Pathfinder guild (Inactive)

Game Master Dinuci

The creature in front of you, a human sized figure with a black ragged cloak, hisses.
"My brotherssssss will come. You kill slavesssssss, we killssssss you."
With a bright flash three bolt of fire launch from the creature's hand and are aimed at Ama, Nagbur and Idris. The first two bolts hit, the last one aimed at Idris misses and leaves a big scorch mark on the wall.

Combat round 1:
- Fish
- Axe [PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris [PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp
- Shadow

In bold may act!

DC 14 knowledge dungeneering for more info on the creature!

k. dungeoneering: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Idris dodged the blast of fire and launched himself at the creature. He knew if he could hold it in place long enough, the others could help him make short work of it. "Trying to overcome your speech impediment with violence? Not doing to good of a job at it."

Idris grabbed at the creature.

grapple: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

Ama frowns, unimpressed by whatever just hit her. She quickly moves over to the shadow and tries to hit it. "HYAAAA!!!"

Cold Wood Nodachi, PA: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 1 = 26 Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 3 = 14
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 1 = 9 Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 3 = 18

With Idris holding down dark guy, Axe comes by to give him the big hurt!

"Axe!"

PA Axe @ dark guy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5, 5) + 9 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 32

Idris grabs the creature and locks him in place, making it easier for Ama and Axe to hit their target. They both hit their targets.

Combat round 1:
- Fish
- Axe [PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris [PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp
- Shadow

In bold may act!

Nagbur scoffs. "Pfft, that be all you got?"

Delaying for now to see if this thing has a better punch than that. I'm trying to ration Stinky's power as I don't know how much we'll have to face before the big boss.

No Kn:Dungeoneering here. GM, does it seem to Stinky that this thing is the cause of, came from, or is associated with the storm?

The storm and the creature are in no way connected. I'll add some info to make it clear.

Nagbur stares at the creature, not sure what to think of it just yet.
Slowly the loud thunder crashes are coming closer. Looking through one of the windows you notice that the storm is coming from the direction Green was leading you. The casters among you notice that there is strong magic being used far off.

Green shivers as he is staring out of the window.
"Time be running out."
He grabs a small looking glass and points it at the horizon.
"Portal almost completely open! The storm be centered on it... We need be making haste!"

Combat round 1:
- Fish
- Axe [PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris [PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp
- Shadow

In bold may act!

Fish tries to club the creature that Idris has managed to hold on to.

Melee: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

"You not so sneaky now Idris grab you."

Almalik scowls at the shadow-thing, and quickly blasts it with a magic missile.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 2) + 3 = 10

Fish kills the creature with his club. The hood falls back and reveals multiple snake heads where you would expect a head.

Two more creatures appear, hoods already drawn back, from the rooms adjacent to this one. The first stops short of where the previous one died. One of the snake heads opens its mouth and a stream of fire engulfs everyone surrounding the now dead creature. One of the other heads looks down at his dead comrade and hisses in anger.
"The snakesssssss will consume you!"

Fish takes full damage, Idris half - fire resistance, Axe and Ama none

The other one, coming from the room the ladder down is in, moves towards Nagbur but stays at a distance. He raises his Katana before him and makes a stabbing motion towards Nagbur, who feels the katana swish past his head.

Combat round 1:
- Fish 38/53hp
- Axe [PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris 62/64hp[PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp
- Shadow

In bold may act!

Idris felt the flames wash over him, but barely felt the burn. His plan last imte worked out well, so he charged ahead again, trying to wrap the snakehead up in his burly arms...and set him on fire too, of course.

grapple: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Cold Wood Nodachi, PA: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 - 1 = 22 Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 3 = 12

Ama moves past Fish and strikes at the (probably) grappled enemy.

"Yeow!" Nagbur yelps as he barely ducks out of the way. A wave of foul stench rolls forth as the vitalist pushes extra health to one of his companions.

Manifesting Vigor, +4PP augment and +1PP Spirit of Many to share. Fish and Stinky each gain 25 Temporary HP for 6 minutes.

I'm not sure which one tried to stab Stinky? There's no baddy near him according to the map.

Southern one, it is described in the text that he remains at a distance and only makes a stabbing motion in your direction. It is a special ability.

The northern creature is set aflame as Idris grapples it. Ama moves towards the now grappled creature and cuts off one of the snake heads. Nagbur wafts his odors through the room and fills himself and his companion with extra health.

Combat round 1:
- Fish 38/53hp +25THP
- Axe [PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris 62/64hp[PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp +25THP
- Shadow

In bold may act!

Deciding that raw damage is the best way through this, Almalik blasts the newcomer with another magic missile.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 4) + 3 = 10

Fish moves over to help his friend Nagbur, taking a defensive stance as he prepares to defend his friend.

40 foot move and full defense.

Axe flies to the southern creature, hoping to defeat it quickly. "Axe? Axe"

PA Coldwood axe: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 12 - 2 = 13
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3, 3) + 9 + 3 + 6 = 29

Almalik's magic missile slams into the northern creature and causes more damage. The creature still seems alright though. Fish takes a defensive position, not sure if it's wise to engage one of them. Axe has no such ideas and flies right into the fray, but misses his opponent.

