#9-16: Fallen Family, Broken Name - PaizoCon 2021 - GM Nowruz (Inactive)

Game Master noral

Zeldana orders Winnie to defend Henrikuaxian at the back, and she moves to Winnie's spot, casting a spell inside the chamber, centered at the bottom left (southwest) corner of the shack so that the spell is completely contained within the building.

stone call, bludgeoning dmg, no save: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7

Lorimyr drops a bomb by his own feet, singeing himself a little but freeing himself.

Wulthur slices the ettercap as it rises from the ground, then whirls around and slices on the other side, cleanly severing the upper and lower halves.

Zeldana casts a spell, and rocks begin raining down. The radius of the spell is 40', so even centering it on the southeastern corner would reach the party. However, the walls are likely holey enough that you can target beyond the walls.

Round 2/3! Everyone may act.

Zeldana (-7 hp) / Winnie (entangled)
Red Spider (-7 hp)
Yellow Spider (-17 hp)
Blue Spider (-27 hp)
Ettercap (-32 hp)
Lorimyr (-3 hp)
Wulthur
Henrik
Kyra

Kyra directs the Spiritual Weapon to attack the red spider. (move action)

Spiritual Weapon + BAB + WIS + bless: 1d20 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 4 + 1 = 18
force damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

That's better, dice bot.

Kyra then casts guidance on Wulthur. (standard action)

@GM: much appreciated! cylinder spells are few and far between and I'm not always sure how to target them.

Sorry for the delay!

Henrikuaxian shuffles quickly south, then flings his hand toward the lone remaining spider. A shimmering ray of light streams forth toward the hairy beast.

Move action to move south, Standard action to use Blinding Ray. If it hits and the spider has 4 or less HD, it is blinded for 1 round. If it hits and the spider has 5 or more HD, it is dazzled for 1 round. If it misses, I become sad at the unfortunate waste of my standard action.
Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Kyra's spiritual weapon slashes the spider, and Henrikuaxian casts a spell.

The spider, blinded, crawls up the wall. (difficult terrain, +15')

Round 2/3! Everyone may act.

Zeldana (-7 hp) / Winnie (entangled)
Red Spider (-15 hp, blind 1/1)
Yellow Spider (-17 hp)
Blue Spider (-27 hp)
Ettercap (-32 hp)
Lorimyr (-3 hp)
Wulthur
Henrik
Kyra

The Spiritual Weapon follows and attacks the blinded red spider. (no action needed)

Spiritual Weapon + BAB + WIS + bless: 1d20 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 4 + 1 = 11
force damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

D'oh! But might still be a hit thanks to blinded, though.

Kyra then casts guidance on herself. (standard action)

Indeed, it hits its blinded flat footed AC exactly.

Kyra's spiritual weapon cuts the spider down.

End of combat!

Final damage:

Zeldana (-7 hp) / Winnie
Lorimyr (-3 hp)
Wulthur
Henrik
Kyra

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Please move your icon where you're searching if you're helping search.

Conducting a quick search of the room is enough to find a ring on Dremlut’s remains. Once cleaned off, the gold ring reveals delicate Infernal text carved into the band, but the letters are hopelessly lost in the dense calligraphy. Only through many hours of study might somebody fluent in Infernal pick out and decipher the name.

I need a definitive word on who is holding the ring.

Untrained Appraise: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

"Hey guys: I found a bag of gold coins here! they look like old Chelish coins... The ring on Dremlut's remains has some magic in it, but I can't read the script on it. Anyone here can make sense of this language?"

While waiting for a translator, Zeldana inspects the ring for a few moments, casting detect magic, in order to identify its powers.

Spellcraft to id magic item: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

You won't have time to translate. The magic on the ring is consistent with the signet ring referenced in Slides 1 and 2.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

"It does appear to be the signet ring of the Irruca family." Lorimyr waits for Zeldana's divination to reveal more.

Is everyone searching the house? I'm going to put you in random locations within the house, move your icon if you're searching elsewhere.

Henrikuaxian: X: 1d4 ⇒ 1 Y: 1d5 ⇒ 5
Kyra: X: 1d4 ⇒ 2 Y: 1d5 ⇒ 5
Lorimyr: X: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Y: 1d5 ⇒ 1
Winnie: X: 1d4 ⇒ 4 Y: 1d5 ⇒ 2
Wulthur: X: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Y: 1d5 ⇒ 1
Zeldana: X: 1d4 ⇒ 2 Y: 1d5 ⇒ 2

Can we each take 20 on a Search?

