[PFS2] 1-12 Burden of Envy (GM Watery Soup) (Inactive)

Game Master Watery Soup

"Then we must leave.

But... you want to leave also?
Maybe we leave together?"

"I don't want to leave." His eyes narrow as he gets what you're hinting at. "Not any more. I've changed my mind."

"M'lady is a bit too direct." Ixlilton checks to see that they are alone in the office before continuing. "Listen up, Themolin. We're here to extract you on behalf of your good friend Guaril. You supposedly found something and now you want out, right?"

As much as Themolin didn't want to talk about rafts, he's outright spooked by the mention of Guaril.

"I don't know a Guaril! I don't know any accounting irregularities!"

Milady and Ixlilton, please make a Diplomacy check (you can roleplay the result if you'd like). Ixlilton, you'll take a -2 penalty for mentioning Guaril.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

Ho, ho ho! That's a really bad result. Although I think Ixlilton would rather intimidate him more than be diplomatic.

Ixlilton growls, angry and frustrated of living in the sewers, eating pickled fish and having spent hours working on creating rafts. This is it. The little pencil pusher is panicking after the great lengths he went to to try and be civilized and not grab him by the collar of his shirt and shake the twerp senseless.

"Now, you listen to me, you whining little man! We need to leave now or we can leave you to rot here until someone finds out that you know something about those irregularities. I wonder how well your head fits in a pike!", Ixlilton ends up snarling and leaning into him. "Which will it be?"

Hookie looks up at the sweet smelling Ixilton. "Pike am being the fish or am being the spear? Hookie am not thinking his head am working well on fish."

Diplomacy, trained: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
And a nice crit' fail!

Milady, tired from all the comings and goings in the sewers, and seeing all those muscular men--
slaps the man!

(crit' fail says the attitude decreases, so...

"What are you? An Infant? I changed my mind!, I'll change your mind all right!
Pack up. We're leaving."

Variel blinks at how quickly things escalated, but not having any skill at negotiation, he stays out of it.

Themolin reels from the slap. He looks unfriendly.

Intimidate and Deception are valid paths forward as well. You just need to roleplay them appropriately.

Seeing things getting a little heated, Regus tries to step in.

"Don't mind them too much Themolin, we've been in this city for a few days now and it's really starting to wear on us. I can't imagine how people live here permanently, it must be just awful. We'll just get out of your hair here. We've got preparations to make so we can get back to civilization. If you change your mind just come meet us. Don't take too long though, we cant stay here much longer. It'll drive us all crazy."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Doesn't look like this guy is coming...

Even worse, because he's already unfriendly, that's a crit fail.

"Go! Get out of here!"

Seeing the party not moving fast enough, he yells, "Guards! GUARDS!"

You hurry out. The man who was flirting with the receptionist the previous day eyes you with suspicion as you pass by.

The guards chase you to the edge of the property, and wait around a bit to make sure you leave.

---

That's it for the locations. You'll still need to decide who's escorting the people out on the rafts. Two people will be required to bring each raft into the sewers, so two people can bring 2 barrels to sewer Craft.

Milady looks at Regus: "Well, that went well!"

She then laughs: "I've not run like that since I was... well, a little girl!"

Hookie places a barrel over his head and marches straight into the wall. Once he's set right, he carries it after the others.

I will help craft

Ixlilton grumbles under his breath during the trip back. "Want to wring that little weasel. This is what I get for trying to be diplomatic about things. Sometimes people just understand violence better."

Back in the sewers, he turns Hookie in the right direction and states quite grumpily, "As I said yesterday, I'll escort the refugees. Who else is with me?"

"It is probably safest for us to stay together. We will just need to house the ones who are staying to ride home with us somewhere while we are getting the first group out."

Flitch isn't happy about the number of people staying in his hideout, but it's just one more night before sweet sweet freedom so he won't complain too much.

I'm going to take this as consensus that you're sticking together. Everyone's sleeping in the tunnels tonight, Yuleg and Elena will meet Garrla at the Rockfish Inn, and everyone who wants to Craft, post a Craft check. If nobody succeeds in the Raft Craft, then there should be a draft for those who have to swim aft.

