PFS - PbP Gameday IV - #6-10 The Wounded Wisp (1-2) Starts 19 September 2015 (Inactive)

Game Master The Fox

I'm going to take a guess and say it does not appear that the three people in the room have noticed me. Correct?

Because I really disbelieve that they could not hear the shattering glass (Will save): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11 Okay, maybe they're in a trance, or are those living display case models or something.

Kareem, feeling his obligations weigh upon him, does his best to protect Ezren. He moves over to the corner, draws a longsword and attempts to slash the wild beetle, gripping the handle with both hands.

"Hope the price of breaking in isn't your blood, Ezren," Kareem remarks.

Longsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 vs. cover
Damage (slashing): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

wow I feel like a dick big time...for some reason this game was not updating and now that I was back home I thought to check in see if I should at least drop a line...and more than 20 post I have missed wow. Sorry for that everyone

Silent for most of the conversation vires roars ad he charges to attack the beetle. The golden hedgehog on his shoulder giving a battle Squeak As vires charges

attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9
damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

No longer laughing, Grimnir retrieves his weapon quickly and after whirling his dwarven chain weapon once over his head, lashes out at one of the beetles,

MW Dorn Dergar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 141d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

"Ouch!" screams Ezren. "Why always the Wizard?", he asks to himself, while steps back (5-foot step) and makes his cane fly at the blue beetle.

hand of the apprentice: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 101d6 ⇒ 3

Vires, you're last up, so we'll take your action after our little orange friend goes. Other than that, sometime the forums can get a little weird as I was having issues earlier.

After the window breaks, Zarah notices that the three people in the room give her no heed as the gnome keep on sleeping while his bodyguards stand watch. Back inside the the main room Kareem slashes into the green beetle, cutting off its head! Grimnir, now focusing on the big insects, swings the mighty ball of his weapon wide before slamming it down on the blue beetle, just as Ezren's staff flies over the creature's corpse. With some chittering, the last beetle makes its way towards Grimnir to attack the dwarf! Pincers snap near the legs of the dwarven paladin, scraping off the side of his boots!

--Round 1--
====Bold May Go====
Beetle 2 (Green) *DEAD*
Beetle 3 (Blue) *DEAD*
Kareem
Grimnir
Zarah
Ezren
Beetle 1 (Orange) Bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Vires

Before Vires moves on the map, Grimnir gets an AoO as the beetle rushes him.

AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 111d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

"Vires! Go get that last beetle before it bites someone's leg off!"

Bumpers.

Grimnir swings his weapon through the air, but the ball slams into the floor, sending splinters flying about. Rushing in, Vires attempts to get close to the bug, but has to double move to get to it! As he gets close, the beetle tries to bite him as well, but slips up and pinches into the air. Through all the commotion coming from the other room, Zarah has noticed that the three figures themselves haven't woken, through the noisy alarm and the sounds of breaking furniture!

--Round 2--
====Bold May Go====
Beetle 2 (Green) *dead*
Beetle 3 (Blue) *dead*
Kareem
Grimnir
Zarah
Ezren
Beetle 1 (Orange) AoO Bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Vires

Sorry Vires, you'll have to double move to get to the beetle. Is the spot where I placed you okay? Everyone else is up!

Zarah enters through the window and waves a hand in front of the nearest guard.

Perception (look around): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

"Hello? Anyone in there?"

Will save (if applicable): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Kareem moves closer to the last remaining beetle, but leaves a gap.

"Finish it off! We're already causing too much attention on the streets!" he says with sincere concern in his voice.

Move: move 20ft; standard: ready action to hit the beetle if it comes close.

"Ok, shining knight, ok!"

Ezren uses another time his powerful 'hand of the apprentice'.

Ranged touch atk: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 5 - 4 = 181d6 ⇒ 1

"Lights it fur ye, beest! Grimnir bellows drunkenly as he swings his ball at the creature.

MW Dorn Dergar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 171d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Thats find Gm, sorry again for my slow down in posting work has been hard...
Vires slices at the beetle

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 I cut THE AIR!!!
damage: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Quite safe to say Grimnir eviscerated the last remaining beetle.

Perception to hear Zarah: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 (DC 0 to hear a "conversation" + 5 through closed door + 2 from distance)

Once the silence returns to the room, Kareem is quick to notice Zarah's words coming from behind the door.

"Zarah?" Kareem says, befuddled, "is that the master bedroom? Is Fimbrik awake now?"

Hastily, Kareem goes to the door and attempts to make it look like no one has barged in.

