Game Master Tea's Crashing Wave (Inactive)

Game Master Mr Tea

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1) I am based in Shrewsbury, UK (GMT currently) so my posting hours may be unusual for some of you. I usually update at least one or twice per day. Just to keep the game moving, please post at least once every day and at least once during the weekend. If you disappear for more than 24 hours, especially during combat, I will simply place your character on infinite delay just to keep things moving.

2) Please label all three of your actions. Even if you think what you are doing is obvious.

3) If I am unavailable for longer than 24 hours, I will let you know in the Discussion Tab. Out of respect for your fellow players and myself, I ask that you do the same. Real life happens, and real life will always take priority over the game, but out of fairness for your fellow players, please let us know if you will be unavailable for an extended period of time.

4) Please complete the Macros and the Slides linked at the top of the page.

5) Questions, concerns? Feel free to share them in the Discussion tab.

6) Let's have some fun and tell a great story together! After all, that's what we are here for.

(Blurb stolen from GM Tiger )

You have been travelling south on the Flawless Diamond with Captain Thernalore Vamys, a half elf sailor.

You are to meet Venture-Captain Rashmivati Melipdra at the Monastery of Unbreaking Waves to help offer assistance from the Society.

How do you appear to the others? Feel free to introduce yourselves and say how you would be spending your time on the ship on the way to Jalmeray.

A pale elven woman with a black ponytail leans against the forecastle. Her right eye is violet, her left eye black. She has long purple nails, and wears a jester’s motley in purple, black and white. Holding a large marotte (jester’s baton), she wears a black cloak with the hood down.

Back when we all boarded, she gave everyone a welcoming grin. ”Aldonza Delamorte”, she said with an elaborate bow. In the time since then, she has busied herself with learning sea shanties from the sailors, swinging from the rigging, and juggling a trio of hammers.

It is a goblin with a leather armor. It has no weapon. Occasionally smoke escapes from its body.

Hello, my name is Pre Fix

The ash grey skinned human is surveying the bridge of the boat. Wearing a leather armor he’s draped in a cape and has a quiver along his right leg with a shortbow and arrows in it at the manner of a cow-boy.

When they present to each others, he nods to Aldonza and continues: My name's Kerlok Sholmes, the well-known detective. I resolved mysteries among Golarion. For example, it was me who resolved the mystery of the attacks of leopards on a goblin's camp near Katapesh, it was me who resolved the mystery of the disappearance of fishes in a fishermen village, and it was still me who resolved the mystery of the disappearance of the new Pathfinder Rain in Cloudy day. There are simply examples of course.

The ash grey skinned human is surveying the bridge of the boat. Wearing a leather armor he’s draped in a cape and has a quiver along his right leg with a shortbow and arrows in it at the manner of a cow-boy.

When they present to each others, he nods to Aldonza and continues: My name's Kerlok Sholmes, the well-known detective. I resolved mysteries among Golarion. For example, it was me who resolved the mystery of the attacks of leopards on a goblin's camp near Katapesh, it was me who resolved the mystery of the disappearance of fishes in a fishermen village, and it was still me who resolved the mystery of the disappearance of the new Pathfinder Rain in Cloudy day. There are simply examples of course.

”Fascinating!”, Aldonza replies, as she pretends to smoke a pipe. ”Who made the fish disappear?”

A dark-skinned half-elf wearing gleaming full plate approaches, rune-bearing shield in hand. A pick is stowed on one side and a wide blade on the other, several javelins are hung across his back. One thing odd about his armor is that it lacks a proper helm, a purple fabric hat with gold embroidery sits atop his head.

"I am Toanthel of Nantambu."

The investigator replied to Aldonza: It was a wyrm, a would be dragon! Can you imagine? The clues lead us to her lair. I tried to convince her to stop doing this but she thought she could beat us. Now she won't do it anymore for sure.

A blue skinned human barbarian joins you. He decides to sing sailor songs while on the ship Howdy.

Sun Fire Boom Boom bounces up and down excitedly. "Hi, hihihihihi! I'm Sun Fire Boom Boom, isn't my new hat awesome?" he points to a dented stovepipe hat with a crudely drawn sun on it.

Aldonza nods sagely at Kerlok, then grins at Boom Boom. ”Very shiny!”, she says. ”Did you make it yourself?”

