Salty GM's Serpent's Skull (Inactive)

Game Master Saltykid

Take 10 on a survival check to aid Kasia.

Picking up a few of the materials, the sails, etc Baelir waits for Kasia to tell him where to put things.

"Miss K. Where should this go?"

Lormo arrived several minutes later with group of other survivors, carrying lot of stuff taken from a ship.

"Thanks, guys! Let's put that here!" He put his load on ground in middle of soon-to-be-build camp.

"Nice job, Ishirou. Thank you, Aerys. Appreciate your help, Jask."He sincerely thanks those, who helped to bring looted stuff to new camp place and looks from where he stands to a shore line.

What time is it now? How long do we have till sunset?

"Since my knowledge is only theoretical one, I will follow your guidance", he said to Kasia, "feel free to direct me in camp building or I will forget something important, like scouting, when I tried to act last time."

Take10 Survival to aid Kasia.

Mosi will attempt to quietly move away.
stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

When she joins the others, Mosi realizes how close the camp is to a very large snake.
"Um guys can I talk to you a minute." she says as she attempts to summon them a little distance from the others.

"There is a very large snake in the tree at the top of the hill. I think we should take care of it without letting the others know. They are far to jumpy as it is." she whispers

"Oh, I love snakes. How big do you think the treeserpent is? Do you think it will want some of the scorpion meat? I don't know."

Drawing his morningstar Baelir readies himself to face the snake. Whispering back he doesn't know why they were even whispering. If the snake has already seen them then there was no point but he'll play along with Mosi.

"Well then we should probably take care of it quickly before anybody else gets here. Can you shoot it down with that bow? Once it hits the ground let me get in front of it and surround it, I can be pretty dodgy when I need to be."

The camp is now made with the help from everyone. It is now a couple of hours before the sun sets.

@Cloony "What am I, a craftsman? I'm a Pathfinder, I write stuff and explore ruins. I leave that to someone else.

Are three of you going to the snake tree? Also for future reference, you cannot take 10 for aiding one another. You must roll.

Cloony, Lormo, Albawar could you come over here please?

Mosi patiently waits for everyone, then she whispers

"We should work together to get rid of a giant snake in that tree so it dosent attack us in our sleep."

She begins moving toward the snake hoping the others will follow.

"Are you sure we all are needed?", whispered Lormo in response, "How big is it? Is it possible to swallow or constict human?"

He checked and armed his crossbow.

"I'll take a look, but I think it might be worth just to frighten it, for it to go away."

"Pardon Gelik."

Cloony's short legs rush him as quickly as they can.
"What is up miss Mosi?"

Albawar comes along without a word, happy to help wherever he was needed

Will you be approaching the snake stealthy, or forgo that route since it is just a snake?

Just a snake? Just the coolest awesomest, biggest snake I've ever seen! It may be hard for me to hold back the By Crickeys on this one.

Well lets just say a dwarf in medium armour with no talent in stealth whatsoever isn't the best choice to bring along if you're trying to be sneaky

Grabbing his hat and leaving his cloak in the care of others Baelir gets ready to move out.

"Mosi, maybe you can shoot it out of the tree, when it comes down we can surround it and catch some dinner."

"Sounds like a plant to me!"
was this a very large snake or a normal sized snake?

Normal size. It's probably not the biggest snake you see.

Mosi attempts to sneak up to the snake again.

sneak: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

as soon as she sees the snake again

Looking very embarrassed Mosi says
"Well it looked larger last time."
then she attempt to shoot it down.

Short Bow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Mosi's arrow hits a branch below the snake. It slides away towards the trunk and dissappear from sight.

Make perceptions checks everyone!

Cloony's eyes carefully watch around.
perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Mosi begins to search the tree for the snake

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

perC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Kasia mourns the harm done to the snake. She didn't even get to see what color it was.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"I don't see it."

1d6 ⇒ 6

All of you lost sight of the snake. Unfortuantly for Albawar, the snake revealed itself to him as it spring up to attack.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

But it attacked too early and flew past in front of you.

Baelir attempts to put his shield between himself and the snake as he stumbles over his feet to get into an advantageous position.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 I provoke 1 attack of opportunity

Hopefully still in a fighting position and now flanking with Albawar the half orc fumbles with his morningstar as it thuds into the ground beside the snake.

Morningstar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 101d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Lormo put his crossbow down, holding in loaded with left hand, and took sap from his waist. Being armed, he moved to take a position near dwarf.

"Hmmm, Mosi this is a great origin you found! It looks like python reticularius, which is one of the biggest constrictors, but this one has a slight yellow pigmentation on her belly and the lines are not intersecting into squares, but more like spots. This form of nose is more characteristic for blunt nose viper, macrovipera lebetina, which is severely venomous." he took a protective stance, expecting a possible attack, "I wish I could study that one a bit more. Might be I can use it's poison for my healing potions, so they are effective for other people. Don't you mind not killing it, but just neutralizing it, my friend Albawar"

Knowledge(nature): 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (16) + 10 + (5) = 31

"As much as i would like to share in your study on this spcimen, i opt we neutralize it first."

