bluedove's Pathfinders - Gamma Squad [PFS] (Inactive)

Game Master bluedove

No, I realized earlier that Odo is my GM in another game, didn't realize the first time we played together ;)

Hi, Ash. Cool small world moment.

Odo cannot keep the shock out of his voice. "You did what?!? I thought Hemzel was a protector of the forest and its folk. There has to be some kind of mistake!"

We want to be friends with Hemzel and neither Hemzel nor ourselves wish to harm fey that have not harmed us.
Is there any way we can help him?

Rhanloi shakes his head in disbelief...this put a whole new wrinkle in their mission! Out loud, he says, "Do you know why they said he was going to bring others here to destroy you? Was it a lorestone? We can help take it away and perhaps allay their fears..."

"Oh! You are upset... Please, I'm going to show myself, d-don't hurt me." You hear a slight swish as Gire dismisses her invisibility, and you see a diminutive fey flying above the hut. She is green-skinned and wields a needle-thin rapier. A pair of dragonfly wings holds her aloft.

"Lorestone? That smooth rock? Cyflymder took it with him after he killed the druid. Cyflymder is a great, bold fey. He’s promised to clear the Verduran Forest of the scum who stole our heritage. He says the druids only exist to trick us and help humanity steal our treasures. But… but I’m not so sure he’s right anymore. Oh! Poor Hemzel is still inside if you think you can help him, but I doubt it." She shakes her head sadly.

As you speak with Gire, you notice that the smoke is no longer confined to Hemzel’s chimney — the walls of the hut are starting to smolder.

Kn(Nature): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
"Yes, Gire, we would like to look inside...ummm...why is the house starting to burn?!" Rhanloi runs up to the house and checks the door for heat before throwing open the door and looking inside.
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

The heat is palpable inside the primitive, one-room hovel. Tinder from the fireplace is strewn about, sparking the fires that now climb the reed walls. The room itself is in shambles. An eviscerated human body sprawls across the floor, and a butchered wolf lies against the wall by the front door. Puddles of blood surround them. The man’s hands are tied to a rough wooden table, upon which sits an ornate—but empty—box and a blood-spattered manuscript.

The hungry fire is beginning to spread, seeking to consume everything in it's path. It will likely be out of control soon if the pathfinders cannot stop it.

Actions dedicated to fighting the fire can slow it. As a standard action, a PC with a blanket, a waterskin, or another appropriate tool can extinguish one five-foot square.

Rhanloi moves into the hut and quickly grabs the manuscript, tucking it into his belt pouch before emptying the contents of a waterskin onto a part of the fire.

Ssself could guesss the raging foressst fire Cyflymder ssstarted will do more damage to the foressst and fey then Hemzel could have ever done!
Selter rushes in with Rhanloi and uses his two water skins on the other areas near the wizard.
GM, do I think a liquid ice will put out another block? I actually didn't buy a blanket for this char. But I could probably use my cold weather outfit next.

Reiko also rushes inside and uses her waterskin on a section of the fire.
"Is he just down or dead? We should try to carry him outside."

Darren will quickly remove his cloak and begin using it to smother flames.

Odo joins the effort. "I will drag him free. Though I have never seen anyone survive wounds so grievous, if there is a spark of life, I will try to encourage it."

Odo will try laying hands on Hemzel's body. If there is any life left to stabilize, it should help.
Lay on Hands: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 2) = 5 If Hemzel can be healed, he is healed for 5 hit points).

Ranloi saves the manuscript before it can burn as Selter sprays the fire engulfing the bed with his waterskin, Reiko attacks the flames nearest the door, and Darren beats at the flames near the fireplace, all three of them extinguishing a section while Odo enters and moves to heal Hemzel. Unfortunately, as he puts his hands to his body, it's clear that he is beyond your help. He has bled out from his wounds and feels cool to the touch.

