[PFS1] 6-21 Tapestry's Toil (GM Watery Soup) (Inactive)

Game Master Watery Soup

Ansha stifles a bout of maniacal laughter at the duergars' confusion. Oh, this never gets old, she thinks.

With shield mutagen in hand, Rakesh suddenly gets nailed by two arrows. After grunting in pain and reeling back from the force of both arrows, he holds up the vial towards the dark dwarves.
"At least give me a chance to drink this first, you bastards!"
He shouts with a scowl.

Fuzzfoot continues his climb. At double move of 1/4 speed, he should be just getting to the top, I believe.

Kit continues her performance, consisting of an alliterative oratory about the plight of Duerger (which I'm going to assume she hears about), and begins her ascent.

"Oh, those dirty dwarf-like Duerger, damned to dig down deep, and destined to die the death of a dog."

As long as she is within 10' of the ground she will make a normal roll, otherwise she is going to take it slow and take 10.

Roderick smiles as the dark dwarves are reduced to infighting.

He flies up and back 10' and tries a shock bomb on the orange statue.

Becoming visible, he quips

I hope this is high enough. The statues seem more immediately problematic.

Bomb, range, hero pb: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 17
for Shock dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 6) + 3 + 1 = 21 5'r splash, 6 elec dmg (DC14 for half).

Fuzzfoot and Kitoro finish their climb. Roderick begins the fireworks with a solid hit against the lumbering statue. However, not all of the damage appears to go through.

The statue moves towards Rakesh with surprising speed (got there in 1 move action) and brings a fist up.

Slam: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 plus Grab

Unfortunately, for him, Rakesh dodges.

--Round 3
Ansha
Ehm
Rakesh (-22 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (confused)
Blue Duergar (-11 hp, confused)
--Round 4
Kitoro
Roderick
Fuzzfoot
Orange Statue

did any damage occur on orange statue? maybe-just missing from status?

Rakesh takes a hop back, pops the cork of the mutagen, and guzzles the foul tasting syrup. He then quickly pulls his bow from his back and fires an adamantine arrow at the iron giant.

+1 adaptive comp. longbow, IC, & DA: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 2 = 22
adamantine piercing, IC & DA: 1d8 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 2 = 16

Ansha contents herself reveling in the chaos she's caused. Delay.

My bad ... the damage is included on the tracker.

Rakesh fires and arrow, its adamantine tip easily slicing through the iron.

--Round 3
Ehm
Rakesh (-22 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (confused)
Blue Duergar (-11 hp, confused)
--Round 4
Ansha
Kitoro
Roderick
Fuzzfoot
Orange Statue (-37 hp, +hardness)

"Take care of those dark dwarves shooting at me! I have arrows good against metal statue!"
He shouts as he points at a duergar.
"Ansha or Kit! If you're not busy, I have wand to make bow or sword stronger! Take it out of my pack and use it on me if you can!"

It's your turn, Ehm.

Buffs:
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
invisibility - dur 8 min
fly - dur 8 min
targeted bomb admixture - dur 8 rounds

fly: 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 4 = 19
stealth: 1d20 + 6 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 20 = 35

Ehm flies up a little higher to be sure he is out of reach of the statue/golem thingy. Then drinks another vial. targeted bomb admixture.

Sorry, I was sure I had posted already.

Ehm drinks an extract. Everyone seems to distracted by combat to notice him.

The Red and Yellow duergar begin yelling at Green and Blue, telling them to focus on the enemy!

Red Longbow vs Rakesh: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Yellow Longbow vs Rakesh: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Rakesh takes another arrow to the shoulder.

Green and Blue, blinded with rage, continue firing on each other.

Green vs Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Blue vs Green: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

--Round 4
Ansha
Kitoro
Roderick
Fuzzfoot
Orange Statue (-37 hp, +hardness)
Ehm
Rakesh (-28 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (-11 hp, confused)
Blue Duergar (-22 hp, confused)
--Round 5

Kit reaches the top and takes a deep swallow. With everyone flying here and there, the only protection she has is Rakesh, and looming 10' from her is the most jagged hunk of moving metal she has ever seen so she spends a little extra time putting some distance between her and it (double move, though she may have just drawn an AoO if it has reach) as she screams out more magical nonsense about duergers.

