GM supervillan's 5-23 Cairn of Shadows [Outpost V] (Inactive)

Game Master supervillan

Malaz turtles up whilst holding pathfinders in the air.

John tries a spell but panics and fluffs it.

Orange-mask continues her duel with Syllyn...

orange vs syllyn: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 + (3) = 9

...in his angered state, the skald leaves an opening and the shae takes it.

Green-mask tries to finish the job...

orange vs syllyn: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 + (4) = 13

...and cuts down the reptilian adventurer! The three shae hiss and chatter as green-mask raises her bloodied blade. The spirits invoked by Syllyn fade away.

Round 4

Blue, -8hp, elevation 200'
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing, total defence
John Carlos, -20hp, elevation 200'
Green, -14hp, elevation 200'
Orange, -9hp, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, invisible, elevation 200'
Syllyn, -48hp, on Malaz, elevation 200'; dying at -10, stabilisation needed
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

Whilst Syllyn is prone and unconscious, Malaz will need to give some attention to keeping him from falling off.

Waki holds back the urge to cry out as his ally falls.

waki is not climbing - assuming copy paste from last time.
Are we still at miss chance for dim light?

Indeed, copy-pasta error. The miss chance is a feature of the shae themselves.

alright this gets a bit involved…

Waki, still invisible in rage, studies the target in the doorway, then draws both blades and attacks with flat footed flank.

Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 82

+1 psy wakizashi, 2W,Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 11 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 27
for dmg,Rage, sneak: 1d6 + 2 + 2 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 + (6, 1, 4) = 20

And is now visible…

Makras cackles madly. "I hope I live long enough to see the world end!" he shouts, swinging his pickaxe with wild abandon.

Attacking Green.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 40

Whilst Syllyn is prone and unconscious, Malaz will need to give some attention to keeping him from falling off.

I'm having one of those weeks. Every one of their attacks hit Syllyn this battle even though they had less than a 50% chance to hit him. Sheesh.
stablize: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

*gurgle*
*gurgle*
*bleed*

Syllyn! Oh no, that's bad... Desna, please help me save him!

Grunjar abandons his plans of casting an offensive spell and uses his wand of CLW on the dying Syllyn again.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Grunjar changes plans and employs his healing wand on Syllyn keeping the nagaji from bleeding out.

Malaz, happy to take your spoilered roll on your turn. No call for an immediate action. CMB seems apt, using a standard action.

Waki slashes at Blue-mask in what he expects to be a surprise attack. He strikes true, and yet the shae's mask turns to gaze upon the tengu. And there's no way that she should be able to turn her head so far... No sneak attack damage; the shae is amorphous.

"We are unfettered!" Blue-mask hisses. "What hope can beings of crude flesh have against our power?"

Makras replies by sinking his bloody pick into her, and she hisses in pain. You're not in reach of Green, but you attacked Blue last round.

Blue-mask turns and slashes at Makras...

shae vs dwarf: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 4 + (4) = 12

...but his armour turns the blow.

Makras can you confirm your correct AC please? Your tagline says 21 but your character sheet says 20.

Malaz uses a huge golden arm to hold onto Syllyn, lest the unconscious pathfinder slip and fall to his doom. You've a move action to spare if you want it Malaz.

Round 5

Blue, -29hp, elevation 200'
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing Move action available
John Carlos, -20hp, on landing
Green, -14hp, elevation 200'
Orange, -9hp, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, in corridor
Syllyn, -40hp, on Malaz, elevation 200'; stable @ -2
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

There is really no place for me to go. Is there space behind ORANGE and Makras? At least if others could 'disembark' I might be able to join in the fray. No certain of the feasibility of that though.

@GM: Sorry about the token confusion--I'm legit bad at color! 21 is the correct AC--I bought a +1 ring of protection after my last adventure, but haven't loaded the revised character sheet to the Google Drive yet (apologies for the confusion).

John tries to recall the jaunty tune he was trying to ignore earlier.

How did it go again? It really fired me up. I swear I could feel the strength… dammit it’s gone.

He stabs as hard as he can at the enemy he can reach, ”Untethered did you say? How do you stay on the ground?”

