Outpost: GM Kate's Beneath Unbroken Waves (Inactive)

Game Master Kate Baker

Ursahla will attempt to use one of the scrolls of Freedom of Movement on Ushaka.

CL: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Wis: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

CL: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

After a stumble at the start, she is able to continue and complete the reading.

Lys happily takes the goggles. ”I’m glad I saved my water breathing potion for now.”

”We’ll do our best to rescue your people.” she tells the woman.

Ursahla attempts to give Lyselsa freedom of movement.

CL: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

If no one else claims it, Ursahla will use the final scroll on herself.

CL: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

You dive down to the right location. Does the Professor still have the sphere, by the way? Is it out?

A dozen ruined buildings lie scattered across the sea floor, though a single building in the very center of them all appears almost completely intact. While some of the sunken buildings have clearly lain wrecked for centuries, a fact made clear by the overgrowth of algae and seaweed, others appear to have collapsed quite recently.

Four undines surround a half-collapsed building, straining to keep it from falling more.

I placed you on the map, but you can move/change your marching order.

The professor put the sphere in his handy haversack, so it is not out currently

"Hi, We're pathfinders and I'm the Professor. We're here to help! Remendi asked us for our assistance!"
(I'm assuming she introduced herself at some point)

The professor tries to determine if/how the structure can be supported in a more permanent way.

Investigative mind 1/7
Knowlegde (engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (19) + 23 = 42
Knowlegde (engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (11) + 23 = 34

Ushaka drinks his potion of waterbreathing before diving down.

Ushaka swims up with the professor on the off chance the locals decide to stab him instead of listening.

"We were all in this building when the big earthquake happened! Two people are still trapped under there! We're trying to stop the building from falling all the way down."

Just as the Professor assess the structural integrity of the building, you all hear a hissing voice. "Who has that magical artifact that caused the earthquakes? Do you have it? Or do you have it? Never mind, we can search you when you're dead!"

Three large snakes with human faces have entered the area, swimming about 20 ft above the ground.

If you would like, on your turn you may attempt a Disable Device or Knowledge (engineering) check to reinforce the collapsing building. This will use your standard action, but will reduce the number of people needed to support the building by 1. The Professor succeeded at the check, but you will need to use a standard action on your turn to reinforce it.

Initiative!
The Professor
Ursahla
Blue snake
Yellow snake
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake
The Croc

The professor tries remember what he knows about water nagas and will share this knowlegde with the group while reinforcing the structure (relieving the yellow undine).

Investigative mind 2/7
Knowledge(dungoneering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39
Knowledge(dungoneering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (1) + 23 = 24

The Professor know basically everything about water nagas!

They have no special defenses. Their best save is Reflex and worst is Fortitude. Their bite has poison but their tail slap does not. They have a bunch of spells like a sorcerer.

Did I miss anything?

Something everyone can see is that while they are Large, they do not have reach.

The professor does a little David Attenborough

"Water Nagas. These venomous serpentine aberrations are true denizens of the deep. Vile creatures that use both arcane and mundane means to attack their prey. They are quick and evasive, but they lack the ability to stand up to physical punishment."

Did I miss anything?

I'm curious what spells they can do, but I'm afraid we'll find out soon enough!

I’ll give you their highest level spells known, which are protection from energy and suggestion.

Ursahla waits. She's not about to be the first one to rush ahead and get killed.

delay

Ursahla waits. She's not about to be the first one to rush ahead and get killed.

delay

You could try and help fix the building

I'm not trained in either of the relevant skills and they are trained only.

I'm not trained in either of the relevant skills and they are trained only.

There's 1 rank in knowledge Engineering on your sheet?

I must have picked that up recently. Still, I wonder if +7 is even worth rolling at this level. I'm guessing the DC required is going to be in the mid 20s or higher. I think I'll stick with the delay.

I must have picked that up recently. Still, I wonder if +7 is even worth rolling at this level. I'm guessing the DC required is going to be in the mid 20s or higher. I think I'll stick with the delay.

Delaying will drop you down 2/3 of the enemies, so it will cost you almost a round, so IMHO even if you have a very small chance, it's better to try (and might give me a chance to do anything other than repair this encounter ;-) ).

