In the distant land of Tian Xia, the Pathfinder Society's Lantern Lodge sends a team of agents high into the mountains of the Wall of Heaven to an abandoned Iroran monastery in search of a powerful relic to assist them in ensure victory in the upcoming Ruby Phoenix Tournament. Though the monastery has long laid unused by the faithful of the Master of Masters, it is not completely devoid of danger, and the PCs soon discover that merely retrieving the ancient artifact is but the beginning of a much larger quest.
Male Halfling Oracle of Life (Spirit Guide) 10 - HP 77/77, AC 21/T: 14/FF:18 - Perception +2 - F: +7*/ R: +8* / W: +10* - CMB: +5 - CMD: 18, Speed: 30, Init. +3
Berosius hustles up the steps, his longspear lowered. "By Iomedae, we have not come so far to be thwarted by the likes of you!" he pants as he thrusts forward the long ash shaft.
Male Human (Kelish) Bard 2 :: 12/12 HP AC 15 (T 13, FF 12) :: Init +2 Percep +4 :: Fort +0 Ref +6 Will +4 ::
Concerned about Zephri's injuries and wanting to get stuck in to share in the glory, Noorzad strides up the wide steps, drawing his blade and providing the hirsute beast-man an alternative target.
Knowledge nature:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Guess they don't get too many furry ice-dudes in Katapesh!
I'm going to assume that, since something DID jump out, Hyeon-ae didn't dismount from Jin.
"Shang Xu," Hyeon-ae whispers, her eyes wide with shock as she recalls the descriptions of the beast Xue Ho and Hai Xuan had given her. She shakes her head and nudges Jin into action, galloping around the outside of the bell structure and sinking an arrow into its furry shoulder.
Gorn is paralyzed in fear for 1 round, so no, he hasn't drawn his shield, yet.
Noorzad stands quietly, not moving, afraid of drawing the wrath of this fearsome creature. Shivering in the cold, thin air, his only wish is that it doesn't notice him.
Berosius steps up and stabs his spear at the creature, but misses and hits the scaffolding surrounding the bell, instead. At the same time, Hyeon-ae dismounts from Jin and fires her longbow at the creature, scoring a hit between its shoulder blades, dropping the beast before it can do more damage.
After a few seconds, everyone shakes off the effects that the creature had on them.
Zephri staggers as he finds himself able to move once more swearing, "Gah, what was that?! I couldn't make myself move I was so... bored. Stupid boring furbag! Oh, thanks Noorzad, anyone got anymore healing that things claws froze me up bad."
Hyeon-ae allows herself to breathe a sigh of relief as her arrow ends Shang Xu before his reign of terror could harm her companions too badly. "I thought yeti were larger than this," she says with a frown, approaching the corpse carefully. "Perhaps there is another, somewhere in these mountains..."
She goes to affix Jin to the bell structure, this time hopefully without a monster popping up in the process.
Male Dwarf Fighter 2 | AC 21 T 11/12 unarmored FF 21 | Max HP 20 | F +5 R +2 W +2 | Init +0 | Perc +3
There's a corpse, and Gorn darn well intends to behead the thing!
Gorn advances on the body, looking both ways, breathing heavily in the thin air. He raises his axe high and chops the creatures head off after a few swings. The thin air apparently getting to him moreso than he wants to let on.
Looking to his companions, he growls, not at the party, but seemingly at himself.
"Critter was magic of some sort. Held me in check an', by the look of things, more 'n one of us. Ah am not taking chances wit this creature coming back."
He cleans his axe blade and turns to look towards the monastery, then back to the group.
"Do we knock?
And he starts for the door, taking the north stairs, moving up with his shield raised and his axe drawn.
[ HP 12/12 | AC 17/14/13, CMD 16, Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +2 | Init +4; Perception +6 ]
"I could not fire, held by fear," Dagat says, lips shaped in a frown. Frustration evident in the furrow of her brow. "I have trained to shoot even without hope, but this creature I have not met held me. I do not like it."
