[ACO] PFS2e - 03-06 Struck by Shadows (P1) (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

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Here I am . Filling out macros and slides now.

Slides are done.

Slides done.

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I also have 2 glyphs and this boon:

Combat Mentor (Vigilant Seal)
While working with less experienced Pathfinder allies, you provide pointers and lead drills that ensure your newer colleagues’
attacks strike true. For any PCs benefiting from a Level Bump and whose levels are lower than yours, you increase the Level
Bump’s modifier to attack rolls to 2.
Normal: A Level Bump increases a PC’s attack roll modifiers by 1.

the elven wizardress enters, her hand upon a quarterstaff. The staff is tapered at the base and carved into a gem-studded twist at the top. On her shoulder is a small draconic creature with purple bluish scales and butterfly wings, snacking on a small fruit pie. Her robes are white as is the floppish hat on her head. On her sides are scroll cases and a few wands. Her skin is the color of ivory which only serves to highlight her midnight black hair and purple eyes.

I am Avonathalanthalasa Caldon, from Kyonin and a student of the art of the Magaambya.Elven is often difficult for non native speakers to pronounce so you may call me Avonatha, if that is easier for you to pronounce. This is Quete she says, pointing at the faerie dragon. Quete continues to smack up his pie. up

She continues, Are there any other followers of the Vigilant Seal present for this mission? Her tone is friendly but matter of fact.

A dark-skinned gentleman in a doublet and a top hat stands up to meet an elf. His exceptionally black clothes are decorated with occult symbols: a pair of tarot cards, the skull of some small bird, some amulets made of bones and so on. In the middle of his chest, on a chain, he has a silver holly symbol of Nocticula , made in an unusual style - it seems to be trying to combine his old and new variations in its aesthetics.

He smiles broadly when he hears about the Vigilant Seal.

Greetings! Solomon Mpadu at your service. He lifts the cylinder slightly. Yes, lady, I am also a representative of this faction.

Next to him flies a little fairy who immediately draws attention to the elf's small dragon. (hireling after one fey mission)

"'Sup Avonathalanthalasa. I'm Emmanuel Holysmith, but you can call me Manny. All of my friends do!" The human laughs and strokes his hair back. "Quete, huh? Cool. Is that your guardian angel? Maybe I'll meet mine one day."

Manny pulls out his lute and marches over to Solomon. Eyeing him up and down, gauging him. Bard sense tingles. "'Sup Solomon. I'm Emmanuel Holysmith, but you can call me Manny. All my friends do." He strums it for a bit. "What's your area of expertise? Storytelling? Flute? Waltz?"

Battle Rap. Caustic ironic witty poetry. He looks at the lute. It's a new trend, bro. Especially good rhymes and sharp metaphors are called punches. It's like you're hitting your opponent in the head with this. They say it's damn inspiring, bro. Not for enemies, but for the audience at show or for comrades at battle. Solomon instantly switched to some other image, even the body language changed. Now it's not so much a gentleman, but rather the type of "knight of the cloak and dagger" that you don't want to meet in a dark alley of a large city.

"I am of the Vigilant Seal too." An athletic-looking Alijae Elf with coffee-coloured skin and red streaks in her dark hair speaks up "Nice to meet you all." She nods towards each of the others in turn. "Ehlanna Sedasseril, Alijae of the White City, Nagisa."

Her voice is soft but firm and there seems to be a little fire in her blue-flecked amber eyes. She wears plain-looking studded leather but her clothes are a variety of bright colours underneath. A carved wooden mask and a variety of tools and weapons sit on her belt.

Battle rap, I love it! Like the Raptor Rap from Mrs. Doubyfire

Running in, out of breath, is a female gnome with a red rat’s nest of hair. She wears leather armor, which is festooned with all sorts of tools and weapons.

”Made it!”, she declares with a smile. Looking around, the smile falters. ”Man, they need to clean this place up!”

