[ACO] PFS2e B16 - Boom Town Betrayal (P2) (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

As the Eidolon scouts the area, Roots Drink Rain stops so that they can experience the sharing of senses with the Spirit of the Trees. When the squirrels pick up a strange sent, Roots immediately drops the link so that they can rush forward to maintain a basic protection spell on their allie. Roots also draws their crossbow and loads a bolt into it.

Moving to within 30 ft of the Eidolon and changing Roots' exploration activity to Maintain Spell: Protect Companion.

Having picked up an unusual smell, the squirrels hone in one it, trying to pinpoint it's exact location.

Perception +5, Seeking now instead of Avoiding Notice.

So do you consider your job done? Find a party, bring it here, show them the house, that's all?

The man is more and more doubtful.

And there are no mushrooms.

Cal speaks loudly, acting as a distraction for anyone who wants one. "Wiston, how do we get someone to come out and speak to us? We're here! Hello! Anybody!"

As Cal moves up to the front of a house, the ground suddenly gives way beneath him.

DC 14 Reflex Save to Grab an Edge

As Cal drops into the hole, Wiston takes advantage of the distraction and bolts, screaming down the street and around the corner of the house. As he turns the corner, five ruffians suddenly jump out of hiding on the balcony of the house and attack.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 20/20; Squirrels AC 18, 20/20
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake AC 18, 22/22

Red
Pink
Blue

Callistos AC 17, 19/19
Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Orange
Black

Reflex save, DC14: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Oh yeah, a crit :)

Callistos grabs the edge and manages to not fall into the hole. You're hanging 5 feet from the edge. Just need a DC 15 Athletics check to climb up 5 feet. You can spend all 3 actions to try to climb out -- just don't crit fail. If you do, you drop into the hole.

Climbing out of the hole: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Climbing out of the hole: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Hold those rolls for now... they will apply when your turn rolls around.

Drake was in search mode, did he notice something out of the ordinary? Also, Drake was next to Wiston and about to grab him, could he have a reaction to do that at the beginning of his turn? When is Wiston's turn in the initiative tracker?

Wiston is not really a combatant in the scenario... I'll allow Drake a reaction to try grabbing him.

As Wiston tries to escape, Drake suddenly moves and tries to grab him,
Reaction (↺).

Grapple: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

"Hey, scumbag! Where do you think you're going?

Roots moves forward to get a better view of the battle. Seeing the group of thugs they let out a shout of alarm. Then acting together Roots casts a magic fang on the swarm of rodents.[/ooc]

1 action to stride, then using Act together as two actions so that Roots can cast a spell and give their eidolon one action to of their own.

The swarm of squirrels lifts up the strange black squirrel with the red eyes up on their tiny furred shoulders. Then in a loud, deep voice, the black squirrel says in Common, "We are coming to devour you. We will pick the flesh off your bones with our many, many teeth. No one can stand against the might of Nature."

Demoralize attempt vs. Red Thug: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Drake will delay after Kara the quick.

Hearing a commotion up ahead, the professor hurries up a nearby stairwell and onto a balcony. Upon seeing the attackers he rolls his eyes before speaking sarcastically. "Oh dear me! An ambush. However could that happen? Who would have thought that we would be attacked in thuch a duplithitouth manner?"

Moving the tassel of his cap out of his eyes he begins a historical lecture about the time that Iomedae as a mortal found herself in a similar situation and how she managed to prevail against her attackers.

Stride, stride, Inspire Courage

Professor Bun Bun and all allies within 60 feet gain a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects

Cal is poised, ready to spring out of the hole...

Drake reaches for Wiston to grab him. Wiston manages to twist out of the way and run screaming down the street and around the corner. The Black Squirrel send an ominous threat to the Red on the balcony, but their voice only makes Red roar with laughter. Professor Bun Bun gives a lecture on Iomedae to bolster his companions' courage, which works.

Red responds to the threat by vaulting over the rail and landing on the steps. He then sends a sling bullet against the Squirrels.

Sling attack vs Squirrels, AC 18: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Sling Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Crit doubled to 6

He then drops his sling and pulls out his War Razor.

Pink sends a sling bullet of his own at Callistos, who is trying to climb out of the pit.

Sling vs Callistos, AC 17, FF: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

He reloads and tries again.

Sling vs Callistos, AC 17, FF, MAP: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Sling Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Blue sees Pink successfully hit Callistos and does the same, sending two sling bullets at him.

Sling vs Callistos, AC 17, FF: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Sling vs Callistos, AC 17, FF, MAP: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Sling Damage, Crit: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Doubled to 14

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 14/20; Squirrels AC 18, 14/20
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake (Delaying) AC 18, 22/22

Red
Pink

Callistos AC 17, 0/19 (Dying 1, 20' down)
Blue

Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Orange
Black

Kara seeks the place if there are other traps that needs to be avoided.

”Stupid me! I could have checked for traps beforehand!” she murmurs to herself after seeing Callistos fell into a trap.

She follows Professor Bun Bun upstairs, drops both her buckler shield and shortsword, and gets her sling instead.

◆ Seek with Perception +6 +1 (from Trap Finder feat). If she sees trap(s), she will alert others to avoid the trap(s) found.
◆ Stride
◇ Drop shield and weapon
◆ Interact to get sling

Ouch

"Come back here, you weasel!" shouts Drake to Wiston.

With Wiston escaping his grasp, Drake decides to forget about him and to focus on the most immediate threat.

Seeing the rain of sling bullets falling on poor Callistos, Drake rushes forward to get into contact with one of the thugs (red) and tries to smash him with a big swing of his two-handed warhammer.

Maul: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 = 16

Bludgeoning: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16

◆ Stride
◆ Stride
◆ Strike

Given that Drake is at the bottom of the stairs, my understanding is that he has cover from Black and Orange, right?

Drake -- yes. They most likely can't see you from where they're standing.

Drake charges into battle and swings his maul at Red. The maul connects and a loud crack can be heard as Red's neck breaks from the impact.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 14/20; Squirrels AC 18, 14/20
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake AC 18, 22/22

Pink

Callistos AC 17, 0/19 (Dying 1, 20' down)
Blue

Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Orange
Black

The man of Irissen moves to the corner of the building to casts a spell throwing a sharp stone towards the blue one.

Telekinetic projectile, inspire courage: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 = 27

Damage, inspire courage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

And I'm sure you don't even bring any mushroom with you!

Vilmur sends a sharp rock at Blue and catches him in the neck, slicing his jugular vein open. Blue's lifeblood spurts out and he collapses.

Black drops his sling and pulls out his War Razor. Charging down the steps, he tries to slash Drake.

War Razor vs Drake AC 18: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Slashing Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Orange unleashes two sling bullets at Roots Drink Rain.

Sling Attack vs Roots Drink Rain, AC 17: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Sling Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Sling Attack vs Roots Drink Rain, AC 17, MAP: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 8/20; Squirrels AC 18, 8/20
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake AC 18, 18/22

Pink

Callistos AC 17, 0/19 (Dying 1, 20' down)
Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Orange
Black

Seeing his own blood being spilled from the razor's slash, Drake gets completely crazy (Rage).

He then screams with rage at the ruffian in front of him (Black)

"YYYREEEEAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGH"

intimidation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

He then swings his maul, now on fire, and tries to hit him with an enraged blow.

Maul: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 = 20

Bludg + Fire : 1d12 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 = 17

◆ Rage
◆ Demoralize
◆ Strike

I'm guessing that Drake's attack just crumpled that for

Roots acts together, casting protect companion on the pack of squirrels before moving out of the line of fire.

Acting together, 1 action to cast Protect companion while acting together, then 1 action to Stride away

The squirrels run up the stairs to lunge at the nearest thug, swarming over them with biting teeth.

Bite, MF, IC: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 21
Piercing: 2d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 + 1 = 11

If the one fighting Drake is still up they'll stop there and get a +1 to attack for moving in a straight line, as they are using Beast Charge. They also have a +1 AC from Protect Companion

"Oh my goodneth. Thothe ruffianth have injured poor Callithtoth." The stuffed rabbit utilizes his occult magics to revivify the downed adventurer.

Soothe on Callistos: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

"Perhapth I should exthplain how to preform thuch magicth jutht in cath this thort of thing should happen again." The learned lagomorph begins a lecture on methods of harnessing occult energy in order to heal injuries.

◆◆ Cast Soothe, ◆ Cast Inspire Courage

Drake's brutal attack turns Black into another rag doll as his maul, well, mauls him. The Squirrels run up and bite Orange, opening up numerous wounds. Meanwhile Professor Bun Bun sends some healing energy at Callistos.

Pink drops his sling, pulls out his War Razor, moves to a flank with Orange and slashes at the Squirrels.

War Razor vs Squirrels AC 19, FF: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
War Razor Damage, Slashing, Precision: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 8/20; Squirrels AC 18, 4/20 (AC 19, Protect Companion)
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake AC 18, 18/22

Pink

Callistos AC 17, 5/19 (Wounded 1, 20' down, Prone)
Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Orange (-11)

Vilmur shouts: Give the mushrooms !

And he unleashes a volley of missiles towards the orange one.

Magic missiles: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) + 3 = 10

Then he thinks that the pink one won't suffer long once Drake will chop his head...

Vilmur sends three magic missiles at Orange. All three strike him in the chest and he goes down in a heap.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 4/20; Squirrels AC 18, 4/20 (AC 19, Protect Companion)
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake AC 18, 18/22

Pink

Callistos AC 17, 5/19 (Wounded 1, 20' down, Prone)
Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Kara goes besides Professor Bun Bun and loads her sling with a bullet. She aims the attack to Pink.

Sling: Ranged Attack Roll: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12, Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 bludgeoning damage

◆ Stride
◆ Interact (to load sling with bullet)
◆ Strike

Cal will ◆ stand up and start to climb out.

◆ Athletics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

and climb a bit further

◆ Athletics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

but he won't make it out this turn.

"Thanks for healing me, prof."

Kara launches a sling bullet at Pink but misses. Callistos starts climbing out of the hole.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (1 rd)
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BOLD may go

Roots Drinks Rain AC 15, 4/20; Squirrels AC 18, 4/20 (AC 19, Protect Companion)
Professor Bun Bun AC 16 (17 w/shield), 15/15
Drake AC 18, 18/22

Pink

Callistos AC 17, 5/19 (Wounded 1, 15' down)
Vilmur AC 17, 15/15
Kara The Quick AC 17 (18 w/shield) 15/15

Emboldened by his recent kills, Drake climbs up the stairs in a frenzy rage.

Once at the top of the stairs and in front of Pink, he tries to demoralize him:

"YYYREEEEAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGH"

Intimidation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

He then tries to shake off his head with a big swing of his maul, still on fire, using the flank given by the squirrels.

Maul vs. FF: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 = 23

Bludg + Fire: 1d12 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 1 = 15

◆ Stride
◆ Demoralize
◆ Strike

Drake charges Pink, who screams in terror as he sees the maul swinging towards him. He sees a flash, then oblivion.

COMBAT OVER

As the last thug dies, you hear another terrified scream as Wiston bolts from his hiding place and tries to flee. He tries to run past you but you manage to run him down and grab him before he can get far. Once you march him back, he takes one look at the gore-filled battleground and breaks down.

"Okay, OKAY! I confess! There is no orphanage. This was all a setup with the Bloody Barbers to get some coin. We had no idea you would be this formidable!"

As Wiston confesses, several members of the City Guard arrive. Seeing the gore and bodies, they immediately demand to know what's going on.

As I get the chronicles ready, maybe you should tell the nice watchmen your story... Oh, and please verify that your chronicle information is correct. I have linked them on top of the page.

I nominate Professor Bun Bun to tell the story

Vilmur begins to speak to the guards.

It's very simple, sir. The guy came to lead us here but these ones over there didn't have any mushrooms. It was very annoying.

RPG ok for the chronicle

"That scumbag tried to have us killed. It went badly for him. And them. They can pay for a healer for me." Cal says in a flat voice.

All details correct!

The leshy runs over to the squirrels and out of the horde picks up a little brown squirrel that was killed by a sling bullet. Their voice chocking, Roots cries out "Is that you, Nibbler Jr, son of Nibbler? Come on! Wake up?". The leshy falls down to their knees, holding the small body of the dead squirrel. "Nooooooooooooo!!!! Take me Gozreh! Take me instead!"

When the authorities arrive the leshy rushes forward with the dead squirrel. Pointing at Wiston, Roots shouts, "Arrest this human for murder! He lured us to this alley and then most evilly his allies attacked us and they killed Nibbler Jr, a young animal with a bright future ahead of him!"

"The Great Drake must acknowledge that Nibbler Jr., son of Nibbler. was very brave! He saw him charging head first to the ruffians, as if the fate of the group was depending on it!"

Professor Bun Bun gracelessly leaps down from his vantage point on the balcony, falling directly on his head. Fortunately his stuffed body proves immune to the fall and he quickly hops to his feet and approaches the watchmen.

"I can ethplain offither. Thith young man contracted uth to athitht hith parentth in recovering thome fundth that a foreign noble conned from them. We initially aggreed to help but ath more of the thtory came out it became obviouth to everone that there was no con, no noble, no parentth and thith wath merely a plot to mug thome good thamaritanth in an alley. Not wanting to allow thith to happen to anyone elthe we thprung the trap and dealt with the aggrethorth."

Wiston blubbers and confesses his role in the scam. One of the city guardsmen looks at you thoughtfully.

"We did receive many reports of people getting ambushed in this area. That's why I decided to investigate this myself. I'll take this one into custody. Please follow me back to the station to give your statements and perhaps receive a small reward from us."

You all troop back to the guard station and give your statements. After Wiston is booked in, the guard captain agrees to give you a small reward of 4gp for defeating this band of robbers.

End of Bounty

Thanks for playing everyone. Please make sure your chronicle information is correct (linked above). I'll report the game and send out chronicles in 24h or when everyone confirms their chronicle info (whichever comes first).