[OSP] GM PaleDim's PFS#10-10 The Shattered Shield CORE [Tier 1-5] (Inactive)

Game Master PaleDim

Hootie doesn't strike. She knows better.

As the creature tries to stand Kirrote takes full advantage of its unguarded state.

battleaxe@monster, two-handed, flanking: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 12 + 2 = 15
damage,two-handed: 1d12 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 3 = 12

Stinky rolls...

CORRECTION I forgot the initial 3 damage from the breaking glass, Hootie should now be unconscious and bleeding out. Also, the creature's claws inflict bleed. Kirrote's bleed was stopped via Aldran's curing, but Hootie still has bleeding, and so automatically fails stabilization checks (meaning you have 8 rounds to heal her).

Botting Yangrit, because I know she's out of town now.

Cold Iron Kama: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 221d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

The dwarf piles on as the creatures works back to its feet, along with her teammates. Her kama is held flush with her forearm, the blade jutting out to the side like a natural hook appendage to her limb. She wields it just as naturally, planting the entire blade in the mass of flesh.

However, there's still a lot of meat on this creature, and the party notices their gashes and stabs are damaging it, but not at the level they would expect from their exertions.

Now that the creature has its footing, blows taken, it turns its attention to Yangrit. It rears back with one of its large arms and swings a claw at her.

Thankfully the monk is still sharp on her feet and deftly dodges, leaving only air for it.

Battle theme!

Round 3
The bold may act

Yangrit -3
Aldran -3
Ahmande -1
Kirrote -22
Gratius -3
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??? -23
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Hootie -27 (bleed, currently dying at -4, dead at -12)

All but hootie are up!

botting Yangrit again for her main turn.

Having stepped aside its flailing claw, the dwarf continues to slash at it.

Flurry of Blows: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 61d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 121d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

She can't seem to pierce the thick skin this time.

@GM don't forget the Inspire Courage bonus ! for her :)

Gratius continues to attack to the best of his ability the creature.

Glaive, IC: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 1 = 18
Damages, IC: 1d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11

Kirrote roars once again and swings with all his might.

greataxe@monster,two-handed,rage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21
damage,two-handed,rage: 1d12 + 6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 3 + 2 = 16

@GM don't forget the Inspire Courage bonus ! for her :)

Yes thank you, I did forget that late at night :) So, does anybody have the acrobatics bonus to get over to hootie with some healing? Or do you think you can do this in eight rounds and then save her?

Edit: forgot I'd come over to heal Kirrote. I'll do that before moving on to other actions. Sorry for the confusion, GM, if you saw this post before I edited it.

Ahmande sees Hootie fall, but she's on the other side of the creature. He had little confidence in his own ability to move past that monstrosity safely, but a glance at Aldran only confirms that the dwarf could only fare worse.

"Aldran, can you get to Hootie? Run around, through the hall maybe?"

Hoping Aldran can help, Ahmande returns his focus to the rest of his allies. "This beastie is tough, but we're far from lost here. Rally around my voice, redouble our efforts!" He quickly looses a charge from his wand of cure light wounds into Kirrote, then stows the wand and steps back.

Ahmande's Acrobatics is only +1; he'd run through the hall to get to Hootie himself, but he needs to stay in the room to keep Inspire Courage up.

Worst case scenario, I channel energy and heal the monster as well.

One other note, in the mummy fight you were able to coerce it to try to move in the grease, forcing it to fall prone alot: a fantastic strategy against a very high-powered/CR creature who has a horrible reflex save as an achilles heel. Your characters can all kind of tell by now that this thing is not *that* slow, but still pretty slow...

Ahmandé, I hadn't seen the post, so any edits are good. Ahmandé/Aldran, I like the strategy of exiting the room through the west and coming back through the other door. Count the squares on the map, but that seems very doable in the 8 rounds. The only disadvantage is if you're suddenly going to be wishing you could heal more of your teammates back on the original side. On the channel strategy: not a bad idea and it would *stop* Hootie's bleeding, thereby giving her a stabilization check. From there she has a fighting chance to succeed at that.

