GM Wydroe's Run: The Rebel's Ransom (Inactive)

Game Master Wydroe

"Noo!! They are hurting the woman!"

Toral immediately starts to cast a spell and a glowing, rainbow-hued pattern of interweaving colors appears that hopefully fascinates those within it!

Rainbow pattern will DC 22 to not be fascinated. 24 HD max and lowest HD first.

Toral moves forward then!

"In case they are fascinated then do not attack them as those fascinated enemies as they will otherwise break free!"

Shifty is right! Blinded! DC 22 will save vs. slumber then.

Toral moves forward and tries to slumber hex the enemy that is trying to kill their Pathfinder companion!

Toral hexes the blueish human.
blue's will save: 1d20 ⇒ 9
Blue drops the woman and falls prone beside the woman's (probably) lifeless body.

Alarka attempts to clear her eyes and manages to get the majority of the dust out. She then yells, "You will burn for that."
will save: 1d20 ⇒ 16

Green shakes awake Blue and shifts into the doorway. Red steps forward and readies...something.

Round 1
Fox
Laiashi
Blue (prone, no weapon out)
Philthy
Toral
Walla
Alarka
Green
Red

Fox and Laiashi are up!

Blue is having a very bad day. He is also blinded. forgot that piece of info above.

The others hear some alerted animal sounds..
Philthy hears: "Dead bodies in long ditch. Evil woman speak of burning, take out woman fast!"

Fox casually walks towards blue, as if just going back from a disappointing hunt. The blind man will feel something furry rub his face...but then fox sinks its teeth into his neck.

Bite vs flat footed prone, invisibility bonus, fight defensively: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 4 + 2 - 4 = 28 Bite, SA: 1d3 + 11 + 3d6 ⇒ (3) + 11 + (5, 5, 1) = 25

On top of mage armor, AC to 30 until my next turn.

Anyone else think of Monty Python's Holy Grail every time Fox attacks?
Fox bites into blue barely missing the artery, but Blue manages to avoid death for now. His blood and the blood of the woman coat the floor.

Laiashi is up!

Alarka attempts to clear her eyes and manages to get the majority of the dust out. She then yells, "You will burn for that."

"I hope so." Laiashi steps out of her hiding spot and strikes at the closest target. "It tickles."

Shortsword vs green, flat-footed: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (2, 2, 3) = 17 +1 fire

Debilitating Injury: green takes a -4 AC vs me this round, -2 vs everyone else

Laiashi steps around the corner to take a scimirar strike from Red. Readied action goes off. She does stab into the unsuspecting Green just stepping up from kicking Blue awake.

Blue pulls out his scimitar and slashes at Fox.
miss chance high hits: 1d100 ⇒ 14
scimitar attack: 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 14 - 4 = 17
dmg S: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
will save vs blindness: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
But can't seem to catch the fast moving Fox.

Round 1 (Glitter r2, p r4)
Fox
Laiashi -16hp
Blue (prone, blind) -25hp
Philthy
Toral
Walla
Alarka
Green -18hp
Red

Philthy, Walla, Total are all up!

Philthy drops a spell and grins.

HASTE

DC 22 will save vs. slumber for RED.

Toral tries to slumber hex the enemy in red armor!

Red moves in the initiative to right before Laiashi. Forgot to move him.
Philthy mutters and gestures, the party moves faster now. haste in effect.
Toral hexes Red. will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Red doses off. On his turn he will fall to the floor dropping his scimatar unless he is awaken by pain or friend before.

walla is up!

I think the enemy drops immediately asleep to the ground on Toral’s turn.

I looked for this in the hex. Slumber says they are asleep and thus helpless. I looked at the condition. Neither 'sleep' or 'helpless' state they fall prone. I think it is totally accurate to assume they end up prone and drop their weapon. But people can fall asleep standing up, they can hold objects while asleep. I would love to learn if there is an 'asleep' condition that explains all these things. I, however, looking at the spell, sleep, only see that it imposes the 'helpless' condition. To your point though, previously in this fight I had Blue fall immediately and drop his weapon. I figured he was holding the woman's dead weight and that dragged him down and knocked his weapon out of his hand as he fell. This is society play and we must stay to the rules, so if I am missing a rule somewhere, please enlighten me in the discussion. Also, unconscious does not impose the prone condition or make you drop your weapon, but I would rule it happens as soon as you gain it.