No heal required, he is obviously dead.
Marking extinguished flames with a cloud symbol. Ranloi, you used your standard to retrieve the manuscript, so no flames put out by you yet. Selter, yes, liquid ice sounds like it would be effective in helping put out flames.

Ranloi Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Darren Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Odo Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Selter Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Reiko Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Enemy Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Just as Odo bends to touch Hemzel's body, you hear the thump of heavy boots running toward you. Odo and Ranloi feel the impact of a rough hand and a heavy shove that seems bent on pushing them into the flames. The halfling paladin is propelled 10 feet into the flames on the bed,(Odo takes 2 fire damage) but the wizard is more wily than anticipated and throws his weight in the opposite direction, holding his ground against the assault. Their attackers flash into view. At first glance they appear human, garbed like lumberjacks and wielding battleaxes. But something about their features is off. Dark eyes too large in pallid, grey faces and the buds of horns have sprouted upon their brows. *cough*Liberty's Edge Faction Mission*cough*

The strange men slash with their battleaxes at the pathfinders, but are unable to connect.

Odo - moves in, lays hands on Hemzel
Darren - moves in, smothers flames near fireplace
Ranloi - moves in, secures manuscript
Reiko - moves in, uses waterskin to put out flames near door
Selter - moves in, uses waterskin to put out bed
Initiative Order - Surprise!
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Enemies Green Bull Rush Odo: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 28 Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Red Bull Rush Ranloi: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 10
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Enemies Green Battleaxe attack on Selter: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Red Battleaxe attack on Ranloi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Odo
Darren
Ranloi
Reiko
Selter and Sithiss

Party is up!

Kn(Nature): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Rhanloi utters a curse..."These men are unseelie-touched. Once they were normal human men, but now they are part human, part fey. And they are resistant to cold and normal damage except from silver!" Well, Rhanloi had a few tricks of his own...he quickly casts a spell and reaches out to touch the creature that attacked him! Casting second shocking grasp spell for the day.
Concentration: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Touch attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Electric damage?: 4d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 1) + 2 = 11

Darren will move forward 5 feet and continue to put out the flames, his spiked gauntlet at the ready to defend, since he would have had to drop his bow earlier in order to put out flames. "Finish the flames so we don't have that to worry about, as well..."

knowledge nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
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Selter calls to his friend, Sithiss, guard the door! and she moves over in front of the door to bar further entry. I think she might be more in the way than assistance in here
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Selter then draws his silver dagger and attempt to eviscerate the unseelie.
dagger attack power attack: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 1 = 24, if hits dagger damage: 1d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

Odo grits his teeth from the pain of the burn and scrambles back forward onto the non-burning part of the bed.

"Silver, eh, Rhanloi? Silver I have!" he says as he draws his silver scimitar and slashes at his enemy.

Silver Scimitar: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 looks unlikely to hit
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 in case of miracles

5' step, move action to draw scimitar, standard action to attack

Reiko steps through the smoldering embers to flank the man with the green shirt.
wakazashi: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 = 201d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (1, 1) = 4

Of course all 1's and no silver item on Reiko, jay pregens :P

Odo - moves in, lays hands on Hemzel
Darren - moves in, smothers flames near fireplace
Ranloi - moves in, secures manuscript
Reiko - moves in, uses waterskin to put out flames near door
Selter - moves in, uses waterskin to put out bed

Initiative Order - Surprise!
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Enemies:
Green Bull Rush Odo, pushes into fire for 2 damage
Red Bull Rush Ranloi, fails
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Enemies:
Green Battleaxe attack on Selter, miss
Red Battleaxe attack on Ranloi, miss
Odo - 5' step, draw scimitar, attacks, miss
Darren - smothers flames near fireplace
Ranloi - shocking grasp on Red for 11 damage
Reiko - strikes with wakazashi, but to no effect
Selter and Sithiss - strikes Green with silver dagger for 10 damage
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Enemies:
Green Battleaxe attack on Selter: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Red Battleaxe attack on Ranloi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Odo
Darren
Ranloi
Reiko
Selter and Sithiss

Odo draws the proper tool, but his blade is unable to find flesh. Darren chooses to keep battling the fire, making headway as he extinguishes another section. Ranloi's shocking grasp finds his mark, and the fey-touched man screams in pain as his teeth rattle together from the force of the current. Reiko's blade meets her target, but seemingly to no effect. Selter deals a hefty blow with a mere silver dagger.

