M Human Fighter 10 (Drill Sergeant) | AC 29 T 14 FF 26 CMD 29 (plus Teamwork) | HP 94/94 | F+12 R+9 W+8 (plus Teamwork) | Init +3 | Per +11 | BB 5/5 | Tactician 2/3
It is not clear to my reading that either skill can tell you how old the tracks are, but when I've seen it in scenarios I think it is usually Survival to learn that fact.
In my experience, survival is usually used to determine how long the tracks were there.
As to tracks, you can easily note there is one set of tracks going in and out of the residence on the well worn path. With the massive perception you had, I'll even add the following... The tracks seem recent and used regularly
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
”Kimo Vatthana” | Male CN Gunslinger (Pistolero) 7 | HP 46/46 | AC 23, T 17, FF 16 | CMD 22 | F +9 R +12 W +7; | Init +7 | Perc +12 | Speed 30ft | Grit: 2/2 | Active Conditions: None.
Opening the door, you see a large bearskin rug covering the cabin floor before stone fireplace on the far wall. A handcrafted table sits in the southwest corner next to a cabinet. The table is cluttered with empty cookware.
To the north, a stout wooden bedframe with a goose down mattress is covered in numerous furs.
In a seat at the table is a dwarven man. As the door opens, he seems to jump a bit. "Hey! Who'r ya? Whatcha doin in me home?"
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
"Well met Sir. My name is Berato, priest of Torag, The Father of Creation, and these are my Pathfinder Society colleagues. We are here to seek the advice and help of a druid named Devarre, trying to help a nearby town. My apologies for surprising you. Are this the gentleman we are looking for?"
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
"The gnome named Tenzekil Braybittle has gone mad with sorrow! The gnome has cast the town of Bellis into a horrible fog! CAN YOU HELP US PLEASE?"
Diplomacy, Take 10, Scion, STR BONUS FOR LUNG ACTION!:10 + 15 + 2 + 1 = 28
”Kimo Vatthana” | Male CN Gunslinger (Pistolero) 7 | HP 46/46 | AC 23, T 17, FF 16 | CMD 22 | F +9 R +12 W +7; | Init +7 | Perc +12 | Speed 30ft | Grit: 2/2 | Active Conditions: None.
busy few days with kids going to dr appointments. Nothing wrong just regular checkups but has limited my ability to post. Should get something up tonight.
Go ahead and roll a sense motive check as his response will provoke one
”Kimo Vatthana” | Male CN Gunslinger (Pistolero) 7 | HP 46/46 | AC 23, T 17, FF 16 | CMD 22 | F +9 R +12 W +7; | Init +7 | Perc +12 | Speed 30ft | Grit: 2/2 | Active Conditions: None.
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
“I’ve hunted for their source. It’s a big forest, though, so I haven’t had much luck. There are a few places I haven’t looked yet. If we split up, maybe we could cover more ground?” Devarre goes on to suggest a few more places to check.
"If two of you head o'er to southwest, about a days walk from here, there's a creature that may have some answers. It's past it's prime, but it'll surely see reason to help."
"Two of you could go to the upper pools in Dead Man's Drop and see what you find there..."
"The last one stay here with me and we'll research through some of me old books."
Kimo and Berato:
You realize there is something off about his mannerisms. It's obvious something important is at deadman's drop...but the southwest seems innacurate.
He is definitely hiding something and not being honest
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
Berato puts a firm hand on his shoulder, and says, "You've hunted for WHAT source? what are you talking about? and why should we split up? explain what's at the Dead Man's Drop and at this southwest location you speak of! There, let me heal you of any ailment that might be affecting you right now, in the name of Torag, the Father of Creation!"
Berato channels a bit of divine power into the dwarf and waits for answers to his questions.
Purifying Touch (APG 94): You can touch a willing creature with divine power, giving it a saving throw against each effect currently affecting it, using the original saving throw DC of the effect. Each successful saving throw ends the related effect. The creature can choose not to make a save against an effect. You can use this ability 1 times a day.
M Human Fighter 10 (Drill Sergeant) | AC 29 T 14 FF 26 CMD 29 (plus Teamwork) | HP 94/94 | F+12 R+9 W+8 (plus Teamwork) | Init +3 | Per +11 | BB 5/5 | Tactician 2/3
Sense Motive, Scion:1d20 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 3 = 7
Anthys probably doesn't notice anything. But the idea of splitting up still seems unwise to him (though having failed the Sense Motive, he likely just considers it unwise rather than malicious).
