Outpost IV : PF1 #5-10 Where Mammoths Dare not Tread (Inactive)

Game Master Lance K

Oh man... sigh.

Funny thing is that Meylara is invisible. I'm not sure if you can target invisible allies with touch spells normally, but considering how this fight is going I'm going to allow it.

Mykel, I'm going to help you out here. I think you want to use your one standard action to attack. You'll go down afterwards, but then the enemies won't have a reason to target you. I would definitely not do something that would prove an attack of opportunity, as you will almost certainly not survive another gore attack.

Perhaps Raynor can easily make the *huge-sized* dinosaur-shaped clear bubble indentation of Meylara sitting next to him in the mist... ;)

I suspect that Meylara was not silent coming in to land - she is a huge flying reptile at the moment.

Stick in there. A smiting paladin could still turn this around.

Obi WAN Raynor ... you are last hope!! :-)

Yes!!

He's old. He's grumpy. But he gets going once the engine has been greased up for a few rounds... lol

I'm (unconsciously) rooting for you guys!

Mykel: from your last post it sounded like you wanted to hop on the gecko and move away to safety. Please confirm.

The GM moved the action forward after you placed your mini on the gecko. If you actually moved the mount back to the west side of the map there's a chance our lizard friend would still be in the upright position, and this would be much appreciated as these mounts go for 400gp. :)

that was my intent...

OK, this is something we can easily fix. We can move the gecko away with Mykel. Because the Gecko would no be a valid target for the tumor attack, so it will hit Phranklin instead. Carina will then get subjected to the splash. It's just 1 hp damage, so I will just make the save for her.

Thanks GM Badblood!

Mounted Combat feat would have kicked in on the attack vs. Phranklin. If you'll allow the retcon, here's the roll to avoid the acid flesh:
Ride check DC 16 to avoid attack on Phranklin: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
(splash would remain the same, so no change there)

Yep, I got that. I just took the damage off.

Thanks!

By the way, just to be clear, our mission is to bring back a dead, defeated demon yes? accepting surrender may be ill-advised against the sort of fiends who can teleport at will, for example. Not sure if this one is like that, but most devils can do so as a spell-like ability, so teleporting would be like a mental action that they can do even if we bind them up with ropes and stuff right?

Thanks!

By the way, just to be clear, our mission is to bring back a dead, defeated demon yes? accepting surrender may be ill-advised against the sort of fiends who can teleport at will, for example. Not sure if this one is like that, but most devils can do so as a spell-like ability, so teleporting would be like a mental action that they can do even if we bind them up with ropes and stuff right?

Yeah, there's no way we can accept or trust an offer of surrender from a demon, and we need bits from it to bring back.

These Kellids want it dead and they expect to see a trophy. These guys love their trophies. And it's a super evil demon, so you shouldn't feel bad about smiting it. It's just the personality (and morale condition) of this demon to beg for its life when it's luck finally runs out.

And now it's frozen! we can roll it back to the Kellids! lol

Okay, we need to wrap up soon. I just got a message that I need to report by the 27th. Running the encounter with the other demon won't be an option.

In regards to raising Petal from the dead, there are a few issues. First off, the spell itself requires a 1,000 gp diamond. Second, she'll also need two restorations, which also require 1,0000 gp of diamond dust apiece. I doubt anyone happens to have those components on hand and you are in the middle of the wilderness right now.

It should be about 7 days to return to the Red Winter camp then scout out the other two sites, so that would leave you just enough time to teleport back to Absalom, buy the items you need, then cast the spell. It would be close, perhaps just hours before Petal passes the window of being too far gone.

Or the party could respectfully burn or bury the body and Meylara would just have to retrain a new companion. Either way, I'll need to record it on a chronicle sheet.

Okay, we need to wrap up soon. I just got a message that I need to report by the 27th. Running the encounter with the other demon won't be an option.

Thanks for the information GM. Does this affect our chronicle sheet gold or pp?

Hmmmm....I cant tell you that but I will say that if you could only kill one demon, it was better that you killed the Gibrileth.

Thanks for the quick reply GM. Given that the convention only requires reporting but allows games to continue and we really want to slay both demons is it ok if we go for the last encounter, too? We did the optional encounter and if this last demon is really gp relevant then I’d rather also do the last encounter.

Okay, if everyone else wants to I can run the other demon encounter, because I am assuming that if someone did die that they would want to spend the gold or prestige points to get themselves raised. But if there is anyone who would just let their character retire in the event of death, then that is something I have to report. And I wouldn't want to run anymore of the scenario after sending my report in.