She searches the remains of the creature for anything of use.
Take 20 on perception (final 26) to search the body.
Finished, she follows Gorn some distance back with her bow still drawn.
"Guess its already the right shape," Zephri says, looking rather sick, " but don't you think its a bit too close to a person to be skinned? I mean I sure wouldn't eat it..."
"Same goes for a fair few people, you going to make coats out of them to? Well long as I'm not wearing it I suppose," Zephri says grimacing. He moves up to the doors loads and shoulders Bethany and nods,
Folding the pelt neatly and placing it in her bag, for she knows again of many who buy such a pelt (and the chronicle sheets will reflect that!), Dagat moves with the group just as Gorn kicks the door down, shouting their intentions to enter to the entire monastery.
The long room before you is furnished only with eleven ruined mattresses and a few aged and cracked pots. A section of the ceiling has collapsed in the northwestern corner of the room, causing the wind to howl eerily as it blows over the building. A series of images has been carved into the still-standing section of the room's walls, each image incating a humanoid in a series of different positions and stances.
A stairway leads down from the room just north of the entrance, but a collapsed section of ceiling has completely blocked it, as well as a 10-by-10-foot area, shrouding that corner in darkness and preventing anyone from exploring there any further.
DC 20 Knowledge (religion):
The carvings depict a series of exercises and forms that one could follow as part of an Iroran training regimen.
At the end of the room, breathing heavily, is another furry creature, but this one seems much angrier than the one outside was, as it huffs in the cool thin air, and glares your way.
The party's up! The furry man will go after everyone's posted their actions, or on Sunday, whichever comes first. Also, Noorzad may make another knowledge check on the furry man since he didn't get a chance to last fight, and hasn't made one since then.
DC 13 Knowledge (nature):
This is a yeti, mysterious and rarely seen, a towering denizen of the loneliest and tallest mountain peaks. Those who dwell upon the lower reaches of such storied slopes whisper tales of "abominable snowmen" who come down from the heights to raid, taking livestock or even humans as prey and leaving behind only monstrous barefoot tracks in the bloodstained snow. Although yeti stories are accurate in their portrayals of fierce, stealthy, and immensely strong creatures, they are not when it comes to ascribing the yeti's temperament and source. They dwell in small tribes atop their distant mountains, where they are sheltered from contact with most other races. Those with violent or cruel natures are usually forced out of tribes to live lonely lives as exiles, and without the support of a tribe such yeti are often driven to raiding lowlander settlements, thus perpetuating the myth of the yeti as a demon made flesh. The source of such cruel madness can often be traced to a singular source-proximity to strange, eldritch dimensions. The yetis' mountain lairs rise high in places where the boundaries between this world and others rasp thin. It is unclear if the yeti are invaders from these dimensions or Material Plane natives influenced by otherworldly realms, but it seems certain that whatever their origins, the yeti are no friends to those who dwell beyond, and may even act as guardians against intrusions from such strange worlds into the Material Plane.
Yetis are known to have a vulnerability to fire matched only by their immunity to cold. They are swift climbers and deceptively stealthy. In combat, they have a terrible rending attack that can tear a full grown man in half. Any who look into their eyes notice their frightful gaze, which can paralyze a man in his feet out of fear.
EDIT - Also, just to speed things along, before your turn, you need to make a DC 12 Will save or be paralyzed with fear. He sure is scary looking!
"... another?!" Hyeon-ae recoils in shock from the sight of the second yeti, trembling with terror. No matter how much she wills herself to lift her bow and step forward to attack, her muscles seem to be beyond her ability to control.
Shang Xu's... children? she wonders, but her frozen mouth will not let her speak such words aloud.
I believe the will save is only applicable within 30ft? And while of course Zephri does not know that in character he cannot get to within 30ft with a single move action.
