GM Batpony's PFS2E Mosquito Witch

Game Master Batpony

Perception: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

Gros approaches the sword and says [b]"Gros doesn't know how you found these, Gros saw nothing! Gros can detect magic though, it was gifted to me by the dragon god."[b] he finishes smugly as a faint glow starts to emanate as he makes some hand gestures and mumbles.

I will cast detect magic to find out if the sword is magic

Perception 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Survival 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

The paladin will point out what he sees.

The sword is not magical in any way.

What's the next steps? I've given some clues in the discussion

"Gros thinks we should follow the little person tracks! Maybe they are the Mosquito Lady." Gros says pointing at the tracks that Kimmo pointed out

"Hm. I don't think the Mosquito La--Witch carries around a sword. It looks like the small person was running away from something, too. Still a good idea to follow."

"Maybe this Mosquito Witch is as tiny as they can be! Let's follow the tracks!" Sunshine agrees to follow the tracks with weapon and shield ready.

Please make survival checks!

Survival check, T: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Survival, UT: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

Kidron Survival: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

The tracks are hard to follow, but Kidron is able to keep a close eye on them, the tracks however become very obscure deep into the woods, and eventually fade away, making them untraceable.

As you look around in the unknown area, the Pathfinders find themselves in an unusual clearing where a large muddy pond lies in the center of it, barely lit by a few rays that penetrate the mist and tree line. While the pond might seem identical to the others around you, you notice unusual movements in the water, light reflections of the surface. Upon closer inspection, it seems to be teeming with unseasonable life—the water
is squirming with mosquito larvae. On the other end on the pond, near the shore, a man with fine brown hair and white clothing lies supine on the ground. The person is on the shore of the pond with his head and torso floating in the water, and his clothes are inexplicably pristine despite the mud.

What now?

He will call out the man and then approach to get him out of the water.

As Kidron approaches him, the man lays lifeless and passed out among the few insects crawling around and over him. When the paladins hand touches the body, he begins to slightly move and suddenly coughs up a wet lungful of drowned insects and stirs.

Noticing that there is something wrong with the man, she jumps down from her companion and rescues the same to treat him.
Medicine to Treat Disease: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

After Sunshine treats the man, he awakens screaming gibberish loudly before coming to his senses. "Who... Who.. are ...you? What... where am I? His gaze and manner of speech suggest some serious confusion. It becomes obvious he is not from the river kingdoms but came to investigate the plague much like yourselves. But any memory beyond arriving at the town seems to be lost, the last things he can remember are terrifying red eyes staring from a darkness, and a tree, a tree that lies not very far from where you currently are, but could get tricky to navigate towards.

What next? If you choose to travel from the area, please give me more survival checks!

Does the man have any gear that's obvious without a search?

"Gros would like to continue on, this guy didn't help find the mosquito lady at all."

Survival, UT: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

"It looks like he needs to be treated further, or else he will succumb back to his miserable state. We can't just leave him here in this situation." Sunshine tells the others.

"If we should press on, we need somebody in the town who can help this man so that he can fully recover before we leave him."

Does the man have any gear that's obvious without a search?

None whatsoever, he is deemed unarmed for the purpose of the adventure. And yes, the obvious choice is to attempt to drop him in town, or travel onward with him.

Would laying on hands help him?

"Let's take him back to town, then come back here."

Laying of hands won't help more than Treat disease, i'll make survival checks for everyone to help speed it up.

The path back to town becomes rather easy after all the trekking experienced by the Pathfinders. In town however, you find yourselves at a wits end as the blue hair gnome Galia greets you and the injured person. Medical professionals have left Shimmerford, and it would be a risk to leave the injured Andor in the hands of the gnome.

She would do her best to keep him alive, but cannot guarantee it. Let me know what you wish to do with him, but it shouldn't affect the next decision so I'll still progress us for now and we can retcon if required.

After a quick break amongst the loud incessant buzzing and swarms of mosquitos, you quickly return back to the misty woods to investigate the supposed red eyes mentioned by the adventurer riddled with the unknown disease. Kimmo leads the way as he recalls vividly every detail of the path. Awaiting you at the site, is a scene mimicking a crime, pieces of clothes of red are scattered and torn, some hanging among the trees and some left of the ground. trinkets like water bottles, boots, belts are spread across the small area of interest. There are drawings of a runic nature among the trees barely visible by the faint light descending from the treetops.

