Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
Aiden gives a hungry grin as Djorn steps to the other side of the man. "Today's a bad day for you," he says, as he draws a second curved knife. He slashes at the man through the barbed net, driving some of the barbs directly at his eyes.
Immediate action to Study Target since he is flanked. Forgo sneak attack damage to perform a Dirty Trick. Attack (flank, ST):1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 23 Damage (ST):1d4 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 = 9
Female Human Fighter (9) Init +2 HP 103/103 AC 24 T 12 FF 22 Fort +10 Ref +6 Will +6 Per +10 Move 30 CLW Wand 21/50
Thank you for the healing, much appreciated, Arin.
Dru picks up her favorite weapon, tucking the flail back in her belt, before closing up the distance with the foe still struggling into the net, morningstar in hand
For a second there, Nali's instinct for the hunt kicks in, and she starts the first words of a prayer for speed. Then the lament from the corner cries out.
GM Watery Soup wrote:
"I'm not even supposed to be here today," he laments.
And her adrenaline drains almost as fast as it kicks in. This... This is wrong, and these information brokers are not our enemy. "STOP!" she cries out and bolts to the fallen. "NOT our prey!" At which point, she kneels down near the kayal, to look for life signs.
Perception:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31Is Green still alive, or at the very least still breathing? If he is, then I'm flicking out my Wand of Cure Light Wounds from myr spring-loaded wrist sheath(Swift action) and using it on Green.
"These were not our enemy. Fight as wounded animal: strike and flee, not fight to hurt. Good hunters need scouts ,knowing or unknowning, for knowledge of foe. Had people listened, fight would have not happened."
Male Human M Human Ranger(Guide, Skirmisher)7/Fighter 1/Rogue 1 [HP 82/82, AC 21/27 /ff 16/22 /t 15, Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2, Init +5, Per +12, Spd 30'
"I don't know what you're talking about. I was just standing here and one of these guys jumped out and attacked me. That's not the way you start a conversation. I'm betting they hit and ran to weaken us then attack when they're ready. Or didn't realize how tough we were," Djorn says.
"But hey, I'm not bloodthirsty."
He modifies his strikes to incapacitate rather than kill.
Djorn wallops Yellow, once with his hammer and twice with his shield, but Yellow is still conscious.
Nali flips out a wand and heals Green, who blinks awake. Putting Green back on the map.
CLW:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Nali, the check to tell whether he's still alive would be a Heal check, not a Perception check. But I'll use your Perception roll to indicate something else.
Nali hears a noise behind the southern door (yellow arrow), as if two kayal that looked like they were running away were regrouping while Djorn's prescient words still hang in the air.
Yellow continues to struggle.
Escape:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
"Let me go! Let me go and I'll give you the Crusader Blade!" he yells.
Green, who sees that he's surrounded, pleads for his life.
"Don't kill me! I can tell you where the Crusader Blade is!"
Round 4!
Patros
Nali
Aiden
Djorn (-9 hp)
Dru
Arin
Red (-0 hp)
Yellow (-28 hp, 18 nonlethal, entangled)
Green (-44 hp, prone)
Blue (-17 hp)
"Talk. Will know if you lie. Do not make me regret saving you. "Nali more commands then requests as her eyes flick to the door quickly. She drops her wand into the quiver, and moves her hand down from one arrow to another, pulling an arrow with an small canister for a head.
Move action - deposit wand in quiver Standard action - Ready action(If the door opens, Nali is firing a Tangleshot Arrow at the first person through. And I would like to note that opening a door requires a move action. This has bit me in the ass before.
If I need it:Sense Motive:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
When that door opens with enemies:
Without a pause, the huntress swings her bow to the open door and fires the arrow in hand. "You can wait," she half-growls, still mostly keeping her attention on the one at her feet.
Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
Aiden growls, glancing back at the others. "Really?!" He looks back at the kayal trapped in the net. "You've got one chance. Give me the blade!" he hisses, bringing up his curved knife to his face.
Male Human M Human Ranger(Guide, Skirmisher)7/Fighter 1/Rogue 1 [HP 82/82, AC 21/27 /ff 16/22 /t 15, Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2, Init +5, Per +12, Spd 30'
"Like I said. I'm not bloodthirsty. But I've got my eye on you," Djorn says to Yellow. He keeps his warhammer at the ready.
He's about to give some instructions when the southern door opens. Nali instinctively fires an arrow (at Red), which strikes him and covers him with goo.
Reflex:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Red stumbles towards Nali.
Yellow uses the distraction to try to escape.
Escape Artist:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
He wriggles free and steps towards the alley.
