[PFS] PbP Gameday 3: GM Harker Presents #3-23 The Goblinblood Dead (Inactive)

Game Master Justin L. Warren

Menarul grumbles about people getting in the way of his bombs while he moves up and then lobs one over both the hobgoblins and Tusks head.

Dang.. had been wanting to get a bomb ready to lob or lobbed at anything that came through the south door. If he can move before Tusk takes his second round action then:
Ranged attack hobgoblin touch, point-blank: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Crit confirmation, touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
possible crit damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

If not then Menarul will target the space behind Mr. Hobgoblin... and deal five points of damage.

Moadis contacted me via PM to let me know he's been extremely busy lately and might not be able to post consistently so we'll just bot him as needed.

All these goblinoids are medium sized yes. Knowledge (local) checks will confirm they are all hobgoblins.

Menarul, I'll allow you to act before Tusk moved adjacent to the hobgoblin.

Smarmy moves back into the prison room to cover the group's rear. He readies himself to strike out at the first enemy that appears, but presently he sees none.

Menarul tosses a bomb at the hobgoblin in the doorway and it groans in pain as it's doused in flames. Screaming from the south indicates another creature was hit with the bomb's splash.

Hearing the sounds of conflict in the previously cavern, Tusk returns to that area and moves into melee range with the burnt hobgoblin.

Back in the altar room, Moadis and Twitnit hear the sound of spellcasting immediately south of the altar. Remember, south is up on this map.

Initiative (Round 2)
Tusk
Female Hobgoblin
Twitnit <= Up
Valik <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Other Hobgoblin(s)?
Menarul
Smarmy

Twitnit, Valik, Moadis are up!
Please don't forget about the Obscuring Mist filling the altar room.

The altar room is the room with the mist correct? If so do I hear the spellcasting as well?

I had to rush that last post out, but it should have read that Valik and Twitnit hear spellcasting in the altar room, Moadis does not. The room Valik and Twitnit are in is the altar room.

Also, since I did not make it clear, Menarul's bomb did not confirm.

no worries, this the time of crazy year :)

Valik, hearing some sort of strange speech, he takes a step towards the sounds, hoping to find an enemy.

AC 23, low miss: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d10 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 41d100 ⇒ 29

Thought so, as goblins, at least, have fantastic dex normally and I don't see hobgoblins being too different. Thanks for makjng that clear though.

Valik moves towards the direction of the magical incantation and finds the hobgoblin woman in the corner in the middle of casting a spell. Using the fog to her advantage, she dodges the monk's weapon.

Twitnit and Moadis.

After bumping into Tusk, then hearing the commotion back the way he came...

spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

GM said Twitnit could hear the spell, would like to know what spell he heard

Twitnit turns around puts his hands in front of him again and wanders back the way he came. Bouncing off Menarul, he stops in the space next to him and gets a look at what's going on.

Seeing the hobgoblin next to Tusk, he reacts quickly with Fire Ray

Twitnit speaks a few words...

"অনিশ্চিত, সুন্দর জিনিস, আমি আদেশ!"

... brings both hands together, raises them up with the index fingers pointing straight out, thumbs straight up like a gun. He aims down his thumb sight at the hobgoblin and upon finishing his incantation, an orange-red ray fires from his fingertip and streams towards the enemy.

fire ray: ranged touch: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 2 + 1 = 14

damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8 fire damage

Jeeze, everyone's abandoning poor Valik to fight alone? =) Ha.

I'm going to bot Moadis until he returns.

Twitnit is unable to identify the spell, but since she's still casting it, that might narrow down the possibilities.

Rejoining the others in the hall to leave Valik to take care of the spellcasting hobgoblin solo, Twitnit shoots a fire ray at the already scorched hobgoblin. With Tusk in the way, however, the ray unfortunately misses.

With the bottleneck in hallway, Moadis pulls out his longsword and moves into the mist room to back up Valik. Although he doesn't have an opportunity to attack the spellcaster, he does threaten her with his sword.

The hobgoblin in the doorway also pulls a longsword and attacks Tusk while yelling some kind of war cry in Goblin. Perhaps catching the gunslinger off guard, the hobgoblin manages to slice deeply into his side. 8 Damage to Tusk

Behind that hobgoblin, a loud voice gives what sounds like a directive, while another voice whines, all in Goblin.

