GM Khouri's Murder's Mark (PfS 1e module) (Inactive)

Game Master Khouri P.

rapier AoO (vs. prone), P damage: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 4 = 181d6 ⇒ 3

Round 11 (it looks like I can't get to Robella now?):

Nilah steps forward to get Ferdis out of her way before Robella can get away.

[5' step] N
[standard] attack F

rapier, P damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d6 ⇒ 5 aaaaaaaaaaaaah

We must hurry! Robella is getting away!

Because Ferdis is blocking the way, you would have to make an acrobatics check to "Move through an enemy’s space" DC 5 + Opponent’s CMD and then another to leave the threatened square without provoking an AoO (if you still have movement left at half speed) at a lower DC.

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (end of Round 11)
Thugs & Ferdis/Bryten
Magdelina (heal ejtehah, exit barracks)
Molvil (talk)
Swarm (move)
Robella (stand up, retreat)
?
Salmok (move, Guard door?)
Ejtehah (? continue CDG stabbing unconscious Thug?)
Nilah (Rapier Ferdis)

@Nilah is able to get one more glancing blow off on Robella as she retreats - but it's not enough to down her, so she attacks Ferdis to get past him. (Since he is still prone, you still have +4 to attack so that does hit. Nilah pins him against the flagstone and must have hit an organ - this guy doesn't look good. <50% health left now

Since Ejtehah hasn't posted, I'm just going to assume he is still stabbing the unconscious Thug for the next few turns unless/until he changes his declaration - I assume random screaming and hearing the boss is getting away might change his plans.
Ejtehah finishes lining up the shot and stabs the unconscious thug! ...it doesn't get through his armor and just leaves a tiny nick. (1 nonlethal damage]

@Salmok you have 2 more turns of magic weapon. Do you want to ready an action or anything?

WILL POST ROUND 12 SHORTLY

Ejtehah will stop the stabbing and jump back on his riding dog to move to the action!

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 12)
Thugs & Ferdis
Magdelina (heal Molvil to full health?)
Molvil
Swarm
Robella
?
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

Ferdis has found his courage now that he knows Robella lives, and stands to fight his enemy. (free AoO from @Nilah at +4 because prone)
Ferdis dagger attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 Miss

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 12)
Thugs & Ferdis
Magdelina (heal Molvil to full health?)
Molvil
Swarm
Robella
?
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

@Magdelina I assume you are still healing people with the wand - this is the last round for the heals you already rolled. But if you want to change your declaration, that's fine too.

Magdelina heals Molvil to full health.

@Ejtehah where are you moving to? The only combat right now is Nilah & Ferdis - Robella has retreated north, and there are screams coming from a room located several rooms to the East. Please place yourself on the map (you have your regular movement after finishing the CDG and realizing it's not going to do anything)

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 12)
Thugs & Ferdis
Magdelina (heal Molvil)
Molvil
Swarm
Robella
?
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

Seeing as how she can't possibly get a clear shot in at the person Nilah is fighting, Professor Masaendri is inclined to wait where she is. Half of her mind is trying half-heartedly to convince the other half that she's "guarding" these doors so the group isn't set upon from another direction. Suddenly, she remembers: Oh! What a dunce I am. Chanting an incantation, she gestures and sends a magic missile at the woman fleeing down the hallway.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

As @Magdelina comes into the hallway to heal Molvil, Daysie tries to get her attention - she smells another human and also a spicy scent like the blue man from earlier. (Noting the direction of the scent is a move action, which I assume Daysie does, so it is coming from under the door to the East.)

@Molvil lands a light Magic Missile against Robella's back as she heads North up the corridor, but you don't deal enough damage to stop her from...

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 12)
Thugs & Ferdis
Magdelina (heal Molvil)
Molvil (magic missile Robella)
Swarm
Robella (vanish)
?
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

...and Robella drinks from a small alchemical vial (that matches what you found at the murder in the Sphinx tent), throws it on the ground and... vanishes. (I'm not just being a dick, it's in her stat block)

The door to the East opens, and Salmok sees Bryten from upstairs, looking both fierce and surprised to see someone RIGHT there. He shouts "What have you done with Borvius? And Robella?" He sees your companions behind you and steps further back into the dim room beyond. (Provoking an AoO from @Salmok)

With the door open you can distinguish the distant yelling as two distinct male voices with dwarvish accents.

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 12)
Thugs & Ferdis
Magdelina (heal Molvil)
Molvil (magic missile Robella)
Swarm
Robella
?
Bryten
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

Enemy damage update
Ferdis (Rogue) (-6 damage, 40% health)
Bryten (Rogue) (100% health)
Robella (-21 damage, 9% health)
Swarm (-2 damage, 71% health)
Thug #4 (-2 damage from this combat, 50% health, knocked out/unconscious)
Thug #1 & #2 (100% health, tied up upstairs - you think)

Looks like F is still there

Out of my way thug!