Gratius thrusts with his pole-arm again, but this time it's learned his moves and dodges. Unfortunately for it, it opens itself to Kirrote, who slashes into it.

Ahmandé continues his inspiring words while taking a moment to lessen Kirrote's wound. The half orc is feeling better as the moments pass, not as near to the edge of peril as their companion Hootie now resides.

Aldran ponders the most effective move he could make, and his moment has arrived!

Battle Theme!

Round 3
The bold may act

Yangrit -3
Aldran -3
Ahmande -1
Kirrote -17
Gratius -3
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??? -34
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Hootie -27 (bleed, currently dying at -4, dead at -12)

Aldran is still up!

Sorry I was still thinking we were on round 1. So thinking out of the box..

Aldran Cast Sanctuary upon himself and tries to move past the creature. Hoping his limited spell will block an attack.

Unfortunately his will save to get through your sanctuary is pretty good.

Its massive arm thrusts through Aldran's sanctuary and catches him across the chest with a massive claw as he passes.

24 to hit for 13 dmg, 3 bleed

Now it's time to get creative...

The fleshy construct, suddenly seems feeling confined by the enclosed space in the grease. It turns towards Yangrit and plants its back foot to rush at her...

It seems to keep its footing in the grease and charges towards her, bull rushing her backwards. 10' back. Positions updated on the map.

No Improved Bull Rush, so it draws an AoO from the vicitm (Yangrit).

Battle Theme!

Round 4
The bold may act

Yangrit -3 (Attack of opportunity and your regular turn)
Aldran -19 (bleed 3)
Ahmande -1
Kirrote -17
Gratius -3
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??? -34
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Hootie -27 (bleed 1, currently dying at -4, dead at -12)

Everyone but hootie is up. That channel energy is sound really good with two bleeds in progress :)

AOO:

As the Beastie shoves her backwards, Yangrit slashes at it with her kama in desperation.

Cold Iron Kama: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 201d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Includes Inspire Courage

Her actual turn:

Seeing how easily the big scary thing took out Hootie and Aldran (and almost Kirrote), Yangrit's life flashes before her eyes. Her monk's outfit does not provide any protection whatsoever, after all. She cautiously steps out of the beast's range... (Moved icon back one square)

Acrobatics to leave threatened square: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Kirrote sees another chance to swing at the beast. He raises his greataxe high above his head then brings it down with a solid two-handed swing.

greataxe@creature,rage,two-handed: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11

ugh

Gratius strikes at the creature as she moves through the grease !

Glaive, IC (AoO no Dex): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 1 = 15
Damages: 1d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 = 14

Then Gratius drops his weapon, draws another one and strikes

Silver Morningstar, IC: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 1 = 29
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 1 = 23
Crit Damages, IC: 2d8 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 12 + 2 = 19

Yangrit is able to successfully dodge away from the creature without incurring another (what she assume would be nasty) hit.

Kirrote is still feeling awkward being so close up against the large creature that wielding his axe effectively is elusive.

Gratius leans into it being in his face that thrusts his Glaive into it for another solid gash.

Battle Theme!

Round 4
The bold may act

Yangrit -3
Aldran -19 (bleed 3)
Ahmande -1
Kirrote -17
Gratius -3
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??? -49
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Hootie -27 (bleed 1, currently dying at -4, dead at -12)

Aldran and Ahmande are still up.

The symbol on Aldran's arm has a soft glow as positive energy bursts out.
Channel Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Well at least the bleeding has stopped.

I'll take that any other day. :) Thank you.

"It's desperate! Keep at it; we're going to send this beast back to its maker!!!" Continuing to put distance between himself and the monster, Amhande retrieves another wand and begins the difficult task of activating a summon.

The symbol on Aldran's arm has a soft glow as positive energy bursts out.

[dice=Channel Energy]1d6

Well at least the bleeding has stopped.

From one point of view, that's perfect because you stopped two bleeds and only healed the creature as minimally as possible.

