The Quest for Perfection Trilogy [PFS Regular] [Tier 4-5] (Inactive)

Game Master Amsheagar

Earlier:

After arriving at his homeland of Shokuro, Kasei is happy to lead the others through his town of birth, where a smith has completed a suit of armor for him that he ordered months ago. Now resplendent in the proper attire for a samurai, he leads the way along the road to Nesting Swallow.

Now:

"Bandits! Face the purging light of Shizuru!"

The bushi moves forward, drawing his bow, and fires an arrow at the tengu highwayman. Using Fervor to cast Divine Favor as a swift action.

Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9

(I'll just stick with the action I already posted. Zalanda, Guang would have given you the wand of mage armor to carry, just in case you want to use it on yourself at this point.)

Gudrun had remained his usual stoic self for the majority of the groups journey, rarely commenting except when required. The dwarf clearly longed for a more subterranean assignment that utilized his mechanical expertise, but he continued on with their current mission undeterred. The dwarf had barely had chance to adjust to their newest travelling companion when they'd found themselves assailed by new enemies.

As the enemy readies to attack them, Gudrun moves up alongside Kuwabara, drawing his sword in the process.

One early morning during their travels

A blonde haired elven suddenly teleports right next to Zalanda. ”Hello and Good Morning!!” With that, Kreighton Shaine, the Pathfinder Society’s Master of Scrolls, nimbly drops down to sit cross-legged on the ground before looking about the area with a sense of reverent wonder. ”Ahh, the Dragon Empries it has been a long time. But I …. I mean we are not staying long.” He says while waving his hand at Zalanda. ”Today is a special day for you. Today you will begin your Confirmation! Master Farabellus, Master Zey, and I all agree you have shown your worth and dedication to the Society, so there’s no better time to see if you can handle becoming a full field operative.” He then turns to the others. ”Don’t worry I will bring her back once she has finished …… assuming she survives. Well good day” And with that he pulls out a scroll chants a few words and both him and Zalanda disappear.

A few days later

Zalanda sudden shows up next to Kasei while he is buying his armor. ”Well arn’t you going to buy a pretty lady something?” She give the man a smile and wink.

Before battle

Zalanda greets the monk warmly and chats with him while traveling enjoying his company greatly.

Guang I will take the wand and use it on you and Zalanda and anyone else that would like it.

Duskin gets, as usual, scared with the new threat. He's probably the most coward pathfinder ever! Nevertheless, he clearly isn't the most creative. He moves behind Kasei, hiding, and summons another of his Shadow Eagles (around 20 feet above the ground), which he immediately orders to charge (from above; the square in front of the enemy is still empty, so someone can move there if they decide to) and bite one of the enemies ([red]).

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Will 14 to cut the damage to 20% of it

Zalanda begins to dance in place drawing a scroll off her belt as she moves. Near the end of her dance she sings a quick phrase off the scroll.

Cast Sleep DC 16 from the scroll

Also, sleep takes 1 full round to cast.

Kuwabara aims an arrow at the tengu then sneezes and lets the arrow fly into the ground.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
The puppet masters shadows appear behind the Red Tengu and attack. Lashing into him for some decent damage.

Gudrun moves up to guard Kuwabara.

Guang moves up and readys for an attack.

Zelanda pulls out a scroll and starts to read from it.

The two mounted Tengu take off into the forest, as if getting reinforcements, each taking a shot at Guang while they ride away.
shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
But they are unable to hit the target.

The Red Tengu uses his wakizashi to attack the shadows.
mwk wakizashi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
While the Blue Tengu moves to the side and looses an arrow at Guang.
shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

All of their attacks miss...

Jones is up next followed by Round 2.

Round 1
Kuwabara
Duskin
Gudrun
Guang
Zelanda
GM's Pets
Jones

Jones is back... right?

Yes, Jones is here

Jones moves up drawing his bow and fires at Red.

Longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Can we still see the mounted ones to shoot at them?

Echoing Kuwabara's question; Guang might run after them but I need to verify if the current position of the mounts and enemies is correct

Duskin keeps hiding behind the others, and summons yet another eagle against Red. The hands of the Wayang move, dancing as if he's manipulating the shadow itself. He summons it on the same place, orders it to move equally and attack the target.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Will 14 to cut the damage to 20% of it

Gudrun moves up alongside Guang and redies to attack should any enemies decide to engage him. Readied attack action.

You still have a clear line of sight to them. Where they are on the map is where they are.

Jones shoots with his longbow, missing everything but air.

Duskin summons more minions to fight.
will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
And it manages to fool this Tengu.... again...