Nilah yells at Ferdis before stabbing at him again.

[standard] attack F
rapier, P damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 221d6 ⇒ 2
confirm?, crit damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d6 ⇒ 6
[move] stow rapier
[swift] enter mystical focus (duration 2 rounds, but doing this at the end it should carry her *through* two rounds)

After a pretty solid gash, Nilah sheaths her blade and unleashes the claws.

@Nilah pierces through his heart and Ferdis falls to the floor, dead.

Well, hmm, if he's dead she would probably go after Robella instead of using her move action to stow. Is that a reasonable switch? If so where does she end up on the upstairs map?

Robella disappeared at the white question mark while moving north up the corridor. You don't know if she's still in the same square or not.

Robella stealth: 1d20 + 8 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 20 = 41 Forgot to roll earlier, but doesn't matter minimum is 29, which I don't think any of you can do at level 1.

@Nilah Don't forget, you also heard newcomers in the East room with the dummies / B12: "Entrance room"

Hmm, fair then she'll head that way and help deal with those newcomers.

Nilah moves down behind Salmok. Rapier still out, mystical focus still activated for the next two rounds. Moved on map.

AOO vs Bryten: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

Salmok moves up to Bryten. "Howdy feller. How's it going?"

mwk mattock: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 6 = 12

@Salmok takes advantage of the rogue stepping back and nearly does the man in in one hit! However, as the Oread steps forward the rogues spring their trap and two camouflaged Skulks strike out from either side of the door!

Once Salmok springs the trap he has 3 targets for his attack. (That will hit any of them - let me know if you want to target someone else or finish off Bryten)

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 12)
Thugs
Magdelina (heal Molvil)
Molvil (magic missile Robella)
Swarm
?
Bryten
Salmok (move, mattock attack ?)
Ejtehah
Nilah (kill Ferdis, mystical focus, move)

NOW you have discovered all the enemies! Reminder that right now they all have cover (skulks from the walls, Bryten ranged cover due to Salmok)

Will target Bryten

Excellent. Your mattock strikes him in the neck and and arterial gush sprays over you. He had 10 hit points, lol

Salmok looks dead in the creatures eyes. "You work for a group of humans? Who are these humans? We would love to meet them."

Ust women who haven't unleashed the dangerous wolf that lives inside them yet. ... If they cannot understand the wildness inside you, they will try to tame it and cage it.

@Ejtehah will prompt Ghermez forward into the fray - he had one more trick up his sleeve. He tries to dodge out of the reach of the female to the north of the door, and circle around the male to the south to get in position For a line attack "Phantasmagorical Breath" - READIED action for when @Salmok moves out of way (or say its ok to hit Salmok too) if he can still hit both skulks

Ghermez Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 13)
Thugs
Magdelina
Molvil
Swarm
?
Bryten
Ejtehah (readied action from r12)
Salmok
Nilah

Magdelina casts detect magic and peeks around the corner, looking to the north. 60-ft up along the corridor

@Magdelina you don't detect any magic in the northern corridor. Robella appears to have withdrawn, or her alchemy doesn't ping as magic - hard to tell.

Well, I can't do anything from out here. The Professor strides purposefully toward Salmok, then teleports to the other side of him, near Ejtehah. It is only then that she realizes that she's far too close for comfort to one of these skulks to cast a spell. Instead, trying to hide how ridiculous she realizes this choice is, she draws her dagger and brandishes it at the skulk before her. Pinning the other skulk with her gaze, she growls sharply: "Surrender, or this one dies."

She doesn't have any action left to intimidate, so this is just conversation, I guess.

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 13)
Thugs
Magdelina (Detect Magic)
Molvil (Teleport)
Swarm
Skulks
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

The swarm does swarm stuff - more panicked male screaming from afar. But no maniacal laughter, surprisingly. Whomever it's attacking appears to be making their saves

The male skulk tries to slice at @Salmok, but misses. The female skulk laughs at Molvil's threat and attempts some fancy acrobatics to avoid an AoO from @Salmok (but fails) as she moves down to the East of @Molvil and tries to slice at her, but also misses due to Mage Armor. She sneers at the elven Professor "Tell us where Robella is and maybe we'll let you live!"

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 13)
Thugs
Magdelina (Detect Magic)
Molvil (Teleport)
Swarm
Skulks
Salmok (AoO on Female Skulk)
Ejtehah
Nilah

@Salmok's magic weapon starts to flicker. Turns off at end of round

Thanks for keeping track of the magic weapon!

Salmok groans at the skulk. "Bah! Knew you skulks were up to no good!"

