GM Jhaeman's The Dark Menagerie (Inactive)

Game Master Jhaeman

Dat's spear-finger attacks work to deadly effect, and the shark-man's body floats away, lifeless.

Hal switches to his light crossbow, loads a bolt, moves to get a better shot, and aims for the big wormy looking thing.

"Hopefully I can hit it from here."

I think that's all my moves...

Spackle joins the others near the front. Taking stock of the situation. "Empty Kegs! How're'n suppose ta deal with this? I mean, I gots me an arrow with a grapplin' hook. Should we try ta pull one out?" The gnome knocks the three-pronged arrow and lets fly.

Grapply Hook arrow vs Yellow {IC/Underwater}: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 20
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Lingering Performance, first round of two. No rounds of bardic performance consumed this round

Spackle's special arrow hits one of the shark-men, but unfortunately the grapple doesn't catch.

From what I can tell, a grappling hook only grapples a living target if it's a critical hit. But I might be misunderstanding the grapple arrow, so please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I'm not sure where the d10 for damage comes from--my GoogleFu is weak today!

Initiative (Round 2)

Xilt
Deldri
Shark-Men
Hal
Spackle
Dat
Tubular Creature
Bom

Bold may go!

No idea how the grapple would have worked. It was just the only idea I had. The d10 damage is the orc hornbow from a Chronicle sheet. 2d6 for medium creatures. Only available to PFS characters on this particular chronicle.

No worries--I've marked down the damage. It was a good shot, especially since it had cover.

With the large prehistoric elephant mostly out of the way, Bom and Ulfur advance, but seeing Dat is unharmed, decides not to interfere unless called upon.

"What an odd place this has turned out to be."

"Yes."

I think Dat should be able to earth glide over and punch the creatures from the wall.

Initiative (Round 3)

Xilt
Deldri
Shark-Men
Hal
Spackle
Dat
Tubular Creature
Bom

Bold may go!

Xilt moves up next to Spackle and peers into the doorway.

"Hide and seek is it? Well hide from this."

Four magical darts leave Xilt's fingertip and head straight towards the injured shark-man.

Magic Missile: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 1) + 4 = 13

I am assuming line of sight/effect from this square. If not he has additional 20 feet of movement remaining to adjust his position.

The little Mephit flies over the head of his halfling ally and give him a small wave before attempting a salvo of his own at the injured shark-man.

UMD, Wand of MM: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
MM Damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) + 3 = 9

With another barrage of magic missiles, Xilt and his familiar strike down another of the shark-men. Now, only one remains.

Deldri hangs back.

He uses his copycat power to create and image of himself and grabs his crossbow from his backpack.

"It looks we we got them in hand!"

The remaining shark-man grips his spear, but doesn't throw it yet.

Initiative (Round 3)

Xilt
Deldri
Shark-Men
Hal
Spackle
Dat
Tubular Creature
Bom

Bold may go!

Hal lets a bolt fly at the Shark-fella.

Range Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Ironically, when it's Bom's turn, I'll just delay and you can put me in the block with Xilt and Deldri to speed things up...:)

Hal takes careful aim, and his crossbow bolt plunges into the water and strikes the shark-man.

I'm starting to feel sorry for these adaro :)

Well, so far these encounters seem underpowered....but you won't hear me complaining!!

"Oy lads, seems ta be fewer 'n fewer of 'em. Let's see ifin we can't finish the job."

Hornbow vs Black {IC/Water}: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 2 - 2 = 10
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Seeing his errant shot, "Aw dregs!"

Lingering Performance, second round of two. No rounds of bardic performance consumed this round.

Dat, you're up.

Dat advances carefully, unsure whether the large tubular creature is dangerous or not.

Botting Dat as taking a 5' step and then readying an action to attack the tubular creature if it attacks anyone in the party.

Initiative (Round 4)

Xilt
Deldri
Bom
Shark-Men
Hal
Spackle
Dat
Tubular Creature

Bold may go!

Deldri feeling braves powers past the party towards the tubular creature.

"OK guys I'm feeling crazy!"

double move, I get an AoO I think"

The impetuous Mephit flies over Hal's head wand in hand.

"You go get him. I am right behind you."

He tries another attempt at using his wand of Magic Missile at the last Shark-Man and three bolts of magical energy fly towards the creature.

UMD: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
MM Damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 4) + 3 = 12

"Tzleztor. You get back here. We do not understand this air tunnel yet. It might not be exactly stable."

The wizard examines the corridor to see if his words have any validity.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25

He carefully places a consumed pearl of power back into his pocket and draws a fresh one to use.

Bom sees the narrow passage and as he is about to enter, he hears Xilt's warning and decides, he'll wait until the wizard says its safe to enter.

Delay

The shark-man is badly hurt from the mephit's magical attack. As Deldri moves deeper into the room, the tubular creature doesn't react, but the shark-man hurls his spear and hits the gnome in the abdomen!

Deldri, you take 9 points of damage and need to roll a DC 15 Fortitude save vs. poison.

The shark-man had a readied action to throw the spear if anything came within the range increment. Since Bom delayed, he'll use his move action on his turn to draw another spear.

Initiative (Round 4)

Xilt
Deldri
Shark-Men
Hal
Spackle
Dat
Bom
Tubular Creature

Bold may go!

