[PFS] The Fox #4-06: The Green Market (Inactive)

Game Master The Fox

I forgot to include the ghost's gaze attack. Since Ninya is the only one that has attacked him, I will rule that she is the only one to have looked him in the eyes. (I don't want to go back and retcon Tika, Manuk, Vorel, Pumpkin, and Zahra.)

@ Everyone: On your turn, you can try to avert your eyes from him, but there will still be a 50% chance that you look him in the eyes. OR, you can close your eyes, but you will be blinded until the start of your next turn (where you can again decide to keep your eyes closed or avert them).

gaze damage, Ninya: 2d10 ⇒ (8, 1) = 9
gaze Cha damage, Ninya: 1d4 ⇒ 4 Ouch!
Fort save, Ninya: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Galdron snarls, "You are fools if you look for peace from me!"

He steps back and casts a spell defensively.
Concentration DC 23: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

An explosion of fire erupts in the center of the group.

fire damage: 9d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 5, 6, 1, 1, 2, 2) = 25 Wow. That was lucky for you guys.

Ref save, Ranar, haste: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 = 21
Ref save, Omar, haste: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10 :(
Ref save, Vorel, haste: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 1 = 31
Ref save, Pumpkin, haste: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 1 = 18 :(
Ref save, Zahra, haste: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13 :(
Ref save, Manuk, haste: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 1 = 28

Omar, Pumpkin, and Zahra take full damage. Ranar and Vorel take half damage, and Vorel resists some of it. Manuk has evasion and avoids all of the damage.

Please make sure I haven't missed any protections or resistances in here.

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Initiative Order

Black (2 damage)
Vorel (7 damage)
Ninya (9 damage, 4 Cha damage)
Pumpkin (41 damage, unconscious, dying, mirror image: 3)
Zahra (25 damage, mirror image: 3)
Tika (17 damage, on fire, pro. from fire: 13/84 used)
Manuk (29 damage)
Red (95 damage, dying)
Galdron (36 damage, Disoriented)
Ranar (12 damage)
Omar (pro. from fire: 25/84 used)

Ranar and Omar are up.

Averting eyes.

Omar cast Protection from Energy: Fire on himself as well.

Seeing how hurt everyone already is, Omar steps back a little bit and channels the power of Shelyn to heal his friends. Hopefully this will be enough to allow Pumpkin to survive!

Quick Selective Channel, omit Galdron and dead Fire Elemental: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 5, 3) = 15 I don't think I needed to deselect them but just in case...

"You are truly the fool then. In life, you left your Sun quah in order to try and unite your tribes. In death you are now throwing that away to strike out at any who live?"

He then attempts to cast Prayer on the defensive.

Concentration: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 Success!

"Explore, Cooperate, Report. That mantra unites us. Will our report to be that Galdron abandoned his life's work out of anger?"

5' step, move action to channel, standard action to cast spell.

I can't move Omar because of the Fireball overlay. Move him 5' Southwest please.

avert eyes, Omar, high=good: 1d100 ⇒ 54

Omar turns his gaze away from the ghost's visage. He quickly channels positive energy to his friends before casting a prayer.

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Initiative Order

Black (2 damage)
Vorel (0 damage)
Ninya (0 damage, 4 Cha damage)
Pumpkin (26 damage, prone, mirror image: 3)
Zahra (10 damage, mirror image: 3)
Tika (2 damage, on fire, pro. from fire: 13/84 used)
Manuk (14 damage)
Red (95 damage, dying)
Galdron (36 damage, Disoriented)
Ranar (0 damage)
Omar (pro. from fire: 25/84 used)

Ranar is up.

If you are more than 30 ft. away from the ghost, you don't need to worry about averting your eyes. Currently, that includes Ranar, Vorel, and Zahra.

Hopefully Greenheart's control of fire doesn't extend to resistances. Only one way to find out.

Ranar prepares and tosses a bomb at the spirit readying to make any last minute adjustments as he releases.

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 153d6 + 10 ⇒ (6, 2, 3) + 10 = 21 with the explosive bomb discovery, excluding my team mates.

I will utilize a reroll from my Character Folio.