One of the snakes heads of the northern creature opens its mouth and a stream of fire engulfs Idris. The southern creature takes a weird stance and his katana moves in a flurry, attacking Axe. Only one out of the three attacks made it through his defenses and does little damage.

Combat round 3:
- Fish 38/53hp +25THP
- Axe 55/58hp[PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris 45/64hp[PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp +25THP
- Shadow

In bold may act!

"I'm not really sure?!" Ama replies to Axe.

Cold Wood Nodachi, PA: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 - 1 = 12 Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 3 = 12

She takes a big step east, and tries to cut the shadow with a wild swing.

Being grappled by Idris the shadow is very easy to hit, Ama hits true and deals a nasty gash to the creature.

Combat round 3:
- Fish 38/53hp +25THP
- Axe 55/58hp[PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris 45/64hp[PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp +25THP
- Shadow

In bold may act!

"Dunno, dunno! Careful Fish, it stab from muchly far way!"

Nagbur pulls a wand and uses it on himself, redirecting the healing to Idris.

CLW->Stinky=>Idris: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

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Axe swings in wide arcs, hoping to catch the beasty.

CI PA Axe @ South shadow: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 2 = 21
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 6, 3) + 9 + 3 + 6 = 30
CI PA Axe @ South shadow: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 2 = 22
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5, 4, 1) + 9 + 3 + 6 = 28

It's been two full days and still missing three posts.

Nagbur heals Idris for a little health and Axe starts swinging his axe like a madman, damaging the creature gravely.

Combat round 3:
- Fish 38/53hp +25THP
- Axe 55/58hp[PfE]
- Almalik
- Ama [PfE] 43/45hp
- Idris 45/64hp[PfE]
- Nagbur 32/38hp +25THP
- Shadow

In bold may act!

Idris felt the flame wash over him, but did not worry about it much. He could do fire too. Well, his shirt could. As he continued to hold the snake man in place, his shirt burned with a bright fire. He used his free hand to smack the creature right in one of its snake mouths.

maintain grapple: 1d20 + 14 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 14 + 5 = 34
shirt on fire: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
unarmed strike: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 13 - 2 = 13
damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

@Idris: Actually, if you make maintain a grapple check, you can choose to automatically deal damage as if you hit with an unarmed strike, natural weapon, or light/one handed weapon. This is instead of choosing to pin or moving the grappled target and yourself. See Grapple flowchart page 2.

Sorry was a little disoriented as someone moved Fish's token.

Fish moves in to help Axe as he swings his great club at one of the snakes heads.

Melee: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Whoops, thought I posted!

Suddenly annoyed he doesn't have a wand of magic missile, Almalik mentally goes through his list of available spells before sighing and making his way over to throw a flame arc at the shadow Axe is grappling with.

Flame Arc: 3d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4, 3) + 2 = 15

DC 15 for half damage - this is fire damage.

Idris chokes some snake heads and the creature collapses. Fish tries to hit the creature but misses. He is just in time to jump aside as a stream of fire races past him to set the last remaining creature alight.

Combat over!

You look for loot on the bodies but find nothing but rags. You hurry down the ladder and are back on the forest floor. The storm is coming closer at a steady pace, it looks like you could still investigate at least some of the next tree home.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

"Axe!"

"Kill it! Kill... oh. Okay. Good."

Nagbur moves over to Ama, then pauses to spread some healing energy through the group.

CLW Wand, Amafied=>Fish: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 4 = 6 Wow. Fish @ 44/53.
CLW Wand, Amafied=>Fish: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 4 = 7 Oh, that's much better.:o/ Fish @ 51/53.
CLW Wand, Amafied=>Idris: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 4 = 11 His numbers weren't updated for the prior healing. Idris @ 62/64.
CLW Wand, Amafied: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 4 = 12 Takes Ama, Axe and Stinky to full, Fish @ 52/53.

Nagbur follows the others down, and seems relieved to be on the ground again. Stamping his boots firmly, he pauses a couple tens of seconds to draw healing energy from the earth itself. Presuming he can take three rounds, everyone's back to full health.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

While standing still to allow the energy to flow, Nagbur looks around. He frowns at the approaching storm, then his frown deepens and his brow furrows as he points.

"Hey Fish, Nagbur see shiny over there. Red something, too. Me no can move right now, maybe you do lookies?" I guess anyone who heard that can look at the spoiler.

Axe can investigate, fly over in jiffies!. If anyone thinks in agreement, he'll look over the metal red thing(s).

Without making a sound Axe flies over to the edge of the forest. What he sees before him is a very gruesome sight. A 3 foot tall weathered tough-looking old man with a scythe in one hand is bent over a body and is dipping a cap in the pool of blood surrounding the victim. Several more bodies lay strewn across the forest floor with blood pooling on the forest floor. The old man doesn't notice Axe hovering some way away and remains bent over, soaking the cap in blood.

