PFS 2-03 Rebel's Ransom (Inactive)

Game Master Pirate Rob

Immediately upon being struck, Ethan triggers his spell-storing armor, which is holding a force punch. Immediate action

Touch attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
force damage: 10d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1) + 2 = 20
reflex dc 24 or be pushed back 25’

The Raider takes the force punch in the face as he gets pushed back.

Celie
Blue Raider
Red Raider -42
Ethan (44/56)
Gorf
Gavin (66/100)
Green Raider -20
Sayna
Buster
Alarka
Tai

Sayna single-mindedly advances on Alarka, not wanting to let her minions distract from the real threat.

"Your treachery comes to an end, villain! Face me, and also face your end!"

Swift action to activate Challenge on Alarka. Sayna gets a +2 dodge bonus to her AC vs Alarka, a +2 bonus on damage vs her, and everyone gets a +2 circumstance bonus to attack Alarka while Sayna is threatening her. Sayna's AC is instead -2 lower vs anyone other than Alarka

Attack with +1 Adamantine Longsword (challenge): 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 2 = 16
Attack with +1 Adamantine Longsword (challenge): 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 2 = 25
Damage (challenge): 1d8 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 = 8
She gets to roll twice and take the better thanks to Celie's fortune hex

When Gavin sees that the red-cloaked raider did not fall, he calls to Buster. "Kill!"

Buster bites at the raider!
Bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15
Bite (Iterative): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

I think that's a whole lotta nuthin'

Buster does unfortunately come up empty while Sayna does manage to connect with Alarka.

Alarka scowls and steps back. She raises her arms allowing her loose fitting robes to fall from her arms revealing shriveled and blackened limbs.

She speaks a few words of power as her arms raise and a ring of fire erupts from the floor reaching all the way to the ceiling, shooting through Ethan, Celie and Gorf.

Rather than quickly burn off the ring of fire lingers, its heat radiating inward, scorching Green and even tickling Sanya a bit.

17 fire damage for Ethan, Celie and Gorf.
6 fire damage for Sayna (1) and green.

Celie 34/51
Blue Raider
Red Raider -42
Ethan (27/56)
Gorf (63/80)
Gavin (66/100)
Green Raider -26
Sayna (57/58)
Buster
Alarka -8
Tai

Tai and Celie are up!

Note the wall of fire is opaque and blocks line of sight, also if you pass through it this turn you're taking 17 points of damage.

Not liking standing in the fire that much, Celie looks at the green foe, "Bad luck will follow you my friend." she hexes him with Misfortune DC 19 before stepping 5 feet back and cackling extending both the misfortune and fortune another round.

Had to do a little bit of research to see if I could take a 5 foot step, cackle and hex.

The Green Raider wards off Celie's bad luck with a well placed hand sign.

No 5 feet back to go, that door is shut without the rods in place. You could step 5 feet into the circle to get out of the wall at least.

Also I realized I rolled the wrong dice for Sayna/Green. Green takes 2 fire damage from the heat and Sayna resists it all.

Celie 34/51
Blue Raider
Red Raider -42
Ethan (27/56)
Gorf (63/80)
Gavin (66/100)
Green Raider -22
Sayna (58/58)
Buster
Alarka -8
Tai

Tai is up!

I am guessing from the map that Tai can hit the red one with her guisarme, but it will have cover. If she can't hit it at all, then she will delay.

Focus, Sapphire. This is a touch shot. Remember how to hit with both accuracy and power.

Swift action martial flexibility for furious focus.

She draws her guisarme and attempts to hit Red from behind the corner.

+1 adamantine guisarme, power attack, furious focus: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 2 = 17
ouch!: 2d4 + 19 ⇒ (1, 3) + 19 = 23

Celie will step in to get out of the wall.

@Tai: Can hit with cover, correct.
@Celie: Moved your mini a space forward.

Tai flexs for a moment before taking a stab at the red cloaked raider but has no luck.

The two raiders take aggressive stances as they make a series of powerful vertial strikes knowing to win they'll have to take you down quickly.

I think Gavin's AC is 20 from rage, if it's 22 subtract 16 damage from the last hit otherwise 3 hits AC 27, 25 & 20 for 46 total damage.

The walls of the stone hallway are quickly becoming splattered with Gavin's copper scented blood.

Celie 34/51
Blue Raider
Red Raider -42
Ethan (27/56)
Gorf (63/80)
Gavin (20/100)
Green Raider -22
Sayna (58/58)
Buster
Alarka -8
Tai

Ethan, Gorf and Gavin are up!

