PFS Private PBP: Lady Ophelia's 6-11 Slave Master's Mirror (Inactive)

Game Master Lady Ophelia

Derizione shakes himself from his stupor, and begins reciting an epic lay to inspire his friends. As his recitation rings out in a surprisingly baritone voice, he begins moving to a position to flank.

Fen sticks with his posted action, targeting the nearest gnoll with cause fear from his wand and then moving to avoid close contact.

Also sticking with posted actions

Fen flicks his wand with ease, stunning the gnolls nearest to the party sending them running away from the party. (Derezone gets an attack of opportunity). Elay gets his wave of ice off and hitting the gnoll and knocking him off guard. Charging bear charges the nearest gnoll to him and crushes his neck in the same manner of the previous gnoll who opposed him.

But as the portcullis rises on both sides, Korshad moves back and the gnoll dogs and gnolls take their attacks.

The dogs stand at the ready, as the gnolls attack and defend the grounds.

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[Dice=On a "1", they hit me]1d3[/dice]

Ouch.

Elay steps 5ft (down, south, between Fen and the Gnoll, I can't move anything while on my phone) and motions defensively while conjuring a fan of flames to envelope 2 Gnolls and a Hyena.

Cast Defensively, DC 17: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Burning Hands, Reflex DC 15: 5d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 4, 4) = 16

Seizing the opportunity presented by a cowardly gnoll, Derizione snaps out with his whip.

Attack with Masterwork whip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Trip Attack if hit successful: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Charging Bear roars with a mad grin at the gnoll who so narrowly missed him as he charges his Earthbreaker with electrical energy and brings it hard down at the "Badass Gnoll"

Raging,Furious Focus, Power Attack, Elemental Strike: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 122d6 + 1d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 1) + (4) + 16 = 22

ouch... 3 ones.

Elay looks at what the Gnolls are carrying.

Any daggers or finessable weapons that Elay could loot in a hurry? That was my last damaging spell.

In the absence of those, what's the biggest weapon nearby? I do have one True Strike prepared.

Fen calls upon his luck to aid him. (Activate Archaeologist's Luck as a swift action, lasts for 3 rounds due to lingering performance).) He draws his scorpion whip, steps to the side, and attacks the hyena-dog directly north of him.

scorpion whip, luck: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 = 9damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Bump.

Charging attempts to smash his earthbreaker, only to miss the gnoll in front of him. Elay’s wave of fire quickly put down the dogs as they fell into flames. Elay looks around to see clubs and an axe, but no daggers on the gnolls. Fen cracks his whip and attempts to attack the gnoll in front of him and succeeds. Derizone does the same and is able to trip the gnoll falling prone.

The gnoll between Elay and Charging growls rather nastily and begins to swing his greatclub some more. While another comes out of the flames of the dogs to attack Elay. The gnoll on the ground gets quickly back up and runs under the gate.

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Enraged at his miss, Charging Bear brings his earth breaker up on the backswing for a vicious uppercut on the badass gnoll. He will then take a 5 foot step to the east to start to close ranks.

raging, furious focus, power attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 202d6 + 16 ⇒ (6, 1) + 16 = 23

Elay steps next to a fallen Gnoll (5ft step), grabs an axe off the corpse (move action; what type of axe?), and holds it at the ready (standard action ready to attack any adjacent enemy).

Fen uses his scorpion whip on the gnoll directly west of him, and then moves up to the gate to watch for reinforcements. scorpion whip: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

My Attack roll if my Readied Action goes off: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 - 2 = 15 (BAB+Str-Power Attack; is it masterwork?)

Two-handed Power Attack: 1 + 6 = 7 (plus base damage dice)

Wasn't quite sure if Derizione is inspiring or not; If so, add one to my rolls so I would hit AC 21 and deal 24 damage

Fen takes his whip and attempts to attack again, only to narrowly miss! Charging on the other hand, furious strikes the gnoll he is contending with, causing the gnoll to spit out blood, but he does not fall. Elay grabs the handaxe and waits for the gnoll who was distracted by movement to strike.

I am waiting on Derizone. And yes he is inspiring while striking. Which has been taken into account. More later!

Buoyed by the success of his first attack, Derizione snaps his whip at the gnoll currently being flanked.

