GM Batpony's Glass River Rescue (Low Tier) (Inactive)

Game Master Batpony

Tanbu draws his shortbow with the limited time of the surprise.
"Holy mackral, I think I caught a dragon."

Tanbu, I think you get a full round. It was just me, the drake, and the snake in the surprise round.

Is the snake going on the same initiative as the drake? I only ask because I don't like that it would mean that stupid snake goes before me again. Snakes on boats. I've had enough of mother **** snakes on boats.

Unfortunately the snake is treated like a summon monster, so it does mean it goes before you again Jack. And yes Tanbu gets a full round.

“Never fear Bahram, I am on the way to help.”
Gariath moves quickly towards the snake creature while drawing his kukri and attempts to flank the creature.

To do this I believe Gariath would cause an attack of opportunity, if I’m not mistaken. Due to this he will attempt to acro past the snake.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Assuming Gariath makes it past the snake. He will chop at it with his kukri with flank bonus.

Kukri: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

DMG: 1d4 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3

Sneak DMG: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Tanbu shoots at the dragon thing.
bow shot: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
dmg P: 1d4 ⇒ 3

To do this I believe Gariath would cause an attack of opportunity, if I’m not mistaken. Due to this he will attempt to acro past the snake.

GM rulings is inconsistent, per RAW no attack of opportunity since it did not act in round 1 yet. But some people argue RAI it should. I personally go with RAW for the reason that RAI dumbs combat reflexes.

Bahram's body resist against the venom that attempts to invade his blood. The snake is clearly a river viper, common snakes around this parts, but not very venomous or threatening.

Immediately Gariath comes to his aid. And with a well timed slice, he kills the viper, leaving it's blooded remains on the deck.

On the other hand, Tanbu turns his attention to the drake by shooting an arrow. But the creature evades it relatively easily and follows up with a fly around as it eyes the cluster of Pathfinders standing together. The drake then spits up a ball of caustic mucus that explodes around them!

Drake is taking a move action to avoid make a fly check. And standard to spit caustic breath.

Acid damage!: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 7) = 9+ Entangled

Auliruis, Gariath. Make a reflex save for half damage and to avoid entangled

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Round 1/2

Pathfinders are up!

Drake is about 10 ft above your heads

reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Already wounded from a well placed bite from the river viper Bahram does his best to sidestep out of the way.

Should have mentioned in the last post but DC14 reflex! Bahram has passed.

Sulana considers moving closer, but after seeing the caustic mucus hit both Auluruis and Gariath she decides to stay back. Better to stay away from the others. Instead she takes a deep breath as she carefully lines up her shot.

Composite longbow, BS: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
P. Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

reflex save vs acid: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

"Son of a gun! That is crazy bad. Kill that thing!

He aims and shoots his bow again. bow shot: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
dmg P: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Narrowly dodging the ball of mucus work a reflex save that wasn't even asked for (oops), Bahram Drew's his shortbow as a move action, calling upon his ole archaeologists luck, and fires at the Drake, taking a 5' step even further from good companions.

shortbow, piercing: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 81d6 ⇒ 3

why did Tanbu make a reflex? Sorry if it wasn't clear but only Aulirius and Gariath were affected.

Reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 (+2 if the attack was a spell or spell-like ability)

Aulurius swears in Dwarven, then says in common, "Blast! If I go out, someone get th' potion out of me bag and shove it down my gullet!"

Aulurius mutters an incantation that includes the word 'Stirge'.

Concentration: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

A stirge appears right on top of the drake Dropped the prepared Cure Light Wounds for Summon Nature's Ally I, Stirge lasts 1 round

Stirge

The Stirge attempts to latch onto the Drake.

Melee (touch): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Aulurius uses his halved move to try to space out. If anyone has a spare ranged weapon I'd love to have it! The Dwarf looks around for anything he can use that would be more effective than a dagger.

Aulurius, Summon Nature's Ally has a casting time of one round, so the Stirge would only appear at the start of your next turn. (i.e. after drake's turn). My Summoner had it differently for summon monster because they have it as a SLA that reduces it's casting time to a standard action.

