Xynen's Hell's Rebels (Inactive)

Game Master Xynen

"If you guys need some light, I have a torch you can use. I'd prefer if we could all see rather than just Brask and I."

Kalem will offer a torch should they request one.

He steps beside Brask, being careful to stay close and not do anything reckless.

He see's something wooden off to the side and squints to see if he can identify it.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Femi, hopeful that Elias can conjure something, will take the torch if he does not.

He stays close to the group and holds the light up high.

The humans in the party can see comfortably within the light shed by Femi's torch and can make out minor details about twenty feet farther than that. Elias can see twice as far as Femi and Mykhail and Brask and Kalem can see everything else revealed on the map.

This long, damp hallway opens to the southeast into a large reservoir of calm, dark water. A wooden pier extends twenty feet into the water, while another twenty feet out rises the top half of a statue of a beautiful elven woman. A foul smell, like that of rotting meat, comes from somewhere near the pier. Two holes have been knocked into the northwest walls to provide access to chambers beyond.

K:Religion Untrained: 1d20 ⇒ 13
So i get the 10 result. Sweet

"Something smells rotten, and that's Calistria, right?" Brask observes, moving further into the room to investigate the meat smell.

"I don't see him, how about you, Kalem?"

"Not yet."

Kalem looks around taking in his surroundings.

"We got small body of water to the left, and some kind of side room to the right. I think I see stairs farther up ahead."

Femi looks at the statue.
Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

He grunts along with Brask, ”Ayep. Let’s see if I can send a little light into these vast chambers. Quite a space to have under a coffee shop!”

He casts Dancing Lights and sends them first over the water to see if anything hides in the darkness beyond and to see just how expansive the underground pool is. If nothing happens, he sends the light to the west into that chamber, then finally down to the stairs where he leaves them until they expire (they only last a minute).

He thinks a moment as he’s moving the light around. ”Elias, I plan to change up my spells tomorrow to include light. This torch doesn’t have the feel of my staff, and I keep worrying about catching my hair aflame!” he chuckles. ”I only mention it so you don’t do the same. I doubt we’ll need two lights most of the time… right? Besides, I hope to get one of those ioun stone torches when I get a little money together. That’ll solve the problem once and for all!” he laughs again.

”…of course then there’s the hightened version to block deeper darkness… but I don’t have that kind of currency. There's always more to buy, right?”

Elias walks slowly out onto the pier, and gazes at the statue. Emotions of adoration and anguish flicker across his fine elven features, and he seems to be on the cusp of speaking, but then the moment passes.

He bows his head, silent in prayer for a breath.

When his head rises again, he says, "Yes. That is my Lady, Calistria, of the passion and fury."

As Elias walks back through the group, peering into the darkened side-space, his fingers brush across the haft of Femi's staff, imbuing it with Light. "Yes. There is always more to buy. We should clear this side room. If it's occupied by those of hostile intent, they might cut us off easily should we take the stairs first."

Kalem will move slowly into the side room area, ready to call out anything unusual or any threats.

Femi is very pleased to be walking with his stick rather than a torch.

"Thank you Elias, very gracious of you!"

As the party nears the pier, the stench gets even stronger. Near the northwestern edge of the pool, just under the stone lip, look to be the half eaten remains of a man wedged among the pilings.

Kalem and Elias don't see anything particularly special with a quick look at the side room. There are two latrines, furniture of varying sizes and quite a few bunks, there are signs that some of it has been used recently, but just how recently it is hard to say.

Anyone checking the room on the west:

"Ah, hells." Brask calls out loudly, rushing over to the body to try to see if it's the guy we've been looking for. "I think this is Nan... What happened to him?"

The wary half-orc draws his dagger and is alert for any kind of ambush as he inspects the man.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 11

"I don't see anything..."

Femi rushes behind Brask, bringing the light to bear on the grisly scene.

"Any idea what killed him?" he looks over his shoulder at the body.
Heal: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Later, he pokes his head in the room to the west, but he sees nothing of note.
Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16 hehehe, right.

Mykhail follows along side the group keeping his gun at the ready, just in case anyone down here had anything unsavory in mind. The smell is making his stomach roll but he is determined to keep his body in check for his companions. When hearing both Brask and Femi exclaim over a dead body, he sincerely hoped it wasn't Laria's friend.