Also, you will need to scout out the other two campsites and make a decision on which one that you want to use first, as that's something I will need in order to report. At that point I should have everything I need to report it and the rest can be worked out on the chronicle sheets.

I vote we check out the giants! 'cause that sounds fun!

PS: I thought gibby was the last encounter of the scenario!?! how come there's so much left to this?

I vote we check out the giants! 'cause that sounds fun!

Giants is fun! But the last demon is going to die soon!

You're supposed to check out all three campsites and decide which one to set up a future base at. That part does not take long, but you skipped it to go track down the Red Winter camp first and have to go back and complete it. Technically you can just say that the ghost town is fine and use the beacon to go back.

You had the choice of which demon to kill but the scenario does allow for the party to go after both. I will remind players of what they were clearly told to do and I do drop hints but I generally don't tell someone exactly what the success conditions are for a mission or if they missed loot, so I won't answer Andor question about whether you have found all available loot or earned all your prestige yet.

I'm fine wrapping this up if you are, GM Badblood. This is for a convention so we are a bit on a schedule here, as per the email you've received.

I’d really like to continue as mentioned before. I don’t believe we deserve to be disadvantaged if the con allows for games to continue but only requires reporting now.

And i checked the char sheets and everyone here is able to raise the character so that GM ‘s reporting does not need to be changed. If anybody has trouble after all I’ll gladly contribute to the cost!

But especially from a role play perspective I would want Andor to finish this properly! ;-)

I'm good to continue. We can RP for a bit on the other table to make sure Andor has the time to wrap this up before we get started there.

I really hate having to tell you whether you've gotten all the rewards in a scenario, but I believe I am going to have to tell you in this case so you don't feel like I'm cheating you out of anything. You don't get any more gold for beating both demons nor is a condition for receiving the Prestige points.

That being said, I think the other demon encounter is pretty cool, but I have decided that I am going to finish this scenario on time and skip it. At this point, I still need to know what campsite the party is going to use and I will need to know how Meylara wants to handle Petal's unfortunate demise.

Thanks for everything GM!! :-D

While I appreciate the offer, I will go ahead and train a new companion, letting Petal return to the earth.

Thanks for the game GM Badblood!

Raynor, you mentioned this scenario going on long...what's crazy is if you were having to prepare to run this scenario live, you would have to prep for the fight between the T-rex and the Vrocks, the optional fight with the mammoth riders, and two different demon fights; on top of this you'd have to prepare for the PC's to fight with the Kellid's up to three times.

I bet only a handful of groups ever battled the Kellid's but the fight with Thanok and Velka would be an interesting one. Thanok Sundered Bear is a grappling specialist and Bloodspeaker Velka is an animal speaker bard.

Dorok Bear Claw would also have been a dangerous fight. He's a Beast Totem barbarian and could easily kill a player with a single pounce, especially because his tactics are to go after arcane casters first.

I'm working on chronicles and should have them for you soon.

Oh! Roll for boons! Give me a d20 roll. 19 or 20 wins. If I don't get a roll from you by tomorrow morning, I will make it for you myself.

For example...here is my roll.

Convention Boon, 19 or 20: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Darn, just shy!

Convention Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 3

boondoggle: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 17

boon?? : 1d20 ⇒ 191d2 ⇒ 1

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Andor, I'm going to need an email from you for reporting.

And Mykel, I need your character number. You know, the number after the dash.

-6

And...Andor, you can just message me your email instead of posting it if you'd like. I just need it for the boon.

Here are the chronicles. Let me know if something is off or if you need something added. I believe that Meylara can make a Handle Animal check to teach tricks to her new companion and I can add that to the chronicle.

chronicles

We played up, with a four player adjustment; so I believe that everyone except for Gurkagh got out of sub-tier gold. A lot of items are crossed out because you didn't find them; that's not because you missed anything but because you didn't fight the second demon or any of the Kellids.

You get the boon for having chosen to fight the tougher demon. I know for sure that the boon can be used during #5-24 to get the aid of a unit of Mammoth Riders, but I am unsure if it is used in any other scenarios.

got it...thanks for running this man...gg guys!

Thanks GM Badblood - sheet looks good and has been added to my drive.

She's got 7 ranks, and take 10 on Handle Animal gives me a 23 (passing the DC20), she will teach hunting training and the second attack trick. AFAIK, I also get all my bonus tricks, so will sort it out later.

Perfect thanks. Sent you the email.