Merisiel shift 5ft to the red Minotaur and attacks attacking
Actions:
Move: shift 5ft
Attack:
to hit
to hit
"COME ON!!!!!" Valeros claps, accidentally getting blood in his eye from the splatter.
Bolstered by her comrades cheering, Merisiel makes a misleading flourish with her rapier trying to feint before making the real attacks against the red Minotaur again
Actions:
vs opponent’s Perception DC (success=target is flat-footed against next melee attack)
1st Attack
to hit
2nd Attack
to hit
Seoni throws her hands up in the air in exasperation at the thought of having to cast yet another one of her spells. She is really hoping the group has some time to rest overnight so she can recharge them.
She looks at the minotaur with determination and utters the words of magic while making the gestures and using additional material components that trigger a Magic Missile spell that is more potent than it normally would be.
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Meresiel's feint attempt is easily misunderstood by the Minotaur but the confusion is enough to allow her to land a nicely timed strike with her rapier into his ribs! At this time, he gasp for air, and turns to drop his weapon.
The Minotaur leader steps forward and claps slowly, speaking loudly in your direction "Bravo, you are indeed worthy fighters. And we yield to your strength! Do not harm my men anymore, for we wane in numbers. We shall cooperate with you Pathfinders but also ask that you listen to our plea as well, I will also tend to your wounds if you so desire!"
Meresiel bows to the Minotaurs, "It was a well-fought battle!" The elf accepts the healing.
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"No funny business..." She says as she tends to the wounds beginning with Merisiel and Amiri casting the spell heal. She continues to tell her tale.
"We seek not to aimlessly attack travellers but we are at an impasse due to a very cunning individual. We do it to as a last resort for survival. As I have mentioned, we grow weaker in numbers, this is because our tribe is consistenly being attacked by that of a harpy and his army of humans." She explains.
Seoni is quite happy for both the healing and to not expend her spell.
"A harpy? Isn't that a bit unusual for them to attack minotaurs?"
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"Wait. Is that a metapour... a betaphor.... do you mean that?"
"So that means we can go and kill it right?"
"Do you have any idea what this harpy's end game is? Why is it attacking you?" Kyra looks thoughtful.
Merisiel looks confused "I thought all Harpies were female?"
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Merisiel looks confused "I thought all Harpies were female?"
"You misunderstood, female harpies are more common, but the male counterparts exist... and of the clasp, I know of the item you seek, it was in our belongings, however I assure you it's no longer in our possession. It was taken by the Harpy and his army in their latest attack against our tribe. Defeat him, and you will find your belongings."
Clearly, the path is clear now.
Valeros strikes a defensive posture as the party heads out.
Kyra attempts to SNEAK!
Merisiel will sneak as well
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The minotaur is able to give you clear direction towards the mountainside where she believes the Harpy's lair resides. Inisia at this time, bids you well as she chooses to return to the safety of the town to tend to her wounds, putting the task of retrieving the clasp into your capable hands. Along your journey, approximately 2-3 hours long, you come across a few small woodland creatures, but nothing to be concern about.
As you approach the mountainside, you come into view of a tall wooden structure raised about 25 ft high, akin to a watchtower, with a huan ranger standing up top wielding a shortbow. As soon as he observes you, he shouts alarming, "In..In…truderss!!"
Merisiel whips out her shortbow and fires at the human guard
Action: Quckdraw attack
to hit
Action: 2nd attack
to hit. (Natatual 20!)
Action: 3rd attack
to hit
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Merisiel's arrows fly straight towards the guard and pierces him twice in his chest before he could react. But soon after, arrows are returned towards Merisiel.
A single arrow pierces Seoni through the ribs, striking a vital nerve.
Soon, a male harpy flies into full view, hovering 30ft up in the air, smirking at the group. He begins to hum a soothing tune that slowly begins to captivate you.
If the harpy attacks a captivated creature, that creature is freed from the captivation at the end of the turn. A creature that critically failed its initial save isn’t automatically freed when attacked, but can attempt a new save at the start of its turn if the harpy attacked it that round.
Once a creature succeeds at any of these saves, it’s bolstered.
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"Your song sucks!"
Valeros, in a rare display of discretion, opts for the bow. He takes it out and fires a pair of arrows at the harpy:
for
for
In the first round Seoni moves up and casts Ray of Frost at the guard.