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 263d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 3, 4) + 10 = 22 with the explosive bomb discovery, excluding my team mates.

@The Fox - I have resist energy up as well (10 fire).

Ranar didn't add his stars to his reroll, nor prayer. But he hit anyway because he has Precise Shot.

Galdron is struck by Ranar's explosive bomb and he catches fire. Full damage.

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Initiative Order

Black (2 damage)
Vorel (0 damage) prayer, haste
Ninya (0 damage, 4 Cha damage) prayer, haste, mutagen, shield
Pumpkin (26 damage, prone, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
Zahra (10 damage, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
Tika (2 damage, on fire, pro. from fire: 13/84 used) prayer, haste
Manuk (14 damage) prayer, haste
Red (95 damage, dying)
Galdron (57 damage, Disoriented, on fire)
Ranar (0 damage) prayer, haste, darkvision, fox's cunning, resist fire, shield, defensive shock, cognatogen
Omar (pro. from fire: 25/84 used) prayer, haste, barkskin, shield

Galdron would also be on fire due to the explosive discovery on adirect hit, no saving throw.

"Ha! I had no doubt that he would be unable to resist the power of my combustible cocktails," Ranar quips smugly.

Bluff: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

The huge fire elemental slams a fist down on Manuk.
slam attack, prayer: 1d20 + 15 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 15 - 1 = 28
damage, prayer: 2d6 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 - 1 = 9
burn: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9
Ref save, Manuk, haste, prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 = 16
It's fist hits Manuk hard, and the doomchicken catches fire.

The fire elemental then turns to deliver its wrath on Ninya.
slam attack, prayer: 1d20 + 15 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 15 - 1 = 17
damage, prayer: 2d6 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 - 1 = 8
burn: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11
Ref save, Ninya, haste, prayer: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 16 + 1 + 1 = 28
But it ineffective against her defenses.

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Initiative Order

Black (2 damage)

⚫ Vorel (0 damage) prayer, haste
⚫ Ninya (0 damage, 4 Cha damage) prayer, haste, mutagen, shield
⚫ Pumpkin (26 damage, prone, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
⚫ Zahra (10 damage, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
⚫ Tika (2 damage, on fire, pro. from fire: 13/84 used) prayer, haste
⚫ Manuk (32 damage, on fire) prayer, haste

Red (95 damage, dying)

Galdron (57 damage, Disoriented, on fire)
Ranar (0 damage) prayer, haste, darkvision, fox's cunning, resist fire, shield, defensive shock, cognatogen
Omar (pro. from fire: 25/84 used) prayer, haste, barkskin, shield

⚫ Vorel, Ninya, Pumpkin, Zahra, Tika, and Manuk are up.

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@The Fox - I have resist energy up as well (10 fire).

Yep. I had that in there. I shortened it to just resist fire. I missed it on the fireball, but Omar healed all of the damage anyway, so I let it go. I think everything is accounted for now.

Galdron would also be on fire due to the explosive discovery on adirect hit, no saving throw.

I wrote it in the post that he caught fire, but forgot to put it on the combat pad. Thanks. :)

For those characters who are on fire, you can spend a full-round action to put out the flames. Doing so requires a Reflex save. Dropping and rolling on the ground grants a +4 bonus to the save.

There is also a pool. Immersion in water should do it, right?

There is also a pool. Immersion in water should do it, right?

Certainly.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 18 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 18 + 4 = 28

"کدو تنبل، فرار!"

Rest of my turn later... I'm still at work!

Pumpkin withdraws.

Is it possible to withdraw while prone and staying low? He cannot afford the attack of opportunity...

Pumpkin withdraws.

Is it possible to withdraw while prone and staying low? He cannot afford the attack of opportunity...

No. For a few reasons. (1) Standing provokes; (2) You cannot stand and withdraw (unless you can stand as a swift action); (3) Even if he was already standing, the elemental has reach—withdrawing only prevents you from provoking an AoO for moving out of the first space.