Craft: 1d20 ⇒ 7

I'm afraid to post a craft check because I don't want to ruin any materials ... if there are materials left over and the group wants me to try, my untrained bonus would be +1.

+1 is tied for second best in this group. Gazard: +4, Variel and Ixlilton +1, Regus and Hookie: 0, Milady: -1. I'll post Gazard's, which is the highest, and he's already confirmed he's trying, and then there will be no ambiguity.

Gazard Craft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Gazard crafts, but neither completes a raft nor ruins a barrel.

Hookie crafts, and manages to turn the barrel into a smaller barrel now unsuitable for anything.

3 barrels left.

MIlady looks around: "Well, isn't this enjoyable! Sleeping in the sewers. Filth, smell, promiscuity, and bad beds. I love the Pathfinder Society.
What's that? Hammer and old barrel? No, I will not, thank you. I'll just make some tea instead..."

She will, however, discreetly try to help, pushing some objects over when they are needed by the crafters, using her magical powers--

--using Prestidigitation to try and sweet talk the GM into giving a +1 circumstance bonus to the next Crafting check, maybe?

Ixlilton mutters about how he's a soldier and not a carpenter. As the days go on in the city, his good humor is strained. It doesn't help that it's getting hot and crowded in the sewers as well.

Crafting: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

He stands up angrily after two hours' of work, cursing loudly about pickles and rafts.

sweet talk the GM into giving a +1 circumstance bonus to the next Crafting check, maybe?

Sounds more fun than having to learn the PF2 Swim rules!

Variel Craft: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 = 10

I guess it's time to read up! The forecast for tomorrow morning is calm water, but if it starts getting turbulent, you'll have to make Athletics checks.

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After a good night's rest, six adventurers and five civilians drag the two rafts through the tunnel. Upon reaching the water’s edge at the end of the tunnel, the ship, Rolanna’s Prayer, can be seen roughly 250 feet across the cove toward the horizon. Its crew remains below deck to avoid drawing attention and provides no assistance.

The water is calm, pure, and 40 feet deep.

Raft statistics: Hardness 5, HP 20 (BT 10); Immunities critical hits, object immunities, precision damage. A raft is 2 Bulk.

No more procrastination - who's on the raft, who's swimming?

Place yourselves on Slide 4. Three of you can be on the rafts with the civilians - their locations won't be marked, you can switch places with them freely. Each player can spend an action to propel the raft 10 feet in any direction. The Rolanna's Prayer is to the northwest.

Round 1!

Milady
Gazard
Ixlilton
Hookie
Variel
Regus

(I'll be swimming, I guess)

Milady removes a shoe, and dips her pinky into the water.

"I used to go skinny-dipping all the time, in the coves of Kortos Island! Too bad we did not come here in the moonlight."

And she promptly starts to undress, handing her clothes and gear to the young tall muscular Garundi man who has been following her around all the time.

"Here, Chippendale, carry this for me, will you? That's a darling."

Luckily, Milady wears a thick cotton slip under her dress, and is not revealing any skin.

"Ha! Disappointed, aren't you?!", she tells you before slipping into the water--
--before you can see if she even knows how to swim, Chippendale dives in, and grabs a hold of her, ready to pull her along.
Milady smiles as she nestles in his arms.

Using hireling boon for my athletic checks.
Best Milady swim, since none of her Inspire Courage or spells seem hindered by this.
Just hoping Chippendale will not drown his mistress to be rid of the old lady!

Chippendale is a consummate professional and would never let her drown.

What is Chippendale's Athletics check?

Just in case, I have his bonus listed on my sheet under Skills.

Variel is trained in Athletics with a +7, so I'll swim to leave room for those who need the raft.

Milady, you're up.

I posted the Athletics bonus yesterday, in the spoiler above (+4)
Do I roll? Or need to something else? Or did I just mess it up so you missed it (sorry)?

You don't need to make an Athletics roll right now, because the water is clear. When you do need to make Athletics checks, you can roll in the open - there's nothing to hide. I'll post the DC.

