havok ducks and rolls towards the minotaur from behind Draco and strikes the creature hard with his fist. hopefully getting cover for the minotaurs aoo. I was hit with a shield of faith poke I hope?

attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 dmg: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

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