[PFS] #6–20: Returned to Sky, with GM Picatrix (Inactive)

Game Master into the aether

Rudzik shifts to a better vantage point and starts filling this thing with arrows. "Let him stay there and keep this thing bottled up!" he responds to Aegekt.

Regular Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, Haste: 1d20 + 17 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 = 24
Piercing Adamantine damage, PBS, DA: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 6 = 12

Rapid Shot Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, Haste: 1d20 + 17 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 17 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 = 25
Piercing Adamantine damage, PBS, DA: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 + 6 = 17

Iterative Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, Haste: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 = 29
Piercing Adamantine damage, PBS, DA: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 + 6 = 18
Crit confirmation: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 = 27
Crit damage: 2d8 + 6 + 2 + 12 ⇒ (8, 8) + 6 + 2 + 12 = 36

Haste Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, Haste: 1d20 + 17 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 17 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 1 = 27
Piercing Adamantine damage, PBS, DA: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 6 = 11

Mutahir ducks a few arrows and flicks his blade around.

Come now Godslave, the idea is to keep the thing from killing everyone. You must admit i'm a lovely target! People love to try to kill me for some reason!

His grin says he knows exactly why people keep trying to kill him...

Xichi the doors down here are not high enough to shoot a line over the head of a player standing in the doorway. If you shot a lightning bolt you’d have hit other players. Also, please use some kind of graphic to show the AOE of any lines, cones, bursts, etc. so we can all clearly see where they occur. I’m sorry but I need you to pick a different action.

Enora casts HASTE!

Mutahir dashes forward to attack the robot. When he gets within 20 feet it lashes out with a quantum lash of force energy!
quantum lash: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38
force damage: 1d10 ⇒ 2
Can you parry/riposte from 20’? I don’t know those mechanics as well as I should.

Aegekt gets all judgemental, swiftly gets some divine favor from Ragathiel, and sprints around the robot. To Aegekt’s surprise, the robot seems to be quite reflexive in combat. The robot attacks with a claw as he tries to move around to flank.
claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (8) + 22 = 30
damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
grab: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (12) + 28 = 40
constrict: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Rudzik goes into turret-man mode once more, connecting with three shots (confirming the crit, which, like on the other robots, felt very effective!).

The robot, noticing that the archer is the obvious threat, drops Aegekt. It ignores the odd couple as he flies with blinding speed out of sight around a corner, reappearing from the south and attacking Rudzik!
This would provoke AOOs from Aegekt and Murtahir. And yes, he has that high of a fly speed, AND a thing where he never has penalties for squeezing down here.
claw: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (15) + 22 = 37
damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
grab: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (9) + 28 = 37
constrict: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
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Round 1-2: the bold may act!
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Rudzik (grappled)
Xichi (2 turns)
Mutahir
Aegekt
Enora
Phalanx
Pooka
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Notes: HASTE!

If I did provoke and it grabbed me, then I would’ve been in a different position—I adjusted as appropriate.

Haste, Fatigued, Divine Favor, Judgement
AoO: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25
Damage: 2d8 + 14 ⇒ (7, 3) + 14 = 24

”Enough of this!!!”

Aegekt’s muscles expand Rage and his blade becomes coated in holy flame Bane (construct)! He rushes over to the accursed robot and as he slashes his blade it seems to grow five more blades indicative of burning wings that all strike simultaneously at the robot! Standard Action: Destructive Smite

Power Attack, Furious Focus, Bane, Rage, Divine Favor, Haste, Judgement, Destructive Smite
Primary: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (3) + 27 = 30
Damage: 2d8 + 27 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 6) + 27 + (2, 4) + 5 = 49

And a swashbuckler can parry from 20’ away, he just can’t riposte, because that requires the creature to be within reach, meaning that Mutahir hasn’t used his immediate action

FYI Mutahir, Parrying requires a -2 penalty to the attack roll for every size category bigger the parried creature is than the swashbuckler.

Retconn first turn:

Xichi fires off a couple of electric bolts at the clockwork-golem after moving a few feet into better position.

Shocking Ray, into melee, vs. Touch: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 4 = 10 Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 1) = 15
Shocking Ray, into melee, vs. Touch: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 4 = 7 Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 2, 5) = 14

Spells 1:7/8 2:2/8 3:7/7 4:5/5

Once the creature moves closer, he casts a lightning bolt at it.

Damage: 9d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 2, 6, 1, 1, 2, 6, 4) = 32 electric, Reflex DC19 half

Spells 1:7/8 2:2/8 3:6/7 4:5/5

I miss the Good Old Days, when Lightning Bolts would bounce off walls and I could hit him twice with this one. :-)

Enora takes out her rod of extend and casts mirror image on herself.

Mirror images, 14 minutes duration, #: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"We gotta get in there girl! Yah!" Pooka spurs his mount forward, reveling in Luna's magically hastened legs. He presses his knees into her ribcage with just the right amount of pressure, guiding her around the stairs, past Enora and Xichi, and finally wheeling around the wall. Dog and halfling tear through the subterranean space, coming around a final bend to see Rudzik in dire straights.

Without a word, he lowers his lance, pushing forward with all of his might to try to snap one of the metal monstrosities panels off. "You will die by my hand today golem!" he shouts.

Might be too little too late, but activating my Paw's Challenge.

Power Attack, haste: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 1 = 16
for Damage, PA, Challenge: 1d6 + 18 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 18 + 8 = 29

Oof... 2s don't help! ha!

Don't Ignore me!

Mutahir, slightly offended that the thing is no longer trying to kill him, steps up and a whirlwind of attacks flash out.
attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36
damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Crit?: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32
damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Aegekt lands a blow on the robot as it flies away but it doesn’t seem to do full damage. He then activates Bane, rages, moves up, and destructively smites the thing.

Xichi, after missing the thing with electric bolts, gets a clear shot and shoots a lightning bolt at it.
REF DC19: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Enora casts an extended mirror image.

Pooka spurs Luna out and around the chamber and into position, lowers his lance and tries to strike the robot, but it bounces off.

Mutahir steps over to the robot and unleashes several strikes, landing two; the first one, in particular, feels very effective! And with the second strike, the robot releases its grip on Rudzik and falls to the floor motionless!

Combat over!

Sparks fly off of a semispherical lattice of thin metal attached to the robot, melting the wiring that held it in place. Even to the untrained eye, it is clear that this piece is different from the rest of the robot. The Pathfinders quickly determine that this object is the sky key piece they came here to find!

With the artificial intelligence Phalanx and its robotic host body destroyed, the Pathfinders are able to recover Toggrim’s Sky Key component and smuggle it out of Numeria. Venture-Captain Smine welcomes you back on their return trip, excitedly examining the piece of the Sky Key and congratulating you on a job well done.

By recovering another piece of the Sky Key, the Society is one step closer to reassembling the lost Numerian relic and unlocking the secrets it holds.

Since you recovered the treasure in area C2 (spiderbots), you each earn the Skymetal Stockpile boon on your Chronicle sheet. You did not use the generator in area B1 to grant at least 1 temporary charge to a technological item, so you don’t get the Rare Generator boon. Thanks all for playing! I hope you had fun. I sure did. I’ll get chronicles filled out and posted tomorrow!

Thanks, GM!

Thanks GM! I appreciate you thinking about me and bringing me along! I enjoyed the adventure and the people around the table even more.

Thanks a lot! I enjoyed this a lot!

This was a blast! Thank you all for tolerating Mutahir!