Outpost II - GM Badblood's [PFS] #3-19 The Icebound Outpost (Inactive)

Game Master Lance K

Round 2

Enemy 3
Enemy 2
Enemy 1
Balrog
Salvador
Kala
Stinky
Nirion
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

The Ulfen man lifts his crossbow up and fires a heavy bolt at Nirion. Seeing the man ready his crossbow, Yagajimoro lets his arrow fly, which clatters off the doorframe the crossbow man is standing in.

Heavy Xbow Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Heavy Xbow, piercing: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Nirion grunts in pain as the bolt slices through the meat of his thigh, passing clean through and clattering across the ice. After firing the bolt, the Ulfen warrior drops the crossbow to the ground and unslings a shield from off his back.

A large Ulfen woman with dark hair peaking out of her fur lined hood emerges from the door. She stalks across the ice towards Salvadore, banging her bearded axe against a round wooden shield and shouting in Skald. She is wearing spiked iron cleats over her fur covered boots, allowing her to move across the ice with relative ease.

Don't forget that +1 morale bonus from bless, guys!

Baring her teeth at their enemies and decidedly unhappy with the woman's apparent efficiency, Lunevi adjusts her position to keep any of her newfound allies out of her line of fire, aims at the woman, and shoots.

Light Crossbow: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Sorry for the mess on the slide. I am not good with Google Docs yet.

Salvadore activates his Right wrist sheathe bringing forth his Wand of Burning Hands, and activates it....

Wand of Burning Hands(3L) vs. Ulfen woman: 3d4 ⇒ (4, 4, 2) = 10

Not sure of the DC for the wand. It's from The Confirmation. I don't think my: Intense Spells (Su): Whenever you cast an evocation spell that deals hit point damage, add 1/2 your wizard level to the damage (minimum +1). This bonus only applies once to a spell, not once per missile or ray, and cannot be split between multiple missiles or rays. This bonus damage is not increased by Empower Spell or similar effects. This damage is of the same type as the spell. comes into effect. Sorry for the trouble.

The DC for the wand of burning hands should still be DC 11. Even though it is level 3, the general rule is that spell storing and spell completion items function as if they were cast by the weakest possible character that could cast the spell, which in this case would be a wizard with 11 INT.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Lunevi's crossbow bolt flies by the barbarian woman's face, barely missing her. As she turns to snarl at the undine, Salvadore springs a wand from his wrist sheathe and aims it at her. She takes a hop backwards and raises her shield to her face, blocking most of the blast.

ROUND 2
Enemy 3
Enemy 2 -5 hp
Enemy 1
Balrog
Salvador
Kala
Stinky
Nirion
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

Lord Balrog moves down the stairs and hurls his javelin at the Ulfen woman, missing.
Ranged Attack, Bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10

Hurriedly, Kala pulls Stinky down from the walkway and plops him onto the icy ground at her feet (swift action?). Pointing at the Ulfen woman, she commands: "Stinky, attack!" She then hustles across the ice, readying her light wooden shield as she goes. Clambering up onto the stairs, she plants her feet and glares daggers at the man hiding just around the corner as she deliberately (and somewhat dramatically) draws her cold iron warhammer.

Once his furry feet are on solid ground and Kala's given her order, Stinky hurtles toward the Ulfen woman, skidding and finally stopping by snagging at her calf with his teeth.

bite: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 181d4 ⇒ 1
Includes Bless and Flanking bonus

Nirion moves closer to woman and tries to strike her with his scimitar.

+1 cold iron scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Handle Animal

Nirion slides across the ice and delivers a slash to the the Ulfen woman's side. She reels in pain but stays on her feet, wounded and enraged.

ROUND 2
Enemy 3
Enemy 2 -12 hp
Enemy 1
Balrog
Salvador
Kala
Stinky
Nirion
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

Kala's revised actions for Round 2:

He stares over the edge with an expression of concern on his furry face. Are you serious? Are you okay? I'm not doing that!

Noting the expression etched on Stinky's muzzle, Kala huffs and decides to let him figure out how to get down by himself. She points at the Ulfen woman and commands: "Stinky, attack!"

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
includes +4 circumstance bonus due to Link ability (Animal Companion)

She then strides purposefully across the ice towards the Ulfen man in the doorway, readying her light wooden shield as she goes. Clambering up onto the stairs, she plants her feet and glares daggers at the man hiding just around the corner as she deliberately (and somewhat dramatically) draws her cold iron warhammer.