Zephri moves into the monastery and fires at the beast, "Careful those claws are nasty!" But as the creature approaches he recalls that terrible claw tearing into his flesh and the searing cold and freezes sweat trickling down his brow as his body trembles.
Ranged Touch:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14Damage:1d12 ⇒ 6 Will for when it approaches:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
I had to go somewhere last night before I could get the encounter properly set up, my apologies. Zephri would have been within range from his starting position, according to the scenario's combat conditions. Sorry!
Hyeon-ae, Zephri, and Dagat all stand in fear at the sight of the creature. Their lives pass before their eyes. Was this braid worth their lives? Did Amara Li send them knowingly to their death? So many questions, yet no answers came to their fear riddled minds.
Gorn, on the other hand, shakes off the hypnotic gaze of the creature. The stubborn dwarf angrily walks up to the beast, and, ducking under its short spear, gives it a proper manicure, ordering it to stay down before he gets serious, on the other hand.
Gorn no longer needs to make the Will save for 24 hours. Yay!
Male Human (Kelish) Bard 2 :: 12/12 HP AC 15 (T 13, FF 12) :: Init +2 Percep +4 :: Fort +0 Ref +6 Will +4 ::
Will save:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Sensing his companions' difficulties, Noorzad slaloms between them to step inside the room, bow drawn. As he does so, his mouth is agape, belting out the opening strains of an old Kelish song which somewhat puts the hearer in mind of charging across windswept dunes astride a fierce steed. Take courage, the notes cry -- Forward, to battle!
That'll be an inspire courage - +1 vs charm/fear effects and +1 to attack/damage. Sadly, it does not de facto trigger a re-save as far as I know.
Noorzad steps through his comrades, pushing them aside in their unmoving states, and shouts a song in a language many probably do not know. It is very uplifting, however, and has a certain beat to it that seems to evervate the group.
Knocking aside the spear, Gorn just grins at the yeti, but is taken by the surprise left claw hook to his now exposed side. The shallow wound is quickly coated with a coating of hard rime, causing additional pain.
Party
Berosius - No more will saves needed
Hyeon-ae
Zephri
Dagat
Noorzad - No more will saves needed
Gorn - [4/12 HP] No more will saves needed
Critters
Furry Man [42/43 HP]
Critters will go again on Monday unless everyone acts before then. Berosius will remain on auto-pilot, taking his turn after everyone else, until he posts his actions in the thread
[ HP 12/12 | AC 17/14/13, CMD 16, Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +2 | Init +4; Perception +6 ]
Will:1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 1 = 19
Dagat finally releases herself from whatever grip the creature had on her. Snarling furiously, she ascends the steps, strafing to the left for a clear shot of the beast before firing an arrow.
Zephri and Hyeon-ae continue to stand outside the room, frozen by the glare of the creature.
Dagat is able to shake off the dreadful feeling and moves inside, firing off an arrow as she does. Her still shaking hands causes the feathered arrow to go slightly off course, however. Gorn continues to hold the line and swings his axe at the furry man yet again, but his axe is knocked aside by the furry man's spear.
Group 1
Berosius - No more will saves needed
Noorzad - No more will saves needed
Critters
Furry Man
Group 2
Hyeon-ae
Zephri
Dagat - No more will saves needed
Gorn - No more will saves needed
Male Human (Kelish) Bard 2 :: 12/12 HP AC 15 (T 13, FF 12) :: Init +2 Percep +4 :: Fort +0 Ref +6 Will +4 ::
Noorzad takes a step further, still singing at the top of his lungs, and tries to sink an arrow in the beast. I can maintain singing without eating an action, right?
Yep, free action to maintain. And Evangelists are great! Though I've recently fallen in love with trapper rangers.
Noorzad continues to lift the spirits of his comrades as he first an arrow, unfortunately timing the release at the crescendo of the chorus, and the arrow flies past the fuzzy man.
Berosius moves back to the other side of the room behind Gorn, and lays a glowing hand upon the hurting dwarf.
