Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
The cleric extinguishes the flame. Full round
Reflex, on the ground: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 2 = 16
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
Zog reloads attempts to snipe the green goblin.
Attack, flat-footed? touch:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 181d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + (2) = 5 Snipe:1d20 + 11 - 10 ⇒ (13) + 11 - 10 = 14 Am I stealth to Green from before? If not ignore the flat-footed and second d6
Annissa throws a chakram at one of the goblins (green).
Ranged (chakram):1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 Damage:1d8 ⇒ 5
She strikes the sneak hard!
The bow wielding goblin (red) continues down the passage. Spotting a target, she unleashes an arrow at the kobold!
Ranged (short bow):1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 Damage (P):1d4 ⇒ 3
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The sneak (green) retreats behind the stones and retrieves a vial of glowing liquid.
TOIL AND TROUBLE! - Second Round Cont'd/Third Round Begins!
PCs in bold may act
Annissa -1 HP
Third Round Waze -1 HP
Dorrion -6 HP
Zog -3 HP
Shirin
Goblin (red)
Goblin (green) -3 HP
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
The cleric channels some energy to heal people around of him including himself (without the goblins with selective channeling).
Channel, Scared by war and Favored class option:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2+1/3. So 3 HP.
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
The smoke from the smokestick lingers for 1 minute giving concelment as Fog Cloud, so unless there is a moderate or stronger wind in the tunnels the goblin has a miss chance on me.
Zog will reload and try to bring down the last goblin.
attack:1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 4 = 131d6 ⇒ 2
The smoke from the smokestick lingers for 1 minute giving concelment as Fog Cloud, so unless there is a moderate or stronger wind in the tunnels the goblin has a miss chance on me.
| HP 25/25 | AC 16, T 12, FF 14 | CMD 18| F +5 R +2 W -1 (+2 v enchant) | Init +4 | Perc +5 (LLV) | Spd 40ft | Rage 8/8 rounds | Active Conditions: Rage, Idina's blessing.
Annissa decides to pull out her fauchard as she charges toward, leaping into a spiraling slice to cleave the little (red) goblin front of her in half with a snarl.
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
Zog is nearly out of cartridges and would rather wait in the safety of the shadows for the others to finish off the goblin.
There is no way that the remaining goblin can win this fight and, as we have just about a week to conclude the next quest, I am calling it here.
The combined might of the Pathfinders is too much for the remaining goblin, who is rendered unconscious.
A leather bag is propped up against one of the walls in the chamber, indicating that these Steelfang goblins were in the middle of sorting out their latest haul. The contents mostly consist of personal effects of negligible value, but contain a wand of bless(11 charges). Broken stone from shattered statues and altars litter the lair, though a few stone tablets remain. Those that are intact have been defaced with paint, each bearing a drawing of a round goblin head with knives for teeth, but they are otherwise undamaged.
Knowledge (history or local) or Linguistics (DC 15):
You are able to piece together the content of one of the tablets from the various pieces. The tablets contain an ancient ballad that tells the story of a dwarf named Jorgar Ironbellows, an ambitious noble who murdered his father to secure his inheritance, only to be assassinated by his own son in turn. The fable serves as a cautionary tale, warning others about the folly of favoring one’s own ambition above the lives of their fellow dwarves.
If anyone lays a hand on the one of the tablets:
You suddenly receive a brief vision of an elderly gnome woman who says, “If only this song had been sung in the halls of Absalom’s lodge, perhaps these lessons would have saved a few lives and reputations. Sing it once more for me the next time you’re there, would you?”
On the bodies of the goblins, you find a well-made (masterwork) dogslicer, a couple of smokesticks (2), a few thunderstones (4), a suit of studded leath armor, and a few other weapons. (dogslicer, 3 shortbows, 1 short sword, about three dozen arrows).
You also find a collection of vials, each with crude pictures on them. Four vials bear depictions of flames, one bears primitively rendered frog, one bears an etching of feather, and the fourth bears something resembling a smiley face.
With the goblins defeated, you are able to claim the stone tablets and any of the other items you wish to retrieve from the caverns.
At the entrance of the cave, Urgrin and Helga await excited to hear about what you found out about the cave, expressing both gratitude for their deeds and embarrassment over their superstitious attitudes allowing goblins to gain a foothold in their territory.
With your mission complete, you are free to return to Absalom to report on your findings.
Upon your arrival, he announces, "From what I have gleaned from reports, you have now acquired all the pieces necessary to unlock Eylysia’s last message, left at the site of her final confrontation before her disappearance."
"Come, follow me." he urges as he leads you through a series of vaulted halls and grand passages. As you approach, one of the research libraries within the Grand Lodge, Shaine pauses for a moment and announces, "I am eager to get started. As, no doubt, are the members of the Decemvirate who will be joining us."
