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

Game Master Batpony

Gariath will attempt to open then trap door and look down it.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Sulana accepts Bahram's help in groggily getting back to her feet. "Ow, ow, ow...sorry Tanbu, I think I'm going to need a couple more charges from that wand."

Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Or just one, I guess. Yay for rolling well for once.

Feeling much more healthy, Sulana looks around sheepishly. "That was really, really loud, wasn't it. Sorry everyone. Bahram's right, we need to move. Gariath, do you see anything down there?"

Map is orientated in the same direction as the inn for your reference. Update yourselves on the map as usual based on what you are doing.

Down the ladder, a wooden ladder in the southeast corner descends from above into this untidy chamber. Some pieces of broken furniture lie scattered across the floor, along with some soiled clothing. An oaken door is to the west and a corridor leads north.

A cursory examination of the clothing lying about the room definitely looks to be belonging to humanoids of a dwarvern built. The door nearby is unlocked.

Aulurius will follow down into the secret hall. Seeing the door, he will try to listen through the door and look through any windows/keyholes/etc. available.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

No keyhole.

Aulurius does no discern any movement or speeches coming from the other side of the door.

Sulana positions herself so that she can see/hear along the northern corridor, but won’t go any further until everyone’s present. She has her bow drawn, just in case. Don't want to be surprised by a guard walking in. If there is one, they’ll have been alerted by that racket upstairs.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

In the meantime she’ll gather up the scattered clothing. Keeping her voice down, she explains, ”Soiled or not, I expect our representatives will want their clothes back once we find them.”

Assuming they’re alive.

Tanbu follows down the ladder. He begins his safety checks.

traps check of door to south: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 Is the door locked?

He then listens to the north and examines the ground for sighs of recent travel. perception north: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Assuming he finds nothing unusual, "Which way do you want to try?"

In case you missed in the last two post, the door is unlocked.

Neither Sulana nor Tanbu discerns anything out of the ordinary or signs of movement or life in the secret cellar. Just an eerie silence...

With great axe in hand, Bahram will advance to the door with Sulana and Tanbu and concentrate a detect magic on the door as well. If nothing is found, Bahram will volunteer to go in first.

"Can you believe that this is still the same day that the river Drake almost did us in? I was sure the sun was going to bleach our bones, now we may be able to save someone else within these rooms. Life is a fickle thing."

Gariath stands at the ready with kukri and dagger his hands.

Sorry, I missed the 'unlocked' sentence. I will try to not ask things that are already explained. I think i read somewhere you will roll trap checks too. I did that wrong also. Sorry again.

Tanbu, looking up the ladder, speaks up it. "If you are coming, get down here. I think we found something."

Tanbu pulls his sword and walks to the door. He waits a little for folks to get into the room and prepare. He holds up 3 fingers and starts to count them down. On 'fist', he opens the door.

People may be enjoying the weekend. I thought I would give them an opportunity to get in the room before opening the door or releasing the trap. I don't mind someone watching the stable door though.

Doors are always hard to do in PBP. Seems like they use a lot of energy for no benefit. You always check for traps, listen at them, check if locked, wait for everyone to decide to open them and then on the other side there is a short hall with another door.

"Sorry guys lost track of time upstairs"
Axe climbs down the stairs and meets up with everyone else in the room

Tanbu, you're good, it's better to clarify if you're not sure. I will always though refer to a previous post if I've already stated it as a nature of reminding players that you might miss out things, so pay attention to detail, and also because from a narrative it doesn't make sense to post the same thing twice.

Also, I certainly do not roll perception traps for players! I fully expect my players to notify me when they are looking for traps and generally pause when an opportunity to check traps come up.

With regards to dungeon exploration, in a typically long dungeon I do ask for a "order" of activities, which room preference? who does what upon entering a new room...etc, to help speed things up. But because this is a tiny dungeon in comparison, we're okay without it. Though I will intervene to move the group if need to.

With no magic or traps detected on the door, the group moves carefully to explore and finds a unremarkable room bare and featureless save for a few faint bloodstains on the floor. Immediately nearby is another unlocked door.