Survival check (T): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Kimmo scrutizes the ground and indicates one of the trees. "Look at the scraps of cloth there. I think something dragged at least one of the victims up into the canopy."

Just for clarity, the tracks are also tracks that Kimmo would have spotted that aren't in the trees and on the ground, but the footprints aren't normal, they are like pointed legs, imagine someone walking on stilts.

Untrained in Survival, and have -1 modifier to both Occultism and Society.

"We should follow it, then. What do you think?" She asks, relying on Kimmo survival instincts for this matter.

"Gros wants to follow too! Gros will follow you though, Gros isn't very good at following trails"

also Untrained in survival, and 0 to both occultism and society

The champion nods in agreement at the suggestoon to follow the foot prints.

"Let's go, then."

More Survival checks?

Am I under the impression the team will leave the injured back in town with the gnome Galia?

Even though slightly obscured, he tracks are relatively easy to follow as the team begins to become accustomed to the growth. Not too far, a few minutes into the trail, a cry of help in the sound of a painful howl is heard. Rushing quickly to the scene, you notice a familiar animal, Peaches the dog slightly bleeding and surrounded by three oversized mosquitoes (albeit still 'tiny' in size).

Combat round 1!
bolded names may take their actions

Kidron
Sunshine
Kimmo
Peaches
Mosquitoes(?) (Recall knowledge nature would be the appropriate skill to identify the mosquitoes)
Gros

Slides are updated with combat map!

Yes, we'd leave him behind.

Perception check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Yeah, no. Will wait for Kidron and Sunshine to act.

Nature: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

"Be careful to approach the dog and help her, it might think we are attacking them if we quickly approach her. We must assure her that we are trying to help her."

Sunshine carefully approaches the dog with Upuan while talking to her. "Don't worry, we are here to help you get away from those bugs." she tells the dog and commands her legchair to give her some nice cover.

Nature to Calm Peaches Down: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

She also protects his companion with her magical aura.

◆ Command an Animal (◆ Stride, ◆ Support - +1 to AC for Sunshine from lesser cover of Support)
◆ Calm Down
◆ Protect Companion for Upuan (+1 to AC)
↺ Life Block for Upuan, triggered if he takes 10 or more damage

The paladin will draw his sword and then move doubly to get closer to help defend the dog so that he can do a retributive strike if necessary.

can't go yet but I'll roll my Perception

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Sunshines call to aid calms Peaches down successfully for her to understand you are not the threat towards her.

Kimmo is up!

Kimmo cries out in Varki and is suddenly surrounded by a faint cloud of shimmering ghostly figures. In his rage he executes a sudden charge, closing with the blue mosquito and chopping at it.

Raging greatsword attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Raging greatsword damage; 3 points is void energy, remainder is slashing: 1d12 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 3 = 15

Rage: ◆; Sudden Charge: ◆◆

Kimmo blade knocks one of the mosquitoes with perfect accuracy, however the creature seems to be fairly resilient as it remains flying while injured. Peaches observing the opening, attempts to finish the Barbarians attack with a few lunges of her own, but the dog is barely able to keep her vision straight after losing the amount of blood she already has.

Jaw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 151d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Jaw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 161d6 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 5 = 0
Jaw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 141d6 + 2 - 10 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 10 = -4

The mosquito like animals attempt to grab on to Peaches, and as two of them successfully attach themselves they begin to suck the blood of the poor pup. Peaches looks visibly agitated and unnerved, reacting on instinct the dog will likely lash out at anything near it again.
Mechanically the nature check was able to only soothe Peaches for 1 round

R attach: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
R attach: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 5 = 23
drain: 1d6 ⇒ 4

G attach: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
drain: 1d6 ⇒ 1
drain: 1d6 ⇒ 3

B attach: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
B attach: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 5 = 14
B attach: 1d20 + 9 - 10 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 10 = 6

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Combat round 1/2!
bolded names may take their actions

Kidron
Sunshine
Kimmo
Peaches -8
Mosquitoes(?) B -15 R +4, G +4
Gros

Retrubitive strike against one of the mosquitos that attacke puppers
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 +1 striking bastard sword v. red mosquito

2d8 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10 slashing

even if it does not hit it should protect the puppy from 8 pts of damage

1st action grab sword for 2 handed hold
move to flank with the barbarian

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 -2 ac for flank +1 striking bastard sword on blue
2d12 + 4 ⇒ (2, 8) + 4 = 14 slashing

He yells out to the other members of the group to attack the red squeeter.

