Retrocon 2019 - Year of the Shadow Lodge 1-2 - GM Ietsuna (Inactive)

Game Master Ietsuna

Rynbec has a big grin on his face as he runs up to yellow. "Hello my friend! Can I interest you in a subscription to Rapier to the Face weekly?"
Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19, 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Yellow -4, blue -4. Full update later.

So I killed Yellow last round, and another Yellow dropped in? And now is wounded?
"How many dead goblins does it take to - aww, he stopped listening."

The Balrog makes a short (10') charge at the newest victim.
Attack on Yellow, Charge: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Rynbec cheers for The Balrog. "Go team Bard! More goblins to ridicule?

we have another here
waki atack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

The little bleekers are everywhere! Manthos hurriedly reloads another bolt and fires at a Goblin.

This is getting to be hard work.

Light Crossbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 211d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Light Crossbow: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 11d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Second Roll is in case someone gets to him and firing into combat

Yes Balrog. The waves of attackers just keep rolling in

Balrog runs up to the yellow goblin and destroys it.

Ichio and Manthos try to do the same with their wakizashi and crossbow respectively, but neither can hit their targets.

The blue goblin waves his short sword at Xavier then swings it as his knees.

Short Sword: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The red goblin tries to capitalize on Ichio being off balance from the wakizashi attack and counters.

Short Sword: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Neither attack is successful.

Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act

Ichio
Xavier
Goblins (Red, Blue)
Manthos
Ruinor
Rynbec
Balrog

Xavier sidesteps the goblin's swipe, and counterattacks with his rapier. "You know, you'd think any more goblins would come, see the corpses, and run, but apparently, they're too stupid to do anything else."

Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18, 1d4 ⇒ 4

Manthos winces as his shot nearly struck Ichio. Gotta be more careful!. Reloading, he pauses and tries to focus harder on his shot at the Goblin

Light Crossbow: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 141d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Firing at Red Goblin

Rynbec has a little hop in his step as he skips around to the other side for a flank on red. "Is this a maypole? We're missing the scarves. Should we make new ones from you, little onion peeler?"

Rapier with flanking from Ichio: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 2 = 14, 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The Balrog is temporarily at a loss for dead goblin jokes, and his aim suffers for it.
Attack Yellow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

The attempt to hit fails thanks to the dodge while Ichio manages to unload a series of blows with his wakis that demean the poor goblin
waki1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
waki2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
conf.crit1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
conf.crit2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
damage+sneak: 2d6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 2 + (3, 3) = 18
damage2+sneak: 2d6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 + (1, 3) = 12

The Balrog looks on in stunned silence, then begins laughing uproariously as Ichio shreds a goblin.
"That was AWESOME!"
Sneak Attack damage does not normally double on a crit, but I think it is still quite dead.

yes only 1d6 per sneak

Ruinor tries to help Xavier since he has a clear shot.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Xavier thrusts his rapier into the chest of the Blue goblin.

Manthos, Rynbec and Balrog all attack but miss.

Ichio makes 2 swipes at the red goblin and slices the small humanoid into 3 equal pieces.

Ruinor finishes the goblin wounded by Xavier.

Rynbec looks around the arena. "Are they all dead? I was just getting warmed up." He tips his hat at The Balrog, "Looks like I need to up my insult game. You got some good ones going"

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

**OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT**

The attacks die down, and all serious threats are driven out of the Irorium and onto the streets. The eerie pillar of light still shoots skyward from somewhere on the Grand Lodge’s grounds, and the citizens of the city stand in dumb awe of the spectacle. A group of Pathfinders, badly injured from the fighting, call to you as they limp along. ”Hurry, get to the Lodge! It’s under attack!”

Getting there is easier said than done. Plotting a course toward the Grand Lodge proves simple enough, given the immense pillar of light streaking up into the night sky. The streets, however, are choked with panicked and fleeing citizens. Your race through the Foreign Quarter to the Grand Lodge brings you to a large market. Collapsed buildings, broken tents, and piles of debris torn from other nearby structures form a crude but effective-looking barricade across the center of the market square, blocking your progress.

GMs, you may begin the “Fire in the Streets” encounter.

Xavier sees the light coming from the Grand Lodge, and opens his mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. After a moment, he says, "That... that is not good." He immediately starts running towards the Grand Lodge.

The Balrog also starts towards the Grand Lodge.
He stows his shield and takes his whip in hand. He roars "Out of the way!", cracking the whip as his violet flames race up and down its length.

Your race through the Foreign Quarter to the Grand Lodge brings you to a large market. Collapsed buildings, broken tents and piles of debris torn from other nearby structures form a crude but effective-looking barricade across the centre of the market square, blocking your progress.

Refer to slide 3 for map of the area.

Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act

Rynbec
Xavier
Ichio
Manthos
Ruinor
Melyra Shimore (Green)
Goblins (Red, Blue)
The Balrog

Ichio moves towards blue goblin and fire with his longbow
longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Rynbec shifts his rapier in his hand, making sure he has a good grip on it as he moves forward into combat and wonders aloud, "What are these things?"

Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Can we see over the stuff in the square or is it blocking our view?

Xavier opens his mouth to speak, but pauses for a moment. "I feel like I should say something witty here... but I got nothing." He then runs forward, winding through the debris.

The barricade is low, maybe 3 feet tall.

Rynbec recognizes these as goblins, and their leader as human. You can ask 3 questions Rynbec

Ichio's arrow flies over the low barricade and strikes the blue goblin, dropping it where it stands.

Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act

Rynbec
Xavier
Ichio
Manthos
Ruinor
Melyra Shimore (Green)
Goblins (Red)
The Balrog

Rynbec studies the new adversaries for a moment.

Can I determine what class(s) they have based on gear/clothing/armor/weapons? Don't think there is anything else exceptional about either race that would merit additional questions.

The goblins hold shortbows, but have swords at their belts. They are likely martial in nature, fighters or similar and wear leather armour.. The human wears a holy symbol of Groetus openly and carries a heavy flail (the favoured weapon of Groetus) which may suggest she is a devotee, perhaps even someone of a clerical nature.

Ruinor takes aim at the leader and fires his crossbow.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 - 2 = 16
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Ruinor's arrow flies over the barricade and barely misses the woman, It flies off away. You feel that perhaps if the barricade was not in the way it would have hit.

Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act

Rynbec
Xavier
Ichio
Manthos
Ruinor
Melyra Shimore (Green, -4)
Goblins (Red)
The Balrog

Rynbec wonders what's going on. He assumes that the cleric of Groetus is coming for him, but she doesn't seem to have moved...

Botting Manthos

With limited options at this distance, Manthos also fires his crossbow at the leader.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 4 - 2 = 11
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Manthos fires at the woman, but the bolt flies wide and misses, clattering on the cobbles.

Meyura stays behind the barricade but moves to the goblin and casts a spell on it.

The goblin then fires an arrow at Xavier.

Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

This arrow embeds in the back of the barricade, not even making it over.

Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act

Rynbec
Xavier
Ichio
Manthos
Ruinor
Melyra Shimore (Green, -4)
Goblins (Red)
The Balrog

The Balrog hangs his whip back on his belt, then moves while readying his shield.

Rynbec moves up, pulling a brightly colored juggling stick from his belt and readying it in his left hand.

Were there two goblins here before? Never mind, I see he was killed by an arrow.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Xavier is 99% sure she cast meteor swarm and tried to kill the goblin.

Xavier runs through, going around the back, as silently as he can.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

"She's trying to give her goblin friend a little help in hitting us," Ruinor says as he moves next to The Balrog while reloading his crossbow.

Stunned by the events around him, Manthos was crude in his aim and poor in his response. Snapping out of his fugue, Manthos sprints forward and pulls his crossbow bolts closer.

Moving up double move toward the large tent in the center

Ichio runs as fast as he can towards red goblin

As Xavier moves through past the tent [ooc[ I have moved your token back a couple of square Xavier[/ooc] he hears a click and a pile of rubble falls toward him. Reflex save please

Ichio, I have moved you toward the Red goblin in as direct a path as possible. I have marked the route roughly with the red lines. I am running on that assumption for now since we have to keep the special moving. If you have any major issue with the path please sleak up, but I did double move you to the red goblin as directly as I could.

Ichio also hears a click and a pile of rocks falls. Reflex save please

reflex ts: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Falling Rocks: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Ichio takes 2 damage from the falling rubble trap.

Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Falling Rocks: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Xavier loses 2 HP from falling rocks.

That's all of us, right?

yup, I think so.

The cleric again casts a spell, this time directed at Ichio.

Ichio can I have a Will save please, DC14 or you are shaken.

The goblin then swings its short sword at Ichio.

Short Sword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The strike is ineffective.

Combat Round 2/3 - Bold May Act

Rynbec
Xavier
Ichio
Manthos
Ruinor
Melyra Shimore (Green, -4)
Goblins (Red)
The Balrog

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Oh no, Ichio is doomed! he thinks. Xavier sneaks around and stabs the woman. "Surprise!" he shouts. He then notices her holy symbol. "Ah, a fellow theologian. I don't often get to have discussions with other priests." he jokes.

Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21, 1d4 ⇒ 4

Xavier's rapier pierces the flesh of the priest. She grimaces in pain.

Combat Round 2/3 - Bold May Act

Rynbec
Xavier
Ichio
Manthos
Ruinor
Melyra Shimore (Green, -8)
Goblins (Red)
The Balrog