bluedove's Pathfinders - Team Beta [PFS] (Inactive)

Game Master bluedove

Upon laying eyes on the man, Tresca and Tanselle have no doubt that this is a Teppish. Grench Teppish is the spitting image of his twin brother, all the way down to his choice of weapon. The man crosses the room, taking shelter behind the crates and barrels to tend to his wound. He barks some sort of strange language and the small blue creatures move to see their opponents. They move slowly and deliberately to do as they are ordered, gesturing and uttering some incantation at Tresca and Grimaldus, but the both shake off the effects easily.

Extracts 1/2 (one prepped Reduce Person)| Bombs 5/7 | Mutagens 0/1 (one prepped DEX mutagen)
Crossbow Bolts: 4 (and one loaded in her crossbow) | CLW Charges: 25 | Shield Charges: 49
SHIELD: +4 to AC for 10 rounds (on round 1/10)

"Tanselle, can you get a good shot on that man from here?" Tresca whispers to her companion as she draws a pair of phials from the pouch at her hip. She had a good clean shot at the one creature, with no allies close enough to be hit. She was going to take her shot while the getting was good.

"You have one chance, Teppish." Tresca announces as she swiftly mixes and re-corks the phials, "Stand down now, and we will show mercy. Resist, and we will have no choice but to deal with you swiftly and severely." Talking so rarely worked when it came to people like these. But perhaps identifying the man by name might serve to unnerve him.

The half elf throws the bomb as soon as she feels it heat up, aiming squarely at the blue creature right across from her.

Standard Action: Throw bomb at the closest blue creature. Point blank range, +1 to hit and damage
Bomb - to Hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Bomb - Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

As the phial soars through the air well on target, Tresca gives a quick warning. "Cover your ears guys!" she manages, plugging her own ears as her bomb goes off with a flash and a loud bang!. She couldn't help but smile. She had made some potent catalyst this morning, that was for sure!

"It's a bit of a reach," she whispers in response. "But I've hit further targets."

Gritting her teeth and squinting her eyes, Tanselle fires her pistol at the left derro. As soon as the bullet clears the barrel, the gunslinger plunges another round into her pistol.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18 Deadeye
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Standard: Attack.
Move: Load bullet.

Used a grit point to attack the derro's touch AC even though it is one range increment away.

Bullets and Powder 18 / Cartridges 10 / Grit 1

Kurse will move up behind Raul and try to get a look at this blue creature.

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Just noticed that I said Tanselle fired at the left derro. I meant the right derro.

"Iss that one of the sslave things Tressca was talking about? They sseem to be taking orderss like a sslave. SSTOP SAYING SSMURF AND GIGGLING SSLIPSS!"

Waiting on outcome of T&T's awesome attacks! =)

^as am I :)

"They're TNT Tresca throws dynamite....they're TNT Tanselle's pistol has got some bite. Together their a powerload, watch out or they'll explode" not a great parody of AC/DC but I tried

You really need me to say it? As Slips would say... smurfs go boom. I don't generally provide a mid turn update, and I'm trying not to move one group ahead of the others. =P

As the smoke clears, both of the small creatures are down. They do not look quite the same as the derro though.

If I still have my standard can I stabilize the closest one now that I know it is down.

"Sslipss ssayss we sshould ssave them and sstart a blue man group...what ever that iss."

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Yes, I put them back on the map, the one nearest you is in BAD shape though. white symbol is stable/unconscious, red symbol is unconscious/bleeding out.

Grimaldus Ill cut off his exit, if you want and try to reason with him Raul gives a little laugh and sprints around the corner up the steps cutting off Teppish's escape. move 30ft standard action to move another 30 ft

Grim double moves to within 10' of the man, holding his greatsword ready and saying, "Drop your weapons and put your hands up - nice and slow, now. My sharpshooting friends have you covered and there is nowhere to go and no way to get there. Tell us what you know..."

Tanselle moves into position so that she can see Teppish from across the canal. She trains her gun on the man in keeping with Grimaldus's claim, but with full knowledge that even she would have difficulty landing such a shot.

"The people we meet on these missions, eh Tresca?" she says, her usually cold tone warm with familiarity.