Bahram swipes a finger through the bloodstain on the floor to see if it is fresh, and then puts a detect magic on the next door, and possibly into the next room.

Tanbu approaches the door and examines it for traps.
perc traps: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 He then listens at it.
perception listening to door: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

If neither turn up anything he will open the door in a similar fashion waiting for others to be ready and hand counting down the action.

I will definitely keep perception check coming then. Thanks for straightening me out.

Sulana moves into the new room, peering closely at the bloodstains. What happened here? There aren't very many, did someone resist and get hit for it? Any indication of where they went from here?

She looks to see if there's any kind of blood trail that would give a possible direction for which way the injured person might have been taken.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

I'll usually try to indicate what exactly I'm looking for, but the perception checks are also looking for anything generally unusual.

The bloodstains are generally dried, and don't seem to be pointing in any direction in particular. No magic, traps nor movement is discerned in the immediate area once more.

Tanbu boldly turns down the next door when the group is prepared.

This area is bare save for a rickety side table and chair set against the north wall. A set of keys lies on the table, alongside a browned, half-eaten apple, stale crust of bread, and dull paring knife. Several similar looking jail cells line the corridor.

Cell descriptions
The door to this jail cell has a small window at eye level, blocked by three vertical iron bars. Matted straw is strewn across the floor, and a set of manacles hangs affixed to the wall opposite the entrance. Two buckets sit at the center of this dank prison.

Several of those cells contained a single dwarf wearing nothing but underclothes bounded to the wall with manacles. They seem to be either unconscious, or exhausted to the point where they've given up on life.

F6 are unoccupied, F7 are cells with the imprisoned dwarves. What do you do? Also feel free to make heal checks to identify the dwarves conditions.

"we need to find out what's going on here are these criminals or are they in here for being dwarves"

Can I do a diplomacy check to see why they are in here,if I can this is what i do

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Axe sneaks up to the jail cell on F7 and whispers.

"Are you ok? who are you? why are you in here?"

Bahram moves just inside the door.

"Someone grab the keys! Alurius, see if you can see what's wrong with them. I'll guard the door. The people imprisoning them are sure to be along shortly."

Bahram will ready a ghost sound to throw down to F2 if he hears people coming.

"I don't care who they are. We are taking them with us. Sulana use the wand like a beautiful angel of mercy. Nobody deserves this type of treatment."
perception for traps: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Tanbu takes the keys and unlocks all of the cells.

"We are here to help you but you need to stay quiet. We are not out of this mess yet. We have a way out, but only if you remain quiet. Aulurius has your chothes."
diplomacy to calm them: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
that is wrong. Tanbu is only +5 on diplomacy. That roll stinks.

Sulana rushes forward, using the wand on all three of the captured dwarves. As she does so, she mutters to Axe, "Who else could they be? We were sent to rescue three dwarves, and here they are. And even if by some random coincidence they aren't the ones we're looking for, I agree with Tanbu. I wouldn't leave anyone, criminal or no, in this hellhole."

Moving from right to left

Wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Trying to sound reassuring, she tells the prisoners, "It'll be okay, don't worry. We're here to rescue you."

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13

Sorry for the MIA guys.

Aulurius retrieves the clothing from the first room and tries to match it to the prisoners.

"We come on behalf of the Pathfinder Society. We're looking for the diplomats from Highhelm. Be that ye? We're here to rescue ya and take ya t' yer destination."

Diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Gariath will stand guard with Tanbu.

They barely regain consciousness although they are in no way in good health as you retrieve them from the cell using the keys. The doors make loud screeching noises but it seems that there are no guards to react to the ruckus.

By this time it is certain that these dwarves are the missing persons you seek.

One of the dwarves by the name of Rakuska, musters up enough strength to whisper the envoys' ordeal: they bypassed Xer only to be waylaid by a faith barge and have all their funds extorted from them before they were captured—though not without a fierce fight. The three were brought to this place with hoods over their heads, which their captors removed only when the party arrived at the inn’s gate. They’ve been interrogated twice by a “merciless Razmiri cleric calling herself Holy Ahendile,” who she reports is convinced the dwarves are in the country for some subversive, nefarious purpose. A mute boy brought them food infrequently and that they saw some smiling old ladies only on their arrival here.