You can reconsider your actions later when you are home from work. :)

I may not last another gaze attack like that last one...
Ninya closes her eyes tightly.

with Ninya's decreasing Charisma, now 3...
Chin tilting up towards Ranar she remarks, "We're all glad you guessed right."
man, he might be intelligent but he's a bad liar

Ninya tumbles into a flanking position with Manuk and Tika.
Acrobatics,mutagen+prayer: 1d20 + 25 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 25 + 1 = 40

She whips out her menacing starknife, attempting to strike precisely at the ghost while blind.
Attack,mutagen+flanking+haste+prayer: 1d20 + 16 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 16 + 4 + 1 + 1 = 24
Damage,mutagen+sneak attack+prayer+Debilitating: 1d4 + 9 + 4d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 9 + (5, 4, 4, 2) + 1 = 28
Miss Chance, high: 1d100 ⇒ 95

"Who's the fool now?", Ninya taunts.

Ninya strikes Galdron hard with her starknife, even without being able to see him.

Handle Animal to Negate the hit on Manuk > Attack : 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27 :( sad

Tika tries to negate the hit on Manuk with a handle animal check but its just not enough.

I always forget about this and cody said he'll show me how to set up a spoiler for something like this in the future

[dice=Handle Animal to Negate the hit on Manuk > Attack ] 1d20 + 15 :( sad

Tika tries to negate the hit on Manuk with a handle animal check but its just not enough.

I always forget about this and cody said he'll show me how to set up a spoiler for something like this in the future

It is a Ride check, not Handle Animal. Also you forgot prayer. So it works. I would have used it for you on the charge, but it is an immediate action, so I don't like to spend those for other people.

Tika deftly guides Manuk with her spurs, pulling back on the reins just as the elemental swings his fist, causing Manuk to dodge out of the way.

"I vill take the elemental! Do vhatever you can to interrupt the ghost's casting!" Zahra takes full advantage of the haste to move and throw a snowball at the remaining elemental.

Snowball: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 27
Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 5, 6) = 17

Handle Animal to Push DC 25: 1d20 + 18 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 18 + 4 + 1 = 30

"کدو تنبل، بازی مرده!"

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* He also has the entertain trick, so playing dead is not so big a stretch!!

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EDIT to ADD: Bret told me that snowballs can crit!

Crit?: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 24
Damage if crits: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 4, 2) = 17

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EDIT 2: DC 17 Fort Save, or Staggered

Pumpkin closes his eyes and plays dead. With the amount of his injuries, this is not hard.

Vorel sizes up the elemental, watching as it beats his friends and slowly draws an arrow.

I think its time I participated

"You aren't the first Fire Elemental I've bagged" Turning toward the ghost, "And you won't be the last Ghost I kill either"

GM, hey I hope you don't mind how I do my Ranged attacks, I just feel like otherwise it looks really cluttered and is a mess to read if I don't spoiler them like this, first time really trying it out though. Also if possible if Zahra killed the Elemental, can I redirect my arrows or some of the arrows to the Ghost in that eventuality?

Tika, angry at the angry fire guy for trying to punch manuk will stab him back.

attack 1 + prayer + haste + Rage - Power Attack: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 14 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 22

Hasted attack 2 + prayer + haste + Rage - Power Attack: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 14 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 23

attack 3 + prayer + haste + Rage - Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 27
Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 20

"That's what happens when you attack me and Manuk!"

Manuk, on fire and currently becoming a Holiday dinner is pretty fired up. He'll attack the Elemental as well, continuing the barrage his master started.

Attack 1 + Rage + Prayer + Haste : 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 3 + 1 = 14

Cooking: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Zahra, yes snowballs can crit. Unfortunately, elementals are immune to critical hits. :(

Zahra's snowball strikes the huge elemental in front of her, and she commands Pumpkin to play dead.
Fort save, elemental, prayer: 1d20 + 10 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 - 1 = 12
The cold from her spell staggers the fiery outsider. (25 cold damage)

Vorel peppers it with four more arrows (the fifth arcs over its head), each striking with the impact of a giant-sized bow.