Inspire +2 sill active

Kitoro gets to the top and sees the madness.

Universal: Inspire Courage +2

--Round 4
Ansha
Kitoro
Roderick
Fuzzfoot
Orange Statue (-37 hp, +hardness)
Ehm
Rakesh (-28 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (-11 hp, confused)
Blue Duergar (-22 hp, confused)
--Round 5

Rakesh looks over his shoulder to see Kitoro dart behind and past him, then lowers his bow in disappointment as he calls out to her.
"Aww! Where you going, Kit? I guess you didn't hear me."
He shrugs then raises his bow at the living statue, ready to take more shots.

Very reluctant to get close to the moving sculpture, Ansha nonetheless flies closer to Rakesh and retrieves the wand in question from his pack.

Move action to fly closer, move action to retrieve a wand of lead blades from Rakesh's pack.

"Oh, I heard you alright. But those stairs took a lot of time to climb and I'm not about to start casting a spell in front of hunka hunka smashing love there."

Planning on casting Good Hope next round if I can get enough folks in the area, which is a real challenge with everyone flitting about. I didn't stop to count it all out, but I'm thinking Kit would have had to cast in range of the things attack and that would have failed miserably. She was 10' down and climbing is slow if you want to avoid having to make a roll.

Roderick is confused by all the yelling and backtracking.

I still fathom that hunk of swirling metal is immediate concern.

He flies 5' closer and tosses a pair of shock bombs.

Bomb, range, bard, pb: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 16
for Shock dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 3) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 19 5'r splash, 6 elec dmg (DC14 for half).

Bomb, range, bard pb: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 + 2 = 25
for Shock dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4, 6, 1) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 21 5'r splash, 6 elec dmg (DC14 for half).

He excludes allies if needed. If statue drops, switch bombs to red dwarf.

Ansha pulls a wand from Rakesh's pack, and Roderick throws a pair of bombs, both of which hit.

The Orange Statue looks on its last legs. Next hit will probably drop it, please include a secondary target if you're targeting it next turn.

Delaying Fuzzfoot.

The Orange statue reaches for Fuzzfoot.

Slam: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 plus Grab

Slam: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 plus Grab

The first arm hits, and it attempts to wrap around Fuzzfoot.

Grab: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 vs CMD

Fuzzfoot is grabbed!

A second statue begins awakening, creaking to life! Purple statue now on the map.

Universal: Inspire Courage +2

--Round 4
Fuzzfoot (-10 hp, grappled)
Ehm (invisible, fly +15', admixture 0/7)
Rakesh (-28 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (-11 hp, confused)
Blue Duergar (-22 hp, confused)
--Round 5
Ansha (fly +10')
Kitoro
Roderick (fly +20')
Orange Statue (-77 hp, +hardness*3, grappled)
Purple Statue

"Put my furry-footed friend down!"
Rakesh fire two arrows into the rusty orange statue.
Or into purple if orange drops.
+1 adaptive comp. longbow, IC, & DA: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 2 = 27
adamantine piercing, IC & DA: 1d8 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 12 + 2 = 22
+1 adaptive comp. longbow, hero, & DA: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 = 21
cold-iron piercing, IC & DA: 1d8 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 2 = 21

With the rusty statue dropping, Rakesh hops back five feet away from the purple tinted statue.

Buffs:
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
fly - dur 8 min
targeted bomb admixture - dur 7 rounds
Inspire courage from Kitoro

fly: 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 4 = 30
Ehm suddenly appears as he fires at he figure hiding behind the column. point blank, explosive missile, conductive weapon, deadly aim, reckless aim, inspire courage, plus he should be flatfooted if he couldn't see invisible
grenade launcher touch attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20, if hits, Kaboom damage: 1d6 + 8 + 10d6 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 8 + (1, 2, 5, 3, 6, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5) + 11 = 63 The first 13 is physical, the rest is fire.

Did I see any of the druegar do anything that looks like it might have activated the second statue?

Rakesh's first arrow causes Orange to collapse and un-animate. The second arrow slices deeply into Purple.

Ehm's grenade explodes with a tremendous bang, and the Purple statue stops moving as suddenly as it started.

Do the alchemical bombs deal splash damage as if you had thrown alchemical bombs?

