GM TOP #10-06: Treason's Chains (Standard, Outpost II) (Inactive)

Game Master Pete H.

"If Helvega doesn't mind, Luna and I could room with her and Cuddles," Tony says with a shrug. "I will take whichever watch I'm needed at and with whomever wants to watch with me."

Tenibri will take either the early or late watch; he needs 8 hours sleep to renew spells

So does the magus

I t'ink dat's a good idea. Bein' alone might not be da best t'ing. he says.

"That's fine with me Tony." she replies. "I'll grab the middle watch with Cuddles."

Finishing their required cleanup below the group wearily stumbles upstairs. Splitting off into two rooms with at least one assigned overseer in each shift per room, the group strips off some armor, clothing and crashes for the evening.

I'm assuming any Medium or Heavy armor worn will be removed, if not then your PC will be fatigued until you remove it and sleep for 8 hours. Weapons and gear can be left beside a bed or stowed in the lockable chests.

Tony tries to sneakily move over by Helvega. He shakes her shoulder and whispers, "Helvega. Psst. Hey. There are some people outside who want to 'take us out'... even Luna and Cuddles! We need to warn the others."

Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Helvega wakes up from the jostling, what does she do? Cuddles and Luna are snoozlin’.

These bedrooms are massive.

"Zzkkt Hmm?" groggily opening her eyes, Helvega glances towards Luna and Cuddles as it sinks in. Jumping from the bed and carefully making her way to the closest companion, she asks "How do we warn them without tipping off the baddies?"

"Wakey wakey Cuddles." coos the halfing, glancing back to Tony. "Wake Luna too....could we knock on the wall without giving it away?"

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

No armor currently -5 to AC

Fortunately the decision as to how to wake their allies (yelling would have worked fine) is taken away from the two animal owners as a hushed but emphatic voice suddenly breaks the silence, as if someone is trying to be heard without being too loud. The voice speaks in broken Common and is coming from outside the window. “Wake up! Wake up! Big men with big knives come for you! Kill you! Wake up!”

Anyone looking at either window can see that there is a goblin outside, dangling from a rope trying to wake up the group.

1 round of prep before Initiative (Standard & Move or 2 Moves or 1 Full Round Action allowed).

Luna jolts awake upon hearing the commotion outside the window and looks towards Tony, awaiting his command. "Come!" Tony whispers harshly to Luna. She promptly moves to his side where he mounts her swiftly. Tony pulls his shortsword, motions to Luna where he would like her to go, and gets ready to stab any intruder who enters their room.

Does everyone hear that warning or just the people in the other room?

Anyone looking at either window can see that there is a goblin outside, dangling from a rope trying to wake up the group.

Rolling out of bed, Tatho reaches for his shield, using the bed to hopefully go unnoticed while he readies himself.

Stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Glancing towards her armor draped over the side of the bed, she sighs. Grabbing the sling in anticipation, she toss a bullet into the strip.

Cuddles scurries out of the bed to stand beside her.

"Ready yourself buddy. Shoot anything Tony swings at."

Tenibri's head whips around to see the goblin dangling outside the window. Hi glances to the beds and is thankful to see Tatho already getting out of bed and Khugron and Remy both beginning to rub the sleep sand out of their eyes. Tenibri quietly slips into the corner where he prepares a defensive spell.

Hearing the warning from the goblin the magus, naked, begins to ready a spell Readying magic missile for when the baddies come in

Not having time to throw on his armor, Khugron hopped out of bed and grabbed the bec de corbin, ready to start applying pain to the attackers.

Move action stand up, grabbing the weapon as part of the action. Move action Martial Flexibility - Combat reflexes

Tony hops onto Luna and prepares a vicious strike against anyone coming into the room. Helvega (-5 AC) prepares Cuddles for a battle and quickly slips a bullet into her sling, ready to toss it as well.

In the other room, Tatho slips out of his bed and snaps his shield in place, at least a bit better ready for a fight. Tenibri slips into the corner and holds his components, ready for a quick spell trap. Remy (-4 AC) does the same, in the buff. Khugron (-6 AC) grumbles at the quick wakening, though his training allows him to quickly prepare for anything.

Okay, now a ton of readied actions go off. I'll do another post summarizing how those resolve.

East Room

The door is pulled open and a thug starts moving into the room quietly, his eyes go wide as he sees four pathfinders preparing for combat. He barely has time to say, "Oh shi..." as the magic missile 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1) + 2 = 4 slams into his face and the floor drops out 1d20 ⇒ 18 from under him.