Green stands up. This provokes from Nali and Dru. Then, he bolts down the corridor. Provokes again, in case either has a second AoO.
Blue charges through the open door and swings at Dru.
Male Human M Human Ranger(Guide, Skirmisher)7/Fighter 1/Rogue 1 [HP 82/82, AC 21/27 /ff 16/22 /t 15, Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2, Init +5, Per +12, Spd 30'
I think yellow sets off my readied attack.
"Where do you think you're going?" Djorn says as the not so mellow yellow fellow tries to get away. He swings at him with hammer and shield, again.
Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
Aiden growls. "See, we should have just killed them!" He points one of his knives at the retreating man. "I gave you a chance. Now I'm done playing." He steps into a shifting, misleading stance and then tries to hack the man to pieces.
Swift action to go into Kitsune Stance Attack (ST):1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 = 11 Damage:1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Nali has a ranged weapon out, so she doesn't provoke AoO's.
Nali sighs as the one she saved flees and the others turn to renew their attack. "Regret. Much Regret...." She mutters as she jumps back just a step before drawing a pair of arrows with stone spheres replacing the arrowheads. She wildly launches one at the fleeing kayal before whirling back on the one that she looked over before. With a moment's thought of the successful hunt, she fires her second arrow much more accurately at that target.
5-foot step Full attack. First attack vs. Green with Blunt arrow so I can do non-lethal, then activating Bane on my bow (Swift action) and the second attack is vs. Blue also with a Blunt arrow, doing non-lethal
Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
Aiden turns down the alley towards the main square and tries to leap over the slide past Arin, keeping himself out of reach of the kayal entangled with some goo and an arrow. Once he lands, he lashes out with one of his knives.
Swift action to go into Kitsune Stance
Acrobatics vs entangled CMD to avoid AOO:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
No straight line, but your speed is greater than his. As he has 3 hp left, I am willing to handwave it as "you catch up to him, knock him unconscious, and drag him back to the square". If that's unsatisfying, you can make a DC 15 Survival check to see whether you can follow him through the alleys.
Male Human M Human Ranger(Guide, Skirmisher)7/Fighter 1/Rogue 1 [HP 82/82, AC 21/27 /ff 16/22 /t 15, Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2, Init +5, Per +12, Spd 30'
"And just who is that employer?" Djorn asks, twirling his hammer thoughtfully as he joins the rest of the group in the main square. There's quite a pile of downed but not dead kayal around here.
Intimidate:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
"I've got some questions for you, too," he says to Kalaster, though not quite so threateningly.
Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
It works for me. Aiden has a set of manacles too. If possible, Aiden would question him, harshly on the way back. Intimidate:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
All four kayal are bound and secured in the square. Any that are conscious blubber incessantly about how the Onyx Alliance will bring down retribution if they're not let go. They claim not to be part of the Alliance themselves, but rather intermediaries.
Sense Motive, DC 15:
They're telling the truth.
They readily hand over the Crusader's Blade, and promise never to speak of this again if they're let go.
Dreng gives the secret Pathfinder hand signal for "Yes" while maintaining his guise as Kalaster.
Male Human M Human Ranger(Guide, Skirmisher)7/Fighter 1/Rogue 1 [HP 82/82, AC 21/27 /ff 16/22 /t 15, Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2, Init +5, Per +12, Spd 30'
"Well, I suppose we can let you go this one time. But if we do hear that you've spoken of this or if we see you again, we're not going to be so gentle."
Djorn pulls a javelin out of his quiver. "And I should point out, I'm MUCH better at throwing things than I am at swinging things."
He won't untie any of them unless others in the group agree.
Nali still looks slightly irritated by this whole mess, but nods to Djorn. She gives a look over the blade before handing it to 'Kalaster'. "Is actual blade, yes?" she asks quietly.
The kayal flee into the eternal night, and Dreng feel free to drop the facade and talk without code.
Venture-Captain Drandle Dreng listens to the Pathfinders update on the missing museum items with vigorous nods and sometime vacuous stares. He confirms that he knows each of the four items that the Blakros family have been missing.
"There's one," he comments wryly. Yes, the Crusader's Blade is an actual blade.
Dreng has tracked the other three items down to two remaining locations.
The wax golem, notable for being a golem dressed as a Linnorm King, has made an appearance in the Soul Stalls just past the city’s western wall. It seems that a night hag is in the process of selling it to interested parties in the market. Dreng suggests the Pathfinders make their way there and stop the exchange. See Slide 3 for a map.
Dreng has also tracked the other remaining two items, the nemes and Osa painting, to a specific Onyx Alliance storehouse within the city: the recently repurposed Wightir House. He relays that the house was once the coterminous connection point between the Material Plane’s Blakros Museum and the Shadow Plane. Those of you that played #2-11 disrupted the connection between the Blakros Museum and the Wightir House.