None of the duergar appeared to do anything to cause the statues to animate.

--Round 4
Fuzzfoot (-10 hp, grappled)
Ehm (invisible, fly +15', admixture 0/7)
Rakesh (-28 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (-11 hp, confused)
Blue Duergar (-22 hp, confused)
--Round 5
Ansha (fly +10')
Kitoro
Roderick (fly +20')
Orange Statue (-99 hp, +hardness*3)
Purple Statue (-84 hp, +hardness)

No, unfortunately. When you add them to a missile and/or use targeted bomb admixture they only affect the target struck.

Delaying Fuzzfoot.

Red and Yellow, seeing Ehm appear and taking out a statue with a massive explosion, react by training their bows on him.

Red Longbow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Yellow Longbow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Red steps back behind the pillar.

Green and Blue are no help to their teammates.

Green Longbow vs Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Blue Longbow vs Green: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"You're the traitor!"
"No, you're the traitor!"

I imagine them as standing there in melee range firing bows at each other, and I giggle like Ansha does.

Everyone is in a block now.

--Round 5
Fuzzfoot (-10 hp)
Ansha (fly +10')
Kitoro
Roderick (fly +20')
Orange Statue (-99 hp, +hardness*3)
Purple Statue (-84 hp, +hardness)
Ehm (-11 hp, fly +15', admixture 1/7)
Rakesh (-28 hp)
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (-17 hp, confused)
Blue Duergar (-22 hp, confused)
--Round 6

Rakesh slings his bow to his back and draws his blades as he takes a step closer to Ansha. He waits for her to activate the wand of lead blades on him.
Did Kitoro cast a heroism on Rakesh before this combat? I think so, since I used heroism bonus to climb up. Can't find post, if so.

With the fall of both constructs, Ansha hesitates to use the nagaji's wand on him. But nonetheless, she activates its command word.

"Thank you, Ansha. Just tuck it back into my haversack. I'm going after those dark dwarves that aren't fighting each other."
He says as he glares at one of the dwarves.

Ansha nods and tucks the wand away again.

Thanks, Ansha. Since you still had an action left, no use in wasting it and having a wand in your hand next turn. ;)

Rakesh spins the blades in each hand with great expertise.
"Nice. That added weight to each blade will cut deeper."

Did Kitoro cast a heroism on Rakesh before this combat? I think so, since I used heroism bonus to climb up. Can't find post, if so.

You are right!. Wish I would have noted that like I usually do on the character sheet.

Kit casts a spell on Red, mimicking the two quarrelling duerger with her finger puppets, then pulls out a wand of CMW. (DC 18 Hideous Laughter)

"They are sooo funny, aren't they?"

Though her target may not understand common, the finger puppets say it all.

”Is there any point to interfere at this point? “

delay

Buffs:
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
fly - dur 8 min
targeted bomb admixture - dur 6 rounds
Inspire courage from Kitoro

We would have been willing to talk. Just sayin.
fly: 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 4 = 17
Ehm suddenly appears as he fires at druegar at the top of the stairs. point blank, explosive missile, deadly aim, reckless aim, inspire courage
grenade launcher touch attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13, if hits, Kaboom damage: 1d6 + 8 + 5d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 8 + (2, 5, 6, 5, 6) + 6 = 40

^%$@^&#*( misfire!

As his gun jams, Ehm tries to take cover behind some of the artwork.

Phew! I'm glad I wasn't adjacent to the target and suffered the consequences of reckless aim.

”Is there any point to interfere at this point? “

Red and Yellow are actively attacking you. I'll delay you if you want.

Roderick shrugs and will fly forward and bomb Red.

So be it!

Bomb, range, pb: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 23
for Explosive dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3, 5, 6, 2) + 3 + 1 = 20 10'r splash, 7 fire dmg (DC14 for half).

Red is burning...

Ansha activates Rakesh's wand as he changes weapons. Kitoro mocks Green and Blue with her finger puppets.

Red Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 vs DC 18

Red does not find it amusing at all.

Ehm cocks and pulls the trigger, only to be met with a disheartening "click".

Red and Yellow keep shouting at Green and Blue to stop, while telling them to focus on the attackers. Red fires at Ansha, while Yellow tries to thread an arrow through the sculpture to hit Ehm.

