GM TOP #5-S: Siege of the Diamond City lvl 3-4 (Standard, Retrocon) (Inactive)

Game Master Pete H.

That chap was pretty friendly for one of them Aspis snakes, but I don't think I'd fit in there.

"We're Pathfinders, ain't we? Putting down monsters that cultists summon is one of tha' things we're best at doing!"

Taniian replies to Gordy, "That sounds like us, at least in the books I've read."

He then follows Guy's example, going quiet and sneaking forward.

Stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

"Yeah, we head towards trouble, that's for certain!" Flip turns to Guy. "Cast message on me, and I'll fly up and see what I can see."

Since Guy and Taniian attempted to be stealthy, Flip gives it a shot.

How stealthy can a frog on a flying bird be?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Yeah, no...

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

At Flip’s request, Guy casts message connecting the group before trying to Stealth ahead.

"SCRREEEEEEEE!!!!"

Translation: "Who needs stealth when you look this awesome?"

Perception : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Dana follows the group.

”Of course we help!! Make haste!“

OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
Strong victories have been achieved in the Battle district, and Egelsee appears to be doing well with only sporadic attacks on them. The Woundward and Confluence districts still have sustained demonic attacks in progress, and the Outer district is struggling to remain controlled.

The enemy is attempting to reinforce their positions and begin pushing the Pathfinders back...

Flip and Big Sky scout ahead, zooming around above the buildings and checking down each street. They and the group are not sure what to be looking for, be it the scaley reptile-demon or one of the awful monstrosities they were warned about. Flip thinks he sees something squirming in the corner of the street and wheels around for a closer look. As he approaches, Torsten rounds the corner. Yelling out a warning, Flip stops the dwarf from wandering into...

...a seemingly mundane puddle that is suddenly revealed to be more as the creature grows to reveal it's true form, terrible and gross to behold. A giant wibbly wobbly corrosive booger lurches forwards.

The creature squelches forwards and a massive portion of its body forms into a large appendage, slamming towards the dwarf.

Even caught unable to dodge, Torston's armor easily deflects the attack.

Round 1
Angry Booger
Dana
Gordy
Torston
Taniian
Flip
Guido

Bold may act... and seriously, the enemy had -5 initiative and beat you all. Wow. Good thing you had the right guy at the front!

Kn: Boogers: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 It is yucky!

Guy moves to where he can get a better look at the creature.

“What is that thing?”

Then he tries shooting it with an arrow.
+1 darkwood composite shortbow, Point Blank: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12
Piercing damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6

Taniian moves to have a better view and direct line of fire. He dislikes wet slimy things, especially those that hide in plain sight. He studies it briefly to see if he can determine more about this creature.

Knowledge Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

In particular, Taniian studies it to determine any weakness or immunity the thing may have.

Knowledge Boogers+Monster Lore: 1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 3 = 28

"That is no booger," Flip calls! "It's a gray ooze, and thus immune to flanking, poisons, crits, stunning and all mind-affecting spells!"

I would like to know resistances, special attacks, and any special defenses.

Then Flip guides Big Sky into a hover, and shoots at the creature.

Ride: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Longbow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Cold Iron Arrows: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"SCREEEEEEEEEE!"

Translation: "Warn me the next time you want me hovering! I almost messed that up!"

Fly: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

No Weaknesses or Vulnerabilities to anything. It is immune to Cold and Fire. No Spell, Damage or Energy Resistances. Special Attack & Defenses...

Each slam and constrict attack deals 1d6 additional acid damage. Armor or clothing worn by a creature grappled by a gray ooze takes the same amount of acid damage unless the wearer succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex saving throw. A wooden or metal weapon that strikes a gray ooze takes 1d6 acid damage unless the weapon’s wielder succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex save.

Flip and Guy pepper the creature with arrows. Bits of goo splatter onto the cobblestones from each hit.

Round 1 Bless is up!
Angry Booger (-9)
Dana
Gordy
Torston
Taniian (I think you only moved so you have half your action left?)
Flip
Guy

Bold may act.

Dana casts 'bless' on the party!

+1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

Realising this thing is an Ooze, Taniian readies his two Alkali flasks to throw.

Dana blesses the party's strikes and encourages them to finish this monstrosity quickly!

Taniian suggests use of Alkali flasks as they are known to cause extra harm to oozes. He pulls one out of his pack and points at the label that shows something similar to this.

Round 1 Bless is up!
Angry Booger (-9)
Dana
Gordy
Torston
Taniian
Flip
Guy

Bold may act.

Gordy moves behind Torston and coats him in slippery sea water.

"Don't wanna let that thing get aholda ya, buddy! 'Nd I can dry ya off when the coast is clear."

Effect of grease on Torston for 1 round, +10 CMD vs grapple

Torsten does a double-take on the blob that managed to sneak/slide up to them, hears people discussing the relative acidity needed to dissolve weapons, and just gives it a good whacking.

to hit, bless: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

And then he gets a bucket of sea water over him. "What the...!"

