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

Game Master Kate Baker

reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22

Ushaka lands delicately on top of the building and looks for a way to help secure it.

Everyone else suspects that somebody walking around on top of the building is likely to undo some of the Professor and Ursahla's hard work.

Ursahla decides to rush the spellcasting naga. Grabbing some of the loose silt and rocks from around the tower she swims straight at it and tosses the debris into its face.

Kitsune Style: Make a dirty trick attempt at the end of a charge.

Dirty trick: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 22 + 2 = 32

On a success yellow naga is blinded for 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds + 1 round for every 5 I exceed its CMD. It can remove the condition as a standard action.

"Ushaka, we finished creating the temporary support needed. If you want to help you can, but don't climb or stand on the building, because that can actually break things. You've got Freedom of Movement, so you can just swim."

Ursahla succeeds at the dirty trick!

Shonne and Lyselsa still up, I believe.

Initiative!
The Professor
Yellow snake, blinded for 1 round
Ursahla
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake -28 hp
The Croc

Shonne (5' float uppish) and fires point blank at the naga Leatherhead is engaged in tumbling with.

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

+1 comp longbow v blue (arcane strike, point blank, precise, haste, freebooter): 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 29 damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 15

Lys stabs at the red naga again. She's not very effective with her attacks this time around.

Dagger +1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Dagger: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Ushaka shakes his head as he calls back to the professor, his voice bubbling through the water. "I'm sure I need to be up here!"

Ushaka shakes his head as he calls back to the professor, his voice bubbling through the water. "I'm sure I need to be up here!"

”Actually you’ve ‘helped’ enough already!”

Lys stabs at the red naga again. She's not very effective with her attacks this time around.

"Lyselsa, maybe next time you should get into a flanking position first, or attack the blind naga."

Shonne hits with one arrow and Lyselsa nicks him with one dagger.

The red naga lashes out at the Croc who is grappling him!

grappled, fatigured,bite!: 1d20 + 10 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 2 - 1 = 12
ouch!: 2d6 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 - 1 = 7

DC 19 Fortitude save, please!

grappled, fatigued, tail slap!: 1d20 + 5 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 2 - 1 = 21
ouch!: 1d8 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 1 = 3

Two of the undines move in to attack the red one. The other two wait by the building, looking up nervously at Ushaka.

flanking flurry!: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 = 26
ouch!: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

flanking flurry!: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 = 23
ouch!: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

flanking punch!: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 = 26
ouch!: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Initiative!
The Professor
Yellow snake, blinded for 1 round
Ursahla
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
Red snake -61 hp
The Croc

If Ushaka damaged the structure the professor wants to fix it.

Investigative mind 5/7
Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (3) + 23 = 26
Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30

The professor also wants to convince Ushaka he has fulfilled the suggestion.

"Ushaka, you've done what the serpent suggested, now make it pay for using you as an errant boy!"

Fort (raging): 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 14 + 2 = 23

Prepared to layeth the smacketh down, the Croc ragdolls the naga trapped in his grasp.

Grapple vs Red (rage, haste): 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 39
Damage: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

Greater Grapple: 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 42
Damage: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Nonlethal Cold plus Fatigue: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Red snake goes down!

The yellow snake takes a five foot swim away from Ursahla and casts invisibility on herself. You all see a bizarre naga-shaped bubble in the water.

Reminder: invisibility underwater just provides you concealment (20% miss chance).

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

Everyone is up!

Delaying until after The Croc goes.

"One more down and now they are all coming after you. Are you sure you don't want to just run?"

Freebooter's Bane on Yellow. (Only Ursahla and allies within 30 feet when she activates the ability are affected, gaining +2 to hit and damage against yellow.)

Ursahla steps up and with a feint of her blade reaches in for the naga's tail and tries to disorient it with a quick snap of her wrist.

Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 79
Dirty Trick: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 22 + 2 = 37
On a hit, the naga is sickened for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds + 1 round for every 5 she exceeds its CMD. The effect can be removed as a standard action.

The professor moves close to the last water naga and throws a cold grenade.

