GM Otha's Season 4 Trilogy (Inactive)

Game Master Otha

Looking around the ship and at the fallen pirates.

If you can sail this boat it would be best to meet her as she expects...especially if she is going to scuttle the Titan regardless...but how much help are you going to need to get us there safely Toban?

Pausing a little more.

And going to need to find a way to keep this one under control if we are going to fight Alejia...dont want him to get other ideas when we are distracted.

Yeah, how much crew do we need to sail this thing?

The scenario is not that specific...it only mentions that either someone in the party needs Profession (Sailor) or that you could hire someone in Riddleport. Since Toban has the sailor experience, y'all should be good to go...after all, Mumbuckle sailed it with just four crewmembers...

Mumbuckle stammers. "I'll tell you where to go...but only if you set me free afterwards. I'll not go with you; I'll not face Alejia...you make me do that, you can just kill me now..."

"I accept your terms, Mumbuckle. Now speak! Tell us about the rendezvous. Where is it happening, and do you need to do anything to signal her?"

Mumbuckle nods to Lovissa. "Parlay...we have an accord. You won't be meeting on the open sea as we were to dock and rendezvous at Viper Cove; there are no secret signals as she'll not expect anyone other than me to be piloting the Lionfish. There's a map and other details of her plan in my quarters in the aft hold that will confirm what I've told you. The ship is yours..."

And with that, Mumbuckle bows curtly and then dives over the side of the boat and into the bay...

Lovissa claps her fellows on the back. "Come on. One of use needs to return the skiff to the fisherman, and the rest can figure out how to get this ship sailing." She thinks a moment. "Viper's Cove... Let's give these maps and plans a look-see."

Jastrokan checks out the maps and plans.

Rosie decides she wants stay with her brothers, so she helps check out the maps and prepare the ship.

Toban taps his lip. POP! POP! POP!

"Let's do this!" Toban gives directions and helps prepare the ship for travel.

Profession Sailor: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

"Hmmm... Actually... I think it's like this..." Toban chuckles. "It's been a while, you see..."

Profession Sailor: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Toban also heals everyone with his wand.

Healing Lovissa: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Healing Lovissa: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Lovissa's at full.
Healing Toban: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Healing Toban: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Healing Toban: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 Toban's at full.
Healing Cerryl: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Cerryl's at full.

Toban, you need not worry about a Profession Sailor check; all you need to pilot the ship is any training in the Profession (Sailor) skill and I'll say your Breadth of Experience feat covers that...

In the captain's quarters you find the nautical charts that Alejia entrusted Mumbuckle with, which plot the planned coordinates of the Topaz Titan along with the location of Viper Cove. Several notes to Mumbuckle from Alejia, delivered via carrier raven, inform you that Alejia has boarded the Topaz Titan at Kalsgard and that the Liorifish is to meet her at sundown on Moonday (tomorrow) at Viper Cove.

Toban's already healed you all up; you'll need to leave first thing in the morning to get to Viper Cove at the required time. So you have time to rest and make any purchases if needed. I'll move us forward in the morning...

Taking a moment Cerryl writes up a brief summary of what has occurred so far and looks for a runner in the morning before they leave port to send back to headquarters...other than that he attempts to think of anything useful for the trip that can be bought quickly in port.

You return the fisherman's boat and get a good night's sleep. In the morning, with his loyal Pathfinder crew manning the boat, Toban follows the nautical charts flawlessly, sailing the Lionfish to Viper Cove without incident.

The only landing point on the rocky islet called Viper Cove seems to be through a cavern entrance that leads to a shallow cove concealed withing the island itself. The walls of the cavern are lined intermittently with torch-adorned sconces and another ship is already moored on the northeastern side of the embankment...Topaz Titan is emblazoned across its hull in orange letters that shine brilliantly even in the limited light. On the eastern side of the large cavern, two exits lead further into the cave complex.

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Lovissa keeps her shortbow in hand and remains focused on the Topaz Titan as Toban and the others steer the Lionfish into dock.

She's prepared to shoot at any enemies she might see, if they appear hostile.