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

"Yowza thas hot!" Gorf leaps from the suddenly-engulfed wall toward the center of the circle, spreading his limbs and gliding forward a ways as he does. He hits the ground running, drawing his musket as he takes cover against the central altar. He seems to stare at it for a bit, then calls out to the bandit trapped in the circle with him. "Don' worry, it won't be me killin' anyone today. Might hurt a bit, though." Gorf has the Glider alternate racial trait (this is only the 2nd time it's ever come up), meaning he halves the falling distance for the purpose of damage (the remainder of which should be negated by that Acrobatics check), and can glide horizontally half the vertical distance. He'll then complete his movement running to the central altar and re-activate the Merciful property of his gun.

The flames are noticeably cooler in the middle of the room where Gorf has glided to.

Gavin's AC is 22 because he uses Controlled Rage (only +4 to Str, but no side effects). He also has Crowd Control, which gives him a +1 to AC when 2+ foes are adjacent.

Gavin takes a few cuts from the raiders but doesn't slow down. He continues to attack the raiders like stubborn trees in need of felling.
Dragon-Bane Butchering Axe +1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26
Axe Damage: 3d6 + 20 ⇒ (2, 3, 2) + 20 = 27
Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Dragon-Bane Butchering Axe +1 (Iterative): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Axe Damage: 3d6 + 20 ⇒ (1, 4, 5) + 20 = 30
Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
The attacks start at Red and move to Blue when he drops

The nobleman then orders Buster to attack his most immediate threat (Red or Blue, depending on who's standing)

Gavin dodges half the blows sent his way and retaliates with two of his own, the first dropping the red raider and the second wounding the blue one.

Celie 34/51
Blue Raider -33
Ethan (27/56)
Gorf (63/80)
Gavin (36/100)
Green Raider -22
Sayna (58/58)
Buster
Alarka -8
Tai

Ethan is up.

I assume that Ethan is on the hot side of the flames?
Also, though I don't have LOS, I still have LOE on the far side of the flames, I believe.

Ethan moves towards the middle of the room, to get away from the worst of the flames. He will also fly up to the ceiling as he does so. With his lesser selective metamagic rod still in hand, he casts a empowered Fireball, and casting through the rod. He will change the element of the fireball to cold, and will exclude himself, Gorf, and Sayna from the blast!

Assuming 17 pts of ongoing damage, so 10+8+3=DC21 concentration
Also, he is caster level 11 for evocations
concentration, DC21: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 21
fireball, cold, intense spells, Ref DC24: 10d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1, 4, 2, 3, 3, 6, 4, 6, 1) + 2 = 38 57 damage with empowered

The green raider goes down, as does a large section of the ring revealing a very frosty and angry looking foe.

Put an arc over the missing wall

Celie 34/51
Blue Raider -33
Ethan (27/56)
Gorf (63/80)
Gavin (36/100)
Sayna (58/58)
Buster
Alarka -65
Tai

Sayna and Buster are up!

"Go get him, Sayna!" cries out Ethan. "I've cleared the way for you!"

Looking completely unharmed despite all of Alarka's efforts, Sayna tilts her head coyly and smiles under her helmet towards Alarka.

"I regret to inform you that I am retracting my invitation to the bathhouse. Some people possess a dirtiness of soul that simply cannot be washed away, no matter the quality of the bath or how...sensual an experience company such as myself provides."

She then settles into her battle stance. "Your loss." She advances to the other side of Alarka. Swift action to enter Sisterhood Style. Alarka will get an AoO if she threatens. Reminder that Sayna's AC is 26 vs her b/c of challenge

Still feeling very lucky, Sayna swings at Alarka once more.

Attack with +1 Adamantine Longsword (challenge): 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 2 = 25
Attack with +1 Adamantine Longsword (challenge): 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 = 23
Damage (challenge): 1d8 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 = 8

Still rolling twice and taking the better from Celie's fortune hex

Alarka takes a divinely powered swing with her thin desert scimitar as Sanya passes by but clangs off of Sayna's helmet.

Celie 34/51
Blue Raider -33
Ethan (27/56)
Gorf (63/80)
Gavin (36/100)
Sayna (58/58)
Buster
Alarka -73
Tai

Buster is up!

The mastiff moves forward 5ft and bites as his master ordered.
Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
Damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

Buster bites and chews but the raider remains standing, barely.

Celie closest to the fire takes 6 fire damage while the slightly cooler Gorf an Ethan take 3 each.

Alarka, clearly severely injured steps forward and speaks a single word "Inferno" and fills the chamber with a raging inferno that shows no signs of abating.

