alsoBoris' Curse of the Crimson Throne - Pathfinder (Inactive)

Game Master Quill the Owl

Katrina thanked Zellara for the reading unsure if she believed it or not but either way spent time considering it, remaining quiet as the group left the house folding her hands in front of herself quietly

It wasn't until Cassiel spoke that she would glance at the rest of the group for more than a few seconds and finally speak. "If you are comfortable speaking about it, then I would like to hear about it."

Velius, please give me a stealth check if you want to be quiet. I I have updated the map with the placement of your characters and a grid. The map can be found here, in my tag, and on the campaign Info tab.

Velius, as you start to creak around the corner, you find a slipper boardwalk that clings to the side of this fishery, help together by barnacle-thick pilings that have been worn halfway through their thickness at the waterline. As you come up to the first window, you find it covered hap-haphazardly with old boards to keep anyone from peeking in.

Taking care to move past the somewhat covered window Velius does his best to not give any sign that he's there, and takes a closer look at the door.

Stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Sorry, wasn't sure if I was supposed to roll the die, or if you'd do it behind-the-scenes.

Cassiel looks down at the dirt. "I... well, I meant to tell you earlier, but when Zellara arrived, I didn't want to interrupt her."

He looks up at the team and clears his throat. "How do I put this... Lamm's been a thorn in the Korvosan Guard's side for a very long time. Every time the Guard tried to catch him, he's canny enough to slip away once more."

"I used to be a Guardsman--and I was one of the few who were more concerned with actually fighting crime in this city instead of keeping order. I was more or less the only Guardsman willing to focus on finally catching Lamm." His voice takes on a tired tone. "A local shopkeeper asked me to help her capture Lamm... see, he kidnapped and murdered her son." He winces at the memory. "Like Zellara's plight..."

"We... we ended up growing closer than professionalism allowed. It wasn't just a job anymore--it became personal for me." Cassiel's hands clench into fists, but his voice never rises in volume.

He trails off, his voice finally failing him. He looks down into the dirt again.

Emanuel steps up to Cassiel and snaps his fingers under the larger man's nose.
I'm sorry for what happened but we need your mind on the tsk at hand or there will be no justice for anyone
he steps away and looks around, scanning the area, more to avoid looking at Cassiel than to look for threats.
look, after today we can commiserate, we need not be alone with our burdens anymore. For now, let's get this done.

While waiting for Cassiel to begin his account, Alessio takes in the details of Lamm's redoubt. The filth on the outer walls repulses him an he keeps his hands close to himself in order not to be tainted by them. Worse, the smell of rotten fish and mildew seem to have taken up permanent residence in his nostrils. Much as he wants to punish Lamm and drag him through the streets on a leash, Alessio wishes that this confrontation could take place somewhere more hospitable.

Cassiel looks up. "Yeah."

It's the only thing he says as he waits for Velius to return from scouting.

Katrina nodded her acceptance of Emanuel's words. "Yes, you are correct we should remain focused on the task at hand." She said turning to watch the direction the monk had gone off scouting in placing one of her hands on the hilt of her scimitar as the other pulled around her shield. At least she would be ready when the signal came from their scout.

Cassiel fiddles with the hilt of his scimitar before checking the rest of his weapons--his dagger was still there, and the club at his belt was still there as well.

All that was left to do was wait for Velius to return...

Alessio could not help but feel exposed in this location. Their common enemy may or may not be within the disgusting structure. If he did dwell here it seemed probable that he would have scouts lurking nearby to alert him to threats. The ball was likely in his court. Was he waiting to spring a trap?

Hurry up, Ulfen brute! he thought.

Next?

On seeing the door unlocked and noise inside Velius returns back to the rest of the group. "Side door is unlocked, but I hear people inside. We should be prepared."

Alessio nods in agreement but, all the same, he feels a nervous sensation in the pit of his stomach.

Cassiel draws his scimitar. "I'm more than ready. Lamm's not getting away this time. Not on my life." He growls. His eyes are burning with cold rage and hate.

Katrina readied her shield In one hand and placed her free hand on her holy symbol whispering a quiet prayer to the dawnflower. "I shall follow your lead." she said softly casting a concerned glance in the direction of Cassiel before moving to step in behind the group. "What is our plan? And who wants to go into the suspicious building first?"

"Stealth is not my forte. I am most effective at some remove from an enemy."

Cassiel and I can lead the way in. Everyone else can follow in behind us. Deal with the situation once we're in there." Velius said.

then by all means let us continue on

Map update. If anyone wants to move their full speed, it is a dc 10 acrobatics check not to fall.

half speed is fine for Emanuel

Velius frowns at the noise that the dock makes, mentally shrugging to himself. Feeling the element of surprise might be in jeopardy, he pushes the door open, ready to run inside.

Velius will open the door to see what is going on inside, then he'll decide on a course of action then.

Half speed for Katrina is fine

Alessio follows along at the same pace as the others. He does spare one backward glance out of nervousness.

Lamm! Finally a chance for revenge!

Cassiel stops as the boardwalk creaks under his weight.

He shakes his head and follows Velius inside.

Moving at half speed.

