Velrek and Rhodel acting before the goblins?
thing that may or may not happen and other bookeeping.
First off the Horse bolts off the map to the west in a blind panic.
no change
no change
Rhodel continues to wait for the goblins to come into good range.
Velrek decides that two large groups of goblins coming to them at once is. abad idea so he opts for the even possibly, well, more bad idea and heads to the smaller group.
Getting there with ease he puts himself in a dangerous spot and sweeps his two handed sword at all the goblins near him...
Velrek swings their sword in a deadly arc two goblins duck, one leaps. Leaping was the wrong choice. The leaper is dead before their body hits the ground.
The goblins to the south west scamper into cover and ready their bows!
.goblin musician 1. Shouts something in a grating language. Success +1 shooting for goblin 8.
.goblin 8 fires an arrow at Ceri. , Hit, no raise. The arrow sticks into your armor but does not penetrate.
.goblin 3 same targeting Ceri The arrow bounces off the face of the cathedral.
.goblin 1 same targeting Rhodel but not this one. The arrow falls short and passes under the stage.
.torch goblin 3 aims at Lucien. The arrow thuds into the overturned table you have taken cover behind.
.goblin 2 same targeting as torch goblin Mirri. , This arrow finds a weak point in your armor. It's not too deep but it hurts.
.goblin 9 same targeting as torch goblin Lucien Miss, you hear a *thunk* from the building behind you as the arrow embeds itself in the woodwork.
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Very bad shooting, sigh. More training for the goblins!
Mirri you might want to take a look at SWPF page 125 for the details on Shaken.
As Jzero waits for the goblins to close, a man swinging a big alas sword runs at the too-short gang. Jzero flings a shuriken at the nearest one.
...Jzero flings a shuriken at the nearest one.
The decimated goblins to the south east swarm Velrek!
.goblin musician 2 grabs a decorated bone dangling from their armor. Locking eyes with Valrek they shove the bone into their mouth and bite it in half. As the splintered bone slices their lip you are wracked with pain Laughing through the blood their Total 11 vs parry 6 (reduced due to Lower Trait) is a hit with a raise. Per Whip (pg 111 PFSW) A raise does no extra damage but you are Entangled. Total damage (20-9toughness)11 2 Wounds
Back soon.
Everyone Just realized I forgot something. Velrek drew a Joker. Everyone gets a benny.
Benny count as of now is:
All but Velrek 6
Velrek 7
Pullng hard on the whip cutting into your neck (well unless you soak the wounds) the Warchanter with the bleeding mouth hisses to you in bad common "Hey longshanks, time to die!" and they begin to chant.
You now see the terrible purpose in the goblin song. It terrifies the goblin's foes, yes but more importantly if focuses the goblins. It keeps their attention, keeps them moving, keeps them angry. They move with the beat of the chant not in unison but in a chaotic pulsing weave of knives and teeth and screaming.
.torch goblin 2 scrambles down from the roof ( ) and rushes Velrek. , , Shaken possible wound depending on soak roll.
.goblin 6 moves to stand over the body of their already forgotten comrade and leaps screaming in to the fray , , Two wounds
.goblin 4 screams and leaps for Velrek's arm , , Shaken, possible wound depending on soak rolls
Notes: Torch goblin 2, goblin 6, and goblin 4 are Vulnerable until the end of their next turn. Tokens marked with large horizontal yellow bars.
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Well that was a blood bath.
Hand Crossbow
HB Wild Die
Bolt
Well let's say a sunny late afternoon, good enough?
A Grand Day Out Turn 2Setting: Cathedral square Sandpoint. Pleasant late summer evening.
Illumination: Full daylight
You fire on the nearest goblin, goblin 8.
You take a shot at the exposed goblin. The bolt misses their left ear by inches. The goblin jerks away from the sound and slams their head into a full water barrel. They reel from the impact.
Seeing the goblins basically swarm Velrek, Mirri turns her attention on goblin #2, who looks a bit Vulnerable at the moment.
She raises her bow and fires!
If a 5 hits, she does
plus for 11 total damage!
If a 5 doesn't hit, she'll Benny it because she really wants to hit something. :)
Mirri
The crude arrow flies surprisingly true, it takes the screaming goblin just under the arm. and drops them.
Velrek and Rhodel, we end as we began. :7)
Vellrek. You have some bennies to spend and Soak rolls to make I expect.
Rhodel. Give us an action or say you want to stay on hold.
Close us out....
Rhodel looks out on what she thinks is a rapidly deteriorating situation. Some maniac has rushed the gang of goblins coming from the south. The man who was standing beside her has also gone forward. She figures he thinks he can help.
She might consider doing the same except for a few facts. The first is that she has left her sword back at the inn, and without it Rhodel really likes her current position much more than anything out in front of it. The goblins at least have to slow down and climb where she's at.
The second, and much bigger issue is the one she can see from where she's standing. A second mob, at least as large as the first, is coming fast from the southwest. If she and the others still out on the street and fighting decide to close in on the first group, there's nothing at all to keep the second group from breaking to the left, swinging around, and coming right in on their backs.