AOO vs female skulk, legacy weapon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 + 1 = 12

With a backhanded swing, Salmok attempts to hit the other skulk to the south. "You know, it doesn't have to end this way."

AOO vs male(?) skulk, legacy weapon, flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 = 19
damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 + 1 = 11

Both skulks appear to be reassessing their chances after taking a big hit each from @Salmok (they each look to be at about 25% health now)

Salmok, any chance you could add a 5' step at the end there so Nilah could get through and engage these creatures?

You can move through (but not stop in) squares your allies occupy.

Understood, but she's a *little* low on HP to suffer AoOs. If he moves, she can take that spot and attack. Shouldn't be any AoOs to *get there* as I don't think you can around hard corners like like.

Sure, Salmok will 5' step.

"Let me step out of the way for you Nilah."

Excellent. We all have to have a little of the "fun."

The tiefling slides gracefully out into the opening and sheaths her sword, brandishing the claws towards the nearest skulk.

[move] 10' E
[move] stow weapon

Mystical focus: 1 full round left.

@Salmok's legacy weapon turns off completely.

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 14)
Thugs
Magdelina (Detect Magic)
Molvil (Teleport)
Swarm
Skulks
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

Ejtehah tries to intimidate the foe in front of him!

Standard: demoralize : 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

He then tries to make his riding dog attack!

move: handle animal : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

riding dog Melee bite : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

plus trip : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

@Ejtehah successfully intimidates the foe, but between the dog's bite going through a leg artery and hitting the ground with such force, the male skulk is definitely out of the fight. Dead

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 14)
Thugs
Magdelina
Molvil
Swarm
Skulks
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

Magdelina sends her hex of misfortune of the nearest foe. Will DC 14

F Skulk Will Save DC14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 Makes it, just barely.

Backing up against the wall, and almost tripping on the dead skulk's limbs, Professor Masaendri points her dagger at the remaining skulk and snarls: "We keep our word. Surrender now!"

Intimidate to demoralize: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Hahah! Another glorious failure to demoralize! This scenario will have her seriously doubting herself.

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 14)
Thugs
Magdelina (Misfortune)
Molvil (Demoralize)
Swarm
F Skulk
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

The swarm does swarm stuff - more panicked male screaming from afar.

As Ejtehah's dog kills the male skulk, the lone remaining skulk lets out a barbaric scream as she tries to sword Nilah, but her rage means she isn't paying enough attention and she misses, badly, nearly hitting herself instead.

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 14)
Thugs
Magdelina (Misfortune)
Molvil (Demoralize)
Swarm
F Skulk
Salmok
Ejtehah
Nilah

tries to intimidate the skull foe in front of him!

Standard: demoralize : 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

He then tries to make his riding dog attack!

move: handle animal : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

riding dog Melee bite : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 51d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

plus trip : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

"You know, this is what you get for working for evil."

Salmok raises his mattock, bringing it down hard on her.

mwk Mattock: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 = 14

@Ejtehah - You can't tell if she's more afraid of you or your dog, but she is definitely shaken.
Your dog tries to follow your commands, but his reflexes are too slow to catch the skulk.

But that's fine because @Salmok's mighty swing catches her through a lung and she's down as well.

Can I assume you all head towards the screaming as soon as you can, or does anyone want to heal again?

~*INITIATIVE!*~ (Round 14)
Thugs
Magdelina (Misfortune)
Molvil (Demoralize)
Swarm
F Skulk
Salmok (mattock)
Ejtehah (demoralize, prompt dog to attack)
Nilah
(Round 15)
Magdelina
Molvil

"Deserves you right." Salmok kicks her dying body. "Evil begets evil."

Yup, somewhere East, IIRC

With all of the nearby foes down, Nilah heads back East towards the pained sounds.

[move] 30'
[move] open door

Remember we changed that now you can open doors as part of a move, so you can travel 60'

Magdelina casts Guidance on Nilah.

Is it obvious that the screams are coming from a particular door? If so Nilah would go open that one.

As soon as @Nilah exits the Entrance Hall with the dummies, the panicked screams echo straight down the stone hallway in front of her to the East. Revealed map
As you head down the hall, you see before you:

D15. Detention Cells
Three cells line the wall to the east, each containing a straw pallet and three buckets. The North and center cell are occupied by two dwarven men who resemble each other.

The man directly in front of you (red hair, green shirt) has the ooze swarm moving all around him, but he is also in movement himself, trying to avoid any of them from sticking on to him. He appears to have been successful as for the moment, he's shouting at the oozes in dwarven, not maniacally laughing.

As soon as @Nilah (or anyone else) can progress far enough down the hall to see the man in the North cell, he will ask (in common) for you to help his brother and that "the blue girl has the keys!"