Hookie paddles furiously as Variel punches the lobster. The first attack bounces off its exoskeleton, but Milady's diztraction allows Variel to punch it in the eye.
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
Milady starts to sing, bolstering everyone's courage, and inspiring them!
"Lobster lobster!
Boil it and eat with butter!" +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects.
And then she waves her hands around and casts one of her hair pints at the lobster--
Telekinetic Projectile, piercing damage so it seems the only drawback is that "piercing ranged attacks made by an underwater creature or against an underwater target have their range increments halved", so 15 feet should be fine.
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
"Ouch!"
As the lobster pinches, Milady, she tries to fight off the poison--
Fortitude, Expert:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
--and then the constriction.
Fortitude, Expert:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
LN Human Male | Fighter 1 | AC 18 (20 w/Raise Shield)| HP 19/19 |Fort: +6, Ref: +8, Will: +5 | Percep: +5 | Focus: 0 | Hero Points: 0 | Medium | Speed 25 ft | Class DC: +17 (T)
Ixlilton, barely avoiding the orange lobster's pincer, draws his weapon (Interact) and stabs twice (Strike, Strike) at the overgrown crustacean while floating in the water!
"Damn it all! I'm really starting to dislike seafood!"
Milady: I was just kidding about the Reflex save - sorry for any confusion!
Ixlilton (and Variel), as you're now threatened, you'll need to make a Swim check as one of your actions or begin sinking. The Athletics DC is 10 (calm water) but it does take an action to swim (you can move up to 10' as part of making that Swim check). You can also choose to not Swim, which means you will begin sinking. You'll then use 1 breath and sink 10 feet.
Milady: I had originally assumed you didn't need to make this check, as you're being carried. But I need to look up the exact rules, I've never played - or GMed - with a hireling before.
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
The Hireling is just a way to add a Skill.
Milady suffers anything she would if she had to roll the Skill.
You have recruited a non-combat hireling who can assist you with a certain set of skill checks. This ally performs the selected skills with a total modifier equal to 2 + your level, and they are considered trained in the skills. You must expend any actions and be in range to perform the action yourself, and any consequences of these actions affect you (such as falling when using Athletics to Climb).
NG male human (skilled) Redeemer Champion 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 | F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +1 | speed 25| focus 1/1| Active Conditions: ---
I would like to use my Glimpse of Redemption Reaction on Milady's behalf.
Glimpse of Redemption:
Trigger An enemy damages your ally, and both are within 15 feet of you.
Your foe hesitates under the weight of sin as visions of redemption play in their mind’s eye.
The foe must choose one of the following options:
-The ally is unharmed by the triggering damage.
-The ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 3. After the damaging effect is applied, the enemy becomes enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.
"Hey! Take your claws off of her! There are surely better things you could be doing with your life."
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
Milady Inspires Courage--
"Claw claw
What a flaw!
Leave Milady alone
You old drone..." +1 to attack & damage all (Escape from Grab has the Attack trait)
Chippendale tries to yank Milady's leg away--
Chippendale's Athletics, trained, w. IC:1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 25
--and does a masterful job!
|"My hero!", squeals Milady.
Nat' 20, so Crit' success =You get free and remove the grabbed condition & can then Stride up to 5 feet, if possible
--Chippendale floats some 5 feet away,
and then tries to swim off--
(if check needed?) Chippendale's Athletics, trained:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
--and get some distance--
Chippendale's Athletics, trained:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
--and even more!
So: does Milady move 5 feet + then 10 feet + 10 feet?
Not sure what RAW is on crit successing an underwater Grab but you get 20' from the swim and I'm fine field-ruling 25' because it does say Stride. However, there's also the question of whether Escaping triggers the lobster to wake up - I'm going to field rule yes it does wake because it's more invasive than someone nudging it.
NG Male Elf Monk 2 | HP 23/26 | AC 18 | F +6 R +8 W +9 | Perc +5 (+7 to seek unseen within 30')| Stealth +6 | Speed 35' | Active Conditions: Grabbed
Fort vs Poison:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19Success, no poison Fort vs Constrict:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22Success, 1/2 damage So 2 slashing from the initial hit, and 1 bludgeoning from the constrict.
1st action: Escape check Escape:1d2 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8Crit Fail, can't try again this turn
Variel puffs up his muscles as the lobster squeezes, but doesn't manage to get himself free.
So since I'm grabbed, I have the immobilized condition, meaning I can't take a Swim action because it has the move trait. However, since I'm grabbed, I assume that means I can't sink unless the lobster drags me down? Since I was on the surface when I started, I don't think I need to hold my breath. Regardless, since I can't move and can't escape, all that's left is to attack.
2nd action: enter Tiger stance, which does not have the move trait. 3rd action: Flurry of Blows with Tiger Claw, taking -2 for slashing attack underwater, +1 for Inspire Courage.