Aldran stops the bleeding for two of his companions, deferring ultimate peril for the time being. He also notices, curiously, that his positive energy does not affect the creature at all. for... reasons :)

It turns to Kirrote and slashes at the half-orc's face, hoping to disorient him while delivering harm.

For whatever reason this time its massive claws glance off of his armor as if it didn't get its feet set before swinging. both misses

Battle Theme!

Round 5
The bold may act

Yangrit -2
Aldran -18
Ahmande
Kirrote -16
Gratius -2
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??? -49
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Hootie -26 (stable at -3, dead at -12)

Everyone but hootie is up.

Silver Morningstar, IC: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13
Damages, IC: 1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 = 9

This time, Gratius fails to bypass the defenses of the creature.

Huffing and puffing more from the intensity of the situation than from exertion, Yangrit's stubby little legs pump and thump down the hallway. She finally reaches the door and grasps the handle. Double move

Kirrote takes a moment to stare at the creature then holds his axe over his shoulder. With a mighty roar he spins in a full circle, bringing the blade around with his arms.

battleaxe@monster,two-handed,rage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28
confirm: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28
damage,two-handed,rage: 1d12 + 6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 3 + 2 = 15
crit damage,two-handed,rage: 1d12 + 6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 3 + 2 = 15
crit damage,two-handed,rage: 1d12 + 6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 3 + 2 = 17

Just a measly 47 in dmg!

Yes, very well timed and that will likely do it. Will update when I get home..

Knowing that we need to get as many people into that fight as possible, with hopes that Yangrit ran away to find help and not that she turned coward.
Aldran reaches down and touches Hootie on the arm.

"Let Torag reforge you."

As the warm feeling of healing magic flows into Hootie
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

I guess Torag does not have much to work with, when dealing with Hootie ;o)

BTW, I assume the extra +3 is from your Powerful Blow?

Kirrote's spin lands his greataxe in the side of the creature, and clean through it at least past would you would presume is its spine. Its face loses all animation, going even more? lifeless as the halves start to fall apart and tumble to the ground.

Victory! Out of combat intiative.

The danger is over, but the Pathfinders are now left wondering where the mysterious woman fled to with the shard. On the bright side, they did find success picking up a couple of items in the auction. And can be used where applicable for the rest of this scenario, so decide who's holding them as we proceed.

While most attendees have actively fled the scene after the appearance of the horrific creature, there are still some milling about just outside of the museum ahead of the Legion's predictable arrival. You have a short time to ask around before they get there.

Assume you're going to get an overnight rest before proceeding, so drain those CLW spells and positive energy channels.

I'm afraid that I did that wrong. The +3 was for two-handed because I didn't realize that the +6 was already incorporating the 1.5x for two-handed. So that means that I did 9 less damage. Sorry about that. We can add back in my +1 for my powerful blow. Does that multiply on the crit? Does that change the outcome?

Yangrit shoulders the door open, bursting into the room in a frenzied rush. "Hang in there Hootie!" Then she stops short. The beast is motionless, in pieces on the floor. All that can be heard is the heavy breathing of her team mates. "...Well. That was not as desperate as I thought." Sheepishly, Yangrit pulls a potion out of her bag, then replaces it with a shrug.

"Now. I want to know what happened here." She stomps out of the room, only to come right back in. "I forgot I had these potions of Cure Light Wounds, and we are likely to be searched shortly. We might as well drink them now and discard the bottles." She lays two potions on the floor and stumps back out to see if she can find anyone who might know where the auctioneer went, or anything else useful.

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

Kirrote: It does not change the outcome :) Carry on.

Yangrit asks around and finds that nobody saw where the auctioneer fled to. She disappeared between the tightly packed houses and shops of this dense neighborhood. and of course everyone can open the spoiler above.

Yangrit asks around and finds that nobody saw where the auctioneer fled to. She disappeared between the tightly packed houses and shops of this dense neighborhood. and of course everyone can open the spoiler above. Decide how you're healing up and we'll move on.

Heal me with my wand. lol

After hearing what Yangrit learned and Hootie back on her two feet, Gratius says.

