PbP GameDay 2: PFS Module: Murder's Mark (Tier 1-2) (Inactive)

Game Master GM Aarvid

Morvius draws his mace and searches the clerk's body.
Mainly looking for keys but anything goes.
Perc: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Yes, there was a guy in that door. The oracle says pointing. He runned away inside the warehouse.

Morvius draws his mace and searches the body of the clerk. He mainly finds a small key that goes to the cashbox in the desk. Otherwise, he had a short sword and dagger.

14-Boalo
11-Kath
10-Holman
9-August
6-Nguyen An

Kath opens the north door...
File cabinets line the eastern wall of this room, while doors lead
north, south, and west. A single oil lamp is set in the wall.

Both the north and west doors are already open. Kath hears a noise of something dropping to the west and some shuffling to the north.

August enters the north filing room and will see through the west door.

(Western Door) Boxes of old files and papers are stacked in one corner of this small room, opposite a half-dozen brooms and other cleaning supplies.

Looking north appears to be the warehouse proper.

(Northern Door) The interior of this large building appears unfinished, with a wooden frame that could have housed two separate floors but
is instead open to the roof like a barn. Shelving lines
most of the walls, and crates and boxes are stacked in many
places on the main floor.

Kath will check out the west, believing that the dropping sound he hears is the one who is escaping

More preception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

I will take actions from anyone at this point as there are no combatants visible, although if you are chasing, I will stay in rounds.

All I can think is that these preception rolls would make good attack rolls haha. Mixed blessing I suppose

Kath points to the western door and August enters the storage room as described but does not see anyone there.

dwarf: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 however the dwarf easily spots the hidden trap door in the floor...such crude human attempts at stonework.

August will open the trap door. Look! Maybe they went this way! August will take advantage of his darkvision and see if anything is down there. He'll wait for An or someone to show up before trying to go down.

Morvius casts light on one of his rings and follows the others deeper into the warehouse. Upon reaching August he asks. Do you see anything down there?

August followed by Kath and Morvius head west and down the trap door.

Holman, Nguyen An and Bo'alo I will assume follow behind, at least coming into the records room?.

Safe assumption, yeah, though if it's an actual passage, it might be worth it to check out the warehouse proper first.

As Holman enters the records room, looking out the north door into the warehouse, he sees a man 15' up on a catwalk above the warehouse floor. The man looks similarly dressed to the men from the manor earlier.

August sees Kath and Morvius behind him and climbs down the rope ladder.

Stuffed training dummies line the south wall, crude faces drawn
on their heads. Along the east wall are pegs mounted at eye level,
some of which have a change of clothing hung on them and
nicknames scrawled on the wall above. Three doors lead east,
west, and north. A rope ladder hangs from the ceiling by the west
door and goes up through a five-foot-wide shaft to the floor above.

Map updated showing the connection from trapdoor to new level.

For what it's worth I'd rather go after the guy who is aware of our presence and not have a possible alarm be sounded

I agree. If you guys backtrack to deal with him Morvius will too. Since its a whole new floor downstairs maybe we should secure the street level one first.

Right. If Holman sounds an alarm after seeing said man, I'm sure August would go after him instead of climbing down.

Ok, so Holman points out the thug up on the catwalk in the warehouse and August holds off on climbing down after the fleeing man. Let me know next actions. Keep in mind we are pushing up on time for the game day so try to check and post at least daily if not twice if possible.

August will try to climb to reach the man! Is the stairs to the east blocked by boxes? If so he'll try to climb the boxes to reach the catwalk.

Climb: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11

An is following August as he go after the man on the crates.

Third time I've tried to post this

Move up to take a shot at the guy on the cat walk.

Grit for touch, grit for up close and deadly, point blank shot, deadly aim
1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 - 1 = 81d8 + 1 + 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (1) + 2 + 1 = 9

GM star reroll
1d20 + 2 + 6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 6 + 1 - 1 = 12

So much for catching the guy Kath sighs as he returns to the warehouse. Carrying his rapier in one hand and getting ready to throw a dagger aa the guy on the catwalk his other hand.

Attack - Range Increment: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 2 = 19
1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Holman enters the warehouse proper and searches for a ladder.

Full-round action: Double move (40') past An/Auguest, away from the man on the catwalk.
Stealth: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Morvius follows the others awaiting for a chance to get into melee.

August and Nguyen An move into the warehouse.They spot another two of the thugs up on the catwalk. Those two dump a large drum of liquid down on the fighters below.

reflex: 2d20 ⇒ (17, 3) = 20 August manages to dodge the slime but some of it hits Nguyen An, who is entangled in tiny blue globs.
Fort save vs poison and entangled unless spend round scraping off the crawling blue globs

The original thug pulls out a short bow and moves to a spot to shoot. There is a ladder at the far eastern end of the room.

Ok, we are back into rounds...starting with Morvius again.

=== Round 3===

24+Morvius
24-The Help
23+Blue slime
14-Boalo
12-Somebody
11-Kath
10-Holman
9-August
6-Nguyen An (entangled)

Oh, I misunderstood the map. I thought I could climb the boxes to get up there (which is why I rolled). Can I take an extra twenty feet of movement toward the ladder? If I wasn't able to see the ladder yet that's a different story.

