On arrival Mr Peppers will also fortify his abilities with some extra magic. Wand of Mage Armor, Heroism, Heightened awareness; as well as casting message on the group just in case.
Mr Peppers watches Sirettis cast the protection magic and a twinge of jealousy crosses his face There should be a way to learn such magic... being forced to rely on scrolls and wands? Undignified! He turns away to respond to Uesugi.
"Let's take a look shall we? I expect those vultures could be more than just that, but we won't know for sure until we get a bit closer." Perception, buffs:1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 17 + 4 = 34
Male Human Brawler (Mutagenic Mauler) 10 / Skald (Spell Warrior) 1 | HP 95/95 | AC 23, Touch 14, Flatfooted 20, CMD 27* | Saves F+13, R+11, W+7 | Perception +4, Sense Motive +5; Init +2 | Knockout: 2/2 | Weapon Song Rds Used: 5/5 | Status: N/A
Gallix follows suit and puts a couple magical enhancements on himself, in addition to lighting up his mutagen. "Let's not delay too much, alright folks? This thing has a timer on it after all."
Mr Peppers makes an annoyed face, wafting away the lingering smoke from Gallix's 'cigarillo "Haven't you developed a more socially acceptable form of consumption for that yet? Perhaps a tasty gummy, or maybe a discreet skin patch?"
He waits to see what sort of alchemical mumbo-jumbo Kai will apply to himself And they said I was bad with magical enhancement. This guy is a walking advertisement of better living through chemistry!
"Sir D, Uesugi: are there any important spells you wish cast on yourself? Or perhaps wands or scrolls I can read on your behalf?" He asks with only 1% of a magical superiority complex.
He does reach out and bestow his own magical blessing then the two battle masters: Heroism "Since your own arcane talents are nil, and your importance in dealing with what I expect are numerous mutant agressors inside, these heroism spells should help immensely. They will expire in exactly 100 minutes from now."
Not sure if anyone else can toss around heroisms to those who don't have them, but figured this spot will likely call for many attack rolls, skill checks, and dreaded saves. I am now however down to only 2 3rd level slots.
With Sonarisa trailing, you get a little closer to the wreckage to get a better look at it and at the scorched earth surrounding it. Mr. Peppers peels his eyes and ears... and hears some sort of creature hissing. Looking up at the charred trees, he watches as a lone vulture soars into the sky. As it's ascending, what seems like an endless torrent of vultures shoot from the trees into the sky and begin circling the crash site, shrieking madly.
A cacophony of louder shrieks fills the air, and suddenly, four much larger vultures appear from deeper in the trees, and launch forward towards you...
-- Bold is up --
D., Sirettis, Kai, Mr. Peppers
Blue, Yellow, Red, Green
Gallix, Uesugi
An official map wasn't provided for outside the crash site, so consider that the grey stonework on the map is difficult terrain, the orange box represents the crack in the structure leading in. The vultures are hovering 30 feet above ground level.
"What do we have here? Those are some very large vultures.. hopefully they aren't resistant to elemental damage or weapon attacks. I wonder if they have strange abilities or defenses?" Muses tall, dark and arcanistly.
Sorry I didn't manage to post yesterday. Kai would have done some more buffs (10min/lvl type) when they arrive if that's ok.
buffs:
UMD wand of longstrider:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (6) + 18 = 24
Mutagen (Str)
Resinous skin
Barkskin
Alchemical allocation, followed by potion of heroism
UMD wand of heightened awareness:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31(Which he would have dismissed when combat started to get +4 to init, which made no difference)
"Are they mutated common folks as well? I hope not?" Kai quickly grabs an extract and downs the content. Immediately, his arms seem to mutate and lengthen. He then steps forward beside Gallix, ready to strike whichever draws near, studying the one closest to him in particular. (Studied Combat vs Red)
Drink long arm extract. Threatens 10-15 ft with his long spear now. With combat reflexes he can make 3 AoOs which he'll roll in spoiler
Unless she knows they are immune to electricity, she casts Aggressive Thundercloud, Greater upon the closest vulture. It deals 6d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 5, 1, 5, 3) = 20 electricity damage. Reflex Save DC 21 for no damage. If this hits, the vulture must make a DC 21 Fort Save or be stunned for 1 round, and cannot fly.
Assuming no cold resistance or vulnerably.. snowball it is.
Mr Peppers begins packing the largest snow ball you've ever seen out of thin air, then tosses it with no effort at the red bird. "Don't question it, its magic." He says as he releases the snow boulder.
Mr. Peppers knows they have no DR or resistances to anything. They are known to be diseased, however.
