GM Elberion's The Feast of Ravenmoor [PFS] (Inactive)

Game Master GeraintElberion

Ekanta, I am confused. You can pass through an allies square, so you can get where you want to go without needing acrobatics. Was that for flavour?

Sayuki stares in fascination at the scarecrow, not noticing the hooked metal barbs that make up the constructs hands.

Ekanta proves more spritely, dashing around and soundly clubbing the construct.

Vina and Tanya are up.

For those who do not know, with a gaze you can close your eyes (with all of the attendant problems, including a 50% miss chance) or you can avert your gaze (+4 to save but 20% miss chance) or you can just look at it and try to make the save.

Averting Eyes: The opponent avoids looking at the creature’s face, instead looking at its body, watching its shadow, tracking it in a reflective surface, etc. Each round, the opponent has a 50% chance to avoid having to make a saving throw against the gaze attack. The creature with the gaze attack, however, gains concealment against that opponent.

Wearing a Blindfold: The foe cannot see the creature at all (also possible to achieve by turning one’s back on the creature or shutting one’s eyes). The creature with the gaze attack gains total concealment against the opponent.

Staying outside of the scarecrow's gaze range, Vina conjures a mudball and flings it at the scarecrow's eyes!

Casting Mudball

ranged touch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

If the mudball hits, the target is blinded. Each round at the beginning of its turn, a creature blinded by this spell can attempt a Reflex DC 15 saving throw to shake off the mud, ending the effect. The mudball can also be wiped off by the creature affected by it or by a creature adjacent to the creature affected by it as a standard action.

NOTE TO GM: I believe in this particular situation mud in the scarecrow's eyes would cancel its Gaze attack yes?

Lakadee then moves in, taking a swipe at the thing with his flaying limbs. Immune to mind-affecting effects.

Slam, Magic Fang: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 1 = 23
dmg: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (2, 4) + 7 + 1 = 14

Ekanta, I am confused. You can pass through an allies square, so you can get where you want to go without needing acrobatics. Was that for flavour?

I figured I'd cut it close, so that if I made my Acrobatics check, no harm done, and if I failed, I'd drain it of its AoO - basically giving it a chance without taking too much risk to myself.

Casting Mudball

Last time I checked, race-exclusive spells (UNLIKE deity-exclusive spells), were truly exclusive to those races. :/

Tanya, standing outside the range of the Gaze effect, realizes she has no great position to shoot the scarecrow. She waits for the other Pathfinders to move into favorable positions before firing at the Scarecrow.
-4 Penalty for Melee, +2 AC for cover from Allies, outside of 30ft range for Point Blank Shot.
Delay.

@GM if Mudball doesn't work assume Vina just memorized Produce Flame instead

fire dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Oops, good spot Vina.

Sayuki chance to avoid making save, high is good: 1d2 ⇒ 1

I am fate's favorite chewtoy this round, it would seem!

Ekanta, I understand.

AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

The scarecrow swings and misses at Ekanta. Vina and Lackadee are far more accurate. Tanya waits for an opening.

The scarecrow swings again for Ekanta.
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The clumsy creation's claws barely miss Ekanta, but it's enough.

Sayuki (fascinated)
Vina
Ekanta
Tanya

Scarecrow (-42)

Linka
Salvius
Bold are up!

Do I get another attempt to break it, or am I sitting until something threatens me?

Lakadee seems puzzled as to why these dead sticks are still standing. He continues to bludgeon.

Slam, Magic Fang: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 = 28
dmg: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6) + 7 + 1 = 20

Slam, Magic Fang: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 1 = 24
dmg: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1, 2) + 7 + 1 = 11

Vina continues to hurl fire, this time careful not to hit Ekanta.

ranged touch, shooting into melee: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 7 - 4 = 9
fire dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

”Bop, bop!! Haha~”

Sayuki, unless you have a special way to get a new save (like the amulet that lets you save every round against ongoing effects) then you are stuck.

Not that it matters because...

Lackadee pulverises the scarecrow into pieces that collapse onto the scruffy yard.

out of initiative.

"That was intense! I haven't cast fire magic in years..." says Vina, shaking from the adrenaline and rejoining with her beloved tree friend post-haste. "You ok Sayuki?"

With the subject of her fascination now a flattened stack of hay and splinters, Sayuki shakes her head to clear it, then gives a little thumbs-up as her brain reboots.

”Nnnnnever betterrr,” she slurs.

Linka pulls out some questionable vials, but looks up at the sound of splinters and tucks the back away.

Guess he didn't need any help.

Now what?

Sayuki listens to see if she can tell whether or not they were heard fighting in the yard. If there's no clear indication one way or the other, she'll return to sneaking. Taking 10 on both!

Linka waits for Sayuki to slip ahead.

Scouting around to the rear of the building, Sayuki finds a fetid pond, some trailing plants and a half-collapsed building. What she does not find is an alternative way in to the Chenowitz Place.

Sayuki scoots scouts along the back, then comes back around the other side. Once they've all assembled-- assuming no further interruptions-- she shares with the party what, if anything, she's seen through the windows.

The windows are boarded up and it is dark within. All except for the south-west corner where some flickering lights can be seen between the boards. Squinting through the boards, Sayuki makes out two candles on a shelf. By their light she makes out a broken chair, legs splayed in the air, and a worn-out mattress.

What now? The front door? The outbuildings?