August will double move this round in any case.

It took August 20' of movement thus round just to get back to the warehouse. But yes, once you enter, you see the ladder and can mice 20' to it. The dumping of goo was a readied action for the people entering under the catwalk

Morvius hears movement below the trapdoor as he decides whether to follow the warriors.

Boalo moves in and shoots at one of the thugs on the catwalk. His initial aim was off, but taking his time, he pulls the trigger and drops his man.

Kath throws a dagger and hits another of the men with a dagger.

Holman sneaks into the room.

Morvius moves to the ladder and starts to climb it.
Double move.

1d20 ⇒ 5

As Morvius reaches the ladder, a lightly clad humanoid (looks similar to a couple you have encountered before) steps out from blending into the wall and stabs at the Oracle.

"Not so fast..."as he punctures his blade deep. 8pts

dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 for dmg: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + (6) = 8
confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Nguyen An still needs a fort save or else starts to giggle as the blue goo crawls (yes its moving) over him, taking 1 pt of damage

Adjusted for all the readied actions/delays

=== Round 4===
14-Boalo
11-Kath
10-Holman
9++Skulk
9+Morvius
9-Catwalk Thugs (x2)
9--Blue slime
9---August
6-Nguyen An (entangled, goo-giggles)

Fort Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

"By the Black Daimyo what is this stuff!", An exclaims as the blue goo starts to move over his armor.

He will spend the time removing the goo before proceeding

August! The goo is alive! Smash it! Kath says as he draws and throws his second (and last) dagger at the man above them.

1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 2 = 18
1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Holman continues moving east, sees the skulk, and enters into melee with it, daggers drawn.

Full-round action: Double move, as indicated

The goo is alive? August will do as he is told and will attempt to smash the goo!

Attack Goo!: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 for Damage: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Morvius steps away from the skulk and casts shield of faith on himself.

Nguyen An shakes off the giggling effect and most of the crawling goo.

Kath throws a second dagger, and drops the second man on the catwalk.

Holman moves up to help Morvius, however, the skulk sticks him with his dagger, before the oracle can step back and cast a protective spell.

Skulk dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 for dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The remaining catwalker shoots with his bow...not caring who he hits

Shooting at 1d4 ⇒ 3 Kath for bow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 for dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The blue slime crawls over Nguyen An, August and Kath
Each takes 1 pt of damage and Reflex save vs entangled

August smashes the goo...and it drops off, turning to blue smear on the floor.

Nguyen An and Bo'alo still have actions before round 5.

Am I still entangled if its dead?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

=== Round 5===

11-Kath
10-Holman
9++Skulk
9+Morvius
9-Catwalk Thugs(x1)
9---August
7-Boalo
6-Nguyen An

August was entangled while he hit it, but you were still successful, so it falls off after it dies...you just take the 1 pt of damage. No additional fort save vs poison etc

Kath and Holman can post as well.

With your actions, post a perception check

Having no more daggers to throw Kath will rush to the other side of the warehouse, helping out Morvius and Holman.

Double move - exactly 60'

Preception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Holman thrusts at the skulk with both of his daggers, then steps away.

Full-round action: Attack skulk (TWF)
Attack (Dagger, TWF): 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 - 2 = 13
Damage (Dagger): 1d3 ⇒ 2

Attack (Dagger, TWF): 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 2 = 20
Damage (Dagger): 1d3 ⇒ 1

Not an action: 5' move, as indicated on map

Sorry for the confusion, but is all the blue goo dead? Do I still need a reflex save??

Going to post my actions to save time.

As the skulk steps forward to attack Morvius moves into flanking position with Holman and attacks it.
Attk: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 = 21
Dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Kath moves across the room while Holman barely pierces the skulk with a dagger before stepping away.

The skulk sees Morvius join the fray and attacks him with a dagger
dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13 for dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 4 but cannot bypass his new defenses.

Morvius attacks the skulk back with a serious cut to the head.

on August bow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 for dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5 but misses

The blue goo is dead and fell off

9--August
7-Boalo
6-Nguyen An

In the interest of time, I am putting the remaining foes on the map. None are visible yet until August goes...then they fall into the init order as follows

=== Round 6===

22-Skulk
20-Clerks
11-Kath
10-Holman
9++Skulk
9+Morvius
9-Catwalk Thugs(x1)
9--August
8-Woman
7-Boalo
6-Nguyen An

Remind me, do I see the skulk in the room to the south of me yet? If so I'll shift 5' south and attack him.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 for Damage: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

If I don't I would double move toward the stairs if the enemies I see are upstairs.

None are visible yet. .

August moves towards the ladder.

Immediately afterwards, a woman steps from around a crate...this woman has a crazed look in her eyes and strange, large claw-like hands. She looks at the trio by the skulk and the ladder.

"What in the blazes are you doing breaking in...hey I know you...you circus freak supporters. My Husband was supposed to take care of you. What have you done with him? " her face goes flush with fury and she hurls a vial towards the group.

bomb: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 vs touch on Holman damage : 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 6) + 3 = 13 fire with splash DC15 1d8 ⇒ 8 the exploding vial misses, and between Holman, Morvius and skulk

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

An turns and strikes at the thug right beside him.

Attack-Melee: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Damage: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13