Entering the library, you find two masked Decemvirate members—one with a helm that resembles flowing water and the other a steel whorl with three eyeholes awaiting you. They nod in greeting but, otherwise, say little more.
Lining the room are an assortment of old tomes and ancient artifacts. Among them is a totem of a mount, which evokes an artistic style of indicative of Shoanti culture, strikingly similar to that you which had observed in the Jeggare Museum. Also among the items in the room is an aged music stand and a rack filled with an assortment of cloaks.
"I trust you were able to gather the clues necessary to activate Eylysia’s last message?" inquires Shane as he ushers you further into the room of the library.
To keep us moving, I will assume that the party was able to decipher each of Eylysia's clues.
Using the clues found during your travels, you are able to determine how to activate Eylysia’s last message.
Uncover if you want to confirm what the clues are::
Placing the Shoanti totem figurine provided by Jeggare atop of a mount. You spy a matching mount within a display case in the library.
Raising the hoods of your cloaks. (Shaine can provide you each with a cloak upon request, if you do not have one.)
Singing the song recovered on the stone tablet. (Shaine can decipher the tablet if you were unable to do so on your own.)
After completing all three steps, long dormant magics are released. Upon activation of the magics, the research library around you blurs as the relics on the shelves seem to age in reverse. Items and furniture shuffle rapidly about the room until finally the movement comes to a halt. The room is now arrayed much differently than it was before, and strange swirling clouds of space wend throughout the area. At the center of the library stands a gnome woman with faded teal hair.
"About time you got here!” the gnome exclaims. “I’m expecting Veldrid any minute! We need to confront her with what we know and convince her to turn on the others. Once their deeds are revealed, they’ll have no choice but to resign."
In addition to the change in surroundings, you find that each of you, too, has changed--none of the Pathfinders looking quite like him or herself. Yet, somehow, you now know for certain that the gnome woman is Eylysia and that each of you are her companions.
Each player must now choose one of Eylysia’s companions, who you will inhabit during the upcoming encounter (each must choose a different companion). The companion will have the same stats as the PC with the exception of the addition of the special ability listed.
Please post your "companion choice", perhaps providing a description of the companion as you imagine him or her, and then place your PC token on the map anywhere adjacent to Eylysia (who appears already on the map as the purple bordered token).
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
The human wears some good looking clothes over his leather armor to remain smart. But he has a tattoo on the left arm you can see because of the upturned handle. He has an small harp with him.
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
I'm not picky about which I choose so I'll let the rest pick before me
| HP 25/25 | AC 16, T 12, FF 14 | CMD 18| F +5 R +2 W -1 (+2 v enchant) | Init +4 | Perc +5 (LLV) | Spd 40ft | Rage 8/8 rounds | Active Conditions: Rage, Idina's blessing.
Annissa, the half-elf barbarian, suddenly looks like a half-elf barbarian.
Except for the minor detail of the veiled Katapesh woman who hid herself is now in the bizarrely revealing furs and leather scraps of the Shoanti, exposed flesh scrawled in a network of tattoos that seemed to enhance and channel the barbarian's rage.
Annissa/Idina holds up their hand to inspect it curiously, turning it over thoughtfully and then tries to adjust the too-tight leather halter top.
The door opens, admitting three figures wearing Decemvirate helms: one eyeless and triple-flanged, another topped with stag antlers, and the third a crystal-studded black domino mask.
Eylysia blanches, but quickly covers it up with a smile. “So... I take it you aren’t willing to play nice?”
“It is the Decemvirate’s will that your investigations cease,” declares the antler-helmed figure.
The figure behind the eyeless helm nods, and the domino-masked figure hesitates before also nodding.
“I wonder whether your other colleagues would agree.” Eylysia draws herself up to her full height. “I doubt they’ll agree with your perspective once they know what I know.”
The figure in the eyeless mask draws his sword. “Then you understand why we cannot let you live."
You realize that you are seeing the world through someone else’s eyes, though you can still act and discern which of your party members are which.
Terrain Rules: The battlefield is covered in roiling ropes of mist, as though the memories of those areas had faded. Any creature within or on the opposite side of one of these streams of mist has concealment (20% miss chance). Whenever a creature is knocked unconscious, their body seems to stream away into the mist, drawn in and slowly disintegrated. If the unconscious creature is a PC who is not returned to consciousness within 2 rounds, the PC leaves the battlefield.
| HP 25/25 | AC 16, T 12, FF 14 | CMD 18| F +5 R +2 W -1 (+2 v enchant) | Init +4 | Perc +5 (LLV) | Spd 40ft | Rage 8/8 rounds | Active Conditions: Rage, Idina's blessing.
Hearing the memory-threat gave Annissa pause, but realizing this had all happened before and none of it was really her was... freeing. She had nothing to prove, nothing to doubt. She could be in the moment just as she was when she was normally raging.
