[PFS/PbP] Tiaburn's Murder's Mark (Inactive)

Game Master Nik B.

I'll transfer 1 HP to her.

No, Camaenor does not have any shooting feats...guess that means -4 to hit with the crossbow. Didn't think about melee...sorry!

The bolt hits the wall, Layla and Ayla don't manage to land any more blows...
The children shriek "They've come to kill us!"

Angered by Keelee's blow, the man swipes back at her.

FE Human
Attack 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 = 17
Damage 1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 2 = 11

Dropping her to the ground...

He then swipes at Layla

Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

"I'll save you from these freakish monsters!"

R13 Cont
Camaenor
Ayla
Madame

R14
Keelee
ENEMY

(status: 7+11=18 (at -6 stable) damage of 12, 0 Panache)

The blow is too much for Keelee, she is overcome by her wounds and falls to the bed unconscious, but alive.

stabilization check: 1d20 + 1 - 6 ⇒ (17) + 1 - 6 = 12

Camaenor reloads, aims, and fires again, but he is distracted by Keelee's fall!
Ranged attack into melee: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 4 = 1

Madame starts casting a spell at the man.

Sleep, 1 round casting time

Camaenor shoots wide as he watches Keelee fall, but Madame keeps her cool and begins casting a spell..

R13 Cont
Camaenor: fired!
Ayla
Madame: casting

R14
Keelee: Stable
ENEMY

Ayla watches with horror how Keelee falls, and continues to press the attack versus the man.

Longspear: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Layla steps back in front of Ayla, and attacks the man again.

Slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 6) + 4 = 16

The man seems much more confident as he maintains the attack!

The blades swing for Ayla once more...
Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Damage 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Only one of them striking home...!

Will save 1d20 ⇒ 3

The fellow looks practically unstoppable - but then Madames spell completes and he flops onto the floor.

Downstairs you can hear a banging on the door and lots of shouting, it sounds like the constabulary has arrived - the children screech in terror at the party "MURDERERS! MURDERERS! SAVE US!"

You think there are likely some people down below the window as you can hear them talking hurriedly.

"Quickly - bind and gag him! Let us bring him before the magistrate..." he says as he moves towards the man and prepares to touch him lightly on the shoulder.

Once the man is bound and in front of the sheriff, Cam will use his grave touch power to make him shaken.

The children shriek even louder as Camaenor is revealed to be the very stuff of nightmares - not only has he apparently slain the man who had come to rescue them - but now his evil continues on to tying up the dead body of their saviour...

How they see Camaenor

Downstairs it sounds as though the door is being kicked in.

Camaenor has the man stabilised - the door downstairs has been kicked in and people are moving into the foyer "Bodies everywhere!" - the children start screaming and you hear footsteps coming up the stairs...

Anyone else doing anything?

( -6 / 12. Stable, 0 Panache)

Keelee does nothing, but breath.

LOL

The Sherrif arrives at the room, sword drawn, with a couple of other constables - she looks fairly concerned and the children quickly finger Camaenor as being the guilty home invader "He attacked us!" and they point at the captured doppelganger "He was saving us!"

Things are quite tense, and one of the other constables comes back from the master bedroom looking ashen, and he just shakes his head.

"Well?" enquires the Sherrif.

Over to you on how you explain things...

Camaenor, being the one fingered by the kids but having some social tact, decides to try and explain what happened to the Sheriff and constables...

"Sheriff, you know us and what we were investigating. Our research led us to this building, and when we inside, we were ambushed by this man's henchmen - I'm sure you found them downstairs. I saw this man change his appearance, probably through magic of some sort, to look like me and duck into this room where he had children imprisoned. I don't know what his overall goals are, but it is clear he is trying to frame us to thwart our investigations."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Giving others the chance to chime in...

I guess that attack hit Layla, not Ayla, 'cause Layla was adjacent to the man. So I'll transfer 5 HP from Ayla to Layla, to keep Layla with Ayla. (I admit the names are easy to mix up.)

While the front door's being kicked in Ayla takes a potion of cure light wounds from her backpack and pours it into Keelee's mouth.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

She then casts lesser rejuvenate eidolon on Layla.

LRE: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Diplomacy, aid: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

"That's correct," Ayla chimes in to aid Camaenor. "We were attacked the moment we entered the building. After this man had changed back to his own appearance he set the kids up against us. I say we wake him up and interrogate him."

Ayla looks at the kids, unsure if they should be around during the interrogation.

It would help if they'd hear him admit his lies...

After her sister's cured Keelee, Layla helps the brave swashbuckler back to her feet. "You okay?"

Diplomacy, aid: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11

"I agree, sheriff. We should interrogate the man."

Layla then goes on to explain to the sheriff what led the party to the building.

( -6+9 = 3 / 12. Stable, 0 Panache)

Coming to after Ayla administers a potion, Keelee opens her eyes looking around as Layla helps her stand, "I take it we won? Thanks for the healing, I seem to be taking more than hits than I should."

Trying to stand steady, Adding her words to the others to the sheriff "Yes, the older man with a ponytail took on the appearance of Camaenor to make the children think we were the attackers. I don't know he is in his true appearance now or not."

diplomacy Aid: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

The Sheriff hears you out and eventually starts to nod in agreement. "That's Borvius he runs Ilsurian Storage & Hauling, a cartage company that ships goods and stores cargo - something here seems very amiss"

The ashen deputy indicates for the Sheriff to follow, and you all move to the master bedroom.