The former lumberjacks swing their axes again, but luck seems to have abandoned them at the moment as the heavy blades cleave through only air.

Party is up again!

Rhanloi was backed into a corner. His rapier would have no effect on the creature, but casting spells opened him up to attack. Oh, and there was a growing fire on both sides of him. Magic it was, then...

He speaks arcane words again and draws his bow, but instead of using a regular arrow he releases a ray of burning light! Casting scorching ray at the red unseelie-touched target.

Concentration: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Ranged touch attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Fire damage?: 4d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5, 5, 2) + 2 = 16

Selter makes another strike at the unseelie.
dagger attack power attack: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 - 1 = 12, if hits dagger damage: 1d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

Odo presses his attack on the unseelie lumberjack in front of him, hoping to bring him down swiftly so that he can work on putting the fire on the bed out for good.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 crit threat!
Confirm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 dang!
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Reiko continues to slash at the green shirt, or walks over to the red shirt to slash him whilst flanking.

attack + flank: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 = 201d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (6, 5) = 14

Stepping in to gain a flank, Darren slams his fist into the foe before him, the spikes of his gauntlet hopefully tearing the flesh of the lumberjack.

1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 = 10+4 if still count as human
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 +4 for human

Darren is reminded, once more, why he prefers his bow as he comes up fitfully weak on his blow.

Odo - moves in, lays hands on Hemzel
Darren - moves in, smothers flames near fireplace
Ranloi - moves in, secures manuscript
Reiko - moves in, uses waterskin to put out flames near door
Selter - moves in, uses waterskin to put out bed

Initiative Order - Surprise!
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Enemies:
Green Bull Rush Odo, pushes into fire for 2 damage
Red Bull Rush Ranloi, fails
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Enemies:
Green Battleaxe attack on Selter, miss
Red Battleaxe attack on Ranloi, miss
Odo - 5' step, draw scimitar, attacks, miss
Darren - smothers flames near fireplace
Ranloi - shocking grasp on Red for 11 damage
Reiko - strikes with wakazashi, but to no effect
Selter and Sithiss - strikes Green with silver dagger for 10 damage
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Enemies:
Green Battleaxe attack on Selter, miss
Red Battleaxe attack on Ranloi, miss
Odo - strikes Green for 3 damage
Darren - swings and misses
Ranloi - cast scorching ray at Red for 16 damage, finishing him
Reiko - strikes Green for 9 damage, finishing him

Odo's strike hits his mark this time, but it is not enough to bring down his foe. Ranloi has better luck as he reaches out to touch the fey-touched brute with devastating magic. The smell of scorched flesh fills the room as he falls to the floorboards, smoldering and unmoving. Reiko's blade finds a home in the other man's kidney and she twists with deadly precision, bringing the man in green to his knees as his blood spills out to join that of poor Hemzel.

Combat Over!

With no more distractions, the fire can now be dealt with directly. In short order, the fire is put out and the place searched. The lorestone does indeed seem to be gone, but Frost has Hemzel’s journal, which is written in a sort of pidgin shorthand of Common and Druidic.
Need a linguistics check or other means to decipher the manuscript.

Hidden under the table along the far wall is a small cache of useful items: a potion of barkskin +2, a potion of bear’s endurance, and two scrolls of lesser restoration. You also find a tablet of rare blue stone, with intricate cuneiform writing underneath the ruined bed, undamaged by the fire. *cough*Scarab Sages Faction Mission*cough*

The fey-touched men wear only simple clothes and a breastplate. On each of their bodies you find a potion of cure light wounds and a masterwork battle axe. Near the door you discover the body of a deceased Atomie, who appears to have been crushed by the jaws of Hemzel's wolf. She carries weapons sized for her tiny stature as well as a bag of tricks (gray).

