# 9-16: Fallen Family, Broken Name, with GM Pendrak, Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Z...D...

Reginald is busy chatting with Jarkan. "So what's it like being a caravan leader in this part of the world? What was the most expensive thing you've ever transported? Do you ever have problems with bandits or goblins on this road?"

"Life is good," says the merchant, who is dressed in immaculately clean white robes, including long white gloves, "My indentured service to the Prophets of Kalistrade is nearly at an end, and I shall receive an excellent sum of money at that time. Bandits do sometimes trouble us, but that is why I am traveling with Smith and Young." He gestures to the tough looking Druman blackjackets standing near the wagon, one sharpening his longsword, while the other strings a longbow. "And it helps that we have Sir Gallion here as well. Most expensive item... probably a whole load of darkwood that we hauled from Macridi to Elidir last year. Beautiful Palakar Forest lumber. Very rare as they only harvest a few trees a year."

The party bids the caravan master and his companions farewell, and soon heads off into the Chitterwood. You initially struggle to find the trail, spending an entire day wandering around aimlessly in the wood. The next day you stumble across what seems to have been a fairly recent goblin camp in a large clearing. The clearing was likely burnt during the Goblinblood Wars, but the ground cover has been clearly burnt away again within the past few days. A few minutes of sifting through the ashes uncovers a broken Small dogslicer, two empty ceramic jugs, and the jumbled bones of a small-sized creature.

You continue on the trail, but eventually need to rest for the night. The next day Dana takes the lead, and she guides you to place where a shallow cleft in a rocky hill appears to have provided the goblins with a resting place for the night but little to burn. The dung of several creatures is scattered about with no regard for sanitation. Near one pile of dung is a discarded string of feathers tied together as a crude headdress.

Again, the group pushes on but eventually has to rest again. On the fourth day, Regis leads to the group to a place beneath a spreading oak where the goblins made a very recent camp. The first thing to strike the senses is the scent of charred flesh and fuzz. The unplucked carcass of a small bird has been nailed to the oak tree and set on fire. Discarded scraps of food are scattered around a crude semi-circle of stones facing the tree. Among the scraps lies a small blood-smeared vial.

You push on, tracking the goblins once more. The trees thicken, and the previously wide glades narrow and disappear in this unburnt part of the Chitterwood. A loud animal screech echoes between the trunks, followed by excited laughter and cheers of triumph.

The goblins seem distracted, and you think you might be able to sneak up on them.

Take a look at the map. At this point anyone who wishes to try can attempt a DC 9 Stealth check. If successful, you may start within 30 feet of the nearest goblins and take a surprise round when combat begins. If you choose not to approach stealthily then you will begin combat where you are on the map presently. If you choose to try Stealth and fail, then no one receives a surprise round and everyone begins combat where they are on the map currently.

Regis holds his ground, gesturing for his allies to position themselves. "I'll hold here until one of you launches the attack. All this armor wasn't meant for sneaking about. I'll have your backs though. No worries about that."

Stealth : 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

As the party passes through the remains of the first camp, Reginald stops pointing out the flowers long enough to remark, "Oh, that must be the skeleton of a turkey! You can tell from the way the ribcage is put together that..." and he spends the rest of the day talking about the subtle differences in bone structure between two subspecies of partridges.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

At the second campsite, Reginald is too busy trying to calm a distraught Casovir and not lose his breakfast at the smell of the refuse strewn everywhere to properly identify whatever the vial contains. "Yep, that's magical," he blurts before hurrying away to get some fresh air.

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

As the sounds of goblins grows louder, Reginald looks at Dana and nods. "Quietly," he whispers loudly before following her lead closer. He starts mentally reviewing all the goblin puns he's been coming up with over the past several days of hiking.

Casovir nopes the hell out of there and hides in the densest tree branches he can find.

Stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Orst dismounts and secures his mount to a nearby tree. He quietly withdraws his longbow and strings it. He then looks for a vantage point from which to over watch his stealthy companions moving forward. He then notches an arrow and readies if anything appears from the noisy forest ahead.
Orst is staying put, but preparing for ranged attacks as he is able move forward in subsequent rounds. It looks like he should have one clear shot on the opening round.

Going to roll Woodthorne's Stealth (he has a +7, so there is only a 10% chance of failure) in order to keep things moving.

Most of the group is able to sneak forward, and gets into position for a perfect surprise attack, while some of the more heavily armored characters stand by to move in when the melee begins. The goblins remain unaware of the approaching Pathfinders, intent on their cruel game.

Xiao, Reginald, Regis, Woodthorne, Dana, and Orst can take either a move action or a standard action in the surprise round, and Xiao can also go ahead and take her normal action for round one. It is worth noting that there is a special action available on surprise rounds (or any round where you can only take a standard action), that is often referred to colloquially as the "partial charge." Quoting the Core Rulebook: "If you are able to take only a standard action on your turn, you can still charge, but you are only allowed to move up to your speed (instead of up to double your speed) and you cannot draw a weapon unless you possess the Quick Draw feat. You can't use this option unless you are restricted to taking only a standard action on your turn." I'm assuming that everyone readied weapons when you first heard the sound of the goblin voices from afar.