Torsten smashes, as all good dwarves do. Pieces of slime spray all over the place. The creature wobbles and bobbles in anger. The paladin looks down, feeling like he got half the creature on him but then realizes his ally Gordy is coating him with an even grosser goo!

The creature cares not for the group's plans and slams another psuedopod at the slick-er dwarf.

This one blocked easily by his shield, Torston starts reconsidering his career choices. Win a fight, get covered in snot anyway. What a world!

Round 1 Bless is up!
Totally not Slimer for copyright purposes (-21)
Dana (no Dana, only Zuul?)
Gordy
Torston
Taniian
Flip
Guy

Bold may act.

"That's a good look on you, Torsten" Taniian calls with mild glee in his voice.

He then lobs an Alkali Flask at the slime.

ranged touch attack with Alkali: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Alkali damamge to ooze: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

"Now let's see what you are made of." It is unclear whether he is addressing the slime or the flask, or possibly both.

Dana delays. What is Zuul? ;-)

I thought protecting you from a grapple would have been better than taking a shot into melee with a -8 to hit

Gordy slides next to his dampened brother in arms, gathering power from the air around him. He forms a war axe out of water and slashes at the gray slime.

Kinetic Blade: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 1 = 19
Blunt: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 = 15

Guy continues moving until he is on the opposite side of the ooze.

He then takes aim and fires at the creature.
+1 darkwood composite shortbow, Point Blank, bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 29
Piercing damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4
Crit Confirm +1 darkwood composite shortbow, Point Blank, bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 23
Piercing damage: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5, 2) + 4 + 2 = 13

He is very disappointed as he notices that the well placed shot doesn't do any extra damage.
So is the player, who only remembered the immunity to crits after confirming...

Just after his shot, a crossbow bolt is fired at the creature from a rooftop. A pathfinder agent waves and runs off to fight more foes.
Aid Token, Allied Offensive: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Wouldn't I take splash damage from the alkali?

"Fine, mock me." Torsten grumbles and smashes on.

To Hit, Bless: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

You would definitely take 1 point of acid damage as alkali flasks are a splash weapon.

“Considering I’ve complained about just getting wet in the past, I think you have done remarkably well Torsten. I do hope that gunk comes out of your beard!”

Dana holds her mighty powers back, maybe having an identity crisis.

Gordy steps up and his water axe hacks through the creature, many wobbles caused by its passing.

Torston takes another swing, slashing quite a bit of slime away with his axe. The creature still stands, quite resilient these oozes are apparently.

With a small little lob, Taniaan tosses a small vial. It pops open upon contact, spraying the blob with a large amount of extremely reactive basic solution. You can see the chemical reaction within the clear body as it causes the entire structure to shudder then collapse back into a puddle of goo. A small amount of the chemical sprays onto Torston and Gordy, sizzling their beards and flesh. (1 hp damage each)

Flip and Guy, ready to pepper it with more arrows, hold their aim steady until sure the creature won't be reappearing.

SUCCESS!!!

You can hold the aid token or use it to heal up the 1 damage to the two players. Your choice. Shall we stay in this district or swap?

That was easy. Let's do it again! Is it going to be another gray ooze again?

"I'm sorry 'bout that Torsten. Easy enough to fix, though.

Gordy concentrates and within a few seconds Torsten is dry as a thistle.

Basic hydrokinesis allows Gordy to dry things off at will.

No repeats, sorry! :D

Stay with Confluence. Hold the Aid Token.

Guy watches, impressed, as Gordy dries Torsten out. “That works.”

Gesturing to the dead booger, he adds “I hope there isn’t a whole army of that sort of thing. Regardless, let’s press on!”

Taniian shrinks back within himself a little at Torsten's response, "I meant no disrespect," he mumbles.

Watching Gordy dry his fellow dwarf Taniian observes "Those are some mighty useful skills you have there, Gordy." He then adds to both dwarves, "I'm sorry about the fallout from that flask, it is the first time I've used one but was assured it was the best thing for any kind of ooze."

Lining up behind Guy, Taniian checks his gear, makes sure his mindblade is at full strength and tries for a determined and confident voice, "Yes, let us proceed. Lead the way, good sir."

Guy waves for Torsten to take the lead and he follows along.

Good enough for me, moving right along then!

As you wander around the district looking for trouble to trounce a runner bolts around the corner, eyes wide as he sees your group tromping along. Gasping for breath, "DEMONS IN THE CITADEL! NEED YOUR HELP!"

As you sprint back to the base of operations, the sounds of battle from inside echo out. However, just as you are readying to burst inside and join you see a familiar face drawing out a ritual circle while constantly looking around watching his own back.

Kreighton Shane, the Pathfinder Society’s Master of Scrolls calls you over, “friends, the demons have found their way into the Starrise Spire and show no signs of relenting. Even now, agents battle them within the lodge, and we cannot keep this up. Luckily, I have been researching some ancient rituals that should allow us to keep the demons outside of the Spire, and give us time to regroup. I know the rites, but I need protection while I enact them. I trust you will protect me while I do this dangerous deed, yes?”