Special Ability, Diseased (Ex):
Due to their filthy eating habits and constant exposure to decaying flesh, giant vultures are harbingers of disease much more so than the standard vulture. Any creature bitten by a giant vulture has a 10% chance of being exposed to filth fever, blinding sickness, or a similar disease. Once this check is made, a victim can no longer be infected by this particular giant vulture, though attacks by different giant vultures are resolved normally and may result in multiple illnesses. While vultures aren’t immune to all diseases, they do gain a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws against such ailments.
Sirettis knows their weakest saving throw is Will, and Kai can easily tell these are actual birds rather than half-mutated people.
Reflex, Blue vulture:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 Fly, Red:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Sirettis conjures up an angry cloud that crackles with lightning, but the vulture caws wildly as it flies around the bolt.
Mr. Peppers lobs a massive boulder of ice and snow at the disease-ridden creature, causing it to lose some of its altitude as it recovers from the attack.
POOF - Where there was a vulture, there is now an explosion of feathers and flesh and bird blood. Or dust and mosaics in the Kid's version
The yellow beaked veulture advances on Kai, and Kai sees him coming, using his extra-long arms to slash at the foe just as it leans in to peck him, but Kai easily dodges. Blue dives in after Uesugi, and Kai also slashes at it, but the bird manages to chomp open the samurai's shoulder, its disease spreading into his blood. The last remaining vulture moves in on Gallix, and again, Kai slashes at it, but Gallix is unharmed.
Bite vs Kai:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 122d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 5) + 9 = 17 Bite vs Uesugi:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 272d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 4) + 9 = 19 Diseased? <= 10:1d100 ⇒ 4Sugi needs a DC 16 Fort Save vs Blinding Sickness, though nothing will happen for 1d3 ⇒ 1 days Bite vs Gallix:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 202d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 1) + 9 = 16
Sirettis directs her thundercloud onto the bird with the Blue feathers.
It deals 6d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 1, 3, 4) = 22 electricity damage. Reflex Save DC 21 for no damage. If this hits, the vulture must make a DC 21 Fort Save or be stunned for 1 round, and cannot fly.
Meanwhile, she faces the green vulture and simply wills it to sleep. DC 22 Will Save to resist the slumber hex.
Reflex, blue:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Will vs Slumber:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Two more birds are put down by the efforts of Sirettis and Gallix. It's not as if a measly vulture can survive a series of four powerful electrified punches, nor a sparking thundercloud.
The last vulture sputters to the ground asleep.
Out of combat
The circling vultures above your heads soon disperse and fly off, and all is quiet back outside the wreckage once more.
"Filthy birds! Let's hope the rest of them stay away at least until we leave. There must be quite a bit of carnage around here to attract such a flock." Mr Peppers steps back from the corpses and thoroughly prestidigitates himself clean before flying over towards the ship with the group, eyes on magical high alert.
The area is free of magical auras, and the way into the wreckage is by way of a fissure on one side. A sizable chamber fills the space beyond the crack in the strange ship's hull. The crack spreads across the width of the room splitting the area in half. The western half is taken up by what appears to have been a meditation area and by a kitchen with a large circular stove sitting in one corner, while to the east lie the ruins of several tables. A small storage area lies to the north.
The walls leading up are easily scaled, however, just as you emerge above, two mutants swiftly move ahead, growling with deep bellows of rage.
Sonarisa shudders. "Sonarisa knows. Friends? Not remember."
The mutants respond, speaking together. "Leave our home at once, or die!"
"We aren't here to take your home, just investigate things, geez." Mr Peppers takes a pinch of sparkly dust from his pouch and glitter bombs the pair while the others sally forth.
Glitterdust, using 1 arcana to push up the DC, Will Save DC20
It's not Kai's turn yet, but he would have drunk an extract of shield before entering the structure. Also, I presume his longarm is still on (13min duration from start of vulture fight). Rolling potential AoOs below.
Mr. Peppers and Sirettis recognize that these two are definitely showing similar signs of transformation as Sonarisa and Leeara. They're id mutants affected by the same toxin. They still maintain some elven features, however.
The two mutants growl loudly at Sirettis, and it's apparent that all reasoning left in them has been lost to the transformation when they point their swords at her, baring their teeth.
Mr. Peppers realizes this, and lobs a cloud of sparkling dust at the foes.
Will Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 Will Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
.. And both now strike the air in pure rage as their world goes black.
The mutant roars as D. fries its insides with negative energy, though it manages to resist any entanglement. The second sand bullet flies off into the distance as Uesugi gingerly leaps across the fissure, nearly falling in.