Turning he peers across the room towards the west but isn't able to see much of anything as of yet.

Perception on recognizing the dead person: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Perception for west side of room: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

As Mykhail moves forward to help Brask identify the body, and for a moment he thinks he sees a satchel connected to the remains, but before he can say anything there is a surge of water and a incredibly large, incredibly white crocodile snaps it's jaws at the half orc but in it's eagerness to eat the beast closes it's jaws a second too soon.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Round 1
Croc - 21
Brask - 20
Kalem - 18
Mykhail - 16
Elias - 12
Femi - 3

The Party is up!

Brask leans back from the snapping croc, having expected *something* to happen, but still surprised it was a crocodile, not a man.

He lets his anger crash to the surface, using his leaned back position to add extra force to his attack.

Power attack, spending 1 round of rage

Dagger Attack!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Dagger Damage: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Not bad for a dagger!

Elias strides to the end of the pier and calls forth a Blessing from his goddess, before shouting to his friends.

"Quickly, away from the water, do not let it drag you in!"

Bless grants everyone a +1 morale bonus to attacks and saves against fear effects

Round 1, Int. 16

Mykhail turns away from the dead body as the water shifts noisily around them, and then a huge blur of white is surging from the water and almost takes a bite out of Brask. He stumbled back a step in surprise before his instincts kick in and he aims at the giant white mass currently trying to eat his friend.

Shot at Croc.: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 4 + 1 + 1 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

Round: 1, Initiative: 3

Femi falls back, more in fear than the insistence of Elias, though both are strong factors. He swallows hard, turns, and takes a few steps forward so he can see it clearly in the light of his staff.

He launches a Force Missile at it, hoping for the best!
Force Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Round 1, Initiative 18

Kalem smashes his fists together, and moves up to engage. He lashes out with an unarmed strike, but holds back for a defensive edge.

Unarmed strike: 1d20 ⇒ 6
Using combat expertise for a +1 AC

Brask sinks his dagger into the crocodiles flesh and into the meat below the scales causing a significant wound on the creature. Kalem moves in to attack, but the croc sees his approach and snaps an attack of its own, clamping it's jaws on the tiefling's leg. The party can here a soft crunch. The albino attempt to hold Kalem in its mouth but he slips free. Mykhail manages to succesful fire a shot through cover and combat, and his bullet draws another trickle of blood. Elias blesses the group and Femi rounds out the assault with a hit from his force missile.

AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 221d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Grab: 1d20 + 7 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 4 = 15

The crocodile, confused and attacked from all sides launches a second attack on Kalem but misses and growls at the party.
AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Round 2
Croc - 21 (14 damage)
Brask - 20
Kalem - 18 (8 damage, staggered)
Mykhail - 16
Elias - 12
Femi - 3
The Party is up!

Brask sees the beast nearly take the leg off of his tiefling comrade and refuses to let his rage abate. He roars at the croc as he pulls the dagger out with a spray of blood and brings it down yet again.

"Faaace Me!!!" His voice resounds through the chamber at an almost painful volume.

Spending another round of rage, power attacking.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Why didn't I put on that armor I just got...

Kalem realizes he's in a tough spot. He had barely enough energy to move, maybe even attack but his conscious was wavering. If he tried to flee, the large beast could lash out and take him out anyway.

He makes his decision.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Kalem attempts to move out of the way as to not be a hindrance to his allies. and tries to leap between the crocs attacks.

Brask hits the crocodile with a mighty blow and the beast stops moving allowing Kalem an easier escape than he expected. However we aren't quite out of initiative yet.

From across the hall you hear a gasp and some muttering that you cant quite decipher.

Femi, Mykhail and Elias may each take one rounds worth of action.

Round: 2, Initiative: 3

Femi moves to the other chamber, staff held high to light the way (move).

”Hello there! Who might you be hiding in the darkness? We’ve killed the big nasty alligator or crocodile or whatever it was.

It’s safe to come out now.”

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Might have a standard to come if he sees anything, but probably not.

Hearing that sickening crunch of teeth on bone, Elias steps forward, placing one hand on his harp, and the other on the thoroughly chewed up leg. A pulse of energy washes through Kalem, setting his heart to a rapid pounding, and his breath quickened.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

"No more of that. Such injuries, in a place like this, could easily become infected."

"Erg!"