She moves forward to obscure herself in the mists, weapon at the ready to skewer anyone that rushes forward to challenge those she protects.
Rage, move forward, ready action to trip with reach weapon.
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
The cleric mouves forward and casts bless.So for bless +1 AT (50ft.)
So for Sera +1 Saving throws and +5 HP temp (30ft.)
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
Zog will sneak forward, loading his gun, and get ready to live out all pathfinder's dream of shooting a member of the Decemvirate in the face.
Readying to shoot if they walk through. Stealth:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
| HP 25/25 | AC 16, T 12, FF 14 | CMD 18| F +5 R +2 W -1 (+2 v enchant) | Init +4 | Perc +5 (LLV) | Spd 40ft | Rage 8/8 rounds | Active Conditions: Rage, Idina's blessing.
Annissa shifts her stance and keen half-elven ears twitch. She rushes forward towards Blystone, sliding past him into the mist with a long sweeping slice, lest he take a shot at Eylysia.
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
Annissa shifts her stance and keen half-elven ears twitch. She rushes forward towards Blystone, sliding past him into the mist with a long sweeping slice, lest he take a shot at Eylysia.
Grossly underestimating the speed and power behind the Pathfinder agent's attack, Blystone is cut down with a single strike!
Shirin Asal wrote:
Shirin moves towards the masked figure and attacks with nonlethal force.
Shirin's blow strikes only mist.
Dorrion wrote:
The cleric loads his crossbow and fires.
Redirecting attack to Veldrid.
Miss<21:1d100 ⇒ 44 Miss<21:1d100 ⇒ 17
The warped integrity of the vision manages to throw off the cleric's aim.
Waze wrote:
The wizard fires towards the green one using a spell slot to flaming his ammunition.
As Waze's weapon has more limited range and Veldrid has cover, I will allow Waze to choose another set of actions this round if he wishes.
VISIONS OF THE PAST! - Round Two Cont'd!
PCs in bold may act
Shirin
Dorrion
Annissa AC 13 Waze
Zog Zaul Blystone -16
Helven Leroung
Veldrid Goldborough
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
Zog will sneak up and attempt to snipe Veldrid.
attack:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + (2) = 3 stealth:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
The helmed woman looks for the kobold.
Perception:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Unable to find him, she moves towards the deadly half-elf and tries to effect her mind.
Annissa, Will save (DC 13):1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Knowledge (arcana) (DC 20) re helm ability:
The helm imposes lesser confusion(as a swift action).
With a scroll in hand, she magically enhances herself.
Spellcraft (DC 17) re scroll:
She has cast heroism on herself.
"Zaul was weak, but you will find the rest of us are more than a match for the likes of you!" cries Leroung as prepares to lunge with his rapier.
Bluff:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
But, the effort was an obvious ruse, as he instead attempts to slash the agent before him!
Melee (rapier):1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 Damage (S):1d6 ⇒ 3
VISIONS OF THE PAST! - Round Three Begins!
PCs in bold may act
Shirin
Dorrion
Annissa(confused for one round) Waze
Zog
Helven Leroung
Veldrid Goldborough -3 HP (magically enhanced)
Male Half-elf Cleric 3 (Herald Caller) / HP 24, CMD 14, Init +2, Perc +4, AC 14/12/12, Fort +7 Ref +5 Will +7 (+2 vs ench.) / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 2/2 /Active cond.:
| HP 25/25 | AC 16, T 12, FF 14 | CMD 18| F +5 R +2 W -1 (+2 v enchant) | Init +4 | Perc +5 (LLV) | Spd 40ft | Rage 8/8 rounds | Active Conditions: Rage, Idina's blessing.
Shirin starts to battle dance! She attacks the masked figure with nonlethal force.
Shirin strikes Helven, giving the helmed man pause.
Dorrion wrote:
The cleric loads his crossbow and fires.
Who was Dorrion aiming at? Helven (red) or Veldrid (yellow)?
Waze approaches Veldrid as Annissa babbles.
VISIONS OF THE PAST! - Round Three Cont'd!
PCs in bold may act
Shirin
Dorrion(please designate a target)
Annissa
Waze
Zog
Helven Leroung -10 HP (shaken 2 rounds)
Veldrid Goldborough -3 HP (+2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks)
M Kobold Gunslinger (black powder vaulter, bushwacker) 1 | HP 11 | AC 16, T 14, FF 13 | CMD 11 | F +2 R +5 W 3 (+5 v smoke) | Init +3 | Perc +9 (LLV, can see through non-magical smoke) | Stealth +11 (+2 in overgrown areas) | Spd 30ft
Zog will reload and snipe the Domino-masked dwarf.
attack, flat-footed touch:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 121d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + (2) = 5 stealth:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