It's a right mess, and she wishes the maniac who charged would have had the good sense to save himself (probably literally) for a better positioned and coordinated defense. Rhodel sighs as she decides she'll have to leave the first man, and probably that second one, to their fates.
But, that doesn't mean she can't try to help them out a little from where she's at. Rhodel fishes out her mirror and holds it up. She catches the sun and starts angling the mirror until it is reflecting the sun right into the one with the whip doing the "singing". That one seems to be exciting the others, making them more frenzied. If she can stop throw that one off it's game, it will affect all of them.
Keeping the reflected sunlight square in its face, Rhodel raises her voice and begins to shout at it.
"Oooh! Follow the light and look at the ugly faced screeching one with the mouth bleeding all over the place! Looking at if makes me want to vomit! What a pathetic scene that thing is! Does it sing or is that barking?! How humiliated it must feel to put on that kind of display for everyone to see!"
Rhodel
The War Chanter Tries to lock eyes with Rhodel but the mirror keeps blinding them. The chant falters at the chanter loses focus.
Velrek braces for what he though would be some light wounds and relatively weak attacks only to be struck hard and his breath taken away.
Single wound, with 1 wound on Velrek:
Double wound with 1 wound on Velrek
Single wound with two wounds on Velrek.
Valrek
You most definitely CAN benny a Soak roll. I am showing you on your feet with 3 wounds and 2 bennies correct?
Not exactly. The first Soak was at +1 (+2joker-1fatigue) so you still had to benny that first roll.
The next 2, the first single and the second double, are at even (+2joker -1wound -1fatigue). So you clear the single and take one from the double.
that puts the final roll at -1(+2joker-1fatigue-2wounds) which failed leaving you at 3 wounds.
However, there is an exploit here. The final Soak is only needed if you are Shaken at the end of the Soak for goblin 6(the second double). This is where the exploit comes in. Take a look at page 125 of the PFSW when you get a chance. Under Shaken it says:
"Bennies: A player may spend a Benny at any time to remove her Shaken status..."
So if you spend a second benny to immediately un-Shake after the soak roll for the second double wound you do not need to soak the final wound because it never happens.
This leaves you at Shaken 2 wounds and 2 bennies.
Yes it is a bit of a rule bend to let you change how that last benny was spent but I think it's reasonable given the extra effort of doing this pbp.
Turn 3
Setting: Cathedral square Sandpoint. Pleasant late summer evening.
Illumination: Full daylight
Map link
Active spells/effects: Illusion from Ceri turn 3 of 5.
Lower Trait(fighting -1die type, strong, fatigue)From War Chanter 2 on Velrek turn 2 of 5.
Terrain: Mix of large and small flagstones. Carts and tents are considered rough terrain. The carts and tents contain nothing of combat use, unless you spend a benny or take an action and succeed on a Notice roll to investigate. In those cases they contain anything even vaguely reasonable to find in a large marketplace.
The table by the cart to the NW is on its side facing S-SE
Two of the southern tents are on fire.
Token orientation: An upside down token means the subject is prone or under whatever the token in on. A sideways token indicates the subject is flying/levitating or climbing.
Benny count:
All but Velrek 6
Velrek 3
Jzero, Black Joker! Bennies added to count.
Mirri, King of Hearts
thing that may or may not happen, king of diamonds
Lucien, Six of Hearts
Velrek, Six of Diamonds
goblin group 2, five of spades
Rhodel, Four of Diamonds
goblin group 1, three of spades
Ceri, Two of Hearts
Jzero with the Joker! +2 to all trait rolls this round. The player side is drawing very well.
I am taking care of the thing at the king of diamonds now as it will not impact anyone else.
.thing no change. no change.
Jzero, Mirri, Lucien, and Velrek to open the round. Although Jzero can act when they like.
Last round was bloody. Can the goblins do it again?
Velrek will remember his training, take a last swing at the gobbo in front of him and move away carefully.
And then move away.
[Is he still bound by the whip? Do I need a Str check for that? In case so see below. [/ooc]
Lucien keeping his cover fires at his previous target (#3)
Shooting (Hand Crossbow)
Wild Die
Bolt (5/7)
Then ducks further behind his cover.
As soon as Velrek withdraws, Jzero jumps off the wagon, walks briskly toward the remaining three goblins , smiling like an idiot, holding his hands open as if to show them he means no harm.
(He is careful to walk around the big armored guy with the great sword, wondering when he is going to attack. As we walks by, however, he looks back and winks at him and whispers, "I will help you.")
When he gets next to the bard, he kicks first at the bard, then punches the one next to him. He will make one more attack after these first two. If all goes as planned he will step toward the third goblin and punch or kick him, as the mood takes him.
Modifier: +1 monk + 2 Joker -4 MAP
Result: 5 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 4
AP 2
Vs. #6
Modifier: +1 Monk + 2 Joker -4 MAP
Result: 6 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 14
AP 2
Modifier: +1 Monk + 2 Joker -4 MAP
Result: 5 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 4
AP 2
Lucien Your bolt goes high eviscerating a cooked duck hanging from the tent frame.
