GM Sparrowhawk's What Prestige is Worth (Inactive)

Game Master Bristor

Since the scrolls didnt go away, Dasha runs across the room, avoiding the grate
[ooc]Double move[ooc]

Antonaides takes a 5' step farther away from the devil, draws a wand of CLW and taps himself

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Hell Hound Attacks
1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

sorry brian, I know you have a ton to keep track of, and it may be that I was supposed to be, or that I'm missing something, but I don't think I got 1 health back from my infernal healing cast last round, and I think that would have stopped the bleed - unless I got bleed again. whatever you say is cool, obviously. assuming I'm up at this point, that would be one more hp back as well and, now assuming we're back to the top of the order, this is what I would do :-)

Kjetil drops his wand of infernal healing, swiftly pops his wand of true strike into his hand from his wrist sheath and has his whip in his other in the blink of an eye (quick draw). He then lashes out with his whip to trip L while casting true strike.

inspire courage, heroism, bull's strength, true strike, -2 for the spell combat or whatever penalty

Trip: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 20 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 + 2 + 20 - 2 = 39

the whip is 15 ft. reach. I don't know if you would give him some cover or not

whoops. forgot my actual attack bonus of +10

Trip attack = 49

+1 haste
Trip attack = 50

Yes, sorry, you don't see it b/c it's from when I thought you went back in and the scrolls do 1 hp of dmg in addition to bleed so it was a wash but I never changed it when we retconned your move. Matt, feel free to go as well, Leventi is now on the floor, the trip having been successful

Woo hoo! Thanks, Alex. The scrolls are difficult terrain, right?

Nellie moves around, out of the lashing scrolls. "We have you now!"

Acrobatics (tumble, heroism): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

Provided I make it over there. I'm going to move through the hellhound's space so I continue to threaten, in case he attacks with his whip.

Haste, studied target, inspire courage (+3), arcane strike, aligned umbrella
umbrella 1: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 20 for Good/Bludgeoning: 1d6 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 15

Kjetil embarrasses the devil by tripping him with prejudice, and Nellie takes advantage of the opportunity to attack, and very nearly hits, bit Leventi manages to block with the scroll in his hand at the last moment. He concentrates to cast a spell concentration: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33 and then appears across the room.

Round 5 of Combat! Everyone is up.
Party wide buffs: haste, inspire courage +3
Zarta
Nellie -29 hp and 6 bleed
Kjetil heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images & shield; -9 hp
Dasha
Leventi -57 hp
Antonaides -33 hp and 6 bleed; -4 on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.
Hellhound -26 hp & 5 bleed

heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images & shield, -8hp

Kjetil swiftly recalls the spell Glitterdust and casts it in such a way as to only get Leventi before hastily moving over to that side of the room.

Will Save 20 on Blind

My bleed should have stopped when I pinged myself with a cure light wounds wand. Unless I suffered more bleed and missed it?

"Zarta, watch out! Leventi is coming for you!"

Antonaides standard action summons 1d3 hellhounds using Summon Monster IV and moves to remain close enough to support the attack.

1d3 ⇒ 1

Hell Hounds
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Will save vs. blind: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18 on a +16! Christ on the cross

sorry Tim, yes, missed that. No more bleed.

One hell hound manages to bite the prone devil, but doesn't seem to harm him.

Zarta, Nellie and Dasha are up. Leventi is blinded and prone

New hell hound takes 1 hp and 1d6 ⇒ 6 bleed; old hell hound bleeds out at start of next turn.

Nellie will close with the blind devil using her hasty speed and attack once. Zarta can continue performing.

Haste, studied target, inspire courage (+3), arcane strike, aligned umbrella
umbrella 1: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 26 for Good/Bludgeoning: 1d6 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 13

Nellie scores a solid strike on Leventi, but once again is attacked by the scrolls for 1 point of damage and she continues to bleed.

Round 5 of Combat! Dasha is up.
Party wide buffs: haste, inspire courage +3
Zarta
Nellie -36 hp and 6 bleed
Kjetil heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images & shield; -8 hp
Dasha
Leventi -70 hp, prone, blind DC 20 to remove
Antonaides -25 hp; -4 on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.
Hellhound 2 -1 hp & 6 bleed

”Finish him!!!!!!”

Gritting her teeth in frustration at how long it took to find a clear shot
Dasha fires another volley at Leventi

Bluff(feint): 1d20 + 27 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 27 - 4 = 37
Ki points 5/7

Longbow(rapidshot): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
Longbow(rapidshot): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32
Longbow(rapidshot iterative): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Unfortunately for Dasha, the scrolls on this side of the room come to life as well, deflecting all 3 shots.

