GM Bret’s Outpost II Doom comes to Dustpawn! (Inactive)

Game Master BretI

Kitty literally doesn’t see what is coming and gets flattened by Penny.

“Leo!” the creature cries out in concern when it sees Penny sit on her animal.

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Round 1:
Haste on everyone
Inspire Courage +2

? What ? 31 damage 12 NL prone
Warpac
Mongo 1 damage
Leo the Leopard blinded, grappled by Penny
Teddy blinded
Timtenzekil
Tycho shield of faith 4 / 8 minutes

Round 2:

Theodric heroism 9 / 100 minutes, Guidance
Mango
Penny barkskin 9 / 100 minutes, Grappling the leopard
Melody

int check: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (5) + 0 = 5 yay

Melody continues her performance and spends a standard action on her once-per-day take 20 on a Knowledge check, for a 31 on that Knowledge (local).

”She’s human! But something’s been changing her!”

Tycho goes out into the center of the chamber and looks around.

He notices a strange 1” diameter sphere of basalt in the nest. The nest looks like it was once a fairly nice field bed, now torn and broken. The pieces were rearranged to make it more nest-like.

Tycho sees no sign of Leeara here. On the other hand, it is difficult to see behind the canvas on the northern wall where the creature came from.

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Round 1:
Haste on everyone
Inspire Courage +2

? What ? 31 damage 12 NL prone
Warpac
Mongo 1 damage
Leo the Leopard blinded, grappled by Penny
Teddy blinded
Timtenzekil
Tycho shield of faith 4 / 8 minutes

Round 2:

Theodric heroism 9 / 100 minutes, Guidance
Mango
Penny barkskin 9 / 100 minutes, Grappling the leopard
Melody

Melody realizes that the creature you have been fighting is actually a human and alerts everyone to this.
@Melody: You have one question.

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Round 1:
Haste on everyone
Inspire Courage +2

That is supposed to be human? 31 damage 12 NL prone
Warpac
Mongo 1 damage
Leo the Leopard blinded, grappled by Penny
Teddy blinded
Timtenzekil
Tycho shield of faith 4 / 8 minutes

Round 2:

Theodric heroism 9 / 100 minutes, Guidance
Mango
Penny barkskin 9 / 100 minutes, Grappling the leopard
Melody

know local: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 2 = 29

Theodric takes the long way around through Tycho's square and shouts "She's partway through a mutation, still kinda human, knock her out if you can!"

Theodric circles around and raises his dagger in one hand before kicking the cat.

heroic,hasted,flanking, improved unarmed strike: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 33
non lethal damage: 1d6 + 4d6 ⇒ (5) + (4, 1, 1, 4) = 15

"Squawk!"

Mango channels the power of Pharasma and waddles forward to the prone woman and pecks at her.

hasted touch attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 = 25

Mango has the gentle rest power from the Repose Domain. on a successful touch attack it will stagger a living creature for 1 round (no save)

Theodric tells everyone to knock out the woman — an idea she most definitely doesn’t like!

“What!?!” she cries out.

He then kicks poor Leo the Leopard.

Mango comes up and pecks at the woman, staggering her.

The woman stays down and uses both of her weapons to try and defend as best she can from the anticipated flurry of attacks.

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Round 2:
Haste on everyone
Inspire Courage +2

That is a human? 31 damage 12 NL prone Total Defense +4 +1 AC
Warpac
Mongo 1 damage
Leo the Leopard 0 damage 15 NL blinded, grappled by Penny
Teddy blinded
Timtenzekil
Tycho shield of faith 4 / 8 minutes

Round 3:

Theodric heroism 9 / 100 minutes, Guidance
Mango
Penny barkskin 9 / 100 minutes, Grappling the leopard
Melody

Mongo tilts his head in confusion. "Human?" He shrugs and follows orders, trying to knock her out with the hilt of his sword. You know better than to question the eggheads.

+1 adamantine longsword, haste, IC, nonlethal: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 30
Damage, IC: 1d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 = 17

GM’s choice on the question, please!

Mongo remembers that he's fast right now, and attacks again (he'll stop if she appears to go unconscious).

+1 adamantine longsword (haste attack), haste, IC, nonlethal: 1d20 + 15 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 15 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 21
Damage, IC: 1d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 2 = 12
+1 adamantine longsword (iterative), haste, IC, nonlethal: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 25
Damage, IC: 1d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 = 16

It doesn’t look like the +4 for prone is figured into Mongo’s attacks. If I am wrong, one attack misses and she isn’t at her moral point — not that it likely matters since there are more who can attack.

Mongo pounds on her, hitting every time in spite of her trying to block the blows with her weapons.

In pain and frightened, she begs “Stop! No more, please!” She is still conscious.

