Rise of the Runelords Book 1 Table 2 PFS (Inactive)

Game Master DoubleGold

"Oh thank you it isn't too much really. A little self-confidence goes a long way Jey."
She was mostly thankful that he'd forgotten her earlier mistakes. She would take the cloak of resistance if noone else wanted it she didnt really have need nor room for much else besides that and the potions.
While everyone was dividing loot Lynn carefully secured her weapon with the lock down so as not to accidentally trigger a fire. She then took nearly a minute to fasten it to her belt, in this manner she wouldn't have to reload but would still have a mostly prepared weapon.

pretty cut and dry but we're on the up and up here so far 1 mini-boss down

"Should we press on? Not give them time to reinforce their defenses?"
Aroden will go over and look at the bridge - checking its structural integrity and also looking to see if there are watchtowers from which they could snipe us as we cross.
If there are such watchtowers, we can try engaging them at range before crossing.
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

"Make me invisible, mage. I will sneak in watchtower and finish them before they raise the alarm."

"Can you do that Aroden? Turn people invisible i mean. That's quite impressive if you can, perhaps if i continue my training in the ways of illusion... However i decided to pick up the firearm so that i might actually help in fights."

Lynn pat her now lucky pistol lightly with a smile, "But we could also try to sneak past instead of alerting them in the first place my good Jeydah."

"I can't sneak without invisibility. Can you 'port me up the tower? I've seen mages do that on the plane of water..."

Where's the towers on the map? Jeydahvu is only one or two posts away from pulling a Leeroy Jenkins!!!!

Jeydahvu I just been in this place before, higher on the street and i know it's my time to go-oh.... Also idk if there are watchtowers i think we were just assuming there was, kind of waiting on a dm post for our bridge inspection right now i think?

"Please Jey this will be a bit easier if we can get across without setting off any traps.. gods know that they love their traps. Not as much as kobolds but still goblins can be crafty so we must take care."

"I cannot yet teleport you, though I could make you invisible for maybe 20 seconds."
He can use a reservoir point to boost Vanish to CL4, so 4 rounds. That would be his 1/day bonded item casting, so does anyone have a scroll or potion of Invisibility?
"However, right now I am looking to see if there are such towers - and if the bridge will hold your weight. And as Lynn points out, it might be trapped. What do you see?"
If it is a rope bridge built by goblins, an oread might make it collapse.

Aroden spots the trap on the bridge and someone easily disables it, he also figures the bridge is pretty stable, just don't use fire on it and if you do put it out quickly.
Across the bridge they see 3 goblin dogs and 4 goblins, three of which are on top of the dogs
init: 6 + 1d20 ⇒ 6 + (2) = 8 goblins
init: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (19) = 24 Lynn
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (19) = 21 Faliana
init: 1d20 ⇒ 8 Jeydahvu
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (18) = 20 Mr. Monty
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (12) = 14 Aroden
Map update, the bridge is 10 feet wide and cost 60 feet of movement to cross.
Lynn, Falian, Mr. Monty and Aroden are up

"Let them come!"
Aroden uses Inspiring Sword. +2 Sacred bonus to attacks, saves, skills.
Seriously, let them come to us. Delay, ready, or use ranged options. If you move to engage, you'll be out of the radius of Aroden's ability.

Lynn readies her weapon but doesn't fire yet. "Hold your ground we can easily let them break upon our blades."

holding my turn till the gobs get within range.

Mr. Monty steadies himself and waits for them to come....

Faliana lets go of her longspear while taking a few steps in front of Monty. While moving she draws out her loaded crossbow and takes aim at one of the goblin dogs across the bridge. She fires the weapon and then immediately drops it, grabbing her spear again, ready for the possible charge. She then turns back to Monty and gives him a wink. "There, take that! And don't worry Monty, I'll protect you."