The furry man, seeing Berosius moving about and helping the group, roars in rage and moves forward to take care of this new threat.
Short spear to Berosius:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29 Short spear damage:1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 Claw to Gorn:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Party Party Buffs - +2 to hit, +1 to damage, +1 to saves vs charm and fear
Berosius [2/10 HP] - No more will saves needed
Zephri [8/12 HP]
Hyeon-ae
Dagat - No more will saves needed
Noorzad - No more will saves needed
Gorn [8/12 HP] - No more will saves needed
Critters
Furry Man
The furry man will act again on Tuesday unless everyone posts their actions before then.
Male Halfling Oracle of Life (Spirit Guide) 10 - HP 77/77, AC 21/T: 14/FF:18 - Perception +2 - F: +7*/ R: +8* / W: +10* - CMB: +5 - CMD: 18, Speed: 30, Init. +3
Berosius has no more spells, and channeling energies would only heal the yeti as well. So he continues to fight with his longspear. Dropping back, he stabs at the monster from a distance.
You should still have shield of faith unless I'm forgetting you casting it. But if I'm not mistaken, it is your domain spell and cannot be converted. Still a solid spell, though. And, to be fair, the yeti has only had a single point of damage done to it, until now. I don't know why the PbP forums are being so cruel to you guys all of a sudden...
Hyeon-ae and Zephri, do either of you need a folio reroll? I can give you my reroll if you don't have a folio/t-shirt/whatever to do it yourself, but not my gm star bonus (though it looks like Hyeon-ae has the same star bonus I do, anyways). I'm hating that you guys keep failing these saves.
Gorn and Berosius continue their assault on the furry man to no avail, as he knocks their weapons aside with his short spear with the ease of a trained warrior. He does not notice Dagat's arrow, however, and she is able to plant it in his side.
Party
Party Buffs - +2 to hit, +1 to damage, +1 to saves vs charm and fear
Zephri [8/12 HP]
Hyeon-ae
Noorzad - No more will saves needed
Critters
Furry Man [37/43 HP]
Group 2
Berosius [2/10 HP] - No more will saves needed
Dagat - No more will saves needed
Gorn [8/12 HP] - No more will saves needed
Its all good, I'm usually pretty lucky, though I seem to be in a bad spell. It just makes it all the more awesome when you get lucky :) I'll go ahead and roll for next round if you do not mind, on the basis that it might be luckier!
Does Noorzad have precise shot? I'm guessing not, since he isn't using point-blank shot. I still don't have access to his character sheet. The link you gave in the discussion thread doesn't work. You might need to turn on sharing for the document.
Noorzad's arrow flies wide, missing the mark. Unless he meant to hit that sleeping pad, then it was a bull's eye!
Spittle flying from his mouth, the furry man redirects his rage against the only one to do any significant damage to him, turning to Dagat and moving the short distance to her! He jabs his short spear at her stomach and then swings a quick roundhouse claw.
The spear pierces her leg, bringing sharp pain. She nearly loses her balance and almost falls to one knee, but is able to maintain her footing. The momentary loss of balance, however, saves her life as the furry man's claw makes an arc above her head when she drops to half a knee.
Party Party Buffs - +2 to hit, +1 to damage, +1 to saves vs charm and fear
Zephri [8/12 HP] - No more will saves needed
Hyeon-ae
Noorzad - No more will saves needed
Berosius [2/10 HP] - No more will saves needed
Dagat [2/12 HP] - No more will saves needed
Gorn [8/12 HP] - No more will saves needed
Critters
Furry Man [37/43 HP]
Furry man will act again on Thursday unless everyone posts their actions before then
Zephri rushes into the room finally overcoming his terror and levelling Bethany at their furry foe, "You aren't even worth my while you furry son of a b+$+%!"
Bethany barks and Zephri's aim is far from perfect, but with blessing, inspiration, and a massive foe it does not need to be and his bullets bites home!
"Better late than never," he says apologetically to Gorn.