If so, then the below occurs as you spread out to defend the Master of Scrolls as he begins his ritual.
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Round 1
Dana
Gordy
Torston
Taniian
Flip
Guy

Bold may act. Prepare and Place Yourselves! The demons have not yet noticed this location! Map is UP!

Kn: Arcana: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 So close!

Guy takes up a position next to Kreighton Shane, in hopes of intercepting any who would approach.

Figuring it can’t take too long to draw a circle, he decides to cast heroism on Taniian.
40 minute duration, +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks.

K: Arcana DC 20: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Initially a little in awe at the idea of protecting such a prestigious Pathfinder, Taniian wrinkles his nose at the overpowering smell of the ingredients in use. He quietly shares his thoughts and knowledge of the ritual in progress.
Feel free to peek behind the curtain.

Taniian then moves to where he thinks he may have the best chance of spotting any threats being careful not to disturb the arcane markings. He remains open to modifying his actions if any of his companions suggest a different plan.

Gesturing towards the circle, Guy asks Taniian “Is this something we shouldn’t walk across? Any special precautions needed?”

OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
With a concentration of effort, the Confluence District has been mostly cleared of invaders with only sporadic attacks in progress.

It appears to be getting harder to hold down the Districts though, as the horde is starting to reinforce their ranks...

Suddenly feeling braver and stronger, Taniian replies, "It looks similar to an Elven Warding ritual. It is, however, being performed by the Master of Scrolls against a major invasion so I do not want to disturb any element of the ritual. Not only could it potentially interfere with the magic, but I also imagine there could be consequences more immediate. I don't know for sure, just being cautious."

Is Bless still active? It seems like we moved on pretty quickly but time can be deceptive.

Botting Flip

Flip and Big Sky watch for enemies approaching as they fly back and forth.

Since there isn’t much else to do, Flip casts guidance on Big Sky as they patrol. He renews it about half way through.

Instead of the usual 30, there would be a bit less than normal between these encounters since you never swapped districts. But since the districts are large it was still a lot of running around. Thus, 15 minutes passed since your last encounter and Bless would be gone. Mage armor on Big Sky would still be up though. Bot request initiated.

Dana casts bless again!

Torsten kept muttering to himself about getting splashed with water, base chemicals and bits of ooze. At least he's dry again. He prepares to receive demons.

"Since we have some more open ground to defend... bottoms up!"

Torsten drinks a potion of Enlarge Person.

OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT
The Woundward District has been brought under control.

Sporadic attacks are being felt in all districts, and victory against the horde is far from assured...

Moving things along.

Moving into view is what appears to be a large humanoid...

The corpulent man reels on his feet as if drunk, but as he gets closer the horrific truth is revealed — he’s not so much reeling as he is seething from within, as if his internal organs were coiling and writhing like a knot of greased snakes. Suddenly, with a hideous retching and tearing sound, the man’s face blooms out like a rotten flower and a pallid, five-jawed worm extrudes itself from the ragged hole in the neck where, only a moment before, a head sat.

Popping out of the ground near that monstrosity is a fat-headed worm with four long tails, each of which ends in a wriggling nest of long filaments. In total it is about 7 feet long (with its filaments giving it a further 3 feet of length).

Both creatures are coming straight for the group.

Round 2 Bless is up!
Torston
d'Artagnan
Flip & Big Sky (Big Sky Guidance)
Gordy
Taniian (Heroism)
Guy
Fat Man Worm
Dana

Bold may act.

kn planes: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

"Beware, this is a vermlek demon!"

Can I stand to the north of Dana, or is the edge of the map a hard border?

It's not a hard border so you could go up there. The map location they gave us for this fight is far from perfect and I see no reason those squares up there would be walls.

Torsten trudges towards the worm thing. "And what about this? I'm just going to judge it on appearances Lord forgive me and assume it's some kind of demon as well?"

And with that he swings his axe...
to hit, bless: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
In case that hits the hopefully still flat-footed monster;
damage: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (6, 5) + 4 = 15

Planes v. Vermlek: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

The Giant Dwarf moves up next to his blessing ally and swings a mighty axe, slashing into the wormy Vermlek (both are Vermleks fyi). It screeches in pain and backs away, tentacles writhing... in a very oddly specific fashion... almost like it was casting a spell?!?

Thre of its tails point one each at Torsten, Dana and itself and Negative energy descending upon them like a crashing wave. Torsten & Dana take 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 negative energy damage, Will DC 16 for 1/2.

The creature's injury seems to mend itself a bit.

Round 2 Bless is up!
Torston (-4)
d'Artagnan (-7)
Flip & Big Sky (Big Sky Guidance)
Gordy
Taniian (Heroism)
Guy
Fat Man Worm
Dana (-4 or -8)

Bold may act.

It helps your GM if you list, in some format, what DR your weapons have when you make your attacks. A couple ways it can be done include either with the to hit roll or with the damage roll like so - +1 Cold Iron Battleaxe: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16 for Magic/Slashing/Cold Iron: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9. Thanks!

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.
Will save vs. spelly thing: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Torsten doesn't appear all that impressed by the vermlek's spell.