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Move to draw and get in a good AoO place, Standard to shoot one handed with a -2 penalty, free to drop crossbow and grab longspear again. Got to enjoy those free hand changes while they last!

Fire the crossbow! Aroden'd, one-handed: 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 - 2 = 24
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4
Woah! Crit?: 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 - 2 = 15
Damage?: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Next round she's going to withdraw and stop being a nuisance to the better fighters, but this is what she does best!

Faliana shoots a goblin dog in the head but it survives, those dogs use full movement to get close and Faliana kills them as they provoke
The goblins definitely get in range of Mr. Monty and Lynn.
One goblin on makes it halfway and will fire his bow, after I resolve mr. Monty and Lynns attack.Alright, make your attacks Mr. Monty and Lynn

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Lynn fires her pistol at the goblin that was dismounted. "Aroden your crossbow."
She would sling her still smoking weapon into her belt once more and then wait to trade to Aroden's crossbow. While her firearm had power in close quarters it lacked the precision of the tried and true crossbow, it's ammo was also far more expensive.

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Monty twaks with his staff and says conversationally.

Sooo... sweety... remember that big flail we picked up down in the mwangi? That we where going to give to the museum to study?

Monty twaks with his staff and says conversationally.

Sooo... sweety... remember that big flail we picked up down in the mwangi? That we where going to give to the museum to study?

Faliana gives Monty a sidelong glance, "The one that hurt everyone who held it but you? ...What about it? Don't tell me you still have it..."

Monty smiles in a attempt to look cute and innocent.

It doesn't work very well.

Maaaaaaaybe? I mean, it kinda spoke to me! Somewhat literally! I just haven't figured out how to talk back yet... and after that last incident at the museum, there was NO WAY I was trusting Nigel with anything that powerful...

Mr. Monty whacks a goblin in the head and kills it while Lynn shoot a goblin in the chest just missing the heart, despite the range penalty on the dismounted goblin, she is incredibly accurate with the weapon.
The unmounted goblin fires a bow at monty with all the modifiers, cover firing into melee and whatnot, he ain't hitting unless he rolls a nat 20, hid modifier ain't high enough
hit: 1d20 ⇒ 19 the others used a doublemove
Jeydahvu and top of round 2 are up

Jeydahvu takes a few big strides towards a goblin dog and swingeths!
Greatsword, Rage, Power Attack, Aroden: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 = 15 for 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 5) + 15 = 21 slashing damage.

So close, Goblin Mook. So close to doing a point of damage.
Aroden would have to stop using Inspiring Sword to hand Lynn the crossbow, since that is a move action and he needs a full-round action.
He continues to swing his sword dramatically. "Sorry - you carry it next time - I am too busy INSPIRING AWESOMENESS!"

Lynn rolls her eyes although he is right it'd be far to difficult to grab the weapon while he was moving and twirling his weapon about. She instead reloaded her own with an alchemical cartridge and took aim at the bowblin in the back.
attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 = 13
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

jeydahvu steps in front of his allies and cleaves a dog in two. Lynn misses due to goblin in back having cover.

Oh, right, I should specify, but Mr. Monty and Faliana are up
They probably didn't know it was their turn.

It is a little hard to decipher initiative sometimes. It might be a good idea to create a copy paste list every time we roll so you can put a bolded brick in each of your posts when combat starts or whenever you make posts for monsters. It's something i've seen previous dm's do so it might help?

Time to bot
mr. monty hit: 8 + 1d20 ⇒ 8 + (7) = 15 dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 and that hurts the goblin but doesn't kill it, then Faliana takes a swing with her longspear
hit: 6 + 1d20 ⇒ 6 + (16) = 22 and the minimum damage finishes off the goblin
Goblin sword at Jeydahvu hit: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (18) = 22
Goblin bow at Jeydahvu hit: 2 - 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 - 4 + (19) = 17
dog bite at jeydahvu hit: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (3) = 7
Jeydahvu take damage dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 1
All heroes are up 3 enemies left.