New Save vs Blind:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 New Save vs Blind:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Still unable to see anything, the mutants slice haphazardly at the air...
Mr Peppers looks at Sirettis then at the creatures, then at the 'Thrall' "Maybe she can talk some sense into them? That spell won't keep them blind forever so its now or never if you want to save them.
"Thank you, Mister Peppers." She turns to the mutated elves and casts Calm Emotions. "Please, calm down. You must listen to reason. One of your friends is here. She will convince you we are not threats."
Both mutants drop their swords and rub their eyes in confusion.
Out of combat while Sirettis is concentrating
Comparing these two mutants to Sonarisa, it's clear that Sonarisa's transformation is much more advanced, with several more animal features than the two rhino-elves.
"Home. This home." She mumbles in Aklo.
As their vision returns, the two mutants glare at Sonarisa. "Sona.. Risa? Not remember who you are. Things are..." One says. "Fuzzy." The other finishes.
"I can attempt to break their.. curses, but it isn't a for sure to work. I can also only do it twice, so if one fails then I can't help them." Mr Peppers offers up his assistance, not one to needlessly slaughter... especially when he can show off his magical mastery in the process.
If attempted to cure them is pursued:
If the others agree on this route, he begins the ritual as Sirettis keeps them calm. He consults his spellbook for a moment before getting to work.
Mr. Peppers begins casting, and one of the mutants screams as its horn falls off of its face, its elephant-like hooves morphing back into elven feet. Its snout narrows and turns back into a set of lips and whites reform in its eyes. Soon, the mutant looks a lot more elven.
"What? What's going on?" He looks around in confusion. "And who are you people? What happened to our ship?" He scrambles around, looking at the damage. ".. Is that.. Are you... Sonarisa?"
"Greetings, friend. Normally I would curtsy, but it is difficult to concentrate." Sirettis takes a deep breath. "You and your friends- as well as Sonarisa here- have been mutated. Animal instincts overtake your senses, and you are prone to agitation and violence. Mister Peppers was able to revert the damage you received, but Sonarisa is too far gone for us to handle. More powerful clerics are needed, and we will gladly help her once we return to Absalom."
She looks upon the freed elf. "Can you calm him down without my magical assistance? We wish to end the source of this horrible mutations before it can get any worse. How did you arrive here?"
Diplomacy:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Once his story is laid out, Sirettis turns to his friend. "I can try to... dominate your friend here, to prevent him from more violent activity. At least until we can get him the help required." She exhales.
If the party is fine with this, she stops concentrating and casts Dominate Person on the other rhino-elf.
The mutant-restored shakes his head. "My name is Elkas. Everything is so hazy right now. I was on our ship, this ship.. Lirgen's Glory, in stasis. I awoke suddenly with horrible nightmares, and mutated into one of those things. I don't remember what happened after." His eyes gloss with tears. "Valar.. Can you hear me?"
The rhino grunts and snorts, but doesn't respond.
Will Save:1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 = 17
Seeing that it's hopeless, Sirettis stares into the mutant's eyes and soon brings him under her control.
Elkas wipes a tear off his face. "I see. At least he won't be feral this way." He points in each direction. "I take it you're going to explore the rest of the ship? The engine room and cargo hold are to the left, and our quarters to the right, as well as the library."
"Thank you for your understanding, Elkas. I apologize for what I must do to Valar. Mister Peppers and I can try tomorrow to restore him."
She listens to his words, carefully. "Perhaps there are clues within your quarters. We should travel there first, anyway. You can collect your belongings there. How long ago did you crash here?"
Male Human Brawler (Mutagenic Mauler) 10 / Skald (Spell Warrior) 1 | HP 95/95 | AC 23, Touch 14, Flatfooted 20, CMD 27* | Saves F+13, R+11, W+7 | Perception +4, Sense Motive +5; Init +2 | Knockout: 2/2 | Weapon Song Rds Used: 5/5 | Status: N/A
"I am glad we have been able to spare your lives, Elkas," Gallix chimes in. "I do worry that Sirettis here won't be able to calm many more like you or Valar. Are there any more of your people still inside your...ship." Gallix looks sidelong at the vessel, a look of confusion and unfamiliarity plain on his face. This looked like no ship he had ever seen!
"I'm not really sure," Elkas rubs his head. "As I say, my memory's foggy.. and the visions.." He doubles over as if overcome with pain, panting. "I keep getting this sense that something horrible is about to happen." The elf shakes his head wildly, and he breathes deeply as the pain fades. "... And now it's gone." He shrugs.