We can call Combat here if people want. I just need to know if you are leaving her conscious or not. The animals are really no threat, Leo is barely conscious. You haven’t learned Logan’s name, but you probably would soon.

In case you wish to continue the combat...

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Round 2:
Haste on everyone
Inspire Courage +2

Evidently a human woman? 31 damage 51 NL prone Total Defense +4 +1 AC
Warpac
Mongo 1 damage
Leo the Leopard blinded, grappled by Penny
Logan the Wolverine blinded
Timtenzekil
Tycho shield of faith 4 / 8 minutes

Round 3:

Theodric heroism 9 / 100 minutes, Guidance
Mango
Penny barkskin 9 / 100 minutes, Grappling the leopard
Melody

I'm good calling it here.

Yup, forgot the prone bonus. I'm also good calling it here.

Tim works on calming down the animals before calling off Penny.

Handle Animal on Logan: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Handle Animal on Leo: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

"Oi! 'Nuff o' tha'!"

You didn’t include the -4 for doing non-lethal, but the +4 for her being prone cancels it,

I think I did. It would have been +15 without the -4. I even had it listed as -4[non-lethal] in the list of bonuses. Not that it mattered!

"I'm sure glad you saw the sense of quitting the fight. As you can see we are a capable bunch with weapons. But we didn't come here to start fights for no reason, we came here to help out the town."

Warily the woman gets up, still holding her weapons but not directly threatening any of you with them.

“You come in my cave, rob me, nearly kill me, hurt my friends. Yes, you good with fighting and robbing.” She looks at the magic bag that Warpac has as she mentions being robbed.

With a nod to Timtenzekil she says “At least one of you friend to animals.”

Right now her attitude is still hostile. Hopefully you already got that impression from the above dialogue.

"We are so sorry. We're investigating the missing people from the town. We didn't know anyone was living here. Would you like for us to heal you?"

Dalviss sent us; his stew is tedious and he has no lemonade. Have you seen Leeara? She has a way with animals just like you. She also stays in this cave, just like you. We mean no harm; Dalviss is worried.

Tycho will auto-aid Melody on diplomacy.

Yes, a Diplomacy check was needed,

The woman looks at Melody and considers. She is still nervous, but relents on the belligerence. “Yes, healing would be good. You people hurt me enough that it dangerous to hunt.”

Looking to Tycho with a perplexed expression, she says “Dalviss?”

She looks around the group, asking “Which of you heals?”

"Most o' us can. Not him." Tim points to Mongo. "He just hurts."

She sheathes her dagger and points at Timtenzekil. “Him can come close, heal me.”

At about this point, Leo and then Logan disappear in the same way you have seen summoned creatures disappear when the spell ends.

Seeing his allies relax, Mongo sheathes his sword and draws his wand, holding it out to Timtenzekil. "You can use this if you want."

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

"Mayhap later." Timtenzekil waves it off, unstrapping his shield and laying it on the floor before pulling his own wand. "Ye seem ta kno' a bit o' magic. Promises tha' we're no enemy, no 'arm if ye offer none." he offers as reassurance as he takes a knee beside her. "And ye are a tough one yerself."

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"Squawk!" says Mango unhelpfully.

She tensely stays very still as Timtenzekil heals her. “Thank you.” she says when he stops. “Not likely to die hunting now.”

Stepping a little way back, she asks “Why you here?”

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (4) + 24 = 28

"We came from the town, Dustpawn. There are people missing, and we're trying to find them. A woman named Leora used to come here. Do you know her? There was also something that fell from the sky. Have you seen a crash site anywhere around here?"

Leeara, not Leora. They always use names that spellcheck hates. :)

She gets a look of concentration on her face. “Dustpawn? Leeara? Dalviss? Think that is from my old life, before the fever. Sort of hazy,”

"Do you own this bag? We found a couple of corpses with it and figured they did not need it. If it is yours you can have it back. There was a bunch of supplies and money too. You mentioned difficulty hunting so perhaps you need the supplies more than us. What can you tell us about your old life?"

diplomacy: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

“Bodies? Oh yes!” she says with some delight.

“They come hunting me, so I kill them! They bad people, better for everyone that they dead. They with the woman who hurt me and caused my change. Now I make new life, leave all bad things behind.”

Looking to,Warpac, she asks “That what you want to know?”

Ha, ha, ha! Well done, murdering them bad people!

Tycho sits on the cave floor and pulls some trail rations from their haversack, along with a mess kit, and begins eating them. They try to savor every bite. MMMM… bluff that rations are yummy: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (16) + 21 = 37

They look up. Oh. Would you like some? I wasn't sure if you were hungry too. If Leeara wants, Tycho will share the rations and try to wheedle more information from her while they eat. Tycho also makes a mental note to leave some more rations outside the secret door for this pitiable creature. marked off on sheet.