Mithral Dagger + Flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 2 = 18 for Silver/P + Scabbard of Honing: 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7 (+1 if they are demons)

Miss1-20: 1d100 ⇒ 32

@GM amorphous? You don’t know how much that just burst my bubble. :( lol

Waki sighs ….

@Malaz Bourreau: In theory, Grunjar has a move action left, too, so he could try to 'disembark' after healing Syllyn.

"Disembarkation" will be a Jump or a Climb check (so a Move action). Movement will provoke AoOs as normal. Climb DC is 10. Jump DC depends on distance, as usual, with the standard penalty for not having a 10' run up.

Malaz can deposit one of his riders by using his own Move action - but to do so whilst protecting an unconscious rider he must also make a hover check (Fly DC15) because he won't have a hand free to hold on to the chains.

Grunjar do you wish to try disembarking?

Do I get to Disembark a person of my choice (and square) or am I just facilitating their departure?

Fly (hover): 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 4 = 21

It's your action, you may choose, Malaz.

Grunjar cannot climb because he has a wand in one hand, but he needs two free hands.
With his ACP he would need to roll 15 or more to make a successful jump. Considering the fall distance (and that he is the cleric) that's too risky, so he will stay put for this round.

One more question GM. If I 'disembark' a passenger, who takes the AoO, me or the passenger? I don't want to put anyone (especially Syllyn) at risk.

This is one of the few times F2F would be logistically superior to PbP.

General principles are that 'forced' movement doesn't provoke - which is an oddity but is something that's pretty consistent in the game. So I will say that if Malaz deposits somebody on the landing with his Move action that will not provoke AoOs.

Fantastic! Any volunteers? I would guess Makras or Grunjar would be the optimal choices, or I could set Syllyn on the northern landing.

Syllyn is stabilized now, so you could set Grunjar down - either north or south (next to John).

With his free hand, the giant aphorite grabs the dwarf. "Off you go!" He hurriedly, but carefully sets the cleric on the narrow landing.

Malaz deposits Grunjar on the landing.

John gets up close and personal with the shae - his dagger finding flesh of some sort, though when he withdraws the blade it seems to be coated in ice rather than blood.

Seeing that her attacker is injured, green-mask returns John's attack.

green vs John: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 + (6) = 16

But John's force armour turns the blow aside!

Orange-mask aims a blow at Makras...

orange: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 + (6) = 16

...and Makras' new magic ring spares him from oblivion - for now. Orange-mask hisses and steps to one side to give her sisters some room to manoeuvre.

Round 5

Blue, -29hp
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, -20hp, on landing
Green, -21hp
Orange, -9hp
Grunjar, on landing
Waki Huro, in corridor
Syllyn, -40hp, on Malaz; stable @ -2
Makras, on Malaz

active conditions: miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

I've taken 'elevation' off the tracker because it's (probably) only relevant for Malaz at present.

Waki , now visible in the hallway, blades in hand, studies blue for an attack.

Still raging, ki to flurry and studies target (destined strike -free).

mw cold iron wakizashi, 2W, Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 11 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 22
for dmg,Rage: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8
+1 psy wakizashi, 2W,Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 21
for dmg,Rage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 = 6
Bite bite,Rage: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 = 25
for dmg,Rage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Extra Ki +1 psy wakizashi, 2W,Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 25
for dmg,Rage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8

Miss : 4d100 ⇒ (97, 49, 49, 5) = 200

He steps back 5’ after his exchange.

Makras continues swinging, happy to add a new layer of gore to his already-encrusted miner's pick.

+1 Heavy Pick: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 4

Grunjar defensively casts bless.

concentration DC 17: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

Waki becomes a whirl of deadly steel - his twin blades cut down blue-mask! With a shriek, she dissolves into shadow-stuff. All that remains is her porcelain mask and her weapons - a fine falchion and a composite longbow.

Redirecting the rest of your attacks to green, your bite hits but your ki attack misses. You're damage calculation for your off-hand and secondary natural attacks looks slightly off (raging STR16 -> +3, halved to +1 dmg), I have adjusted.

Makras is sure that he's about to hobble his opponent, but his pick seems to go right through her!

"Unfettered from the flesh! Unbound are we!" green-mask gloats despite the loss of her sister.