You won't have time to translate. The magic on the ring is consistent with the signet ring referenced in Slides 1 and 2.

What about Kyra's spell comprehend languages, though? Would that work?

"If nobody else wants to wear the ring, I will put it on."

Kyra would wear it on her left hand. (see handout #6 on slide 2)

What about Kyra's spell comprehend languages, though? Would that work?

Unfortunately, not in the time frame that you have. The lettering is too dense to read anything - even if you knew what the symbols meant.

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Kyra puts on the ring.

A woman’s voice calls from the outside, “Explorers! I am Pava Irrica and I believe you have been traveling across Isger, collecting my family heirlooms. However you’ve come by them, I am willing to forgive and forget as long as you turn them over to me peacefully. You can walk away, and I’ll not get the authorities involved. Now come out and sheathe your weapons.”

I'm bringing us back into initiative, although, to be clear, combat has not begun, so if you want to talk with her, you can do so as part of your turn.

Round 1!

Wulthur
Zeldana
Lorimyr
Pava (red icon)
Orange Icon
Green Icon
Blue Icon
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

Zeldana instructs Winnie to defend Wulthur. She steps out, diving behind a column for cover, and says very loudly, "You talk of peace and sheathing weapons; are your archers willing to unstring their bows immediately as well?"

Zeldana counts to 3 in her head: if the archers do not immediately unstring their bows or if any of them advances, the launches a spell.

Ready an action to cast a spell if the enemies do not immediately stand down (i.e. if archers do not immediately unstring their bows on their next action or if any of them advances even one inch...)

They don't back down. Which spell are you casting?

Listening to the rough negotiations outside, Lorimyr quietly drinks another of his concoctions in preparation of the looming fight.

Expeditious Retreat.

They don't back down. Which spell are you casting?

casting entangle. 40-ft radius. Should cover all of them; Winnie is set to defend Wultur so she'll follow him as he moves out.

Wulthur exits the ruins.

"Allow me to clean my blade first, before I place it within its sheathe," He says, wiping his blade on the ground to remove the blood from the spider creatures. "If you know of our journeys thus far, then you know that they have not come without peril and that we are quite capable in defending ourselves."

"Yet, there is no need for this situation to come to blows. If you set your weapons down to talk, we shall do the same," he urges.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Kyra waits for a reaction from Pava. Also, it's not her turn yet. ;-)

Lorimyr casts a spell, and starts moving very quickly.

Wulthur moves outside and begins talking. It is soon clear that Pava has no interest in talking, and as soon as Zeldana casts a spell, everyone reacts with hostility.

Pava Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Orange Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Green Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Blue Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Purple Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

A sharp bang nearby announces the arrival of a black-winged figure in tight leather armor, wielding a longbow. See Slide 13 for art. She appears on top of a broken wall nearby, dark eyes darting around the courtyard at the assembled face-off. “Ah, I see the Irrica family line isn’t entirely wiped out yet,” she observes, “And facing off for a fight! How droll. You mortals make such tepid entertainment. But I am merciful. Give me the fragments you’ve collected and I’ll let you all live.”

Pava scowls at the winged creature, “You serve the Irricas, devil; I know you cannot harm me." She turns to the Pathfinders. "Now you lot, quickly, give me the ring, and I’ll command it to spare you."

Round 1! (action paused for skill checks)

Wulthur
Zeldana
Lorimyr (expeditious retreat)
Devil
Pava (entangled)
Orange Icon
Green Icon (entangled)
Blue Icon (entangled)
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

You are a terrible liar, that even I can hear it in your words."

Waiting to roll planes until Lorimyr moves out and can see her.

Sense Motive is already done. No Knowledge (Planes) check for Kyra.

Does anyone want to give the artifacts over to the devil, or to Pava?

Definitely not!
It would also be against our orders - see slide #1... ;-)

Agreed, we should try to use the ring ourselves but I don't think we should hand it over to either of them.

Definitely not!

It would also be against our orders - see slide #1... ;-)

just checking hehe

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The devil huffs in frustration, sitting on the pillar with her chin on her hands.

Pava attacks the Pathfinders, as does her crew.

Pava tries to unentangle herself. move action

Escape Artist, DC 13: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

She runs up to Wulthur.

Orange fires at Zeldana.

Shortbow, Cover: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 1 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Green tries to remove the sticky stuff.

Escape Artist, DC 13: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

He then steps and fires at Wulthur.

Shortbow, Cover, Melee: 1d20 + 6 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 1 - 4 = 4
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Blue tries to escape.