The Red guard's head slumps forward and he seems to be slowly moving towards the ground.

I stand corrected, or rather fall as corrected. Red being asleep is the same as being unconscious, and apparently falling prone is a common sense conclusion. If they are the same they should happen the same.

Red Crumples to the floor asleep.

Drawing her rapier, Walla moves from her hiding spot and thrusts the point of her sword at a bandit. Green: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22 Damage: 1d6 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Walla stabs green to add to the wound from Laiashi.

Alarka steps forward and casts a spell. The flaming circle of fire rings the 4 party members, Philthy, Walla, Laiashi, and Toral who all instantly feel the waves of heat poring off the wall. The flames easily reach the ceiling 15' up.
Wall heat, fire dmg: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

Green does something...but the curtain of flames blocks it.

Round 2 (Glitter r3, p r5)
Fox
Red (prone, without weapon)
Laiashi -17hp acted (assumed only take 1 of the 6 fire damage)
Blue (prone, blind) -25hp
Philthy -6hp
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Alarka
Green -39hp

Familiars would take 6hp as well unless they have a way of resisting the fire damage from the heat. Not sure where Philthy's animal is?
Fox is up!

Dodging the poorly aimed blade, fox makes another bite against the bad man.

Bite vs prone, haste, invisible bonus, fight defensively: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 4 + 1 + 2 - 4 = 27 Dmg, SA: 1d3 + 10 + 3d6 ⇒ (1) + 10 + (6, 6, 3) = 26

[Animal sound translation to Philthy] : "Sleeping man just woke up again."

Red grabs his sword and stands again obscured by the curtain of flames.

Blue screams out, "Help me, boss!"

The curtain of flames surrounding the 4 heroes continues to roar with heat streaming from it...

Round 2 (Glitter r3, dpsb r6)
Fox acted
Red acted
Laiashi -17hp (assumed 1hp of fire went thru)
Blue (prone, blind) -51hp
Philthy -6hp
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Alarka
Green -39hp

Laiashi is up!

The flames don't seem to affect the ifrit girl much, but they do burn her skin-- which quickly heals itself. "Ahh, that's nice. Thank you."

Fire In The Blood will heal that 1 damage (healed 1/12).

Also, green no longer has any AC penalties from Debilitating Injury.

Shortsword 1 + haste vs green: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 +1 fire (Scorching Weapons feat)

Shortsword 2 + haste vs green: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 +1 fire (Scorching Weapons feat)

Shortsword 1 (extra attack) + haste vs green: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 1 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 +1 fire (Scorching Weapons feat)

Unless there is a rule otherwise, Laiashi, you would not be able to see through the wall of flames. Green has total concealment.

low misses for concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 28

All three of Laiashi's attacks stab through the curtain but fail to hit flesh.

Blue pleads for mercy from his boss again. "Help me, boss. Get this thing off me!" He almost seems to give in to the inevitable. But he blinks furiously attempting to clear eyes to gain at least his vision.
will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 But he cannot.

Round 2 (Glitter r3, dpsb r6)
Fox acted
Red acted
Laiashi -16hp (healed 1hp) acted
Blue (prone, blind) -51hp acted
Philthy -6hp
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Alarka
Green -39hp

Philthy, you mentioned fire resistance 10, I don't how. Could you explain?

Philthy, Toral and Walla are up!

Hello GM, I think you roll concealment per attack roll.

Toral casts dispel magic on the circle of fire.

”Begone!! Lady Luck!! Aid us!“

cl check to Dispel : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Yes, you are correct, but none of the other attacks were hits. Wow! nice roll. It is enough to dispel.

Toral prays away the wall of fire. The flames die down and then disappear.

Round 2 (Glitter r3, dpsb r6)
Fox acted
Red acted
Laiashi -16hp (healed 1hp) acted
Blue (prone, blind) -51hp acted
Philthy -6hp
Toral -6hp [acted]
Walla -6hp
Alarka
Green -39hp

Philthy and Walla are up!

With the flames rescinded, Walla presses the attack on green.
Attack 1 vs green: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21 Damage 1: 1d6 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18
Attack 2 vs green: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17 Damage 2: 1d6 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Walla, with one swift stab, pierces the green guard's armor. The guard crumples to the floor bleeding. She then shifts to attack Red but he brings his shield around blocking the rapier.