Xilt speaks dismissively to Tzleztor but it could as easily be directed at the others.

"Alright. The air tunnel is an ancient magic so it is unlikely to collapse at this very moment. Have your fun then."

The mephit grins defiantly at Xilt. Despite being a familiar he is tired of the wizard's stick in the mud mentality.

"Thanks, Grandpa. I will."

With his concerns abated, Bom rushes forward, aided by his enhanced movement, draws his longsword, and attacks.

Longsword with Inspire and Power Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"Ulfur, you like fish, don't you?" Uflur, right on Bom's heels, lunges at the sharkman

Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Trip?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Dat points his flingers like spears trying to strike the jelly like body of the creature.

UAS: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 14 + 1 = 30
Damage: 1d4 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 2 = 12

UAS: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d4 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 = 13

The shark-man stabs at Ulfur as the wolf jumps into the fray, but the animal twists in mid-air and avoids the strike! Ulfur then bites down hard on the fish-monster's leg, and more blood spurts into the water. The creature is barely standing. Fortunately for it, Bom's longsword swing loses momentum when it connects with the water and misses.

Meanwhile, Dat decides to attack the sedate tubular sea creature! His attacks pierce the creature's flesh easily.

The Adaro's AoO against the wolf missed, the wolf's bite hit (even with the -2 penalty for piercing attacks from the "surface" to underwater), and Bom's longsword attack is blocked because it's a slashing weapon. The Adaro is bleeding from multiple wounds and barely conscious.

Dat, both your attacks hit. The giant sea anemone has a readied action from last round, but it hasn't been triggered yet.

Spackle, you're up and then it's the anemone's turn.

Jes can't be lettin' well enough alone can we now? "Alright boyos, let's finish this 'n move on."

Standard action to start Inspire Courage. +2 to hit/ +2 to damage / + 2 to saves vs CHARM & FEAR

Third round of twenty-five. 22 round remain.

Deldri tries to ward off the poison.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

using reroll

reroll: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

The giant sea creature responds to Dat's attacks by lashing out with a tentacle, but he dodges it easily.

Deldri, that was a good use of the reroll, because the anemone's readied action was to attack anything "weak or incapacitated" within range, and being paralyzed would definitely trigger!

Initiative (Round 5)

Xilt
Deldri
Shark-Men
Hal
Spackle
Dat
Bom
Tubular Creature

Bold may go!

Tzleztor lets loose with his wand again. Targeting the Shark-Man.

UMD, Wand of Magic Missile: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

He waves the wand but it sort of fizzles. It has had its run for the day.

"Drat. I guess I will have to try a new trick then."

He pouts and sheathes his wand in a slot in his bandolier.

The Wizard chuckles in the background as the wand fizzles. He recalls an actual spell with his pearl of power and places the consumed pearl back in his pocket.

Bom delays for Uflur to attack

Bite vs Adaro: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

If that kills the sharkman

Bom sheaths his sword and tries to grab the adaro's weapon.

Sorry Bom, you're not up yet--you delayed previously and that moved you to the group of PCs after the shark-man but before the giant anemone. It's Deldri's turn, then the shark-man, and then you and the others.

I delayed waiting for Xilt to indicate that the tunnel was safe, which is what he would have done on his turn, so I would have moved right after Xilt. To put it another way, I was simply waiting for you to resolve his K. check. Oh, I see you did not wait for Book to take his turn. So be it. That will be Ulfurs attack when it is his turn.

You took an action in Round 4 (moving in and attacking) from near the end of the order (Xilt was speaking as a free action out of turn), and we're now in Round 5 and your turn hasn't come up yet.

Xilts check would have been resolved on his turn and he would have conveyed the knowledge on his turn, but you didn't provide it before advancing init, so he had no choice. But stuff happens in pbp, so we can just keep it as you have it

For his round 4, or When it's his turn again...

Hal will shoot another bolt, this time at the weird tubular looking thing.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Deldri will attack the tube thing.

"there's water here. Let's see if this works"

attack bard song: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

damage: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Hal's crossbow bolt drills into the strange sea creature, and it's waving tentacles become more and more feeble. Deldri swings his hammer at it, but the blow just bounces off the creature's flesh.

Hal, very sorry I skipped you last round! You can go ahead and immediately take another turn.

Deldri, your light hammer is a bludgeoning weapon and thus can't be used from the "surface" against a submerged foe.

The sole remaining shark-man turns its attention to the wolf that is savaging him, but Ulfur finishes him off first! Bom grabs the spear as it floats limply away in a swirl of blood.

That first link is giving some trouble, so here's the thread in long-form: https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qi88&page=1?clarification-needed-Thornkee p-Dark

Thanks for running!

Anyone interested in the next part?

GM Jhaeman's other table is full.

Thanks for running. It was a quick level up for these characters. :)

Thanks GM! it was a fun one.

Fantastic GMing....I would totally play any scenario Jhaeman runs in the future. Please let me know!

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the kind words--it's the incentive every GM needs to want to run more games.

I'm going to set this game to Inactive, but if you need anything, just PM me.

Everything looks good on the chronicle.

Well played all. Thank you for a great game.

GM Jhaeman, I'm Kivuli Greyfeather at the other table, so I get to enjoy your stylings for a while longer.

Thanks all. Well done, GM.
Hope to play with you all soon,