Would that in mind, would you continue casting? Or like to retcon?

In the midst of the chaos, arrows fly from all corners of the ship in attempt to take down the dangerous looking drake. The drake's nimble body allows it to dodge most of the projectiles but Sulana manages to get one in!

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Axe and Gariath are up!

Drake -2

The only retcon is that Aulurius will stand his ground and full-round cast, attempting to summon the Stirge directly above the drake and praying to nature that he doesn't get blasted again. For record-keeping, his Scimitar is still sheathed, as he would not have been walking around the boat with it when the surprise round happened, and with 0 BAB, he couldn't have drawn it while moving.

I'll also ask, is there anything laying around that could be used as an improvised thrown weapon?

Here’s the reflex save for Gariath.
Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

“That sure is a nasty creature if I’ve ever seen one.” Assuming Gariath makes the save he will move to the back of the boat and replace his kukri with his short bow.

If I throw a dagger or a shuriken and miss would they fall in the water and be lost forever or after the battle can we retrieve them

I was not sure about the reflex. Entangle is a large radius spell. I thought maybe another enemy cast it from the bank. Sorry for the confusion. I waisted the 20 though. That would have been nice on the attack.

"I would not be heartbroken if that thing flew away and didn't come back." "I'm still claiming I catch a dragon while fishing on this trip. My buddies don't have to know it was with the boat and not my fishing line."

"For heaven sakes, Axe, throw the shurikens! What are they, a silver piece each? A lot of good they will do you if that thing kills us. The trick is to hit it so as you can get them back once we kill it."

"If it lands on this boat, it is dead. We can then surround it and hack it to pieces." "This flyby stuff is for the birds."

Tanbu keeps a running train of comments leaping forth as the fight progresses.

"I hope I get reimbursement for these go Flying Feather Star ATTACK"

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 61d2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 

I have to retcon, the acid damage is 2d6 not 2d8.
Acid: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

You can assume there are crates/boxes what not that can be used as improvised weapons, dealing d6+STR dmg

If I throw a dagger or a shuriken and miss would they fall in the water and be lost forever or after the battle can we retrieve them

It is lost forever :(

Seeing a trapped druid, the dragon swoops down hoping for an easy prey, but is hindered by splashes of water as the boat hits a rotting tree trunk wandering in the river and rocks violently.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 B/P: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 1 = 4

Unbeknownst to the Aulurius though, the acid on his skin begins to burn him. Concentration check DC13 to keep your spell.

Acid: 1d4 ⇒ 2

At the of every round from here Aulurius can make a reflex save to negate further acid dmg and entangled.

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Combat Round

Gariath -3, Tanbu
Drake -2
Axe, Sulana, Aulurius -8 (Reflex end of the round), Bahram -2

Hoo boy, I should have died.

Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Concentration: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

With the dragon in melee range, Aulurius cries out in pain at the acid burining his skin, draws his scimitar, and attacks.
Scimitar: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The Stirge will act exactly as previously described. Do I need to reroll the attacks?

With the drake finally in range, Huntress leaps across the ship and goes to bite the drake.

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
damage: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Aulirius, I'll let it slide but technically you should have rolled your save as the last thing since the save comes at the end of your turn. And no need to fill the stirge again.

Apologies, I'll keep that in mind going forward. Sleep deprived me thought it would be at the end of the round as in the end of the Drake's turn, not mine. Thank you for setting me straight.

Tanbu snaps off another shot at the thing.
bow shot w melee penalty: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 4 = 12
dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

a +1 bab would come in really handy right now.

Bahram al-Urgug hesitates, thinking about drawing his greataxe and moving up to prepare an attack, then deciding it would probably just fly away once he got there. He finally decides just to try and shoot the thing. Maybe it will land on the boat latter? wisdom bonus of -1 not good for decision making

shortbow, piercing: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 81d6 ⇒ 2

+1 dex, +2 luck, -4 shooting into melee

Round 2

Sulana's eyes widen as the creature targets the trapped Aulurius. "Leave. Him. ALONE!" Aulurius looks really hurt have to get its attention away from him it was smart enough to plan an ambush maybe it can understand..."I'M the one hurting you, monster!"