Kalem feels much better and steadies himself before he falls over.

He does the next suitable thing in his mind, he puts on the armor he recieved and asks for the bracers of protection as well.

"I'm tired of using up all your heal spells. I'm going to armor up as much as possible to not be in the way."

Round 2, Int. 16

Mykhail is glad to see the beast go down and turns to see Elias tending to Kalem and nods turning back to the other side of the room, reloading his pistol as he walks with Femi to investigate and to give him back up if need be.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Kalem we're still in initiative so you don't have time to replace your armor. Also the bracers of armor do not stack with regular armor and would be useless on you.

Though Femi and Mykhail do not see anything, once the bald man is done speaking he hears a screech.
"KILLED!?

In the back of the room Femi and Mykhail see a black shape rise up from where it was hiding behind a piece of furniture. She screeches again and launches herself into the air, landing next to Femi and launching an attack, but the mage manages to dodge the blow.

Now in the light, the party can see their new foe seems to be a large feathered humanoid with glittering eyes and a sharp beak.

Claw: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Round 3
Croc - 21 (25 damage, unconcious bleeding)
Brask - 20
Kalem - 18
Mykhail - 16
Elias - 12
Femi - 3
Crow - 2

The Party is up

Round: 3, Initiative: 3

Femi, knowing better than to be standing here right in front of everyone, withdraws to make room for the others. He tries to figure out what the creature is.

Knowledge: 1d20 ⇒ 16 +8 arcana, +9 local
In order, for as many questions as I get, what is it’s DR? SR? Special Attacks?

Brask whirls at the sound of screeching, his eyes searching the dark past the torchlight when the thing attacks Femi. He snarls and moves off the docs, putting his dagger away and drawing his Falchion.

Spending 1 round of rage to maintain the rage train.

Round 3, Initiative 18

"Are you Nan Comerivos!?"

Kalem shouts his question as he rushes forward to try to calm the new combatant.

"He's not dead! We just knocked him out!"

As he can't make to grapple him, Kalem will attempt to pacify him.

diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Round 3, Int. 16

Mykhail has his pistol at the ready and almost takes a shot at the hybrid but holds off when Kalem steps in and tries talking to it. They really were under prepared for this situation. Were these creatures hostile? true the albino croc. did try to take a piece out of Brask and Kalem but it could have just felt threatened by their presence. He was sure that Laria would have mentioned the creatures below if they were...acquaintances of hers though, wouldn't she?

He watched the creature wearily, if it took one move to strike his companions then he would take a shot.

"What he speaks is true, the creature sprang out at us and attacked, we acted on instinct. If you mean us no harm, then no harm will come to you, however make one false move towards my friend there, then I will show you no mercy."

Intimidate: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

"You hurt my pet! " The avian woman cries put in response, though Mykhail's threat does seem to have some effect, she stands with her claws still ready.

Femi unfortunately does not recognize the creature but he can tell that, despite its similarities, it is not a Tengu.

K. Nature would be the identifying knowledge in this case.

Kalem diplomacy to alter anothers attitude is a full minute action (10 rounds) you may take a different action if you'd like.

Elias is up

Gah, I don't know how to pathfinder...

Could reach her to restrain her with a grapple, so Kalem prepares to grapple should she come in range. If he can't ready an action after moving, then I guess he'll go for total defense?

Grapple: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

But I only want to do this is she moves within range and is openly hostile.

Brask rushes to aid his companions. Kalem prepares a defensive grapple.Mykhail intimidates the feathered woman. Elias delays and Femi withdraws.

THe bird woman screeches again, this time at Kalem and she moves in with her claws, ready to attack, but Kalem grabs her and keeps her from the gunslinger. Panicking, she lashes out and slashes Kalem neatly across the abdomen doing significant damage. She attempts to break free of the hold but can not throw the Tiefling off.

Bird AoO: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 - 2 = 211d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Confirm: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 3 - 2 = 181d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Sorry Kalem!
Break Grapple: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 - 2 = 3

Round 4
Croc - 21 (25 damage, unconcious bleeding)
Brask - 20
Kalem - 18 (7 damage - grappled)
Mykhail - 16
Elias - 12
Femi - 3
Crow - 2 (grappled, shaken (1/2 rounds))

The Party is up!

"I am sick and tired of getting pummeled!"