As a note on the area it's a series of 10ft cubes. In the yellow squares the flames reach the ceiling, everywhere with either color the flames reach the ground.

Reflex saves from Sayna, Ethan, Gorf, Celie

Celie 28/51 FIRE?
Blue Raider -50
Ethan (24/56) FIRE?
Gorf (60/80) FIRE?
Gavin (36/100)
Sayna (58/58) FIRE?
Buster
Alarka -73
Tai

Tai and Celie are up!
You may want to wait for the resolution of the inferno before choosing your actions.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Halved to 18 damage then another 5 taken off for fire resist so 13 damage total to Sayna

"Oh my dear Alarka, the whole dramatic 'step back and say a single word of power' trope only works if you actually accomplish something. Otherwise, it's just sad."

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Celie falls victim to the flames that arise around her. Falling to the ground, her cackle on her lips, but un chackled.

Stabilize: 1d20 + 2 - 8 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 8 = -4 Doesn't stabilize

Reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

"Ow! Wouldja knock it th'hell off!"

Tai winces as she hears the inferno, but sticks to the task in front of her. She takes a five-foot step forward and attempts to take out Blue.

Ancestral spirits, flow through me.

Starting bloodrage.

+1 adamantine guisarme, power attack, furious focus, raging: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 13 + 2 + 3 = 30
ouch!: 2d4 + 22 ⇒ (1, 3) + 22 = 26
+1 adamantine guisarme iterative, power attack, raging: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 = 15
ouch!: 2d4 + 22 ⇒ (3, 3) + 22 = 28

So... the whole room is on fire, right? From where Gavin stands, it's nothing but flame. Zero visibility?

"Desna weeps! That's a lot of fire!"

As far as I can tell the firestorm has no effect on visibility however the wall of fire between Gavin and the action is opaque.

Tai finishes off the blue raider while Celie burns badly enough to go unconscious, next to the wall of fire, in the firestorm.

Celie -9/51 Bleeding

Ethan (24/56) FIRE?
Gorf (42/80)
Gavin (36/100)
Sayna (45/58)
Buster
Alarka -73
Tai

Everybody but Tai/Celie is up!
Lets wait until we find out of Ethan is conscious or not, waiting for him to roll if possible so I don't have to sort through all his tricks.

Stabilize: 1d20 + 2 - 9 ⇒ (10) + 2 - 9 = 3 stable?

I have my campaign coin that Celie can use to reroll
Celie reroll, 5*: 1d20 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 5 = 10
I tried...

As for shenanigans, pretty sure that I cannot use Emergency Force Shield against the ceiling
Ethan reflex DC18: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Ok, my reroll.
Ethan reflex DC18: 1d20 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 5 = 30
W00t!

Sayna shouts out for her companions on the other side of the fire wall. "Alarka is on her last ropes! Finish her off! Celie is down and needs help!"

Sayna rushes around Alarka to the one open space free of fire next to her. Provoking again, AC 26

Attack with +1 Adamantine Longsword (challenge): 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 2 = 18
Damage (challenge): 1d8 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 = 8

Pretty sure the fortune hex is gone now D:

"Dang, Celie! Hold on!" Ignoring the fire, Gorf takes a quick step toward Celie, flicking his wrist to drop a concealed potion into his hand, and quickly dumps it down her throat. 5ft step, swift action to retrieve a potion of cure moderate wounds from a spring-loaded wrist sheath, full-round action to administer.

cure moderate wounds: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (1, 8) + 3 = 12

Celie 3/51
Ethan (6/56)
Gorf (42/80)
Gavin (36/100)
Sayna (35/58)
Buster
Alarka -73
Tai

Ethan barely survives the fire while Gorf brings Celie back to consciousness but not out of danger.

Without Celie's luck Sayna's blow is knocked aside by the power of Alarka's faith, additionally she takes a draw cut from the scimitar for her troubles.
AC 34 for 10 damage

Ethan, Gavin and Buster are up!
fire damage if you pass through the wall this round: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (6, 4) + 11 = 21

Gavin curses, the heat of the flame bearing down on him. His desire to run in is checked, barely, by the need to deal with his own wounds first. He pulls out a vial of blue liquid. It's nearly empty, but he drinks it. Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

With a glance to Tai he says, "I'll be right behind you."

To the Buster he says, "Heel."

Despite Ethan failing to take his turn earlier I'm going to wait until tomorrow to give him every chance to make his own decision at this pivotal moment.

sorry, missed it was also my turn

Ethan flies out of the fire area, hoping that he doesn’t burn to death. He lands on the ground, so that he can use his primary defensive spell to prevent himself from dying. He weighs his options, and since he only has a single target left, a fireball, for once, does not make sense.