Initiative (Round 2-3)
Tusk <= Up
Female Hobgoblin
Twitnit
Valik
Moadis
Other Hobgoblins
Menarul <= Up
Smarmy <= Up

Menarul, Smarmy, and Tusk are up!

dont worry smarmy, I built Valik to dodge blows :)

Is there any hint that someone might be trying to come up behind us? Does Smarmy hear anyone coming, for instance?

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

If he hears anything, he'll hold his position and previous action...
If not, then he will move to assist the others (will just be a double move, can't get to anyone in a round)

tusk pulls out his axe and swings hit: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (10) = 13
dmg: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 slashing.

Smarmy does indeed hear some foot steps nearing the door he's hiding behind. Until you change your action or circumstances change that make them invalid, you can keep your readied action dice rolls, Smarmy.

Drawing his axe, Tusk slashes at the burnt hobgoblin, but the blow is blocked by the creature's steel shield.

Menarul is up, and so is Smarmy if he wants to change his action.

OK... will wait to ambush whoever it might be with previous rolls (which were awesome!)

edit: Ha, I set the transparency on Smarmy's token to 50% to indicate he's stealthed! Just playing with the interface

edit2: oh, and Tusk needs to remember his racial Hatred ability which gives him a +1 on attack rolls vs these goblinoid folk.

Menarul recognizes the combat in front of him is well in hand and decides to go check on the squishy dwarf. It was never a good idea to leave the pretty ones alone in combat...

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Single move to get closer and then an action to draw his weapon. I'm going to assume he doesn't hear or see anything...

Menarul joins Smarmy in protecting the group's right flank.

The female hobgoblin finishes her spell and a skeleton appears on top of the altar! She croaks something out in a language neither Valik nor Moadis understand and the skeleton attacks both men with its right and left claws. Despite having the advantage of higher ground, the skeleton is unable to penetrate their defenses.

The female hobgoblin then shouts something else incomprehensible and her body becomes shielded in bone armor!

Initiative (Round 3)
Tusk
Female Hobgoblin
Twitnit <= Up
Valik <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Other Hobgoblins
Menarul
Smarmy

Twitnit, Valik, Moadis

I'm confused. Is obscurring mist still happening in alter room? Spell shows duration 1 min/lvl. (maybe I'm not suppose to know this info, but how are the skeletons able to locate Moadis and Valik? Does "higher ground" refer to the penalties from obscurring mist: (The vapor obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature 5 feet away has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker cannot use sight to locate the target).?

You can see anything adjacent to you inside the mist just fine... there's just a 20% miss chance (similar to if it were dim light). Its only if it gets further then that away, that you can't see it at all (then its total concealment (ie: similar to being invisible)).

The summoner lady had to summon it directly beside her, due to not being able to see any further then that. And the only empty space put the skeleton up on top of the alter (thus the higher ground bonus). Once it popped in, both Valik and Maodis were adjacent to it, so it could see them... and didn't hit, so the miss chance wasn't an issue.

Fog is not darkness, where you can't even see the squares adjacent to you

Smarmy has the correct explanation of what occurred with the skeleton and the mist. I didn't roll the miss chance because it wasn't necessary. The higher ground comes from being on top of the altar which is standing a few feet off the ground.

Twitnit repeats previous fire ray attack at same target next to Tusk.

fire ray: ranged touch: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5 fire damage

Daaaaaaa WHIFF!

Valik, at first surprised that a skeleton appears next to him easily dodges it's filthy claws with his weapon. He retaliates against the owner of the skeleton, hoping to connect. He swings his sansetsukon, connecting to the woman's rubs, but the fog has caused his force to be diminished as he is unsure exactly her location.

AC 23, low miss: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 211d10 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 31d100 ⇒ 75

As Twitnit prepares to launch another fire ray at the hobgoblin, he stumbles on some stones on floor and the ray goes wide.

Valik's sansetsukon smacks the spellcasting hobgoblin hard between some interlocking bones, undoubtedly leaving a big bruise later.

Moadis brings his longsword down on the same hobgoblin and cuts deep into her torso.

Moadis longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Miss chance (1-20 misses): 1d100 ⇒ 39
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The hobgoblin in battle with Tusk takes a clumsy swings with his sword and only hits the side of the cavern.

A tougher looking hobgoblin comes through the door Smarmy is hiding behind, undoubtedly looking to ambush the group from the other side. He smirks as he focuses his attention on the elf at the far side of the room, making it quite easy for Smarmy to bring his battleaxe down into the goblinoid's center. The hobgoblin groans with surprise before collapsing on the floor from the mortal injury.

