[PFS] Season 0 run, mixed with Dragon's Demand

Game Master Irish202

Does anyone know how to make us look like Almsmen so ze Wyvers do not just run away?

Vicard, hopefully with Urbar's help, pile the various bits of rubble and furniture into a rough barricade over the door.

Tereze, is it so bad if they run off? If they think the Almsman can hire fighters, they are likely to leave him alone. Better to not not have to kill anyone, as I'm sure you agree." He says as they finish piling the items.

While you know I applaud zat zinking, some zing gives me a bad feeling about zis.

If ze temple can hire mercenaries, zat could make zem think the temple has more money to give and make zem more insistent. Zey could also run off to get more help. We lose ze element of surprise if we do not deal with zis now.
We want to help zese people not make it worse.

"Tereze is right," Fiona whispers. "We don't want them to come back. Ever." She then turns aside and sees if anyone else needs healing or help and does her best to stay focused.

Gwen assists with making making a barricade near the door, to make only a single lane to access the inner sanctum of the Almsman sanctuary. (Indicated by the black rectangle.) Gwen shrugs when it comes to discussion gears towards disguises. "I am not skilled in such things. Fighting is my forte. I think perhaps it might be best to catch them as they come through the bottle neck here. We could even put another barricade in front that they must climb and open them open to our ranged attacks."

Urbar starts shifting the rubble with the others and then stands ready with his wand again.
"When were you expecting them?"

There's no rubble in the sanctuary. To find rubble you had to travel a bit back, to where you encountered the spiders. While walking back and forth to gather rubble, you've not yet seen any sign of the Steel Wyverns.

"I asked for them to come over and evade the place at exactly 2 pm," the Almsman replies sarcastically to Urbar.

"Like I know... They could come within a minute, they could at the end of the day."

"I'm going to hang out... Do things that make sense only to the highest of authorities..."

With that, Ery takes a couple cups from his set...smashing them on the ground with a look that could only be disgust upon his face. With great regret sinking into his eys, the elf then begins tossing small bits of glass outside the intended fight zone along the walk way. He returns after a moment.

He remains silent there after, resuming his previous position.

He's just setting up a make shift noise alarm for when they come near.

Urbar shrugs.
"Maybe they always come around tea time. You are the man of knowledge here."
He says as he still holds his wand ready.

Laughter and footsteps can be heard approaching from the west. A voice calls out "Almsman! What say you? Are you resisting or giving us what we want? I hope you're resisting!"

"The hell, someone here didn't like tea cups..."

Going with the defense you were able to set up on the map.

The doors are thrown open and some thugs step inside.

"The heck's this?" one of the thugs says, looking from the pile of rubble to you.

Urbar's readied action triggers, and he casts lead blades on himself with his wand.

Spiked Chain, Charge: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 1 + 2 = 15 Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

One of the thugs charges forward and hits Vicard in the face with a spiked chain. "Wrong place to be, chap!"

Spiked Chain: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12 Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

Another one of the Steel Wyverns moves up to Gwendallyn and tries to hit her with his spiked chain, but he misses her.

Round 1:
Blue
Red
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan
Vicard 2/8HP
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule
Green

The moment the thugs step inside they see Urbar grinning. He takes a step towards them and draws both his swords.
"Good day to you friend"
He says as he swings his sword.

Atk roll: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21
Dmg roll: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

[Ooc]Dropping the wand, move action to move SW and draw both weapons and standard action to attack. Can't access the map right now.[ooc]

Urbar steps up and cuts the chest of the nearest Steel Wyvern open. The man still stands, but he looks a bit pale as he says, "The heck, man!"

Round 1:
Blue
Red -9HP
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan
Vicard 2/8HP
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule
Green

Round 1

Gwen ducks beneath the spiked chain aimed at her head and as she straightens, she grabs hold of the length of chain and attempts to rip it from the thug's hands!

Grapple: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Actions: Move - Martial Flexibility to "learn" Improved Disarm. Standard - Disarm Blue.

LOL. Just noticed I typed Grapple into the die roll... clearly I need to do more with Gwen than just grapple lol. It is definitely supposed to be a Disarm attempt. :)

Gwendallyn manages to rip the spiked chain from the Steel Wyvern's hands. "Heeey! That's my weapon!"

Round 1:
Blue (Disarmed)
Red -9HP
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan
Vicard 2/8HP
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule
Green

Could someone post for Fiona? She's been up since this post.

I completely forgot +2 on damage on humans in my last post!

Fiona, completely lost, tries to make the southern thug in the room sleep with a lullaby. She softly whispers.
"Lullaby, and good night, in the skies stars are bright.
May the moon's silvery beams bring you sweet dreams.
Close your eyes now and rest, may these hours be blessed.
'Til the sky's bright with dawn, when you wake with a yawn."

Slumber hex on the Blue thug, DC 14 vs. will.