Whip Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 221d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Trip if successful hit: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Sorry, I've set things up so I get update notifications now, so I won't be holding this up any more.

Huh. I guess there's no way to tell the dice roller that 1-1 doesn't equal 0, but that it equals 1 nonlethal.

Charging smashes through the gnoll in front of him crushing his chest and stopping his heart. While Derizone is unable to trip the other gnoll, and runs into the open portcullis into the rest of the building. Elay attempts to hit the other gnoll with the hand axe. But upon seeing Crushing Bear kill his ally. He surrenders and cowers.

Combat is over for now unless people wish to continue.

"Deeper we go, with haste! There may have been more alerted... Or worse, the veiled mistress herself."

Elay will call forth his +1 Adamantine Elven Curve Blade from the magical chest, as well as his Handy Haversack from its shrunken state.

He has clearly forgotten that he is even injured.

Charging Bear will drop out of rage, lean heavily on his earth breaker and start recovering. If anyone asks him for help with rounding up prisoners he will assist and guard after offering his wand of cure lights wounds to anyone who can use it or needs it.

Derizione pulls his gear from the magical chest, then turns back to the group.

"Thank-you, Charging Bear, I can use that on anyone who needs it," he says, taking the wand.

"What do we do with this one?", gesturing to the cowering gnoll. "I'm not keen to let a dog bite us twice."

The gnoll continues to cower... I will tell you what you want, just don't crush me. I was just employed by the veil lady to look out for the mirror.

Korshad also hides behind a few rocks. He didn't look terrified so much as he just wasn't sure what to do and who to back in the fight.

"Oh! My! Apparently I have blood on me. Yes, I distinctly remember feeling pain... Ouch."

Elay withdraws a pearlescent wand from his Haversack.

"Would anyone mind touching me up a bit?"

After 6 rounds of recovering from the fight Charging Bear will begin piling up the dead gnolls and looking for anything useful they might have on them.

perception on the bodies: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

I'll assume someone uses my wand on me.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

use mine, it has 10 charges and I'm a pregen

"One got away inside!' Fen shouts to his companions. "We must prevent alarm!" Fen casts expeditious retreat and starts to head inside, only to stop when he realizes the group is not following.

"One got away!" he repeats, louder. "If we wish to maintain surprise, ... "

If the group still seems intent on not following, Fen shakes his head and regroups with the others. "I expect the veiled lady will now be ready for us... what is the plan?"

Charging Bear will rush over to Fen, ready to go at the first order.

I'll use whatever wands want using, on whoever needs them.

"I agree, we should follow as close behind the fleeing cur as we can," Derizione says distractedly, touching Elay and Charging Bear with the wand in turns.

Finishing up, he turns to Korshad. "Korshad, do you stand with us? No harm will come to you if not, at least from us, and another sword is always useful. But decide quickly, we haven't much time."

Charging Bear will offer him 3 Javelins as well if he is more inclined to stay out of combat.
Speaking in common for the first time, "Make your decision quickly. Join us or stay out of the way. What lies behind these gates?"

Elay will focus on the gates momentarily.

If there are any gaps at all, I'll land a scying sensor on the other side of the gates (up to 110 feet away) to see if anything is waiting to ambush us.

I think the portcullis is open, the fleeing gnoll didn't stop to close it...?

Fen ducks inside (assuming it is still open) and moves forward, trusting to his darkvision and expeditious retreat to keep him mostly out of trouble. He follows the gnoll as quickly as possible, oblivious that this may leave his comrades behind.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Survival: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

Derizione finishes with with the healing, and heads off after Fen. "No time to dawdle, gentlemen."

Charging Bear rushes in Fens direction, eager to strike down more slavers. As he passes Derizione he looks back with a smile and says,"Hold on to that healing stick, I have no use for it during a battle"

"Oh, look!" Elay says as he peers into his personal scrying sensor. "There's a Wayang... And a Gnome... And a Shoanti in the tunnel up ahead."

Then, realizing he's alone, he takes off to catch up with the group. "Maybe they could help us!"