Green is unconscious and dying. Philthy is still up!

Philthy rushes past Laishi and swings at the woman with his axe as he fills with rage.

Hasted, Rage (Magic/Silver)

Attack 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 35
Damage 1d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 2 = 15
Crit?1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 26
Add Damage 2d10 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (9, 2) + 12 + 4 = 27

Red takes the AoO
scimitar slice: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21;dmg s: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Red swings at the darting dwarf and misses by inches.

Philthy chops viciously into the woman. She screams in pain.

She snears, "How dare you! I will burn you."
She beings a spell while protecting herself.
defensive casting dc25: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38
She then reaches out for Philthy to touch philthy with a glow dark red hand.
touch with slay living: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Philthy needs to make a DC19 fortitude save:

Round 3 (Glitter r4, dpsb r7)
Fox
Red
Laiashi -16hp (healed 1hp)
Blue (prone, blind) -51hp
Philthy SAVE PENDING
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Alarka
Green -57hp

Fox continues its biting of the blinded foe.

Bite vs prone, haste, invisible: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 15 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 25Dmg, SA: 1d3 + 11 + 3d6 ⇒ (2) + 11 + (4, 1, 4) = 22

If the guy still lives, fox remains.
If not, fox uses vanishing trick and 5ft steps into the evil woman's space.

Fort save 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 2 = 29

Philthy grins a cruel and broken grin at the woman "Your best shot wasn't good enough"

Knocks off my 18 temp hp from rage, does 3 actual

Blue dies crying for aid as Fox bites into his neck.
Philthy for the most part shrugs off the necromatic death effect.

philthy if you are raging your AC should be 21 correct? If so Red would have sliced into you as you moved up to attack the woman. Or is your Ac 23 with rage? .

Red swings twice at the dangerous dwarf.
scimitar with pa: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22; dmg: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
scimitar with pa iterative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16; dmg: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Update round tracker later.

21 would hit, Rage -2 Haste +1 - Good, it will just make him angrier.

You all are making mince meet of this encounter. I was sort of scared it would go badly. So, keep it up.
Red also 5' steps to get in front of the raging dwarf.

Round 3 (Glitter r4, dpsb r7)
Fox acted
Red acted
Laiashi -16hp
Blue -73hp
Philthy -48hp
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Alarka -42
Green -57hp

Laiashi, Philthy, Toral, and Walla are up!

Philthy stays on the woman, thwacking with his axe, thrilled with the bloodshed and glory of battle!

Hasted, Rage, arcane strike, flank, sneak attack (Magic/Silver)

Attack 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 21
Damage 1d10 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 + 2 + (2) = 16

Attack 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 33
Damage 1d10 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 2 + 2 + (5) = 24

If it matters for Philthy's attacks, he gets a flanking bonus from me being in Alarka's square, courtesy of mouser archetype.

Factored in, can’t wait til you haste double attack her, this party does great with some wiz-barian love!

I'll see if Laiashi can finish off Alarka before I attempt to tumble past red

Laiashi steps up to Alarka to take advantage of the fox’s distraction.

Shortsword 1 + haste + flanking vs purple: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 27
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 3d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (4, 1, 2) = 15 +1 fire

Shortsword 2 + haste + flanking vs purple: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 26
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (4, 6, 1) = 19 +1 fire

Shortsword 1 (extra attack) + haste + flanking vs purple: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 3d6 ⇒ (2) + 5 + (1, 2, 2) = 12 +1 fire

Philthy chops Alarka twice, leaving her very bloodied. Laiashi steps forward and stabs directly through her throat. Alarka drops like a sack. Laiasha switches her next attack to Red, slicing into him. She misses with her last stab.

Round 3 (Glitter r4, dpsb r7)
Fox acted
Red acted
Laiashi -16hp acted
Blue -73hp
Philthy -48hp acted
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Alarka -97
Green -57hp

Toral and Walla are up!

Red has 20hp damage. Forgot to add that above.