Right now, you can basically move 10' per action you want to spend swimming. People on the raft can move the whole raft 10' per action.

GM, it's not clear where we are going ... where is the boat? I assume it is off the map, but we need to know if it is directly across, or diagonally up as well.

Sorry, I thought you'd be rolling when you asked for the bonus!

The boat is to the northwest (top left of the map).

Chippendale launches from beside the raft, and swims off with Milady, in an arc--
3 Swim actions

As Chippendale swims out, Milady spots some crystalline shards just below the surface of the water. My Axis! If she had swam into that square, the manservant who's carrying her would have taken significant damage!

Round 1!

Milady
Gazard
Ixlilton
Hookie
Variel
Regus

If the boat is in the top left, then what are those brown things on the bottom right?
acrobatics: 6 + 1d20 ⇒ 6 + (9) = 15 to get the raft moving forward. Not sure what else I should be doing
acrobatics: 6 + 1d20 ⇒ 6 + (5) = 11
acrobatics: 6 + 1d20 ⇒ 6 + (5) = 11 3 actions per round, so three rolls right, if you need athletics instead of acrobatics, mine is +1.

Ixlilton bobs his head above the water and swims westwards. He takes a deep breath and sinks his head underwater to see if there are more shards. If he sees any, he will tell the people on the raft. (Seek, +5 Perception) Head breaking the surface, he continues west.

(Swim - Seek - Swim)

The brown things are your rafts, nd the white squares are shard hazards. Gazard is on the raft so no checks are required - just move the raft.

Ixlilton swims. He doesn't spot any other shards in the near vicinity, but he does spot a giant lobster (orange square).

Recall Knowledge is Occultism. Ixlilton, if you want to change your last action to Recall, that's fine, just move yourself back one action.

(I'll do that, thank you. Recall Knowledge Occultism, +1)

"What in blazes is that thing?"

Once he breaks the surface he yells towards the raft, "There's a large lobster up ahead. Beware!"

"Where? Lobster is very fine. Back in the Ivy District we used to have lobster soup when I gave parties. Maybe we can go fish it out?"

Chippendale just keeps on swimming.

"Row! Row! Rowing boat, smelling pickle juice! Merry merry merry merry life is boating dream!" Hookie sings to himself as he rows forward.

Are we still waiting on me? I'm just moving the boat, however far I can move it in one full round.

Can you move it where you want to go? There are hazards in specific squares so I can't move it for you.

Moved it one full move, not sure if water slow us up or not, but if I can doublemove move, that would be another 5 squares along the right edge.

Gazard powers his raft away from the lobster.

Ixlilton spotted it, but it also spotted Ixlilton. It moves up and grabs at Ixlilton with a claw.

Claw, Underwater: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 = 14
Slashing: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 plus Grab

With its other claw, it reaches for Milady.

Claw, Underwater: 1d20 + 9 - 5 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 5 - 2 = 15
Slashing: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 plus Grab

Round 1!

Milady
Gazard
Ixlilton
Orange
Hookie
Variel
Regus

Reminders:
1. Swimmers don't need a check until they are in combat.
2. Rafts move 10' per action.
3. Slashing and Bludeoning underwater -2 to hit.
4. No fire or acid.

"HEY! What the... dinner is grabbing ME?!"

Hookie's raft moves in a sort of forward motion.

All three actions to move!

Just to make sure I'm reading the map right ... the orange square is the lobster, and white square is some sort of shard? I'm not sure what that means - is it an obstacle in the water?

Brown are the rafts, white are the shard(s), orange is a lobster.

OK, still not clear on what a "shard" is, but I'm assuming it's a non-creature obstacle of some sort.

Variel swims up to help fight off the giant crustacean.

Two swim actions get me 20 feet without a check before I get into combat. Third action to Flurry of Blows against the lobster.

Attack #1: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 2 = 17 damage (B): 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Attack #2: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 3 - 2 = 18 damage (B): 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

EDIT: Does Milady provide a flank? If so, the lobster is Flat-Footed to Variel's attacks.