Turning back to the others, she says, ”Hi! Marigold Longfoot”

She looks at Solomon. ”Whoa, cool outfit! What was that about rhyming insults? That sounds wicked!”

Avonatha nods in greeting to those who arrived after her. I am a member of the Cascade Bearers she adds.

Quete finishes his snack and begins to fly around the fey attempting to get it to play with him.

I'm just a dandy, beauty. Style is the basis, there will be nothing without it. - Solomon smiles broadly again, lifting his top hat as a sign of greeting and great respect. Then he turns to Ehlanna and puts his palm to his chest from the side of the heart.

Thokozani ukukubona lapha, dade. Sike bobabili beze elide. Kwangathi lolu hambo kube yimpumelelo kakhulu-ngaphandle kwalabo balindelwe us esikhathini esizayo!

"Oh cool!" Manny plays a power chord on his lute. "I never heard of this battle rap style... If it's kind of like bragging, it should be easy for me to pick up!"

"Marigold. Ehlanna. Good to see you. Know any tunes?"

Marigold grins at Manny. A doublet and top hat appear over her armor, similar to Solomon’s, but without the fine details.

”Sure, let’s try this out!”, she replies.

”Your nose is like a turnip!
Your voice is like a shrew!
There’s nothing worse than dying,
Except for being you!”

She looks at Solomon. ”Like that?”

Solomon smiles broadly and applauds. That's very good, Marigold.

”Cool!”, Marigold beams.

She turns back to Manny. ”Go for it. Put some swag in that brag!”

"Manny's on patrol,"
"So have no fear!"
"Unless you are a vampire,"
"Then say your prayers!"

Manny lets out a YOW! as he powerslides and blasts a chord from his lute. "Man, that feels good!"

"Im horizon hunters myself. As much as I would like to enjoy participating in this I feel like I would be better off observing. Names Talia," she says while eating an apple.

Marigold claps. ”Yea-heah!”, she cries at Manny’s performance.

She tips her new hat at Talia. ”Howdy howdy!”

Your adventure begins in the Grand Lodge of Absalom, where Venture-Captain Ambrus Valsin has summoned you to receive their next assignment. A preliminary note has notified you about a task in Osirion, and you're likely prepared for the desert mission. When you arrive, Venture-Captain Ambrus Valsin stands over an imposing desk, studying a large map. Several notes and documents lie scattered about the desk, seemingly in an ordered disarray with several stacks of notes about ancient Osirion manuscripts in one pile, a set of sketches of Osiriani relics in one corner, and so forth.

"Oooo... Great. Let's find out how we managed to anger the Osirion government again. I'm all for making enemies but can we pick a more evil country like Cheliax. Angering them I can get behind. "

Avonatha will cast a quick detect magic to see if there are any auras in the room.

”Back to the desert, huh?”, asks Marigold. She peers over the desk at the relic sketches. ”Oooo!”

"The deserts of Osirion, eh?" Manny scratches his head. "Hopefully we stay in the city. I'm not much for nature hikes..."

She nods after hearing the details of the mission.

Ambrus looks up with a furrowed brow as he pushes another pile of notes aside. "Well, you’re finally here. Great! We had best hit the ground running with this next assignment. There’s a matter in Osirion, at the Sothis lodge, that requires great care on the Society’s end. You have all proven yourselves worthy agents and I thought this might be a good opportunity to put your skills to use. The first thing you should be aware of with this mission is that—"

KRAAKOOOM!

Suddenly, an enormous explosion rocks Skyreach tower, and Valsin’s eyes grow wide. He rushes around his desk and throws open his door before prompting, "All of you, come with me!" Outside, large flames dance from inside a shattered window on one of Skyreach’s higher levels. A loud, melodic tone rings out from Ambrus’s wayfinder. He takes a moment to open its cover and then puts it away. "Pathfinders, the Grand Lodge is under attack. I need you to head up to that room," Ambrus commands, pointing at the shattered, fiery window above, "and see what’s going on. I’ll try to assess things here on the ground floor and get everyone to safety. Be careful. If my suspicions are correct, this has something to do with the recent attacks on lodges across the Inner Sea. If you find any intruders, try to take some alive! I’m counting on you."