An oversized bed rests in the middle of the room, and two wardrobes face each other on opposites of the room. This room macarbre scene, Braeton and his wife, Canalee, both slain.

Canalee’s body sits on the floor with her arm and face draped on the bed. Arhaneem reclines in a chair, with his eyes closed as if resting. Rapiers, wet with sticky blood, hang from their limp grasps—as if they had been fighting and finally succumbed to their wounds.

The Sheriff looks dismayed "If what you are saying is true, then something needs to be done. If Borvius has a criminal gang and not just a bunch of honest stevedores, then I can keep the events here quiet until morning so you can rest up, then catch the criminals unawares. I have a wand that might help you recover from your injuries. Go and deal with them, and I will arrange to discreetly release Almara Delisen from custody once you have commenced your raid"

"Deal?"

"Deal," says Ayla, nodding her head in confirmation.

You are handed a wand "We'll keep things quiet, you get yourselves in there safely and catch the rogues"

Wand, CLW

( 3 / 12hp , 0 panach)

Keeled nods in agreement, then looks at her companions "Which one of you know how to use the heal stick?"

The sorcerer will take the wand, study it, and try it out on Keelee until she looks better, and then once on himself.
CLW on Keelee: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW on Keelee: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

CLW on Camaenor: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Anyone else need healing?" he asks the group.

(Assuming Camaenor made his UMD checks.)

Looking much better, Keelee rubs where the wounds were, "Thanks!"

The party makes its way through the town to Ilsurian Storage and Hauling, and they find it to be a large warehouse - seemingly shut. A ten foot wide alleyway separates it from the nearest building - 'Robellas Curiosity Shop' to the west.

The outside of the building features two large double doors at the front - clearly for wagons and the like, and a general entrance. Around the eastern side is a smaller back door.

Did we go straight here? Is it dark? Cam used up his 1st level spells in the previous battle, so if we don't do the 8 hour rest thing, he will not have them...He has a few Grave Touch uses left, and his weapons.

"Back door?" he asks. He has the light crossbow loaded and ready.

You would have had maybe an hour or so, the aim is to catch the bad guys whilst the game is afoot - if their leader and his team didn't return from their mission it would probably tip off the rest of the gang

It is dark, as it is still the same evening

Good - that matches what I was thinking! Let's get some bad guys!!

Keelee agrees with the need to strike before they start to miss their leader, "Friend Camaenor, be sure to keep the cure light wand handy."

Keelee has 0 Panache, but can regain one for each confirm crit or killing blow.

Plans? Front door, cargo door, side door?

Ayla raises a hand when Camaenor's healing everyone. "I could use some healing."

I'll make the roll, to move things along.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

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"Let's go in through the front doors?" Ayla asks as she steps up to the doors, looking back at her comrades.

So one vote for the front door, and one for the back door...

Keelee glances around, "Front door didn't work so well last time, let's try the side door this time."

@Camaenor: With 'back door' you mean 'side door?'

"Also fine with the side door. Let's do that then."

The party quietly picks their way to the side door, however they find the door to be locked...

Got a Disable Device person?

I don't think we do... :S

Looking at the side door, "When we searched the bodies, before we left did anyone find a key?"

If there is no key or disable device then, we should check the cargo door. If that is locked then back to the front door.

Making your way around the front you reach the first large cargo door, you can hear work being carried out inside, and the door appears to be closed but unlocked.

Cam offers to open the door and let the fighty-types go in first...

Ayla and her sister move in place, after which Ayla gives Camaenor a nod. "Do it."

Keelee makes ready to dash in when Camaenor opens the door.

The interior of this large building appears unfinished, with a wooden frame that could have housed two separate floors but is instead open to the roof like a barn. Sliding bay doors stand to the south (where you have come in), where a serviceable wagon is parked. Across the centre of the warehouse, a catwalk hangs fifteen feet off the ground. Heavy items can be pulled up to the catwalk with ropes and a block and tackle. In the northeast and southwest corners, rooms have been framed in and walls erected. Shelving lines most of the walls, and crates and boxes are stacked in many places on the main floor.

You spot three men up on the catwalk, they spot you. Steel is drawn!

Madame: Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1
Camaenor: Init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Keelee: Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Ayla: Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
ENEMY: Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11

R1
Keelee
Camaenor
Ayla
ENEMY
TBC...

Camaenor aims his light crossbow at one of the men and calls up to them just loud enough to be heard, "Drop your weapons, gents, and you get to walk out of here."

Delayed attack (if they don't surrender): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Keelee rushes twards the ladder leeping up when she is about 5ft away as high as she can then finish the climb as best she can.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

8 movement to ladder, 4 movement on ladder assume 2x movement cost = 10ft +5ft from leap?

Camaenor can see from their snarls they wont listen to reason just yet - so he clips one with a bolt!

Keelee makes her way up!

Seems reasonable :)

R 2

Ayla double moves up the ladder, places her longspear against the wall, and starts climbing up.

Climb: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

I had 20 feet of movement left when I started climbing so I'll end movement 5 feet up the ladder.

Layla double moves and ends up at the bottom of the ladder, waiting for Ayla to move higher before she can also start climbing.

Camaenor stands his ground, firing at the same man as long as he isn't in melee - or another one that is open.
Ranged attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2