Grunjar, his feet on solid ground, invokes the blessing of Desna.

Round 6

Blue
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, -20hp, on landing
Green, -25hp
Orange, -9hp
Grunjar, on landing
Waki Huro, in corridor
Syllyn, -40hp, on Malaz; stable @ -2
Makras, on Malaz

active conditions: Bless; miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

"Looks like there's a little more roome. Here ya go. Tell him all about the end of everything."

Malaz sets Makras down on the ledge, separating the remaining two Shea.

Move action Force move Makras. Standard Fell Defense

I think someone moved John into the middle of the enemies, I moved him back to his ledge spot.

As the last ally who could reasonably fall is set down, John drops his scroll to the ledge and attempts again to summon the lightnings.

Defensive Cast DC 17: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

His hand crackles with electricity and he reaches out to touch one of the friendly shadow-fiends, hoping they have shadow-metal in their shadow-world.

Shocking Grasp vs. Touch AC Green + Bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10 (+3 to hit if target uses metal armor or a weapon) for Electric: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 1, 1) = 8

I'm guessing 10 or 13 might miss, but if so the charge will be held in hand for next round (or an AoO).

"Ah, unfettered not unfeathered. That makes more sense. You said unbound? Then what are all the chains here for? That's odd."

Malaz, you need a Fly check to hover (DC15) before you can deposit Makras.

Malazbot FLY DC15: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 4 = 27

Malaz deposits Makras on the ledge.

John tries to zap the nearest shae, but she easily dodges his attack. Their swords are metal so you get the +3, but still missed.

Perhaps goaded by John's taunts, green-mask attacks him...

green vs John: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 + (1) = 13

...she hisses as her blade snags on a nearby chain.

Cornered by Makras, orange-mask slashes at the dirty dwarf...

orange vs Makras: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 + (1) = 9

...and almost falls from the landing as she mis-times her swing! Two natural 1s - it's not their day :o

Round 6 / 7

Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, -20hp, on landing
Green, -25hp
Orange, -9hp
Grunjar, on landing
Waki Huro, in corridor
Syllyn, -40hp, on Malaz; stable @ -2
Makras, on landing

active conditions: Bless; miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

I'll resolve all round 6 actions before John and Malaz's round 7 actions.

Waki steps up for another flurry of blades and beak on green.

mw cold iron wakizashi, 2W, Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 27
for dmg,Rage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
+1 psy wakizashi, 2W,Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 28
for dmg,Rage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 = 9
Bite bite,Rage: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 2 = 18
for dmg,Rage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Ki attack +1 psy wakizashi, 2W, Rage: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 - 2 + 2 = 22
for dmg,Rage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 = 5

ok so not including bless or flank attack bonus above, and assuming hard corner on green so attacks above are likely at -1. If heroism still active then make those all +1

Missed : 4d100 ⇒ (63, 96, 42, 50) = 251

Seeing himself and his opponent both make wild misses, Makras shouts "Such is the futility of our absurd existence!" before swinging again.

+1 heavy pick (w/ bless): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 1 = 24
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 84

Malaz will delay to see if there will be a place to safely set Syllyn on the landing.

Two natural 1s - it's not their day :o

Hah! You used up all the good rolls on Syllyn.

John continues his taunts, his nickname perhaps is at least a bit apt.

"What was that about being unbound? Apparently the chains disagree. Or you are just terrible at stabbing."

He is also waiting for the resolution of those who go ahead of him.

Waki cuts down green-mask in a furious blur of feathers and steel. You can save your ki point if you want, the beak attack dropped Green.

Makras lands a solid blow on the shifting shae, but she still stands.

Malaz and John wait for their opportunity...

If you place Syllyn next to Grunjar, the remaining Shae would have to go through Makras to reach him. Don't forget your Fly check if you want to deposit Syllyn or a rider.

Round 6 / 7

Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, -20hp, on landing
Orange, -20hp
Grunjar, on landing
Waki Huro, in corridor
Syllyn, -40hp, on Malaz; stable @ -2
Makras, on landing

active conditions: Bless; miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

John skirts the ledge of instant falling death and steps up behind his fellow ‘end of worlder’, ”Excuse me Sir, I just need to reach around and… touch this fiend.”