Sun Fire Boom Boom shakes his head "Make hat, no, bought hat. Made drawing though."

Our adventure begins off the shores of Wavebreak Haven.

“I said keep it steady!” Captain Thernalore Vamys barks at the undine workers on the shore as the Flawless Diamond begins to drift. Wavebreak Haven is small, with only a few dozen buildings visible further inland. The dockworkers panic as the ship’s hull collides with the pier, battered bushels of palm fronds failing to completely cushion the impact.

“Now look,” Thernalore leans over the rail and inhales deeply, ready to chastise the inexperienced crew, before she sees a familiar face approaching the ship.

“The Society will reimburse you for any damages, captain.” The authority of Venture-Captain Rashmivati Melipdra puts an end to the turmoil. The middle-aged Vudrani woman carries herself with the upright posture of a martial artist as she moves to meet the ship, though she does have trouble finding purchase with her cane as she crosses the sand. Meleeka Sanvara, a muscular monk in tan robes, runs ahead of the venture-captain with a gangplank.

“Greetings, Pathfinders. As you can see, we are in dire need of experienced volunteers. But I’m getting ahead of myself.” Meleeka helps the venture-captain onto the deck of the ship before stepping aside to allow several dockhands room to begin unloading cargo. “The Society has enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with the Monastery of Unbreaking Waves since—”

A scream from the shore interrupts the briefing. A porter claws at the blood-soaked sand as he is dragged into the sea with a trident in his chest. A battle cry drowns out the victim’s screams as several scaly raiders emerge from the bloody brine, charging with teeth and spears. The shore erupts into chaos, and the Venture-Captain calls out over the din of battle to establish order.

“Pathfinders,” Melipdra turns and gestures toward the carnage. “Protect the porters! Meleeka and I will lead the monks in defense of the ship and stop the sea devils from reaching the settlement! Hurry!”

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

Could everyone place their token in the yellow box please.

First action, pull out shortbow, second and third action, fire two shots at blue hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5 piercing
hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6
the 26 might be a crit deadly d8: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Crusher plants an arrow into the creature closest to him (blue), but his other shot goes wild.

The (red) sea creature moves towards the pier and readies an action.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-4)
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

As we are at the weekend, take the opportunity to level bump if you can!

Keeping his shield raised in front of him, Toanthel advances down the pier.

◆ Raise Shield (AC 26)
◆ Stride
◆ Stride

↺ Shield Block - Hardness 8, 64 HP

Not liking being shot at, the (blue) creature moves around onto the pier to meet Toanthel. It stabs at him with a longspear.

◆ Stride
◆ Longspear: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 281d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
◆ Longspear: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 181d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Toanthel blocks the accurate stab reducing 11 down to 3 to both him and the shield.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28 (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-4)
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

Sun Fire Boom Boom bursts into song

"
Oh look, here comes some fish
Lets all make them go squish
For this song, it has power
And now is the hour
for our enemies to die at our wish"

lingering DC 22: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

Sun Fire Boom Boom then casts daze at the green one in the water.

mental, damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9
Basic Will save. DC 22 If the target critically fails the save, it is also stunned 1.

Inspire Courage +1 Lingers!!!

Aldonza looks at Boom Boom with surprise and delight, then turns back toward their attackers. ”Sun Fire Boom Boom, ladies and gentlefish!”, she announces, pointing at him with her marotte.

”And now, Aldonza Delamorte…”

She makes an elaborate bow. “…and entourage…”

She sweeps her marotte across, indicating the rest of the party. ”…in a theater-in-the-round that we like to call…”

She grips the top of her marotte, and draws the sword concealed inside. ”Davey Jones’ Locker!”

She runs along the dock toward Toanthel.

Perform (Panache), Interact, Stride

Performance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

And just like that, the combat gets a dramatic score with the heroes bolstered.

EDIT - Forgot the Will save! Will Save green: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

The other sea devil in the water dashes across to also engage Toanthel.
◆◆ Stride
◆ Longspear: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 191d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

It slips the spear through his defences, drawing blood. The creatures leer at the blood, somewhat disconcertingly...

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28 (-9)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-4)
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15 (-4)
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

The goblin moves and casts a fire spell.