He thinks about stealing Alarka’s spell component pounce, but decides killing makes more sense.

He cast burning arc without bothering with a secondary target, though he makes it cold damage since that worked so well before. admixture
Cold damage. DC23 for 1/2: 10d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 2) + 2 = 32

Ethan escapes the flames as Alaraka drops her scimitar while her hand becomes covered in the unmistakable aura of Slay Living. As she reaches out to touch Sayna Ethan's freezing arc hits Alarka in the back causing her to fall over dead. The inferno and wall of fire show no sign of abating however.

10ft fire damage: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3
firestorm Celie & Gorf: 11d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 4, 6, 4, 3, 3, 6, 5, 2, 2) = 41
firewall passthrough damage: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (6, 6) + 11 = 23

Gorf and Celie get reflex saves DC 19 to reduce the firestorm by half.

I think Celie is dead from the firestorm either way (unless I'm missing some cool trick) but if Gorf remains conscious, and nobody has a daring plan to Rube-Goldberg Celie to a breath of life and out of the flames we can call it there as Gorf can get to safety. If we have a rescue plan for Celie or Gorf falls unconscious we'll need some more action though.

Celie (-20/-40)/51
Ethan 6/56
Gorf (19/-1)/80
Gavin 36/100
Sayna 35/58
Buster
Tai

Reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19 <-- Woah!

Sorry, that potion was the only thing I had to help with :(

Tai races in, but is too late to save Celie. She moves her downed companion out of the fire.

Rest well, fallen soldier. You fought valiantly.

"We had better make haste back to the Lodge."

Alright Gorf lives!

Please ignore below if Celie is not dead or if we have any daring plans that may get extra people incinerated.

After a couple more rounds the inferno will subside and another 7 or so rounds the wall of fire will dissipate as well.

We're finished here, other than sorting out Celie's body, things were a success!

We're missing a couple unimportant magic items that got burned up in the Mummy Chamber but other than that you've found and recovered everything.

Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Reflex Star Reroll: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

The dice really hate me during this fight.

Celie expires from the fire raking over her body. Those close can hear the squeals of Fox, trapped in her Masterwork fire proof backback.

Gavin approaches the body of Celie, the cries of her familiar getting his attention. Solemnly, he opens the backpack and gently tries to soothe the distraught creature. He makes several yipping noises similar to her kind.
Handle Animal (Take 10): 10 + 11 = 21

"I don't know if you understand me, little one. But if you do, know that I and my companions will see to it that your mistress' spirit is returned. You must be brave, and be patient for the trip is long. Until then, if you will have us, Buster and I will watch over you and keep you safe."

Buster pads up to Celie. The big mastiff nudges her prone body with his nose. We she doesn't move, he tilts his head back and howls mournfully. "ARH-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Fox, a clever little fox, knows that Gavin will take care of it until Celie is back alive. Knowing what his friend would want, so he walks over to the spell caster, the one who killed Celie, and bites off the person's finger. Caring it back to Celie, he nudges her salting pouch and looks up at Gavin, waiting for him to open it.

Gavin raises a curious eyebrow, but does the needful and opens the pouch. "May I never get on her bad side. Yikes."

After visiting a cleric back in Sothis to have Celie brought back to the land of the living, Gorf refuses their offer of buy-two-get-none-free restorations to return her to her full strength. "Naw, ah learnt a lil sumthin' from sum zany critter from the dark tapestry while back. Ah think ah kin take it from here." The little frog furrows his brow as he concentrates and closes his eyes. When he opens them again they are solid, inky black, just for a moment, as he lays his hand on Celie's arm. Her mind fills with haunting, cryptic visions and the overwhelming feeling that precious memories are disappearing from her mind! Though the initial shock fades, it's a full day before the feeling is totally gone. "Whooee, that's a trip and a half. Now, ah think we gonna hafta do that one more time, prolly next week sometime, ta git ya back ta full strength. Bes' not to rush these things, y'unnerstan" (can only use restoration to restore a negative level once per week. When the process is repeated a week later, on the boat back to Absalom, Gorf shudders and shakes his head. "Damn, but that is unpleasant! Ah think ah'm gonna git outta the channelin'-eldritch-horrors business fer good." Especially since those were the last two checkboxes on the boon :)

Sayna takes off her helmet and wipes her sweaty face. She kicks Alarka’s shoulder. ”Why do I always ask out the evil ones.”

She then walks over to Celie’s body and sighs. ”We’ll get you back up and cackling soon enough.”