Red Bow vs Ansha: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Yellow Bow vs Ehm: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29 vs cover
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Green Bow vs Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Blue Bow vs Green: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

--Round 6
Fuzzfoot (-10 hp)
Ansha (-10 hp, fly +10')
Kitoro
Roderick (fly +20')
Orange Statue (-99 hp, +hardness*3)
Purple Statue (-84 hp, +hardness)
Ehm (-20 hp, fly +15', admixture 2/7)
Rakesh (-28 hp, heroism, lead blades)
Red Duergar (-20 hp)
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar (-23 hp, confused)
Blue Duergar (-28 hp, confused)
--Round 7

"OW!" Ansha says, clutching at the arrow that's sprouted from her shoulder. "That hurt!"

As she speaks, the duergar who shot her (Red) suddenly feels an overwhelming sense of the violation against all that is beautiful and right in the world that he just committed.

Covert Spells Bluff: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (17) + 26 = 43
Covert Spells Sleight of Hand: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Terrible Remorse, DC21; Covert Spells and Subtle Enchantments apply.

Was going to run up to red duergar. Will wait for outcome of Ansha's spell.

Red Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 vs DC 21

Red looks staggered and easier to hit than usual. -2 to AC.

Rakesh runs up to red and attempts an upending strike with his longsword to knock the dwarf off his feet.
+1 keen longsword, PA, IC & Hero: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 2 + 2 = 24
slashing, PA & IC: 2d6 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 12 + 2 = 23
If the attack hits...
Free trip, IC & hero vs. CMD: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 14 + 2 + 2 = 22

Roderick sees red dwarf is well in hand (and possibly still on fire), so he lobs a pair of bombs at yellow, excluding up to two allies from the blast if they venture that far.

Ware the stairs!

Bomb, range, hero, bard: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 21
for Explosve dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6, 5, 2, 5) + 3 + 2 = 23 10'r splash, 7 fire dmg (DC14 for half).

Bomb, range, hero, bard: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 20
for Explosve dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6, 1, 6) + 3 + 2 = 20 10'r splash, 7 fire dmg (DC14 for half).

Yellow is potentially burning as well.

Rakesh runs up and upends Red, who falls prone and does not get up.

Roderick's two bombs completely immolates Yellow.

Green and Blue continue to fire at each other and the one who dies first is probably the lucky one.

End of combat!

--End of Combat
Fuzzfoot (-10 hp)
Ansha (-10 hp)
Kitoro
Roderick
Ehm (-20 hp)
Rakesh (-28 hp)

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As the last duergar dies, a disembodied mask appears out of its invisibility. See Slide 5 (top right) for art.

"My name is Tanbaru, and I beg you not to hurt me. I have been held a prisoner here by the duergar, and they have forced me to serve them. Long ago, they destroyed my ward, and I was separated from my spirit partner. I can help guide you through the fortress if you can promise me that you will defeat Chergin Ironwhip, their leader."

sense motive: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (17) + 18 = 35

Not bothering to consult her allies, she chirps, "Of course we'll help you. Masks have always been my thing. Say, you ever think of trying theatre?"

She points at her cloak liberally sprinkled with various comedic masks.

Rakesh is awestruck by the flying and talking mask.
"Amazing. Ha! A flying mask."

"Greetings, Tanbaru. I am Rakesh."
The nagaji nods in greeting as he sheathes his weapons.
"It would be a pleasure to have you as a guide. Can you tell us anything about the dangers within the fortress and more about this Chergin Ironwhip?"

sense motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Since it seems to be telling the truth and seeing that the others have, for some reason, decided that a floating talking mask is friendly, he hesitates to commence with bombs ... for the moment.

While clearing the jam from his pistol, Wha en blazes is ye? An wha's a Chergin?

Roderick looks skeptically at the mask

”Masks always have something to hide. “

Wrenching the arrow out of her shoulder, Ansha retrieves her wand of infernal healing and taps it to the bloody mess there, invoking the command word.

Flying closer to the mask, Ansha says, "It sounds like we have similar goals already. This Ironwhip--he's a duergar too, I assume? We've got some business with him about a key, anyway. Speaking of, do you know anything about keys they may have lying around here?"