#10-06: Treason's Chains - PaizoCon 2021 - GM Nowruz (Inactive)

Game Master noral

Rossby's hammer hits the thug on the head and demoralizes him! Ezekial can also slash across the man's leg!

Tess opens the door and sees a warehous with an open access to the water that is used for loading wares. Nobody is in the warehouse and there is a closed door to the west.

Initiative! Ambush!

Althea
Tessara,
Ezekial
Rossby

Thug, yellow
Thug boss, red
Thug, green
Thug, blue, -9 NL, shaken 1 round
Vinius, white

Bold may act!

The thug that Rossby hit should be shaken for 9 rounds, one for every point of nonlethal damage dealt. Enforcer

Seeing the man by the door demoralized by Rossby, Althea rushes inside towards the next guard (green). Seeing Vinius across the room, Althea will shout "I knew it was you, Vinius!"

+1 Rapier attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
regular +1 Rapier damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
+sneak attack: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1) = 8 (not sure if they have acted yet or are still FF)

Althea continues speaking to Vinius from across the room as combat continues around them "Phlegos is not the paragon of strength he makes himself out to be. You are ripping apart families by participating in this disgusting and illegal practice! But I have faith you can be better, make the right decision. Join us, and we will put in a good word for you during sentencing."

RP for faction goal

Althea blade only hits the man's clothing!

The leader moves to flank Althea and the other person next to her tries to cut her with his scimitar but misses.

scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 91d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The thug in front of the paladin is also too distracted and cannot hit.

scimitar: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 - 2 = 41d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

The last thug moves forward to reach Althea.

Vinius tries to escape and wants to get out but the door she opens only leads her to Tess!

Initiative! Ambush!

Althea
Tessara,
Ezekial
Rossby

Thug, yellow
Thug boss, red
Thug, green
Thug, blue, -9 NL, shaken 8 rounds
Vinius, white

Bold may act!

Seeing Althea quickly be surrounded, Ezekial calls out, Rossby, can you get in there and help? Considering the terrible options presented to him, he quickly spins a backhand with his scimitar at the thug in front of him, hoping to move on if he incapacitates the thug.

Nonleathal attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

But the eager young paladin misses horribly in his haste to aid Althea, who's deep in the room.

Rossby moves past Blue (provokes) and swings at Red.

Lucerne Hammer: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 vs flanked?
Nonlethal: 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Intimidate: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33 vs 10+HD+WIS

AoO scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 121d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Rossby moves past the thug in blue clothing and can dodge his blow.

He then knocks the air out of the lungs of the leader in red.

Initiative! Ambush!

Althea
Tessara,
Ezekial
Rossby

Thug, yellow
Thug boss, red, -15 NL, shaken
Thug, green
Thug, blue, -9 NL, shaken 8 rounds
Vinius, white

Bold may act!

Althea doubts the wisdom of entering the room alone as the thugs surround her, but then they all miss! She lashes out at the 'leader' sandwiched between her and Rossby.

+1 Rapier attack (flanking red w/ Rossby): 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 2 = 14
regular +1 Rapier damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
+ sneak attack & Disorientation (if flanking): 3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 3) = 10

Ezekial and Althea both miss their targets as quite are quite agile!

Initiative! Ambush!

Althea
Tessara,
Ezekial
Rossby

Thug, yellow
Thug boss, red, -15 NL, shaken
Thug, green
Thug, blue, -9 NL, shaken 8 rounds
Vinius, white

Bold may act!

Tess sneaks up to the door and listens.

Red should be shaken for 15 rounds.

Tess the door is open and Vinius is standing there in front of you.

Vinius tries to escape and wants to get out but the door she opens only leads her to Tess!

Thanks Althea! Vinius is a confirmed bad guy right?

Tess pulls the trigger on her blunderbuss, and a cascade of colors shoot out towards Vinius!