Stinky's revised actions for round 2

At Kala's command, Stinky races off toward the stairs. I'm going this way, thank you very much! He scoots down and toward the woman. Double move

Yagaji fires his bow at the woman, then drops his bow over the edge of the wall. Then he carefully grabs the edge of the wall and lowers himself down, dropping the last 5'. As he slowly starts moving over the ice, he pulls out his sword.
longbow att: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17 for Cold Iron Piercing dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Standard Action: fire bow (Precise shot, so no penalty shooting into combat, and there should be no cover shooting at the woman.)
Free action: drop bow: falling dmg to bow: 1d6 ⇒ 6 Crud, beats hardness 5, so bow takes 1hp dmg: Bow HP 4/5
Move Action: Move DC 10 (ledge) climb check: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14
5' of Climbing=20' of movement, 1 sq of ice=10' movement.

Yagaji lines up a good shot and fires an arrow into the barbarian's back. She grunts, a look of surprise on her face, and then falls down to her knees. The Ulfen cries "Hildr!" as he sees his sister fall. As his way to Yagaji is now impeded by Kala, he instead draws a stout Viking sword and thrusts it in her direction, running the blade through her abdomen. Kala is grievously wounded, but still manages to hold onto consciousness.

Longsword, higher ground: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 25

Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 1 = 19

Slashing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Slashing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
16 damage total

Players can make Perception checks on their turns

ROUND 3
Enemy 3
Enemy 2 - Down -21
Enemy 1
Balrog
Salvador
Kala
Stinky
Nirion
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

Salvadore moves, points to Kala's attacker and a missile of pure forces streaks forth...

ranged Touch vs. Kala's attacker: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8
possible Force damage vs. Kala's attacker: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

Applying Point-Blank and Precise Shot feats and Bless. Please adjust for cover.

Force Missile (Sp): As a standard action you can unleash a force missile that automatically strikes a foe, as magic missile. The force missile deals 1d4 points of damage plus the damage from your intense spells evocation power. This is a force effect. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier.

Intense Spells (Su): Whenever you cast an evocation spell that deals hit point damage, add 1/2 your wizard level to the damage (minimum +1). This bonus only applies once to a spell, not once per missile or ray, and cannot be split between multiple missiles or rays. This bonus damage is not increased by Empower Spell or similar effects. This damage is of the same type as the spell.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Sword in hand, Yagaji pulls out his wand of cure light wounds as he moves forward, healing Kala once he's close enough.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Salvadore: Force Missile does not require an attack roll: it automatically hits. Conversely, Point Blank Shot cannot apply to the damage (because there is no attack roll). It's basically firing a single magic missile. So you hit, for 2 points damage.

Thank you. I was assuming it was like the Sorcerer's blasts.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
The Balrog moves to join the party.
Double move.

Nirion moves behind enemy. double move and provoke AoO

Lunevi reloads her crossbow before repositioning to get closer. She wants to be on hand in case their fallen enemy becomes a potential ally, but she also needs to shift so she doesn't run the risk of hitting any of her allies in her bid to attack the enemy if they continue proving to be dangerous.

Move action: reload, standard action: move

Nirion, the Ulfen is blocking the doorway. Normally you would need to make an Acrobatics check to attempt to move through his space. If successful, you could get on the other side of him without provoking, but if you fail you would provoke and end up in the nearest empty space. If you like, you could chose to do something else instead.

ROUND 3
Enemy 3 -2
Enemy 2 - Down -21
Enemy 1
Balrog
Salvador
Kala
Stinky
Nirion
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

The Ulfen warrior grunts as Salvadore's missile buzzes by him, grazing him on the side of the head. The warrior continues to block the doorway, slashing and thrusting at anyone who comes near.

Reeling in pain, and frankly quite surprised that the Ulfen man was able to bypass her shield so easily, Kala falls back behind her comrades to metaphorically lick her wounds. Her pained expression relaxes a little bit after she casts Cure Light Wounds on herself.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

With his target down, Stinky looks around for someone else to fight. What he sees instead is his Kala stumbling down the stairs near him, gushing blood from her abdomen. He immediately rushes to her, solicitously nosing in close to lick her wound since she can't reach to lick it herself. What a considerate, caring wolverine he is.

"Gah! Ow! Stinky! Get off! That hurts! Don't lick--Ugh! Stop! Ow..."

That plan worked a lot better in my head... If she wasn't pale from all that blood loss, her face would be flushed with humiliation. Welp, no one will think I'm the leader now.

Acrobatics: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (12) - 2 = 10

Nirion attempts to dive through the swordsman's legs, but steps in front of him, blocking him with his shield and swinging his sword down at him. Nirion manages to roll away in time and the blade sends up sparks at it strikes the steps.

Longsword AoO, higher ground: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11
Slashing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

ROUND 4
Enemy 3 -2 (deafened)
Enemy 2 - Down -22
Enemy 1
Balrog
Salvador
Kala -8
Stinky
Nirion -12
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

Kala:Yagajimoro also healed you for 3 hp with his wand.

The viking warrior continues to block the doorway, swinging his sword wildly at the cleric on the steps below him and managing to slash him on one of his backswings.