Leventi, on the floor and blind, stands and tries to cast a spell. He disappears with a pop and reappears on the far side of the room.
AoO from hell hound and Nellie for standing before the dimension door.
Leventi concentration check: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37
Leventi save vs. blind: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35

Round 6 of Combat! Everyone is up, presumed Zarta keeps going; have ticked off everyone’s bleed and hp dmg for Nelllie and HH starting in scrolls for this coming round below.
Party wide buffs: haste, inspire courage +3
Zarta
Nellie -43 hp and 6 bleed
Kjetil heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images & shield; -8 hp
Dasha
Leventi -70 hp
Antonaides -25 hp; -4 on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.
Hellhound 2 -8 hp & 6 bleed

Hellhound AoO 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
for damage 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

"Nellie, you're losing a lot of blood."

Antonaides casts cure light wounds on Nellie using a wand
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Hellhound 2 pursues Leventi and attacks again

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

did you move Leventi on the map? From your description, i thought he moved somewhere else but maybe I misunderstood or misremembered

AoO: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 20 for Good/Bludgeoning (sneak attack): 1d6 + 2d6 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + (4, 4) + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 25

Edit: For heaven's sake. I'm going to use my re-roll on that attack.

AoO reroll (stars): 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 26

[dice=AoO] 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 for [dice=Good/Bludgeoning (sneak attack)]: 1d6 + 2d6 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1

Edit: For heaven's sake. I'm going to use my re-roll on that attack.

[dice=AoO reroll (stars)] 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

Impressive that the die roller so faithfully captures the magic of the folio re-roll

Dasha tosses her bow in frustration and pulls out her wakizashi as she runs around Leventi
If he has reach she provokes
She will then ready to hit him if she gets a flank
Any chance you still have a 5ft step nellie?

I haven't acted yet this round. I think maybe Leventi is in the wrong spot, though.

yeah, i was holding off on acting due to the same question

Oops, I did move it but it doesn't seem to have stuck. Fixed now.

The hell hound misses, but Nellie, seemingly fueled by divine intervention, strikes home.

do any of the PCs need to be adjusted now? I’m thinking Dasha at the least, right?

Seems like Dasha should redo her action because of the move, and Kjetil and Nellie still need to go this round and need not wait for her

heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images, shield, infernal healing

Kjetil moves and attempts to trip him with his whip and feels a tad healthier with another tick of his infernal healing Hp -7

attack bonus+bulls strength+haste+heroism+courage
trip: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 25

Whoops sorry, fixed it

Dasha will run toward Leventi still and feint toward his left before stabbing at his right

Bluff(feint): 1d20 + 27 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 27 - 4 = 32
Ki points 4/7

Wakizashi: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
oi, so close to a crit :P

Nellie will try to get in across from Dasha and ready an action to attack if the devil attempts to cast a spell.

Zarta continues performing.

Kjetil fails to trip Leventi. Dasha’s movement provokes an attack from Leventi, who savages her with a crack of his whip, grabbing and impaling her as well.

Leventi attack: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40
dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 plus 1d6 ⇒ 3 bleed.
Leventi free grab check: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
free impale when grabbing with contract: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 1) + 4 = 13
crit confirm?: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31
crit dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Dasha is grabbed and bleeding.

Feint fails, and despite being grappled, Dasha strikes the devil but doesn’t seem to harm it.

Dasha and Nellie are all now back in the scrolls, so take 1 hp dmg and bleed: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6.

Leventi then takes his

Leventi attack 1: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (12) + 20 = 32
dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 plus 1d6 ⇒ 6 bleed.
Leventi attack 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 plus 1d6 ⇒ 3 bleed.
Leventi attack 3: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 plus 1d6 ⇒ 6 bleed.

Round 7 of Combat! Everyone is up, presumed Zarta keeps going.
Party wide buffs: haste, inspire courage +3
Zarta
Nellie -55 hp and 6 bleed
Kjetil heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images & shield; -8 hp
Dasha -36 hp and 5 bleed
Leventi -70 hp
Antonaides -25 hp; -4 on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.
Hellhound 2 -14 hp & 6 bleed

Nellie will slip past Dasha, move up to the devil, and attack.

Haste, studied target, inspire courage (+3), arcane strike, aligned umbrella
umbrella: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 31 for
Good/Bludgeoning: 1d6 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 15

I'll attack even if he ends up grappling or tripping me.

heroism, bull’s strength, 4 mirror images, shield, infernal healing
I believe i was back to -7 last round and will now be at -6

Kjetil steps back and makes another trip attack while casting true strike from his wand

attack bonus - spell combat pen + heroism + bull's strength + haste + inspire courage + true strike

TripAttack: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 20 = 52

Antonaides moves up and channels negative to heal undead.

4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 4, 1) = 15

Dasha heals 15. All else unaffected.

Hellhound 5' in and bites.