Produce Flame: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 1 = 11

Damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 11

The investigator draws his shortbow and tries to have a shot to the green one.

Devise a stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 18

At the same time he tries to notice weaknesses on the target.

Recall knowledge for free from Known weaknesses. I suppose you roll.

Seeing an opportunity he fires an arrow. 18+10+1= 29 to hit

Damage, Strategic strike, inspire courage: 1d6 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + (5) + 1 = 9

Crit?: 1d10 ⇒ 1

Pre Fix casts, but the flame disappears harmlessly into the waves. Kerlock, on the other hand, finds a soft spot, critically hitting the sea devil, who now looks badly injured!

The trident-wielder ◆ strides to be closer and attempts to skewer Toanthel with said trident, throwing it with incredible force. You notice it has a rope tied to the end.

◆ 'Fishing' with trident: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 151d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

but it misses and hits the pier instead!

◆ Athletics to retrieve trident: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Sadly for the sea devil, it appears to be stuck.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28 (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-4)
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15 (-23)
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

Fire three more shots at blue hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 3
hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6
hit: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (11) - 2 = 9

James peppers the (blue) sea devil once more, scoring a hit. Remember Inspire Courage

The furthest away, (red) moves to form a line with his compatriots, stabbing at Aldonza.

◆ Stride
◆ Step
◆ Stab

Longspear: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 301d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Driving deeply into her shoulder (critical hit), the sea devil lets go of the spear and ◇ enters a blood frenzy!

Aldonza takes 16 damage and 1d4 persistent bleed

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28 (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-11)
Aldonza Delamorte 22 (-16, persistent bleed 1d4)
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15 (-23)
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

Toanthel keeps his shield held in front of him as he advances to give Aldonza some cover. He then reaches back and touches her arm to close the wound.

◆ Raise Shield (AC 26)
◆ Step
◆ Cast a Spell (Lay on Hands) - Manipulate trait would provoke if they have AoOs. Aldonza is healed for 18 which should bring her back to full and end the bleeding.

↺ Shield Block - Hardness 8, Shield 61/64 hp.

Lay on hands: Your hands become infused with positive energy, healing a living creature or damaging an undead creature with a touch. If you use lay on hands on a willing living target, you restore 6 Hit Points; if the target is one of your allies, they also gain a +2 status bonus to AC for 1 round. Against an undead target, you deal 1d6 damage and it must attempt a basic Fortitude save; if it fails, it also takes a –2 status penalty to AC for 1 round.

So Lay on hands doesn't stop the bleeding, only treat wounds or flat check.

Assisted Recovery

Reduce the DC of the flat check to 10 for a particularly appropriate type of help, such as dousing you in water to put out flames.

Automatically end the condition due to the type of help, such as healing that restores you to your maximum HP to end persistent bleed damage, or submerging yourself in a lake to end persistent fire damage.

Alter the number of actions required to help you if the means the helper uses are especially efficient or remarkably inefficient.

Essentially if your wounds are completely healed, you can't bleed any longer.

Toanthel closes Aldonza's wounds, stemming the flow of blood.

The centre sea devil (blue) unleashes a stabbing frenzy at him in response.

Longspear: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 151d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Longspear, MAP 1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 111d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Longspear, MAP 2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 21d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Clearly so enraged he forgot how to use a spear.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28 (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-11)
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15 (-23)
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

As Toanthel withdraws his arm, Aldonza steps forward. ”Ooo, a tango!”, she exclaims. ”I like a man who can lead”

She stabs at the sea devil in the middle, and raises her scabbard in a defensive position.

Step, Strike, Parry

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Sun Fire Boom Boom hops down onto the docks to get a better position before assaulting green with sand and rocks.

telekenetic projectile vs green: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 12 + 1 = 21
piercing: 3d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5, 2, 3) + 4 + 1 = 15

Inspire Courage +1 Lingers!!

Aldonza dances in, drawing blood on the (blue) sea devil. She prepares for his response.

Sun Fire Boom Boom disembarks with aplomb, and (green) the sea devil falls into the surf, bleeding from many jagged rocks.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2 29
Sea Creature with longspear,red 28
Toanthel 28 (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue 20 (-11)
Aldonza Delamorte 22
Sun Fire Boom-Boom 17
Sea Creature with longspear,green 15 (-23)
Kerlok Sholmes 15
Pre Fix 13
Sea Creature with trident 10

Bold is up!

