[PFS] Siege of the Diamond City - GM Ewok (Inactive)

Game Master EwokBanshee

neither of us paladins can detect evil... lol

"Yes, of course. I could detect powerful evil trying to board. Perhaps I should be here"

Moving toward the boarding pier, Denaria will speak up, keeping her bow ready just in case.

neither of us paladins can detect evil... lol

Denaria can! Alrik, however, suffers from an acute mixture of depression and paranoia... or at least, that's what I'm getting from the Class Feature. No worries, Alrik. You're valid. c:

I didn't even notice we had a third paladin.

[B]"Irori doesnt grant me the ability to judge morality. Everyone has their own path to perfection...sometimes it's a dark one."[b]Yajima says with a sigh.

Neither did I, but you're the one I didn't notice! Neither did Vulpina, apparently. She just took you for a particularly religious monk.

"Alas, To my everlasting shame I fear I've displeased m'lady in some way as she has not seen fit to grant me the vision to see those who work for the darkness. However, I'm of a suspcicious nature and am fairly competent at reading people the old fashioned way. "

Alrik and Yajima can question the people wanting to come board. If Alrik Takes 10 on Sense Motive, he gets 18 and Yajima can autosuceed at a Sense Motive Aid Another to make it 20.

Perhaps all of the other ranged folks (not using Detect Evil) can wait on the boat out of the danger zone (presumably)?.

"Unfortunate-- but it appears she still graces you with some power, at least?" queries the Lady Vulpina, tilting her head and raising a brow. "Regardless, it sounds like we should be in a sufficient place. I hope so, at any rate."

Vulpina's range is limited and she's most effective in melee range. Plus, if the danger zone includes where the civilians are, she's going to prefer to be in the thick of it.

Also, she doesn't have Precise Shot.

A half-elf paladin in full plate marches up and raises his eyebrow. "You are looking for someone able to detect evil?"

Another seeker aid token from Omrax the Bold!

Menas nods at Alrik, "Let us seek these demons out then."

Alrik's plan sounds good to me, although I suggest at least one person keep detect magic up as well.

"A bit eager there, but ok, let us do what we can."

In position, you motion the crowd to come forward, one at a time. Nothing triggers Denaria's holy senses * , but Alrik and Yajima are hard at work interrogating the passengers.

Most of the civilians pass through without a problem, but two orcs have a hard time answering the questions. "Uh... yes, we do want to get on this pathfinder ship! I hope there will be room for us with all of those relics on board!" Yajima elbows Alrik who pauses. "We didn't say there were relics on board..." With that, everyone reaches for their weapons! From the back of the crowd, a pair of elves cry out, "DIE PATHFINDERS!" At that moment, the crowd begins to scream, diving out of the way of the fight.

Conney, Wenjeff and Denaria get the jump on the four Aspis agents! Map is updated.

Everybody in bold is up! Anyone who does not post within 24 hours will be botted.

Round 1

Wenjeff
Denaria
Conney

Yellow Brigand 0 Damage
Blue Brigand 0 Damage
Orange Mage 0 Damage
Pink Mage 0 Damage

Lady Vulpina
Yajima
Alrik

*TIL: For non-outsiders and non-undead, only 5 HD creatures show up on Detect Evil

Conney, once again jumping at just about anything, jumps back as two ASPIS agents emerge from the crowd right next to him! Reacting fast, Conney tosses a bomb right at ORANGE!

Bomb Target ORANGE: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 11
Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3) + 3 = 10

The archer fires two arrows on the orange man.

Arrow 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Arrow 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Damage arrow 2: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Harpocrate, the hippogriff, moves and attacks an other foolish man.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

"Ahhhh! Denaria jumps back from the nearest Aspis blue and fires two arrows at very close range.

point blank deadly aim arrow #1: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11
point blank deadly aim arrow #2: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13
cold iron damage #1: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7
cold iron damage #2: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

*TIL: For non-outsiders and non-undead, only 5 HD creatures show up on Detect Evil

Yeah, so we are letting total jerks on board the ship, but not demonically possessed double agents. Seems worth it to me lol.

One of the elves is suddenly engulfed in a plume of fire. He coughs and clears the smoke from his eyes just in time to see the arrow sink into his gut. He falls to the ground, watching the light fade as his companion is pounced upon by a hippogriff.

Denaria's arrows fail to penetrate the half-orc's impressive armor. He smirks and steps forward, swinging his axe to return the favor. Fortuitously, the brigand snags his toe on a warped board on the dock and misses the paladin by far more than a hair.

The second brigand simply stays where he is and swings at the nearest Pathfinder. The clang as the axe strikes armor is impressive, and the blow leaves a significant dent in Alrik's breastplate, but the armor does its job.

The remaining Aspis mage cautiously casts a spell and is surrounded by five identical replicas of himself. Trusting the protection of his illusions, he makes a break for the safest place he can think of--between two heavily armored half-orcs.

