Thornkeep - PFS - The Accursed Halls

Game Master Pirate Rob

Aleister steps forward 5 feet and shoots at M2; afterward he reloads his crossbow.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
1d8 ⇒ 4

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Crit damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4 (if confirmed)

Kardak's move speed is 20 due to armor, correct?

The Emissary archetype lets me "move at normal speed when wearing medium armor".

Barrin pounds the centipede's skull into the ground with a might blow from his flail

Aleister steps down and lines up a shot just to the side of Toren's shield and skewers the other centipede right through the eye and literally pinning it against the wall.

**End Combat**

Pirate Rob wrote:

Kardak's move speed is 20 due to armor, correct?

The Emissary archetype lets me "move at normal speed when wearing medium armor".

Check, thanks. Also thanks to Arryn Wildblood the map is now available on the Campaign Info page.

Jarlgur lowers the crossbow he was about to fire. Those are some mighty big bugs, I wonder if the dead pig was meant to keep close as guards.

"Shall we press onwards?"

Are the tan areas anything worth examining?

Are the tan areas anything worth examining?

Not unless you're interested in ancient stone and timbers that used to fill the stairwell you just came down.

Barrin nods in answer to Kardak's question and moves to the opening in the chamber's southern wall, peering down the corridor to see what can be seen.

Hopefully all our Fights will go as swiftly and as well.

Eight statues of demonic creatures anchored to great columns guard an open space in the center of this large hall. Various bits of scaffolding and debris are piled up next to the columns, which support a large gallery fifteen feet above the room’s floor. An open stone archways leads to the southeast.

Feel free to roll perception.

Notes: neither the pillars nor the edges of the room are hard corners. The thin line represents the border of the upper balcony.

Jarlgur peers around the hall.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Aleister can only hope to peer around the hall as well as Jarlgur. Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

Perception 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16

Toren looks at the nearest statue, walking closer if need be, firstly to see if any valuable minerals were used and secondly to see what kind of stonework they could be.

Perception Notice Unusual Stonework. Can I take 20 at this point?

Barrin joins Toren in examining the chamber, carefully noting the stonework in the statues, the floor, the walls, and the ceiling.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Perception roll should be considered at plus two for potentially noticing unusual stonework.

Jarlgur peers around the hall.

[dice=Perception]1d20+5

From back in the hallway you see a goblin sized pick sticking out of one of the small debris piles next to a pillar, the pick appears to have been hastily discarded.

I'll move you guys up and give you a more detailed description of the room and statues etc. later today including spending the 2 minutes to take 20.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

As the Dwarves approach the pillars, with the rest of the rest of the party close behind Jarlgur suddenly notices the pick he saw earlier move as a Goblin emerges from the rubble, followed by several others from other rubble piles.

At the same time a hand full of goblins armed with short bows also peek their heads over the balcony railing and quickly fire their short bows before anybody is able to respond.

Please note that the blue goblins are on the balcony above, if it becomes an issue I'll create a second map for the second layer.

Surprise Round:

Goblins(Blue)
Aleister
Goblins(Green)

The Goblins on the balcony despite setting an ambush do not seem particularly organized as each fires at a different target. An arrow that you can only assume was fired at you hits something completely irrelevant while a pair of arrows penetrate both Dwarves' defenses dealing 2 damage to Barrin and 1 damage to Toren.

Remaining Surprise Round:
Aleister
Goblins(Green)

They goblins also start shouting various things. Does anybody speak Goblin?

Not me. Languages: Common, Dwarven, Undercommon

How high up is the balcony?

How high up is the balcony?

About 15 feet up.

Aleister speaks goblin.

Aleister will move to H40, taking cover behind the pillar.

Aleister speaks goblin.

Aleister will move to H40, taking cover behind the pillar.

That looks like a 5ft step to me, meaning you can still take an action if you so desire.

Aleister Marlowe wrote:

Aleister speaks goblin.

Aleister will move to H40, taking cover behind the pillar.

That looks like a 5ft step to me, meaning you can still take an action if you so desire.

Yep...just realized that. I'll ready an attack against a goblin stepping out of cover.

Barrin grunts in pain and ignores the jabbering goblin talk.

Barrin speaks the same languages as Toren. Are the goblins up top literally blue or are you just color-coding them to differentiate them from those on our level?

The goblins all appear to be identical little green beasties with giant heads from your perspective. The color coding is merely to differentiate height.

