PF2 - Fall of Plaguestone

Game Master Nevynxxx

I won't blame you Elo and Qrik if you run away. :-) Good luck Val with your Dying check.

I won't blame you Elo and Qrik if you run away. :-) Good luck Val with your Dying check.

When you’re dying, at the start of each of your turns, you must attempt a flat check with a DC equal to 10 + your current dying value to see if you get better or worse. This is called a recovery check. The effects of this check are as follows.

Critical Success Your dying value is reduced by 2.
Success Your dying value is reduced by 1.
Failure Your dying value increases by 1.
Critical Failure Your dying value increases by 2.

Round 4
Init 25
HP 34/34
Hero Points 2/3
Effects Mage Armor, Frightened 1

Whoa, teammates down. Qrik, give me cover fire while I administer to Val! Team kobolds for the win!

The kobold looks as frightened and taken aback as you've ever seen him, which is saying something since he tends to be even-keeled with a cigar.

◆ Stride to Q12
◆ Interact: draw minor elixir of life
◆ Interact: administer minor elixir of life to Val
minor elixir of life, val: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Val gains a +1 item bonus to save vs diseases and poisons for 10 minutes.

Wow

Yeah, they are big scary beasts, even when on low HP... The crit didn't help...

Also worth noting that the tiny bit of healing that Elo has done moves you from Dying to wounded.

Here's hoping we can recover from here!

Round 4
Init 9
HP 34/34
Hero Points ?/?
Effects Mage Armor, Frightened 1

I should be behind Bwes on the map. I moved closer earlier to be able to arc into the back monster.

Qrik focuses and sends three magic missiles into the bloodied beast!

Cast x3 Magic Missile.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) + 3 = 8

I am going to admit. I was hoping for a little more there.

There was pain… then darkness… then painful light as cracked and broken ribs sucked air into his chest!

Iomadae Preserve!

He stands.

Raises shield.

And swings, desperate!

Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 - 1 = 14 for 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1) + 3 = 5

I am out of favour with the gods it seems…

But in his weakened injured and frightened state the blade bounces off the creature hide without any meaningful effect.

Bwessara's unconscious body lies on the floor.

I'm not rolling through for 1HP.....

Qrik throws bolts of fire at the creature that looms over Val. The slam into it, the force causing it to stagger for a moment and crashdown.

End of combat

Val is awake, Bwess is unconscious but will wake in a few minutes.

Val works on Bwes using a heal kit.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26… worth +2d8 unless I am mistaken.

2d8 ⇒ (7, 6) = 13 plus if relevant 2d8 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

Then he works on himself

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 for 2d8 ⇒ (3, 7) = 10

Hey! The risk paid off! I didn't realize we were that close to the end.

Nice shot Qrik!

Elo releases an exasperated sigh.

It doesn't usually go like that for us. It's not supposed to go like that...

He nervously draws his next cigar and lights it. It's clear he's on edge and coming down from that experience.

He looks down at Val working.

Bwess is going to be okay, right? How are you feeling Val?

I have Bwess on 19/30 and Val on 13/44 now.

"Big guys can hit hard. But we all survived. I am pretty tired though. We should probably rest and patch up our wounds if we can." Qrik says as he looks with concern at his friends wounds.

Bwessara becomes aware that she is lying on her back and that her left leg is bent under her. Everything hurts to some degree. Rolling onto her side she gets to her feet, noticing her clothes and armor are stained in blood. Hers she presumes.

Seeing the two owlbears, she chuckles. "Well done, well done. Worth a cigar indeed." She groans while recovering her whip from the ground. "Yes, let's find a place to rest and heal. You can tell me how you defeated them at that point."

Bwessara has 38 hp max.

Elo approaches Val after he's done treating his own wounds.

It's not much, but you may as well take this...

minor elixir of life, Val: 1d6 ⇒ 2

My thanks… it will take the edge off.

Also worth noting that "treat wounds" removes the "wounded"condition.

For an hour or so. Will post again shortly

Elo looks around and finally takes a moment to inspect this room they've arrived at during their owlbear encounter...

Search: Perception+7

For an hour or so. Will post again shortly

Sorry, Crazy week. Will get a proper post in today hopefully.

Taking a moment to look around after the excitement of the two Owlbears you are in a spacious chamber which has exits to the south, west, and east. Stray feathers litter the ground, along with several fist-sized
pellets of dung pushed into one corner.

Anyone trained in Medecine or Nature notices that the Owlbears has some recently healed wounds. Perhaps that other adventuring group got this far too?

There's nothing of value in here.

Choosing feathers of good quality, Bwessara places some in her backpack. "These might make really interesting quills. I have a brother who is a scribe. And I'd use one too."

After taking a moment with her eyes closed, breathing slowly through her nose, she opens her eyes and smiles. "I relish the opportunity for revenge against whoever put these owlbears here."

She listens at each door.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Elo joins Bwess in listening at each exit.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Listening at the doors doesn't give any idication that htere is anyone beyond them. You do notice though that they are not locked, adn would easily open, for hands small enough to deal with the latches.

"I am pretty much down to cantrips. Should we fall back?" Qrik asks the others as it appears they are about to continue on.

"Yes, please, let's recover more," Bwessara says. "That fight..." she sighs and looks at her feet. "I feel fortunate to be alive."

I'm assuming Val will be in agreement :), where do you want to fall back to?

In agreement. My bad. I fell off the radar

We could rest back in those cells we cleared the rogue kobolds out of.

Elo spits to the side, in derision of effective cousins that he and Qrik had to put down.