"There was six in the crew, including Sonarisa and Valar," he says.
Valar approaches Sonarisa and starts grunting at her. Sonarisa mumbles broken Aklo back.
Perception DC 20:
A glance over the ship's edge at the scorched ground reveals the vulture-picked-through remnants of two bodies. Their skeletons are morphed and twisted into strange, mutant forms.
The thralls don't seem to be getting any closer to remembering what happened, so you follow them to the next room. Their quarters contains three bunk beds, and the remains of a small shrine clutter one corner of the room. Numerous books rest on thin shelves lining the chamber.
Yet perhaps what's strangest about the room is a shadowy elf whose body is made of the darkness of space, floating in the center of it. Its eyes
resemble spiraling galaxies and its long, thin fingers end in talons, and it doesn't look friendly!
Can I get Caster checks with your spells? Also waiting for Peppers to roll his Kn Planes as he will likely be able to get more information than Kai's roll result.
Hi guys! Welcome back!
I felt our GameDay V went so well that I couldn't wait to start another game, so let's do exactly that. Don't feel pressured to use the same PC you used in 7-00, by the way.
Currently, I'd like to run
Season 0, Scenario 6: Black Waters
followed by its sequel,
7-05: School of Spirits
Both are Tier 1-5 scenarios. I'd prefer to run the higher subtier (4-5), but if any one of you don't have a 4-5 PC, we'll go with 1-2 as we did with 7-00
If you've already played 00-06 and don't mind replaying it without receiving credit, i.e., for the fun of it, awesome! If a lot of you (let's say at least half) have already played it, we will only play 7-05.
If anyone has played both, I'll choose something else.
As discussed post-Gameday V, I like faster paced play-by-posts, so please only commit to this if you can post 2-3 times per day at a minimum, with exceptions for weekends and for other unforeseen circumstances (your job, family, sudden encounter with dragons, np, I get it, just let us know).
If interested, leave the usual details,
Alias/Player name:
Character name:
PFS #:
Faction:
I'm looking forward to playing with you guys again!
I am totally down for this! I'll have to come up with a new PFS character as all of my current ones are otherwise engaged, but I've got a couple in the chamber so that shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the invite, Red, and I look forward to playing with the rest of you too!
"Hrm, another mission you say. This sounds interesting. Considering my Earthfall after party was a bit of a flub with everyone venturing off to new adventures my schedule is clear. Count me in."
Mr Peppers is level 2 now, and he's my highest level character at this point. I haven't played either of those adventures so that's not an issue. When are you planning on starting? I will out be of town for work most of this coming week so I couldn't start until Friday. I'll also likely make a couple last minute changes to Mr Peppers before he starts on his level 2 career.
HP 23/24 | AC 19 T 14 FF 15 | Saves 5/8/2 (+2 vs mind affecting, poison) | Perception +7 | Init +4 | CMD 16 | Extracts 2 | Bombs 1/8 | Mutagen (Activated) (+Dex, -Wis, +2 Natural Armor) | Male Human Alchemist 3 | GM Reroll +1 |
This is chadius.
Yup, I'm in. My only level 4 PC is busy, but I do have a few level 3 characters, so I can play the higher subtier. This Alchemist or my Warpriest are up for grabs.
I've already played the 00-06, but I can play it again without credit.
D, you could play it without credit technically, but that's 2/5 that have played 00-06 or already have plans to play it. It is on the short side, at least. If Blaster has also played it, we'll skip it.
@Mr. Peppers I don't have a start date set in stone yet so if we end up waiting a week, that's perfectly fine. Gallix and Uesugi need to create characters too.
So half of you have played 00-06, and one of you has played both.
I'm inclined to skip 00-06 then, but also don't want to run 7-05 without first running 00-06 so that 00-06 isn't spoiled for those of you who have not played it.
Let me see what else I can find. Of course, if there are any scenarios in particular you've been itching to try, let me know.
I've also played these in Standard:
0-03 Murder on the Silken Caravan
0-04 The Frozen Fingers of Midnight
0-05 Mists of Mwangi
0-06 Black Waters
0-07 Among the Living
0-29 The Devil We Know Series
0-35 Voice in the Void
2-11 The Penumbral Accords
2-17 Shades of Ice (Series)
2-21 The Dalsine Affair
3-01 The Frostfur Captives
3-05 Tide of Twilight
3-06 Song of the Sea Witch
3-21 The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment
4–05 The Sanos Abduction
4–15 The Cyphermage Dilemma
4-18 The Veteran's Vault
5–01 The Glass River Rescue
5-21 The Merchant's Wake
6–05 Slave Ships of Absalom
6-06 Hall of the Flesh Eaters
6–08 The Segang Expedition
6–98 Serpents Rise
I'm trying to figure what to play and my apologies Peppers for missing drinks Uesugi was almost late because of Gallix lol.