Longsword, higher ground: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 = 23
Slashing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Suddenly, a shadowy, hooded figure emerges from behind the Ulfen and tosses what looks like a fist sized yellow rock over his head.

Thunderstone: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Splash weapon bounce: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Everyone within the yellow circle needs to make a Fort Save DC 15 or be deafened for 1 hour.

Enemy Fort save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

As the shadowy figure moves behind the Ulfen, the area around him darkens as if the moon eclipsed the sun.

Everyone within the circle is affected as if they were in dim light. If you have low-light vision or darkvision, you are unaffected, but otherwise, you will now have a 20% miss chance due to the poor lighting conditions.

Fortitude vs. DC=15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Character Folio re-roll

Fortitude vs. DC=15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Salvadore reaches into his belt pouch, takes out his Ioun Torch, whispers "Bright Light, Bright Light" and releases it to float around his head.

@GM How did Nirion get 12 points of damage?

FORt: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Nirion tries to hit enemy in front of him.

+1 cold iron scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

And then he moves down from the stairs.

Fortitude vs. DC15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Kala fishes a potion of Cure Light Wounds out of her pack and chugs it down.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

fort save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Yagaji drops his wand, and pulls out his shield as he moves up on the Ulfen. "Ahhh, sword and board, just as Iomedae would have it."
While his blow flails about ineffectually, it's the first time things have made sense since they first saw Zey and his magic rug.

longsword power att: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 9 for Cold Iron Slashing dmg: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Fortitude vs. DC15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Seemingly oblivious to the fact that the party is still pitched in a fight with a notable tactical disadvantage, Stinky leans into Kala, sniffing and licking her. Whoa! It got dark really fast. Dang--Oh, wait! Yay! You're all better! Well, mostly. I'm so glad you're okay! What are we doing next?

I hate not having enough information, Lunevi thinks with no small amount of aggravation before darting forward. Her allies have the second of their enemies well and truly surrounded, and there's no shooting the man from here without also risking her peers in the process.

Still, this woman - or her friend - might have useful information this time.

"եթե դադարեցնեք մեզ պայքարել, մենք կարող ենք նրան բուժել!" she shouts. Still, she knows it's a slim chance that anyone hear can understand the lyrical words she's uttered. That, at least, had been easier among her own people.

She resists the urge to drop to check on the woman until they get a reply of some sort.

Move action: moved up, standard action: readying an action to perform first aid on the woman if the man stops trying to murder them

Nirion, you were shot by a crossbow in Round 2 for 8 damage.

Nirion's strikes have trouble penetrating the Ulfen's chain chausesses.
Seeing that he's outmatched, Nirion hops off the steps to let Yagajimoro face the Ulfen, something which both of them seem to want intensely. The Viking does take an opportunistic swipe at the cleric's back as he retreats, slashing a long red stripe across his back. Can't five foot step onto the slippery ice, or difficult terrain in general, so moving does provoke.

Longsword, higher ground: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 = 17
Slashing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 92

Neither enemy appears to understand Lunevi, or choses to pause at what she says. Of course, even if the Ulfen could understand, the loud blast caused by the thunderstone appears to have deafened him.

Unfortunately, while Salvador can see his enchanted ioun stone glow, the light does penetrate what is clearly some form of magical darkness.

Just need Balrog to act and we can move to the next round.

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
"WHAT? DID THEY SURRENDER? SORRY CAN'T HEAR!"

The Balrog starts a war-song, though as he is deafened he mangles it a bit.
01-20 failure: 1d100 ⇒ 53
Still, it is inspiring. If not particularly sophisticated. Imagine a Dragonforce or Hammerfall song.
"And we march on to Victoryyyyy!"

INSPIRE COURAGE +1

ROUND 5

Enemy 3 -2 (deafened)
Enemy 2 - Down -22
Enemy 1
Balrog (deafened)
Salvador
Kala -8
Stinky
Nirion -20
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

The Balrog belts out a rousing tune, filling everyone with confidence. The Ulfen warrior continues fighting from the top of the steps, slashing downwards at Yagajimoro, who manages to block each blow with his shield.

Longsword, higher ground: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7
Slashing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 2

The figure behind the warrior sees the body of the barbarian lying in a pool of blood one the ice and turns, running back into the complex. Unfortunately, the noise from the thunderstone he threw has probably alerted everyone in the exposed complex that something is going on. As he leaves, the darkness lifts, bathing the area in light again.

Salvadore launches another force bolt at the ulfen warrior...

Force damage vs. Warrior: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Have at you, you uncouth Barbarian!" Yagaji slashes at the barbarian's knees, desperate to bring him down.

longsword att: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 24 for Cold Iron Slashing dmg: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9

If attack drops the barbarian, Yagaji will take a single move action to follow the caster. Movement 30'

I'm assuming the stairs go up about 5', based on the length of the stairs compared to the other ones.