Realizing he is completely stuck, Variel holds his fingers like a cat's claws, and rakes across the lobster's body, trying to crack the carapace.
Attack #1:1d20 + 7 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 2 + 1 = 25Damage:1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4 Potential crit there, if so then lobster also has 1d4 persistent bleed.
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
Milady inspires courage--
+1 to Hit & Damage to all
--and then she Seeks in a 30 foot cone (in the yellow lines) in front of her and the Goblin raft--
Perception (Expert):1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
--moving along (the yellow arrow) if the does not see anything.
LN Human Male | Fighter 1 | AC 18 (20 w/Raise Shield)| HP 19/19 |Fort: +6, Ref: +8, Will: +5 | Percep: +5 | Focus: 0 | Hero Points: 0 | Medium | Speed 25 ft | Class DC: +17 (T)
Swim:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 (Don't think so. Will use my hero point) Swim:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Ixlilton almost sinks because of the weight of his armor, yet he finds the strength necessary to swim forward and stab the lobster thing one more time.
Gazard will use his focus spell on the Lobster. Focus spells, don't use a spell slot, but have their own function and mechanics, they can only be used once per day.
Force bolt functions a lot like magic missile dmg:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Is the wizard Focus Spell different from, say the champion's? Because champion Focus Spells can be recharged with a 10-minute Refocus action (Exploration).
Can I move the raft out of there without provoking? Same as the champions. Lobster should have -11 HP after I hit it, but I'm thinking Variel did hit it once, so even more negatives.
Gazard: Yes, it should have been -11. I don't know what the rules are on provoking. They don't have AoOs so it's moot. Also, if you don't move, Variel gets flanking and hits.
Variel swims up (Correct - no check needed.) and punches the lobster out.
End of combat.
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With no other monsters in the vicinity, seeking the rest of the shards is trivial. The first batch of escapees quickly boards the Rolanna's Prayer, and Daffrid pleads with you to make sure her partner makes it out.
---
You don't actually have anything to do for the rest of the day. If you're spending it at the inn, you can take 2 Medicine checks on Yuleg's daughter. Decide how everyone is leaving. You'll need to walk down a dock and face several challenges.
Resources mentioned earlier in the adventure: each of you has a set of papers which allow you (personally) to pass through all the checkpoints. In addition, you have 3 barrels, wagon/mules, Garrla's uniform, Flitch's disguise kit, Garrla's blackmail book, and you Forged two sets of papers which seem pretty good.
In addition to the above, you are free to improvise beyond what's directly listed here - you guys haven't been improvising much so I'll try to seed the group with some ideas that are directly hypothesized in the scenario as written: you can pass the papers back around so that multiple people can use them with a Sleight of Hand check, you can use animal form to pretend there are fewer people than there are, etc.
You also have accumulated 7 Treasure Bundles (losing Themolin cost you 3) - you can use those as bribes as a last resort, but I'll need some kind of supermajority vote as using those will lower your Treasure on the Chronicle.
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
"So!
We must get Daffrid's partner, Yuleg and daughter Elena, and Garrla out,
So that is four.
Since we all have papers--
--we could use the two sets of forged papers for Yuleg and Elena.
Garrla's uniform-- either on Garrla, or, if we are afraid she is recognized, on Daffrid's partner.
And then the disguise kit on Garrla or Daffrid's partner, the one not with the uniform.
Also, we use Garrla's blackmail book to gain less attention etc. while passing when that guard is on duty.
While, at the same time, making a diversion by attracting attention.
And thus onto the Merry Mayflower and away..."
Sure - it's 8 hours so you can do two more. But they may have different DCs from each other and from your first ones, so you'll need to specify who's getting which one.
Variel produces two more forged documents. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, these will just be backup and nobody's holding them.
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The team arrives at the docks to find lines of people waiting to proceed through the checkpoint and board nearby ships. Two Emerald Guards are stationed here. Garrla whispers that the more senior guard on duty is Ellvard. The junior guard appears to be just following Ellvard's lead.
"What did she just say?" Taffrit (Daffrid's husband) says, a little too loudly.
Diplomacy to Request he shut up, or Society to frame the answer in a way that won't attract attention.
HP 41/41| 2/2 Focus Points | Spells slots: 3/3@lvl 1 ; 2/2@lvl 2 | 1/1 +1 Hero Point | Perc’ [Ex.] +10 ; Stealth [Un.] +0 ; Speed 25 ft. | AC 18 | Fort' [Ex.] +9 ; Ref' [Ex.] +8 ; Will [Ex.] +10
Active conditions: recovery check DC 9 + dying value |Godless Healing
Milady smiles at Taffrit: "If I may, Mister Daffrid husband, dear Taffrit, as I would tell my beloved husband Archibald: shut the eff up!... pretty please." Diplomacy, trained:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