Female Human Fighter (9) Init +2 HP 103/103 AC 24 T 12 FF 22 Fort +10 Ref +6 Will +6 Per +10 Move 30 CLW Wand 21/50
"The clothes make the man" as they say..Let's go to the market first. What do we know about night hags, their powers and weaknesses? If we share information along the way, we could came up with a plan, instead of improvising while caught in a fight
Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
Aiden sheathes his knives and refolds his barbed net, hanging it from his belt again. He looks over Dreng's disguise. "Have you learned anything about the Onyx Alliance since you've been here? What do they want with these items?"
He examines the Crusader's Blade. "Could we use this to help us?"
"What do we know about night hags, their powers and weaknesses?
[dice=Know planes (trained)]1d20+2
Unfortunately, not much.
Aiden Richter wrote:
"Have you learned anything about the Onyx Alliance since you've been here? What do they want with these items?"
"Over the past four years, the Onyx Alliance has undergone a drastic shift in its policies and leadership. No one knows the full scope of the coup that took place. However, it’s clear that things have changed. The Alliance is even thought to be sending envoys of peace to their longtime enemies, the Light Weavers’ Guild.
Their acquisition of the artifacts is, on the surface, just about making some coin. But there are far more valuable things to steal, and I suspect there is something personal between the Onyx Alliance and the Blakros family."
Aiden Richter wrote:
He examines the Crusader's Blade. "Could we use this to help us?"
"Absolutely not! That's a priceless historical artifact!"
... and the GM doesn't have a stat block for it! :)
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The Soul Stalls are an outlandish marketplace outside Shadow Absalom’s city walls. A sizable population of night hags dwell within the area, peddling wares obtained from across the planes in exchange for interesting or powerful souls.
Place yourselves on Slide 5. You can choose to stick together, or spread out, or some combination thereof. I'll roll Perception checks with bonuses or penalties after you place yourselves based on what you're doing.
Male Human Bounty Hunter Slayer 5 / Rake URogue 2 (HP: 63/63 | AC: 17/12/16 | F+7 R+9 W+5| Init +1 | Percep +10 SM +10) Speed: 40
Aiden looks around the stalls, not wandering too far from the group but looking around at the kind of wares being sold. He keeps an eye out for any night hags selling things.
Male Human M Human Ranger(Guide, Skirmisher)7/Fighter 1/Rogue 1 [HP 82/82, AC 21/27 /ff 16/22 /t 15, Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2, Init +5, Per +12, Spd 30'
This doesn't seem like the kind of place (or plane) where it's a good idea to go wandering off by yourself.
To that end, Djorn keeps close to Aiden and Dru as he looks around for the Night Hag and the golem they're looking for.
To the extent of this place, Nali's mindset is in the same place as Djorn. However, she's far more willing to range around the group quietly, while they look for the Golem. Since the golem was supposedly garbed like a Linnorm King, Pale Ulfen-like folk are also on the list to spot.
As the group slowly walks through the stalls, Arin, Dru, and Patros notice a night hag watching them. Specifically, she seems to have narrowed her eyes and is staring at Patros. Behind her stands a wax golem.
"You ... you ..." she says as she points an accusatory finger at Patros. "I know you. Aslynn warned me about you."
Patros:
Aslynn is the name of the night hag that you communed with in #5-09, The Traitor's Lodge (the room with the magical writing on the walls).
We are not in combat, but I can roll and put us into initiative if requested.
Male Human Swashbuckler(rondelero)7 HP 67 AC 27, T 19; FF 18, F +7, R +13, W +9, Init +7(+9), Perc +11
I have done many...regrettable things when drinking, usually with my brother Mykel...but not this bad. No...she is referring to a night hag my colleagues and I dealt with on a previous mission. he straightens up and addresses the hag.
Then you know I am not to be trifled with. We are looking for something. Please do not interfere...ask Aslynn...
Nali recalls that these are NE extraplanar "outsiders" (since you're on the Shadow Plane, technically, you're the outsiders). They have DR/cold iron and magic, and SR 22. She shares this before slinking off into the shadows.
Patros wrote:
Then you know I am not to be trifled with. We are looking for something. Please do not interfere...ask Aslynn...
"I try to talk to Aslynn as little as possible. An intolerable hag, and I mean that in the worst possible sense of the word. She's always trifling in the affairs of the Material Plane, dealing with creatures well below our station. Like you.
But tell me, what are you looking for? I can help you find it ... for a price, of course."
