[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] 05-07 Port Godless (5-9) HIGH TIER (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

"THREE!"

Is the gate open? I'll assume not.

Pietro scowls and curses the stubbornness of idiots. He spits a bit of of magic that sound like more curses, and then he sticks his free hand's thumb in his mouth and blows.

He casts enlarge person (that spell he almost never casts) on himself.

His face gets redder and redder as he strains and blows into his thumb, and as he does so he grows larger and larger, swelling like a monstrously angry red balloon.

At this point he activates a round-worth of his Might of the Gods dominion class ability which puts his Str score at 27.

Giant black morningstar in hand he runs straight for the door. If he needs to he will pick up one of the scared little men and set them to the side. ;)

*** KA-THOOM!!! ***

Str check (this includes the +4 size bonus for breaking doors in): 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 4 = 27

I might need some aid on this too. ;)

Oh the scared little men are nowhere near the door by now.

A massive boom echoes through the now totally deserted streets. But the doors hold. A quick assessment by Pietro is that he won't be able to burst them, even with his enhanced size.

Grog turns to the cleric.

"Boost me up!"

He motions for Pietro to link his hands so Grog and step into them and try and get over the wall.

A massive boom echoes through the now totally deserted streets. But the doors hold. A quick assessment by Pietro is that he won't be able to burst them, even with his enhanced size.

Really? With help Pietro can get over DC 40. I guess no "OH YEAH!" Moment for the big, round, red-faced cleric. :(

Grog turns to the [cleric's belt line].

"Boost me up!"

"SURE." Booms the giant, "BUT FIRST!"

intimidate (heroism, size): 1d20 + 15 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 15 + 2 + 4 = 33

"NOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESPECT MY AUTHORITY OR AM I GOING TO HAVE TEAR THIS PLACE DOWN BRICK BY BRICK AND REBUILD IT AS YOUR PRISON!?" Pietro bellows red-faced up into the face of the stubborn man.

Then he will lift Grog, and if the door still isn't open shortly after that he's going to grab the guy off the battlements and use him as a bettering ram.

Well, with help Pietro may be able to do it. But without he won't

The guard, while happy the door remains solid, is somewhat distressed to be facing Pietro more or less face to face.

"Ahh... we can probably get the door open for it..."

HE calls down "Open the ^&%#$#! gate up you idiots. It is... the guard..
And call the boss."

Well, with help Pietro may be able to do it. But without he won't

Well then....

I might need some aid on this too. ;)

Str check v door (the above ): 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 4 = 32

intimidate aid: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

Just in case you actually wanted some intimidate aids. If you do, then I guess you will have to ask someone else because Silgil's prestidigitation did not impress anyone.

I think Pietro was after an aid with the bash attempt..

Yeah, a strength check against the doors. Sorry I was at work and my phone suddenly wanted to update a dozen apps. But yeah Peitro has about 9 chances at possibly breaking the doors down--something that might come in handy later if say 50 or 100-odd slaves want to escape with us. Anyhow, the idea is that if he figures he was close the last time he tries to go for it again at least once more, but then since I ended up rolling a 20 I figure that's about as good as it gets.

Pietro steps back, because he has reach and assets his authority once more up the doors. See above.

Ahhh. Or Silgil could just cast knock. I'd rather see the door bashed in though because...

strength check aid: 1d20 ⇒ 6

He is not into being helpful right now.

Grog shoves the door.

if you want something done right...

STR: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

He is not into being helpful right now.

You're just getting all of those low rolls out of the way now. ;) I on the other hand am prepping for some statistical payback.

Pietro and Grog burst the doors open to the consternation of the guard.
"Buuahhhhh" HE says, before starting to ring a bell in a panicked manner.

Looking through the shattered gates you see the first courtyard.

Finely cut flagstones tile the floor of this courtyard. At one end stands a stone statue of a Garundi man bearing a set of manacles in one hand and raising his other hand to the sky. A single door permits access to a tall structure to the southeast, and another door to the north appears to grant access to another open area

not sure if we're in combat

Grog rushes over and tries to knock the guard near the bell, out cold with the flat of his axe.

"Hush!"

non lethal power attack (PA): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27

1d12 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

if hes out Grog drags him into a corner or something

The guard with the bell is on the rampart. And I'm guessing this looks like combat to me. So lets make the guards sleepy and you can all have the initiatve.

