Pathfinder guild (Inactive)

Game Master Dinuci

"I'm Ama," Ama answers while rolling her eyes.

"I told you this before. How come you do not know such a thing?"

"Good job, Fish!" Almost as an afterthought he adds, "And you, longshanks," to Ama.

Nagbur walks over to the kobold and lays a hand on his shoulder.

Transfer Wounds: 1d6 ⇒ 3

"Owie," he hisses through clenched teeth. Fish, you're healed for the 3HP Nagbur just transferred to himself. I don't think I can do anything about the ability damage at this low level, though. But I'll double-check.

"Feel better?"

Fish nods at Nagbur's question. "Yes that made Fish's hurts go away." He looks at Ama a bit confused by her odd questions. " The other tall one is confused as you ask hatch-ling questions. One your size should know these things." Fish points at one of the spiders, "Spider not move because it is dead. It will never move again, but better it then us not move again."

Fish follow's Ama to try and keep the clueless one out of trouble.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

The mines are completely empty in front of you. Ama comes to a room to her right. Inside the room there is a fireplace, long died out, in the middle. Around the edges of the room you can see that the spiders stored the bodies they killed there. There are several wrapped humanoid shaped cocoons stuck to the southern side of the wall. The rooms looks like it might have served as a sleeping chamber for the dwarves, although nothing remains of the bedding.

Map updated.

Ama walks into the room and inspects the bodies and camp fire.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

"Are these dead too?" Ama asks, pointing at the bodies.

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"Don't know." Fish carefully cuts one of the cocoons open to see what is inside. If nothing jumps out at him he will continue the process until they are all opened.

Updated map.

Nagbur cautiously steps just inside the cavern room and stops there, watching warily.

I moved Nagbur's token. Are we supposed to repost a map link each time we make a change?

Yes. Hit Enter so the link changes to a new one, and repost it.

What Ama said :)

Inside the cocoons are long dead dwarves and bodies of decomposing goblinoid creatures. The smell is terrible. All people in the cases contain the items they had when they died. There are several noteworthy items on some of the dwarves.

The fireplace contains ashes, it seems like not only wood was burned in it. It looks like this is where the bedding has gone.

Almalik brings a kerchief to his face, gagging with the stench.

"Oh those foul things, I see what happened to the last explorers who came here."

Waving his hand, the Keleshite chants a spell as he leans over the items, examining them alongside Nagbur.

Spellcraft Check if Necessary: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

"See anything of note, goblin?"

"Me not goblin, stupid longshanks! Not goblin! Told you this before! You bad as other longshanks," he says, jerking a thumb at Ama. "Stupid. Like a baby, don't know what to do!"

He looks at Fish as he twirls one finger towards his head. "See? Nagbur told true! All longshanks be nuts!"

"And smell not so bad too," he smirks before moving through the room, getting close to the various items and furnishings.

If he gets a Detect Psionics "hunch" that anything's enchanted, he'll stop and focus on it to get full information.

Everything seems normal except for the statue. It give of a very strong abjuration aura. As you inspect the statue more closely you discover that the base looks like an intricate key of sorts.

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Nagbur pauses in his roam through the cavern, stopping before one of the cocoons that Fish had cut open. He reaches in and pulls out a small stone statue and stares at it for many long seconds. Then he holds it near his head and shakes it, followed by slamming the heel of his hand against it a few times.

Finally he holds it up and waves it about as he does a little dance of exuberance. "Look! Look! Me find magic thing for protection. Has rune, who reads, who?" Then he lowers the statue and looks at it again.

"Me think this be key to something too, bottom shaped funny. Maybe room with much gold!"

His stomach rumbles briefly and, as he holds the statue up and waves it around again he adds, "Or food. Food even better. Come on, come on, Nagbur hungry, who reads!"

Ama decides to have a look at the statue.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

"No idea what it is... And what's a baby?"

Are babies people who look like I do? But a second ago I was also a longshanks...?

You cannot descipher the rune, it seems in a language unknown to you.

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With a shrug Ama retrieves the bedroll from her backpack. She figures it can be used as a bed, because the word bed is in it.

"Is it time to do the sleep thing now?" Ama asks, holding the bedroll up for all to see.

Nagbur facepalms.

Once it's clear no one can offer any input on the figurine, he'll stash it in his pack.

Amalik shakes his head sadly. "Alas, deciphering languages is not my first strength. I have a spell that can discern languages, but unavailable to be cast today. That is a very powerful item though, no mere trinket. I can try to identify it tomorrow."

Still with his handkerchief to his face, Almalik looks around the area.

"Ama seems to want to rest. I am content to continue but am also not wounded. Fish? Nagbur?"

