[Outpost V] PFS #7-07 Trouble in Tamran (Inactive)

Game Master cmlobue

"Yes, it does sound a little too convenient. On our guard, but we are pathfinders after all. Trouble is expected.

Walks with Giants wrote:

"No, silly. He's the guy our witness here mentioned. The one he used to buy goods from. No idea who he is beyond that; not even sure he is a he and not a she. Don't recall him being mentioned in the briefing, though."

Guaril Karela

Odd, I did a forum search to see if the name had popped up before, like in the briefing, and it turned up no results. My search foo was severely lacking. Chalk it up to character memory lapse.

*Arioch wrote:

Walks with Giants wrote:

"No, silly. He's the guy our witness here mentioned. The one he used to buy goods from. No idea who he is beyond that; not even sure he is a he and not a she. Don't recall him being mentioned in the briefing, though."

Guaril Karela

Odd, I did a forum search to see if the name had popped up before, like in the briefing, and it turned up no results. My search foo was severely lacking. Chalk it up to character memory lapse.

No worries. I didn't know if Walks was playing like he fell asleep, in which case Arioch was going to make fun of him, or if you didn't remember. Looks like Arioch will go back to teasing the gnome. :)

You can still harass WwG for not remembering. He (and I) deserve it. :)

Indeed, if you check in with your superiors, they instruct you to follow any lead you have.

Slide 7

A few small lanterns illuminate this rickety stretch of shoreline, and the smell of moldering wood fills the air. Ramshackle buildings line the shore, while short wooden docks protrude into the gently lapping waters of the lake.

Although this area should mostly be asleep at this hour, Severna and Mahlbeni notice sounds coming from the buildings marked R and M1.

You can move freely until you make it clear that you know about the people hiding, then I roll initiative.

WwG moves onto the bridge, trying to be as quiet as possible.

stealth: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (18) - 3 = 15

Arioch tries to follow Walks as quietly as possible.

Sleight of Hand: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Arioch moved 15' to avoid a penalty.

Arioch tries to follow Walks as quietly as possible.

[dice=Sleight of Hand]1d20+8

Arioch moved 15' to avoid a penalty.

And this is why you don't post in a hurry! 8) It should be a Stealth check and, lucky for me, they have the same bonus.

Jilla follows the others, walking on her tiptoes since it seems the others are trying to be sneaky.

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Stiggur moves slowly and spryly to investigate closer to the lively building, waving away the others until he can get a closer look.

stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Arioch glares at 'Toes' Jilla and her quiet ways and spares a glance of disbelief at Stiggur.

"So the thuggish gnome trips over her rolling pin and that goofy monk waves ME away?!?! I'mma put a boot in his ass!"

Everyone carefully approaches the hidden figures, who are content to allow oyu to pass until Stiggur walks up and looks in the window one of them was hiding in. Then the doors of the suspicious buildings fly open.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Arioch
Stiggur
Mahlbeni
Omncinni
Walks with Giants
Severna
Blue
Jilla
Red

Arioch moves forward and activates his wrist sheath to slide his dagger into his hand and stabs at Blue Foo'!

Dagger with Sneak Dice, Whetstone: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d4 + 1 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (2) + 1 = 6

The crap rolls just keep rollin...

WwG hurries down the path and plants his spear in anticipation of a charge, or an attack. Either way the business end of his spear is pointed towards red.

What does red look like. If he/she looks like a spell caster that would change his approach and instead of readying an attack he would engage.

Readied attack:
To Hit Longspear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Damage Longspear: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

extra damage if it charges:
Damage Longspear: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5

AoO if it closes:
To Hit Longspear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Damage Longspear: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Knowledge (Local) is used to determine class abilities. They have a quarterstaff and are wearing a chain shirt.

"Oh dear, more trouble. How unfortunate...for them!"
But she doesn't quite have the movement to back that up as she moves into position behind Jila as she chants and tones to cast mage armor on herself.

He will wait where he is, all readied.

