TOZ's Treacherous Waves (Inactive)

Game Master TriOmegaZero

GM, did you miss Tad's perception attempt? He was with Zeno and Ebonwolf and got a 21 on perception above.

I sadly did not. :(

Knowledge (Engineering), take II: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

Marid architecture is...a bit of a novelty for Zeno.

Maybe the others in Shardra’s team ‘aid another ‘ on the Perception as 21 was not enough. My 24 last round was fine. So maybe we should even try two aids.

"By Torag, these buildings make no sense. Zeno does that do what I think it does?" Ebonwolf recalls a great deal but he is hopeful the best way to repair the location is correct.

2nd Attempt Kn. Engineer: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

GM, does Tad's Blessing of the Faithful apply here? I'm not sure if these are normal checks, or abstractions to a single check of work that takes a longer time.

The check represents the party's efforts over an hour (currently reduced to 45 minutes thanks to the aid of the guards) so I would rule that it does not apply. :(

+3 to Shardra's perception for the goggles

William continues to look for strange structural flaws.

Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

I understand that ruling, and it's consistent with others; I've never understood why Tad can't just stand behind someone and apply that bonus every round, though.

Botting Protocols Active.

Thokzazt Perception Aid Another: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Ebonwolf manages to locate the sabotage, and with Zeno and Thaddeus' assistance works through the repairs. Thokzazt and Shardra put their heads together to help William work on the next site, but complications from a nearby festival interfere with the effort, requiring more time.

2 sites repaired, 7 hours elapsed.

The check represents the party's efforts over an hour (currently reduced to 45 minutes thanks to the aid of the guards) so I would rule that it does not apply. :(

GM, so our effort to involve the guards led to -15 minutes per roll! Great! ;-) Can we do other things too? Can we mobilize other NPCs with whom we have interacted and get their aid? E.g. the animals of Honoke. In any case if Shardra notices that aid would benefit them she would approach the guards to send a message to the NPCs. See below:

"Oh dear <insert name>, we have detected bombs that could lead to the dome shattering and Tsomo isresponsible." Shardra explains briefly what the group found out. "Your help is urgently needed to support this community! Please, if you have the means to assists us to detect and disable these bombs please do so! Here is a map with the location of the remaining bombs! Thank you! Warm regards, Shardra"

And here a corresponding Diplomacy roll to see how the letter affects them given our interaction with them in the past.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

* * *

Perception 3rd attempt, googles: 1d20 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 3 = 35

Tad keeps looking around for the explosive devices.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

"Oh dear Razethka, we have detected bombs that could lead to the dome shattering and Tsomo is responsible." Shardra explains briefly what the group found out. "Your help is urgently needed to support this community! Please, if you have the means to assists us to detect and disable these bombs please do so! Here is a map with the location of the remaining bombs! Thank you! Warm regards, Shardra"

The guards swear to carry the message as quickly as possible. It is not long before the Pathfinders receive word that Lileone was able to send the request via animal messenger. As the repair efforts continue, the citizens of the Glass Pit district begin to aid, led by marajau foremen directing the efforts.

Rounds have been reduced another quarter hour thanks to the aid of the citizenry, requiring only half an hour to complete attempts. Everyone else, please make your checks to repair the sabotage!

TOZ: Do we have a rough idea how many sites we have to left to deal with? Wondering if we need to split up further.

Shardra: The goggles give a total bonus of +5. It doesn't stack with heightened awareness which is why I said +3 last round, but the net total bonus is +5. It lasts all day, and consequently I totally should have turned it on this morning and used it through the scenario but for some reason I thought it was charge/hour, not charge/day.

Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

TOZ: Do we have a rough idea how many sites we have to left to deal with? Wondering if we need to split up further.

You could certainly attempt that. You have 8 locations roughly marked on the map and have repaired 2 of them so far.