1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Ugg, its really hard to remember to do everything ahead of time, Dasha has good acro too :(

Dasha will just try to attack Leventi from the grapple

Bluff(feint): 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (20) + 27 = 47
Ki pool 3/7

Wakizashi, haste, bard song, grapple: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 + 3 - 4 = 29
potential crit Wakizashi, haste, bard song, grapple: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 + 3 - 4 = 12
Wakizashi, haste, bard song, grapple: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 + 3 - 4 = 13
Wakizashi, haste, bard song, grapple: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 + 3 - 4 = 14

One hit im assuming
for Slashing: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
or Slashing: 5d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 6, 5, 2, 6) + 5 = 27

Kjetil manages to trip Leventi again, and then Nellie hits the devil square in the nose, eliciting a howl, while the hell hound chews on his robes. Dasha is also able to get a hit in (oh and he released you as a free action if that changes anything – he couldn’t have full attacked after your AoO)

Remaining in the scroll area means Dasha is cut by the scrolls. 1d6 ⇒ 6

Sorry – this has grown tedious. You are close enough and have him in enough of a comprised situation that I’m good with calling it, if that’s ok with everyone

I'm fine with it. I'm also okay if I need to whack him with the umbrella a few times.

fine to call it. I can't get in to cast meaningful spells, so assume I spam negative channels at Dasha until we're out of the woods.

that’s fine with me

Surrounded and on the floor, you put Leventi out of his misery, and take possession of Gellius Thrune’s head. In addition, in this room you find contracts bearing the signatures of prominent Inner Sea families and represent potential blackmail material. Leventi carries an angelskin handy haversack that contains eight legal texts written in a variety of languages (including several completely unknown to Golarion), a handful of semiprecious gems he uses to bribe mortals as needed, and several wrapped parcels protecting the pieces of a suit of infernal armor (this functions as demon armor but resembles a cornugon and inflicts poison with its claw attacks rather than contagion).You can search the one scroll chamber you didn’t yet, and despite some noxious air, are able to find some additional treasure.

Gellius recognizes Zarta’s Davian ancestry and conceals a scheming smile with reminiscences about a brief fling with Rufino Davian. He asks for his freedom, but Zarta pockets the jar and contract, saying, “All in due time.”

Along with Zarta, you make your way back to the hellmouth and travel back to Skyreach. There, Zarta consults with Gellius’s trapped soul before using the melancholic talisman to permanently shut down the portal. The talisman briefly flares as Zarta closes the hellmouth. The infernal scents fade slowly as Gellius Thrune’s bound soul bobs approvingly. “Closed as promised, Lady Davian.” Zarta winces slightly. “Of course, I cannot promise perfect control in this state…” The disembodied head nods within its glass prison. “But before we quibble over terms, let me speak plainly, for I see in you the same need that has consumed me for centuries: revenge against House Thrune.”

Zarta twirls the point of a blade on Gellius’ infernal contract as she contemplates his offer, and looks at you. “I admit I’ve yearned for this: a chance to slide the knife in, slow and deep, and see those who betrayed me twist on it. Not only did Thrune betray me, but I’ve known for only a few years that they were also responsible for the deaths and erasure of my ancestors, House Davian. However, as I look at you, my treasures, the choice is less clear. I have made a home here, with those who risked their souls to rescue me. Undermining Thrune and restoring Davian would mean leaving this behind, resigning my position, so that Thrune’s reprisals would not target the Society.” She smiles. “So please, tell me how you can’t bear to be without me or how my absence would only stoke your ardor.” Zarta sincerely looks to the Pathfinders for advice in this momentous decision.

You can discuss amongst yourselves if you’d like, but each if you ‘votes’ on her fate, with Dark Archives folks having more weight. That decision aside, we’re done! Congrats on surviving Hell!

Oh, and feel free to make your day job checks

Oh man, this is a tough one. I think I'm voting revenge--anyone can watch over the archives and I'd rather that Zarta be out shaking up the political situation. I'd miss having her giving out missions, though.

Such an agonizing decision. On the one hand, I worry we'd see less of her if she weren't in the society, and if she weakens House Thrune it could weaken hell's grip on Cheliax. On the other, I am servant in this and all things.

"Ultimately, though I would miss the sting of your whi--wit--I think taking revenge on your betrayer is the most infernal choice you can make. Go with my infernal blessing but please remember to call."

Day Job Profession Barrister
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

"My heart burns to hear of your retaliatory adventures, Lady Zarta"

I vote revenge

Dayjob(Bluff/smuggler): 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (14) + 27 = 41

"Lady, I agree with the others. You've gone through all of the trouble to get this information. Now, you must use it."

Profession (reporter): 1d20 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + (1) = 11

”Make us proud”

Sailor: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

“My my – I did not expect you to endorse such a path, but it now feels inevitable. I will miss you, my delectable flesh puppets. No doubt they will find someone who pales in comparison to me to run the Dark Archive.”

And with that, we are done. I’ll get the sheets together soon. Matt and Robyn, I’ll hand them over at Seelie on Friday night. Alex and Tim I’ll scan and email to you.

Ah, just your typical crew, making sure the Pathfinder Society maintains it overall neutral alignment. Haha.

“My my – I did not expect you to endorse such a path, but it now feels inevitable. I will miss you, my delectable flesh puppets. No doubt they will find someone who pales in comparison to me to run the Dark Archive.”

And with that, we are done. I’ll get the sheets together soon. Matt and Robyn, I’ll hand them over at Seelie on Friday night. Alex and Tim I’ll scan and email to you.

*wipes a tear*