[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] Bonekeep level 2 (3-7) (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Ready to heal Pau, Ny'a looks down in horror as Harpua is nearly obliterated underneath her. She instinctively sends Iomedae's healing power coursing into the animal, then scrambles for her healing wand, knowing she's probably going to need more than Iomedae can provide.

"Get him, Harpua!" Her attack command comes almost as an afterthought.

Harpua bites at the construct around the corner, perhaps wondering why it was chomping on such a non-fleshy creature, but loyal to Ny'a and willing to chomp whatever she asked.

Ny'a, don't forget that you get a Ride check to avoid one of the attacks on Harpua.

Thanks! Unfortunately, while I remember reading about that rule, I can't actually find it, so I don't know the DC. So here is a plain Ride check.

Ride (avoid attack vs mount) DC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

It's under the Mounted Combat feat; DC is the attack roll that hit.

It's under the Mounted Combat feat; DC is the attack roll that hit.

Ahh, yes! New this level, haha.

Shall I do the ride check for you for future blows against Harpua? Though to be honest with their attack bonus and your ride... you would be lucky. Still, any chance is better than no chance.

Tere struggles to stay up the wall and operate a wand at the same time. Ny'a struggles to stay mounted. Harpua struggles to stay alive. Though at least that last struggle seems to be improving with the help of Ny'a.

Harpua struggles to bite the golem, the wall that saved him proving a problem for the dogs own return bite.

The two golems, making satisfactory progress continue to attack the same targets.
green vs harpua AC23, each at -4 from corner: 2d20 ⇒ (18, 8) = 26
Ny'a tries to have Harpua avoid the first blow but fails.
ride: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
damage: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
The poor mount is on its last legs.

The pink one tries to emulate the strike on Pau.
pink vs Pau AC24, each at -4 from corner: 2d20 ⇒ (17, 8) = 25
ouch: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
Pau looks only marginally more lively than Harpua.

Status:
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 43 damage;
Tere -2 to Will; 19 damage; stealthed, climbed
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 3 more rounds' used 1 LoH
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage;
Creature green - 52 damage
Creature pink-

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

Pau flurries at the creature, hoping for a miracle. He uses a ki point for an extra attack.

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 9 - 2 = 24
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 2 = 17
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Flurry with Power Attack1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 - 2 = 9
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Ki attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 9 - 2 = 25
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Shall I do the ride check for you for future blows against Harpua? Though to be honest with their attack bonus and your ride... you would be lucky. Still, any chance is better than no chance.

Yeah, I'm totally good with that. It's an immediate action, and definitely impacts your posting narrative if she succeeds, so go ahead and make the roll for her.

And yeah, she's not likely to succeed much; I got the feat for the chain, not for its particular effects.

Ny'a can feel Harpua's life flowing away underneath her, but she grits her teeth as she faces the harsh reality: saving anyone here starts with saving Pau. Tears begin weeping from the corners of her eyes as she reaches out to send Iomedae's healing energy into the tall monk instead of her loyal mount.

Harpua, loyal to the end, continues trying to snap at the construct's ankles.

Waiting to see the results of Pau's attacks.

Pau continues to pound on the green golem. Unable to get the benefit from the corners protection, his first attack rocks it. The golem dodges the next two attacks, lured into a mechanical sense of security, when in a burst of unnatural speed, Pau drives a final kick into its clockwork gears. With a shudder it starts to vibrate and fall apart, gears flying everywhere!

Ny'a places her healing hands on Pau, while Harpua snaps at the burst gears.
It would have been a miss. You could move into the dead golems space, but would attract an AOO by doing so. Your call.

Status:
Tere -2 to Will; 19 damage; stealthed, climbed
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 2 more rounds' used 2 LoH; move action available if wanted.
Creature pink-
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 36 damage;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage;

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

Maintaining the cloak of shadows about himself, Tere drops lightly to the floor and steps into the wreckage of the golem, drawing his blade again. With +15 Acrobatics, he automatically makes the check to drop 10'. Then he readies to meet the inevitable attack from the last golem.

Stealth check to hide in plain sight: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

The golem tries stepping forward, but realises there is something in the way.
5' step, fails due to space being occupied. No AOO

It tries striking out at Tere.
two attacks vs AC 25: 2d20 ⇒ (8, 20) = 28
two miss chances, low is bad for golem: 2d100 ⇒ (93, 68) = 161
crit confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Who is cut down by the viscious golem.
regular damage, hit 1: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
crit: 3d10 + 39 ⇒ (8, 1, 10) + 39 = 58

Can you confirm AC 25 is correct...