"...I just got this odd feeling of deja vu..."

Katrina took a moment to steel her resolve as she carefully moved over the creaking boards of the docks following those in front of her

Velius grasps the handle of the door and opens it revealing a small office decorated with a wooden desk in one corner of the room, laid out in such a way that the western door cannot open all the way. On the table is heaped a dozen or so slate boards covered with chalk scrawls. In the east of the room a cabinet slouches against the wall, filled with paperwork. However the room is not unoccupied. Behind the desk sits a blond man with a terrible snear on his face.

"I don't recall having an appointment with you!" The man shouts loudly at the monk, brandishing a wand in a menicing manor.

<<Encounter: "The Fence's Office"| Surprise Round | Hazards: A3 movement is 1/2 |Encounter Map: Old Fishery>>
INITIATIVE

Mr.Y: 19
Velius: 18
Cassiel: 13
Katrina: 10
Alessio: 9
Emanuel: 7

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Surprise Round(Remember: 1 standard or move-action only)
Of the PCs: Only Velius may act in the surprise round.
Of the enemies: Only the man in the room may act.

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Combat Actions/Dice Rolls
Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Ranged Attack v. FF: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19(hit)
+Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1
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Brandishing his wand, the man mutters some arcane words, causing a sickly green missile to dart from the end of the wand and hit the Velius in the shoulder before he can dodge out of the way.
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Current Locations
Mr. Y: I 11
Velius: M 12
Cassiel: M 14
Alessio: M 16
Katrina: M 17
Emanuel: L 17

"You sure? I have a right appointment and a left appointment, I can give you a quick reminder if you don't settle the hell down right now!" Velius snarled as the stinging missile scarred his shoulder.

Velius runs straight into the room to block the man's access to the door (I12) fists at the ready.

SURPRISE ROUND RECAP

Velius grasps the handle of the door and opens it revealing a small office decorated with a wooden desk in one corner of the room, laid out in such a way that the western door cannot open all the way. On the table is heaped a dozen or so slate boards covered with chalk scrawls. In the east of the room a cabinet slouches against the wall, filled with paperwork. However the room is not unoccupied. Behind the desk sits a blond man with a terrible sneer on his face.

"I don't recall having an appointment with you!" The man shouts loudly at the monk, brandishing a wand in a menacing manor.

"You sure? I have a right appointment and a left appointment, I can give you a quick reminder if you don't settle the hell down right now!" Velius snarled as the stinging missile scarred his shoulder. Velius runs straight into the room to block the man's access to the door, fists at the ready.

<<Encounter: "The Fence's Office"| Round I | Hazards: A3 movement is 1/2 |Encounter Map: Old Fishery>>
INITIATIVE

Mr.Y: 19
Velius: 18
Cassiel: 13
Katrina: 10
Alessio: 9
Emanuel: 7

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"Ha! Tough words from one of Lamm's rejects!" The man spits, moving to the other side of his desk, the man yet again brandishes his wand at the monk. With a sputter the wand produces another sickly green dart, which the blond chucks at Velius, leaving a wide opening for the monk to make an attack.

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Combat Actions/Dice Rolls
Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 (hit)
+Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2
Free Action: Mr. Y takes a 5-foot step to J 11
Standard Action: Mr. Y attacks with a wand.
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Current Locations
Mr. Y: J 11
Velius: I 12
Cassiel: M 14
Alessio: M 16
Katrina: M 17
Emanuel: L 17

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@Velius: You can make one attack of opportunity as the man makes a ranged touch attack right next to you.
@Everyone: If everyone could format your post with a line with rolls underneath, as well as any ooc comments, it will be helpful for me. Also please don't forget to put your ending positions at the bottom of your post so I don't miss it. Thanks!

Velius winces as a second missile hits him. While lashing out at the man with a meaty fist.

AoO Attack
Unarmed Strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Not sure if from the context it's Velius's turn or if the man will still take a move action after. Please let me know and I'll finish up Velius's turn.

The man is done with his turn. Sorry about the confusion.

Round 1: Actions
Move Action: Move from M 14 to K 12
Standard Action: Non-lethal attack on Blondie

Hearing the sounds of combat in the fishery, Cassiel moves into the room in time to hear the blonde man mouth off to Velius.

He rolls his eyes and swings the flat end of his scimitar at the man's gut. He wasn't Lamm--he wasn't even worth a quip.

Attack (Non-Lethal): 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 4 = 13
Damage (Non-Lethal): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Velius will delay his action until Cassiel enters the room and unleashes a flurry of punches at the man to take advantage of the flanking situation. "Surrender! You are outmatched!

Round 1 Actions: Flurry of blows, Non-lethal damage
Attack 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Attack 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Derp. Forgot to add the extra +2 for flanking.

Hearing the sounds of combat Katrina moves forward taking care not to fall on the treacherous planks of the docks keeping her shield at the ready.

Katrina double moves (at half speed so 20 ft total) forward from her location at M17 to M13.

Cassiel's Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 1 - 5 = 6 Cassiel, as you hustle to make it to K12, you slip and fall on the old boardwalk.