Thrice-Greatest Knowledge (Engineering): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Zeno begins to get a handle on it as he recognizes the similarities of marid architecture to that of Golarion's sea elves...one might say that were the latter likened to a suit of slender but sturdy field plate, the former would be that baroque (if not downright rococo) business the Hellknights wear.

I think I'm just having a hard time visualizing exactly what's going on. Does it seem as though having multiple specialties in each group is helping or is our team basically Shardra's giant perception bonus and supporting cast? If so William would likely just opt to aid another on perception, or split off to make a group of engineers and a group of spotters. Also, did Shardra's request for aid go out to everyone we've befriended thus far or just Razethka? If the latter, William is decent at diplomacy and would probably try to seek out a few more helpers.

I think I'm just having a hard time visualizing exactly what's going on.

The team is following a vague map to areas of the city and attempting to undo sabotage, using a single skill check per character as an abstract determination of success. I'm doing my best to kludge your extra inputs into the two paragraph minigame I have to work with. :) At this point, there isn't much more you can do to speed your work, as you already have the entire district mobilized to help.

perhaps we should divide the team into two parts based on skill? Put the perception characters on one team, and the engineering characters on the other. Then we can more effectively use aid another.

Tad, that totally makes sense!! So Tad, Thokzazt and Shardra one team and William Ebonwolf and Zeno other team?

William has already made his attempt this round (whcih I think has been eclipsed by Shardra's nat 20), but next round I think William will go trade positions with Tad so he can help with the engineer crew. If that seems like it will work, William will just automatically aid-another on Zeno's check. The goggles will stay with Shardra.

Sandra will lead the perception effort and starts to search for the bombs!

Rolling for 10 of the thirty minute increments.

Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 5 = 26
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 5 = 37
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 5 = 24
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 12 + 5 = 30
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 5 = 24
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 5 = 29
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 12 + 5 = 36
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 5 = 33
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 5 = 34
Perception : 1d20 + 12 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 5 = 32

Prescience, if I may?: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Knowledge (Engineering) IV: A New Hope?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

Knowledge (Engineering) #5 is alive!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

Knowledge (Engineering) 6 and violence: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Knowledge (Engineering) lucky #7: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

I'm Knowledge (Engineering) check VIII, I am, I am!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

Knowledge (Engineering) #9? #9? #9...?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

Knowledge (Engineering) X marks the spot: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

Knowledge (Engineering) goes all the way up to 11: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

Prescience, if I may?: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Knowledge (Engineering): The Midnight Hour: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

Knowledge (Engineering) gets its Bar Mitzvah!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

That is one way to handle it! (Time to complete repairs was 2 hours.)

With Shardra's keen eyes aided by William's gear, and Zeno and Ebonwolf's mechanical expertise, the Pathfinders are able to avert the nefarious plot against the city of Vialesk! As the citizens disperse back to their workplaces, the murajau leaders offer you thanks and congratulation for your tireless work. Even so, the nagging thought of being no closer to apprehending the villain behind the sabotage is a sour note.

In a stroke of fate, as the murajau lead you back to the cartography offices to share a celebratory drink, a familiar face is noted on the walkway. Kneeling by a waterway, is the lean aquatic elf assistant from Tsomo's office. Not so suspicious to see him out, until you notice him slip a bamboo shark with distinctive notches into the water. He rises to notice your stares and a brief moment passes as your gazes meet. With a curse, he whirls and dashes into the crowd!

As the party gives chase they can see the elf darting through the crowd into the livestock market. He dives through the water pens, calling out to the shark life within and appearing to incite them to a furor to cover his tracks! Some of the merchants cry out in alarm as the animals menace them in their blind fury!

Each of you may take a full round of actions each turn to help apprehend the fleeing elf. Due to his use of watery paths to confound your pursuit, anyone unable to breath underwater takes a -2 penalty on checks. The crowds also impose a Concentration check on spellcasting due to the chaotic distractions (DC10+spell level). Possible tactics include calming the animals to ease your passage, throwing poisonous creatures at him, or breaking cases in his path with ranged weapons, but feel free to come up with your own ideas.