Escape Artist, DC 13: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

He steps and fires at Zeldana.

Shortbow, Melee: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 6 - 4 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Purple steps and fires at Wulthur.

Shortbow, Cover, Melee: 1d20 + 6 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 1 - 4 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Round 1/2! (action paused for skill checks)

Wulthur
Zeldana
Lorimyr (expeditious retreat)
Devil
Pava
Orange Icon
Green Icon
Blue Icon
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Moving rapidly past the ensuing brawl, Lorimyr moves to engage the archers with his own ranged attacks.

Ranged Touch on Blue: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7

In his distraction, the explosive lands next to the archer and explodes, washing him in fire.

Edit: Misremembered Lorimyr's bonus, knowledge results removed.

Kyra moves up and casts guidance on Winnie.

@GM:
Are the minutes/level buffs still in place? Those of Kyra last 4 minutes total.
If yes, bless and shield of faith are still active.

Yes, minutes/level buffs are still up.

"You have sealed your fate, Pava Irrica." Wulthur says grimly as he repositions himself to bring his sword to bear against the woman.
5 ft. step
Melee (+1 greatsword) v Pava: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
Damage (S): 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 2) + 8 = 13

Henrikuaxian hurries out of the ruined building to look around at the various hostiles.

Know(planes): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

His little eyes get all wide and anxious, but he looks back and forth between the devil and Kyra with her ring, looking relieved. He looks worriedly at the archers in the back, and quickly begins a disjointed bit of arcane words and gestures. When he finishes, a 10ft tall, 10ft wide, 80ft long swirling mass of noxious-looking fog appears between the archers and everyone else, completely obstructing their view.

Casting a Silent Image illusion of a poisonous fog bank, DC 18 Will save to disbelieve if they interact with it.

He then calls out to his friends "Stay out of the fog, it is poisonous! The devil is an erineyes devil, very dangerous, but as long as we stay within 60ft of that ring" he says with a gesture at Kyra, "and we don't attack it, then it can't attack us! So stay close!"

More quietly, and specifically to Kyra, he says "if you can get more than 60ft away from the archers, while keeping us in range, the devil will be able to attack the archers. I don't know if it will or not, but might be worth a shot!"

If you move to the spot with the blue diamond, I think that will make all the archers other than purple outside of the 60ft range of the ring.

GM, isn't Blue still entangled? The escape artist DC was 13, he got a 12, but he isn't marked as entangled in the combat tracker.

GM, isn't Blue still entangled? The escape artist DC was 13, he got a 12, but he isn't marked as entangled in the combat tracker.

You're correct, he should still be entangled. Not sure what happened, but it does mean that he should also have taken a -4 on his attack on Zeldana.

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Lorimyr throws a bomb, missing but splashing Blue. It's 3+INT damage, correct?

Blue Reflex, Entangled: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 - 2 = 9

Wulthur cuts Pava deeply.

Henrikuaxian conjures a giant fog bank ... or at least a reasonable facsimile of one.

Round 1/2!

Wulthur
Zeldana
Lorimyr (expeditious retreat)
Devil
Pava (-13 hp)
Orange Icon
Green Icon
Blue Icon (entangled, -7 hp)
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

Kyra already acted in Round 1 (Link).

Oops - missed that, thanks.

Round 2!

Wulthur
Zeldana / Winnie (guidance)
Lorimyr (expeditious retreat)
Devil
Pava (-13 hp)
Orange Icon
Green Icon
Blue Icon (entangled, -7 hp)
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

Botting Zeldana / Winnie.

Zeldana draws her scimitar and strikes.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Winnie, unable to flank because of the pillar, walks up and bites.

Bite, Guidance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

The devil licks her lips when she sees the blood. "Kill her!" she yells, cheering for mayhem.

The archers, without a line of sight, circle around the fog bank.

All need double moves to get around the corners.
Edit: I forgot Blue is entangled, but I've posted other d20 rolls - to keep the order in which they were rolled, I'm posting the entangle check at the end. Blue escapes, but needs a move action to do it, so only single moves.

Pava, alone and trapped in a corner, lashes out at 1d3 ⇒ 2 Winnie.

Flurry: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Flurry: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

She strikes the owlbear in the beak.

Round 2/3!

Wulthur
Zeldana / Winnie (-5 hp)
Lorimyr (expeditious retreat)
Devil
Pava (-13 hp)
Orange Icon
Green Icon
Blue Icon (-7 hp)
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

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Blue Escape, DC 13: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Ranged Touch on Pava: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 - 2 = 21
Fire Damage: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1, 5) + 4 = 12 Excluding all allies.