I figure Sirettis and Peppers will be running the same characters. Blaster too probably?
So D and Gallix what ideas do you got in mind? Also any idea how to tie these new guys to existing Red Arm members. I'd still like to run with that story hook for our upcoming adventures. I figure since I have Uesugi I should choose a divine or a rogue class. Of course I have no problem playing another melee either.
Looking through the few I've played those aren't on the list although for some reason the Consortium Compact sounds familiar. Must just be the name. I've only played:
In Service to Lore
The Confirmation
Sky Key Solution
Wounded Wisp
Master of the Fallen Fortress
I think we'll start with the Consortium evergreen. It's simple enough and I've never played it before, plus it can be used to establish a relationship between existing Red Arm members and new PCs.
Sounds great. I'll get Mr Peppers finalized for his level 2 start... no more adjustments after that :( I'm happy we can tweak characters until level 2, lets you get 3 adventures in to feel out the character. I'll be ready to start on 10/21.
Okay, let's aim to have your PCs ready for a start date of 10/21.
If I'm not mistaken, we'll have three level 2 PCs, making the APL 1.5. That means you guys get to choose between playing Subtier 1 or Subtier 2. I suggest Subtier 2, but it's up to you. :)
Yup. See Page 7 and 16 of the Season 8 Guild Guide.
Quote:
All GMs receive the following rewards based on the
number of GM stars that they have earned.
• A bonus number of free rerolls (see Rerolls on page 36)
equal to the number of GM stars earned.
• The ability to replay one scenario once (see Replaying
Adventures on page 7) per star earned.
• The ability to apply a special GM Star reward
Chronicle to one character, available as a free
download at paizo.com/pathfindersociety
I'm currently in a run of Consortium Compact with another character, but it's evergreen so that should be alright, yeah? And I've played Faithless and Forgotten 1, but that was CORE, so I can play it again standard no problem. The only real issue would be Between the Lines, which I played with another standard character. I could play it for no credit though. It's a fun one that I really wouldn't mind replaying. :)
As far as character creation, I'm considering a divine caster as well. Uesugi, if you were really gunning for a divine character, I could give a more roguish character a go as well. I haven't really played in that wheelhouse before, so it'd be good to give it a shot.
For tying in my new character, I'm thinking I'll have it be someone who is hunting Gallix down, and traces him to the Red Arm, but decides to hang with the group until Gallix gets back from his current mission (assuming he survives). Could be an acolyte of some religion whom he offended if I go divine, or a less savory type of character whom he cheated/betrayed/ticked off in any number of ways if I go the rogue route.
Sounds great. Only the first mission is really set in stone right now, and it's the Evergreen. You can play it twice at the same time and that's allowed other than it may be a little repetitive to be in two games with the same adventure at the same time ;)
I own a lot of modules (mostly hardcopies, however) so one of those could be a possibility for a future adventure.
I'm in for sure. Already cooking up a couple potential PCs. Right now I'm working on a female Dwarf Cleric of Bolka (dwarven goddess of marriage) who is chasing Gallix because he got engaged to her due to a mix of his drunkenness and her "charming" personality. The other option, if I go more roguish, would be a Elf Investigator who's hunting him down for some other reason that I haven't come up with. It'd probably be a bit more serious, though.
@Red - Thanks! I try to go against the grain when I can. My first PFS character is a short human female 2-hander fighter who excels at talking her enemies down, but then lays the smack down with a great sword almost as large as she is if she has to turn to "aggressive negotiations."
I'm willing to give it a try! Begrilda is pretty much purely a buff/heal-bot aside from the bit of charming she does, so that should help our survivability if it becomes an issue.
Mr Peppers is set... I guess... made a few changes, other than leveling up its mostly swapping the feat and exploit to fit his character better. Who was I kidding.. he isn't 'tough', he's far too much of an arcane geek for that.
Blaster has already played this scenario with a Level 2 character, so he's going to have to switch to a Level 1 character.
Looks like we'll be playing Subtier 1 after all!
PS May I also humbly suggest using the PFS Session Tracker? If you all enter your games, it can be very easy to then find shared unplayed games.
The current game I'm GMing, Kortos Envoy, was selected primarily because it was one of the few unplayed games that my group of VO players shared. I was able to find this out quickly.