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Initiative Order

Black (72 damage)

✔ Vorel (0 damage) prayer, haste
✔ Ninya (0 damage, 4 Cha damage) prayer, haste, mutagen, shield
✔ Pumpkin (26 damage, prone, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
✔ Zahra (10 damage, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
⚫ Tika (2 damage, on fire, pro. from fire: 13/84 used) prayer, haste
⚫ Manuk (41 damage, on fire) prayer, haste

Red (95 damage, dying)

Galdron (57 damage, Disoriented)

Ranar (0 damage) prayer, haste, darkvision, fox's cunning, resist fire, shield, defensive shock, cognatogen
Omar (pro. from fire: 25/84 used) prayer, haste, barkskin, shield

⚫ Tika and Manuk are up.

Tika's first attack will drop the elemental, so I will redirect your other attacks to the ghost.

Tika fells the huge elemental with a blow from her lance. Turning, she strikes at Galdron. Flanked by a tiefling and a wayang on a giant rooster, Galdron is distracted and both of Tika's attacks hit.

gaze damage: 2d10 ⇒ (5, 10) = 15
Cha damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Fort save, Tika, prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 = 30
Tika avoids the gaze damage, but still suffers the Charisma damage.

Manuk stops and tries to put out the fire on his feathers.
burn damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9

Ref, Manuk, prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 1 = 11 He fails to do so.

Galdron becomes solemn, and with a wave of his hands dismisses the fire elementals. Proud and hot tears roll down his cheeks as the ghost explains, “In returning to my original self, I forgot who I had later become, and why I was right to do so.”

Galdron casts aside his short spear, and his armor passes through him to land on the ground with a thud. The ghost clutches at his chest and seems to pull the flames from his body into his heart as he closes his fist around it. Squeezing, he forms it into a glimmering red gem which he also tosses to the ground.

“It is not weapons nor armor which prevent peace, but succumbing to wrath. I see this now. I will not protect the Green Market, as others must find their own unity, unmotivated by fear.”

The Shoanti, now no longer smoldering and smoking, levitates above his sacred altar, salutes to you as though raising a spear, and then melds with the stone table. A few moments later, after the you collect what the ghost has left, the scene begins to waver and you return to the Green Market on the Material Plane.

COMBAT OVER

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Vorel (0 damage) prayer, haste
Ninya (0 damage, 4 Cha damage) prayer, haste, mutagen, shield
Pumpkin (26 damage, prone, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
Zahra (10 damage, mirror image: 3) prayer, haste, shield
Tika (2 damage, on fire, pro. from fire: 13/84 used, 2 Cha damage) prayer, haste
Manuk (32 damage, on fire) prayer, haste
Ranar (0 damage) prayer, haste, darkvision, fox's cunning, resist fire, shield, defensive shock, cognatogen
Omar (pro. from fire: 25/84 used) prayer, haste, barkskin, shield

Well done, everyone! Denouement later. I need to make dinner for us now. :)

"Vhat just happened? Did ve really convince him to be a more peaceful person through violence and killing? Only in Pathfinder Society... Vhy do all our missions end vith big fights?"

Then Zahra runs to Pumpkin. "You vere such a good boy! You play dead so vell. I'm sorry you got hurt by the fire!"

She pulls out the Cure Light Wounds wand.

UMD: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Well, that was rather unusual. Zahra is taking care of Pumpkin. Manuk is still on fire!

Omar reaches into his pack and draws out his blanket. He then rushes over to Tika and Manuk. Once there, he tries to help put out the fire. "Let's get this fire out!"

Above is two rounds of action. Only after second action would Manuk get the additional save.

I'm going to hand-wave the putting out of fires and such. You can spend charges on your wands if you would normally do so after fights to heal your characters.

I will move on to the denouement and conclusion a bit later.

@ Zahra: Yeah, one of the criticisms I read about this scenario was exactly what you just said about peace and violence. Oh well, I still thought it was a fun scenario, and I found the last encounter to be really cool. How often do you get to fight on the Ethereal Plane?

Omar gathers those who are hurt and channels to heal.

Channel: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 4) = 16
Channel: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 4) = 18 I have one left, but I'm not sure if anyone needs it. I also have a Death Ward that I can convert to Cure Critical.

Looking to Tika and Ninya, he says "I have one spell that should help remedy the damage caused by Galdron's gaze. Anything further hopefully can wait until tomorrow. Which of you shall I use it on now?"