Blood line power gives reach on his spell attacks. Not including any cover in his roll.

Shocking Grasp vs. Touch AC Green + Bless + Metal: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 + 3 = 25 for Electric: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 2, 1, 1) = 8 unless miss 1-20: 1d100 ⇒ 82

After the green-masked Shae is cut down by Waki, Grunjar moves up and uses his wand of CLW again on Syllyn.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Fly: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 4 = 23
Move action to set Syllyn down.

The aphorite sets his wounded ally down on the ledge. Finally free of the burden, he turns his attention toward the remaining shea. "Most species native to Golarian fear travelers from other planes. I wonder, now that we are here and your life is about to end, do you feel the same?" He swings his ax in a deadly arc.

Ax of It's about damn time! (squeeze): 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 12 - 4 = 23
Damage! (Embiggened/reach): 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (4, 2, 4, 1) + 8 = 19
Miss 1-20: 1d100 ⇒ 99

sweet!

Grunjar restores Syllyn to consciousness - but barely - and Malaz sets the nagaji down before bringing his enormous axe to bear.

John's lightning sears the last shae. "You cannot comprehend the power you face!" she hisses through the pain, before Malaz's axe silences her.

Out of combat!

Two shae are unconscious and dying, the third is completely dead.

Party status

Malaz, -1hp
John Carlos, -20hp
Syllyn, -38hp, disabled

Malaz's form diminishes to his normal size, which is still rather large. He flies over the team to take a more defensive position while the others heal themselves.

Syllyn makes a request after staggering to his feet.

"I am too woozy to use this right now. Could someone help me out?"

Basically need someone else to do the first casting.

CLW: 6d8 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 7, 5, 8) + 6 = 40

It takes 6 charges before he is all better.

Waki comes out of rage and checks the Shae

”A healer I am not. “

Syllyn makes a request after staggering to his feet.

"I am too woozy to use this right now. Could someone help me out?"

Basically need someone else to do the first casting.

[dice=CLW]6d8+6

It takes 6 charges before he is all better.

As far as I know (see quote below) you don't have someone to do the first casting, because you heal yourself. Anyhow, it's not a problem at all - and flavor-wise very appropriate. ;-)

"There, all fixed. You really took a beating in this battle, didn't you?"

The cleric then turns around to look at his other teammates.

"Who's next?"

@all: Grunjar will heal you with a Wand of CLW - just hand it to him (if you have one) and roll your healing. If you don't have a wand, you should also roll and tell me how many charges I have to mark down.
@John: My character also has a evil stick Wand of Infernal Healing (that he cannot use, being a cleric of a good deity). Please use it on yourself, if you're ok with it - it's on the wiz/sorc-spelllist. Actually, this dwarf is going to give it to you anyhow for the rest of the scenario:
a) for more efficient out-of-combat-healing and
b) as insurance, should the cleric be unconscious.

A character with 0 hit points, or one who has negative hit points but has become stable and conscious, is disabled. A disabled character may take a single move action or standard action each round (but not both, nor can he take full-round actions, but he can still take swift, immediate, and free actions). He moves at half speed. Taking move actions doesn’t risk further injury, but performing any standard action (or any other action the GM deems strenuous, including some free actions such as casting a quickened spell) deals 1 point of damage after the completion of the act. Unless the action increased the disabled character’s hit points, he is now in negative hit points and dying.

Question: Is this your own wand...

[ooc]Definitely. I already subtracted the charges on my character sheet.

Breathing heavily, Makras takes a restorative sip from a flask containing either a potent alcohol or wood varnish--the colour, consistency, and smell are similar. "What next, you say? Death, destruction, damnation, and disintegration! Onwards!" The dwarf begins trudging down the hallway.

John accepts the wand and trades his own back to the cleric before activating the evil one on himself, ”Let us go quickly. Magic has time limits usually, I don’t want to waste mine.”

One charge Infernal Healing used, takes a minute to work. 2 charges from John’s wand of CLW (cast by Grunjar) for 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (3, 8) + 2 = 13. Tracking time, it seems like about two minutes will have passed since we started flying up, so 3 min left on John’s shield, right?

He picks up his scroll, puts it and his dagger away and pulls out a long spear, ”Ready.”