Once again she raises her bow, focusing entirely on the drake.

Composite longbow, PBS, BS: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
P. Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Gariath steps up closer and lifts his short bow to take a shot.

Short Bow: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15
DMG: 1d6 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

retcon in case a stirge grapples the drake to the floor: Bahram would in that case draw his axe as a move action and move up to the combatants as a second move action.

He may fall in the water if the grapple causes him to fall. I was mostly hoping for a moment to recover from near death.

Just want to point out, effective grapple from a stirge is not a true grapple, doesn't hinder any movement per say. Also stirges are tiny size creatures, and against a medium size dragon it's physically not going to be able to hinder his wings to cause it to fall, it might take penalties to fly check but that is the most that will happen.

Welllllll... whoops. Maybe the con damage will be enough to make a difference?

And lower his dex bonus? But also make it harder to hit for shooting into melee. There's alot going on with this grapple.

Technically right now I'm in melee as well, and the stirge only lasts one round

haha! True. It's a moot point then.

Axe moves next to the drake and pull out Timon and yell " Time to end this, attack Timon"
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 131d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The river drake proves to be a ferocious creature as it eyes closely on his prey avoiding most of the arrows and hits coming his way demonstrating superior flying ability.
Only Aulurius and Sulana's attack's hit

In retaliation, the creature snaps hard at Aulurius causing him to fall unconscious after sustaining heavy injuries. With the dwarf fallen, the creature turns his attention to the closest pathfinder to fend Axe off with a tail slap. Axe dodges timely to avoid a hit.

Fly: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 12 - 2 = 24

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 B/P: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 4) + 1 = 9
tail slap: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 B: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Acid: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Technically, since Aulurius is unconscious he automatically fails reflex checks, but I will allow someone to take a standard action to clean up the acid from him. If they would like to assist the fallen dwarf.

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Combat Round 3/4

Gariath -3, Tanbu
Drake -11
Axe, Sulana, Aulurius -18 (Unconscious/dying), Bahram

stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 8 ⇒ (9) + 1 - 8 = 2

The acid covering Aulurius starts mixing with the blood of his bite wound. and takes 1 damage

I'll post for Huntress later

Tanbu rushes forward but can't get to the druid in time.

He shoots again with the bow.

bow shot w melee penalty: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 4 = 14
dmg P: 1d4 ⇒ 1

"Help the druid. He's dying."

Bahram will skirt around the entangled area and clear off the acid from Rhen, with bow still in hand.

if Sulana can't drop this thing we are going to be in trouble. If that thing spits acid we are all done for. Maybe I should try my axe

Huntress roars ferociously upon seeing her partner fall. She bites and lashes with her claws with a vengeance.

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Claw: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Claw: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Round 3

Sulana screams as she sees Aulurius go down. NO! I should have helped him more killed this thing faster why am I so useless!!!

Seeing Bahram go to clear the acid off, she remembers "His bag! There's a healing potion!"

Joining the group now will just make them a juicier target. Her best hope is to draw the creature's attention by hurting it more. "Remember I'M your enemy!"

Composite longbow, PBS, BS: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
P. Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Unfortunately her panic causes her to miss the shot entirely.

...oops.

Axe turns to his side and pull out Aulurius potion from his bag prop him up against the life boat in the middle and pours the potion down his throat "Stay with us I still need protection from Huntress, cant have you dying and me becoming a snack"
not sure if I need to roll anything or if I'm allowed to attack

potion: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Some of the Dwarf's wounds bind together and he is stable... for now.

Axe, you would have needed 2 actions to do what you just did, so you're turn is completed.

Axe and Bahram comes to Aulurius aid, but the Dwarf is still unconscious for the time being.

Meanwhile the rest tries to keep the drake at bay, but fails to make their attacks count!

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Combat Round 3/4

Gariath -3, Tanbu
Drake -11
Axe, Sulana, Aulurius -12 (Unconscious/stable),Bahram

Gariath attempts to make another bow attack at the drake. Let’s hope for the best.

Short Bow: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20
DMG: 1d6 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3