That said, Cloony moves 3 squares upwards and aims a ray of frost at the snake.
Cold touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Mosi doesn't bother answering Lormo when she see Baelir is in danger

Short Box: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

They see me rollin.
Whomp the snake: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Kasia thwacks a nearby tree on accident.

AOO vs Baelir: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16 Lucky for Baelir

So far, only Cloony's spell hit the snake.

The serpent will attack Baelir now that he has it's attention.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Misses, but bares it's fangs nonetheless.

Frost ray: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Crit check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 3
Extra: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Cloony thinks quickly on the snake's looks.
Kn. Nature: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
"This snake is not a pleasant one people, this is a black mamba.
Although quite a creature, its bite can hurt your endurance."

Mosi moves around for a better shot and attempts the hit the snake again.

Short Bow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

aid another (bonus to Baelir's AC): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
She twirls her trident around, hoping to block the next attack.

Lormo moved to flanking position, preparing his sap for attack.

AoO vs Lormo: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Snake made an attack against him, but he easy dodged that.

Attack vs Snake: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5
In his turn, he made a stupid mistake and sap almost slipped out of his hand. Snake whistled, like laughing about his proficiency with a weapon.

"I probably have more chances to hit it with a book, but I still ask you not to kill it right away, but subdue it for further investigation."

Kasia, I moved your avatar 5ft, because you need to be in melee to Aid Another

Albawar rears back in surprise as the serpent flies by before automatically drawing his weapon and sending the heavy weight of his dorn-dergar towards the mamba

Move action to draw weapon and same rules as before for Power Attacking

Round 1
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Round 2
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Round 2

Stepping to the side of the snake the half-orc spins his morningstar a few times before taking a swing at the snake.

"Aha, it is a good day for snake. Stay there Albawar perhaps this will finish it off!"

Morningstar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 71d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 You have got to be kidding me. Either way I'll roll for parry if it attacks me.

Parry and Riposte: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 111d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 161d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

"I definitely would not like for him to do that," said Lormo, "it is a great specimen and we could use it for science.."

"For study or documentation at the least, no need yet for total dissection."

At the end of the week, we'll all call Albawar "Gristle-mane" for all the mashed up dead bits of stuff stuck in his beard.

Albawar's attack was the final blow that killed snake.

I have to apologize, I thought the snake had more hp so I was waiting a bit longer than I was suppose to. Anyways combat is over.

Beside the body of the snake, there is nothing of note here that is obvious.

Haha, love the pun Kasia. I kind of like the idea of it :P

After having finished of the snake Albawar takes a few seconds to clean his weapon and armour of any gore before turning to Lormo and Cloony

"Sorry bou' that, guess you can 'ave whots left fer your studies" he says with a sheepish grin

Cloony shakes his head.

"Not a vital matter sir Albawar. I myself am interested to see what the thing looks like and some notes, since the academy had mainly hazy pictures and theory. Lormo on the other hand seems more taken aback by it.
Ah well, one can not have it all."

Nothing of note aside from dinner... and scales for a new pair of boots if anybody wants a pair.

Baelir looks questioningly at his morningstar, is Milani upset with him for some reason? Well perhaps putting himself in more danger than he should be would put him in a bad light.

"We should also probably put it in a pot before it starts to attract insects."

Mosi carefully searches around for the arrow that went astray.
1d100 ⇒ 44 I believe I have a 50% chance to retrieve it. I will go for high numbers

Failing for find the arrow she returns to camp.

Lormo checked snake body to detect is it really dead or just unconscious, being severely damaged by dwarf's hit.
heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
if snake is dying, stabilize it

"As I said, snakes poison is very powerful neiroleptic, so if I could recover some of it, it greatly help us since we are out of healer's kits."

He gently took snake head in his head, trying to pour some poison into small vial from his alchemist kit.
Craft(poison) untrained with improvised tools: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 2 = 20

"Looks like I will practice basket weaving in our camp to keep snakes and other rare species for further investigation."

By Crickey that was a beauty.

She steps up to Baelir, looking up at his eyes. She starts to wag her finger at him.

"We already have a great deal of meat for tonight." Kasia indicates her backpack. "If you think it was so vital to slay this beautiful creature, that you might overfill your plate, then I will consider being your butcher once more today."

Lormo put his head up from first aid he was doing to snake.

"Hey, hey... Please, do not fight! Kasia, Baelir didn't ment to overfil plates, he is just thinking that we are 11 now and not everyone is capable to prepare food for themselves. And by the way, if I can save her life, I'd like to keep her alive as rare component supplier. "

Lormo is like Gerald Darrel, he's gonna build some cages and keep interesting species in, unless there will be plot twist or team mates make him discard this idea. Probably, his expedition to Sargava was planned to be one like that.

Leaning down to the woman's height, the tall half-orc speaks, calmly. Something not present in a lot of his kin.

"Lormo is correct, there are eleven of us now. While we may have enough food on our persons for one night I was thinking we could take a barrel or crate and turn it into a place to smoke meat and make jerky. Something that will last a while in case we cannot gather the necessary materials for a fresh meal. Would you agree to an idea such as Ms. Kasia? I am more than willing to go hungry if others cannot eat, I'm a big guy. But if we can ease the minds of the others with a sense of security, even if it is something as simple as enough food in case of an emergency, we should help them."

He smiles his tusky grin.