[PFS Outpost III] GM PDK'S PFS RPG 'HONOR'S ECHO' (Inactive)

Game Master Purple Dragon Knight

Jain will circle around the other way and peer into the windows.

Broken boards covered in graffiti are nailed over the door and windows. The painted words across the boards are written in a strange language...

Jain remarks that it appears that chunks of the backyard fence were used as material source.

Stavarg looks suspiciously at the used shovel and the boarding on the windows.

All is not right here...

He relaxes his arms over what remains of the fence and scans the side of the house for better clues about who or what might be boarded up inside.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Barrels and bales of hay populate the backyard; you see a mound of loose dirt in one corner and a recently used shovel in the other.

Any luck with the lock in the front? If not...

Disable Device: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Cillian easily picks the rusty padlock. It clicks open with a few flakes of rust falling to the ground. However, the door appears barred from the inside.

GM PDK wrote:

Broken boards covered in graffiti are nailed over the door and windows. The painted words across the boards are written in a strange language...

Jain remarks that it appears that chunks of the backyard fence were used as material source.

I assumed that they were not large boards covering the whole window, and thus there would be some gaps that might allow a small peek.

Cillian hustles around the wooden structure. "Careful. The front door was barred from the inside. Someone, or some thing had to do that."

@Jain: the windows have wooden shutters; then the boards have been nailed on top of it. There are no gaps.

That's a whole lot of trouble to ensure one's privacy, don't you think?

{Follows sword}

"Aww, but why?"

"Because, I said so."

That's a whole lot of trouble to ensure one's privacy, don't you think?

"Agreed," Claremguard replies. "However, being barred from within would suggest that the one we seek is still inside."

With blade in hand, the paladin returns to the front door. Then, in a loud voice, he calls out, "Vereena Alcasti! We are members of the Pathfinder Society sent here by your cousin. We wish to report on your well-being and also look over some of your family keepsakes in the hopes of restoring honor to members of your family!"

He waits a moment for a response. If none is forthcoming, he continues to shout, "We know that you are inside. We pray not in distress. Yet, your failure to answer the door, has given us cause for concern. Please, bid us entry. Otherwise, we must assume that some harm has befallen you and we will be forced to rush the door in the hope of rendering aid!"

The paladin waits for a response.

"I could hold your sword while you do that."

No response from Deepmar. Or from the cottage you're banging on.

Maybe we are assuming he is still inside. And if so, who or what is he hiding from? The investigator looks around the outside of the cottage for tracks or other telltale signs.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Cillian finds several footprints from small, clawed bipedal creatures.

Other than that I've already listed the features to may warrant some further investigation

Stavarg hears Clarmguard's shouting and begins to move cautiously to the gate along the East side of the fence. He takes one step into the yard, and looks to see if there is any apparent movement between the slats of boarding on the nearby window.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Stavarg sees nothing. The slats have no gaps between them and are perfectly overlapped with another layer of boards nailed perpendicularly underneath. Rather well done Stavarg thinks...

Given the fortifications the door is too obvious. What do you think about just blasting through the window?

He asks Jain, who is nearby, using a soft voice that doesn't carry unnecessarily far.

"Or the roof? Less likely to be trapped."

@Cillian: you did not hear what Stavarg just said.

If you think you are capable of blasting through it, be my guest.

Stavarg stands back and allows electrical energy to gather around him. He yells out ti give a warning.

If an Alcasti is inside, please duck down below the level of the windows for the next several moments!

He sends a series of blasts to the nearby boarded window.

I presume v.s. AC 5

kinetic blast vs. touch AC, electricity damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
kinetic blast vs. touch AC, electricity damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 111d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
kinetic blast vs. touch AC, electricity damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

He stops as soon as his blasts clear the. boards and allow visibility through the window.

He calls out again in a loud voice.

All clear!

Stavarg's attacks are ineffective against the thick overlapping wood boards.

Energy Attacks

Energy attacks deal half damage to most objects. Divide the damage by 2 before applying the object’s hardness. Some energy types might be particularly effective against certain objects, subject to GM discretion. For example, fire might do full damage against parchment, cloth, and other objects that burn easily. Sonic might do full damage against glass and crystal objects.

Okay, brute force from Claremguard it is :)

It did make quite a bit of noise though! ;)

To clarify: door to the west is unlocked and barred from the inside, and the door in the backyard hasn't been checked. Also, party is split at the moment; please confirm the current placement is correct.

Jimmothy continues pestering Claremguard, the bearer of Soldier's Morning's Glory, and sticks to him like glue.

To clarify: door to the west is unlocked and barred from the inside, and the door in the backyard hasn't been checked. Also, party is split at the moment; please confirm the current placement is correct.

In that case...

Realizing that the rear door hasn't been checked, Claremguard advances to the back of the house, attempting to ignore the pestering of the boy Pathfinder as he does so.
Moved Claremguard and Jimothy tokens.

The paladin gives the door a quick once over.
Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

Spotting nothing out of the ordinary, he attempts to open the door.

Should we use force to enter? If there is no other way...

Claremguard Perc.: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Jimmothy Perc.: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10

Claremguard Reflex: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12
Falling dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Spikes: 1d4 ⇒ 2
spike1 atk: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
spike2 atk: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
spike2 CONFIRM: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
spike1 dmg: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
spike2 dmg: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Jimmothy Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Falling dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Spikes: 1d4 ⇒ 1
spike1 atk: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
spike1 dmg: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Claremguard and Jimmothy fall into a deadly trap and blackness fills their vision as they fall unconscious, impaled on very long and sharp pieces of porcelain. Stavarg and Jain look on in horror as Cillian and Mallycorn round the corner and approach, unsure of what just happened!

