PFS PbP Gameday 5: 6-02 The Silver Mount Collection [3-7] (Inactive)

Game Master Feral

Zeno backs well away.

Here goes nothing, I guess.

Diplomacy, aid another: 1d20 ⇒ 5

LOL. Luckily, I think that's just enough to avoid hindering.

Having no skill in anything but Intimidate and a negative Charisma modifier, I'll abstain.

Unfortunately Zavita's words continue to fall on deaf ears. Pendleton's glowing veins flash and a ramshackle construct in corner of the space shambles to life.

Initiative: 6d20 ⇒ (2, 3, 15, 10, 9, 17) = 56

Before the party can react the construct strikes!

Spear vs Gromsk: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Electricity Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Pendleton maintains his distance and gives the party and angry scowl.

The party is up.

Zavita will manuever around Gromsk and let loose a burning hands spell.

fire damage: 5d4 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 4, 2) = 14
DC 15 reflex for half

"Some one go after the man. Gromsk and I should be able to handle this thing."

Zeno traces his fingers across his bow, and the air about it suddenly begins to distort inward....

I cast gravity bow.

Awen sends his last shocking arrow at the creature, then runs wide trying to get to Pendleton.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 + (6) = 14

You know the drill: rage, full attack the robot.

Attack, rage, PA, FF: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 2 = 26
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 3) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 23

Attack, rage, PA: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 24
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 22

Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 11

The construct partially dodges the flames and comes out seemingly unscathed. It's less resistant to Awen's arrow or Gromsk's blade.

The damaged construct attacks again.

Spear vs Gromsk: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Electricity Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

The party is up.

Seeing as "Pendleton" has yet to take any violent action himself, knowing how dangerous those constructs are, and hoping others can subdue Pendleton without killing him more ably than he can, Zeno attacks the robot.

Prescience: 1d20 ⇒ 20

bow, Point-Blank Shot, Focused Shot, gravity bow, adamantine arrow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 Using my Prescience roll!
damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (5, 5) + 9 = 19
Critical threat!: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
critical damage: 4d6 + 18 ⇒ (5, 5, 2, 5) + 18 = 35

That won't confirm but its still enough to finish the construct off.

Zeno's arrow smashes something vital holding the construct together. It clatters to the ground inert.

The rest of the party is up.

Gromsk recklessly moves up to Pendleton and tries to show him some of the finer details of the flat side of his blade.

Attack, rage, PA, FF, non-lethal: 1d20 + 13 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 2 - 4 = 28
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine, non-lethal): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 25

Seeing the construct go down. Zavita activates her wrist sheath and readies an action to use her wand of Magic Missile if Pendleton does anything hostile to anyone or attempts to cast a spell.

Awen rushes the young man, trusting the others to have his back. He dives in underneath Gromsk's blade, tackling Pendleton just after Gromsk knocks him with his sword.

Grapple: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Trying to wrestle him into a hold..

1d2 ⇒ 1

Pendleton goes limp in Awen's grasp. A moment later a cloud of glittering silvery particles emerges from the fallen Blakros's mouth. The cloud flows over Awen and Gromsk biting at their flesh before trying to force its way down Awen's throat.

Awen and Gromsk take 3d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) = 6 swarm damage. Awen needs to make a DC 18 fortitude save or the swarm goes down his throat.

The party is up. Zavita I'm assuming your ready went off but it has no effect on the swarm.

Oh crap...
Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Whew!!

Awen feels the glittering mess trying to force its way down his throat. It almost gets between his pinched lips, but he manages to blow it back into the air, scuttling back away from it as quickly as he can.

Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19 If it's Knowledge (Engineering) instead, subtract 5 from this roll.

Zeno draws deep on the magic of his bow, and from it fires a tiny incandescent bead that blossoms into a great flaming orb!

I use my Arcane Bond to cast flaming sphere, CL 5th, Reflex DC 18, manifesting in the center of the swarm (which I can't see yet).

fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3) = 11 +50% = 16?

I can't see a swarm on the map, but it'll suffer some death by Swarmbane Clasp!

Attack, rage, PA, FF: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 13 + 2 = 33
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 20

Attack, rage, PA: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 11
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 21

Swarmbane Clasp?! Nooooo!

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 13

The silvery cloud darts away from Zeno's sphere but suffers visibly from Gromsk's blade under the power of the amulet hanging from his neck.

Avita is up.

Too bad i can not cast fire ball yet.