"Korshad, do you stand with us? No harm will come to you if not, at least from us, and another sword is always useful. But decide quickly, we haven't much time." Derezone says offering a hand to Korshad. He is terrified at first and then jumps again at Charging’s commanding voice, "Make your decision quickly. Join us or stay out of the way. What lies behind these gates?"

“There is only me, my team and then the Mistress’ room. She has a guardian to protect who knows that. But he is a nice and intelligent man named Jairo.” Korshad says as he trembles, but rises. I have no desire to raise arms against you, if anything, I will leave this place and never say anything about any of you, if you let me and my people leave unharmed. The mistress’s room is on the right once you go through the portcullis.”

Charging and the group leaves Korhsad in peace, as Elay begins to walk around the room to scry past the gate, only to realize that his other party members are running through the room to the next room.
A stone dais painted with a hyena-like face occupies the center of this round chamber. A wide, eight-foot-high ledge runs around the perimeter of the room with a crude ladder to the east connecting the floor and elevated area. To the south, an iron portcullis hangs over the entrance to the caves. Several shallow caves with wooden gates and floors covered in straw open into this room from the north. A door to the east and a door with a barred grille to the west lead to other parts of the stronghold. A shattered wooden box and several dozen scraps of sodden, torn paper lie scattered across the floor.

Korshad, moves to the left as the party moves to the center of the room. I do not have the keys to the Pen, only the one who ran away had the keys. Can any of you please help me open them?

Additional notes from previous posts that I did not cover.

Also concerning the other gnoll who surrendered, if anyone else had any other issues, he gets tied up and gaged and left there till you guys are done.

"We should also free the halfling woman who was brought in with us," Fen suddenly remembers. "She can oversee the freed slaves and help them make their escape. As for the gate..." Fen produces a large iron key from his pouch. "This skeleton key should allow you to open the lock, Korshad. Please leave it here by the main portcullis if you leave before we get back."

Once everyone is ready, Fen continues into the cave, trying to follow the fleeing gnoll.

Elay basically has 7 scrying sensors that each last only a single round, and he can place each of them up to 110 feet away. They're ideal for looking ahead at intersections to see if anyone else is hiding down the other passageways, or in this case, whether a fleeing Gnoll has turned to the right or the left.

Brandishing his Adamantine Elven Curve Blade, Elay looks at the pens. "If we find ourselves without a key for the lock, I have a key for the bars themselves."

Jealously eyeing the impressive blade, Charging Bear gathers up the 2 axes and the club to give to the most capable looking slaves in the pen.

any one who wants the two cure potions claim them as well as the invisibility potion, though we should try to be as tactical as possible with it

With Fen's skelleton key, you easily open the locks to the pens and release the slaves. Korshad ushers them out bowing ever so slightly to all of you. The young halfling woman looks at you all and bows. Giving Fen a sash with a Bellflower symbol on it. She nods at him before departing.

With that the party moves to the other side of the central dais room. There is a door there, and behind it you hear a smooth and jovial voice.

Come in, you bold people. The door is unlocked. Let me look upon the face of the ones who wish to challenge me.

Giving Fen a sash with a Bellflower symbol on it. She nods at him before departing. [/b]

Cool! Can you note that on the Chronicle please? :)

Fen answers through the closed door. "Are you... Jairo? We mean no harm , may we enter under a truce of nonviolence?" Assuming the answer is positive, Fen will open the door and head inside carefully.

Charging Bear is cautiously at the ready.

Elay casts See Invisibility.

Come in! If it pleases you. Says Jairo from the other side of the door.

This large room includes many of the trappings of a noble household: a table laid with fancy place settings, a vanity and wardrobe that would be at home in a lady’s boudoir, oversized oil paintings of stuffy nobles, a grand staircase and balcony, and even a chandelier suspended from the ceiling. There is a grand poitrait of two men standing in noble’s clothing surrounded with books and daggers.

Why hello bold people. Says the man at the top of the balcony. Or at least he looked like a man. He had blue skin, long black hair and looked almost Kellish in nature and stature had his skin not been blue. He standing with his hands on the railings of the balcony looking rather amused with the people below him.

I am very sorry to say, that if you are looking for the other gnolls, they have already escaped. Who knows now where they have gone? He said. But what can I do for you?

"Oh... My... Goodness..."

Elay looks stunned.

"I simply Love what you've done with the place!"