Gros runs ahead to get closer to the mosquitos

◆Stride, 25ft forward

And begins chant and weave a sign as magical power starts to gather and shoot forth towards the mosquito, the red one the electric Arc flies forward and arcs to the other mosquito as well green one

◆◆Electric towards red and green mosquitos dc17 reflex

damage: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4

Kidron, Red dealt 4 damage, so i would assume the retributive strike only reduces the 4 damage and not the two other instances of damage from green, but it hits.

Gros, does your electric arc do +4 damage for your ability modifier as well?

Reflex,R,G, +10: 2d20 ⇒ (6, 15) = 21

Kidron with quick succession masterfully maneuvers his sword to strike the insects with perfect precision to protect Peaches from losing life, and then finished off the already injured mosquito.

Gros creates an electric arc that would cause some considerable damage to the enemy, nearly taking out another mosquito, as it barely is able to stay attached to the puppy.

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Combat round 1/2!
bolded names may take their actions

Kidron
Sunshine
Kimmo
Peaches -8
Mosquitoes(?) B dead R -14, G
Gros

Kimmo leaps forward, circling around the green mosquito to flank it with Kidron before chopping at it twice.

Attack #1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Attack #1 damage, slashing, incl. 3 points void: 1d12 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 3 = 16

If that drops it he'll move to set up a flank on red; otherwise, he'll attack green again.

Attack #2: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (5) + 8 - 5 = 8

"Oh no! Get away from the dog, you sucking insects! You are hurting her!" she yells to the mosquito-like creatures.

She taps Upuan to get close to Red and give her some cover as well. She then draws out her club and bonks Red!
Club Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18 vs Red
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 B damage

◆ Command an Animal (◆ Stride, ◆ Support - +1 to AC for Sunshine from lesser cover of Support)
◆ Interact to draw weapon
◆ Strike

According to the Remaster, spells do not get the + bonuses for ability modifier anymore. The damage die tends to be 1 more at the cantrip level to compensate.

Gros, does your electric arc do +4 damage for your ability modifier as well?

no, it's just a flat 2d4

Thanks for the clarification guys! And that's a wrap for combat!

With relative ease, Sunshine and Kimmo swiftly swat away the pesky insects that have latched onto Peaches, providing her with much-needed relief from her tormentors. The dog, though injured, musters up a little ounce strength to softly tug at the clothing of her nearest ally, even before any healing, as if pleading for them to follow her.

I'm going to "fast forward" this bit here as the story from here is fairly linear.

With a sense of urgency, you dash alongside the wounded animal, pushing deeper into the mysterious, misty, dimly lit woods in search of Haru, the wandering traveling scholar. Not far ahead, Haru's body lies unconscious among some shrubs. Her body bears the marks of attacks from the very same creatures that had assailed Peaches, identified as bloodseekers. A single mosquito remains barely attached to Haru and poses pose little challenge for your skilled hands as you swiftly remove them from the scene with your weapons.

After a much-needed period of rest, Haru gradually emerges from her trance-like state, regaining enough strength to engage in conversation. She recounts fragments of her time in the woods, revealing the existence of a hidden secret door concealed beneath a carpet of fallen leaves. Vague memories stir within her, hinting at the presence of something sinister beyond that door. Realizing her helpless state, Haru asks of you to take some of her belongings, understanding that you may require it more than she does. Among the items bestowed upon you are two vials of holy water, and two vials of moderate alchemist fire.

Next part will be a cave exploration. No light conditions. Let me know how you would wish to proceed. We won't do a round by round dungeon exploration, but if you just provide an idea of your exploration steps along with any preparation, we'll be gold. :)

Sunshine has low-light vision but will activate her Wayfinder's Light. Upuan, Sunshine's legchair companion, on the other hand, has low-light vision, and 30 ft imprecise scent.

Sunshine prompts her legchair to follow Peaches into the cave. She has her club in one hand ready while she keeps her eyes peeled for any sign of hostility.

Exploration Activity: Search

"Where are you leading us?"

Kimmo takes a torch from his pack and lights it with flint and steel. He carries it in one hand with his greatsword in the other.

Gros follows a long not pulling any apparent light sources out bur chanting and casting magic as he moves

Exploration Activity: detect magic

Also I have Darkvision so light wont be necessary for me