Kalem remembers his days brawling a the docks If I can, I want to use marital flexibility as a move action to gain improved grapple and continues to grapple with the Crow.

Grapple: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + 5 = 14
Math is bonus, plus feat, plus circumstance bonus of previous success for grapple

If successful, he pins her to the ground giving her the pinned condition.

Brask trundles forward with his falchion held up high. "MOVE!" he snarls at Mykhail.

I assume you don't want to be in reach of the target, and I want to be there. :p As is, I gotta waste another round of rage just sitting here since I can't move into your square and hit the target.

Round: 4, Initiative: 3

Brask, you can shout at Mykhail (free action for brief speech anytime - unless GM Xynen is doing things differently) and then delay your initiative until after Mikhail hoping he moves. No need to lose the round unless Mykhail doesn’t move.

Worried about successfully tripping the bird-creature and ruining the grapple, Femi follows through with just a Force Missile on her.

Force Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Brask, you can shout at Mykhail (free action for brief speech anytime - unless GM Xynen is doing things differently) and then delay your initiative until after Mikhail hoping he moves. No need to lose the round unless Mykhail doesn’t move.

Yes Please. I'd like to do that. Sorry I didn't know I could do that.

Round 4, Int. 16

Mykhail curses when the creature attacks Kalem anyways, but seeing as Kalem is now in a grapple with the creature he doesn't want to risk taking a shot unless it is absolutely crucial. He hears the heavy thumping of footsteps behind him and is already moving by the time the half orc is shouting at him to make room.Taking a 5 ft back to make space for brask

"Are you alright?" He asks the Tiefling.

So this is supposed to be part of my actual turn, which I held for Elias to go.
After the space is cleared, Brask steps in to make his attack. With a grimace, he twists the falchion so that he would hit her with the flat of the blade and not the edge, causing his swing to go wide.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 5 - 4 = 5

Oh, hello. I thought you'd forgotten about me, dice roller!

Elias, hoping to bypass the already-too-crowded entryway, moves swiftly to the other entrance, then around to flank the creature. It's possible that a peaceful settlement might be found, he supposed, but he counted it unlikely.

Double move to go through the other doorway and flank the thing

Round 4, Int. 16 Continuation of my post above

Since Mykhail isn't very good at doing nonlethal damage he decides to try and aid Brask to the best of his abilities.

Aid Brask: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 1 = 17

Kalem is keeping all his focus on keeping his captured target contained. he's close to passing out, but keeps his grasp tight.

Kalem holds fast onto his squirming target. Mykhail steps back to allow Brask a swing at their foe but it misses and the gunslinger provides advise for the half-orc's next attack. Elias moves into position and Femi fires a force missile.

The feathered woman attempts to break free from Kalem's grip, but the Tiefling's hold is strong and she can not move. "I'll kill you and feed you to my crocodile when he wakes!" She shouts.

1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 1 = 9

Round 5
Croc - 21 (25 damage, unconcious bleeding)
Kalem - 18 (7 damage - grappled)
Brask - 16 (+2 to next attack from Aid Another)
Mykhail - 16
Elias - 12
Femi - 3
Crow - 2 (4 damage, grappled, pinned)

The Party is up!

Round: 5, Initiative: 3

As she’s pinned, and no longer a real threat, Femi steps up (5’ step) and heals Kalem with Infernal Healing.

Kalem, you have fast healing 1 for a minute. So you heal 1hp a round for 10 rounds.

Brask follows the advice he was given and tries again to subdue the woman. Perhaps if they manage to KO her they can try to stabilize the croc and fix all this mess.

Oh! I also have flanking! Pulling for nonlethal but still raging.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 5 + 2 + 2 - 4 = 15
Damage (nonlethal): 2d4 + 7 ⇒ (4, 1) + 7 = 12

Brask manages to bring the falchion around and delivers a powerful blow with the flat of his weapon.

"SHUT IT!" Brask bellows in response to her screeching.

Round 5, Initiative 18

Kalem gives an appreciative nod to Femi for the heal as he struggles to maintain his hold on the feathered woman.

Grapple: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 + 5 = 22

If successful...which I'm pretty sure it does.

Kalem proceeds to tie up his pinned captive, hoping that he won't have to be too rough on the possible person they're searching for.

Note: She'll have to break a DC of 24 to get out of being tied up.