Will: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10

Fiona casts her hex and the disarmed Steel Wyvern falls asleep.

"Do I hear singing?" you hear a man's voice ask from the hallway. "Well we can't be left out now, can we, men?!"

The same voice then starts singing, with the other Steel Wyverns backing him up a cappella:

"Nuapurista kuulu se polokan tahti
jalakani pohjii kutkutti.
Ievan äiti se tyttöösä vahti
vaan kyllähän Ieva sen jutkutti,
sillä ei meitä silloin kiellot haittaa
kun myö tanssimme laiasta laitaan.
Salivili hipput tupput täppyt
äppyt tipput hilijalleen."

Round 1:
Blue (Asleep)
Red -9HP
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard 2/8HP
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule
Green

Vicard spits out blood and teeth as he reels back from the direct blow to his face. Nearly blinded with pain he steps back, but only a few feet. After finding his footing, he jabs his spear right at the already wounded Red thug.

Longspear: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

His pain has blinded him though, and it goes wild. His blood starts to pool in his eyes and he wishes he had healed first.

Vicard steps back and jabs his spear at the already wounded thug, but the attack misses.

One of the Steel Wyverns in the hallway walks up to his sleeping mate and gives him a shove with his foot. "Wake up, you have to sing with us!"

The man on the floor wakes up and jumps in at the chorus.

Round 1:
Blue (Prone)
Red -9HP
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard 2/8HP
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule
Green

Tereze steps up next to Vicard and mumbles a quick prayer. Her hand glows softly and she gently touches him.
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Have no fear while your allies are near. We will not let you fall

She then pulls out her sling.

5 foot step, Cure Light Wounds as standard, Draw sling as a move

Tereze steps up to Vicard and heals him back to full health. She then pulls out her sling.

Round 1:
Blue (Prone)
Red -11HP
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule
Green

Added the 2 extra damage Urbar mentioned earlier to Red's damage.

"Ah-ha!"
Magic Missile with Om-nom-nom power added. Targeting red and sliding behind Vicard.
MM: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 = 9

Eryzule magic missiles slam into the red Steel Wyvern and turn the man into a bloody mess.

One of the Steel Wyvern's just outside of the sanctuary delays.

The prone Steel Wyvern goes total defense and tries to stand up, which provokes attacks from Gwendallyn and Urbar.

Round 2:
Blue (Prone)
Green
Urbar
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule

Note: it's still the enemy's turn.

@Ery: Your 1st missile was enough to take Red down. You may relocate the 2nd missile.

@Gwen & Urbar: You may both take an AoO on Blue. The AoO's will resolve after Ery's relocation of the 2nd missile, if he choses to relocate it.

AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Second missile to yellow

AoO: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 = 10 >_>
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 4 + 2 = 10

Eryzule's second missile hits the yellow Steel Syvern.

Gwendallyn and Urbar flail their arms around.

Spiked Chain: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Confirm crit: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18 Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7

One of the other Steel Wyverns enters the sanctuary and attacks Urbar with his spiked chain. The chain hits Urbar in his neck, and the ranger goes down.

Round 2:
Blue (Prone)
Green
Urbar -1/12HP
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow -4HP
Tereze
Eryzule

@Urbar: Unless you're healed, I'll need a stabilize check from you. If you're healed, you're prone and your swords are both lying on the floor of your square.

Fiona's eyes widen with horror as Urbar takes a massive blow to his neck and collapses almost instantly, his blood flowing onto the cold floor. Having a Steel Wyvern so close to her doesn't make things better and she decides to retreat, taking a step backwards and casting another hex at an interloper.
Fiona will delay till after Gwen's action, giving her flanking bonus (if she wants it) on Green. She'll then take a 5 ft step backwards and cast a Slumber hex, DC 14 vs. Will. If Gwen takes out Green or seriously hits him, she'll cast it on Yellow; if Green will be lightly wounded or still at full strength, she'll cast it on Green.

How... That's so much bad luck...

Stabilize: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 - 1 = 11 Yay!
Urbar falls face forward and lets out a gurgling sound when on the ground. His breathing stabilizes afterwards.

Am I being dumb or does me, with a reach weapon, get an AOO on Green moving to that square?

You get the AoO for movement when they move out of the threatened square

Disarm Green: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 19

Gwen growls in anger as Urbar takes a nasty hit. She reaches around towards the thug between her and Fiona, yanking his spikes chain out of his hands. "You are dead now. Best run away little boy."

Urbar falls face forward and lets out a gurgling sound when on the ground. His breathing stabilizes afterwards.

Gwendallyn growls in anger and yanks the spiked chain from the hands of the thug in green.

Will: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3

Fiona takes a 5-foot step back and casts her slumber hex on the thug Gwendallyn just disarmed. He immediately drops to the floor, sound asleep.