The blue snake charges Ushaka!

charge, bite: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 2 = 22

Darn uncanny dodge!

The yellow one sends 4 bolts of glowing energy at Lyselsa.

magic missile, pew pew!: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 2) + 4 = 12

Initiative!
The Professor
Ursahla (delayed)
Blue snake
Yellow snake
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake
The Croc

"Well, look at that one of them was foolish enough to get closer. I guess the smarter ones get to watch you die first."

Freebooter's Bane: Everyone gets +2 to hit and damage vs blue.

Ursahla then swims towards the collapsed structure.

Casts haste targeting all party members (always seems a good opening) and then takes cover amid the reef-things.

Ushaka uncannily dodges out of the way before taking a 5ft swim and calling out to his allies with bubbly waterbreathing speech.

"To the flanks!"

as he draws his taiaha.

Activating tactician as a standard action. All my allies except Shonne gain the Outflank teamwork feat for 3 rounds.

The professor calls out to the yellow undine.

"I've got this! If you have any combat experience, help out my friends and attack that water naga!"

With all those buffs, maybe even a simple commoner can hit?

Everyone preps and Lyselsa is up!

Putting Lyselsa in delay.

The red snake charges Lyselsa.

bite!: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 2 = 15

Nope, again!

Initiative!
The Professor
Blue snake
Yellow snake
Ursahla (delayed)
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa in delay
Red snake
The Croc

The professor tries to reinforce the structure (relieving the red undine).

Investigative mind 3/7
Knowledge(engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30
Knowledge(engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (1) + 23 = 24

"You buncha jabronis are about to smeeeeeeeeell what the Croc is cookin'."

The hulking wrestler swims into position with surprising speed and grabs at the tail of one of the nagas.

Move action to swim forward. This will provoke from Blue. Free to rage/grow large. Standard to grapple. Swift to cast frostbite via spell conduit.

Grapple (rage, haste, dirty fighting): 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 20 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 31

If that hits blue is grappled, takes some nonlethal cold, and is fatigued (assuming it's not immune to cold).

Nonlethal Cold: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Disregard the AoO. I missed the fact that the nagas were above us.

The Professor reinforces the structure some more!

Speaking of which, I forgot a thing at the end of the round.

The undines strain to keep the building standing!

1d100 ⇒ 53

And succeed!

Leatherhead grapples the blue one! (It takes the cold damage.)

With the Professor taking care of the structure, the yellow undine moves in to punch.

freebooter punch!: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16

But she doesn't quite connect.

The blue water naga tries to lash out at the Croc!

grappled bite!: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 2 = 26
ouch!: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 5) + 5 = 14

DC 19 Fortitude save, please!

grappled tail slap!: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 2 = 22
ouch!: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The yellow one continues to hang back, this time sending magic missiles at the Croc.

pew pew!: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 4) + 4 = 17

Initiative!
The Professor
Blue snake
Yellow snake
Ursahla
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake
The Croc

Shonne fires with elven aplomb.

+1 comp longbow v blue (arcane strike, point blank, precise, haste, freebooter): 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 28 damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 14

+1 comp longbow v blue (arcane strike, point blank, precise, haste, freebooter): 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 30 damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 11

(Just checking, Shonne, do you have a way to avoid the -2 penalty per 5 feet of water for underwater ranged attacks?)

Ushaka tries to take out the blue snake adjacent to him so he can help out with holding up the collapsing structure.

With a flurry of supernaturaly graveful and speedy attacks Ushaka nearly becomes a blur in the water as he strikes again and again at blue.

FOM so no penalties on any attacks. +2 freebooter, +4 outflank,+1 haste.

Smash: 1d20 + 13 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 7 = 29
damage: 1d10 + 7 + 2 + 5d6 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 + (4, 5, 4, 6, 5) = 39

Hasty Smash: 1d20 + 13 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 7 = 29
damage: 1d10 + 7 + 2 + 5d6 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 + (3, 4, 3, 3, 3) = 32

point end: 1d20 + 13 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 7 = 34
damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 5d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + (2, 4, 5, 4, 1) = 27

iterative smash: 1d20 + 8 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 7 = 16 (nat 1)
damage: 1d10 + 7 + 2 + 5d6 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 2 + (1, 6, 6, 6, 6) = 35

iterative pointy end: 1d20 + 8 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 7 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 5d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + (6, 6, 5, 5, 5) = 38

2 rounds of outflank remain.