Standing opposite Lovissa, Cerryl takes a moment to check that his wand of sleep is ready in the wrist sheathe before readying his crossbow and looking to see if there is any movement on the Titan.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Anyone need Mage Armor before heading into this fight?

Toban expertly docks the Lionfish alongside the Topaz Titan. As Lovissa has her shortbow ready to fire at the first sign of any pirates, neither she nor Cerryl see any movement aboard the other ship...

The Pathfinders warily disembark the boat once docking is complete...

Jastrokan nods. "Sure I'll take a mage armour. Thanks."

He follows the others off the dock.

Rosie smiles at Cerryl. "I would like that! Thanks."

Rosies peeks up at the Topaz Titan

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Then she peeks down the first tunnel.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

The she peeks down the last tunnel.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Toban holds up a hand to the others. "Let's check the Topaz Titan for survivors or prisoners before heading into the caves."

He approaches the Topaz Titan and heads aboard.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Rosie doesn't see much down either tunnel and sees no movement at all on the Topaz Titan...

Toban boards the Topaz Titan to make sure, but he doesn't find anyone aboard, either above or below deck...

Sadly only have one Mage Armor ready...guessing will give to you Rosie since you seem to be more towards the front than your brother.

After completing that Cerryl will wait for Lovissa and Toban to lead the way further into the caves.

Jastrokan pulls out two paintbrushes and holds on in each hand, holding them both at once! He's ready to double paint!

Then he follows whoever decides to lead the way.

Rosie also follows Lovissa.

She is posting soon.

Lovissa casts lead blades on herself and leads the way down the first tunnel.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Lovissa confidently takes the lead as she enters the near tunnel...

The chamber resembles a pit more than anything else, and bones of various kinds of animals-including humanoids-litter the floor near the cages. Several sconces with burning torches adorn the walls, and two empty cages stand at the eastern side of the room.

Lovissa hears growls upon entry and soon sees what the cages used to contain...three mongrels, near the cages, growl menacingly at the Ulfen woman and she can clearly see all three foaming at the mouth...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Jastrokan
Toban
Lovissa
Cerryl
Rosie
Mongrels

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Taking a moment to breathe and not wanting to waste any spells on these pups, Cerryl aims his crossbow over the heads of the gnomes and takes a shot at the left most mongrel.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Also, Rosie you have Mage Armor in effect for you...assuming it will probably last the full encounter considering its duration.

Cerryl, you do not have LOS from where you're at...I took the liberty to move you to where you could shoot...

Cerryl hits the easternmost rabid mongrel in the side...it growls and whelps as the mage appears to have hurt it badly...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

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Jastrokan
Toban
Lovissa
Cerryl
Rosie
Mongrels (Black -4)

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Toban takes a step forward, waves his glaive and around and yells, "HA!"

Intimidate (green): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Not used to this kind of treatment, the intimidated green mongrel sticks its tail between its legs and retreating to its cage, cowering...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Jastrokan
Toban
Lovissa
Cerryl
Rosie
Mongrels (Black -4, Green out of combat)

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Lovissa steps forward and swings her sword at the mongrel with the black collar!

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 = 23
Magic Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 3) + 3 = 12

Ever efficient, with one swing of her sword, Lovissa drops the black-collared mongrel with ease...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Jastrokan
Toban
Lovissa
Cerryl
Rosie
Mongrels (Black dead, Green out of combat)

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Jastrokan is impressed with Lovissa's swordplay! He starts to paint a magic picture of her in the air! "Oh, man! I am so pumped up!"

Raging Song, +2 Strength for everyone.

Rosie tries to calm the last dog.

"...DOWN!"

Handle Animal (down!): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

OH! I am using my eternal hope ability to reroll!

Handle Animal (down!): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

While Jastrokan inspires his companions, Rosie boldly tries to calm the mongrel down but it just won't listen and attacks Lovissa instead...

Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

...biting into her non-sword hand. While it barely punctures the skin, the occultist feels the foaming saliva of the beast enter the wound but her sturdy constitution overcomes any ill effect...

COMBAT! Round 2 - The bold may post!