"That's probably the best we can do given these circumstances," Bwessara says. "I doubt we can appear to be your prisoners in a convincing way and still recover during sleep."

Very good.

"That sounds good to me. I can still take the first watch to let the rest of you heal up some first." Qrik says as he turns to head back tot he cells. "And anyone who is here would probably not be startled by seeing a kobold there which might give us a bit of an edge through my watch."

Good idea that.

A plan formed you begin to head back to the dungeons nursing your wounds. As you do so, one of the wall sconces gutters and goes out. Whoever's job it is to keep the little reseviours filled with oil hasn't done so recently. You notice that most of them are starting to smoke to one degree or another, a sign none of them will last long.

I need some medicine checks to treat wounds if that is what you are doing.

Self Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Other 1 Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Other 2 Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Great… I f~%# up my own roll. Joy.

Spell. Cure wounds touch 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

The spell spent is pre-resting, right? Otherwise Elo can treat you as well.

Seeing the torches in the wall sconces starting to expire, Elo casts light in the center of the dungeons so that it illuminates all of them (more or less) equally.

The team might just huddle around it as a sort of campfire in any case. Retreating to the dungeons as separate rooms might seem nice at first, but being alone in them may also be... a strange experience.

Fail, but not crit fail. You don't make it worse :D The other two are crit success though, so you know...

4d8 ⇒ (7, 5, 8, 5) = 25
4d8 ⇒ (8, 2, 3, 7) = 20

Ok, as only you and Bwess are hurt, and the first success heals Bwess back to full I'm going to take that second treat wounds as being after you have rested, and apply it to you. Between that and the potion you are back to full too, and have the wounded conditions removed.

Val takes some time to treat his, and Bwesses wounds. The cuts are luckily easy to close and bandage up, and Bwess is back to normal in no time. Val needs a good sleep to but once he has had that a second attempt to fix his cuts and scrapes is also successful.

It's just as Val finishes up looking after himself that thr trouble starts. The double doors at the end of the corridor bang open, and an Ogre stands looking quite confused. The creature was clearly in the middle of complaining about something and about to shout something, but seeing you it just stands, mid word, jaw open.

Init please. Val is awake, everyone else is woken by the bang, so you are 1, prone, and 2, weaponless.

Initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Perception/Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

I adjusted Bwessara's AC to reflect her not wearing Leather Armor. It's only a difference of +1 since her DEX bonus is +4. She'd want to get as good as sleep as possible.

Init, Avoid Notice (Stealth): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Init +9: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Round: 1
Name, Init, HP, Notes
Val, 25, 44/44
Elo, 22, 34/34
Qrik, 22, 37/37
Ogre 21, ??/??
Bwess, 19, 38/38

Everyone except Bwess up.

Map

Qrik stands up and casts a Shield spell that he then readies to defend himself with.

Stand, Cast, Ready Shield. If we hit the daily prep stage and Mage Armor is gone I will instead Stand and then Cast Mage Armor x2.

Round: 1
Init: 22
HP: 37{37}
Hero Points: ?{3}
Effects: Mage Armor (?), Readied Shield Spell

Round 1
Init 22
HP 34/34
Hero Points 2/3
Effects Mage Armor

I'm assuming we don't have our prepared spell slots back given it's the middle of the night. Thankfully he still has some cards left.

Nearly as stunned as the ogre itself, Elo very quickly incants one of the first spells that he learned.

◆◆◆ Cast a spell (somatic, verbal) magic missile vs Ogre
Force damage, 3 missiles, vs Ogre: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 2) + 3 = 10

The priest closes with the ogre, then swings, then raises his shield.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24 for 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 6) + 3 = 17

While Qrik sets up to defend himself, Elo and Val take the fight to the ogre. Elo's missiles weave through the corridor midding Val even as he surges forward, to slam into the massive creature. Val follows up with a sword thrust give causes the Ogre to grunt in pain.

"Oi! Who the hell are you? What d'you do to the Critters?" the beast shouts. Even as Val enguages though he hears more, similar voices from the room behind it.

Round: 1
Name, Init, HP, Notes
Val, 25, 34/44
Elo, 22, 34/34
Qrik, 22, 37/37
Ogre 21, 23/50
Ogre 21, ??/??
Ogre 21, ??/??
Ogre 21, ??/??
Bwess, 19, 38/38

The Ogre by the door pulls a massive axe from it's belt and swipes at Val, in the confied space it only manages one hit though (Hit AC27 for 10HP).

Everyone up.

Map

Bwessara rolls from her sleeping position and stands. Heart hammering in her chest, she grabs her whip and strides towards Val. Her shield left behind, still propped on the wall near where she slept. ”Take a step back Val! I have a spell…”

Round 1 

Init 19

HP 38{38}

Hero Points ?

Effects None
One action stand
One action Interact (wield whip)
One action Stride 30’

Val swings, raises shield and steps back.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 for 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (7, 2) + 3 = 12

Round 2
Init 22
HP 34/34
Hero Points 2/3
Effects Mage Armor

I have many spells! You can cast them from back here! Elo declares as he repeats the last one.

◇ Drain bonded item (rank 1)
◆◆◆ Cast a spell (somatic, verbal) magic missile vs Ogre
Force damage, 3 missiles, vs Ogre: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 3) + 3 = 9

Qrik moves forward and sends an arc of lightning between two ogres.

Round: 2
Init: 22
HP: 37{37}
Hero Points: ?{3}
Effects: Mage Armor, Shield Spell

Stride 25 ft forward, Cast Arc of Lightning.

DC 20 Basic Reflex vs the closest two ogres.: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 = 6