On Hemzel's body, you also find an amulet of natural armor +1 and a pouch with 240 gp.

"I can't make any sense of the journal" the elf says once they have a chance to examine it. "These magical items I understand, but this gibberish? I would need a different spell to be able to comprehend this language! Speaking of magic items, I would like to employ the protecting properties of this amulet until we return to the lodge, if that's alright with everyone?"

"That is not my realm of expertise, however...does anyone need some healing?" Darren asks as he pulls out his wand, having put out the fires and recollected his bow. When he is given a moment, he will walk outside and bury his bow in the sand, the empty the contents of a waterskin on the bow, letting it sit for a few, while they prepare for the next step of this task.

Selter is a druid archtype so has druidic.
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Ssself may be able to sssee what it sssaysss. Selter looks over the journal and finds...

Odo drags one of the axe-wielding creature's bodies out of the hut and into the light of day. He looks it over but can make little understanding of it, so he calls out to the faerie, "Gire, could you come here and tell me something about these creatures? They look like they used to be men. What sort of enchantment or creature can cause them to change like this?"

Selter has no trouble deciphering the manuscript as he speaks both Druidic and Common. Hemzel's journal proves to be detailed notes regarding the lorestone and his recent issues and research.

You learn that the lorestone is keyed to druidic circles, and one lies several hours travel north from the hut on a lake island; a band of fey has recently been harassing Hemzel and threatening to destroy the lorestone; Hemzel assiduously avoided exposing the lorestone to sunlight; the sun’s rays striking the lorestone inside of a druidic circle disintegrates it!

Odo calls out to Gire, but no answer returns. You note you can no longer hear the buzz of her wings nearby either.

Please let me know who is taking what as you leave Hemzel's hut.

Loot List:
Hemzel's journal (this is the blood spattered manuscript, correct?)
Potion cure light wounds *2
potion barkskin +2
potion of bears endurance
amulet of natural armor +1
scroll lesser restoration *2
masterwork battle axe *2
tablet or rare blue stone
bag of tricks (grey)
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I will carry the journel since I can read it to check anything that comes up.
I would recommend the bad of tricks for Reiko (seems ninja-ish)
Anyone that doesn't have an emergency cure potion should take on of these, I have 2.
Odo and I are the prime melee so I would suggest we split the potion of barkskin and potion of bears endurance. (If no one objects, I would choose the portion of bears endurance.) But if you guys would prefer to give them to the wizard and ninja to be less squishy, I have no objections.
Odo and I can use the scrolls, so we could each take one to use on who ever needs it.
Maybe the amulet of natural armor for Rhanloi or Darren.
Darren, you might take an axe in case you need a better melee weapon.
I can carry the tablet if no one else wants to do so.
Just suggestions. If you want a different split, just say.

Bag of tricks is for someone with handle animal as you need to command them. Nothing really strikes my fancy. I'm gonna try to avoid getting hit anyway ;).

Rhanloi has the lowest AC of the group. Not sure you actually need handle animal to use the bag - it just limits your commands to those from the handle animal list...Bluedove - what's your call on this?

It can follow any of the commands described in the Handle Animal skill.

I've always taken that to mean it knows the tricks, so handle animal is unnecessary. You would only need handle animal to push it to do something not covered by the tricks.

Rhanloi if you want something, sing out. That was just suggestions. I'm not particularly in love with any of those items.

Ranloi, if you think you can make better use of the potion of barkskin for this mission, you can take it. I'm OK with trusting to my armor. I'll tote around one of the scrolls of lesser restoration.