Jastrokan
Toban
Lovissa (-2)
Cerryl
Rosie
Mongrels (Black dead, Green out of combat)

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"Back, cur!" Lovissa bellows as she swings her sword at the dog that bit her.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 = 26
Magic Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2) + 3 = 8

Confirming a Critical: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 = 25
Extra Magic Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1) + 3 = 5

With just one swing of her sword, Lovissa dispatches the mongrel that bit her...she looks over at the remaining one and it's still cowering in its cage and appears to be no threat...

COMBAT is over! Pathfinders victorious!

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"Good doggie," Rosie says to the one that's afraid. "You stay there and we'll bring you out of here later."

Toban says a prayer to Shelyn, pulls out some cured meat from his rations and tosses it at the dog as he leaves the room.

Moving into the next chamber.

Toban leads the intrepid group of Pathfinders into the western cavern...

Three sets of wooden stocks hang from the northern wall of this room, pitons chaining the devices to the rock. Light flicekrs into the room from the water out in the cavern's main to west, and small holed in the deiling act as skylights, ensuring that the room needs no torches to light it during the day. Several natural stone columns break up the center of the cavern, sending shafts of shadow across the dimly lit chamber...

Before Toban has even time to take in all the cavern, three crossbow bolts come singing his way...

Crossbow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Crossbow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

...but only the small bolt from Alejia's hand crossbow strikes the gnome, grazing his arm in passing...

Alejia smirks at the Pathfinders as they see her standing next to a bound man...one you assume to be a Cyphermage. "My, my, what have we here? I knew you couldn't be Mumbuckle as my dogs would never have raised such a ruckus over him. You must've been sent by that pompous phony, Elias Tammerhawk...but you'll not take me alive...in fact, I think you'll let me go..."

With that being said, Alejia drops her hand crossbow, draws her cutlass as she stands close beside the bound and gagged man, holding her blade up against his throat...

"Let me leave now, aboard the Topaz Titan...and you are not to follow, I'll make sure of that...or I will kill this man where he stands..."

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Alejia
Cerryl
Toban (-2)
Lovissa (-2)
Jastrokan
Pirates
Rosie

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

"If you hurt him I'll set the boats on fire."

Jastrokan backs up through the dog chamber so the lady knows he'll do it. Double move.

I totally will.

"Eeeek! I am just a little girl! Don't hurt me!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Rosie follows Jastrokan. Double move. She's actually moving around to block off the cave entrance from the other side (between D3 and D1).

"I am Lovissa, of the line of Halenbane! Daughter of Mergerice, and Granddaughter of Abrenica and Ferdinand! Famous Pathfinders, all!" Lovissa exclaims as she strides into the room. "My deeds are many and my legend is great! I am the saviour of Janira Gavix, Balenor Forsend, Amara Li, and Iko Tsuneo, Slayer of the Minotaur of the Kortos Caverns, Hero of Diobel, Investigator for the city of Ridonport, as well as it's Hero and Saviour, Victor of the Battle of Arnisant House, and Honoured Patron of Arnisant House Museum! Befriender of beasts, plunderer of treasure troves, and slayer of the evils that stalk the dark. I am chronicler of the Battle of Dehu Inu, imprisoner of the shadow demon Camazotz, Honourary Sister of the Ekujae, forger of an alliance between the Lantern Lodge and the Way of the Kirin, and Liberator of the Magnifiecent Guardian and Ancient Consciousness: Glorymane!"

"If you hurt that man, it will be the last thing you do!" She glares at the woman's cutlass and unleashes her psychic powers, turning the blade freezing cold in the woman's hands! Casting chill metal on Alejia and the blue enemy. DC 15.

With a look at the men armed with crossbows she grins, "This is your last chance to surrender!"

A little stunned how quickly this turned into a hostage situation Cerryl instead moves up behind Toban and readies himself to cast Ear-Piercing Scream if Alejia attempts to follow through on her threat.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Readied spell: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

As before Fort save against dc either 16 or 17 cant remember if caster level plays a part in the equation or just spell level

Rosie, it wasn't quite your turn yet, but no worries as it won't really affect the other actions in this round...