Round 1 [Bold may go]
???
Stavarg
Jain
Mallycorn
Jimmothy -12 [unconscious, dying]
Claremguard -17 [unconscious, dying]
Cillian

Noting missing team members and a large hole in the ground, the investigator quickly surmises the most likely event. "We've got to get down there! Does anyone have some rope?" The elf desperately look around for anything to use as a way to safely enter the pit.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

If there is no quick solution (clothes line or such), would it be possible to hang from the lip and drop safely in with an Acrobatics check?

Spikes at the bottom; safely dropping is not an option. Human chain or rope held by friends on top is the only quick option. Nothing offered by the map would help you lower someone to the very bottom where your two prone unconscious friends lie.

Con check DC 10: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4

Jain circles around the edge of the pit and casts stabilize on Claremguard.

@Jain: you can't reach Claremguard he's at the bottom of a 10' spiked pit and prone

Stabilize is range: close. I don't need to reach him.

Ah, ok. Great then! :)

Cillian looks for something that would help him climb down around the backyard but finds nothing; Jain stops Claremguard's bleeding from a distance using her divine gifts; young Jimmothy's blood sprays upwards as one of his arteries seems to have been punctured badly.

Round 1 [Bold may go]
???
Jain
Jimmothy -13 [unconscious, dying]
Stavarg
Mallycorn
Claremguard -17 [unconscious, stable]
Cillian [move action taken for Perception; standard action remains]

I spent a standard action to move to the pit.

Thanks! wasn't sure where you had started your move; thought it was a 5 ft. step.

Round 1 [Bold may go]
???
Jain
Jimmothy -13 [unconscious, dying]
Cillian
Stavarg
Mallycorn
Claremguard -17 [unconscious, stable]

Stavarg moves around the next edge of the pit just beyond Jain. He focuses on the door while his teammates tend to their fallen.

I'm guessing he didn't get the door open before falling? IF it's still boarded up and closed...

He continues on around the edge to the far corner of the pit that's right in front of the door. He leans down just a bit and knocks on the door.

[move] 30'

Mallycorn nods at Jain, and calls Pharasma's blessing, tracing a spiral in the air with his finger and sending a shroud of greyish, slow energy

Channel: 1d6 ⇒ 6

That should both stop the bleeding and heal some of the wounds

Stavarg hears laughter from small creatures as he knocks on the door, and several of them say in unison, "Yth geou qe harkt mrith wux! heeeeeeee-hee-hee-hee-hee!!"

Mallycorn steps to the lip of the hole and channels healing energies upon his fallen colleagues. Both of them stir to consciousness!

Soldier's Glory furthers pour healing into Claremguard, "Take charge, Paladin! have them drop a rope and get the kid to climb it! I'll heal the kid next when he's safe and behind cover topside! I sense multiple hostiles behind that door loading crossbows!"

Cure Light Wounds, Claremguard: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Round 1 [Bold may go]
???
Jain
Jimmothy -7 [prone]
Cillian
Stavarg
Mallycorn
Claremguard -1 [prone]

"Well urged, Soldier's Glory, and thank you for your healing grace." Claremguard replies.

"Pathfinders, Claremguard lives!" cries the paladin from within the pit to his allies above. "But the youth has been skewered! Lower a rope and we shall heft him up! Yet, be warned, for the Honored Blade has sensed a number of threats beyond the portal ahead and believes them armed with crossbows at the ready!"

The holy knight then turns his attention to the bleeding boy. Believing him to be unconscious, Claremguard nevertheless whispers into the boyish Pathfinder's ear, "Cling to life, young Jimmothy Gettum! For soon you will find yourself both restored to health and holding fast to the sword, just as you have so long desired."

"Well urged, Soldier's Glory, and thank you for your healing grace." Claremguard replies.

"Pathfinders, Claremguard lives!" cries the paladin from within the pit to his allies above.

"Aw, but I don't wanna go to school." says Jimmothy rolling over on his spike trying to get comfortable.

Claremguard stands up and hoists the boy above his shoulders for others near the edge to grab him. The boy grabs on to Mallycorn's ankles firmly, no longer in danger of falling if he can merely hoist himself over the lip with his own strength or if one of the heroes topside drag him to safety.

Then...

...the sound of more feet converging near the closed door...

...the sound of more crossbows being loaded...

...and laughter... pure, evil, unadulterated pint-sized laughter...

Round 2 [Bold may go]
???
Jain
Jimmothy -7 [climbing, holding a dwarf's ankles]
Cillian
Stavarg
Mallycorn
Claremguard -1

Claremguard stands up and hoists the boy above his shoulders for others near the edge to grab him. The boy grabs on to Mallycorn's ankles firmly....

"Golly Mallycorn, those wool socks must keep your legs warm."

Hanging there one handed he invokes his summoner's courage.

Casts mage armor on himself.

"Why am I in a hole?"

Is it possible for stavarg to simply reach over and open the door, but otherwise stay off to the side so he's not in plain shot?

You can lean over as a move action to attempt opening the door, but you'll have to risk a Ref Save or fall into the pit.

Mallycorn chuckles as Jimmothy makes his remark about school when he comes back to conciousness.

Life is a schooling, everyday we learn. I'm glad I've been able to lenghten your days…

He pushes himself on the side, to avoid being taken as a target by whatever is inside

Mallycorn drags Jimmothy out of the hole when he makes his 5-ft step to the southeast.