Cassiel, you have fallen at M 13. You may spend a move action to stand. Velius, did you want to rework your turn since Cassiel won't be joining you as a flanking option?

EDIT: Katrina, you M 13 is no longer a valid option to move to. Would you like to move somewhere else?

Velius will take a 5 ft step to J12, and complete his attack.

Move Katrina instead to square M14.

Alessio is close on Katrina's heels when she loses her footing. This brings him to an abrupt stop and he reaches down to help her to stand again.

To his familiar he says "Go spy ahead", and the small bird takes flight toward the doorway to the building.

Alessio is in M15

acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Emanuel dashes to M12 for goodness sake, can we not get sidetracked by the help? and hurls an acid dart
attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
acid damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

I'll spend a move action to stand up.

ROUND I RECAP

"Ha! Tough words from one of Lamm's rejects!" The man spits, moving to the other side of his desk, the man yet again brandishes his wand at the monk. With a sputter the wand produces another sickly green dart, which the blond chucks at Velius, leaving a wide opening for the monk to make an attack.

Velius, meanwhile sensing the opening in the man's movements takes the opportunity to land a solid punch in on the man's nose. A sickening crack fills the room and the man howls in pain. Velius quickly follows up quickly with two jabs to the man's jaw.

The blond man quickly falls down with a loud thud. Outside another thud can be heard as Cassiel tries to make his way into the room, but winds up slipping. Meanwhile Katrina carefully moves along the old boardwalk, stopping to help Cassiel get vertical. As she stops, the old boardwalk starts to creak louder and the sound of wood snapping can clearly be heard. Alessio sends his familiar to scout ahead while he waits for Cassiel to stand up.

Impatient, Emanuel almost dances along the boardwalk, unafraid of slipping and manages to make it to the door, right as Velius knocks out the blond man.

<<ENCOUNTER RESOLVED| XP AWARD: 50 per character>>

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Great job guys! The man wears leather armor, appears to have a light crossbow with 10 bolts, a dagger, a wand , 3 containers of Acid, 3 tanglefoot bags, and a Thunderstone.

There is a door on the east wall and one on the west wall. In order to fully open the west door you will have to move the desk out of the way. Where will you all go next?

Spellcraft
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Alessio picks up the wand and examines it, fastidiously wiping a drop of the blond man's blood from it onto the latter's hair.

"It produces tiny gouts of acid. This man must be a magician of some sort. Sadly, this weapon is not as readily wielded by me."

When the tanglefoot bags are identified Alessio opines "Those would be most useful in apprehending Lamm and rendering him harmless."

Katrina pauses to help the paladin to his feet all too aware of the creaking sounds the floor was making. "Perhaps a more cautious approach for us is advisable." she offers the Paladin before moving to carefully walk into the room and towards the Monk and the unconscious man taking stock of the Monks injuries attempting to discern how much healing to call upon from her goddess.

"Acid? That explains the stinging." Velius said showing the wound to Katrina as she looks at him. Velius looks at the fallen man. "He should be out for a while. Best to tie him up and stick him somewhere so he doesn't cause us problems.

Velius will cut a length of rope to securely tie up the blond man. "Whichever way we go, we should block the other door with the desk. It'd give us a warning at least."

"South-Western door first? Cassiel and I will move the desk to block."

Velius is missing 3 hp.

Heal: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Katrina gives the acid burn a look over making certain there was nothing further. "I can heal you now if you desire, but I only have a few uses of my clerical abilities."

She can channel energy 5/day and I have 2 spells to sack for a cure light wounds if necessary. Katrina will drop a channel energy if you want or ask her to but for now I'm holding off.

Cassiel takes Katrina's hand and stands up, his cheeks beginning to turn red with embarrassment. "Thanks."

He moves to help Velius barricade the door they just came in with the desk, not even giving the unconscious blond man a second thought.

Well, with his physique he could do that by himself if he wanted to.

Alessio, I'm happy enough to make use of the wand.

Emanuel, seeing that the desk is in place, their enemy bound, Velius's wound assumed to be minor and Cassiel's wounded pride having been rubbed, suggests they move on.

Not forgetting to gag the man, Velius cuts a strip of cloth to cover the blond man's mouth to ensure that he wouldn't be able to yell out for help if he regained consciousness.

"It should be okay for now. I'll let you know if it starts bothering me." Velius said to Katrina after dabbing the worse of the stinging away with a cloth.

After helping Cassiel to (hopefully) quietly move the desk to block the other door, he cracks open the western door ever so slightly and peers through. If nothing catches his eye he will quietly open it.

Katrina nodded quickly. "Alright then. Just let me know if it bothers you." She said moving to stand out of the way of the door they seemed to be readying to go through standing at the ready waiting for a signal for the less than sneaky people like herself to approach.

Once the desk is barricading the side door, Cassiel stacks up behind Velius and waits for the man to give a signal.

It takes a little bit of rangling, but after a few moments, Cassiel and Velius are able to move the desk in a position to block the eastern door. As Velius opens up the door to the next room, most of what he sees is a single desk that is in the middle of the room. From his position he is able to see a pile of ratty furs and straw heaped under the table.