Tresca - Bombs
Tanselle - Shoots
Kurse - move and stabilize
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Raul - moves
Grimaldus - moves
Enemy:
Channels: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Tresca
Tanselle
Kurse
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Raul
Grimaldus
Enemy

The man cocks his head, considering the threat and replies with a mad grin, "The way out is through!"
He clutches at a beaded holy symbol and sends a wave of negative energy out toward the intruders that now quickly close on him in a desperate attempt to keep them back and retreats a step deeper into the crates and barrels to take cover.

Grimaldus takes 2 damage, Raul takes 5.

As soon as Teppish unleashes his attack on her allies, Tanselle rushes along the edge of the canal toward the fray.

"The coward," she says to Tresca. "He's ducked behind those crates. We'll have to take the fight to him."

Move: Move 30 feet.
Standard: Move 30 feet.

Contemplated attempting a 10-foot standing long jump over the sewers, but 35% chance of success is too risky, especially considering a dip in the water would require me to unload my gun.

Once it's Grim's turn, he will follow the blood arrow on the map to attack chuckle-head in the corner =)

Grim will advance cautiously and attack. "Should have taken the easy way. Your loss!"
Power attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 2) + 9 = 12

Kurse will move into the room and casts stabilize on the other little blue man.

"Oooh another one, we jusst might get thiss blue man group going."

Extracts 1/2 (one prepped Reduce Person)| Bombs 5/7 | Mutagens 0/1 (one prepped DEX mutagen)
Crossbow Bolts: 4 (and one loaded in her crossbow) | CLW Charges: 25 | Shield Charges: 49
SHIELD: +4 to AC for 10 rounds (on round 2/10)

Tresca gives a sympathetic wince as the boys get hit by the channeling. Grim looked like he more or less shrugged it off, but Raul looked quite a bit worse for wear. She didn't like that he was so far away - it would take some serious sprinting to reach him going around the sewers if he fell and needed healing.

The alchemist looks at the sewer water in front of her with a look of trepidation. "Oh the things I do for the lodge..." she mutters to herself, before stepping off the ledge for a more direct route through the sewage.

Five Foot Step
Full Round Action: Swim 10 ft (how does climbing back out of the water next round work?)

swim check: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (8) - 2 = 6
FAILED CHECK - failed by 4, so Tresca stays afloat, but makes no progress. (I'm assuming calm water, DC 10 swim check?) Maaaaybe trying to take a shortcut was a bad idea.

In theory, Tresca knew how to swim. She'd never done it with a full compliment of equipment before though. As soon as she went into the sewer water though, she realized her mistake. With the weight of her crossbow and alchemical gear, it took all her strength just to stay afloat. Despite her best efforts to reach the other side, all she managed to do was tread water.

Why Tresca Why? Kurse i hope you have prestidigitation

Tresca just wanted to take a shortcut to get Raul some healing faster. Unfortunately for Raul, Cure Light Wounds is a touch spell, and Tresca's hands have certainly been cleaner.

I appreciate the sediment hopefully Raul understands lol

Tresca - goes swimming, but forgot her floaties ;)
Tanselle - double move
Kurse - stabilize 2nd BMG member
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Raul - no action?
Grimaldus - hits G.T. for 12 damage
Enemy - 5 foot step and casts

Tresca
Tanselle
Kurse
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Raul
Grimaldus - Is Frightened!
Enemy

Tresca steps off the edge of the sewer canal and falls nearly 5 feet before splashing down into the sewage below, and realizes at once that she has made a mistake. Fortunately it is heavily diluted by the recent rains. Unfortunately, the excess run off has made the undercurrent swift, and as she fumbles to move toward the other side, she finds she is swept back west the direction you came from. A flailing hand scrapes the wall and she realizes the canal has recessed ladders in the form of carved grooves. A quick look around reveals that these ladders appear on both sides, spaced about 10 feet apart, but she can feel they are slick with muck. Every round Tresca is in the water, she will be swept 5 feet to the west. She needs a DC-12 Acrobatics check to successfully climb out. Indicated the positions of the ladders on the map with arrows.

Grimaldus moves in and lunges with his greatsword, throwing his shoulder into the attack. He deeply wounds the cleric, but the maniac still stands.

He cocks his head again and steps back carefully, glaring at Grimaldus, his face twisting into a horrible countenance as he utters a guttural incantation. Grim is gripped by the intense urge to flee from this place as fast as he can. Grimaldus is frightened for 1 round!

Tanselle rushes the rest of the way around the canal, her stomach dropping at the sight of Tresca being swept away. Alchemists are not known for their practicality ...