To Hit: 1d20 + 15 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 15 - 2 = 16
Misschance: 1d100 ⇒ 7 Miss!
Scatter: 1d8 ⇒ 2

The bomb misses and lands to the north of the intended point, hitting only the naga for splash damage.
14 cold damage, DC21 reflex for half

The Croc powers through the water and grabs the last naga.

Grapple vs Red (rage, haste, FBB): 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 20 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 36

Nonlethal Cold plus Fatigue: 1d6 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 2 = 14

Lys swims closer to the action, and thats all she can do at the moment.

Lys swims closer to the action, and thats all she can do at the moment.

You do remember Lyselsa was hasted?

Stows, moves (haste), and draws spear.

reflex if needed: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

Action below assuming the suggestion is complete, otherwise Ushaka continues to do his best up here.

Ushaka draws his wand of faerie fire

UMD wand: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28

and covers the 'invisible' naga in violetglow.

Dirty Trick 1d20+22+2

Aren't you forgetting the +1 from haste on your dirty tricks?

Ursahla wrote:

Dirty Trick 1d20+22+2

Aren't you forgetting the +1 from haste on your dirty tricks?

Yup, I missed that haste was cast.

The naga is blinded again, for 5 rounds!

Reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18]

And also very cold!

Even more so after getting grappled by the Croc.

Lyselsa and Shonne move into better positions.

Ushaka, you can decide when you feel like you've completed the suggestion. The Reflex save is needed as long as you're on the roof, but you easily navigate the half-collapsed building once again.

The last naga tries to fight off the Croc, and her invisibility breaks.

fatigued grappled bite!: 1d20 + 10 - 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 - 1 - 2 = 24
ouch!: 2d6 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 5 - 1 = 14

miss chance, low misses: 1d100 ⇒ 74

DC 19 Fortitude save, please!

fatigued grappled tail slap!: 1d20 + 5 - 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 - 1 - 2 = 7
ouch!: 1d8 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 1 = 5

miss chance, low misses: 1d100 ⇒ 76

Initiative!
The Professor
Yellow snake, blinded, -14 hp, 14 NL
Ursahla
Ushaka
Shonne
Lyselsa
The Croc

Yellow is sickened, not blinded. I like to mix up the conditions.

Ursahla tries to help The Croc tie up the last naga a bit more before stabbing it twice.

Quick Dirty Trick to replace 1st attack of full attack with a dirty trick.

Dirty trick: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (12) + 25 = 37
On a hit, the naga is entangled for 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds plus 1 round for every 5 she beats its CMD.

+1 concealed keen mithril rapier: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33 Damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
+1 concealed keen mithril rapier: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

If the water naga is still alive and kicking after everyone else has attacked, the professor will move in and throw another bomb.

To Hit: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22 for cold: 4d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 5, 1, 5) + 10 = 26

Fort (raging): 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 14 + 2 = 34

Setup perfectly by his companions, the Croc hits the last naga with the most punishing triple-team attack sanctioned in Sports Entertainment™.

Grapple vs Red (rage, haste, FBB): 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 49
Damage: 1d8 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 2 = 21

Greater Grapple: 1d20 + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 20 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 47
Damage: 1d8 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 2 = 21

Nonlethal Cold plus Fatigue: 1d6 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 = 13

Jeeze. Those are some nice rolls.

With the suggestion being to climb up here and help I think it's done. I'll go ahead and cast faerie fire and float off the top.

After getting stabbed twice by Ursahla, the naga slowly loses consciousness in the Croc's chokehold.

Out of combat!

With the Professor and Ursahla's reinforcement holding strong, the undines begin to dig into the rubble and pull out two more undines, who were trapped, but appear uninjured. One of them, a woman with long green hair, wears a holy symbol of Gozreh.

"Thank you so much! We didn't know how we'd get out of there. Did any of you get hurt?"

"I'm fine. What about everyone else?" Lys looks around.

Ushaka shakes his head but flashes a knowing grin at the Undine, turning to make his holy symbol of Gozreh visible to her.

"Thank you so much! We didn't know how we'd get out of there. Did any of you get hurt?"

"The People's Champion got some injuries, but nowhere close to the damage he inflicted on those nagging serpents." the Professor says while pointing at Leatherhead.