Casting Color Spray, Will DC 16 negates

2HD or less: unconscious, blinded, and stunned 2d4 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2 rounds and blinded and stunned 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds and stunned for 1 round

3 to 4 HD: blinded and stunned 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds and stunned for 1 round

5 or more HD: The creature is stunned for 1 round.

The gobbos suggested as such, and finding her here makes it much more likely as well.

Lobda tells me that one of the other employees at the party was working for [Phlegos], a woman named Vinius Borr. Even if he was not present at the time of the poisoning, perhaps it was her hand that served the drink!

will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

The woman is completely unaffected and tries to escape and can get past Tess!

Acrobatics to move through threatened space: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

~

Scimitar, yellow: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 = 171d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Scimitar, green: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 91d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

+1 short sword, flank: 1d20 + 2 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 9 = 251d4 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (5, 1, 2) = 13

The two thugs again slash with their blades but Althea can dodge the attacks! But she does not see the short sword that pierces her back!

Initiative! Ambush!

Althea, -13
Tessara,
Ezekial
Rossby

Thug, yellow
Thug boss, red, -15 NL, shaken
Thug, green
Thug, blue, -9 NL, shaken 8 rounds
Vinius, white

Bold may act!

Rossby keeps swinging at Red.

Luverne Hammer: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Nonlethal: 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Intimidate: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34 vs 10+HD+WIS+5 (higher DC for 2nd attemot)

Tess is surprised for a second, shrugs, then tries again.

Casting Color Spray, Will DC 16 negates

2HD or less: unconscious, blinded, and stunned 2d4 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5 rounds and blinded and stunned 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds and stunned for 1 round

3 to 4 HD: blinded and stunned 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds and stunned for 1 round

5 or more HD: The creature is stunned for 1 round.

will : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Again the woman is completely ignoring the myriad of colors!!

One more time, with feeling! lol got one more baby!!! one more!!!

Ezekial looks helplessly at where Althea is surrounded, and redoubles his efforts to bring down the thug he's facing with the blue tunic. Scoring a telling blow on the man's head with the unsharpened side of the scimitar Ezekial smiles, Surrender and the Dawnflower will show mercy! he orders the man.

nonlethal attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
confirm crit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
crit damage?: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4+2 Fire Damage

Ezekial‘s fire blade knocks out the thug with a hot hit to the head!

Althea is up!

Sorry I didn't notice I was up this morning - Althea will attack whichever she is flanking with Rossby, red preferred since he's already damaged?

+1 Rapier attack (+flank w/Rossby?): 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 = 21
+1 Rapier damage + sneak attack: 1d6 + 4 + 3d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (6, 2, 5) = 20

Althea gives the leader a killing blow and he drops to the ground bleeding.

Scimitar, yellow: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 = 171d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Scimitar, green: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 131d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

The two thugs again slash with their blades but Althea can dodge the attacks!

Vinius flees!

Initiative! Ambush!

Althea, -13
Tessara,
Ezekial
Rossby

Thug, yellow
Thug boss, red, dying
Thug, green
Thug, blue, unconscious
Vinius, white

Bold may act!

"Vinius is getting away!" shouts Tess to Ezekial, hustling south through the alley.

Double Move

Ezekial takes a step toward the door, but hearing Tess yell, he pivots and gives chase, We can't let the damn snake escape!

Rounding the corner, he quickly closes with Vinius, scimitar extended beyond his buckler, Give up! And justice will be swift and merciful.
Double Move

Rossby has a speed of 15', and will be more or less useless in a chase.

Rossby moves to afford Althea another flank, and swings at Yellow.

Lucerne Hammer: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Nonlethal: 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Demoralize: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 vs 10+HD+WIS

Question about the right side of the map - where it ends, are we assuming another wall or something along the edge?

Althea curses under her breath, and shoots Rossby a "sorry to abandon you" look before running out the door. There was NO way she was going to let Vinius get away. As she runs out the door, dodging attacks from the slavers, she yells "I'll be right back! You've got this, right?"