Front door works for me, but I've done my specialty (aside from diplomacy), so I'll let the front-liners decide how to go about it ;P

Before they continue, Sayuki takes a deep breath, shakes her hair out... and transforms.

Linka readies her volatile cocktails for the opening of the door.

Tanya watches the transformation Sayuki undergoes.
I suppose I shouldn't trust her entirely.

I assume Ekanta is opening the door? What will lackadee do if it is narrow, wait outside or squeeze in?

I assume Ekanta is opening the door?

Uh...sure, I guess so; sorry for my hiatus. I'm not sure where it is, though, so please move me to wherever it is.

Ekanta takes a moment to stare at Sayuki's transformation, but then rallies and (without turning his back on Sayuki) tries the front door.

Perception check because why the hell not: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

@GM: I'm unsure of what's happening at the moment so Vina and Lakadee will stay outside and let the sneaky door openers do their thing(s)! :) PS: did Sayuki complete her perimeter search? are there other doors at the back?

Sayuki completed her perimeter search; no other doors, windows are boarded, one has a faint light coming from inside. We’re now just going with good ol’ “get in there with weapons drawn.”

Vina, I have revealved what Sayuki saw on the map, if that helps.

As you step up to the house, twisted and entwined vines of dead ivy
drape the rotting columns and broken boards of this rickety porch, creating a thick curtain of vegetation.

As Ekanta pushes through the vegetation, he finds a deformed human skeleton tangled in the vines.

The door feels brittle and creaks open, revealing a large interior space.

A cold hearth dominates this large room. Between the mostly collapsed internal walls and separate jumbles of crumbled furniture, it seems that this large room may have once been several smaller rooms. A rickety ladder leads to what looks like an upper loft above, visible through several large holes in the overhanging ceiling above. A large wooden cage sits in the southwest corner of the room.

Ekanta, however, is more taken by the appearance of two people in cultist masks and robes, swinging poisoned sickles.

attack: 1d20 ⇒ 15
damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

attack: 1d20 ⇒ 18
damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Ekanta makes the mistake of being flat-footed and gets a sickle to the chest for his troubles.
Ekanta, could we have a DC14 fortitude save, please.

Sayuki
Ekanta (-4)

Green Cultist

Salvius
Tanya
Vina

Red Cultist

Linka

Bold are up!

Ekanta makes the mistake of being flat-footed and gets a sickle to the chest for his troubles.

I'm sorry, is there an anti-magic field or something like that in THIS one-infested-pig town? Because short of that, I cannot be flat-footed!!! Care to retcon?

Sayuki whistles and moves quickly and nimbly inside, her steps creaking on the wood as she flicks her kunai into her hand.

Acrobatics vs. AoO: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

"Masks, masks, masks!" chuckles the fox, reaching around and tugging one cultist's down over their eyes.

Dirty Trick: Blind vs. Green: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
If that succeeded, it cannot be removed for 1 turn.

"Throw down your weapons now, and we won't have to kill you!"

GM Elberion wrote:

Ekanta makes the mistake of being flat-footed and gets a sickle to the chest for his troubles.

I'm sorry, is there an anti-magic field or something like that in THIS one-infested-pig town? Because short of that, I cannot be flat-footed!!! Care to retcon?

[ooc}Well, I'm only human, but maybe there is, who knows...[/ooc]

Oh, fine, have it your way. But all of the NPCs are getting mythic levels from now on!

Ekanta blinks, time seems to stands still, the sickle heading for his chest bends through the air and he is untouched.

Green grabs at his mask with his free hand, "The strangers! They're here! Help!"

"We're here! We're strange! Get used to it!"

"We're here! We're strange! Get used to it!"

Sayuki the Duplicitous wrote:

"We're here! We're strange! Get used to it!"

True Story: Someone back in high school told me that should be my theme song.

Ekanta gives Sayuki a moment's perplexed glance before his staff begins whirling almost as though it has a life of its own...

masterwork dual-balanced quarterstaff, flank vs Reverend Green: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

masterwork dual-balanced quarterstaff vs Reverend Green: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 You've gotta be kidding me.
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

...and what happens now, DM? Hopefully his blindness helps.

Blinded creatures lose their Dex bonus to AC and take a -2 penalty to it, so unless these cultists are wearing heavy armor...

I forgot to add a flanking bonus to my Dirty Trick, but it wasn't important in the end anyway!

I didn't write this module so...

Ekanta floors Green and smacks red around the head.

Sayuki
Ekanta (-4)

Green Cultist (-11, unconscious, dying)

Salvius
Tanya
Vina

Red Cultist (-6)

Linka

Bold are up!

Not hearing any cries for help coming from the house infiltration team, Vina directs Lakadee south to peer around the corner.

Vina casts Guidance on Lakadee; Lakadee double moves

Salvius, knowing Tanya is also a ranged combatant, opts to get behind Link and fire off a spell with his wand. "Werd!"-he spins it around and an ice shard flies towards the green cultist!

Touch att+PBS: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 = 14 vs touch AC with cover
Cold dmg: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

And, Salvius downs the red cultist.

Sayuki
Ekanta (-4)

Green Cultist (-11, unconscious, dying)

Salvius
Tanya
Vina

Red Cultist (-9, unconscious and dying)

Linka

Bold are up!

Vina, could Lackadee make a perception check, please?