Velrek after Mirri's action you will need to make a Spirit roll at -3(-2wounds-1fatigue) to un-shake. If you succeed (tn4) then you are free to act. If you fail you can spend a benny to automatically succeed otherwise you cannot take any non-free actions. You could move except for the fact that the whip is still keeping you entangled.
Re: The whip. If you can act and if Mirri or Jzero as not resolved the issue before your turn you can:
.Make a Strength roll at -5(-2part of the action -2wounds-1fatigue) to pull free.
or
.Make an Athletics roll at -3(wounds and fatigue) to untangle yourself.
or
.Make a Fighting attack at -5(-2small target-2wounds-1fatigue) to cut the whip. Remember that your fighting die is temporarily a d6 due to the War Chanters spell.
The target number for any of these choices is 4
If you choose to cut the whip then if you hit you will need to do 4 points of damage to sever the whip.
Attempting to break free is an action. So you can either attempt to break free or attack the goblins not both (well you could but stacking a multi action penalty on top of wound/fatigue modifiers is hail-mary territory)
At the end of your turn please make a Spirit roll at -5(-2strong-2wounds-1fatigue) as a free action. If you succeed you are free of the Lower Trait(fighting) spell. Your Fighting die returns to its normal D8 and the fatigue vanishes.
Mirri and Jzero There are a variety of ways you could help Velrek if you choose to do so. A Strength roll at -2 will pull him free. If you have an edged weapon an attack at -2(small target) that does 4 or more damage will sever the whip. Or you can convince the War Chanter to let go of their end of the whip. The means to do this I leave to your imagination and the local trauma ward.
Jzero
You move past the knight and assault the goblins.
Dodging past a goblin wildly stabbing at Valrek you attack the War Chanter. The hit is solid but they stay up. Your second strike however stops their chanting.
Turning to the goblin between you and Valrek you take advantage of a parry by the wounded swordsman to strike the distracted goblin. It was a badly timed and off balanced strike. Your pride is stung as the goblin falls.
.Strike on War Chanter. Hits because of the parry penalty of the whip. Inflicts 4 wounds. This is enough to take them out so I did not spend a benny to go for the raise.
War Chanter soaked 2. At 2 wounds & shaken
.Second strike. You said your priority was the War Chanter and they were still up so I had you attack them again. Second strike inflicts 3 wounds . With no bennies they fall.
.Third strike on goblin 6. Miss. this is barely a hit with a raise. The gang-up bonus from Valrek made the difference. Damage with raise is sufficient to remove goblin 6.
I hope my choices were in line with your wishes .
Mirri and Velrek Are up.
Velrek, the whip goes slack you are no longer entangled and can move freely. You are still fatigued(-1) and have your fighting die reduced by one die type to a d6. You also still have 2 wounds (-2). Let me know if you still want to take a swing at that last goblin and then move away using Extraction. You did unshake (you needed a 4 and rolled exactly 4) so you can act without spending a benny.
Mirri hops down off the stage and, whistling as she goes, moves pretty calmly towards the melee.
She grabs another one of the crude arrows and takes aim at another goblin, letting loose.
A crit fail?! Ah, well.
Unfortunately, as she pulls the bowstring back, it snaps, lashing her painfully across the face and leaving her holding nothing but a poorly carved, slightly curved stick. She sighs. "Goblin craftsmanship. Figures," and draws her sword.
I hope my choices were in line with your wishes .
Velrek smiles and says,"Thank you friend!" to the man who jumped in to save him. He then tries to whack the last gobbo..
[dice=damage] 1d8+1d10[dice]
But is apparently weaker than he thinks...
Velrek Are you moving back? Your Extraction edge will prevent the goblin from getting a free attack.
Mirri hops down off the stage and, whistling as she goes, moves pretty calmly towards the melee.
She grabs another one of the crude arrows and takes aim at another goblin, letting loose.
** spoiler omitted **
Unfortunately, as she pulls the bowstring back, it snaps, lashing her painfully across the face and leaving her holding nothing but a poorly carved, slightly curved stick. She sighs. "Goblin craftsmanship. Figures," and draws her sword.
Mirri Perfect.
"Treachery!" the last goblin shouts before hurling themselves at the murderous longshank. The goblin has more rage thatn ability and Jzero easily fends off their attacks.
no.
Poor little green guy, trying so hard. Goblin is Vulnerable until the end of their life.
Rhodel is up.
With goblins and Ceri left to close the round.
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Mini status report.
Velrek. 2 wounds, under a Lower Trait 1(fighting, strong, fatigue) spell. round 2/5.
Last group 2 Goblin. Vulnerable due to wild attack.
Group 1 goblins, Goblin 8 shaken by Lucien's crossbow last turn.
Lucien seeing he's not being very helpful from where he is moves closer, taking cover as he goes.