"Oh dear spirits, I am so happy that our efforts were successful! Imagine what would have happened to this wonderful city if everything would have gone to waste! If all these people living here would have been hurt!?" she sighs and she is very relieved.

Seeing the elf escape she sees a way to calm the animals and takes action!

Handle Animal, no water breathing: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 - 2 = 7

I have a scroll of water breathing I've been carrying around and was prepared to use for the disable minigame. May I use that instead of trying to progress for one round?

Absolutely! It will sadly not help poor Shardra this time. :(

Tad sees the fleeing bad guy, and realizes that it will be hard for his new friends to keep up if they have to worry about the water, so he takes out a scroll and reads it. His friends all feel the friendly magic settle on them.

casts water breathing from a scroll on the entire team

Wouldn't you know it? Zeno may have just the thing for this. He pulls out a wonky-looking arrow and takes careful aim....

Prescience: 1d20 ⇒ 16

Comet vs The Running Man: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
[dice=Trip arrow!]1d20+5[/dice] Substituting Prescience roll here for a result of '21'!

As Tsomo rushes off into the crowd, Thokzazt bellows after him. "STOP! By the Will of Asmodeus you WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE!"

Thokzazt attempts to barrel his way through, charging toward Tsomo's escape.
Intimidate? Vs Sea life? Maybe the Crowd?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

oops, I forgot that concentration check.

concentration, DC 13: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Noding to Tad for his magical aid Ebonwolf looks about for a way to stop the fleeing elf. Seeing a display case of strange aquatic creatures with tentacles the half orc grabs the throwing hammer at his hip, it begins to glow a light blue, he rushes forward towards the case ahead of the elf and lets the hammer fly.

+1 Light Hammer: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Bludgeoning: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

William smirks as Thokzazt displays his usual bluster, then takes off after their mark. "Your plan is foiled! The city stands and you will fall!"

As Tsomo dives into the pens, William graciously accepts Thaddeus's spell then dives in after him. Seeing the amassed crowd, William opts not to do more damage to the scene but instead choke off Tsomo's escape. "Stop him! Spy! Terrorist!"

Diplomacy to rally the crowd: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

William's and Thokzazt's shouting seems to confuse the crowd more than rally it, merchants fleeing in all directions from the unknown menace. Ebonwolf's hammer strikes true, but deflects off the case without spilling the hazard across his quarry's path. Despite those setbacks, the crowd interferes with Tsomo's escape route, allowing Zeno to catch the villain with an amazing shot that sends him tumbling head over heels.

Only a moment later the man kips up and rushes out of the market, heading for a stretch of waterway with a raised bridge allowing gondolas to pass through. The gears holding the bridge halves raised glisten from the water dripping down the supports, while in the water a pack of turtle-like crabs swim single file. From the direction of his flight, it is becoming clear he is making for the docks!

You have closed the distance by 1 square, leaving him with a 2 square lead. I will try to put up a slide showing your progress tonight, although the abstractness of the chase doesn't require it. William sees opportunity to put his Engineering to use on the bridge, while athletic feats to Swim or Acrobatics in the waterway may also help slow his flight.

Concentration to cast dimension door: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

Shardra sees that she will have difficulties to use acrobatics or to swim and thus she decides to take the slower team members and jump through space to bridge the gap!

Shardra and two others try to dim door as close as possible to Tsomo!

Shardra assists in channeling Tsomo's escape away from the docks, forcing the villain to throw iron spheres with fuses hissing towards whatever charges are contained within!

William works to get the bridge down for his compatriots to aid in cutting off Tsomo's escape.

Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

approximately how far ahead is he? I'm wondering for spell ranges.In particular, will a range of 150 ft reach him?