Monster Mash!
Greatsword, Rage, Power Attack, Aroden, Charge: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 15 for 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (5, 2) + 15 = 22 slashing damage.

Aroden will keep on doing his thing. This fight seems well in hand, no need to break out the spells.

Jeydahvu, kills another dog. As he slashes it into pieces.

Lynn takes the time to reload her weapon with a blackpowder charge and then place it upon her belt once again moving to grab Aroden's crossbow and a pack of bolts from his pack. "Hold the line, these goblins won't get through us."

I think that's both of my next turns taken up. Standard reload of blackhorn powder, move to put away. then next turn a standard/move to grab the weapon and ammo

Monty continues to be a whirl of staff and fists.

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Flurry Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Faliana takes her spear and starts trying to stab at the nearest goblin, shaking her head over Monty's previous words. I thought I was the one that had voices in her head... With a strained smile, she looks over at Monty. "You realize that there are more museums right? And if Juliet ever found out you took it and didn't give it to a museum... Let's just say I don't want to be with in a ten mile radius of you and the resulting explosion!"

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Longspear!: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Monty stands with a aghast look.

Fali! I am a pathfinder! It will absolutely go to a museum.... eventually! I'm just doing... field research on the thing until I can figure out how it works! Besides, I felt a presence, and if there is someone in there, can you imagine how BORING it'd be stuck in a museum case?

He swings again and dances to the side.

Come on, one of you lot up in her head, help me out here, you wouldn't wanna be stuck in a museum case instead of out here having fun would you?

mr. Monty misses the goblin as well as faliana
goblin swings back hit: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (1) = 5 vs mr. monty
bow shot against mr. monty: 2 - 4 - 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 - 4 - 2 + (16) = 12
All heroes are up Hopefully this is the last round. Psst Jeydhavu, you might not want to do a power attack, min damage will kill one, you want accuracy for this, as the dogs are dead.

The dubious Last Azlanti continues rallying his allies.
He accidentally lets loose one of his favorite battle cries, before amending it given the current party composition.
"FOR HUMANITY!! ...and for those with some human blood, and those that are friends of humanity, or really like looking like humans..."

Lynn managed to grab Aroden's crossbow from his back as well as a handfull of bolts which she drops to the ground next to herself as she takes a knee to start loading the weapon.
"I believe no-one is offended if you shout your god's praise 'Aroden' besides that just sounded clunky." She grunted a bit as she worked at the crossbow's mechanism she wasn't really the strongest person.
crossbow should be ready next round if things manage to live that long.

The wizard looks chagrined. "Sorry. Old habits... I think...didn't mean to offend..."

"Don't listen to Ms. Irony there, with her human-envy and all. KEEP INSPIRING!!!"

Accuracy Mash!
Greatsword, Rage, ARODENNNNNN!: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 2 = 13 for 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 5) + 9 = 20 slashing damage. [SWOOOSH!]

"See? fox-lady? you jinxed it!!"

AC 16: rage

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Flurry Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Monty spins forward for some goblin twapping.

Seems to be fine for me over here! Aroden must fancy humanity's cousins to! Ho Ho!

As Jeydahvu misses after blaming Lynn for his mess up, Mr. Monty is actually focused and kills the last two goblins.

Heroes enter the trophy Hall
The floor of this room is hard-packed soil, as if the buildings either ran out of lumber after building the walls and roof, or as if they simply never thought about building a a floor. A number of poorly preserved horse and dog heads are mounted along the eastern wall, while along the southern wall hangs a pair of large black-feathered wings tacked to walls with daggers.f

Treasure, just gold and mundane stuff.
I fixed everyone's position on the map, my other game has the higher resolution map, that will be fixed so I have actual squares and good maps on both games. You are located in C 11. Alright, pick a room you want to explore from here, and I'll fix the map.