Status:
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 2 more rounds' used 2 LoH; move action available if wanted.
Creature pink-
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 36 damage;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage;

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD
Tere -2 to Will; DEAD

The last time this happened (golem tries to step into Tere's space, bounces, attacks), the golem only got a single attack.

Waiting to confirm that Tere is down, GM.

Golem last time had to move as there was a corner involved. And it was a move through its allies space. This time it could 5' step into what looked empty. 5' step fails. Again the rules are unclear here, but the simplest solution is just having the action (5' step) fail and be lost.

Makes sense, and that goes to my misunderstanding of the previous case vs. this one. As the player, though, if I'd understood that I was going to potentially take a full attack from the golem, I would have gone full defense.

That is fair and even lines up with what you posted about readying for an attack. You had a standard action available, as even with stealthed movement, you had sufficient to get to where you wanted to go, and could draw a weapon as part of that. I'll recheck the hit/crit confirm this afternoon.

Sounds good to me! Since Tere has at least three ranks in Acrobatics, he gets +6 AC when using total defense.

Tere, worried about the powerful golem dodges left, he dodges right... he can't quite totally avoid the second blow, but he rolls with it avoiding being decapitated. Though the elf looks far from well.

Status:
Tere -2 to Will; 40 damage; stealthed.
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 2 more rounds' used 2 LoH;
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 36 damage;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage;
Creature pink-

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

Sonce Tere is technically first this round, I’ll wait for him before taking my action.

Ny'a plants both hands firmly in the small of Pau's back, her eyes squinted shut as she puts everything she has into healing Pau with Iomedae's divine glory.

Waiting on Tere to take his action before I go.

Stealth check: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

Acrobatics check to slip by the golem: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

Tere stays hidden as he dodges, but can't get past the enemy.

Hide, full defense, move through. Current AC is 31.

Since Tere is still in the space, can I move to there and attack so I won’t have the -4 penalty? I seem to recall that I can’t, but just want to be sure before my roll my attacks.

No, you can't share a space, even with a hidden creature. -4 penalty it is.

Pau flurries at the remaining enemy, hoping for yet another miracle.

Flurry with penalty 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 4 = 11
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Flurry with penalty 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 4 = 11
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Flurry with penalty 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 4 = 1
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

FYI, cover provides a bonus to AC, not a penalty to attack rolls. I know people apply it both ways--and quite commonly--but it's REALLY to the players' disadvantage to apply it to attack rolls. If the GM also applies it correctly as a bonus to AC, the player ends up double penalized. The rules are clear that it's an AC bonus, and PFS is supposed to be by the book; we shouldn't be using house rules that flip it into an attack penalty.

It's harder to make that error when the player makes it explicit (as Pau did). I've seen it done both ways in PbP, and as long as everyone is aware of how it's being handled I haven't encountered any issues.

I recognize that is often true. However, it's going to be missed sometimes, and why introduce the risk? It's a house rule (or house custom, however you want to phrase it); PFS doesn't allow that. It's hurt players at tables I've GMed before (not on purpose; I only noticed it after the fact). It just seems like a bad habit to apply unnecessary penalties to your own rolls; I've never understood why players would do that.

Pau is in too much of a hurry to really focus. Or maybe it is just the weird mental perturbations of the area, but his attacks are way off the mark.

Tere tries to slip past the golem but without luck.

Ny'a heals Pau some more.

The golem turns to focus on Pau, the only obvious target attacking it. Again it tries to step up, but fails.

strikes x2: 2d20 ⇒ (7, 1) = 8

But its attacks seem to be slowing, or maybe it is just the corner getting in the way.

Status:
Tere -2 to Will; 40 damage; stealthed.
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 2 more rounds' used 3 LoH;
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 25 damage;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage;
Creature pink-

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

Stealth check: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
Acrobatics check: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Tere tries again, but although he still remains unseen his foot slips on a stray gear and he can't get past the enemy.

Stealth, total defense, Acrobatics check to get by the golem.

Her hands having never left the back of her tall monk friend, Ny'a continues to concentrate on sending healing energy into Pau.

Pau flurries at the remaining enemy, again around that corner.

Flurry with penalty 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 4 = 18
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Flurry with penalty 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 4 = 8
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Flurry with penalty 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 4 = 8
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Tere tries, and fails, to scoot past the golem. Pau tries, and fails, to hit it. Ny'a tries, and all but fails, to heal Pau. Lady luck seems to have deserted the pathfinder team.

The golem tries and fails to move into the spot that Tere failed to move out of. It flails once at Pau
attack, corner: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (15) - 4 = 11
damage: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

and once at where Tere stands
miss, low is bad for golem: 1d100 ⇒ 2
A massive blow that surely would have removed Tere's head, if only the golem could see him.

Status:
Tere -2 to Will; 40 damage; stealthed.
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 1 more rounds' used 4 LoH;
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 37 damage;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage;
Creature pink-

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

GM, you have my damage wrong in your last post. I was down 25, then I got healed three, but for some reason it says 37 damage. Thanks.

That is because you took another 15 damage from it hitting you..

Iomedae, this only works if you can provide healing as fast as Pau gets hurt! Without this healing, I fear none of us ever leave this place! Though she'd never think of speaking it aloud, Ny'a's internal dialogue begins chastising her patron... for good or ill remains to be seen.

oh, I read that and thought it was a miss. My bad.

Ny'a's silent chastisement of her patron seems to have worked as Pau feels much better.

Status:
Tere -2 to Will; 40 damage; stealthed.
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 26 damage;
Creature pink-
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 1 more rounds' used 5 LoH;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

Stealth check: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Acrobatics check: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

Tere tries yet again to stealthily slip past the golem, and once again he fails. This time, though, he retreats while dodging and opens up a space for Pau.

Pau takes a 5’ step into the now vacated square and flurries at the creature, for what might be the last one of his life. He uses a ki point for an extra attack.

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 2 = 20
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 9 - 2 = 22
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 2 = 22
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Ki attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 = 27
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

———-

Possible crit on attack three 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Possible crit on ki attack 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Pau, desperate, channels his inner tiger. Crash! Bang! Pow! (or is that Pau), one strike after another hammer into the horrid golem, rocking it. It's sturdy construction saves it from some of the force of the blows, but not all. Not all, and not enough.

With an obvious target in front of it, the badly damaged robot tries to finish off the irritating monk.
blat: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31
ouch: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

The first blow hammers home...
blat: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
ouch: 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
But the layers, and layers of enchantments on Pau manage to deflect the second...

Status:
Tere -2 to Will; 40 damage; stealthed.
Pau -1 to Will; - mage armor, barkskin; mage armor 47 damage;
Ny'a -2 to will; divine favor 1 more rounds' used 5 LoH;
Harpua -4 to will; 41 damage
Creature pink- 44 damage;

Belladonna -1 to will; DEAD
Deluge - DEAD
Two Blades -2 to will; 75 damage; DEAD

Should we do the same with Tere and Ny'a now, so Ny'a can keep her conduit to Iomedae's grace funneled into Pau's lower back? If so, is Tere going to still try to get on the other side (the failure still bounces him back to the square he's currently in, which is still just a move action), or just do the swap?

Pau keeps up his flurries at the creature, using another Ki point for an extra attack. He smiles as he does so, knowing that whether he succeeds against the golem, he might have weakened it enough so that his friends could finish it off and survive.

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 9 - 2 = 9
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 9 - 2 = 22
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Flurry with Power Attack 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 2 = 20
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Ki attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 2 = 10
Damage 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

———-

Tere strikes at the golem from around the corner, then steps back to allow Ny'a to get to a better support position.

Curve blade attack vs. flat-footed AC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
Confirm crit: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Curve blade damage, including sneak attack: 1d10 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + (6, 4) = 19
Crit damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Pau smashes the golem twice... whoever made this one did a good job, as its clockwork keeps running, even as a spring bounces loose. And then Tere emerges from hiding, slashing around the corner.

With a final Whhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it falls apart into a pile of cogs, gears and springs. And Halberds. There is another pair of them one from each of the defeated golemsn.

I thought you were done for there for a minute

Can we still hear mechanical noises from elsewhere in the maze? Also, if Tere acted before Pau, would Pau have needed to spend a ki point to finish the golem?

Tere slumps to one knee, panting in exhaustion and relief. "I don't know if we can take another fight like that."

There is no obvious sounds of clockwork at the moment.

Between people delaying for movement and everything else, I typically have people take actions in order of posting unless they have specifically delayed for a known purpose. That said, you are running on empty at the moment, so if Pau would like his ki back, he is welcome to it.