"Well, that's one way to start a mission!" Manny draws his whip. "Let's check out Skyreach."

Talia takes out her weapon and says,"Well great.... Hopefully, we should be able to deal with these intruders. "

"I was looking forward to some archaeology in Oairion! Let's get this sorted." Ehlanna looks annoyed, drawing her whip and starknife.

She nods.

Do I need to use my wand of mage armor or assime I did at the beginning of the day?

I'll allow you to have weapons drawn and defensive spells (e.g. Mage Armor) cast. You are going into combat after all

You get to a landing and see four creatures coming at you. Seeing that their path is blocked, they draw weapons and attack.

Green runs forward and tries to stab:

1-Avonatha 2-Solomon 3-Emmanuel: 2d3 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3

Shortsword vs Avonatha AC 23: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Shortsword vs Solomon AC 24: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
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Those with ** may go

Green
**Marigold Longfoot - AC 23 (25 Nimble Dodge), 53/53
**Ehlanna Sedasseril - AC 20, 40/40
**Avonatha - AC 23 (Mage Armor), 43/54
**Solomon Mpadu - AC 24, 74/74
Yellow
Blue
Red
Emmanuel Holysmith - AC 23, 63/63
Talia - AC 20, 28/28

Marigold grabs her shortbow. As she draws the empty string, a red arrow appears, with a burning tip. She fires it at the closest poohead.

Interact, Cast produce flame at Red

Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Damage: 3d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 3, 2) + 4 = 10

How sweet. Solomon looks at the blade, which he easily dodged. At the same time, he composes a quatrain on the move, in which he compares these losers with the Aspids who have already attacked the Grand Lodge in such a way years ago and regretted it very much - and in fact the Aspids were much stronger! (oh sweet 7 season, my favorite one...)

Perform (Oratory): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33 (Lingering Composition- 4 rounds?)

It sounds reasonable and witty and gives you all +1 on attacks and damage.

After the quatrain, he adds a few more words in the language of the southern continent and the furthest of the enemies begins to rub his eyes...

Blindness - Fort DC 22; blue

Marigold shoots a fire arrow at Red and connects. Solomon gives a speech, which resonates with his comrades, giving them a boost in combat. He then casts a spell at Blue. Blue blinks and rubs his eyes. He appears shaken.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (4 rds)
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Those with ** may go

Green
Marigold Longfoot - AC 23 (25 Nimble Dodge), 53/53
**Ehlanna Sedasseril - AC 20, 40/40
**Avonatha - AC 23 (Mage Armor), 43/54
Solomon Mpadu - AC 24, 74/74
Yellow
Blue (Blind; Shaken)
Red (-10)
Emmanuel Holysmith - AC 23, 63/63
Talia - AC 20, 28/28

You may spend 2 actions to try to convince shaken enemies to surrender by making a Diplomacy/Intimidation/Deception check.

Ehlanna uses ◈ Expeditious Inspection to Recall Knowledge on the creatures (Arcana +10, Lore: Elven Lore +10, Lore: Mulijae +12, Nature +7, Occultism +10, Religion +7, Society +12)

She then tries to assess red's defences ◆ Devise a Stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Not seeing one, she throws her starknife at (White? Yellow?) ◆ Starknife +1, Returning: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 = 141d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

With blind optimism, she tries again ◆ Starknife +1, Returning, MAP: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 6 = 61d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

The elven wizardress begins to chant Eloi drwaw as an eldritch shield manifests. She speaks eldritch words of power Ast tsinothear/ teerere as 3 more images of Avonatha manifest and swirl around her

Shield 1 action
Mirror Image 2 actions

Three illusory images of you swirl about your space, potentially causing those who attack you to hit one of the images instead of you. Any attack that would hit you has a random chance of hitting one of your images instead of you. If all three images remain, there is a 1 in 4 chance of hitting you (1 on 1d4). With two images remaining, there is a 1 in 3 chance of hitting you (1–2 on 1d6). With only one image, the chances are 1 in 2 (1–3 on 1d6).

