GM Badblood's Down the Verdant Path #09-14 (Inactive)

Game Master Lance K

Alecto will come to the edge of the fog and look around.
(that's all for now)

Adowyn casts Feather Step on herself and moves to find the archer with Leryn guarding her.

@Jack: I'm assuming he's going to indicate where the archer is?

Bahram extends his arm, pointing the head of his great axe at the hiding figure in the tree. "You there. At least come down and talk it out with us."

Daisag lets out a clicking noise and the big bristly mammal slides over the ice towards Jack. The creature lets out a low growl, then swings a spike covered tail at the half-orc. One of Jack's images shatters like a broken mirror.

Tail: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Images, 1 is bad: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Daisag does not say a word but lets her bow do the talking, sending two arrows flying towards Jack. One of the arrows shatters an image and the other strikes the ice several feet from where he's standing.

Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, PbS: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 20
Images, 1 is bad: 1d5 ⇒ 2

Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, PbS: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 7

Round 2
DAISAG
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes
Relgar -casting
Jilla
Bahram "Jack" - 3 images
Alecto
Hound

A celestial eagle appears right next to Relgar as his spell completes. The creatures flies out of the cloud and attacks the nearest enemy with an downward peck.

Summon Monster 1, CL 3
To Hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Damage,Smite Evil: if evil add 1 point of damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

The eagle has a height advantage so potentially you can add an additional +1 to its attack. As the creature is of animal intelligence I did not have him attempt to setup a flank with Jack.

Eagle AC 14
Hit Points 5

Relgar puts his wand and scroll box away as he is ferried across the battlefield by Gregor who glides upon the winds.

axe subdual: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 - 4 = 9

damage: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

"Look hidey archer guy! I'm using the flat of my blade instead of the cutty bit. This is very difficult as you can see and I may have to switch to the cutty bit soon if you don't call him off."

MW Composite Longbow with Point Blank Shot, Subdual: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 1 - 4 = 211d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Adowyn fires a blunt arrow at the target!

Alecto passes a little higher, her arm lengthens, turning into a vine that rushes to the feet of the creature that attacked Bahram...

Tanglevine (TRIP) vs mammal: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
It will be funny if I fall myself... )

Holmes calls out: What is going on, and where did this fog come from? since everything happened before he emerged from the water.

He would then expend his first movement going toward the noise getting to the edge of the fog.

Looking out, and seeing Jack engaged (and probably not seeing the archer in the tree) he would move to help Jack, drawing his Cold Iron Light Mace as he moves.

Hmm...I never give the fighting from higher ground bonus to flying monsters, just as I would not give it creatures that are attacking from above while swimming or creatures that just happen to be bigger. The operative word for me here is *ground*. Like fighting on top of a hill or staircase. Taking a second look at it I think this is a rules gray area and I could see someone ruling either way. But I'm going to stick with not giving it to flying creatures because that's what I've always done.

On the other hand, I think it's perfectly reasonable for an animal to try to flank. Pretty much any predatory pack animal does it in real life. But either way, it doesn't need either bonus to hit this round.

Relgar's eagle flies out of the mist and attacks the strange looking beast. It manages to connect with its beak, getting a mouthful of quills in the process. The bite does seem to have hurt it at least.

Piercing damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Haven't mentioned this, but being in a tree I'm giving Daisal concealment, but not cover.

Concealment, low bad: 1d100 ⇒ 71

Adowyn's arrow connects, hitting the archer hard in the chest. It didn't seem to hurt her as much as it should have though.

Bahram tries to smack the animal with the flat side of his axe but it doesn't land.

Alecto turns her arms into vines and tries to trip the spiky hound, but the heavy four-legged creature doesn't budge. At least creature isn't heavy enough to pull the sorceress off her own feet.

Holmes gets his bearings and slides across the ice towards Jack, who is trying to knock out some kind of big mammal covered in bristles with his axe. He also notices that there is a furred covered humanoid up in a nearby tree with her bow drawn and ready to fire again.

Round 2
DAISAG -4
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes
Relgar
-Eagle -3
Jilla
Bahram "Jack" - 3 images
Alecto -prone
Hound -2

"Oh good, the reinforcements have just arrived! You six fan out to the left, you six to the right!" Trapped in the mists, Jilla decides to use it to her advantage, conjuring the sounds of a dozen men in armor marching across the ice!

Casting ghost sound. If disbelieved, the Will save is DC 13.

Jilla creates an illusion of footsteps within the mist cloud.

The mammal takes another swing at Jack with its spined tail. The attack misses, but shatters one of Jack's mirrored images.

Tail attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Daisag shows no mercy, rapidly firing arrows down at Bahram. One arrow shatters one of his last images but the other arrow flies straight through his thigh with the force of a ballista bolt.