It was clause, this beast was quite powerful! I hope that their will be no more like that one in the cemetery where it seems that all the problem come from.

Lets prepare for tomorrow.

Ahmande lends his aid to Hootie, healing any remaining injuries with her wand. He does the same for others, as they need. Go ahead and make your rolls as you like!

"Well, I think we're going to need to check out this cemetery in the morning, but let's get out of here now, unless somebody wants to talk to the Pure Legion today?"

With just the damage from the falling glass to deal with, he just cleans up well before laying down for sleep in the evening, and wakes up refreshed.

Returning to the auction hall, Yangrit reports her findings. She grimaces, then downs one of her potions of Cure Light Wounds and sets the empty bottle on the floor, flushed with shame at breaking the law.

Potion of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

She leaves the remaining potion on the floor. Her conscience is burning her for even having them here, even if it is a stupid law. This is a perfect opportunity for her to turn over her contraband in a way that both obeys and protests that ridiculous law.

@GM PaleDim: Let me know if that does anything to her alignment.

After a full night's rest, she'll be up to max HP. Anyone else is allowed to drink that last potion.

Kirrote let's his rage ebb. His shoulders slump a bit as the inevitable exhaustion takes over. He quickly grabs up the potion that Yangrit left on the floor and downs it.

CLW potion: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"I feel a little bit better."

Nope, no alignment shift. If it were purely about *law* as a mechanic, I'm sure you could find laws in cheliax to make her head explode.

All: feel free to retcon any more rest/recovery for this evening. I'm moving us on so we can still finish in time for GDVIII :)

ALHANZIR CEMETERY...

A field of arid soil the color of a rusty blade is littered with grave markers arranged in symmetrical rows. Despite the lack of water, the ground and gravestones are covered with mossy lichens, spiny cacti, and knotted, thorny brambles with pale blossoms that bloom in clumps. A few yucca trees stand between the graves, their trunks the color of bleached bone. None of the more recent, cleaner headstones show any signs of religious patronage, and many of the older headstones bear scars where religious iconography and aphorisms have been chiseled away or ground to dust. Toward the back of the cemetery stand a few cylindrical stone structures with tarnished metal doors.

CLW 5d8 + 5 ⇒ (3, 7, 4, 1, 1) + 5 = 21
Diplomacy 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Perception 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

"Two golden gargoyles seen and I spot Gold dusted palm prints. I'll wager here is where our likely targets are hiding." Hootie is ready to find a suitable place to attempt to hide from sight.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

You have keen eyes Hootie! You're certainly right about that.

Says Gratius, glaive in hands.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

"Are we going through those doors?" Kirrote points at the metal doors at the back.

Once Hootie points out the gargoyles Kirrote spots them. He pulls his battleaxe from his belt.

Knowledge (religion) DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

"This is... ahhh... actually it's a bit too hard to make out. This is definitely a tomb devoted to one specific family, and these figures were once likely representing a deity, but it's all too faded to tell which one anymore."

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Yangrit squints at what Ahmandé is looking at, then shrugs and grunts: "Maybe we will be able to tell from the inside. Are we ready?" Yangrit strides forward and puts her hand on the door, ready to try to open it as soon as everyone else is prepared.

Ready

The door isn’t locked, but it does emit a grinding, sorrowful howl when pushed open. Just peering in, you don't notice anything that isn't plainly obvious.

The door opens onto a long set of stone stairs that descend along a 15-foot-wide passageway, dimly lit by flaming torches set into wall sconces. The stairs descend to a small room with marble floors before descending further.

On arriving on the "landing"... Perception checks please, open spoilers at or below your check.

Slides updated with a new map.

Perception DC25: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 +2 vs human
Perception DC29: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22 +2 vs human

Nothing seems wrong here, but be careful.

Is this a single check or two, @GM?

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

That is high. lol
Add +2 if Human
Perception 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

"Place looks clear. I don't spot anything." Hootie slides in besides her companions......

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 ...(+2 more vs. unusual stonework)

Gah! So close! Any chance there's unusual stonework involved here?