When she reaches the stack of crates, she crouches behind them for cover, readying her pistol for a close-ranged shot at the Teppish twin.

Move: Move 30 feet.
Standard: Move 30 feet.

What kind of action is crouching? I don't want to go prone, but I want to use the crates as cover.

Kurse sighs,"Why musst there be sso many sstairss." Kurse will climb the stairs up to Raul and draw a wand along the way.

Double move to get up there.

Extracts 1/2 (one prepped Reduce Person)| Bombs 5/7 | Mutagens 0/1 (one prepped DEX mutagen)
Crossbow Bolts: 4 (and one loaded in her crossbow) | CLW Charges: 25 | Shield Charges: 49
SHIELD: +4 to AC for 10 rounds (on round 3/10)

In a moment of panic, Tresca realizes that she's drifting from the ladder beside her, taking her further away from her companions. Looking across the canal, she spots the ladder on the opposite side, and tries to kick off the wall towards it. Perhaps if she angled herself juuuuust right, she'd be able to make it.

Move Action: Swim at 1/4 speed diagonally NE by 5ft, having drifted 5ft W
Swim Check: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (12) - 2 = 10

To check, is the moving water still considered calm? (DC 10) or is it rough? (DC 15) If it's rough, Tresca fails her swim check by 5, and goes underwater. If it's considered calm though:

Somehow, Tresca manages to struggle her way to the opposite ladder, where she reaches out and grasps at a rung.

Standard Action: Acrobatics check to climb out
Acrobatics Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

The alchemist practically throws herself out of the water in her hurry to get up the ladder, hoping against all hope that she looked more coordinated to her party members than she had felt.

Tresca, all I can picture is a wet cat coming out of a bathtub. A smelly bathtub! =D

It's not specified on the swim DC, so I'm going to call it rough only if you are trying to move against the flow. I'll rule Tresca makes it out.
Tanselle, the boxes provide cover without requiring you take an action. Unfortunately, that's really more a detriment for you since the cleric does not utilize a ranged attack.

Still waiting on actions from Raul, giving him the full 24 hours to respond, but since the other groups are through the combat, we need to move along!

So i dont know if the boards are being whacky but ive posted a couple times and it just won't show up.

Raul takes aim on the cleric and fires his bow at him taking aim to not hit Grimaldus AR: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

He then looks to the doorway at the top of the stairs fearing reinforcements will be on their way.

moved Grim away from the bad man!!!

"By all the gods - what are you?!?!" you hear Grimaldus exclaim before he runs away from the man and hides in the corner of the room under the stairs...

Looks down at Grim and says, "That iss a rather personal quesstion so I do not think he will ansswer you."

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Tresca - climbs out
Tanselle - double move
Kurse - moving to Raul
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Raul - hits for 5 damage
Grimaldus - Is Frightened! moves away
Enemy - casts and steps back
Tresca
Tanselle
Kurse
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Raul
Grimaldus

Raul's arrow finds his mark, but the cleric seems fueled by his madness and stands despite his wounds. He points at Tanselle and speaks, though the sound is broken and strange, almost as if he were talking backwards.

But after seeing Teppish send the 7-foot tall he-man scampering away like a frightened pup, she was prepared for such an assault and steels her will to resist. When he sees her eyes remain focused on him, he steps back, further into the cover of the crates and barrels.

Realizing that Teppish was trapped like a rat behind the cover of crates and barrels, Tanselle moves beside her frightened hulk of a comrade. She steadies her pistol, aiming just north of the last barrel, and places her finger on the trigger.

"Come on, Teppish, quit your cowering," she calls at the cornered man. "Surrender - or at least go down fighting."

Tanselle will fire at him as soon as he moves out of cover and into range (20 feet).

Move: Move 15 feet.
Standard: Ready attack.

Readied Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

In the interest of moving on, can I talk you into retcon'ing that action? Cover only grants a +4 to AC, so she would hit him regardless. Teppish can stay back there and cast at you guys for many more rounds if you let him.

Sure. Can you move Tanselle back into range (20 feet) and consider her to have fired right away?

Done! Combat Over! =)
Heavily armored clerics usually have an abysmal touch AC. ^_~

Tanselle swivels around, looking for the best vantage point to line up her shot, curses the cleric for the coward he is and fires with deadly accuracy. He falls heavily where he stands, blood pooling beneath him.
Grimaldus regains his senses immediately.