Gudrun moves up to beside Guang.

actions are resolved as they are declared since you guys go first.

Round 2
Kuwabara --Up Next--
Duskin --Declared--
Gudrun --Declared--
Guang
Zelanda
GM's Pets
Jones

Sleep Spell?

"Hut!" Guang says as the bandits do not close with him. "If you will not come to me, I will come to you!"

He races into the brush on the side of the road and closes with one of the bandits, his arms reaching out to grab the raider in a head-and-arm-lock.

Improved Grapple vs Orange: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

"I will be unable to catch up with these people once they get on their horses," he calls out calmly to his friends. "Perhaps someone else has better options."

In Tien, he calls out to the family, "Please take cover. We will deal with these dishonorable ones, but I would be grieved if you came to accidental harm."

longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 = 8

"Chikusho!" Kasei spits as his arrow goes wide of the target.

Sleep Spell?

Who are you targeting? Also, put which DC you need.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Kuwabara shoots again and missed, then says a Japanese curse word which roughly translates to s..... もともと上手になるよ。

Guang goes and jumps onto the Tengu who was riding away. might not have been a good move.

Zelanda targets a random Tengu and fires off the sleep spell, which fails.

The Green Tengu charges through the Gudrun and attacks.
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Then Blue and Red also take a shot at Gudrun Sorry, your the closest.
shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The grappled Tengu bits at the big man on him.
bite: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (20) - 3 = 17
bite: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (16) - 3 = 13
damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Jones is up next, then round 3

Round 3
Kuwabara
Duskin
Gudrun
Guang
Zelanda
GM's Pets
Jones

Jones moves and fires at Green.

Comp. Longbow: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

Wait, so I'm now on top of the horse, holding the tengu, LOL? Oh, no, I'm thrilled with that turn of events. Free horse! :D

Guang winces a bit at the bite of the bird-man's beak. (Tien) "You compound your mistakes, my friend! Most unwise!"

Standard to maintain the grapple: 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 5 = 22 Presumed success; I'll escalate the grapple to pinned.

(Tien) "You should probably surrender," Guang says cheerfully to the raider he is giving a nice big bear hug to.

Can I run through the trees? I can't charge this turn anyway, but maybe I can next.

Longbow attack with pbs: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 24
hits?: 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 9

Using another point of Fervor to cast Shield of Faith.

I believe I still get my readied attack on the one that moves past me?

As the tengu moves past Gudrun swings at it with his blade.

Mwk Short Sword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 181d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

However, a combination of his pre-existing injuries, alongside the renewed attacks proves too much for the dwarf and he staggers under the agony of his injuries.

I'm staggered and could definately use some help.

Hands covered in his own blood, Gudrun staggers back towards his allies.

Gudrun, I only see 13 damage dealt to you, did I miss something? How are you staggered from that? I would assume we'd be fully healed when this combat started given it came after multiple days of travel.

Two arrows hit me, as my AC is 15. Even if I'm fully healed I'd still be reduced to 4 hp.

I was assuming that the GM had one of those crossed out for a reason, but all the same, 4 HP's a lot better than staggered...

Zalanda finishes her spell with a dancing spin.

Target the middle of the two next to the cart. It should reach both

The previous eagle bites the Tengu as he shoots Gudrun (assuming he provoked an AoO):

Attack (Bite): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

And then disappears, almost at the same time that Duskin moves forward. The Wayang then drops prone and goes in full defense mode, shaking cowardly.

Zalanda finishes her spell with a dancing spin.

Target the middle of the two next to the cart. It should reach both

Is this the spell that you started to cast in Round 1, or a new spell that you are starting in round 3?

Jones lands a powerful hit on the Green Tengu

Duskin summoned shadow takes another bite into the Tengu, then vanishes.

Gudrun swings as the Tengu passes in front of him, then again as it leaves his space. Go ahead and make your second attack.

Guang moves and pins the Tengu on the mount.
Guang, are you holding his pin in any specific way?

Round 3
Kuwabara
Duskin
Gudrun
Guang
--Up Next-- Also waiting for Guang's answer.
Zelanda
GM's Pets
Jones

Well, I'm mentally envisioning that I'm now on the back of the horse behind the tengu, one arm wrapped around him in a bear hug pinning one of the tengu's arms to his body, and with my other performing a half-nelson (thus limiting his other arm's motion and forcing his head down as well), if that's a clear description, but ultimately I defer to what you think is feasible for my position. *shrug*

Guang, I did some reading-up on the grappling rules. I'll need an attack from you to first initiate the grapple.

Reread the thread. I made that attack roll back here.