As Rosie and Jastrokan move around to the other passage, Alejia answers them with derision.

"Burn the boatsss? You won't do that little one, for then how would you leave thisss isle? And little girlsss shouldn't meddle where they don't belong or they might jussst get hurt..."

As Lovissa makes her proclamation, Alejia replies, "Very impresssive...I asssume you wish to add 'Ssscourge of Piratesss' to your litany? I think not..."

Will Save (Alejia): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Then feeling the cold of Lovissa's spell on her cutlass, she yells out, "What isss thisss? You can add 'Ssslayer of Hostagesss' to your titlesss then..."

Sensing Alejia will absolutely kill the hostage, Cerryl casts his shrieking spell in hopes of stopping her...

Fort Save (Alejia): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

...and her eyes glaze over as she's dazed...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Alejia (-2, dazed)
Cerryl
Toban (-2)
Lovissa (-2)
Jastrokan
Pirates
Rosie

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Toban grits his teeth as he's struck by the crossbow bolt.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Sensing the hostage is in danger, Toban hurries through the cavern and waves his glaive at Alejia. "You've more pressing matters! Face me!"

Double move. He went down then left and didn't pass through anyone's reach even though I think they're all armed with crossbows. Not sure what space she's in but I think I placed myself properly to be able to threaten her.

You're correct on all counts, Toban

Toban moves boldly and quickly forward to get in position to keep Alejia from killing her hostage...

The blue pirate, feeling the cold seep into his cutlass as he draws it, says some inappropriate words for addressing a lady while moving and swinging at Lovissa...

"What have you done to my blade, you @#$&*!"

Cutlass (Lovissa): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 (Does not confirm)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

...and his fury fuels his strike as it cuts deeply into Lovissa's side...

The red pirate drops his crossbow, drawing his cutlass as he moves to protect his captain and attack Toban...

Toban gets an AoO against red; if you drop him, the below attack will not happen...

Cutlass (Toban): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

...but his swing misses high as the gnome ducks...

Alejia, still dazed by Cerryl's shriek, is thwarted from carrying out her threat against the hostage...

COMBAT! Round 2 - The bold may post!

Alejia (-2, dazed)
Cerryl
Toban (-2, AoO against red in addition to your normal turn)
Lovissa (-11)
Jastrokan
Pirates
Rosie

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Jastrokan moves over to the Topaz Titan and pulls out an alchemist's fire.

Everyone can hear him laughing a little crazy like. Something about how picture perfect the fire will be...

Moving a little more forward again; Cerryl reaches up to the mirrored pendant that one catches flashes off of every once in a while and focuses once more on the spell he just cast.

Recalling the spells in his book and invoking his bond with the pendant, Cerryl appears to mimic the same spell he just cast pointing at Alejia again.

Using the bonded items ability to cast any known spell in his book to send another Ear Piercing Scream at Alejia.

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

As he completes his spell he seems to hear a little crazy from the direction the two siblings went...Umm...when did we those two become pyros...hope that is just theater...either that or might need to disappear when we return...doubt someone will be happy if either ship is sunken here.

AoO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Magic Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

"For the people you've harmed, you have been judged guilty!" Toban exclaims at Alejia as he activates his healing judgement. Fast Healing 1. Then he attacks Alejia.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Magic Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

"Hurry," he tells the scholar while Alejia's defenceless. "Run to the ships. My siblings will help you!"

Fort Save (Alejia): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

As Jastrokan laughs maniacally while brandishing alchemist fire on the ship, Toban and Cerryl focus their attention on the pirates. Toban inflicts a devastating strike on the red pirate, nearly dropping him, but his strike at Alejia goes awry. However, Cerryl has him covered as he sends another piercing shriek at Alejia, and she starts to drool...

"Mmmmffff," is all the answer the hostage can manage as Toban can now see the hostage is bound and gagged...

COMBAT! Round 2 - The bold may post!

Alejia (-6, still dazed)
Cerryl
Toban (-2, AoO against red in addition to your normal turn)
Lovissa (-11)
Jastrokan
Pirates (Red -9)
Rosie

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