Take that one (blue) alive! He's blinded and seems scared.

Ehlanna hurls her starknife at Yellow and Green, but the weapon returns without hitting anything. Avonatha casts a spell and causes duplicates of herself to appear, followed by a shield.

Sorry for the confusion. Wrong token for one of them.

Yellow moves up to Emmanuel and slashes out with a shortsword.

Shortsword vs Emmanuel AC 23: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Shortsword vs Emmanuel AC 23, MAP, Agile: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Shortsword vs Emmanuel AC 23, MAP 2, Agile: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Red runs up to your lines and tries to stab:

1-Emmanuel 2-Marigold: 2d2 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

Shortsword vs Emmanuel AC 23: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Shortsword vs Emmanuel AC 23, MAP, Agile: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Blue simply tries to feel his way across the room.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions: Inspire Courage (4 rds)
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Those with ** may go

Green
Marigold Longfoot - AC 23 (25 Nimble Dodge), 53/53
Ehlanna Sedasseril - AC 20, 40/40
Avonatha - AC 23 (Mage Armor), 43/54
Solomon Mpadu - AC 24, 74/74
Yellow
Blue (Blind; Shaken)
Red (-10)
**Emmanuel Holysmith - AC 23, 51/63
**Talia - AC 20, 28/28

Manny continues to twirl his whip, listening to Solomon's drop. It's nice, real nice. He's not paying enough attention though, and one attacker gets past his armor. "Whoops!"

He looks over to the one person in Blue and shouts out. "Hey, we don't wanna kill anyone. And you're not exactly in the position to fight right now. How about you lay down your arms and surrender?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

Make Love, not War. And if there's no time for Love, make Peace.

He smiles at the one in Red. "As for you, buddy: When does the fight begin? Or were you trying to be serious with that toothpick you got there?"

Bon Mot vs Red Will DC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Manny decides to unsettle his attacker.

◆◆ Diplomacy check to entice Blue to surrender
◆ >Bon Mot< vs Red
↺ Opportunist on the first enemy to provoke an AoO with Manny's 10 foot whip. He will try to >Trip< the foe.

Ackkk I wasn't on the slide. I put myself there but GM you can put me where you want. Im sorry I've been busy.
Devise a Strategem Against Green Devising: 1d20 ⇒ 13 Action 1
Move Towards Green Action 2
Attack Nonlethally Green for a 13-2+16=27 Attack 3
damage nonlethal: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 6) + 4 = 17 Nonlethal Piercing

Talia just looks at the enemies and says,"You know Im just going to knock them out and we'll sort this out later. Im not particularly in the attack mood"

Marigold zigs to the side, using her shortbow to bump her attacker’s forearm, and cause the blade to zag away from her.

”Almost!”, she cries.

Using Nimble Dodge as a reaction, for an AC of 25

Nice diplomacy checks

Don't forget +1 from the bard! .)

"Why are fetchlings attacking us?"

Mercenaries? Take the blind one alive and we'll find out!

" I'm working on it... I'm inclined to try and spare them all."

Emmanuel's honeyed words have an effect on Blue. He lays down his arms and even tries to convince Red to surrender.

Emmanuel's check is a crit success. For the rest of the fight, when any of the enemies are shaken, you have a +1 bonus to try to get them to surrender

1-Avonatha 2-Solomon 3-Emmanuel: 3d3 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) = 3

Green lashes out thrice at Avonatha.

Shortsword 1 vs Avonatha AC 23: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Shortsword 2 vs Avonatha AC 23, MAP: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Shortsword 3 vs Avonatha AC 23, MAP 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

But he only manages to stab the air.