Lorimyr hefts a bomb at the nearest target, thinking defeating the leader is the key to victory. He then steps to the side to gain cover from the approaching archers.

"Pava, stop this nonsense right now! You're not gonna win this, you'll see!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 -_-

Then Kyra moves a bit while speaking to the devil, especially pointing at the orange and blue archers:

"Devil! Pava and all these archers are no friends of mine. You may do as you please with them - for now..."

Afterwards, she casts guidance on Winnie again.

Good idea, and thanks for the suggestion, Henrikuaxian!
However, the movement of the archers put two of them outside of the protection zone of the ring, and no movement of Kyra's would put the others outside, too.
So let's see what the devil is up to now. ;-)
In the meantime, let's finish Pava off.

The bomb hits the monk with full force and you see that her skin and hair is burned!

Kyra's attempt at diplomacy is not really noticed with the battle raging around her!

Round 2/3!

Wulthur
Zeldana / Winnie has guidance (-5 hp)
Lorimyr (expeditious retreat)
Devil
Pava (-25 hp)
Orange Icon
Green Icon
Blue Icon (-7 hp)
Purple Icon
Kyra
Henrik

"If the devil craves bloodshed, then the fiend shall be denied!" he concludes as he moves to subdue Pava with the flat of his blade.
5 ft. step
Melee (+1 greatsword), NL v Pava: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 11 - 4 = 8
Damage (S, NL): 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 1) + 8 = 12

Henrikuaxian slides around the corner of the building to face the eastern archer. The billowing wall of gas still flaps in the wind, disregarded by the combatants that have circled around it, so the gnome ignores it. Not gonna concentrate on it, but Lingering Illusions means it'll hang around for a couple more rounds. He pulls out a miniature shovel from his bag of tricks, and uses it to focus his next spell. Arcane words roll forth, and with a point of the miniature shovel, a 20ft deep pit suddenly appears beneath the feet of the closest archer.

Casting Create Pit, DC17 reflex save for green to avoid falling in.

Taking advantage of the hard cover afforded by the pillar, Zeldana circles around it to flank Pava with Winnie. She then attacks the monk with a vicious slash to her legs.

Melee vs. Red; +1 scimitar, bless, flank: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 24
magic slashing dmg, studied target, sneak attack: 1d6 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (5) + 1 = 14

She then commands Winnie to attack the traitorous Irrica scion!

Winnie tries to avenge her painfully offended beak!

Full attack vs. Red
bite, BS, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 18
b/p/s dmg, bull's strength: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12
claw 1, BS, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 19
b/s dmg, bull's strength: 1d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7
claw 2, BS, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 21
b/s dmg, bull's strength: 1d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

Pava is hit so hard by Winnie and Zeldana that she drops to the ground unconscious!

Pava’s hired thugs were hanging back to fire with their bows, avoiding melee combat and now that Pava is defeated, the bandits attempt to flee. "Run .. run everyone!"

The erinyes obviously cannot attack any non-hostile creatures under Pava’s protection, or under the ring’s protection, without provocation.

The dark angel looks at you all with disappointment. "It is sad that you did not attack me! I would have loved to meet any attack with violence. But your refusal to hand me the ring will cost you dearly! I have patience! You have earned my enmity though I’m helpless to act against you now!"

She withdraws simply by using plane shift to return to Hell.

"Quick, bind her!"

Kyra ignores the devil for now, moves up and checks Pava's vitals.

Heal to stabilize: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

As soon as Pava is bound securely, Kyra uses her Rebuke Death ability on her until she wakes up.

Rebuke Death: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Rebuke Death: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 (if needed)
Rebuke Death: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 (if needed)
Rebuke Death: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 (if needed)

Afterwards, Kyra channels positive energy once for everybody, including Pava.

Channel Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

"Feels better, Winnie, am I right?"

Hooting sounds of satisfaction, Winnie nudges Kyra's shoulder with her beak, then lowers her head into her side, asking to be petted around her owl ears.

CONCLUSION

Once you resolve the standoff, you can follow the trail back to better-traveled roads for transport to Almas, where Venture-Captain Brackett awaits your report.

Brackett’s primary concern is keeping control of the erinyes devil out of improper hands, so as you managed to keep the items that contain the name fragments from Pava VC Brackett considers the mission a success.

"Thank you all for your efforts! You really did well on this mission!"