PFS - PbP Gameday IV - #4-05 The Sanos Abduction (3-7) (Inactive)

Game Master Paladin of Baha-who?

I drew a 40' radius template on the map.

Not sure if others can move it around, but its not too hard to place it to get the owlbears, without hindering us too badly in attacking the nearest one.

It's fine for me, thanks.

The template is correct for the 40 ft radius. There's still plenty of room to engage the first owlbear in melee without getting in the radius.

Wow that's one scary owlbear... 5 attacks at +9. We have people at level 3 in our party :o. Here are the regular rules for reach.

@Zac: You got 30 foot movement due to only wearing medium armor and armor training right?

oh, right, I was thinking my archtype replaced that, but I'm armor master, so I still get that, thanks.

An armor master loses armor mastery? What a country!

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Can I charge at the Owlbear from my current position(assuming it doesn't move, which it probably will)? Can I do it with a lance? I imagine charging to SSE of Avril's current position(10ft) then ride-bying to SSSEE.

As long as there's at least 10 feet between your current position and the position you attack from, you can. In your current position, there wouldn't be, if you continue attacking with the lance.

SSE is 10 feet from my current position, so wouldn't that fulfill the criteria? picture of charge lanes by SKR

I suppose that would work, but it's a moot point now since it's under Stang's control.

That was over quickly. I guess we have some powerful options at our disposal. I was honestly worried for a bit there as a few lucky rolls by the monsters could have oneshotted one of our less defended party members...

How the heck are fast zomies the same CR as regular zombies? A zombie owlbear got 4 less attacks than fast zombie since it's staggered. It makes no sense.

I think it might have gotten one too many slam attacks... but otherwise, they do seem an upgrade in this case =)

Lose DR 5/slashing and staggered condition
Gain 10' movement, an extra slam attack, +4 effective dexterity.

Mnaaaaaar!

Though they don't have the same CR.

A regular owlbear is CR 4
A regular zombie owlbear is CR 3
A fast zombie owlbear is CR 4 (same as base creature)

And this is a season 0 scenario... so who knows how that plays with all these numbers. Not sure if it makes things better or worse or not.

Actually, this is a season 4 scenario.

Base zombie gets a slam attack, fast zombie gets that and an extra slam when it full attacks.

Actually, this is a season 4 scenario.

Ooops! In too many pbp's! that was the other one that was season 0, you're right =)

My mistake.

Fast zombies are +1 CR over regular zombies, and get an extra slam, kind of like they were affected by haste.

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Note: if any of you are wanting to fulfil the 'recruit a named NPC' faction journal card goals, Ignizi and the other researchers qualify as scholars, though not as aristocrats or merchants.

Does being holed up in the house by undead count as liberating captives?

Eh, sure, I'll allow it.

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Sorry for not posting for a while. I've been rather busy/tired. Will try to catch up and post before long (probably in a couple hours at most). With 2 people capable of channeling I doubt we need to use any wand charges during this adventure...

Although Ignizi is a divine spellcaster, is she a divine spellcaster of a good-aligned deity? (I suspect not)

Pondering faction card stuff for later. =)

She's a druid right? So she doesn't really need a diety, though Gozreh might be venerated nonetheless.

I can't remember how exactly my faction mission was worded and the text is no longer there :(.

The scenario-specific faction missions have really been replaced with general faction goals, including the ones on the faction journal cards. Ignizi and the other researchers would qualify for the 'recruit a named NPC researcher' goal.

I'll PM you the text from the old faction mission.

I had a very busy tuesday. I'll post wednesday evening to keep this moving along.

Zac haven't posted his actions, but I guess that doesn't stop us from proceeding.

Just taking a back seat, the character does do stuff outside combat, when he deems necessary. Plus the player is a bit busy, so right now just better to be a little inactive outside combat than to make all the wrong decisions that the whole group pays for.

You didn't actually say who got the token, but she leaned in to talk with Avril right afterwards so I figure it's plausible she might have gotten it.

yeah, I forgot my bab is actually 6/1 at my level, but I had to switch to my axe, so only 1 attack.

Those are some rolls....

Without shield and charging Avril's AC is much worse :(.

Shouldn't Zac get iteratives with his longbow in the first round too, so one more arrow?

Both bite and claw counts as slashing, but Avril's lance does not.

If what the creature used was an SLA Dorn should get the benefit of his hardy racial trait right?

The wonders of out of order sequencing :(. I wish I could save my rolls for when I might actually want to use them :p

If what the creature used was an SLA Dorn should get the benefit of his hardy racial trait right?

It's not an SLA. (I've run this scenario before.) I trust the GM to keep those things in mind and, anyway, I made the save. Should I fail one, then I can start asking questions. ;)

Not that it matters due to the roll, but Orophin should have gotten +7, not +5 on the willsave. +3 base +2 resistance (base from protection) and +2 moral (from protection when attempting a reroll against mind control).

Sorry for the slowness-- prepping for a local con. And on that note: I'll be AWOL Saturday and Sunday, because I'll be at con! GMPC as needed.

I guess we are waiting for Zac and Beomir eh?

Beomir moved, but Dr. Strang technically didn't do anything besides talking. Is Zac still with us?

This encounter is kinda though. A monster with an bunch of uses of charm/dominate/lure.

still with you. Not in combat right now and busy. Will be active again when another combat starts. Haven't been able to contribute much outside combat because I'm busy with life. Just wake me up when combat starts.

We are in combat....

Lost Internet connection over the weekend, but I'll resume posting tonight.

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Stll mosting for most people to post their action for this round though. So far only Avril and Beomir have posted...

Orophin was aiming for a withdraw. Sorry if that was not clear from the post. I kind of thought we had lapsed out of initiative.

It's still attacking us, we at least have to get out of range if that's the idea...

Does anyone mind if I skip the optional encounter in this scenario?

Fine by me.

Do we loose any loot or interesting story? If not, skip away.

By definition of 'optional' encounters... nah, we're not gonna lose out on anything. :P

Yeah, I'm fine with the skip.

Optional encounters almost never give loot (so as to avoid changing the treasure gained on the chronicle) and are usually just a little 'extra' not essential to the story at all.

Avril is following slow advancement by the way.

skip optional encounter. Unless this encounter provides more story or provides up with prestige points.