From out in the hall you hear another voice, "what the heck!" 1d100 ⇒ 19 & 1d20 ⇒ 9 Very very surprisingly, neither fall into the massive hole appearing below them and jump to the side instead, one inside the room and one outside the room. Both appear to be wearing a similar outfit to the thugs you fought earlier in VC Phlegos's warehouse.

Middle Room

At the same time, the door is also pulled open in front of the two plus their pets. Slipping inside quietly, the thug is quite surprised to be attacked from all sides. Tony stabs him cleanly in the side, just barely missing vital organs but causing quite a bit of pain. He yelps out, "they're awake in here too!!!" Helvega's bullet thunks off his armor and Cuddles spines thud into the wall behind him, "but they can't aim for crap!"

Initiative post coming up next!

Middle Room

Quickly recovering, the yellow-sashed thug steps back, draws a small bag and tosses it at Luna. As it flies, it bursts open and a gloopy glue substance spreads out aiming to mire the wolf in her position. Unless Mounted Combat can beat a 23, that will hit. Roll Mounted Combat first if you use it, then the AoO's below.

The other thug bolts past Luna and Tony, attempting to avoid their attacks and rushes over to get all up in the face(s) of Cuddles and Helvega. But, while hurrying past the wolf and halfling at the entrance, he seems to stumble a bit and allows them both an opening to strike. Luna & Tony both get an AoO vs. Green if they want it.

Meanwhile, in the East room

Quickly getting his bearings, the thug pulls a similar bag to the one used in the other room and looks back and forth between the close spellcaster in the corner and the menacing thug with the massive reach weapon. Deciding the scene he saw earlier in the day is something he DOES NOT want happening to himself, he lobs it at the Nagaji and steps away from the pit. The glue easily covers Khugron, who tries to step lightly to avoid being stuck to the floor. Khugron is entangled (see below) and has a DC 15 Reflex save to not be glued to the floor from the tanglefoot bag.

Round 1 Commence!
Green & Yellow (-6 HP)
Blue (-4 HP)
Tony & Luna (Mounted Combat? AoO for both? Normal Round of Actions?)
Red
Khugron (-6 AC & Entangled)
Tenibri
Tatho
Remy (-4 AC)
Helvega (-5 AC) & Cuddles

Bold May Act!

Ride: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Luna Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

+1 Shortsword, Tony AoO vs Green: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 for Piercing/Magic: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Luna Bite, Luna AoO vs Green: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 2 = 23 for BPS: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 and if hits Trip Attempt vs. CMD: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Luna Bite, Luna Crit Confirm vs Green: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 - 2 = 11 for BPS: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Tony attempts to shift Luna to the side to dodge the glue, but it hits her anyway. As the other thug dashes past, the halfling stabs through his thigh and the wolf, pissed about the glue, grabs him around the neck and shakes. The end result is an unconscious thug on the floor in front of them bleeding out. His buddy looks on, eyes wide with concern that he is next. Tony & Luna still have their regular turn, but I'll move along to the other room since the combats are currently separated.

Meanwhile, in the hallway

The halfling that barely avoided the pit out in the hallway, puts his foot against the back wall and tries to push off and make the jump into the room. Barely missing the jump, the little guy is quick enough to grasp the edge and then pull himself up, but instead of safely in the room he is now standing on the edge of a pit without a weapon out. And while looking around at the assembled dangers he forgets to pay attention to the sloped floor and falls backwards with a sickening thump! 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Round 1
Green (-12 HP & Down) & Yellow (-6 HP)
Blue (-4 HP)
Tony & Luna (Entangled)
Red (-8 HP & Prone in Pit)
Khugron (-6 AC & Entangled & Reflex Save pending)
Tenibri
Tatho
Remy (-4 AC)
Helvega (-5 AC) & Cuddles

Bold May Act!

Seeing his chance, Tatho dashes out of hiding to try and catch the enemy off guard. He swings his shield towards the man's face, trying to force him backwards.

Shield Bash: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Damage: 1d3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8
Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 4

If the 20 hits, then it is also a bull rush attempt, hopefully against his flatfooted CMD. If the sneak attack does through, he'll become Tatho's studied target.

Tatho bolts from his position hidden beside the bed and brings his shield in an upward swing at the surprised thugs jaw. Connecting and snapping his head back, the thug's eyes roll into his skull and he collapses to the floor like a sack of rotten potatoes.