Sorry about lack of updates! Computer died on me Friday evening. We'll be up and running as of Wednesday though.

"Hold on, mr. 'i-don't-break-the-laws'! It could be another trap, this place is full of magic."

Ezren follows Kareem, using Detect Magic wherever he goes inside the house.

I was unclear, I meant the door leading outside, not the bedroom door.

"We've broken a law or two here already! Only the gravest incrimination counts, though. We better hope and find this house abandoned or Fimbrik in dire need of aid to get away with this."

hold it hold it...are we still in combat? ?

I assume Grimnir's blow ends the combat, since I seriously doubt the beetles have higher AC than 17 and more hit points than 14. GM is just having trouble to update due to his computer blowing up.

I assume Grimnir's blow ends the combat, since I seriously doubt the beetles have higher AC than 17 and more hit points than 14. GM is just having trouble to update due to his computer blowing up.

For me, it's been Paizo's computers that have been the problem. ~Zarah Network-Breaker ;)

Back! The PC is going to be better now, or at least it should be. The power supply kinda broke and I didn't have time to replace it until today.

As the beetle snaps its mandibles at the group in a threatening manner, a staff thumps it in the face just before a metal orb slams down on the creature, spraying both its insides and splinters from the floor all about. As soon as the bug is squished, the alarm crying out silences, still leaving a slight ring in everyone's ears for a few moments.

Ezren, being the amazing wizard that he is, detects illusion all over the house, while walking through it.

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 - to disbelief.

"Alright, fellas. This house is infested with illusions. Be careful."

The Wizard walks carefully inside the house, preparing himself for any other things that could suddenly jump over him again.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

"Illusions? Deceptive. And being a grand wizard's home, I can only imagine the danger he might have left in place. Glyphs and power words, I've heard stories," Kareem explains, becoming rather nervous by the surrounding walls, "then again if Fimbrik hates trespassers we would surely be dead already."

Do the beetles and their remains vanish completely, or do they leave the carpets stained in beetle blood?

Zarah walks to the door where all the noise from the stealthy break-in crew was coming from opens it just in time to hear Ezren give his illusion speech and pinches him hard just make sure.

Grimnir looks skeptical as he wipes gore from his weapon on the couch.

"There ur nae illusions 'ere! Ah can see right through an illusion, an' thes is as real as it gits!" he slurs.

He begins looking around, and opens the door to the east. Put him in front of the door.

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Grimnir walks up to the door, and doesn't find any traps leading into the room. As the dwarf moves up, and Kareem starts to take a rag and soap out of his bag, the beetles disappear. Ezren, trying to disbelieve the illusions in the house, realizes that everything is real!

"I have two news, a good and a bad one. The good is that I know that the house is infested by some kind of illusionary magic. The bad is that I don't have idea of what or where it is..."

Ezren follows Grimnir.

"Guess the duration ended," Kareem mumbles and stands up, walks over to the door leading to the streets and attempts to place it back on its hinges. Once that is done, he feels less nervous and joins the others.

Grimnir opens the door in front of him and walks in.

"Gnome...come it an' teel us some stories," he says in all seriousness.

....Still pending results of readied purple nurple attack on Ezren....

....Still pending results of readied purple nurple attack on Ezren....

Wut?! oO

Oh, she pinched you Ezren, haha!

Grimnir walks into the room, and looks about. The room has enough chairs, pillows, and desks to accommodate six visitors. The desks in the room seem to have papers strewn about them while there seem to be two bottles on the window sill.

As Grimnir wanders off to undoubtedly seek the wine cellar, Kareem heads over to the master bedroom's door. Zarah standing in the way, he tries to look past the tall half-orc woman. Failing that, mainly because Zarah isn't the slim lady sort, Kareem breaks an amused yet oddly sincere smile as he looks at Zarah in the eyes. "I'm guessing Fimbrik was an illusion. Mind if we come in there, or will you keep the gnome all to yourself?"

"Yep, you're real." Zarah says knowingly as her powerful fingers elicit a painful wince from Ezren.

"I'm guessing Fimbrik was an illusion. Mind if we come in there, or will you keep the gnome all to yourself?"

"He's nothing but air anyhow."

As a side note, Zarah didn't really inherit her orc parent's bulk, She's muscled (Strength 17 purple nurple!) but only about 5'6". I swear I'll put up a description/history one of these days. ;)

Ah, I only assumed her to be tall due to the initial description, though it did say she's tall for a woman. Actually, when I look at the random height, weight & age table, it seems 5'6" is the absolute average height for a female half-orc.