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

The man who's singing in Skald enters the sanctuary, still singing. He weaves the incantation of a spell in between the lines of his song and casts the spell on the Steel Wyvern next to him, fully healing the latter.

Round 2:
Blue (Disarmed & Prone)
Green (Disarmed, Prone & Asleep)
Urbar -1/12HP
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule

@Gwen: Are you still holding both of the spiked chains you took?

Vicard, looking at Gwen (and Urbar) in danger, moves forward and stabs out at the disarmed prone (Blue) thug, hoping to scare him off.

Spear Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Spear Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Whoops! I forgot I was still holding those. She will throw them over her shoulder towards the corner of the room as indicated by the little red X I added. Not sure what type of action you'd like that to be.

Dropping an item is a free action, but it'll require a ranged attack (standard action) to let a chain end up 10 feet from you.

Vicard moves forward and stabs the blue Steel Wyvern, hoping to scare him off.

The yellow Steel Wyvern moves past his prone comrades and climbs onto on of the sarcophagi.

Spiked Chain, IC, High Ground: 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 14 Damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 4) + 1 = 8

He swings his spiked chain at Gwendallyn, but misses.

Round 2:
Blue -3HP (Disarmed & Prone)
Green (Disarmed, Prone & Asleep)
Urbar -1/12HP
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow
Tereze
Eryzule

Vicard gets an AoO on Yellow while the latter moves past him.

Seeing his chance, Vicard's spear lashes out towards the yellow thug! May the God's aim the strike.

Spear AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

But the shot goes wide, only mildly worrying the thug, not wounding him.

Gotcha! In that case, Gwen would simply drop them at her feet. Definitely don't want to waste two round tossing away the weapons.

Tereze moves carefully around the combat.
As she walks she says a simple prayer from her heart:
Abadar, We stand within your Vault.
Help zis man who fell defending your holy ground.
Give him ze strength and vitality to smite zose who would destroy ze foundations of your civilization.
In your name.

As she arrives next to Urbar her hand glows again and she softly rests it upon his wound.
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

As the wound closes she intones:
Be healed and go forth to slay ze Master's enemies

"Do you guys ever feel like this is silly, I mean we're killing people who are likely just abused children in the past."

Firing a magic missile at Yellow, empowered by pool.
MM: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4) + 2 = 10

"Next time we'll offer counseling, Ery. Make you happy?" Vicard says dryly and then curses at his missed attacks.

Ery, you know we don't kill unless we have to.

She Yells loudly.
You Hear zat you fools. If You surrender to us you may yet save your lives!

Gwendallyn drops the chains she took from her opponents.

Vicard tries to stab the yellow Steel Wyvern as the man passes, but misses.

Tereze heals Urbar back into consciousness. He finds himself lying on the floor, his swords next to him. (It's a move action to pick an item up, and it'll provoke an AoO.)

Eryzule fires two magic missiles at yellow, hitting the Steel Wyvern so hard he's nearly knocked out of his socks.

The blue Steel Wyvern pokes his (green) sleeping mate, waking him up. Blue then stands up from his prone position, provoking attacks from Vicard and Gwendallyn.

Round 3:
Blue -3HP (Disarmed & Prone)
Green (Disarmed, Prone & Asleep)
Urbar 5/12HP
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow -10HP
Tereze
Eryzule

Before I take actions for green, Gwen and Vicard each have the opportunity to take an AoO on blue.

Vicard, ignoring Ery's quips, strikes out again with his spear.

AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Gwen AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Gwen Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Gwen drives her knee into the thug's face as he stands!

Urbar coughs as he wakes again.
Really bad luck! Thanks!

When the blue Steel Wyvern stands up, Vicard and Gwendallyn immediately attack him. Vicard misses the Steel Wyvern with his spear, but Gwendallyn drives her knee into the thug's face. The thug immediately drops back to the floor, this time unconscious.

While Vicard and Gwendallyn are focused on his blue comrade, the green thug quickly stands up from his prone position without any danger of provoking attacks. He snatches his spiked chain from between Gwendallyn's feet as he gets back on his feet.

Round 3:
Green
Urbar 5/12HP
Fiona
Gwendallyn
Randalan (Inspiring Courage)
Vicard
Yellow -10HP
Tereze
Eryzule

Round 3

Gwen glares at the audacity of the thug yanking the discarded chains from beneath her feet. "I'll take care of you in just a moment, after I deal with your friend here!" She then shifts to her left, flanking with Vicard while she turns her attention to the thug standing above her. She deals a vicious uppercut punch into the man's groin! "All of you drop your weapons, or you'll be next!"

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Actions: Free - 5' step into new position on map to Flank Green with Vicard. Standard - Attack Yellow.

Urbar slowly stands and grabs one of his swords. He rolls his shoulders and looks at the last thug.
"You are gonna pay for that!"