Do the black feathered wings appear to come from a bird? An angel? A Strix? A griffon? Something else?
Knowledge: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 if Planes, Local, Nature, or Religion; +4 more if Arcana.
Aroden is happy to go in any direction but doesn't want to be in front, of course.
"Lynn, why don't you hang on to that crossbow, and keep it cocked. I think we have a good system going here. If there is a true need for my magic, I have that too, but it seems our strategy is working so far."

Lynn had kept it on their way in after dealing with the goblins. Yes perhaps i should, i am not so elegant with the blade as you are dear Aroden. Thankfully before becoming a pathfinder i never much had use for one." She pillaged the rest of the bolt cases from Aroden's pack.
knowledge: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
"I think it looks more like... uh...
Lynn's train of thought derailed as she tried to think of what creature the feathers might belong too. She was recalling nothing but her father's own words right about now.

@GM: let's start with the small rooms to the left (west), then work our way up (north) when we hit the west wall

Jeydahvu pulls out two scrolls, then looks at the party first, hesitating, then finally daring to ask, "Hey... can any of you... cast a protection from evil over me? I have scrolls but if you put me up front spells would last longer and **I** would then last longer with the added protection, which means the goblins won't get to you!"

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After the party is done talking and resolving his question ref. Protection vs. Evil, Jeydahvu listens closely to hear if enemies lie on the other side of the west door and in the rooms that are in the immediate vicinity.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Oh boy... might as well waste those ones now... :P

"I do have a scroll of that myself Jeydahvu, but it doesn't last very long. And once a day I can cast a spell from my ring. Perhaps I should have picked up a scroll of Magic Circle Against Evil, that would cover all of us and last much longer."
Not knowing how long it will take to explore these rooms, Aroden is hesitant to use his bonded item casting, or his scroll. He'd rather save limited resources for a tough fight.

Understood - just fishing for a nice long pro vs. evil spell if someone's got it memorized! :) oh... wait... I'm an idiot: I got two of them because bloodragers are spontaneous casters! d'Oh! :)

Jeydahvu says, "Oh, sorry everyone, nevermind... I can do it myself!"

Jeyd casts Pro vs. Evil on himself, 4min duration; AC 20 non-raging; scroll of shield in hand in case we hear something.

I had a good long drawn out post then Paizo ate it
It is a normal black bird as ided, no treasure, traps or secrets here.
c 12 is a food storage area with normal food
c 13, 2 goblins place yourselves in the hallway, the high resolution map is now here, yeah
init: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (7) = 12 Lynn
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (8) = 10 Faliana
init: 1d20 ⇒ 15 Jeydahvu
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (11) = 13 Mr. Monty
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (6) = 8 Aroden
init: 6 + 1d20 ⇒ 6 + (1) = 7 goblins

Aroden decides that two goblins aren't worth his full divine glory.
He settles for casting Daze on one of them, just to mix it up a bit, DC 14 or be dazed one round (assuming they are 4 HD or less).

Jeydahvu boots the door open, 5-foot steps and swings low!

Greatsword, Rage, Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 for 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 2) + 15 = 21 slashing damage. [SWOOOOOOOSH!]

"Lynn... is this some kind of gypsie curse? it's like I'm now feeling the SADNESS OF ARODEN!!! look at the man... LOOK AT HIM!! he won't even swing his nice little sword in the air ANYMORE!!!!"

AC 18: pro vs. evil, raging

Lynn sneered, "Trust me if this was a curse it would be worse than you could handle big guy." She took a knee and prepared her weapon but not before continuing. "Now pay no mind to what happened before, you must all fight your hardest to rid this place of this scourge. For the people of Sandpoint, for your honor, for your life! Now strike with all your might."

standard to start inspire courage, +1 attack/damage/fear saves, all morale so it'll stack with aroden's

Mr. Monty bounces forward and sing songs to himself.

One little goblin jumping out of bed
met a monkey who bumped his head!

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Flurry Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7