I need to see if blue is still up before deciding on my actions.

I need to see if blue is still up before deciding on my actions.

I think it is safe to assume it isn't up any more.

(Just checking, Shonne, do you have a way to avoid the -2 penalty per 5 feet of water for underwater ranged attacks?)

After walls of text, reading and rereading spells, spells that are like other spells, rules, and definitions, I can honestly say with nearly 95% accuracy I think not.

Would you have shot from a closer location realizing that? I don't mind a small retcon there.

While I let Shonne decide there, I'll resolve Ushaka's turn.

Ushaka tears into the naga and blood fills the water! Yeah, it's down.

Ursahla and Lyselsa are up, and Shonne may shoot from a different location if desired.

"Looks like you're next," Ursahla proclaims to the red one. She then turns her attention to the tower.

Freebooter's Bane: +2 to hit and damage vs red.

Kn. Engineering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Would you have shot from a closer location realizing that? I don't mind a small retcon there.

Sure. That gives her one attack at 5' away.

Lys stabs at the red naga with her daggers. She nods her head trying to get the Croc to move a little forward so they can flank.

I can't tell if she's in range, but if she is both attacks would go off.

+1 Dagger: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

+Dagger: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

+Dagger Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Ursahla is able to reinforce the building further! It now only takes one person to hold it up.

Blue was down after resolving Ushaka's attack; taking the liberty of having Shonne shoot at Red instead, from 5 feet away.

Shonne moves in and sends a perfectly placed arrow at red! Lyselsa follows up with two daggers, one a critical hit. (And gets the freebooter's bane on each hit from Ursahla!)

The red snake bites at the Croc and lashes its tail out at Lyselsa

bite!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
ouch!: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 3) + 5 = 13

DC 19 Fortitude save, please!

tail slap!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
ouch!: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The undines work under strain...

1d100 ⇒ 60

And are all fine!

Initiative!
The Professor
Yellow snake
Ursahla
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake -28 hp
The Croc

The Professor and the Croc are up!

I assume the attacks from blue before it went down didn't include the fatigue penalties?

Fort #1 (raging): 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 14 + 2 = 30

Fort #2 (raging): 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 2 = 29

The Croc doesn't even flinch as the nagas lay into him. "Is that all you jabronis got!?"

With his first opponent having gone limp as a result of the double-team from Ushaka, the People's Champ goes for the clinch on the next.

Grapple vs Red (rage, haste): 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 20 + 4 + 1 = 38
Nonlethal Cold plus Fatigue: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

I forgot the fatigue penalty, yes! Thanks for keeping me honest.

The Croc grapples the red one!

The professor tries to reinforce the structure (relieving the last undine).

Investigative mind 4/7
Knowledge(engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (9) + 23 = 32
Knowledge(engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33

The Professor makes sure that the structure is completely reinforced. For the moment, it should be stable.

The yellow naga notices what the Professor is doing and swims in closer.

She speaks to Ushaka.

"You should climb up on top of that building to help fix it."

DC 17 Will save not to think that's a great idea! Suggestion spell.

Initiative!
The Professor
Yellow snake
Ursahla
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake -28 hp
The Croc

Ushaka hastily swims around to the far side of the yellow naga.
with haste have enough move to get around without provoking.

hasted smashy: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 15 + 1 = 24
damage: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

1 round remaining on outflank.

The Professor makes sure that the structure is completely reinforced. For the moment, it should be stable

”All done!”

I think I got too cutesy with my phrasing! Ushaka, I need a Will save against the suggestion spell.

Wasn't unclear at all, totally my fault I read Ursahla in your post instead of Ushaka.

will save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Ushaka climbs on top the the building as he pulls out his delecate tools and looks for a piece to stabalize further.

disable device?: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34

I need a Reflex save from Ushaka as he gets on top of the building.