Zavita will just channel to replenish what health was lost.

heals excluding the swarm: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 6) = 14

The swarm redirects its efforts and tries to force its way into the half-orc.

Awen and Gromsk take 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 6) = 13 swarm damage. Gromsk needs to make a DC 18 fortitude save or the swarm goes down his throat.

The party is up.

Zeno concentrates on his flaming sphere, and otherwise tries to stay well out of the way.

fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 2) = 6 +50% = 9

Fortitude: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Gromks bites down and spits out bits of the swarm before attacking it again.

Attack, rage, PA, FF: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 2 = 19
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 22

Attack, rage, PA: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 18
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 3) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 23

Burning my last channel

channel: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4) = 14

GM was the Swarm attacking me from 20 ft away? How big is this thing???

Awen gratefully accepts Zavita's channeling, and gives her a wry grin. "For not liking me much, you sure have spent a deal of your powers keeping me on my feet!"

I have nothing for swarms at the moment. I forgot to replace all my alchemists fire.

Oh, no. Only Gromsk took that damage.

Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Perhaps aware now of how dangerous the party is the glittering cloud dodges the flaming sphere and both swipes of Gromsk's blade.

Gromsk takes 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) = 8 swarm damage. Gromsk needs to make a DC 18 fortitude save or the swarm goes down his throat.

The party is up.

Focusing on my sphere, not much else I can do.

fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4) = 11 +50% = 16

Fortitude: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Keep hitting till it it dies.

Attack, rage, PA, FA: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 2 = 22
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 22

Attack, rage, PA: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 19
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 25

Zavita moves in and cast burning hands, making sure to avoid Gromsk.

fire damage: 5d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 3, 4) = 14
DC 15 reflex halves.

It's a swarm, so don't forget to add +50% to that.

Awen takes this time to look about the room for anything that may be of use or pose a further threat.
Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

Reflexes: 2d20 ⇒ (8, 5) = 13

The cloud dodges the flaming sphere but ends up partially charred by Zavita's fan of flames. Gromsk struggles to land a blow on the agile swarm.

Gromsk takes 3d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) = 7 swarm damage. Gromsk needs to make a DC 18 fortitude save or the swarm goes down his throat.

The party is up.

Again: Focusing on my sphere, not much else I can do - are you sure they evaded with an '8?' The DC is 18....

fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 1) = 9 +50% = 13

Fortitude: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Completely unperturbed by the swarm's attempt at going down his throat, Gromsk keeps swing his falchion.

Attack, rage, PA, FA: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 2 = 24
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 21

Attack, rage, PA: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 14
Damage, rage, PA (adamantine): 2d4 + 8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 8 + 3 + 6 = 24

Zavita will hit them again with a burning hands

fire damage: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 1, 1) = 9
DC 15 reflex for half

+50 = 13

Yeah, it has pretty high saves.

Reflexes: 2d20 ⇒ (6, 9) = 15 - but not high enough!

This time Zeno's sphere is quicker and it slams into the silvery mass. The elf's spell is joined by Gromsk's attack and, with the half-orc's blade empowered by the amulet around his neck, what remains of the swarm scatters through the open air before falling inert to the ground.

Encounter over.

Awen whispers a prayer as he sees the mist finally dispersing. He moves forward, wand extended, and attempts to look after Gromsk if needed. Roll what you need

Once assured that his companions are safe, he moves to the downed Pendleton and examines him.
Heal: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
If needed, he gets a charge or two from the wand as well.

Panting from the exertion and spitting out bits of the swarm, Gromsk gestures to the rest of the party to search the room.

With the strange silvery swarm destroyed and the threat to the museum seemingly contained, the party is free to report their success get the formerly possessed Blakros scion medical attention.

The following morning the surviving staff of the Blakros Museum begin cleaning and repairs, yet again. Despite the incident Nigel Aldain immediately begins assessing the damage in hopes of still opening the following night.

The traumatized woman is treated and its revealed that her name is Gerva Golda of the foreign Technic League. Her and her team had been dispatched to recover the canister containing the dangerous silvery cloud (known as a 'cyberplasm') but had arrived to find that it already escaped and laid waste to the museum. Deemed innocent in the entire debacle she's freed to return to Numeria the only survivor from her Technic League team.

Lastly, days later, the Blakros family thanks the party personally by inviting them to a grand dinner for saving their greatest treasure inside the museum that night - the life of Pendleton Blakros.

That's all folks.

Awesome job yall!