Status: bold may post
Grog
Pietro
Silgil
Irizati
Guards

Irizati will switch from harmless animal to less harmless Dire Tiger and call for Baloo.

"Grog? Irizati? What happened to the plan?"

Silgil is standing there thunderstruck as the well laid plans to bluff their way in erupts into violence. Though why he is surprised is the true mystery.

He decides not to waste his spells on a poor pathetic guard and steps back and plinks at him with a TK fist, attempting to make it non-lethal.

to hit, ranged touch, non lethal penalty: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (8) - 4 = 4
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The guard with the bell is on the rampart. And I'm guessing this looks like combat to me. So lets make the guards sleepy and you can all have the initiatve.

which guard is ringing the bell?

Pietro and Grog burst the doors open to the consternation of the guard.

"OH YEAH!!"

"Buuahhhhh" HE says, before starting to ring a bell in a panicked manner.

Who's 'HE'? Red?

Red guard is ringing the bell. But you also know there are other guards within easy hearing as he called out to somehow to open the gate right before Pietro did that for him.

Pietro reaches up and grabs the guard.

unimproved grapple v red (heroism, Large): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

"NOW LISTEN HERE YOU POOR EXCUSE FOR A WINDCHIME! SEE THIS UNIFORM? WE ARE HERE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN SEARCH OF MONSTROUS EVIL DOERS THAT HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN THIS COMPOUND, AND IF YOU AND YOUR FELLOWS DON'T START COOPERATING I'LL START TOSSING YOU OVER THE WALL UNTIL I FIND SOMEONE WITH AN OUNCE OF SENSE! SO DO YOU HAVE AN OUNCE OF SENSE?" Pietro explains at point blank range, in a super-sub-bass baritone that people can hear in their ears and ribs. He says it all without actually lying. Pietro is trying to influence the man. This takes time.

Intimidation v red (influence; large size, heroism): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (8) + 23 = 31

AOO: 1d20 ⇒ 20
confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 11
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Pietro gets a hefty whack from a halberd as he tries to grab the guard. But its not enough to distract him. The guard, tied up in a giant hand wimpers once as Pietro roars at him.

He doesn't look very much like he has a lot of bluster left in him, but it sounds like there may be reinforcements for him on the way.

Status: bold may post
Grog
Irizati
Guards- red - grappled
Pietro, grappling, in control, 12 damage;
Silgil

Irizati has no answer for Silgil as he squeezes on past the guard and nibbles him a bit.

bite including flank and non-lethal: 1d20 + 14 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 2 - 4 = 23
B/S/P/M/nl: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 5) + 8 = 15
grab including flank: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 19 + 2 = 29

The guard is on the ramparts. Pietro, enlared, still has to reach up, how is Irizati getting up there? There is a bashed in door he could go through but he recalls no exterior staircases to the ramparts, just doors into the ajacent buildings.

Missed it was on the ramparts.

climb: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

So no flank.

Irizati scrambles to the top of the ramparts. If it were possible for the guard in red to be more scared... well.. he would be.

Just waiting for Grog.

Grog tries to climb to the rampart using Pietro as a "step"

not sure how high it is?

Climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Damned guards now our cover is blown

Grog tries to climb to the rampart using Pietro as a "step"

not sure how high it is?

10'

"PUT THE CUFFS ON HIM! ANYONE ELSE WANT TO RESIST THE LONG ARM OF AUTHORITY? NOW I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN AND EVERY MOMENT THAT PASSES BEFORE I AM ANSWERED IS GOING TO GO ILL FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE? 'WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE?'"

"Umm, sir, that is what I was just trying to tell you. I was going to go and get them before you, ahh, made an entrance" wimpers the guard.

Anyone got manacles?

"DOLT! WE'RE ALREADY HERE! AND BECAUSE OF YOUR BUFFOONERY OUR PREY HAS NO DOUBT HEARD US AND HAS BEEN GIVEN TIME TO MAKE THEIR ESCAPE. WE CANNOT CALL OTHERS TO US NOW IF WE ARE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF FINDING THEM, NOR CAN WE LEAVE THIS PLACE UNSEARCHED. YOUR ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR HAVE ROUSED MY SUSPICIONS...." Pietro glares suspiciously at the man before calling all the other guards down to the courtyard.

bluff (heroism): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

The idea is to get the men to aid in the search rather than continuing to complicate matters.

Thoroughly confused the guard lapses into silence.

"Ahh, there is no other way our... sir? So, who did you want to see?"

A couple of other guards emerge onto the ramptarts to see what is going on. They show no immediate inclination to come down.

Even silgil is wincing at the bellering of the giant cleric of loudness.

"I'm getting a headache.

In spite of the bag of holding stuffed with various kits and equipment, he has no manacles and mutters something quietly to that effect.

Thoroughly confused the guard lapses into silence.

"Ahh, there is no other way our... sir? So, who did you want to see?"

A couple of other guards emerge onto the ramptarts to see what is going on. They show no immediate inclination to come down.

Okay so what part of I am the law do these people not get? Pietro is seriously tempted to just start killing them all by ripping them apart with his bare hands and call it justifiable homicide. At this point half of the police departments in the U.S. would have opened fire. I have only asked for the person in charge twice now.

"WHAT PART OF 'COME DOWN HERE' DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?" Pietro says in a dangerously quiet growl (for him). "AND DROP THOSE WEAPONS TOO. I DON'T TRUST YOU ANY FURTHER THAN I COULD KICK A KEEP."

"I say we kill them all for interfering with an investigation, aiding and abetting, resisting arrest, square dancing in a roundhouse, gross stupidity, and anything else we can think of if they give us anymore guff. At the very least I think it will make me feel better." he says in a loud whisper to his fellow officers but right in front of red.

And when they offered to get them... you said no. They are thoroughly confused. Not to mention worried. The local police don't normally grow to 10' tall.

"So, you want us to get the boss, or not?"

The others, who are not in reach, show no signs of wanting to get within the reach of Pietro, but they are not actually firing crossbows at the moment, which has to be a good thing, right?

Typical pathfinder team. Half the time the members are at cross purposes.

"We don't need the boss as long as you let us search the place, which is what we asked for in the beginning. If you want him to stop yelling and smacking folks, let your boss catch up and, for now, just... let... us... search..."

Silgil is rubbing his aching forehead as he says the last staggered words.

Grog lowers his axe and scratches his head.

This thing is confusing...

"Uh... right on... You.. ahh.. go ahead. Don't forget to salute the statue." says the guard in red.

You will recall there is stone statue of a Garundi man bearing a set of manacles in one hand and raising his other hand to the sky in the courtyard.

One of the other guards (green) heads through a door into the building in front of you.

"Was there, ahh... anywhere in particular... you wanted to search?"

He asks, trying to be helpful. "And ahh... anything in particular you were searching for?"

Two other guards vanish into the other adjacent buildings.

"Just some troublemaker. Any cells we can check out?"

Irizati hops off the wall and follows like a good kitty. Baloo should show up shortly and will also follow.

"The slave cells are just over there..." says the guard pointing to the large building to the right of the gate.

"The entrance is through the next courtyard."

The guard offers the sinister statue a salute as he moves toward the inner gate...

Silgil will give the statue a salute-like wave as he follows the guard to the cells.

Grog follows the dwarf.

Let's hope things go better now

So is Grog saluting? what about the others?

So is Grog saluting? what about the others?

Grog gives a half hearted quick salute and frowns.

Irizati sniffs the statue but otherwise does nothing. Baloo would probably just ignore the statue and just follow Irizati.

The guard leads the way to the inner courtyard.

This courtyard is a broad, flat plaza of charcoal-colored slate with a wooden sale platform set up near the north wall. A barn-like structure to the east has several doors to facilitate the movement of cargo. To the northwest stands a plain rectangular structure with a single door, and to the south is a much larger building with numerous windows along its upper story. A well with a stone railing is positioned near the center of the courtyard.

The guard gestures to the building to the right. "Most of the stock is in there. But we are not allowed in. Something about a previous guard 'damaging the merchandise."

guard in red is standing next to the big door

The guard gestures to the building to the right. "Most of the stock is in there. But we are not allowed in. Something about a previous guard 'damaging the merchandise."

guard in red is standing next to the big door

"DON'T WORRY. WE'LL BE THERE TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU IF YOU START TO GET OUT OF HAND. PROCEED."

"Hmm. I suppose that means you do not have a means of egress. It would be egregious to demolish the door, so does anyone have any skill in opening recalcitrant portals?"

The guard nods. "Sorry. Best they are kept locked up overnight anyway. Now... where is the boss. Bryan should have got her by now."

Pietro tries his luck again.

Str check (yadda yadda yadda): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

"Hm. SEEMS PRETTY SOLID."