What do you name yourself now, in this new life? I have many names too, you know. Pearl Heart is one of them. Will you answer Melody's question and tell us where the thing that fell from the sky is? Who is the woman who hurt? Do you know where she is? We might like to hurt her back.

diplomacy: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

Mongo scratches his head at Tycho's antics. What are they talking about?

“Too many questions! Slower!”

Then she looks at the rations and makes a face. “Those not look like food!”

She sheathes her rapier and then starts grooming herself — smoothing out some of the fur on the back of her hand by licking it, and then rubs at her ears.

Assuming you take it slower and retry.

“Name for me? I not sure, Leeara old life and feel so far away. Not sure she still here.” She thumps her chest as she says it.

“I not know where falling thing land.”

“I not know her name, she shoot me and that cause fever. I run here and ask animal friends to protect me. When I get past fever my body change.” Running her fingers through a clumpy spot in her fur, she adds “Change maybe not done yet?”

“Bad woman in deep cave, one the four men went into.” She suddenly looks around. “Dalviss! He friend I try protect from four men!” With a puzzled expression she asks “What he look like again?”

What he look like again?

Like this!

Tycho, who had been disguised as Pearl Heart, suddenly looks like Dalviss.

disguise: 1d20 + 34 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 34 - 2 - 2 = 42 -6 if she's familiar, etc.

I'm not really trying to fool anyone, just seeing if Tycho can make a good likeness.

"Dalviss" reaches into the haversack, pulls out a scarf, and wraps it around "his" neck. In Dalviss's voice,

bluff to imitate voice: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (13) + 31 = 44 Tycho says:

Do you remember now? Does it feel nice to remember your old life?

She approaches ‘Dalviss’ and sniffs. Wrinkling her brow, she says “It this real? You smell same, but look different!”

Tilting her head, she walks around Tycho looking at him and occasionally sniffing. “I think remember him, but not all senses. Why?”

Theodric takes some time to circle the edges of the room looking for further secret passages while Tycho's show and tell continues.

perception: 1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 16 + 2 = 27

When you knew me, you likely didn't have such a sharp nose. Assuming it seems like she has scent or something similar here, which a normal human would not have?

Let me do a little magic, yes?

If she assents, Tycho will use a Major Image to make the cave smell like Dalviss's inn, suffused with the smell of his bland cooking. (I assume it's reasonable Tycho recalls the terrible food)

Do you remember this smell? The bland stew. I was such a bad cook. That's why I hired you! You were a good chef. We loved Leeara's food.

bluff, on general principle: 1d1d20 + 21 ⇒ (4) + 21 = 25

Does it help you remember? Do you want to remember?

“Cooking! I used to cook!” Her eyes light up at the thought.

Sniffing, she adds “He never could cook.”

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Theodric doesn’t find anything else of interest. There are some herbs in a few of the pouches, some discarded flint, a whetstone, those sort of things. Nothing that seems especially useful.

"Where is this deep cave where the bad woman is?"

“I can show you, but not want to go in!”

Thank you.

"Dalviss" looks her in the eyes. Do you miss me? Would you like to come back and cook for me some day? The room fills with the smells of good food: a savory and herb-filled mutton stew percolating on a warm hearth.

Generally, trying to see if a large remnant of her still wants to go back to the way things were.

Sense Motive: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2 I'm sure she is 100% happy.

Looking at herself, she asks “Is there way back?”

"Dalviss"'s placid expression shatters. There must be…

The inkeeper trails off, then smiles bravely. I'm sure we can find it! And I will accept you, as a friend, whatever your form — whether you are cooking at my inn or when I visit you in your cave.

I see the pieces of Leeara — "Dalviss" points to their heart — here. A little scattered, but not so hard to find.

Tycho turns to the Pathfinders. What else? What can we do for her?

Warpac is fascinated by the give and take and Tycho's performance.

Useful fellow. Odd, but useful.

"her needs at this point seem simple. She is mostly interested in staying safe and fed. The best thing we can do is leave her rations and deal with this fellow that shot her... As for reversing the condition, I'm not sure she cares."

"If it's even possible." Tim rises, moving to retrieve his shield. "No use in tryin' ta figure tha' out without seeing this woman wha' responsible."

"She said something about those four at the inn being in on it. I'm worried about leaving them there."

Theodric doesn't have a strong opinion on how to proceed.

Warpac snorts. "Well, its a bit late to do anything about the folks at the inn, Besides, they are not the real problem. We deal with what is in front of our noses and then, if possible, we deal with the other problem. Let's go to this cave and find out what is really going on."

"That makes sense. Ma'am, how far away is this cave?"

Leeara thinks a little bit, then says “A little more than three hours, less if I hurry!” Then she asks “How bright is tonight? Will I be able to see?”