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Very, VERY sorry for my prolonged absense; I just wasn't sure what to do, in addition to...other issues.
Sense Motive:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
It suddenly occurs to the others that they appear to have lost their new Wayang companion again - but then they hear a knock from the other side of the cabin's walls...or somewhere inside them?
"There's simply an astonishing number of moths roosting in here!" Declares Xasay's muffled voice cheerfully.
Welcome back Xasay. I'm the last one to throw stones for having issues getting on to post - you are welcome to join the group
Berato, I truly like what you are trying to do but have been uncertain it would work on the dwarf due to the situation he's currently in. I've decided I'm going to give it a chance to work.
?:1d100 ⇒ 4(Did not work due to the 'Willing Creature' aspect) - I'll explain afterwards
Reaching forward to try and help the druid, Berato finds his magic fails. Leaping to his feet, Devarre shrieks "YOU DARE ATTACK ME IN MY OWN HOME?!"
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
Really? his reaction to a priest trying to heal him? oh well... here we go again. I thought this was the NPC we were trying to get the help from? my Sense Motive of 25 should have been high enough to yield some info related to mind-control, if that's applicable, and the large amount of good diplo rolls should have nudged him into liking us I think. If both rolls failed, I'm now suspecting this is a doppleganger of some kind...
”Kimo Vatthana” | Male CN Gunslinger (Pistolero) 7 | HP 46/46 | AC 23, T 17, FF 16 | CMD 22 | F +9 R +12 W +7; | Init +7 | Perc +12 | Speed 30ft | Grit: 2/2 | Active Conditions: None.
No matter what, I will shoot him. Later we can heal him.
Firing a barrage of bullets into the dwarf, he shudders. Staggering to the side, you see something strange...a faintly glowing ball of light bobs seems to slide out of his head. Bobbing gently in the air, the nebulous image seems to resemble a skull of some kind.
Growling, the floating ball vanishes before your eyes.
Blinking a few times, the dwarf drops to his knees and frowns. "If ya kin see it, kill da devilish beast!"
~~Round 2~~
Anthys (Delayed in Round 1 - can take 2 rounds of actions)
Kimo
Knowledge Dungeoneering DC 22:
This is a unique form of Will-o-Whisp (Aberration)
Special Abilities: Inhabit Dreams (Sp) Due to its proximity to the First World and exposure to shadow magic while imprisoned in the Fellnight Realm, the will-o’-wisp Gossamere has gained the unique ability to inhabit a sleeping or helpless creature by making a successful touch attack.
While inhabiting a victim, Gossamere can attempt to control the victim’s movement and actions as per a dominate monster spell (caster level 12th, Will DC 16 negates). An inhabited and dominated creature can make a new Will save once per day to throw off the domination, expelling the will-o’-wisp automatically. A creature that successfully saves is immune to Gossamere’s inhabit ability for 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Once Gossamere inhabits a creature, the will-o’-wisp can have a detrimental effect on a victim’s sanity. Every day a victim fails its Will save against domination, it takes 1d4 points of Wisdom damage. Gossamere can abandon its host body at any time as a standard action. Any attack against the host deals half damage to the will-o’-wisp as well.
Icon placed where will-o-wisp was last seen. Anthys and Berato can take an AoO on it - provoked from them prior to going invisible so no miss chance
Male LG Human (Chelaxian) Cleric 10 (Torag) - Init +1, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +25, AC 23/ touch 12/ ff 22; hp 73/73 (1/day converts bonus dmg from crit into nonlethal dmg), F+12, R+8, W+16, Speed 60 ft. CE 7/7; AoM 10/10; ToG 9/9; PT 1/1. Buffs: magic_vstmnt x2
Berato casts invisibility purge and readies his shield for battle.
Invis. Purge: 40-ft radius, 8min duration; Berato will 5-ft. east to give frontline access or clear shooting lane to Vindler.
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Xasay manages to literally come out of the woodwork just in time to see...
Assuming the invisibility purge has done its work:
In a stroke of poetic inspiration, Xasay flourishes an especially strange-looking stencil, one he's never used before, and the ambient light and shadows coalesce into a singularly bizarre singularity of irregular illumination, almost a parody of the very thing they now face, from which erupts a sudden fusillade of barely-visible radiation!
The Dwarven Druid's rustic cabin is now lit by something like a blacklight disco ball. It'll hover 1 square above everyone else, so it should be out of the way; as always, a DC 20 Will save will reduce it to 20% reality:
