She starts to dance, and says in Cyclopean, "I'm sorry but did you get Urxehl's promise in writing? As an attorney, I have to advise that it is always best to cover your bases with demonic entities before committing to minion status."
Barydeth will climb to the top and ready himself for some action.
GM:
bardic lore:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
Pip begins her defensive dance. She does not recall anything about these uncommon creatures.
Red holds a green gem over it's head. Ionic begins to see his own death and his body slowly turning to stone. Ionic needs to make a DC 25 Will save vs emotion, fear, mental, primal. On Fail, frightened 1, crit fail - frightened 2
It then steps towards Ionic and swipes at him with some jagged claws.
claw:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 312d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3) + 10 = 14 Hit. 14-2=12 Slashing damage. Ionic then needs to make a DC 25 fortitude save vs curse, primal, transmutation. Failure means you are permanently slowed 1. Crit fail makes it 2, as you body slowly becomes stone.
Pip-Inspire Defense is up for 3 rounds
Round 1-Bold May Act
Barydeth
Pip
Red
Salliss
Herondal
Green
Ionic
Hopper
Male CG Half-Elf Rogue 8 | Perception +14; +1 vs traps; Trap Finder; Low Light Vision | HP 58/88 | AC 26 (27 with Shield spell) | F +13 R +19 W +13; +1 vs traps Resist Evil 3 Resist Neg Damage 1 | Active Conditions:
Would wait for Herondal to finish first in case of Inspire Courage. Did not include it below.
Salliss moves up to green and stabs it. He then says an arcane word to bring up his shield.
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Ionic feels both a double threat from the mental images the gem gives him and the physical effects of the scratches on his own form.
The gem unnerves him as he has a mental image of a crew member from back in his pirating days that fell prey to the breath of a gorgon and turned to stone. In his mind's eye the scene slowly changes to it being himself that took the brunt of the effect.
Shivering slightly, it makes the dwarf easier to hit. Taking the slash, Ionic breaks out of his intrusive vision and quickly gets his breathing and mind back into the fight. "Ya not gettin' 'way wid dat!" His body fights off the petrification effects as he prepares to start swinging his weapons.
820-2001 | "She / Her" | ♫ NG Female Gnome (Fey-Touched) Barrister Bard 9 ♫ | HP 98/98 | AC 24 | F +16 R +16 W +17 | Perc +14 | 35 Speed | Focus 2/2 | Spells 1st 3/3 Spell 2nd 3/3 3rd 3/3 4th 3/3 5th 2/2 (DC 27) | Hero Points 2/2 | Campaign Coin 1/1 | Vestments 1/1 | Active Conditions: ---
Everyone, don't forget +1 Inspire Defense in your saves!
"They just said that Urxehl will be pleased with them ambushing us, you know, typical 'Muahaha, aren't we great minions!'" Pip looks worried as they brandish those gems. "I have no idea what they are, but I don't like what they are doing with those gems."
Herondal, demoralize has a range of 30ft. Your at the entrance ramp at 30ft, they are on the landing at 80ft. So you can declare a different action.
Herondal moves and inspires the party.
Salliss' thrust misses.
The green creature retaliates. First putting evil visions in Salliss mind. Salliss needs to make a DC 25 Will save vs emotion, fear, mental, primal. On Fail, frightened 1, crit fail - frightened 2
Followed up by a pair of swipes.
claws:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 212d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 2) + 10 = 13Miss claws:1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 17 - 4 = 332d6 + 10 ⇒ (3, 6) + 10 = 19 Critical hit. 19*2=38-2=36 points of slashing. Salliss then needs to make a DC 25 fortitude save vs curse, primal, transmutation. Failure means you are permanently slowed 1. Crit fail makes it 2, as you body slowly becomes stone.
From the shadows of the cieling, a shadow demon emerges, and closes in on Barydeth.
Barydeth takes a swing at as it closes in. It just misses the demon.
It touches Barydeth in an attempt to take control of his body. Barydeth needs to attempt a DC 28 Will Save vs Incapacitation, Mental, Necromancy, and Possession traits
Now, things may get a but screwey depending on Barydeth's Save. If he succeeds, fails or crit fails, the demon is absorbed into his body. If he crit succeeds, the demon stays where it is. Also, it looks like the demon is outside, he is currently actually floating above Barydeth.
Barydeth Possessed?:
If it was a success, nothing special, it just catches a ride with you.
If you fail the initial save, at the beginning of each of your turns, you get to make a will save at the same DC, 28. If you fail the new save, it controls you. If you succeed the new save, you can choose your own actions; and if you critically succeed the new save, you force the demon out.
If you critically fail, you are fully controlled by it.
Pretty much, and this sucks, if it does control you, it would have you attempt to push Ionic off the ledge. If that was unsuccessful, it would have you just attack him.
Round 1-Bold May Act
Barydeth
Pip
Red
Salliss: Possibly frightened, possibly slowed
Herondal
Green
Blue
Ionic, frightened 1
Hopper
Male CG Half-Elf Rogue 8 | Perception +14; +1 vs traps; Trap Finder; Low Light Vision | HP 58/88 | AC 26 (27 with Shield spell) | F +13 R +19 W +13; +1 vs traps Resist Evil 3 Resist Neg Damage 1 | Active Conditions:
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Ionic gives a small look of worry at the demon thing that showed up out of the blue and currently is in the process of trying to posses the big bruiser next to him...
Course of action would depend on whether demon friend is there or not.
If Bardyth Crit saves:
Ionic marks the demon as his prey and then pulls out his dagger, trying to cut the wispy thing down and glad he got that ghost touch rune. "Bardyth, DUCK!"
He then turns and pulls a similar maneuver with his axe as well.
◈ Hunt Prey ◈ Quick Draw ◈ Quick Draw Rolls below
If Bardyth becomes the host of a new demon buddy:
Ionic gives the barbarian next to him a worried look but decides to not worry about it too much, as there are other threats nearby. "Bardyth if that's still you in there, give me a thumbs up and say that you'll never be as good of a climber as me."
He then turns his attention away from the halfling and focuses on the thing in front of him. Marking it's movements and which side it seems to favor, before lashing out with his dagger and then axe.
◈ Hunt Prey ◈ Quick Draw ◈ Quick Draw Rolls below
CG Male Goblin (Charhide) Alchemist 8 | HP 63/102 | AC 26 | F +16 R +17 W +13 | Perc +10 (Darkvision) | Stealth +14 | 25 ft. | hero 1 | Fire resistance 4 | Physical resistance 5 | Active Conditions: Stone Body
Can Hopper use the balance checks from before? If so he would command Wolfie to get next to Saliss
"Steady, steady Wolfie. You got this."
He looks around and tries to identify the creatures and the demon.
Occultism, Arcana +13, Nature +9 but no Religion, Crafting +18 + Dubious Knowledge feat
I suspect that the demon can be identified with Religion => in that case I have an action remaining and then I do the attack. But if I can use Occultism I would recall knowledge
If he can't use two actions to recall knowledge:
Then he pulls out an Bottled Lightning flask and tosses it at green
Bottled Lightning@green, ic:1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 16 + 1 = 21 Damage, electricity:2d6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 6) + 1 = 8+2 splash electricity only to green, flat-footed on hit
Bardyth the Giant, LN (male) Halfling, Giant Instinct Barbarian/Fighter Dedication 8 | HP 77/134, Temp Hp from Rage (7)| AC 26/24(Rage)| F+18 R+12 W+15| Perc(E) +15 Normal vision | Stealth(E) +14 speed 35| Hero Points: 0| Active Conditions:Frightened 2
out of my own curiosity. When you say I just missed that AoO. Did it miss by 1? If so, my roll did not include the inspire courage from Herondal. Which then hit, and 1 higher damage. Just doing what I can while I am still sane-ish. Also, I'll have my result show below. But since I have no idea what the things CR is. I don't know if the incapacitation trait matters. Level 8 here. So if it is 7 or less, treat my result as 1 stage higher.
will save, id:1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 15 + 1 = 19
going to hero point that, since I can't roll much lower.
Bardyth the Giant, LN (male) Halfling, Giant Instinct Barbarian/Fighter Dedication 8 | HP 77/134, Temp Hp from Rage (7)| AC 26/24(Rage)| F+18 R+12 W+15| Perc(E) +15 Normal vision | Stealth(E) +14 speed 35| Hero Points: 0| Active Conditions:Frightened 2
Oh, hey, looks like the crit fish, actually succeeded. If that 28 would hit normally, and I'm hitting Red, then I use the crit specialization to push HIM off the edge. (Nice idea there Demon... Only downside, is if it fails to grab the edge and drops. Bardyth won't be able to see it anymore. as the bright light on his Glaive from Herondal only extends 60 feet.. Hopefully the drop, drops it. Otherwise, yay for grab-edge... means if climbing up, my AoO matters. )
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Oh, I forget I can get crit specializations, too. On hunted prey at least. The Clan dagger deals 1d6+1 persistent bleed on a crit.
Okay, let's update this. Thankfully Barydeth crit succeeded. I counted the Inspire in on the AOO as well. It missed due to the good ole' elite template.
Barydeth fights off the demon's attempt to possess him. This causes the demon to cry out in mental anguish.
Ionic's dagger sticks into the creature, while the second connects, but passes through the body. Both hit. The weapon with ghost touch did full damage and was crit. The axe landed as well, but did not do as much damage.
GM:
nature:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Wolfie moves onto the platform next to Salliss. Hopper can not recall the strange gem-wielding creature either. He thinks no more on the topic and tosses bottled lightning, it connects with the wall. Miss
Round 2
Barydeth turns around and attacks the demon. The first swing goes wide, the second and third connect. The demon poofs as it goes back to its own plane. Thankfully you have ghost touch on that thing.
Round 2-Bold May Act
Barydeth
Pip
Red
Salliss: Frightened 1, slowed 1
Herondal
Green
Ionic
Hopper
820-2001 | "She / Her" | ♫ NG Female Gnome (Fey-Touched) Barrister Bard 9 ♫ | HP 98/98 | AC 24 | F +16 R +16 W +17 | Perc +14 | 35 Speed | Focus 2/2 | Spells 1st 3/3 Spell 2nd 3/3 3rd 3/3 4th 3/3 5th 2/2 (DC 27) | Hero Points 2/2 | Campaign Coin 1/1 | Vestments 1/1 | Active Conditions: ---
Pip gives a jaunty wave as the demon pops back to its own plane, and then glances at Green, whom Saliss is fighting all alone. Maybe she can slow it, or at least distract it so that Saliss can have a better chance of stealing its gem.
Pip says in Cyclopean, "Two gems wanted to go down to the jewelry store to look at rings. Emerald said, 'How about tomorrow?' At this, Sapphire started feeling a bit blue. 'I can't go tomorrow, I'm being embedded in a statue.' Emerald asked, 'Can't you change the date?' Sapphire sighed. 'Naw, my date's set in stone.'"
Diplomacy M:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (16) + 19 = 35 If success, -2 to Green Will Saves and Perception
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Ionic gives a growl as he turns back and faces the other enemy next to him, blood dripping from the new, deep wound. "Wait ya turn! I'll get ta ya SOON!"
Fort save:1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 1 = 35
The Dwarf stares down the creature, "Didn't work de first time. Why it gonna now?"
CG Male Goblin (Charhide) Alchemist 8 | HP 63/102 | AC 26 | F +16 R +17 W +13 | Perc +10 (Darkvision) | Stealth +14 | 25 ft. | hero 1 | Fire resistance 4 | Physical resistance 5 | Active Conditions: Stone Body
"They use the Gem to see and they are weak to sonic damage, I am almost certain of that. " yells Hopper
Male CG Half-Elf Rogue 8 | Perception +14; +1 vs traps; Trap Finder; Low Light Vision | HP 58/88 | AC 26 (27 with Shield spell) | F +13 R +19 W +13; +1 vs traps Resist Evil 3 Resist Neg Damage 1 | Active Conditions:
Hearing Hopper, Sallis decides he has little to lose by trying to get the gem away.
He then moves back to a position where he hopes to have an advantage over the creature — the beams.
Acrobatics to Balance:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25 Steady balance so crit success
Inspire Imatation if anyone else in the party tries to balance:
Acrobatics:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32 Since this is an Aid I think that makes it a crit success for +2
CG Male Goblin (Charhide) Alchemist 8 | HP 63/102 | AC 26 | F +16 R +17 W +13 | Perc +10 (Darkvision) | Stealth +14 | 25 ft. | hero 1 | Fire resistance 4 | Physical resistance 5 | Active Conditions: Stone Body
Bardyth the Giant, LN (male) Halfling, Giant Instinct Barbarian/Fighter Dedication 8 | HP 77/134, Temp Hp from Rage (7)| AC 26/24(Rage)| F+18 R+12 W+15| Perc(E) +15 Normal vision | Stealth(E) +14 speed 35| Hero Points: 0| Active Conditions:Frightened 2
one thing I hate about maps like this... determining which squares are actually able to be stood on at times.
on deck actions, if red is still alive:
Seeing that Ionic is a bit worse for wear than Hopper, Bardyth fights to protect the dwarf.
if red drops at any point during this, replace the swing with a leap to the square just west of green. (Assuming I can stand there. If not, let me know, and I'll decide what I'm doing XD)
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Ionic takes a moment to take in the thing in red next to him. "'ow ya seein' wid out eyes? 'ey, 'opper! 'ow dese guys see wid out eyes? Ya know?"
Ionic puzzles over their face-less faces as he returns the last attack three times over.
Wolfie manages to land the second bite, nearly chipping a tooth in the process. Some sort of resistance
All three of Ionic's attacks land. Sparks fly as they hit their stone-like skin. Some sort of resistance
Round 3
Barydeth manages to land a single blow, bending around Ionic. The hit deflect off the skin, but leave a blister from being exposed to something they do not like. Found a weakness
Male CG Half-Elf Rogue 8 | Perception +14; +1 vs traps; Trap Finder; Low Light Vision | HP 58/88 | AC 26 (27 with Shield spell) | F +13 R +19 W +13; +1 vs traps Resist Evil 3 Resist Neg Damage 1 | Active Conditions:
Some sort of resistance and a weakness. That is going to complicate things! Fortunately it looks like Ionic has enough power behind his blows to still hurt them.
Ug! Feels like I’m moving in water only thicker!
Salliss stands balanced on the beam, points up at Ionic, and utters a few arcane words.
Smiling, he says “Now let’s see how fast you can take them down Ionic!”
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Ionic takes in the red Welt of pain that Bardyth's attack leaves and gives a smile. He'd picked up this very weapon for this possibility.
Guess the Axe is going away and the trident is coming out instead. And looking back at my last post I just realized I didn't take a third action. Hopefully the first two damage rolls were combined before resistances and etc. were applied.
Male CG Half-Elf Rogue 8 | Perception +14; +1 vs traps; Trap Finder; Low Light Vision | HP 58/88 | AC 26 (27 with Shield spell) | F +13 R +19 W +13; +1 vs traps Resist Evil 3 Resist Neg Damage 1 | Active Conditions:
Bardyth the Giant, LN (male) Halfling, Giant Instinct Barbarian/Fighter Dedication 8 | HP 77/134, Temp Hp from Rage (7)| AC 26/24(Rage)| F+18 R+12 W+15| Perc(E) +15 Normal vision | Stealth(E) +14 speed 35| Hero Points: 0| Active Conditions:Frightened 2
PFS 2 GM ZD wrote:
We will see once Ionic and Hopper go. The magic 8 ball says highly likely.
Reminder, you do not get the bonus, they take a penalty, so technically, some else could aide you to beef that number even higher.
well, I was saying it'd be a crit, since I rolled 10 higher (13 with the circumstance bonus). So if a 27 is a success, it's a crit success. ;) also, the rules say I DO get the bonus, and thus, no aid. Sadly.
"Success You weaken your target's grasp on the item. Until the start of that creature's turn, attempts to Disarm the target of that item gain a +2 circumstance bonus, and the target takes a –2 circumstance penalty to attacks with the item or other checks requiring a firm grasp on the item"
We will see once Ionic and Hopper go. The magic 8 ball says highly likely.
Reminder, you do not get the bonus, they take a penalty, so technically, some else could aide you to beef that number even higher.
well, I was saying it'd be a crit, since I rolled 10 higher. So if a 27 is a success, it's a crit success.;) also, the rules say I DO get the bonus, and thus, no aid. Sadly.