Feeling useless at the back of the crowd, Kala moves forward to the right of the stairs and reaches up into the doorway with her warhammer to try to smash the Ulfen man's toes.

Cold Iron Warhammer: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 91d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Well, now I feel even more useless. And stupid. Really stupid.

Hey, where are you going? What're you doing? Can I come too? Stinky follows on Kala's heels like an adoring puppy dog.

Nirion moves back and takes out his wand of cure light wounds.

Grumbling under her breathe, Lunevi turns her attention to the most wounded of their group. It burns a little to leave the woman on the ground, but her allies come first, especially given that their enemy hadn't surrendered. She yanks out her wand of cure light wounds as she moves, carefully tapping Nirion in a spot close to the worst of his wounds.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Move action: five foot step & draw wand, standard: jab Nirion with the wand

The Balrog ceases his Inspire Courage, then moves to attack. The doorway obstructs his swing.
Attack, Cover: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 - 4 = 10

"Thank you Lunevi!"

The Ulfen warrior's armor is too strong for the Balrog's and Kala's attacks to find purchase, but his mail is no protection from Salvadore's force attack. Reeling from the missile, Yajimoro moves in and delivers a nasty back swing to the man's side, cutting deep into his chainmail. With a look of surprise on his face, the Ulfen drops to his knees. The nagaji kicks him to the side and steps into the room to see where the hooded figure ran off to.

As Yajimoro enters the room, he can see that it was once some sort shrine but has been converted into a makeshift barracks. Trash and camping supplies litter the floor and it looks like the room has been stripped of any valuable items. The carvings on the wall have been heavily damaged, some of the carvings look like they've been deliberately chiseled out of the wall, but other portions appear to have been damaged due to bored or spiteful vandalism. The walls rise up 15 feet but the room is open to the sky. On the other side of a divider wall Yajimoro can smell a campfire burning.

In the corner of the room, Yajimoro can see shadows where shadows shouldn't be, a spot of unnatural darkness and a tell-tell sign of where the hooded figure may be.

At this point, we could drop out of initiative if you'd like a chance to loot the two Ulfen's, explore this room, and do a little healing. Otherwise, we can stay in initiative if you want to keep chasing the guy in the hood.

ROUND 6

(defeated)Enemy 3 -16 (deafened)
(defeated)Enemy 2 - Down -22
(retreating)Enemy 1
Balrog (deafened)
Salvador
Kala -8
Stinky
Nirion -20
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

Nirion was healed 8 Hp.

Salvadore follows Yagajimoro in his pursuit.

Yes I am at -12 HP

Nirion touched herself with the wand and then he moves closer to Kala.

"Kala wait I will heal you!"

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Now I am at -6 HP

Lunevi smiles at Nirion's thanks and pockets the wand as he moves to catch up with Kala.

Seeing that both of their immediate enemies are down, Lunevi kneels to examine the woman, setting the crossbow just beside her, and begins to administer first aid. The fewer corpses in their wake, the better... And well. They weren't able to use her health as leverage to stop the man from trying to murder them, but it was entirely possible they could utilize any information she held now that, you know, neither of them were trying to kill her and her friends.

Heal: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

"Lunevi, what, you gonna take her as a slave? More merciful to just let her die."

The ifrit follows after Yagajimoro.

The Balrog views "forcing prisoners to give us information" as short-term slavery. Still, if Lunevi needs someone to do the dirty work of interrogation (or killing the prisoner if she refuses to talk), he can be convinced to help out.

Kala had already started rushing after the rest of the group to seek out the hooded figure, but at Nirion's call she halts and trots back to him for a whack with the curing wand.

The last CLW roll was for Nirion, right?

Stinky begins following Kala, only to have her stop short right in front of him and double back. What? Make up your mind! In a huff, he plops down onto his rump and begins scratching an itch behind his ear.

ROUND 6

(defeated)Enemy 3 -16 (deafened)
(defeated)Enemy 2 - Down -22
(retreating)Enemy 1
Balrog (deafened)
Salvador
Kala -7
Stinky
Nirion -6
Lunevi
Yagajimoro

Lunevi leans over the fallen Ulfen axe woman and sees that she is unconscious, but still breathing faintly. The bleeding looks like it is mostly under control but she wraps the wound with a torn piece from her cloak just in case.

Everyone else begins making their way off the ice and into the compound.

Assuming that Yagajimoro is going to move farther into the room.

As Yagajimoro moves towards the ramp leading out of the room, he notices the fire on the other side of the wall. Fueling the fire is a huge sheaf of palm-frond pages, upon which Vudran calligraphy may be discerned as the flames devour it. Over the fire a pot of porridge is boiling.

ROUND 7

(retreating)Enemy 1
Balrog (deafened)
Salvador
Kala -7
Stinky
Nirion -6
Lunevi
Yagajimoro