"I'd rather go on a bit more." Ama puts her bedroll in her backpack again. She walks out of the stinky place again, and continues north.

"Let's at least see what's here?!" Ama yells over her shoulder, also trying to keep an eye out for the bad things that may cross her path.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

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"That is a very powerful item though, no mere trinket. I can try to identify it tomorrow."

Then he looks at the arcanist quizzically. "We have first fight now. You see Nagbur help Fish. Stupid longshanks ready let Nagbur in head yet?"

"Ama seems to want to rest. I am content to continue but am also not wounded. Fish? Nagbur?"

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Almalik snarls at Nagbur's lecture, and leans in to the goblin

"You will not insult me another time, تناول الطفل البائس! So you spotted an abjuration aura and have convinced me you have the intellect of a human eight year old. Can you explain exactly what this item does? You have identified nothing and your braggadocio wears thin."

Almalik stands up, smooths out his robe, and gestures for Fish to lead the way further into the mines.

There's a loud and excited "Oooohhh!" that you can hear deeper in the dungeon, where Ama wandered off to.

It's followed by a disappointed "Oh..."

Nagbur doesn't speak Kelish either. I'm probably glad I don't get to read that spoiler, haha. :op

Reaction Roll: 1d100 ⇒ 89

Nagbur barely flinches as Almalik lashes out verbally. "Talk talk talk, that all you do? Brag before to lady like you big chief. Other longshanks hurt spiders. Fish hurt spiders. Nagbur hurt spiders."

He sarcastically clasps his hands, leans in towards the arcanist, bats his eyes and asks sweetly, "Did yooooooou hurt spiders?"

Resuming his earlier demeanor, he resumes. "No, all me hear is no can do this, no can do that, excuses always. Pah!"

"Me agree go with longshanks, keep safe at great personal risk. Offer to protect braggy one first, he refuse, fine. After fight you see Nagbur take hurt away, know me talk true. Offer again out of heart's goodness, this how you act?"

He storms past Almalik to follow Ama. "Fine," he spits venomously. "You want, you be so. When you ready, ask help. Me no offer again. Not help you before then either. And no make worries, me not hurt you poor tender ears telling how is anymore!"

"Pah!" he spits one last time as he strides out into the tunnel. "Longshanks!"

The sad thing is, he sincerely does think he's being generous and nice, and is honestly striving to be a team player. :o/

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Almalik is about to say something very ungentlemanly and then throws his hands up in frustration.

"I... you... augh! This arguing accomplishes nothing, let's move on." Almalik looks around to see that nobody is near him and he quickly hurries off into the tunnel after the others.

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Fish lets out a low growl when Almalik starts to get in Nagbur's face. After the confrontation he glares at Almalik for a few seconds befit scampering off after Ama.

As the group continues on a faint glow comes from a door further down the path (Indicated red in the wall). The door isn't completely closed and you can peer inside. When you do so you see three goblinoid creatures around a fireplace, one more is across the room beside what looks like a prison. You can hear the three around the fire muttering and the one at the prison is making jabs at what resides behind the bars. They are too busy with themselves to notice you at the moment.

Map updated! I put you back in the walking order you were in :) Feel free to change it to whatever you want.

You may wait a little longer to see what's going on inside!

Hah! Finally a language Little Boy Blue speaks!

When Nagbur catches the first word of Goblin, he hisses at the others, puts a finger to his lips in a "be quiet" gesture. He cautiously moves forward to the door and peers in, listening intently as he watches.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Note Nagbur is short (Small creature size), so Ama or Almalik could also look through the ajar door above him.

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You are able to pick up some words from the creatures by the fireplace.
"Go... Go... Hmn closer... Grab you!"
They are clearly talking to the creature by the cell, who is inching forward to it. As it steps closer you can hear a grunting coming from the cell, you are unable to see what is inside it though.

Map updated

Can he identify what species of goblinoids they are? (No Knowledge skills yet, so it'd have to be common knowledge.)

One of you might have come across them before. The creatures in front of you are Hobgolbins! ^^

Almalik creeps up to stand beside Fish, waiting while Nagbur stares into the room. He remains as quiet as possible.

I can't believe I've offended the sensibilities of a kobold and a goblin.

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The furthest hobgoblin keeps challenging the creature inside the cage, edging closer and closer. The others keep calling out and challenging him to go closer. As he gets closer a louder more agitated rumble comes from the cage, whatever's inside the cage could be very dangerous.

Map updated

Well that's not good. But at least they're not bugbears!

Nagbur draws back from the door and whispers, "No can hear much. They telling one close to cage get closer. Who can see in cage? Maybe we let out, they be on our side."