Initiative (Round 3-4)
Tusk <= Up
Female Hobgoblin/Skeleton
Twitnit
Valik
Moadis
Other Hobgoblins
Smarmy
Menarul <= Up

Menarul and Tusk

lets try this again.
hit: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (6) = 9
dmg: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 slashing

The hobgoblin easily dodges another slash of Tusk's battleaxe.

With the holiday in the U.S. and the weekend, I'll give Menarul another day before moving on.

Sorry for the hold-up, I have been a busy past few days. Sadly we are in combat and I would have to use my computer instead of just posting by phone...

Menarul completely taken by surprise by the goblinoid and then the stab from nowhere by the pretty dwarf he hadn't spotted, startles visibly before charging past the now obvious dwarf into the next room. Two can play at flanking.

If he runs into someone (hopefully hostile) in the room he will attack for Lucerne hammer: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 and 1d12 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
if there are no enemies there he will just double move to the second door and wait.

Menarul, I believe you'll need some sort of light source to see as you move into the next room, since you'll be well out of the range of Twitnit's torch otherwise.

He's been using his wayfinder since the graveyard.

Menarul makes his way into the previous room, but discovers no enemies waiting for him. He instead opts to move over to the unexplored door.

The skeleton attacks both Moadis and Valik again, but its claws come nowhere close to hitting either man.

The female hobgoblin attempts to cast a spell defensively, but becomes distracted by the menace of Moadis' longsword and loses the spell. She then starts cursing in a language no one in the room understands.

Initiative (Round 4)
Tusk
Female Hobgoblin/Skeleton
Twitnit <= Up
Valik <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Other Hobgoblins
Smarmy
Menarul

Twitnit, Valik, Moadis

hiw/when would we get an AOO on caster?

No, failing to cast defensively results in the loss of the spell, it does not provoke.

okay, wasn't sure lol. Will have a post up in a few hours gotta go back to work lol

Valik, takes another swing at the caster that he has grown frustrated with.

AC 23, low miss: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 161d10 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 71d100 ⇒ 39

The hobgoblin's armor just barely absorbs the worst of Valik's attack.

Twitnit and Moadis are up.

Twitnit takes aim with his index finger, mumbles a few words under his breath and fires another fire ray at the enemy threatening Tusk.

fire ray: ranged touch: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 1 = 19

damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5

With the hectic movement of the melee combat and a dwarf in the way, Twitnit's fire ray misses once more. That only barely missed thanks to being in melee and cover.

In the foggy room, Moadis attempts to strike the hobgoblin woman again with his longsword, but she deflects the blow this time with her shield.

Distracted by dodging the fire ray that almost hits him, the hobgoblin in front of Tusk fails to hit the dwarf with his sword. A voice behind that hobgoblin whines something in the Goblin language

Initiative (Round 4-5)
Tusk <= Up
Female Hobgoblin/Skeleton
Twitnit
Valik
Moadis
Other Hobgoblins
Smarmy <= Up
Menarul <= Up

Smarmy, Menarul, and Tusk are up.

Tusk will swing again hit: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (10) = 13
dmg: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

and then will shift right if possible, unless I can't be in half a square.

Menarul burst down the door in front of him and then tries to lob another volatile vial at one of the goblinoids inside.

Bomb vs. (flat-footed?) touch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
and five splash for the lovelies near the target... This is assuming there is not one standing right behind the door, in which case Menarul will instead whack 'im, or step and whack, with his hammer for 1d12 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Seems likely the door was already open. =)

Smarmy scowls, as the half elf rushes past him ruining his thoughts of sneaking up behind the goblins in the far room.

Instead, he decides to leave him to his own fate, and goes into the hallway into the room with the mist, going as quietly as he can once he hits the fog, so they don't hear him coming.

Fast Stealth: 1d20 + 7 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 5 = 17

Tusk takes an inaccurate swing at the hobgoblin in front of him, and moves back 5 feet.

Menarul opens the door to the next room to find himself in a feasting hall of some sort. More important to him at the moment, however, is the hobgoblin at the end of the room. The half-elf tosses a bomb that strikes the hobgoblin squarely in the chest, while the one fighting Tusk manages to side-step the worst of the splash.

Smarmy moves back into the fog shrouded room and uses the concealment to his advantage to obscure himself.

The female hobgoblin attempts to cast another spell defensively, and manages to get this one off. Moadis suddenly finds himself extremely frightened of the woman and feels the urgency to flee. The skeleton focuses its attacks on the paladin, but none of them hit.

Moadis withdraws from combat and moves back into the next room, his panic obvious.