Is this the spell that you started to cast in Round 1, or a new spell that you are starting in round 3?

This is the spell from the first round. You asked me for a target location and a DC.

Reread the thread. I made that attack roll back here.

That is a grapple check. Steps to take while grappling are here.

GM Amsheagar wrote:

Is this the spell that you started to cast in Round 1, or a new spell that you are starting in round 3?

This is the spell from the first round. You asked me for a target location and a DC.

Okay, Rolled once for that, i'll roll for the second guy now. However, DC and DC type (Fort, Will, Refelx) that's the important part.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
1-blue, 2-Red: 1d2 ⇒ 1

The Blue Tengu falls asleep.

answered grapple stuff in discussion.

Next up is Zelanda

Zalanda will draw and load her crossbow.

The Green Tengu urges his horse forward and moves 100 more feet away from the group.

The Orange Tengu tries to break the hold.
CMB: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
but fails to do so.

The Blue Tengu, seeing his teammate in trouble, drops his bow and moves over to the two. Drawing his weapon while he moves.
mwk wakizashi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 5
mwk wakizashi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 if confirmed damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Red shoots at Duskin
shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Round 3
Kuwabara
Duskin
Gudrun
Guang
Zelanda
GM's Pets
--Up Next--
Jones

Then round 4 after Jones. I won't be able to respond on Weekends anymore. Mondays through Friday 8-4pm JST are still okay though.... Life Issues.

Jones thinks about taking a shot at the fleeing tengu, but decides to focus on the one attacking his ally. He moves up 20' to get a clear line of sight on light blue and fires an arrow. I'll move him on the map when I get home from work in a couple hours.

Comp Longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

He curses under his breath as he reaches for another arrow.

Blue was asleep, he failed his save against the sleep spell.

100 ft away is still within 1 range increment of a composite longbow, luckily. I wish I had rapid shot, though.

1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 = 19
damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7

Kasei takes another shot at the fleeing Tengu, suspecting that he may be going to get reinforcements.

"Duskin! Summon another Eagle!"

Duskin wasn't hit - he's prone, and in full defense. His AC was 6 higher if my numbers are right

From a better position now, Duskin moves his hands and brings yet another of his eagles - this time, however, capable of a full attack (against blue).

Bite (Attack): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Bite (Damage): 1d4 ⇒ 2
Talon 1 (Attack): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Talon 1 (Damage): 1d4 ⇒ 1
Talon 2 (Attack): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Talon 2 (Damage): 1d4 ⇒ 4

Will DC 14 to disbelief and cut damage to 20% of it

Forgot about blue being asleep... too much stuff going on.. Ignore that crit and damage. He is on the ground sleeping.

Kuwabara kills the fleeing Tengu

Duskin summons the Eagle on the awake (red) Tengu, but all of his attacks miss.

Guang shakes his head sorrowfully. "I wish that you had surrendered, friend," he informs the tengu that he is manhandling, in Tien. "It gives me no pleasure to do this..."

His arms tighten around the tengu's bird-thin body and arm, inflicting bruising.

Standard to maintain grapple: 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 5 = 21
Choosing the damage option, automatic damage, non-lethal: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

(To the best of my knowledge, I cannot maintain both the pin itself, and choose to do the damage as well. So orange is now merely grappled, again (not pinned) and may attack (but with the grappled penalties).)

Guang loosens his grip to deal damage to the Tengu on the ground.

Next up is Gudrun and Zelanda

Round 4
Kuwabara
Duskin
--Up Next--
Gudrun
Guang
Zelanda
GM's Pets
Jones

Sorry guys... I have been getting rid of Wife Aggro over the past week... So i have been busy.

Zalanda raises her crossbow to her shoulder aiming at the Tengu east of the cart Red and pulls the trigger.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Gudrun takes on a defensive stance, all too aware of the wounds aching across his body.

Taking a Full Defensive.

The grappled tengu takes some non-lethal damage while Zalanda misses with her arrow and Gudrun goes into defense.

Round 4
Kuwabara
Duskin
Gudrun
Guang
Zelanda
GM's Pets
--Up Next--
Jones

The Red Tengu sees that the blue is down and the Orange is in trouble and the green has been slain... He decides to run for his horse. shadow can take an AoO

The Orange Tengu tries to get out of the grapple.
CMB: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Unable to get free, he clicks his beak in a command that urges his horse forward. You are both 60 feet off the map.

Jones moves toward Orange and the runaway horse and takes a shot at the horse.

Comp Longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Forgot an acrobatics check for the Red Tengu to jump on his horse and ride away...

acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
He is 75 feet off the board on the other side.