Attack of Opportunity provoked from the Hippogriff (and Yajima if he has Combat Reflexes or the equivalent).

Round 1

Wenjeff: Miss, Hit/Hippogriff Miss
Denaria: Miss
Conney: Hit

Yellow Brigand 0 Damage: Miss
Blue Brigand 0 Damage: Miss
Orange Mage 20 Damage: KO'd
Pink Mage 0 Damage: Cast

Lady Vulpina
Yajima
Alrik

Round 2

Wenjeff
Denaria
Conney

A glint comes into Lady Vulpina's eye as she rushes forward, an absolutely golden opportunity presenting itself. Her hand moves not to the pistol at her right hip but the one on her left.

"I would not normally waste cold iron on your sort, but it shall have to do!" Cackling in elation, she raises her dragon pistol and fires.

KRAK!!!

Dragon Pistol Attack vs. Yellow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Dragon Pistol Critical Confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Dragon Pistol Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Dragon Pistol Crit Damage: 3d6 + 12 ⇒ (6, 2, 5) + 12 = 25

Dragon Pistol Attack vs. Blue: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Dragon Pistol Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Dragon Pistol Attack vs. Pink: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Dragon Pistol Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

”OHHH HOHOHO HO HO!!!!”

That's going to be cold iron vs. touch, Focused Aim activated.

Alrik grunts as he twists his armor to take the blow from his opponent. With a hard stare, he lashes out with his axe trying to do one better...

Slash!: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Harpocrate doesn't let the foe leave without biting him.

AoO Hippogriff: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Then the archer fires two others arrows against the yellow foe.

Arrow 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Damage 1 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Arrow 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Damage 2 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

And the flying hippogriff bites the pink foe again.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Conney moves forward and lobs his third bomb at BLUE

Bomb: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 3 + 1 = 16

Precise bombs helping Deneria, 5 splash damage dc 14 Pink and Yellow

Yajima does have combat reflexes.
Yajima sees the mage attempt to flee with his images as his defense. Knowing how effective the images can be, he closes his eyes as he punches, trusting his instincts instead of his eyes.

AoO punch, power attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
confirm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
crit damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 21
mage high or low: 1d2 ⇒ 1

He then opens his eyes to see the results of his attack before adopting his dragon style and running after a new threat.

He then attacks pink while closing his eyes again (or yellow without closing eyes if pink is down now).
kick, power attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
confirm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
crit damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
miss chance if pink: 1d100 ⇒ 35
pink high or low: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Wow, hot rolls for Yajima

"Take this." Denaria steps back and fires two more shots.

point blank deadly aim arrow #1: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 = 15
point blank deadly aim arrow #2: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8
cold iron damage #1: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8
cold iron damage #2: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

I always forget to state it, but I'm dealing non-lethal damage intentionally.

Harpocrate snaps at the elf wizard as he retreats, but it destroys one of the copies instead. Yajima does not quite close his eyes before he strikes, but nonetheless, he strikes the real wizard and knocks him out cold. The remaining copies of the wizard flicker around his body, each of them laid out like a stunned fish.

Lady Vulpina releases a blast of cold iron shot at the armored brigands. There is a great deal of smoke and thunder, but only the closest of the two winces in pain.

Alrik's swing goes wide. Yajima charges down the dock and clocks the nearest brigand in the jaw. There's an audible snap as the half-orc falls. Both of Wenjeff's skillful shots punch through the heavy armor of the last brigand. Conney tosses his bomb at the foot of the brigand, and he goes down due to the pain.

Denaria saves her arrows.

Combat Over

Yellow Brigand 15 Damage (30 Non-Lethal): KO'd
Blue Brigand 33 Damage: KO'd
Orange Mage 20 Damage: KO'd
Pink Mage 3 Damage (19 Non-Lethal): KO'd

The refugees rally and begin to board the ship. Once they are all aboard, Protonicus sets sail to the east in order to wait out the siege on the water.

OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
The demons are trying to attack in greater numbers and regain control but the Pathfinders are clearing them out just as quickly. Reports indicate that the waves of enemy continue to grow significantly larger.

Everything is currently GREEN. Where would you like to go next?

Conney breaths a sigh of relief.

"How many more refugees can your boat hold?"

I'm totally fine with your ruling of closing eyes.

Yajima has no preference where the battle takes him. Since everything is green, should we prepare a defense here or would going somewhere we haven't been accomplish something useful?

Yajima checks the fallen bandits, making sure, as best he can, that none of them die from his actions.

Round 3 just started. I applied your success to Round 3 because I was still typing the post when Shifty made the announcement in the GM thread. So most places do not currently have successes except for your 1 success here. I believe that each district needs 4 successes by the end of this round.

The Aspis agents are all reasonably far from death, and it is a simple matter to stabilize the two who had life threatening wounds.