Alester ducks behind a pillar, hesitates a moment and looses a crossbow bolt as the nearby goblin attempts to close with him.

To Hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage 1d8 ⇒ 8

The goblin squeals and goes down, coughing up blood from a crossbow bolt to the chest.

The other 2 goblins maneuver around the east side of the room.

Round 1:

Goblins(Blue)
Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Kardak the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
Barrin Ironhite
???
Goblins(Green)
Arryn Wildblood

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The goblins upon seeing their comrade go down scream at Aleister in Goblin
"Evil goblin killer! Die die diddiedieideidieidie!" and proceed to rain down arrows upon youhim.

Fortunately for Aleister the pillar provides solid cover against the attack, unfortunately one still sticks into his shoulder for 4 damage.

Initiative:

Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Kardak the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
Barrin Ironhite
???
Goblins(Green)
Arryn Wildblood
Goblins(Blue)

Jarlgur sidesteps and fires his crossbow at a goblin.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

5 ft step to I40 and fire at G2

Barrin moves back to try to gain a little cover from the goblins in the gallery above and finds himself standing next to the one Jarlgur just fired upon. He swings his flail, hoping to finish it off before it can attack him.

Five foot step to J40.

Swing flail at G2 using Combat Expertise: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

The flail-head catches the adjacent pillar, fouling Barrin's swing!

Barrin's AC is 19 until the start of his next turn.

Toren grunts as the arrow finds a sensitive spot to nick, then grits his teeth and slams Tessa down. His shoulder buried against the tower shield he shouts back, "Everyone form up behind me, I can give m'self cover and give you all some cover!"

Total Cover with Tower Shield. Since the shield is considered a solid wall for attacks passing through the edge, it should provide some sort of soft cover for anyone targeted by arrows through that edge, yes?

I added a red dashed line on my character cell to indicate where my total cover is facing.

Jarlgur's crossbow bolt strikes home, sticking into the goblin's shoulder. Despite the blood and obvious pain the goblin bites off the rear half of the bolt and continues its assault.

Thanks for the line Toren, helps me visualize and remember. While you already provide soft cover for the folks behind you I will likely give an additional bonus due to the huge shield in the way.

Initiative:

Kardak the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
???
Goblins(Green)
Arryn Wildblood
Goblins(Blue)
Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Barrin Ironhite

"Do any of you speak their disgusting language? Should we try to take one alive for questioning?" shouts Kardak above the fray. That being said, he attempts to behead the nearest goblin with his glaive.

Does the goblin have cover?

Attack; Damage: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 161d10 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

"I speak their language...they only want to kill the ugly one. Judging by the arrow in my shoulder I guess that's me. You can take one alive if you want to...they'll get no such mercy from me."

Aleister gives Goblin 2 the Evil Eye before moving to J37.

Evil Eye: -2 to AC for 7 rounds, Will DC15 to shorten to one round.

Arryn drops polearm, equips shield (move action), draws sling (draw weapon is free right?) and loads sling (move action)

The goblin sees Kardak's blade coming and leaps up, mouth open wide in an attempt to swallow the glaive whole. This plan works about as well as expected. You have however learned an important fact about goblins, they tend to have high blood pressure. You learn this as goblin blood sprays all over Barrin, Jarl and Kard.

With Goblin2 down, Goblin 3 seems like a nice choice.
Will Save 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Aleister gives the remaining goblin on the floor the evil eye before retreating into the hallway behind his companions.

The last remaining goblin on the floor grimaces and swats at imaginary demons floating around its head as it scampers around the west side of the party using a double move.

Arryn Wildblood drawing a weapon is a move action, if you have a BAB of at least 1 you can do it the same time as an actual move. Also loading a sling requires 2 hands, while I believe this can be done with a light shield, I do not think it can be done with a heavy. Feel free to revise your action as necessary.

Arryn Wildblood
Goblins(Blue)
Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Barrin Ironhite
???
Green Goblins

Arryn Wildblood drops his polearm back in the corridor and moves to behind a pillar while pulling out his sling which he then proceeds to load.

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The Goblins up top seem upset that the which has fled.
One of them takes a clean shot at Barrin, while the other two fire at the sling wielder behind the pillar.

Surprisingly Barrin is struck by yet another goblin arrow, this time for 3 damage. Out of the pair of arrows that come for Arryn, only one strikes true for 3 damage.

After firing their arrows the Goblins up top reposition a bit, while continuing to yell stupid comments in goblin.

Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Barrin Ironhite
Kardak, the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
???
Green Goblins
Arryn Wildblood
Blue Goblins

Barrin lets out a barrage of curses in Dwarven, wishing he could get at the archers above but knowing he has business to attend to at hand.

He retreats towards the stairs at an angle and the sound of the spinning chain comes again. This time Barrin's wrath is directed at the goblin who moved to threaten Jarlgur.

Move: Five foot step to I39.

Barrin uses Combat Expertise and swings his flail at G3.

Flail attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Barrin's AC is 19 until the beginning of his next turn.

Above the noise of battle, Barrin shouts, "I've a wand of healing magic in my pack! Use it on me if I go down!"

[dice=Damage]14

Splat goes the goblin. The jeering and din from the goblins above only increases in volume.

Initiative

Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Kardak, the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
???
Arryn Wildblood
Blue Goblins
Barrin Ironhite

Jarlgur reloads his crossbow and fires at a goblin in the balcony

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

"There's got to be a way up to those monsters! I'm heading to the other side!"

"There's got to be a way up to those monsters! I'm heading to the other side!"

Taking a moment to assess the room the only other exit you can see from down here is in the SE, and it does appear to be stairs leading up to a platform and then perhaps doubling back. You cannot see any passages in the gallery above, but that's more due to the angle than anything else.

Initiative

Toren "Stand" Still
Kardak, the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
???
Arryn Wildblood
Blue Goblins
Barrin Ironhite
Jarlgur Flamnord

"We should back up the way we came, there was a door before the pig room on the other side of the stairs goin' down. If'n yeh get behind meh shield I can back us out wi' cover!"

Done... I'll cover you

Next round with loaded sling is step out and hold action until I see goblin about to shoot and sling him first.

Best that can be done in Pathfinder.

"Don't follow me. I'll be back shortly."

Kardak bolts across the room, glancing quickly up at the gallery as he runs. Are there any visible entrances to the gallery on the south side?

I sketched myself out some line of sight drawings to make sure I had it right and I think the non Dwarves can see a little more than what I was describing earlier. We'll chalk it up to being focused on the pillars and then the goblins and the fact that the passageways themselves aren't visible, just the top of the frames.

From the north end of the lower room you can barely see the top of a stone arch in the SW corner of the gallery judging from the architecture you've seen so far it seems likely that it may lead to a passageway, but you can't be sure100% sure from here.

From the south west side of the lower room Kardak can see a similar archway in the northwest corner.

I have marked the areas where there appear to be passages in the upper gallery in brown

Toren will hold his Total Cover until the people behind him start moving back up the staircase, then he will back up (5 ft step at a time if necessary) maintaining the Total Cover. When he gets to the stairwell entrance, he'll pause there just inside the entrance with Total Cover

Toren sees the Cavalier take off in a sprint and he shouts, too late, "Kardak, WAIT!!!" He looks back over his shoulder at his companions, his beard mussed into an unfamiliar frown. "We can't leave him alone!"

He shouts back to Kardak, "Kardak, I'll keep a cover line at the entrance of the stairs...Cry out if yeh can't make it back!!"

With Kardak sprinting across the room and Toren holding the line we're currently waiting on Aleister who just barely has line of sight on the goblins from where he is.

Initiative

Aleister Marlowe
???
Arryn Wildblood
Blue Goblins
Barrin Ironhite
Jarlgur Flamnord
Kardak, the Feared
Toren "Stand" Still

Aleister sees Kardak running off...wondering where he's headed. He loads his crossbow before stepping in line behind Toren's shield.

Aleister sees Kardak running off...wondering where he's headed. He loads his crossbow before stepping in line behind Toren's shield.

5ft step + move action to load crossbow, you've still got a standard action if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah...but really nothing I can do from where I am so I'll pass...or perhaps ready an attack against ??? in case it comes alive and tries to bite me!

Aleister takes cover in the shield line and keeps his crossbow ready.

The goblins argue briefly over what's harder to shoot through, a pillar or a "door" before firing 3 arrows at Arryn.

Seeing his moment Arryn fires his sling in return but it bounces off the balcony railing instead of hitting a goblin.

Fortunately for Arryn his pillar holds true and none of the arrows connect.

Still no sign of ???

Initiative

Barrin Ironhite
Toren "Stand" Still
Jarlgur Flamnord
Kardak, the Feared
Aleister Marlowe
???
Arryn Wildblood
Blue Goblins