"Pft-pft!' After the healing energy surges through him, Pumpkin chuffs happily.

Grapple: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Then Pumpkin bumps Omar, and playfully grapples him.

I'm feeling better, Dad!

Zahra collapses, laughing.

Omar allows Pumpkin to 'hug' him for a few moments before gently saying "کدو تنبل، پایین مدیر فروش."

He gets up and straightens his clothing for a moment. Then he reaches into Pumpkin's pack and gets him a treat.

With a playful smile, he says to Zahra "I don't think I've seen you cast the uncontrollable laughter on yourself before."

Uncharismatically, Ninya replies to Omar, "Like I care."

if you have any restoration or lessor restoration spells, Ninya will be grateful once her Charisma is back :)

Omar has one lesser restoration in memory. He can do more of those or restoration spells tomorrow.

Vorel would survey the battle however since him and the group have all re-materialized, he'll simply go about picking up durable arrows.

"Another job well done," Turning to crack a truly horrific smile at the group "And they say violence can't solve everything"

When you return to the Material Plane, Zeeva Foxglove rushes over to you. "What happened? Where did you go?"

When she hears the story of Galdron, she is solemn. "Well, thank you, Pathfinders, for putting to rest both the Aspis Consortium's threats to my Green Market and the soul of this great Shoanti shaman."

In the weeks that follow, Zeeva has the shrine permanently unearthed and restored as a fountain in the center of the Green Market in honor of Galdron Greenheart, which pleases Telmayne Fire-Eyes and goes a long way toward ensuring the market and the South Shore district have peaceful relations with the Shoanti.

The Green Market continues to grant preternatural luck and business acumen to those plying their trade within its walls, but the spirit of Galdron Greenheart no longer punishes the sale of weapons, armor, and magic items. As such, the Green Market opens its doors to traders of all wares, bringing even larger profits to the community—and, of course, to Zeeva Foxglove.

THE END

Feel free to continue role-playing if you'd like.

When the market opens its doors to magic items, Zahra buys a dull grey ioun stone as a kitty toy for Pumpkin and then some ruby dust. "Sveetheart, can you put a heightened flame on this?"

When the market opens its doors to magic items, Zahra buys a dull grey ioun stone as a kitty toy for Pumpkin and then some ruby dust. "Sveetheart, can you put a heightened flame on this?"

A reminder to everyone that this is well worth the money! Even if you have darkvision. :)

"Are you sure you want Pumpkin playing with fire?" Omar asks.

I think Pumpkin may have had enough of that trying to bite the fire elemental.

Vorel will also spend 100gp(50 for Ruby Dust and 50 for MW manacles) to have Omar use Heightened Continual Flame on them. I wouldn't want a prisoner to have an easy time to escape

"Miss Zeeva! Can ve order Pumpkin some custom armor? I svear, he is growing so fast is almost like he doubled in size..."

Pumpkin looks down morosely at his leather armor which is now much too tight for him.

"Mrow?"

When Vorel brings him the manacles, Omar comments "Fiery manacles? That should make the prisoner stand out! Did you want the flames centered on the chain, one of the cuffs, or have the whole thing appear aflame? Each option has it's own artistic merit."

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While still in Korvosa, Omar makes a sketch of the market and the new shrine. He makes a few other sketches of people, including Galdron and Zeeva.

During the return voyage to Absalom, he carefully paints it. Faintly visible as a reflection in the waters of the fountain he has added a depiction of Galdron Greenhart looking out over the market. Miss Zeeva Foxglove can be seen greeting people in the background.

"Better make the whole thing on fire and if possible, I'd like the flames to be black, that will be sufficiently menacing," Vorel rubs his hands together in anticipation, thinking of all the peopleAspis he will terrorize with these manacles.

Omar rubs his chin, thinking. "Sorry, but I don't know of any way to make them look like anything other than normal flames. Still, they should look very impressive."

Spell description says looks like a normal flame. Sorry.

Hunh. . . for some reason, I had it in my head that continual flame allowed for colored flames. I don't have a ton of time to practice my Thread-Foo at the moment but I'll just take regular ol' flames I guess!