BTW Kareem's strength is "only" 16, so Zarah's got more power that way.

"Sure, Zarah, but why was he air in the first place? Where is he?" he asks, knowing that Zarah can't really answer that. He slips past the half-orc over to the room and starts discreetly and meticulously looking through the room for any clues on Fimbrik's whereabouts.

Perception (room) Take 20: 20 + 5 = 25

The desks in the room seem to have papers strewn about them...

Ezeren takes the papers and reads what is written there.

Perception (grog and tucker sense): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

"There's nuthin' ta eat here!"

Grimnir checks the two bottles on the window sill, suddenly feeling parched. Once he checks to see if there's anything to drink, he looks through the papers on the desk with Ezeren.

"An' naethin' tae drink, either, lass!" the dwarf yells back loudly at Zarah.

Kareem hears the commotion of the two drunks and sighs heavily, still amidst his own thorough search of the master bedroom. He kelesh man is truly perplexed why Drandle Drenge though it'd be appropriate to bring along two intoxicated pathfinders on a delicate mission on the streets of Absalom. But maybe it's a test for Kareem. Or so he'll attend to it. As long as the house has been abandoned or the owner is in grave danger, the break-in is forgivable. And Kareem sure hopes he doesn't find Fimbrik under the bed or anything like that.

Take 20 perception takes 2 minutes or so, and given that the room is quite large, I think Kareem is using quite some time in there. You all get Righteous Paladin free time.

Kareem scours the room for any clues as to Fimbrik's whereabouts, but can only find the rather small dust bunnies under the furniture, and a glass and decanter on the tale by the bed. Ezren and Grimnir though, seem to find some clues about Fimbrik, as they find a note on the desk! Grimnir looks at the small bottles, noticing that there is still some liquid left in them.

"This place looks like it has been set to look like someone lives here," Kareem concludes, "maybe Fimbrik doesn't really live here, at least no anymore, but wanted burglars," he makes a quick glance at Grimnir, "to stay away from his property. Still, no sign of Fimbrik. What about you, what did you find?"

"Maybe he's--" She draws her thumb in front of her throat while making a disturbing creaking noise.

"Lovely. You should apply to a singing contest."

"You have some reason in your words, shining knight", Ezren says while holds the Fimbrik's notes in his hands.

"Fimbrik lives here... Or once lived. Certain is that he left his house to meet a mysterious friend and protected his house with a dozen of illusions. But, he wrote this" - the Wizard shows the notes to them - "and it seems like we have a clue now. I don't know how it can be useful, but I know that in some point it will be. Maybe we can visit the mausoleum of Arkath at Ivy District now, what do you think?"

Ezren saves the Fimbrik's notes in his pocket.

Kareem shudders. "We've already broken inside a person's house. It's a criminal act, but since I was partly involved in it..." The keleshite man sighs and looks around ponderously. "Problem is we haven't been directly tasked by a venture-captain to investigate this household, so we've been acting rogue, can't ask the Lodge for compensation and file it under mission critical infiltration. S!%%. I must consult the laws of Absalom to think of a possible loophole once we've done with this."

Incidentally, Kareem doesn't seem to blame anyone for the break-in. He keeps a hand rubbing his beard. Kareem suddenly realizes Ezren suggested they'd go grave-digging next. "Uh, can we at least ask permission for the disturbance of the dead? And respect the dead, of course."

Once this scenario is over Kareem will change his Profession (merchant) to (barrister).

"For sure, Kareem. If I see any dead, I'll ask its permission for the disturbance, right? Now, let's go. We already lost a lot of time here."

If nobody stops him, Ezren goes to the Ivy District.

"You... really haven't stepped outside the Grand Lodge for quite some time, have you, Ezren?" Kareem asks, perplexed, "and I doubt we're on a hurry. Unless the late Arkath has decided to get a move on just today. Though with our luck..."

"If Arkath decides to move today, stay prepared with your holy weapon, Kareem!", Ezren smiles to the paladin.

Grimnir examines the liquid to see if it is something he would like to drink.

perception to ID: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
perception to ID: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

He then looks through the papers on the table to see if he can make sense of them. Did we already see what the notes said? I think I'm missing something...

Finally, as Kareem discusses the law and his code of conduct, Grimnir says "Ye are sae righteoos an' wise. Ah really loch ye. Someday aam gonnae be a paladin loch ye are. Ye ur mah best friend."

Tears well up in Grimnir's eyes as he speaks in genuine admiration of Kareem's righteousness.