Is there only a single door to the building with blue? Or are there windows as well? Is there a way for Stiggur to grapple blue by reaching in and grabbing him, something like busting the window to grab him and pull him out?

No windows on the building, at least not adjacent to Blue. You could try to pull him past Arioch, but there would be penalties.

Mahlbeni will double move forward and draw his scythe
"Come now Omncinni - there are more fools to deal with"

Omnicinni will move with Mahlbeni and ready an attack if anyone moves nearby

No windows on the building, at least not adjacent to Blue. You could try to pull him past Arioch, but there would be penalties.

Stiggur will just ready an action to move and grapple the target when the opportunity comes up then...

Severna moves into position, Stiggur, Walks with Giants, Mahlbeni and Omncinni all prepare for battle.

The Blue fool pities Arioch for his bad aim, and tries to chop him in half.

Handaxe: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Slashing Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Round 1 - bolded may go

Arioch
Stiggur (ready)
Mahlbeni (ready)
Omncinni (ready)
Walks with Giants (ready)
Severna
Blue
Jilla
Red

Seeing the danger, Jilla moves towards it as fast as her little legs will carry her!

Double move.

Jilla gets closer to the fight.

Red unleashes a guttural scream and runs directly into Walks with Giants' spear. Twice. Unfazed, he then tries to smack the shaman with a large stick.

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

And practically trips over it.

Round 2 - bolded may go

Arioch
Stiggur
Mahlbeni
Omncinni
Severna
Blue
Walks with Giants
Jilla
Red (-5 HP)

Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Arioch shivs the Bloo Foo and then slides back a bit.

5' Step back diagonally.

"Oh, dear. That's right, you don't know. The witch has redirected it at the nightmare region and all kinds of nasties have come forth. Including this fellow who seems to be the chief of the nightmares."

Tally produces the corpse he dragged along.

"I think she is up to more mischief and can't get the gate to do exactly what she wants. She was staring at it pretty hard the last time I saw her. I think it is dangerous and she preferred us to do her dirty work and take the damage. Any advice on how to deal with the gate or the effects my friends here have suffered from it?"

Stiggur sidesteps in front of the door and reaches in, grabbing the goon.

grapple: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Severna strides to the end of the bridge, and chants and tones raising her arms together in a gesture which reminds you of wings, as a celestial eagle appears behind the combatant Stiggur is tussling with.
The eagle then pecks and slashes out at this aggressor.
Move action, standard action conjurer's focus to summon an augmented celestial eagle, eagle smite evil and full attack (flank bonus included)
bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 for bite damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 (+1 damage if evil)
talon 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 for talon damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 (+1 damage if evil)
damage if evil)
talon 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 for talon damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 (+1 damage if evil)

"Oh, dear. That's right, you don't know. The witch has redirected it at the nightmare region and all kinds of nasties have come forth. Including this fellow who seems to be the chief of the nightmares."

Tally produces the corpse he dragged along.

"I think she is up to more mischief and can't get the gate to do exactly what she wants. She was staring at it pretty hard the last time I saw her. I think it is dangerous and she preferred us to do her dirty work and take the damage. Any advice on how to deal with the gate or the effects my friends here have suffered from it?"

Unless WwG is hallucinating, I think this was posted to the wrong thread.

Arioch pities the fool who tries to ambush the Pathfinders. His pity takes the form of a dagger to the ribs. The half-orc then moves so Stiggur can do his thing.

Stiggur's thing works just fine, and the minion is now in a hold reminiscent of a certain yellow-clad ninja.

The hold makes it easy for the bird Severna summons to hit with its beak and one talon, bloodying him.

Round 2 - bolded may go

Arioch
Stiggur (grappling)
Mahlbeni
Omncinni
Severna
Blue (-15 HP, grappled)
Walks with Giants
Jilla
Red (-5 HP)

"Oh, dear. That's right, you don't know. The witch has redirected it at the nightmare region and all kinds of nasties have come forth. Including this fellow who seems to be the chief of the nightmares."

Tally produces the corpse he dragged along.

"I think she is up to more mischief and can't get the gate to do exactly what she wants. She was staring at it pretty hard the last time I saw her. I think it is dangerous and she preferred us to do her dirty work and take the damage. Any advice on how to deal with the gate or the effects my friends here have suffered from it?"

Sorry about that. I posted this in the wrong forum instead of the one for my other shaman.

"Omncinni - get behind him and attack!"

Mahlbeni will move and ready to strike with his scythe for when Omncinni is in the flank

Omncinni will then move in to the flank allowing Mahlbeni to slash out

Scythe attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 242d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11

Omncinni will then gore the figure

Gore attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Crit confirm for Mahlbeni: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Crit confirm for Omncinni: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Druid and elephant execute a near-perfect pincer maneuver against Red, but not before it gets a chance to thump Mahlbeni.

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Blue tries to get away from Stiggur.

Combat Maneuver: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

They wriggle free and back away.

Round 2 - bolded may go

Arioch
Stiggur
Mahlbeni
Omncinni
Severna
Blue (-15 HP)
Walks with Giants
Jilla
Red (-25 HP)

Confident her allies have the situation well in hand, Jilla scampers forward to see if there are any other hidden threats.

Double move.

"Thanks for the aid," WwG calls out as he shifts back another 5 feet so that he can continue to keep his longspear in play.

To Hit Longspear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Damage Longspear: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Jilla scouts forward, while Walks with Giants steps back and stabs the masked man, who collapses to the ground.

Round 3 - bolded may go

Arioch
Stiggur
Mahlbeni
Omncinni
Severna
Blue (-15 HP)
Walks with Giants
Jilla
Red

"You are welcome friend. Another group of unwise fools"
Mahlbeni will cast stabilize on Red, and then move towards M1/Blue
"Omncinni - guard Jilla and look for other threats"
Omncinni will move to Jilla and ready to attack anyone that gets near her

Stiggur pursues blue inside, grabbing him by the collar and lifting him up.

grapple: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

"Last chance to surrender..."

Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Confirm?

Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 141d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Arioch sticks the Blue Foo and thanks Stiggur for making him nice and immobile.

Mahlbeni and Omncinni join Jilla in searching for further threats.

Stiggur gets a strong grip on the enemy, and Arioch takes advantage of the opportunity to stich a dagger into some organ the mook couldn't live without.

Combat over! Blue is not dead yet if you want to do something with him.

Blue has a potion, two smokesticks, studded leather, handaxe, longbow with
20 arrows, a Razmiri religious pamphlet, two tindertwigs and 11 gp.

Red has two potions, a masterwork chain shirt, masterwork quarterstaff, sling with 10 bullets, iron mask and wooden unholy symbol and 14 gp.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

"Hmmm. All of these are potions to cure wounds. Though we fared pretty well and don't need them, they may come in handy later."

Oops, cut and paste error. The last potion is invisibility.
That and two cure light wounds.

"That was quite the ambuscade!" observes Jilla. "But we still don't know what's really going on . . ." Her lips curve into a small pout.

In that case.

Shifting the aim of his detect magic to the second foe, he announces, "Now on the second fellow, we have a potion of invisibility. Nice. That might come in handy, indeed, if we have to sneak in somewhere."

knowledge religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Looking at the thugs and then back to Jilla, Stiggur provides some inisght, "These appear to be agents of the 'church' of Razmir. That mask and those symbols identify them as followers. Perhaps we should visit one of their temples?"

"Hey I didn't kill this one yet, maybe we should save him and put the arm on him?"

You detain the prisoner and wake him up. Seeing himself bound, he simply sneers, "The Living God, thrice-blessed be his name, will deliver me."

"Well, lucky you. Tell me about this god of yours and why you are so sure he cares about a lowly worm like you. Because from my experience the gods typically could give a bat's discharge about people like us."

"Or else my fist may thrice-bless your face," Stiggur adds, starting to get annoyed by all the ambushes. "You may also end up delivered head first into the swamp... I've been itching to see how far I could toss someone over one of these bridges, but I'm not sure I could clear the gators... I guess we'll just have to wait and see..."