Due to Althea's Mobility feat, her AC is 22 from AoOs provoked by leaving threatened squares.

As I am going on vacation and these guys have no chance against you, and you have Vinius conrnered, I am calling this fight!

After Rossby hits the guard so hard that he only sees stars and their leader is already on the ground, both thugs drop their weapons.

Also Vinius sees that there is no possiblity to escape and gives up!

The goblins have everything under control in the other building!

Inside the gang house you find some papers on a table.

They include substantial incriminating evidence against Phlegos Dulm, such as lists of people to bribe and businesses to harass. You think these documents are necessary for Roderus and Wulessa to prove Phlegos’s guilt.

You also find several stacks of coins in very specific amounts which correlate to payments entered into the books, pretty much proving that Dulm was paying bribes.

There are also receipts on the table for a variety of seemingly innocuous ingredients.

Vinius, once she stops shaking looks at you.

"Please do not hurt me! You Pathfinders are a cruel bunch! Dulm has a PLAN, right, did he send you here to eradicate all evidence before he vanishes? He lost all his money and is barely skating by on his wits alone trying to figure out how to stay out of jail! He doesn't pay me enough and now I have to die here!???!"

~ ~

The captives look nervous, but agree to come with you.

Your goblin friends scamper ahead, and arriving back at the Fine Traders you find Yigrig ready to usher you inside and out of sight of the street.

”Well, my friends, I hear you’ve had an eventful evening! And you even brought our friend Ms. Borr with you, how nice! I suspect her testimony will go a long ways towards freeing poor Zig, isn’t that right Vinius?” Borr looks miserable, but sullenly nods.

With the Goblins’ help, you escort the rescued captives and the captive Vinius back to Roderus’ lodge, where cleanup is mostly complete from the party.

Roderus agrees to help transport them safely back home to Absalom as his last act as Venture Captain. He also agrees, once the evidence has been presented, that young Zig should go free and Vinius should take his place in jail for her part in the plot.

She tells all she knows about Dulm, and a warrant is issued for his arrest, though he seems to have slipped out of town during the night. Roderus also uses the evidence to have Dulm formally expelled from the Pathfinder Society.

Wulessa and Yigrig, meanwhile, have a long conversation, the result of which is a new mutually-beneficial partnership is formed between Yigrig’s business and the local Pathfinder lodge, now headed by Wulessa.

A grateful Yigrig gives you a chime of opening as a symbolic gift for freeing the slaves, and tells you to call on him should you ever need help in this town.

That’s the end! Thanks for playing, I had a lot of fun. I’ll get your chronicle sheets only after my vacation on July 25. Gold is 1855 in 4-5 and 1187 out of tier.

Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Rossby is glad to have helped, but can't make heads or tails of the ingredients. He gladly accompanies those who belong in jail to jail, and lectures them on the importance of not being jerks.

Great game, sorry we ran over. It was fun playing with you all!

As a side note, Yigrig and Zig show up in PFS2 (#1-14: Lions of Katapesh). It was fun to see where they came from.

Althea assures Vinius they are not here to kill her, but to ensure Phlegos Dulm is held responsible for the crimes he has committed. "The more you help us, the more willing we will be to put in a good word for you in your sentencing. And, of course, let you live." she adds as an afterthought.

Althea is remarkably kind and considerate to the newly released captives, making sure they get a bath and some clean clothes and delicious food before making the journey to Absalom. She also records details of each of their names, home villages, and immediate next-of-kin to try to reunite them with the life they had before, and set them up for success in their new life of freedom.

She also makes sure to befriend Wulessa before they leave, as having access to other information experts makes her job much easier. It's all about networking, baby!

Althea makes sure to thank Yigrig, Lobda, & Zig for their hard work and integrity. "To be honest, I had never met a single goblin like any of you before. You are inspiring, and I am glad to count your 'family' as my friends."