The goblin moves and cast a fire spell on the one with a trident.

Pruce Flame, Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 1 = 12

Damage, Inspire Courage: 2d4 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 14

The investigator tries to see if he can fire a new arrow towards the one with the trident as the previous one is dead.

Devise stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Seeing a good angle he advance and fires. 11+10+1= 22 to hit

Damage, Strategic strike, inspire courage: 1d6 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + (1) + 1 = 4

The trident-wielder skillfully dodges the fire from Pre Fix, but is struck by Kerlok's arrow. In response, he pulls at his trident

◆Athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
◆Moves into the water
and tries to get himself a goblin snack
◆Hurls trident at Pre Fix: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 221d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Pre Fix is now skewered but an Athletics check can be made to try to remove the trident.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2
Sea Creature with longspear,red
Toanthel (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue (-11)
Aldonza Delamorte
Sun Fire Boom-Boom
Kerlok Sholmes
Pre Fix (-12)
Sea Creature with trident (-4)

Bold is up!

Barbarians are suppose to be in melee right? James doesn't feel like crossing over that board to the other side, so he continues to fire at blue.
hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 vs blue dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6 which might be a crit deadly d8: 1d8 ⇒ 4
hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 vs blue dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 4
hit: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0 vs blue dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Barbarians are suppose to be in melee right?

That’s your call

It was a rhetorical question. I know many people think, why isn't that barbarian in melee? Fighters can be ranged or melee, but barbarians are rarely ranged.

James puts two more arrows into his target, but it keeps going.

Having gone into a blood frenzy, (red) the creature in front of Aldonza goes berserk at her, trying to rip her apart.

◆ Jaws: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 311d8 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
◆ Claws: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 151d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
◆ Claws: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 151d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

And it bites deeply into her!

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2
Sea Creature with longspear,red
Toanthel (-3)
Sea Creature with longspear,blue (-21)
Aldonza Delamorte (-30, +1d4 persistent bleed)
Sun Fire Boom-Boom
Kerlok Sholmes
Pre Fix (-12)
Sea Creature with trident (-4)

Bold is up!

Toanthel keeps his shield up as he draws his weapon and tries to smash the skull of the creature in front of him.

◆ Raise Shield (AC 26)
◆ Interact (Draw Pick)
◆ Strike
Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31
Piercing: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 = 10
Critical: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (2, 9) + 4 = 151d10 ⇒ 4 (34 damage)

↺ Raise a Shield (Hardness 8)

Pick not striking? I think the strength is also doubled in the crit. So 38 in all.

It is, sort of. My shield boss is striking and the doubling rings I wear are copying the runes to the pick. That's why I rolled 2 dice for damage. Also, I did double the bonuses. Toanthel's strength is +4. Crit is (2d10+4)*2+1d10 (2+9+4)*2+4 = 34.

Toanthel catches the sea devil fatally, puncturing several major organs.

Initiative:
James T Crusher 2
Sea Creature with longspear,red
Toanthel (-3)
Aldonza Delamorte
Sun Fire Boom-Boom
Kerlok Sholmes
Pre Fix (-12)
Sea Creature with trident (-4)

Bold is up!

Aldonza twirls her sword and scabbard in figure-eights.

”Round and round and round she goes!
When she stops, she slays her foes!”

Then she deftly lashes out with her blade.

Feint, Confident Finisher

Deception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
Damage: 3d6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1, 5) + 1 = 8 If that misses, 3 points of damage still get through

Attack 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Don't forget inspire courage for those +1s to hit and damage.

Sun Fire Boom Boom bounces up an down on the pier, threatening to knock loose any loose planks as they bounce vigorously.

Despite courting danger Sun Fire Boom Boom draws a shortbow as they fling rocks at the watery sea devil.

telekinetic projectile vs water sea devil: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
b damage: 3d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3, 1) + 4 + 1 = 10

COURAGE LINGERS +1!

He tries to remove the trident.

Athletics: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (5) + 0 = 5

And the goblin cast a spell on the creature with the trident.

Telekinetik projectile: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 1 = 19

Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 + 1 = 15