Odo sighs. Gire could have been a useful source of more information. But such was not to be. However, the summation of Hemzel's notes surprises the paladin.
"The lorestone can be destroyed by being exposed to sunlight in a druidic circle? That's odd. Does that mean it has some power particularly opposed by druidic magic? What had Hemzel gotten himself into?"

Ssself hasss heard of druidsss that do not revere nature. They attempt to enssslave nature to increassse their own power. Posssibly thisss loressstone wasss created by sssuch asss thossse.
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First CLW wand on Rhanloi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Second CLW wand on Rhanloi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Darren will nod and take one of the axes, sliding it into his belt. That in mind, he finally unburies his bow and joins the rest. "If some of the magic items help with defense, perhaps Odo or Selter should get them...I think they may take more hits..."

"Thanks for the healing, Selter! Let's get moving to that druid circle and find out what's really going on here..." Rhanloi says. He will offer to hold the magical bag and the amulet unless someone else wants them. He will also put the blue stone tablet into his backpack for travel.

I hunted around for clarification, but didn't find any. If someone has ranks in Handle Animal, they would be the better bet for the bag of tricks.

As you make your preparations to leave, you notice a band of gnomes approaching the hut from the south. They do not look happy as they climb the hill with an expeditious stride. One of them pipes up as they draw near. "You see, Boomroppel? I knew I smelled smoke... Hemzel! Where are you? HEMZEL!!"

Their leader, Boomroppel, surveys the scene with a face like stone. His wolverine snarls menacingly at his side. "Who are you people and what are you about here? You are trespassing and if you have harmed my friend Hemzel, prepare yourselves to face gnomish justice!" He draws his sword, but does not advance as he waits for you to explain yourselves.

As you might guess, these gnomes begin the encounter Hostile and you will need to rely on Diplomacy to talk them down.

Based on BlueDove's ruling, I'll take the bag of tricks if no one objects.
Loot List:
Hemzel's journal (this is the blood spattered manuscript, correct?) - Selter
Potion cure light wounds *2 - Darren
potion barkskin +2 - Reiko
potion of bears endurance - Rhanloi
amulet of natural armor +1 - Rhanloi
scroll lesser restoration *2 - Selter and Odo
masterwork battle axe *2 - Darren
tablet or rare blue stone - Rhanloi
bag of tricks (grey) - Selter
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GM, question I forgot to ask. From the appearance of the bodies; what kind of weapon (or natural attack) appears to have killed Hemzel, his wolf, and the Atomie?
heal check if needed: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
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Selter says, Odo, I believe there are sssome folksss outssside that wisssh to have a conversssation with you. As he passes Odo on his way out the door he mutters, Pointsss to remember: our weaponsss do not have the blood of Hemzel, our gear hasss been burned putting out the fire, and we do not have the loressstone.
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Selter walks out the door obviously dropping his spear shield and club to the left of the door. Then he turns to the right and sits on the ground next to Sithiss. I’m attempting to be as non-threatening as possible to not screw up your diplomacy. But if necessary, Sithiss and I are still very combat capable.

Reiko nods and joins the others in the treck.

Odo extends his free hand as a gesture that he is not brandishing a weapon in anger and speaks out to the gnomes. "Stay your hand, friend gnome. I am Odo, servant of the Dawnflower. I and my companions are enemies of neither you nor Hemzel. In fact, we came here to meet with the druid to find he had been slain and his hut burning. We only just finished extinguishing the flames and dealing with the few raiders left behind by his attackers."

"I wish the situation were different, and if you are friends of Hemzel, you have our condolences on his untimely death. But we now have a puzzle before us that may require your aid to solve. So let us speak in friendship that Hemzel may sooner be put to rest and his killers brought to justice."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 Well that roll could have gone better!