Grim shakes his head and mumbles to himself, "Evil wells that eat people...crazy men who become demons before my eyes...maybe I need a vacation..." He wipes his face, then proceeds to check out the crate the blue creatures were moving.

Raul with his bow drawn keeps his eye peered on the door ready to fire if anything should enter that appears hostile.

Kurse any chance you could give me a hand smiling a bit but obviously in pain[/b] So the big lug was scared by a cowering man in a corner, This is something else,

Should we follow these stairs or should we investigate the rest of the sewers? I imagine its best to not venture to stick to the task on hand and continue until we find the artifact.

Assuming we all decide to stay down in the sewers raul will stealth again and follow Grim's suggestion of where to head (grim feel free to move me when you post} stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Kurse will poke Rual with his wand."poooooooooke"

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kurse is comedic ly creepy lol

Extracts 1/2 (one prepped Reduce Person)| Bombs 5/7 | Mutagens 0/1 (one prepped DEX mutagen)
Crossbow Bolts: 4 (and one loaded in her crossbow) | CLW Charges: 25 | Shield Charges: 49
SHIELD: +4 to AC for 10 rounds (on round 4/10)

Looking (and feeling) very much like a half-drowned kitten Tresca starts running towards her companions, only to watch Teppish fall from a well placed shot by Tanselle just as she cleared the corner. Oh well, time to do what she did best, and keep the wretch alive for questioning. "Let's see if we can't question this man for information before we head off, Raul." the alchemist advises, "The more we know about what we're going into, the better" Hustling over to the fallen cleric, she crouches and begins to see if she can staunch the bleeding.

Moved 50 ft.
Heal Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

As she works, she calls out to her companions. "Grim, I don't suppose you'd like to return the favor to this one and scare him into talking once he's awake?"

"Oh it would be my pleasure to encourage him..." Grim says with a cold detachment in his voice. "Let's make sure he is tied securely and unable to cast any more spells, though."

While they deal with the other guy, Kurse will drag the little blue men over by the entrance back into the sewers.

Grimaldus finds little to interest him, Teppish was wears half-plate armor and wields a masterwork heavy flail. The crates and barrels seems to be food and supplies for a pretty sizable settlement.

Tanselle notices that the crate Grimaldus inspects is marked with an "X" marked in red paint, though it is a more subtle marking than she has seen before.

The door at the top of the stairs is 10 feet wide and leads to a large hidden closet in a storage warehouse above—that closet has rope and block and tackle for lowering the crates and barrels down into this room. (The warehouse isn't featured in the scenario, so you can note where it is for investigating later.)

Tresca stabilizes the cleric and the Pathfinders work to bind him fast before rousing him for interrogation. Who is doing the binding?

Grim would like the masterwork flail unless anyone else does...he could use a blunt weapon to complement his current arsenal!

listen, we aren't going to let you die down here in the sewers that isn't our way and frankly you don't deserve such an easy way out. but refusing to help us only complicates your situation more. When we turn you over to the authorities they will ask us what happened. You will be prosecuted and shipped away forgotten about for several years. You sir can help your situation greatly tell us what you know about the sewers and where we can find the fabled jet rat.if you help us the courts will be more forgiving of some of these transgressions and will be considered during sentencing. The decision is yours, choose wisely sir.... diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Extracts 1/2 (one prepped Reduce Person)| Bombs 5/7 | Mutagens 0/1 (one prepped DEX mutagen)
Crossbow Bolts: 4 (and one loaded in her crossbow) | CLW Charges: 25 | Shield Charges: 49

Once the man is stabilized, Tresca runs to grab her pack from the corridors, digging her rope back out as she returns. Crouching by Teppish, she swiftly ties his hands behind his back before attempting to get him awake for Raul's questioning.

She nods as Raul speaks, his words sounding very convincing. She decides to add her own two cents in to help support his statement.

"I patched you up, Teppish, but the conditions down here aren't exactly sanitary." she points out, "You need better healing than what I could give down here. We can provide that better healing, but you have to help us first. Information."

Diplomacy to Aid Raul: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14
I have no problems with Grim taking the flail. I'm not even sure Tresca could lift a heavy flail, let alone use one

Kurse chimes in,"I can provide healing, Pharasma has blessed me with a life hand." Kurse proudly holds up his right hand.