There's a little old man with a scythe trying to dye hat with blood... lots of blood.

Hoping that relaying that info will allow others to make the check.

Axe waits patiently for input from the party.

You can describe him so yes :) they are telltale signs for the creature so no problemen.

Warned by Axe's thoughts, Idris hurries over to the trailblazer, eager to smack some sense into the world.

Well that's... creepy...

Ama quickly follows Idris.

I know you love combat but be reminded that you are on a timer if you want to do the second building also! The creature hasn't noticed Axe... yet.

Fish shrugs as Axe runs over to check out what's in the bushes.

Best keep moving if we want to secure the area before the storm hits.

Nature: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Not sure what that creature is, but frankly we don't need to slaughter everything in sight. I am running low on spells and would prefer my vast arcane powers not be wasted on violent whims. Buuut if you insist on attacking this horrid creature..

Almalik hurries with the group, his protests in vain.

When he hears a bunch of people running his way the creature turns around. A wicked grin appears on his face showing a row of razor sharp teeth. He puts his cap on and stands idly waiting for you to get closer.

Combat round 1:
- Axe [DR]
- Idris
- Nagbur
- Fish 52/53hp
- Ama
- Creature
- Almalik

In bold may act!

GM: 1) Unless all this happens in less than three rounds, everyone's up to full health; you have Fish down by one point. 2) Has it really been six minutes since the last fight? All we did was search the bodies and come down the ladder. Those temporary hit points from the last fight should still be in play unless I'm totally misreading how long the follow-up would've taken.

The map was switched and Stinky put in with everyone else, but he would've stayed where he was, feet firmly planted and operating from there. I don't know what direction we came from or how far away, so I've just put him arbitrarily in the trees.

On a meta note, one of my PCs faced a redcap in another game. These things are nasty! Please be careful, guys, and hit hard!

Agreeing with Almalik's assessment (except for the "vast powers" part), Nagbur sighs mentally as the group advances on the redcap.

He closes his eyes and, after a few moments of concentration, moths appear and flutter around him. Simultaneously, Ama, Fish, and Idris suddenly feel strength rushing through them.

Manifesting Animal Affinity with 3PP added for Spirit of Many to distribute to Ama, Fish, and Idris along with Stinky. All four now have +4 to Str for 6 minutes; adjust your damage accordingly! (I believe that's what we settled on as the most useful boost... I also recall Axe saying he already had that much and this is non-stacking, so I'm excluding him.)

Be muchly quick, okay!

Noted and noted.

Nagbur enhances the groups strength and hopes they hit fast and hard.

Combat round 1:
- Axe [DR]
- Idris [+4 Str]
- Nagbur [+4 Str | +25 THP]
- Fish [+4 Str | +25 THP]
- Ama [+4 Str]
- Creature
- Almalik

In bold may act!

Fish flies into a rage before charging in with his great club.

Melee: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 2 = 15

Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Ama takes a double move to circle the old man without provoking an attack, and ends up flanking him with Fish.

PA Cold Iron Axe: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 12 - 2 = 23
Damage on hit: 3d6 + 9 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (6, 3, 3) + 9 + 3 + 6 = 30

Charge!

Idris rushed forward, his eyes fixed on the creature's scythe. With a bone-numbing strike and a twist of his wrists, Idris did his best to yank the weapon from the creature.

disarm, +4str: 1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 15 + 2 = 30

If successful, the weapon can stay on the ground.

Moved Almalik to the top of the round. He was at the end of round one, makes posting a little easier.

Coming into range Fish walks right into the creature's trap. The scythe moves lightning quick and takes nearly chops off one of his arms. Luckily he feels nothing of the attack, Nagbur extra health taking away the damage. He tries to retaliate but does not manage to connect an attack. Axe swings his axe and makes a large gash on the creature's side. Idris grabs the creature's weapon and drops it.

The creature strikes at Idris. His fists, armed with long spikes, move quick as a whip and he creates some nasty gashes along Idris's stomach.

Combat round 2:
- Almalik
- Axe [DR]
- Idris 37/64hp [+4 Str]
- Nagbur [+4 Str | +25 THP]
- Fish [+4 Str | +2 THP]
- Ama [+4 Str]
- Creature

In bold may act!

"Careful!" Nagbur shouts. He closes his eyes and pulls power from the earth while drawing some of the hurt from Idris.

Boots of the Earth give Fast Healing 1 and Collective Healing is a Free Action; pushing the one measly HP to Idris. Also manifesting Transfer Wounds, pulling some of his damage to Stinky.

Transfer Wounds: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 Idris gains 7+1 HP for 45/64 HP, Stinky now at 18 THP.

Ama stays where she is and swing her cold wood nodachi at the creature.

Cold Wood Nodachi, PA, Flanking: 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 - 1 + 2 = 15 Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 3 = 14

Fish continues to recklessly rage against the madcap as he again tries to bring his club down on the strange little man's head.

Melee: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 2 = 23

Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 Forgot it was a two handed weapon.