After she casts the spell she notices she's chipped a nail on her left hand and gets annoyed. "It must have happened while I was fighting those minotaurs! Now it will be days before I can get this fixed."
When the male harpy comes out she considers what magical spells she can cast.
"Let's knock this flying chicken singer out of the sky!"
She casts Lightning Bolt at the Harpy.
DC is still 19.
”Ugh, what is that noise?”
Merisiel switches to fire her bow at the Harpy.
1st att
to hit
2nd att
to hit
3rd att
to hit
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The harpy proves to be fairly agile, avoiding most of the barrage arrows from Valeros and Merisiel. He even dodges lightning bolt casted by Seoni. The attacks though provide enough of a distraction for Amiri to graze the creature with javelin.
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"I agree, Val!"
Kyra uses TWO MOVE actions to approach the vile harpy, then slashes ATTACK at him!
for damage!
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As Amiri approaches the cave, two more watchtowers can be seen, each occupied by another ranger. One fires a shot as soon as the barbarian comes into his sight! But the shot goes far wide.
And in reaction, the Harpy fixates himself on Seoni, flying directly towards her attempting to knock her out with his Morningstar. His strikes hits hard against the sorceress.
The other guards suddenly put down their bows, trading them for kukris and come as quickly as they can to put themselves in between the Pathfinder and the harpy.
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Seoni steps back five feet and casts Magic Missile using her two remaining actions to generate a second missile and aims both at the harpy.
"Come on. Arrows are boring. Come down here and fight me like a .... man I guess!"
When he sees the harpy land he adds, "Now that's more like it!"
Stride
for
for
Kyra scowls as her swing misses the harpy when she realizes his height! She sees the fool land and smiles, moving toward it and attacking!
for damage!
for damage!
Holding her bow in her off hand, Merisiel moves up to the Harpy and feints with the bow before quickly drawing her rapier to stabs her foe.
Actions:
Move:
vs opponent’s Perception DC (success=target is flat-footed against next melee attack. Critical Success The target is flat-footed against all melee attacks you attempt against it until the end of your next turn)
Quick draw: 1st Attack
to hit
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With the harpy grounded for the moment, the whole team takes their chances pouncing upon the creature from all angles! What follows is a bloodbath as he cannot clearly defend himself from all strikes at once!
The wide eyed guards do their very best to put themselves in between the Pathfinder and the harpy, striking at you attempting to ward you off!
And for whatever reason, the injured Harpy continues his fixation on Seoni, getting within range and attempting to knock her out!
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Valeros's training kicks in as the blade practically swings itself when he sees the opening:
, but the attack is way off target.
The cluster of combat is like music to the fighter's ears. He strides a bit to his left to flank with Kyra. He then swings with a smile:
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for
Seoni steps back and fires another Magic Missile using two actions at the harpy.
Holding her bow in her off hand, Merisiel moves up to the Harpy and feints with the bow before quickly drawing her rapier to stabs her foe.
Still holding her bow in an off-hand, Merisiel press her advantage shifts 5ft to continue attacking the Harpy with her rapier
Actions:
Move: 5ft shift.
1st Attack
to hit vs flat-footed due to critical fient last round. (nat 20)
2nd Attack
to hit vs flat-footed due to critical fient last round.
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Valeros strikes hard, and heavily injures the Harpy. Seoni and Merisiel finish him off with a few quick strikes through use of magic and precision!
Immediately as the harpy falls, the guards drop their weapons and they plead for mercy, "Stop! Please don't hurt us! We didn't mean to, we were under some sort of spell!" they begin hastily explaining their situation and how they ended up to be under the harpy's control, and watched many other individuals go and die for the harpy.
[oo]Mechanically, he has a lesser staff of enchantment that "weirdly" reacts to the captivating song and after continuous exposure, the humans have become permanent slaves, but hold ends when harpy is slain. Combat for the other table was a little bit more challenging as two of the players fell prey to the captivating song and were practically out of combat until the last rund or so.[/ooc]
In the cave that lies behind the tower, you find a mount of goods (presumable stolen from the harpy's unlawful activities.) including rations, mundane weapons, gold, and the like. Among the pile, it is relatively easy to find, after a quick search, the lost inheritors clasp. With the artefact secured, you are able immediately head to the safehouse to meet again with Inira.
Thanks for running this. I wonder how it would go with 1.6 rules.
Or even the first scenario of Doomsday Dawn. Hope someone runs some of it eventually.