Walla moves past Laiashi and Fox to get behind red. Tumble: 1d20 + 14 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 14 + (2) = 23 Spending a panache to add d6
Attack red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24 Damage: 1d6 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20

Walla tumbles past the guard of Red. He took the head fake. She then sinks her rapier into the area above his right hip. Red seems to shake it off.

Round 4 (Glitter r5, dpsb r8)
Fox
Red -41
Laiashi -16hp
Philthy -48hp acted
Toral -6hp
Walla -6hp
Green -58

Fox is up!

Fox steps 5ft into red's square and bites away.

Bite, invisible, underfoot flank: 1d20 + 15 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 15 + 2 + 2 = 35 Dmg, SA: 1d3 + 11 + 3d6 ⇒ (3) + 11 + (5, 5, 3) = 27

Extra hasted bite, invisible, underfoot flank: 1d20 + 15 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 15 + 2 + 2 = 39 Dmg, SA: 1d3 + 11 + 3d6 ⇒ (1) + 11 + (6, 5, 3) = 26

Crit?: 1d20 + 15 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 2 + 2 = 28 Extra dmg: 1d3 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Fox manages to bite just the right spot to kill the guard. He is dead before he hits the ground.

Combat over! I will explain about the far room in my next post. More to come soon.

As the fighting ends with the last man falling to the ground, fox spits out blood from its kills, as best it can. Mouth empty, but its snout still shows blood traces.

It walks towards the woman who was stabbed in the neck earlier.

Perception, is she still breathing?: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Stabilize if useful/ press closed a wound: 1d20 ⇒ 18

Toral immediately checks the woman and tries to heal her.

clw wand : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Philthy stops to catch his breath as the last foe drops. He draws his wand and touches himself, seemingly relishing the slow knitting of his wounds. He wipes his axe clean on the fallen leader and keeps an eye on the Fox.

[Feral Speech]"She alive?"

Infernal Healing, and one on Bully too - would have had 6 damage on the familiar

Fox looks for signs of life in the woman, but does not see any. The woman was already in terrible shape, probably starving and her original wounds never really healed. Fox estimates she was probably just given enough water to keep her alive.

Toral and others look into the chamber beyond for the first time. They see a large room, bisected by a pit filled with burning coals. There are remnants of 4 burnt bodies at the bottom, some ten feet down. On the far side of the room is an altar, on top of which rests a scepter made of pure silver. At its tip is a large emerald. The alter bears the writing:

Each of the three guards wears a breastplate and has a heavy steel shield, scimitar and (2) daggers.
Alarka wears a chain shirt and has a heavy steel shield and a scimitar.

With a quick detect magic the guards' breastplates glow

You estimate that the gear and camels they leave to you would bring somewhere around 2965 gold.

As you search the gear by the wall, in a bag you find a trio of scrolls.

What would you like to do?

Breast - Spellcraft 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Scim - Spellcraft 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Shirt - Spellcraft 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
Scroll - Spellcraft 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Missed the Scimitar, people can open other spoilers

"Unfortunate, but there is no bargaining with these people. I wonder if the burnt bodies at the bottom of the ditch thought negotiation was an option" Philthy shrugs as his wounds continue to heal.

"Maybe a short message to our tasking Venture Captain like 'Original expedition slain, their assailants now dead, proceeding with clearing the ruins', that work?"

***

Anyone have Ancient Osiriani or a really good Linguistics?

Also, that is the daily casts of Haste and Fireball, and as we are no longer on a timer perhaps resting up for the night might be prudent

[Feral Speech]"She alive?"

Fox looks up and faintly shakes its head.

"She no longer lives."

Linguistics?: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Probably not. XD

After wiping the blood off her weapons and inspecting the next room, Laiashi sighs heavily. ”Well there’s one half of our mission complete, I guess. So we just have to do the other half— finish theirs.”

Can’t help with those skills, unfortunately.

Reminder, back in the original room.
The SE altar is made of iron and lined with silver coated grooves. The top center has a square hole. An inscription decorates the front.

The NE altar is black stone with a triangular hole. It too has an inscription on its front.

The NW altar is copper colored and inscribed similarly to the others. Its top has a circular hole.

The SW altar is made of sandalwood and decorated with a fine ivory inlay. It is inscribed as well.

It can reasonably clear that the materal of the altars corresponds to the rods now inserted into the center alter.

Fox attempts to figure out the writing on the silver altar.