Knowledge (Engineering): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

While William puzzles over the bridge controls, Zeno manages to simplify the problem with an ingeniously-leveraged jab of his enchanted spear.

approximately how far ahead is he? I'm wondering for spell ranges.In particular, will a range of 150 ft reach him?

Range is not defined in this chase, so consider most spells valid as long as they are not touch.

Tad lifts his hand to point to the escaping enemy, and calls out some magical words.

conc. check, DC 12: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

A scimitar made of yellow light appears next to the enemy, swinging at him and hopefully distracting him. casting spiritual weapon

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

I rolled the attack and damage, even though I don't know exactly how you'll apply this. The idea is to slow down the enemy by distracting with attacks. If that doesn't work, maybe the enemy will have fewer hit points when we catch up. Also, the scimitar will attack without using any of Tad's actions for 4 more rounds, so may still be around during the combat.

Yeah, chases are weird. >_>

Ebonwolf Engineering Aid: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Tad's holy weapon narrowly misses the mark, forcing Tsomo further off course, while Zeno manages to close the bridge with the help of Ebonwolf and Willaim. Cursing, the sea elf breaches the surface with powerful kicks, landing at a run on the thoroughfare. As the Pathfinders give chase, pursued and pursuer alike are given pause by the massive bulk of a squid taking up the bulk of the space. One massive eye turns to the humanoids before it, which might be intimidating were it not for the mountain of packages held in its free limbs. "I beg your pardon, am I in your way?" the creature inquires in Aquan, completing the absurdity of the situation. Tsomo snaps out of surprise and attempts to dart around!

So yeah, giant squid. How would you like to handle THIS particular development? :)

Is that an Amazon Prime delivery squid?

William, not understanding the query, simply continues to give chase at full speed sliding between the creature's tentacles before leaping back to his feet.

"Ummm... Mi Scusi!"

Acrobatics + Derring Do: 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 11 + (6) = 32

Not understanding a word of what the tentacled being said Shardra just tries to run as fast as possible.

Acrobatics: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 4 = -2

Tad bows respectfully to the giant squid. "We are trying to catch an evildoer trying to hurt everyone in the area, please excuse our hurry to get past you." In common, so no idea if we can communicate, but it's worth a try.

please use this as aid another if anyone else tries diplomacy, otherwise as primary check

diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

The spiritual weapon will keep attacking this turn.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Thokzazt charges ahead, shoving trying to shove Tsomo back into the way of the Giant Squid.

Bull Rush? That provokes?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Alternatively, if Those Fuse Things were Fire Bombs, Thokzazt would cast Resist Energy(Fire) on himself, and dive on them to protect the citizens.

Prescience: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Zeno doesn't know Aquan...but he did know that something like this was likely to come up, and he does know magic!

I cast Water speech! And if, having done that, I can still put it to use....

Ebonwolf Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Thokzazt dives at the thrown bombs, muffling the explosion with his Hellknight armor. Zeno's plea convinces the awakened squid to reach with his tentacles, harrying the villian's escape, while Ebonwolf sees an opportunity to knock the packages from the shoppers arms into Tsomo's path. The rest of the party finds themselves falling behind Tsomo as he flees into a crowded plaza filled with street performers. Dolphins and penguins leap through hoops held by their handlers, but Tsomo attempts to bull right through the performance!

The party was not quite able to slow Tsomo down enough to catch him, leaving him with a 1 square lead. My apologies for not spelling options out last turn, although with those rolls it may not have mattered. You think some Handle Animal or Ride checks might be useful, and those hoops could be used in maneuvers against Tsomo.

Shardra immediately starts to use her affinity with animals to hinder Zomo’s progress.

Handle Animal : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Tad's little yellow floating scimitar keeps hacking away at Tsomo.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Umm... excuse me sir! If I may..."

William grabs one of the spare hoops and throws it hard like a discus, hoping to ensnare him.

CMB?: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27