Initiative (Round 5-6)
Tusk
Female Hobgoblin/Skeleton
Twitnit <= Up
Valik <= Up
Moadis
Other Hobgoblins
Smarmy
Menarul

Twitnit and Valik are up.

Heh... you gotta fear the paladin while you can at these early levels, 'cause they become immune at level 3! =)

Valik takes another swing, cursing at the fog as he does so.

AC 23, low miss: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 111d10 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 81d100 ⇒ 73

Twitnit will once again try and hit with a fire ray.

fire ray: ranged touch: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8

damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8

Suddenly finding himself facing the spellcaster and skeleton by himself, Valik presses his attack against the female hobgoblin, but unfortunately misses.

Despite Tusk moving out of the way of Twitnit's fire ray, the hobgoblin is able to dodge the attack.

Perhaps wanting to return the favor, that same hobgoblin moves forward and swings his longsword at the more lightly armored Twitnit. The sword slices hard into the gnome's torso, and Twitnit falls into unconsciousness from the severe wound. 12 damage to Twitnit from a confirmed critical hit.

Evidently not appreciating being bombed, the other remaining male hobgoblin moves swiftly to Menarul's position to attack. Apparently tapping into the same vein of luck as his compatriot, this hobgoblin lands a powerful blow on the alchemist, but the elf remains conscious. 6 damage to Menarul from another confirmed critical hit, but at least I rolled minimum damage this time

Initiative (Round 5-6)
Tusk <= Up
Female Hobgoblin/Skeleton
Twitnit [Dying]
Valik
Moadis
2 other Hobgoblins
Smarmy <= Up
Menarul <= Up

Smarmy, Menarul, and Tusk are up.

Ouch, a good round for the bad guys!

Not realizing the sudden turn of the tide back outside the room, and seeing the paladin move fearfully past, Smarmy continues to move quickly and stealthily towards where he hears Valik.

Fast Stealth: 1d20 + 7 - 5 ⇒ (5) + 7 - 5 = 7

edit: but isn't nearly as quiet as he might have hoped

He follows the wall until he sees Valik and then moves up beside him, at which point he sees both foes the monk faces.

Not having the proper weapon out for the skeleton, he instead swings his battle axe at the hobgoblin, hoping to take her by surprise from the fog.

Melee Attack, vs possibly flat footed: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22, for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 damage. Alas, no sneak attack due to the mist

was the skeleton animated or summoned? did we notice?

The skeleton looked like it was summoned out of thin air, but only Valik and Moadis saw that.

Smarmy conceal miss chance (1-20 is miss): 1d100 ⇒ 2

Although Smarmy takes the hobgoblin completely unaware, the fog stymies his attack at the last moment and he completely misses.

ouch, just when I thought I was doing a good dead, by not blocking my allies.

Tusk swings his axe again with nowhere to go. hit: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (15) = 18
dmg: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 slashing edit, hopefully he is finally dead, since 8 damage from the bomb a while back and 13 just now from me assuming 18 is a hit

Wait, didn't Mr. hobgoblin provoke when he closed? Menarul has a reach weapon on him... Unless the bombing took both hands in which case ignore the rest of the post after this sentence: he doesn't have a weapon in hand and will be retreating as far away as possible.
If he did provoke:
Melee, Lucerne hammer: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Damage: 1d12 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

Menarul steps away from the creature and pulls out a flask. With a flick he uncorks and downs the contents. In the next few seconds his hair takes on a deep-green hue, his skin start to thicken and crack much like bark, and the half-elf gains a more bulking lumbering appearance. He smiles at the goblin-thing, beckoning it closer.

Imbibing his Dendrite Mutagen for a +2 to Strength, a +4 Natural armor bonus (AC19), a -2 to intelligence, and in bright light (which I don't think is the case here) fast healing 1. Also, in case mr. goblinoid further provokes:

This has been a somewhat slow and complex combat thanks to you guys triggering two encounters at once. :) Due to this, I had forgotten Menarul had a reach weapon in hand, so he does indeed get an AoO. Since that AoO will drop the hobgoblin before he attacks, Menarul does not take the 6 damage from earlier.

As the hobgoblin nears Menarul with plans to eviscerate him, the alchemist brings his hammer down on the goblinoid's head, sniffing him out.

Tusk slashes the other male hobgoblin's neck with his axe, dropping him as well.

Menarul, you may take an alternate action with the above retcon in mind. I'll move on with the combat in about 11 hours otherwise.

But the good guys recover nicely!