We were not in Battle District until now. So do we go there?

Whereever the group wishes to go, Conney will follow.

It’d be nice to do the full tour—Battle District works for me!

"Depends," the ship's captain answers Conney. "If this siege doesn't last long, we can offload some of the food and take on more souls. If you think otherwise, we're full up."
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Satisfied with the situation at the docks for the time being, you make your way toward the Battle District, passing embattled crusaders and Pathfinders along the way. Passing one alley, you notice a huddle of townsfolk without a butter knife to use as a weapon.

“Please, we need your help! This crusader was taking us into a safe house for protection from the demons, but he was slain by a trap. We know we’re in danger out here on the street, but none of us are willing to go inside for fear of what else might be in there! And even if we go somewhere else, there may be other crusaders that try to shepherd people this way. Could you lot go inside and do a sweep?" a matronly woman asks you.

Conney double checks his belt pocket for his sling and bullets, not to mention the empty spots where bombs used to be held. "Well, its's why we came down here, isn't it?

Yajima nods at the women before heading inside, eyes open.

take 10 perception: 10 + 10 = 20

Lady Vulpina frowns. ”This close to the Worldwound and not a crossbow between you?” she asks. ”Very well; Denaria, please check them for demons before we head in.” Assuming no demons in hiding, she heads in as well, blade in hand and both pistols loaded with cold iron on her hips.

1. Clearly this is before they standardized the Specials' skill checks (so sorry). 2. There's no map, so I'm reusing this map as it has the only building with a rug at the entrance.

While Yajima cautiously moves into the safe house--noting the spent rune of blasting on the open door and the charred corpse of a crusader on the ground outside--and Vulpina right behind him, Denaria confirms that none of the townsfolk are possessed.

Unfortunately, Yajima was no more perceptive than the crusader that came before him. With the smell of brimstone, two squat, sweaty demons manifest in the room.

I couldn't find the correct minis, so I used quasits. They're not quasits.

Combat Round 1. Bold may act.

Lady Vulpina
Wenjeff
Yajima
Conney
Denaria
Red
Blue
Alrik

Lady Vulpina sighs as the sweaty folk enter, twirling her blade in her hand as she steps nimbly forward, thrusting her wakizashi beneath the not-quite-oriented foe’s defenses.

Wakizashi Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Precise Strike Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Meanwhile, her free hand draws her pistol, figuring that this situation calls more for precise shots.

Wrong footed by the demonic creatures, Alrik barely has time for a glance at them before an entire battle erupts in from him.

Unfortunately he doesn’t recognise the beings attacking them.

Kn: Planes: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

The archer doesn't know what to do. So he waits.

knowledge planes: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Yajima smiles at the sight of the demons. They are simple challenges of combat, easy to overcome with his training, and they are unquestionably evil. He does not need to hold back so as not to be the judge, jury, and executioner, these creatures have already been judged and they keep others from realizing their potential.

Adopting dragon style, 5ft stepping towards the bottom (blue) one, flurrying at it.

flurry, power attack, flatfooted: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
flurry, power attack, flatfooted: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Lady Vulpina sinks her blade into the demon, but the rubbery fat rolls resist much of her force (DR 5). Yajima pounces upon the other demon and sends it back to the Abyss with two swift strikes, even though they were partially absorbed by the fatty flesh.

Conney, Denaria
Red 4 Damage

Denaria step toward the doorway and fires a quick volley.

point blank deadly aim arrow #1: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 = 20
point blank deadly aim arrow #2: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 1 = 25
cold iron damage #1: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7
cold iron damage #2: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

ignores one soft cover due to Deadeye Bowman trait

Conney makes his way inside, but he doesn't attack, seeing how the others in his group did a lot of damage already.

Fresh from their victory in the Outer District, the group of seekers, Candi Payne and her companion Donna the Viper, Obsidean, Sister Ayako, Slimjim Son of House Shady, and Elric promise aid to the Pathfinders, should they need it. The team leaves a token in the hands of the junior Pathfinders in case they should ever need their help!

Quick note for GM: consider Vulpina’s AC to be 4 higher than listed, so long as i’ve got a 5 foot space to move. Dodging Panache and all that!

Denaria's cold iron arrows strike the stinky demon. The second arrow sends it back to the Abyss.

End Combat ...but you're not done.

Having triggered the second trap at the entrance, you have the rest of the safe house to search. Or you could tell the townsfolk that all is safe.

Please draw arrows or otherwise indicate you path as you search the safe house. Move in single move action incriments for easier tracking. Roll your Perception checks.

For anyone tracking Faction cards: those demons were CR 2 individualy, and the encounter was CR 3.

Conney makes his way deeper into the building, searching as he goes. PER: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Alrik leads the Pathfinders into the next room.

Perception w/ DV & Stonecunning (bonus not incl.: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18