Round 1
Green (-12 HP & Down) & Yellow (-6 HP)
Blue (-16 HP & Down)
Tony & Luna (Entangled 3/3)
Red (-8 HP & Prone in Pit)
Khugron (-6 AC & Entangled 7/7 & Reflex DC 15 Save or glued to floor pending)
Tenibri
Tatho
Remy (-4 AC)
Helvega (-5 AC) & Cuddles

Bold May Act!

Entangled Duration Khurgron: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 rounds.
Entangled Duration Luna: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3 rounds.

Luna, teeth bared, licks at the blood across her muzzle. She growls at the remaining thug and moves closer to him. When he's in range, Tony stabs at him with his shortsword. Tony's swing is immediately followed by a bite attempt from Luna.

Entangled: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Reroll: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9
Strength Dc 17: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Trying to move his foot out of the way, Khugron only succeeded in sticking it to the floor. "I'm going to bash your head in!" he yelled, as he ripped part of the floor off getting his foot loose.

Rage. Guessing Standard to get my foot loose. Moving away from the pit and tanglefoot

The magus runs up the pit, grabbing his cards from the night table, and throws one at the cretin in the pit

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

I think if the guy is prone he might get a card in da butt :)

Give up mon brava or da next one is charged with shocking power

Moving forward to get a better view of the opponent, Helvega quickly lobs another bullet at the foe.

Following the small woman's lead, Cuddles hops forward and launches to needles at the opponent.

Luna and Tony move over towards the last guard, who raises his sword up to block the blow... which does nothing as Tony knocks it aside and stabs him in the neck. He slumps to the ground unconscious. Helvega looks at the halfling and wolf surprised at how easily the enemies fell, Tony just grins.

Other Room!

Khugron rips a chunk of the floor out removing himself from the glue trap. Tatho cringes at the property damage. Remy grabs his pack of cards and runs over towards the pit, but he notices at the last second that the edge of the pit is a bit sloped down as he approaches.

It isn't really common knowledge, but if you end your turn next to a pit spell, you have to make a save or fall in. You do get a +2 on that save, but DC 17 instead of 19 is still pretty high for most characters. Remy can retcon his action if he wishes, if not he needs to make the Reflex save.

Round 1
Green (-12 HP & Down) & Yellow (-12 HP & Down)
Blue (-16 HP & Down)
Tony & Luna (Entangled 3/3)
Red (-8 HP & Prone in Pit)
Khugron (-6 AC & Entangled 7/7)
Tenibri
Tatho
Remy (-4 AC) (save?)
Helvega (-5 AC) & Cuddles

Bold May Act!

That is pretty nasty. I was not aware of that with pits. Thanks for sharing that information

He is pretty confident of his athletic ability so he will keep his action.
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 reflex save

Remy's card strikes the halfling in the pit, but does not manage to get through his armor. He looks up, anger in his eyes at the naked human threatening him, pulls a potion and drinks it, disappearing from sight.

Delay
Tenibri

Round 2
Green (-12 HP & Down) & Yellow (-12 HP & Down)
Blue (-16 HP & Down)
Tony & Luna (Entangled 2/3)
Red (-8 HP & Invisible)
Khugron (-6 AC & Entangled 6/7)
Tatho
Remy (-4 AC)
Helvega (-5 AC) & Cuddles

Bold May Act!

What are the beds/pillows made out of? i.e. Could I slash them open with the point and scatter them using the bec de corbin so we could see the halfling?

Straw and Feathers, respectively. It wouldn't work though without some way of covering the target in something to make it stick to him.

The goblin outside the west room's window says at about the exact same time as the goblin outside the middle room's window, their voices echoing the same phrase, "uh... I was about to shoot big man but he fall down. You guys okay?"

"Alchemist fire! Acid? Anything to throw down there?" Tatho suggests, looking at the sticky substance covering Khugron. Cursing the luck at his caltrops being back by the bed in his pack, he checks the body of the man in front of him for another tanglefoot bag to hand to Remy.

"We're good in here." replies Helvega cheerfully. "Though, looks like Luna got a bit excited...you're all sticky..."

"Cuddles and I are gonna check on the others. Come defend me Cuddles!"

Moving out of the room and down the hall, she slows as the pit looms ahead. Calling out, she inquires "Uh...you all ok in there? We took care of ours but...I don't remember seeing a hole in the floor earlier..."