Dana charges forward to the goblin and attacks him with her scimitar to deliver a non-lethal blow.

"The light of the Dawnflower is with us! Give up!" she shouts.

Scimitar, charge, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to hit, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal damage w/o -4 to hit : 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 = 23

Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to damage, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal +1 to damage : 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Free action: If that was a hit then using ‘Enforcer’ feat to Intimidate/Demoralize as a free action to give the opponent the ‘shaken’ condition for as many rounds as the opponent received non-lethal damage.

Intimidate vs. DC 10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Dana rushes forwards and smashes the goblin over the head with the flat of her blade, knocking it unconscious in a single blow.

Xiao, Reginald, Regis, Woodthorne, and Orst can take either a move action or a standard action in the surprise round, and Xiao can also go ahead and take her normal action for round one.

Reginald flashes two fingers in a V in both hands, then draws them across his face in perfect symmetry as he chants. A wave of magical force travels up from his toes to the tip of his hat before flashing once and locking in place like a weightless suit of armor.

Reginald casts Mage Armor

Regis strides forth upon hearing Dana engage in combat, his axe and shield at the ready.

Orst, seeing the goblin crumple to the floor he was going to shot, moves forward with the noise. Move action for Orst please.
"She certainly has a way with that blade." "Two seconds later and I might have shot her by accident. We both wanted the same target."

Xiao will cast enlarge person on Regis. In the second round she will cast daze on closest nonsleeping goblin. Dc 16 will

Sorry for my absence. I lost the dot on this game.

During the surprise round Woodthorne will perform a 'partial charge'.

Quarterstaff: charge
to hit 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 = 12 Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

In round 1, he'll step back and cast Barkskin (+2 natural ac) on himself.

Regis feels himself begin to grow as the magic surges through him. In a booming voice he says

"Prepare to taste my wrath puny goblins!"

Woodthorne isn't able to land a blow on the goblin he charges, but soon after the same goblin goes into a daze, as Xiao moves up and casts her spell.

One of the goblins is mounted on a giant gecko, and she spurs her mount forward as she reaches for a vial on its belt, uncorks it with its pointy teeth, and chugs it.

Reginald, Regis, and Dana can act.

Dana continues running to the pink clothed goblin and attacks him with her scimitar to deliver another non-lethal blow.

Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to hit, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal damage w/o -4 to hit : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to damage, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal +1 to damage : 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Free action: If that was a hit then using ‘Enforcer’ feat to Intimidate/Demoralize as a free action to give the opponent the ‘shaken’ condition for as many rounds as the opponent received non-lethal damage.

Intimidate vs. DC 10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Regis rushes forward in his new hulking form, trying his best to not to bump into his allies as he adjust to being larger than usual.

Double move of 40ft

Reginald huffs and puffs his way towards the sounds of his companion fiercely demanding the surrender of her foes, flinching slightly at the sound of another whack from her scimitar. She sure doesn't mess around, he observes before clearing his throat and addressing the goblin with a pink scarf wrapped around its head.

"Hey, Peabrain, do you know why goblins have such a hard time dancing?"

Reginald moves and uses his Evil Eye hex to give the pink goblin a -2 penalty to AC. Will 15 reduces the duration to 1 round.

This time the goblin manages to dodge, and Dana's blow simply smacks the goblin on his leather padded shoulder. The goblin throws away his bow, and drawing a sword, stabs Dana in the leg, cackling maniacally as he does.

Another goblin steps over and fires an arrow at the gigantic Regis, but he misses badly in his panic.

Dana takes 4 points of piercing damage. Orst and Xiao may act.

Orst moves forward, bow in hand. In a fluid motion, he nocks, draws and fires at the goblin in front of Regis.
bow shot without precise shot: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 6 - 4 = 10
dmg with +4 strength bow: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
"As I meet the challenge of battle, Iomedae have mercy."
Orst can be such a ham sometimes. Maybe he should have aims as well before firing.

Botting Xiao.

Xiao moves forward, and repeats the cantrip that she used so deftly before, this time at the mounted goblin leader, who suddenly seems to be in a daze and does nothing. Its gecko snarls threateningly at everyone.

Reginald, Regis, Woodthorne, and Dana may act.

Woodthorne takes a roundabout route to flank red goblin.

Quarterstaff: flank
to hit 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 = 10 Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Dana starts her battle dance ...

Move action to start battle dance: Only for Dana +2 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +2 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Round 1/7.

Dana targets the pink goblin and attacks him with her wild movement and scimitar dance to deliver a non-lethal blow.

"The light will hopefully guide you after this fight!" she shouts.

MW Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to hit, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal damage w/o -4 to hit, battle dance : 1d20 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 1 + 4 + 2 = 25

Damage Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to damage, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal +1 to damage, battle dance : 1d6 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 13

Crit confirm : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Crit damage : 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Free action: If that was a hit then using ‘Enforcer’ feat to Intimidate/Demoralize as a free action to give the opponent the ‘shaken’ condition for as many rounds as the opponent received non-lethal damage.