"Well, I can assist with that a bit, at least."

She swims over to the Croc and gently places a hand on his shoulder.

Cure moderate wounds: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 7) + 4 = 19

Cure moderate wounds: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12

"My name is Zulfibha. We were practicing our exercises in there when there was a big earthquake and all the buildings came down. Well, all except that big one, I guess." She gestures to the one intact building.

"It's a shame; the moves were engraved on the inner walls of the building, but it's all destroyed now. Wait, there could be something left..."

The undines dig around carefully and pull out a few items.

"Would you like any of these?"

There is a heavy underwater crossbow with 10 bolts, 4 masterwork cestuses, a magical tiger fork, a magical trident, and a wand.

The professor will use his discerning wayfinder to try and identify the items.

Spellcraft take 10 for 31

+1 tiger fork, +2 trident, and wand of mage armor

"My name is Zulfibha. We were practicing our exercises in there when there was a big earthquake and all the buildings came down. Well, all except that big one, I guess." She gestures to the one intact building.

"My name is the Professor. We're explorers. It is quite likely that the presence of the orb was responsible for the earthquakes. We didn't know until it happened. We spoke to Remendi, she told us that there were 6 undines that probably needed help. Including her wife, which is presumably you?"

"It's a shame; the moves were engraved on the inner walls of the building, but it's all destroyed now. Wait, there could be something left..."

"The important thing is that you are all ok."

"Would you like any of these?"

There is a heavy underwater crossbow with 10 bolts, 4 masterwork cestuses, a magical tiger fork, a magical trident, and a wand.

"Our organization will probably like to put those on display."

"Please return to your settlement. It too has been disrupted and Remendi needs everyone to aid in the repairs."

The professor will examine the still standing building and will take out the key when the undines are at safe distance.

"Yes, that's me. She must be worried sick. We'll head back now. Be careful with that building! Some water elementals always pop up and yell at us if we get too close."

"I'm very glad you all are all right. Your families are worried about you. You should head back. I believe the Professor and some of the others want to look at the runes."

"I guess those water naga's don't have any loot, unless we harvest or milk their poison."

They have no gear, no!

I'll move everyone along to the standing building this evening, so you can ask Remendi more questions, heal up, or cast any spells you'd like.

I'll move everyone along to the standing building this evening, so you can ask Zulfibha, Remendi's wife more questions, heal up, or cast any spells you'd like.

Fixed that for you ;-)

Or is Remendi a last name, so both have the same name. Or do Undine take the first name of their partner as their own last name. Or did the editor change the names.

"It's a shame; the moves were engraved on the inner walls of the building, but it's all destroyed now. Wait, there could be something left..."

"Can you show us the moves you remember? We'll make notes and maybe that way the knowledge can be saved!"

Just a typo on my part!

Shonne applies a magical twig to Leatherhead.

wand of cure light wounds v Leatherhead: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
wand of cure light wounds v Leatherhead: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
wand of cure light wounds v Leatherhead: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
wand of cure light wounds v Leatherhead: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
wand of cure light wounds v Leatherhead: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Need any more?

Thanks Shonne. I'm still down 8 after that but I can burn a couple of my own charges.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

The Croc gives Zulfibha a wink after she heals some of his injuries. "The People's Champion is always happy to help when it means layin' the smack down on candy-ass jabronis. But like Lyselsa said, get your friends to safety. We've got work to do down here and we wouldn't want anyone else gettin' hurt."

Diplomacy if necessary: 10 + 10 = 20

The undines bid their farewells, showing off a few moves to the Professor, and start swimming back toward the island.

You head toward one building that stands tall among the wreckage of many others, with elegantly curved walls made from stone. Runes carved into the exterior glow brightly, and razor-edged coral reefs form a protective fence around the building’s perimeter.

Three huge water elementals swirl into being.

"What do they say?" Shonne asks Ursahla.

"What do they say?" Shonne asks Ursahla.

"Leave this place at once! There is something very dangerous inside!" the professor answers before Ursahla has a chance.

"Thank you for the warning!" The professor reponds in Aquan.

"Have you encountered this thing yourselves?"

Water elementals. What do I remember about those creatures?

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (19) + 23 = 42