Carp, I really don't want to fight these gnomes.
GM, some (more) questions for you:
1) Do you allow assistance rolls for diplomacy in a situation like this? Some GM's do not, each person makes a separate diplomacy check.
2) If you allow a roll to assist diplomacy and the person attempting the assist fails by 5 or more will that worsen the attitude or is it only if the main person attempting fails by 5 or more? I've seen GM's rule this both ways also.
3) Will you allow me to give my folio reroll to Odo to reroll this diplomacy check? Again, some do and some don't.
4) Approximately how large of numbers in this 'band of gnomes in front of us?
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Reiko, we are not trekking anywhere yet. We have some potentially hostile gnomes in front of us.
Since you lie better than you speak the truth, you might start thinking about a semi-falsehood you can tell to help win over the gnomes without setting off the paladin with your dishonest. ;-0

"Hemzel... slain?" Boomroppel steadies himself as he hears your grim news. "If you have not done this, who has? You look like Pathfinder thieves to me! Why should I believe anything you say?!"

The blood-stained manuscript is indeed Hemzel's journal. Hemzel has suffered slashing wounds consistent with the axes used by the fey-touched and piercing wounds consistent with tiny rapiers.
1) I do allow for aid rolls or rolling a new diplomacy check as you prefer. I will also assign a roleplaying bonus if I feel the dialog is especially effective.
2) A failure to aid is merely a failure to help the roll, it won't decrease their attitude. But if the final aided Diplomacy total fails by 5 or more, their attitude will shift for the worse if there is room for it too. But it doesn't get worse than Hostile, so nowhere for it to shift, really.
3)I don't think a reroll is transferable, but if you can find some precedence for that I would consider it.
4) There are 8 gnomes and a wolverine.
Bluff would open you up for a sense motive roll to oppose, but the good news is you have 3 rounds to work your powers of persuasion. So basically each person have 3 chances to roll for diplomacy or aid.

No precedence for transfer of re-roll, I just know that a few GM's do allow it. Odo, do you have a re-roll? Seems like a decent time to use it to avoid a fight with innocents.
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Still sitting on the quietly on the ground being as inoffensive as is possible for a couple of large snakes, Selter calmly says, Not really no. Ssself doesss not look even remotely sssimilar to a thief. I look much more like a large warrior who worksss with nature much asss a asssume Hemzel did. Though I will admit I tend to focusss more on the cold blooded assspect of nature rather than the treesss and mammalsss.
I could not lie well even if I wanted to, which I do not. And my assssociate Odo would not lie even if he could. Yet there isss no need for you to believe usss.
Believe your own eyesss. Examine the body. Hemzel was ssslain by the heavy bladesss used to fell treesss and the tiny poniardsss used by folk much sssmaller than any now here.
There are 2 corpssse of sssuch treekillersss inssside asss well asss one of the tiny folk that ussse the minissscule poiniard.
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diplomacy to assist: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

O.o Thank goodness you asked about penalties for bad Aid Another rolls!!! =)
Aid Another (Diplo): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
"The Halfling paladin speaks truth. Believe or not - your belief does not change the facts. We are now seeking Hemzel's killers. Will you aid us?" Rhanloi speaks plainly to the gnomes, reinforcing the key points.

Aid: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Well, we can't win them all..

"We are pathfinders, but we have what appear to be the killers...in here..."

Odo, perceiving that he and his compatriots are not doing a particularly good job of putting their best foot forward, tries to answer the gnome's questions as best he can.

"I fear we are not entirely certain who was involved in Hemzel's murder and why. A fey creature named Gire told us another fey called Cyflymder is responsible. Apparently he bore a grudge against Hemzel, and perhaps all druids, for stealing their heritage and wanted to rid the Verduran Forest of them. I am not certain I have all of the subtleties right. Gire was quite upset and did not stay once we tried to rescue Hemzel from the fire."

Diplomacy 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Sorry missed that completely

"We came here and saw a fire burn, we were attacked once we were inside and checked on your friends body. He was already dead. What my friends say is true."
diplo assist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Dang, we may be fighting these guys after all. I will try to stay non-lethal, but I'm not great at that.