Aulurius looks over the dwarves to see if they could survive an escape attempt and to assess what kinds of injuries they have sustained.

Heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

"I'm sorry you went through what you went through. It's sad to know that the innkeeper sisters are in on this as well. Can ye travel and make it back to our boat?" Aulurius speaks aloud.

The Dwarf then whispers quietly, "Metella Rauger and Amauhak are traveling with us and can take your place in Mendev if need be, I just want to try to get ye out of here."

Stealth: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1

So much for whispering! I'm practically yelling apparently.

As soon as the captives are getting care, Tanbu returns to the stairs and watches the barn entrance. stealth to hide and watch door: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Since they are all having similar conditions, it is actually only 1 heal check, and the first check did not pass the DC.

They nod their heads indicating they have the strength to travel back, albeit they don't look like they would be in a good condition should danger come about.

So far, nothing has appeared to have come even though you have been relatively noisy.

"Should we go back out the same way, where they may be waiting on us, or see if we can find an alternate exit?"

"Rakuska, you said that your hoods were removed upon reaching the inn's gates. Were you taken to this place by the trapdoor in the stables, or by another entrance?"

Addressing Bahram, Sulana adds "I'm inclined to get out of here as fast as possible in the hopes of slipping out before anyone else arrives. I doubt the innkeeper is capable of confronting us, but we don't know where the stable boy went. If there isn't a second exit that these dwarves know about, or some reason to search the premises more thoroughly, I vote we leave the way we came."

Their memory is foggy, but they are certain they did not come in by the stables. They believe the entrance taken to was from somewhere within the Inn itself.

"oh, we certainly don't want to do that. Back out the stables and make a straight shot back to the boat then I say."

"A thought. We've made quite a bit of noise, yet no one has come to investigate. We posed as religious folk to get in here. Could it be that the innkeepers believe we are here to interrogate? What if we threw hoods o'er our 'prisoners'' heads and marched them out?"

Aulurius turns to Rakuska and asks, "Ye mentioned a Holy Ahendile. When was she due back? And what did she accuse ye of doing?"

"Yes, yes. Aulurius that could work. I still think we should go the way we came to decrease the chance that we see anyone, but the hoods could work as a good back up if needed."

"Sounds good, do we have these hoods?"
Tanbu does not remember seeing any.

"Let's just get going." "If we get into trouble, just tell them to lie down and we will try to keep the action away from them." "Sulana, if you could give a quick description of the route to the boat, that would at least give them an idea of where to head if we get separated."

Tanbu and Garlath could go first. Bahram and Aulurius go next with the dwarves. Sulana and Axe, bring up the rear and cover with ranged weapons or other actions. Let's head back the way we came.

Rakuska and the rest shrug as they tell you there seems to be no pattern in their interrogations, only that they were put away and questioned whenever it was desired. There was no proper accusation, just that they argued that they believe the dwarves were planning to act in a manner against the state and did not believe them when they explained they were not here to bear ill.

Are we good to go back the way which you came from?

Sulana nods, quickly describing the route back to the boat for the emissaries, just in case. "I agree with going back the way we came; we know that's clear. Or was."

Once the group starts moving she follows behind the dwarves, ready to start firing arrows at the first sign of trouble.

Axe says to the group "sounds like a plan let's get out of here before someone sees us"Axe draws out his wakizashi

"Let's move slow and cautiously."

Agrees with the plan

Tanbu stealthily moves to the door of the barn and peeks out. If clear he will move towards the inn complex exit.
perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
stealth: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

"Fantastic plan Tanbu. Let's get out of here while we can."

Aulurius takes his place on one side of the Dwarven "prisoners."

Gariath follows Tanbu out into the barn and heads towards the inn exit as well. If clear he’ll motion for the others to follow.

Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Apologies everyone, busy working week. Let's get this show back on the road to the grand conclusion!

As Gariath and Tanbu peeks out the door, they are immediately alarmed as a few Razmiran thugs are patrolling the courtyard. "There! By the barn door!" One of them reacts as they spot the opening door.