Intimidate vs. DC 10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Turning to the nearby goblin, Reginald continues, "Is it because you have two left feet?" while pointing at the goblin's shoes. He doesn't even wait to see the response to his joke before he bursts out laughing again.

Reginald uses Evil Eye on the red goblin for a -2 penalty to AC, then cackles to extend the duration on both the red and purple goblins.

Regis swings his battleaxe down on the Goblin closest to him. "Feel the weight of your actions coming down on you!"

Attack with Battleaxe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 = 6
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Crit Damage: 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (4, 2, 5, 3) + 8 = 22

He then lumbers forth, positioning himself near the two goblins by Dana.

Dana's movements are fluid as the dervish once again disables a goblin non-lethally with the flat of her whirling scimitar.

Not so fluid are the movements of the super-sized Regis, who stomps forward, roars out a few words, and brings down his now massive axe, cutting one of the goblins into two halves vertically.

One of the two remaining goblins, the one afoot, takes another shot at Regis, which bounces off the giant man's armor.

Orst and Xiao may act.

Orst moves forward pulling out his sword.
"These goblins really don't understand their peril."
double move

Xiao will keep up with the dazes, targeting the shooter.

The goblin outrider slashes at Mega-Regis with her dogslicer, and her gecko bites at him, but neither are able to get through his armor.

Reginald, Regis, Woodthorne, Dana, Orst, and Xiao may act.

Reginald sidles closer to the action. Got to make sure it can hear me! he thinks, then yells to the goblin astride the lizard, “Or is it because they find it dog-gone terrible?”. He bursts out laughing at seeing the goblin’s face upon hearing the word “dog”.

Reginald uses his evil eye hex on the outrider, giving them a -2 penalty to their saving throws, then cackles to extend the duration.

Orst scrambles forward to slash down hard at the goblins mount. "Not the most chivalrous attack, but biting beasts are biting beasts."
one handed bastard sword swing with power attack: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 2 = 20
1d10 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 4 = 11

Feeling the chinks against his armor, Regis lets out a laugh
"Ha, with the power of my allies, you stand no chance! Stand down and we may let you live."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Woodthorne comes up to the battle line and whacks at the goblin.

Quarterstaff:
to hit 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Xiao will daze the goblin with the dogslicer.

Dana stops fighting and ends her battle dance waiting to see how the others are confronting the goblin.

No action this round.

Had a busier than expected weekend, but I'll get updates up in the next few hours.

Orst moves forward and delivers a powerful blow to the goblin leader's gecko mount, sending it to its end, but the goblin somehow manages to nimbly land on her feet as her mount comes crashing down. The goblin even manages to avoid Woodthorne's quarterstaff, but then it suddenly glazes over as Xiao successfully affects it with daze.

Reginald, Regis, Woodthorne, and Dana may act.

Dana runs forward in the direction of the bird.

He keeps swinging.

Quarterstaff:
to hit 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

"Why are you looking so gob-smacked?" Reginald cheekily asks the remaining goblin, then tries to explain through his increasingly wheezy laugh, "Because, you see, it's a goblin, and it's, well, you see, getting smacked!"

Reginald uses Evil Eye on the goblin outrider, giving them a -2 penalty on AC, then cackles to continue the duration.

"Fine. If that is the way you want it, may the Gods have pity on your soul." says Regis, as he slashed down with his humongous axe.

Attack with Battleaxe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 = 14

Despite being dazed, the outrider avoids Woodthorne's attack. However, the creature is hampered by Reginald's evil eye, and it can't dodge Regis's powerful blow. The other regular goblin stabs at Dana with his short sword, to no avail.

Orst and Xiao may act.

Xiao switches to the other goblin and dazes him.

Orst will swing at the rider if still alive.
swing at goblin: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
dmg: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

I'm not sure if I ever got around to saying this in this table or not, but the axbeak, at its first opportunity, broke out of the tanglefoot bag and ran off into the woods. Sorry if I forgot that part.

The dismounted goblin outrider continues to fail in its dogslicer attack against Regis, but this time the other goblin at least manages to overcome Xiao's spell.

Reginald, Regis, Woodthorne, and Dana may act.

"Give up and we wouldn't have to do this little one." says Regis as he swings his axe down again.

Attack with Battleaxe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 = 12

Dana continues her battle dance ...

Round 4/7.

Dana targets the pink goblin and attacks him with her wild movement and scimitar dance to deliver a non-lethal blow.

MW Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to hit, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal damage w/o -4 to hit, battle dance : 1d20 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 1 + 4 + 2 = 21

Damage Scimitar, Dervish Dance feat for Dex to damage, Blade of mercy trait for non-lethal +1 to damage, battle dance : 1d6 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 12

Free action: If that was a hit then using ‘Enforcer’ feat to Intimidate/Demoralize as a free action to give the opponent the ‘shaken’ condition for as many rounds as the opponent received non-lethal damage.

Intimidate vs. DC 10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Shield of Faith +2 AC

Woodthorne moves into an advantageous position as he strikes again at the goblin.

Quarterstaff: flank
to hit 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21 Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9