"Success You weaken your target's grasp on the item. Until the start of that creature's turn, attempts to Disarm the target of that item gain a +2 circumstance bonus, and the target takes a –2 circumstance penalty to attacks with the item or other checks requiring a firm grasp on the item"
I stand corrected. I thought they just took the penalty.
NG Male Dwarf (Death-Warden) Scout Ranger 7 | HP 108/108 | AC: 25 | F +14 R +15 W +14; 5 Fire Resistance, 1 Negative Resistance | Perc +17 | 35 feet | Class DC 22 |1 Hero point｜Exploration Activity: Scout (+17; +2 to allies' init) | Active Conditions: None
Whoops missed that I needed a save as well. These things don't miss much do they?
Fort Save:1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 14 + 1 = 31
Still only feeling the pain from the attack and not even noticing the stonifying effects, Ionic drops his axe, praying it stays on the ledge with him as he pulls out his trident and lashes forwards with it.
CG Male Goblin (Charhide) Alchemist 8 | HP 63/102 | AC 26 | F +16 R +17 W +13 | Perc +10 (Darkvision) | Stealth +14 | 25 ft. | hero 1 | Fire resistance 4 | Physical resistance 5 | Active Conditions: Stone Body
Hopper do appreciate Ionic distracting the creature, he hops from one leg to another while making a circle with his dogslicer, finally, he attacks slicing upwards hoping to find a weak spot
Cold-iron dogslicer@red, ic, flanking:1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 16 + 1 = 37 Damage, cold-iron, slashing, backstabber, ic, pure goblin awesomness:2d6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3, 6) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 12 +1d12 bleeding since it is a crit, and creature is flat-footed till next Hopper round due to goblin weapon frenzy
Hopper yells in joy and slices again "Hold on Wolfie, I will be right by you!"
Wolfie begins to stiffen from the hit, Hopper turns his head "No Wolfie, stay with me!"
Fortitude save hero point, id, DC24:1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 14 + 1 = 24That's better, however, I know that it is not clear if minions even can be slowed, but I will not take the chances.
Male CG Half-Elf Rogue 8 | Perception +14; +1 vs traps; Trap Finder; Low Light Vision | HP 58/88 | AC 26 (27 with Shield spell) | F +13 R +19 W +13; +1 vs traps Resist Evil 3 Resist Neg Damage 1 | Active Conditions:
“Pip, can you use telekinetic projectile to throw the gem at Green?”
Salliss doesn’t know Herondal can cast it.
Salliss then gets out his moderate healing potion and quaffs it.
Healing:3d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 2, 3) + 10 = 18
Bard (Maestro/Polymath) 7 - HP 56/85, AC 25 - Perception +14 +1 visual - F: +12 / R: +14 / W: +14 - Speed: 25 Male Gnome Fey-Touched Focus: 2/2 | Hero Points: 1/2 | Class DC: +25 (E) |
telekinetic projectile still causes blugoning/slashing/or piercing damage. Unless your idea is to just get it out of reach. But the spell is not very clear on where the object ends up after use.
Still cramped up here so Herondal will do a bit of dramatic miming. ◆
Then shock the 2 enemies again. ◆◆
Electric Arc on red and Green DC 25 simple reflex save:4d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 2, 4, 1) + 4 + 1 = 13
Bardyth the Giant, LN (male) Halfling, Giant Instinct Barbarian/Fighter Dedication 8 | HP 77/134, Temp Hp from Rage (7)| AC 26/24(Rage)| F+18 R+12 W+15| Perc(E) +15 Normal vision | Stealth(E) +14 speed 35| Hero Points: 0| Active Conditions:Frightened 2
Herondal Lapetty wrote:
SNIP
Unless your idea is to just get it out of reach. But the spell is not very clear on where the object ends up after use.
I'd use it for this alone. Or mage hand it off the ledge, if anyone has that. Even if TP doesn't specify what happens to it after casting, it'd be hard to argue it isn't near green rather than red at that point. Just to blind the thing. Heck, if we can blind em both. We can move after attacking each round, and they have to guess where we are to even be able to attack