He quietly pulls out a sling, then wiggles his fingers over the palm of his other hand, wherein appear three sling bullets. (Ectoplasmic Trinket) Silently, he loads and readies the sling, just in case.

As Nagbur turns away from the door and starts loading his sling you suddenly hear a high pitched scream. When you turn back you see a spray of blood on the floor in front of the cage and the hobgoblin who just stood there is gone. The other hobgoblins start laughing and jeering at what just happened.

That's one less for you :P

Almalik winces at the scream.

"Parlay or attack?" he whispers. "I'm not risking a glance inside."

"If tell Nagbur what to say, me talk their language," the vitalist whispers. "Not know if they listen," he adds with a frown.

Still on edge from Almalik's harsh word the hobogoblin's cruel laughter causes something to to snap in Fish brain. He lets his sword drop to the floor with a metallic clatter as an angery snarl excapes his lips. Long wicked claws grow from his hands as he charges into the room shouting in Draconic.

HP 14/14 in bloodrage. Can someone move me 40 feet toward the closest hobgoblin please.

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And there's another language Nagbur doesn't speak!

"Fish, wait!" Nagbur hisses at the kobold urgently. Then he sighs and glances at Almalik. "Looks like 'attack'."

Not sure how this will come together initiative-wise, but I'll go ahead and do this as if it's a normal melee round.

Without further hesitation, Nagbur steps into the room and to the side, clearing the doorway. {MA} Trying to look inconspicuous, he puts one hand to his head, concentrates a moment, then flings his palm outward towards Fish, fingers splayed.

Manifesting Biofeedback on Fish via the Collective link. (SA) Fish, you now have DR 2/- for one minute. Kill them all before it runs out, please. :o)

Map Updated. Fish, it was partly a diagonal so there were several ways to divvy up that 40'. I hope the way I moved you is okay. GM, please don't hold him to that position if that's not where he wanted to be.

Ama also moves forward, taking a stance of total defense some feet in front of Nagbur. She observes what's going on.

One's all red and sticky...

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Which of the hobgoblins on the map's dead?

It's been removed. It was the fourth one, on the far right next to the cage/cell.

Okaydokay, thanks! I also see him now I'm looking at an older map. (I skipped right to the newest map.)

Almalik blinks as Fish charges into the room. Shrugging, he clenches his fists and charges in after his companions.

I'm assuming we don't get a standard action here so holding off on anything other than moving.

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Biofeed back would be awesome. Unfortunately it is target you, so you would be unable to use it on me.

You surprise the hobgoblins by rushing inside. After you charge in and the hobgoblins are aware of you they charge at you screaming insults that you interrupted their entertainment.
The leftmost hobgoblin moves in front of Almalik and attacks him, though he misses. The rightmost hobgoblin moves in front of Fish.

Combat Order:
- Hobgoblin R
- Hobgoblin L
- Ama
- Hobgoblin M
- Almalik
- Nagbur
- Fish

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@Nagbur You only get a standard action and you cannot use the ability on Fish, the rules state that you may manifest powers on people in your collective if they are not personal.
I will add a skull to the map soon to indicate dead creatures instead of removing them ^^

GM, Fish, see Discussion re: Biofeedback. Too much to type here and I don't want to clutter Gameplay.

Sorry, edit window closed before I could get back to this. Okay, if this is going to be a surprise round then Nagbur will manifest Biofeedback but stay where he was outside the door.

Wait... GM, did you mean Standard Action or Move Action? He'll act based on whichever you intended (move in or manifest).

Stardard or move action, your choice :) I said standard because you are still able to make a move in the standard action if you would want to. But you get a single action.

Ama swings her nodachi at the hobgoblin next to her.

Nodachi: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

If the attack misses, I'll use 1 Mote of Time immediately after seeing the result of my attack roll. In that case:

It looks like Ama's blade is going to miss its target, but there's a barely noticeable ripple in the flow of time that alters the course of the nodachi slightly.

Mote of Time, add result to attack roll: 1d4 ⇒ 1

After her attack, Ama takes a big step to slightly change her position.

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Stardard or move action, your choice :)

Map adjusted to move Stinky back into the tunnel where he's supposed to be.

The sword looks like it's going to miss but in an instant Ama corrects the flow and it connects, creating a gash along the Hobgoblin's chest. The middle Hobgoblin rushes forward to Fish and attacks him.

Atk roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Dmg roll: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The sword connects and receives 4 damage on top the the 3 damage he already had.

Combat Order:
- Hobgoblin R
- Hobgoblin L (-6 hp)
- Ama
- Hobgoblin M
- Almalik
- Nagbur
- Fish (-7 hp)

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