Double Move for both Cuddles and Helvega
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

"We're okay, but there's an invisible foe inside that pit... I can dismiss it; are we all ready for that?"

Tenibri suddenly whips out his spellbook, frantically flipping the pages. "Wait a minute..."

Create pit actually isn't dismissable. :( Glitterdust is a good alternative however.

Okay, if you all do nothing I know where the enemy will be when the pit ends and he returns to the normal level in round 5 (Tatho is correct, it is not dismissable). If you make a ranged attack into the pit, tell me what square you are targeting. If you end your turn next to the pit make a DC 19 reflex save (with a +2 to the save). It also sounds like a glitterdust is going to be used, let me know when and where. To target into the pit, you will need to stand on the edge to look down into it. Tenibri, it will take rounds 2 & 3 to draw the spellbook and then quick study to get glitterdust. Tatho finds two flasks of acid on the body, but nothing else that could do AoO damage and no more tanglefoot bags.

Tenibri retrieves his spellbook in round 2 and studies glitterdust in round 3, as posted.

Reading to himself, Tenibri gently motions people away from the edge of the pit. "The area is bigger than the pit... it will spread out beyond the edges...."

Round 4

Putting his spellbook away, Tenibri enacts the motions he just studied, drawing arcane energy to himself which he focuses just above the center of the pit. With a quick flick of his wrist, he hurls out a small pinch of powdered mica which energizes as it flies above the pit; bright sparkles of golden light appear, falling gently and coating everything it falls on in a sparkling iridescence.

Note: if a character doesn't step away from the edge of the pit (i.e. out of glitterdust's area of effect, I believe PFS requires your permission for Tenibri to cast this spell such that you are included in the area of effect.

Yeah, I guess that one wouldn't have to be cast on a surface (like a summoned creature) but more like a fireball. So it could be cast in the middle of the pit, 10 feet down which would then go 10 ft down and 10 ft up, completely covering the entire pit. And since you aren't trying to target the bottom it should be easy enough to stand just back from the edge to aim for that spot.

After a couple Seconds Tenibri creatures a burst of glitter down in the pit, coating all creatures inside... which is just one, a halfling standing on the bottom trying to rub its eyes to clear the glitter.

Okay, so let's just speed this up and not deal with days and days of combat to get through 3-4 rounds for no real purpose. He is clearly visible and blinded. He will not be attacking anyone from the pit. When the pit raises back up he will still be visible and still be blinded and will wave his hands and yell that he surrenders. What do you all wish to do?

The goblin has now climbed into the window, stowed his crossbow and is watching the show avidly.

That is a good spell to cast in this situation!

Seeing their foe has been more or less revealed the magus takes out another card and charges it with acid as he chucks it at the halfling
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d3 ⇒ 3 acid

as he attempts to stay near the pit
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 reflex

"Easy there, he's given up." Tatho warns, waving the magus off.

Okay, seems like things continue to grind to a halt. I'm sure we'd all like to finish before the end of outpost so I'll take a bit of a heavier hand to move the game along. Keep up the good efforts at RP though, I'm enjoying them.

After the fight, the goblins approach the group, arms raised to show they mean no harm.

Once the group is together they explain they are here at the request of “father,” who wants to speak to you all about Zig, Phlegos Dulm, and the truth behind the poisonings. They pull out burlap sacks and insist that each non-animal put them on their head so the route to their hideout remains secret.

What do you all do or say, first 2 votes wins unless there is a disagreement on a course of action.

Looking at the sacks, Tatho shakes his head with a rueful smile. "Let me get my armor then." he tells the goblins, glancing at the rest of the party for consensus.

I'm in no rush to finish, Tatho has no pressing appointments.

The magus goes to get dressed and then will go, head covered, with the goblins.

"I'm sure the bag won't be necessary... you've all been witness to these events, you know we can all be trusted. We're not going to reveal the location of your hideout."

Diplomacy DC 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

We have not rested enough to replenish spells or special abilities yet, right?

That is correct, three hours rest is all some of you have gotten. No one will be fatigued, but no one has been able to refresh spells and daily abilities.

The goblins seem swayed by the Wayang's words and begrudgingly agree to take you there without the sacks over your heads, "you no tell anyone where base is, kay?"

I'm seeing two votes to go with the goblins and Tenibri seems positive on the idea. If no one advises a different course of action I'll move us to that step in a couple hours.