One of the thugs is on the roof. (Black square) So you will need to take him out via range, or climb the up the ledge with a DC15 climb check as a single move action. i.e. you need your whole move action to do this check

In the centre of the courtyard, a masked woman, turns her head and speaks calmly. "You can surrender or we will forcefully take you in for crimes against Razmiran."

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Combat Round 1
Conditions: Dim light. (Is anyone carrying a light source?)

Tanbu, Sulana, Aulurius
Baddies
Axe, Gariath, Bahram

Forgot to mention earlier, but since it is night, it's dim light conditions, so if you needed a light source, you can retcon that in. New map is also up.

Sulana curses under her breath. "Stay down!" she hisses to the emissaries, then runs to get a view of the situation. Strange woman, two crossbowman...no, three!

"We've seen how you treat those you take into custody" she snarls at the woman, then fires a single shot at the bowman on the roof.

Composite longbow, PBS: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
P. Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

I think the thug on the roof is within 30 feet, but if not subtract one from both attack and damage. Not that it matters with that roll. Also, Sulana does not have a light source nor do I think she would have lit one, given that we were trying to be stealthy. Would you like me to normally roll the 20% miss chance for concealment or would you prefer to do that yourself?

Tanbu seeing the masked figure rushes forward to strike a blow.

short sword stroke: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
sword dmg P: 1d4 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (1, 3) = 11
miss chance low is miss: 1d100 ⇒ 69

"This is a trap."

Aulurius mutters a prayer to Golarion herself and touches Huntress before moving up to get in melee range, scimitar in hand from escorting the "prisoners." Cast guidance on Huntress.

Huntress bounds beside the woman in the middle of the courtyard, flanking with Tanbu, and bites at her.

Bite, flank, guidance: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

For the record, I prefer if players rolled miss chance, low being miss is normally how I do it.

Sulana and Tanbu quickly react in hopes to catch the enemies off guard! But their vision is stinted in the dark of the night. Following closely, running out of the from the barn is the tiger and his druid master. The Huntress pounces and bites the sorcerer! She scowls at the creature.

Huntress, how is it considered a flank? It would hit without the +2 bonus but probably good to clarify the flanking. I don't see any teamwork feats on Huntress or Tanbu to allow flanking adjacent.

"How dare you attack!" She responds by taking a step back and casting fire upon her enemies.

Burning hands!: 3d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) = 8 DC 14 reflex halves, Tanbu, Huntress, and Aulurius are in the area of effect.

Each guard takes aim at the closest enemy, shooting bolts from all directions! Huntress is badly injured.

light crossbow vs Aulurius: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 P: 1d8 ⇒ 4
Miss chance?: 1d100 ⇒ 58

light crossbow vs Huntress: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 P: 1d8 ⇒ 7
Miss chance?: 1d100 ⇒ 72

light crossbow vs Huntress: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 P: 1d8 ⇒ 2
Miss chance?: 1d100 ⇒ 37 Retcon vs Tanbu, but missed regardless.

Looks like huntress is going to be unconscious either way :(

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Combat Round 1/2
Conditions: Dim light.

Tanbu -?, Sulana, Aulurius -? Huntress -7-? (unconscious)
Ahendile -2, Baddies
Axe, Gariath, Bahram

Retcon is in order, seems like huntress position didn't sync from the google slides app. Also I forgot these guys have point blank shot so damage updated below.

The sorcerer moves back. Provoking from Tanbu and Huntress. And Aulurius is no longer a target of burning hands.

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Combat Round 1/2
Conditions: Dim light.

Tanbu -?, Sulana, Aulurius -5 Huntress -8-? (unconscious)
Ahendile -2, Baddies
Axe, Gariath, Bahram

Bahram emerges from the stable, hearing the ruckus, and moves toward the closest enemy. Seeing that the threats are spread out, he applies a swift action of arcane strike to hopefully drop him in one swing.

great axe: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 171d12 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Bahram's gamble pays off as he knocks out one of the thugs with a powerful strike of his axe.