Attack, PbS, RSh, DA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 19
Mirror Image, 1 bad: 1d3 ⇒ 1
Piercing: 2d6 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 3) + 3 + 4 + 1 = 14

Attack, PbS, RSh, DA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 25
Mirror Image, 1 bad: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Round 3
DAISAG -4
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes
Relgar
-Eagle -3
Jilla
Bahram "Jack" -14, - 1 image
Alecto -prone
Hound -2

Sorry if this ruins the module but that's a hard hit on Jack and Adowyn could only take 3 of those before being down for the count.

Seeing and hearing the impact on Jack, and the reduced effectiveness of her own shot, Adowyn switches to cold iron arrows and shows no interest in mercy.

@GM: Not subdual.

MW Composite Longbow, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 = 271d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

MW Composite Longbow, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 = 241d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Lost in the fog and slipping on the ice, Jilla moves toward the sound of fighting.

Double move.

The celestial eagle continues its attack on the porcupine attempting to hover in place.

Fly DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

As the eagle failed his fly check by less than five so he does not fall but it is forced to move.

As the eagle is unable to stay in place he moves on to the next target. Hopefully the humanoid will be less prickly.

Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Gregor squawks at being left out of the action. His actions and the empathic link they share indicate to Relgar that he is going for a ride whether he wants to or not. The sorcerer prepares to immolate DAISAG while his familiar descends slightly and levels off to be in the proper firing position. Then Gregor banks very slowly around and flies back into the deep mist.

Burning Hands:

SR check if needed: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Burning Hands,Reflex DC 17 for half: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 2, 3, 3, 2) + 5 = 16

Gregor double moves. He has plenty of movement to slowly turn around outside and not require a check.
Relgar automatically succeeds on his concentration check for casting under vigorous motion.

Bahram adjusts his axe so that the bitey bit is pointing down now, and swings at the animal.

+1 great axe: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 = 17

Perception: 1d12 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 10

+2 Archaeologist's luck, +1 dmg arcane strike

"Ouie! Is that a ballista in disguise? Bring that guy down!"

Alecto, sorry, I changed the text that I wrote but forgot to remove the status from the tracker. She didn't fail by 10 so no risk of being tripped.

Adowyn can't fail a 5.

Holmes swings at the porcupine with his cold iron light mace.

attack roll on porcupine: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
bludgeoning damage, cold iron: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Concealment, 1st arrow, low bad: 1d100 ⇒ 54
Concealment, 2nd arrow, low bad: 1d100 ⇒ 15

Adowyn fires two arrows at the archer lurking in the tree. The arrow grazes her, but she sees that the cold iron tip sizzles as it pierces her fur.

Holmes moves up to the big mammal that may or may be some form of oversized porcupine and smacks it in the leg with his mace. There is a satisfying crunch as it connects. Unfortunately attacking with a such a short-hafted weapon means that he can't avoid getting a nasty cut on his hand from one of the animal's razor-sharp quills.

Piercing: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Reflex save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Relgar dive bombs out of the cloud and blasts the archer with a cone of fire. she swings around the tree branch, gripping the branch with long toed feet and balancing with a long prehensile tail and avoids the worst of the flame. The leaves of the tree are burnt to cinders now, no longer providing her with the safety of concealment.

Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

The eagle tries to fly away from the mammal but is swatted out of the air by its biggy spiky tail.

Jilla dashes across the ice as fast as she can move on her short legs without slipping.

Jack delivers a nasty chop to the giant animal with his long hafted axe, dealing 10 points of Perception damage. The creature is very wounded but the pain seems to only be making it angrier.

Round 3
DAISAG -4 nl, -12
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes -2
Relgar
Jilla
Bahram "Jack" -14, - 1 image
Alecto
Hound -18

lol! I wanted to make sure the porcupine perceived the damage.
This is very cinematic by the way.

Yes! This is a tough fight. I wish Pathfinder used archers more often. Now imagine if you still had party members climbing out of the ice while she was shooting down at the party! That social check to buy time makes a huge difference.

Alecto walks around the mammal behind its back and whips it again...

Tanglevine: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 4 = 14

...to barely stand on her feet again. ))

I have to ask, does Alecto have Improved Trip? You're numbers imply that she does, but I don't see it on the character sheet.

Alecto continues having no luck tripping the big mammal.

The beast spins around and swings its tail at Jack with all its might! The half-orc takes yet another powerful blow, this time to the head. His head is swimming but he's still on his feet.

Tail: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Images, 1 bad: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Piercing: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 5) + 4 = 10

Adowyn got the archer's attention and now she is directing her fire down at the huntress instead. Seeing her aiming right at her, Adowyn dives out of the way just in time and the two shafts both go right through the ice on the spot where she just stood.

Bow, PbS, RSh, DA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 14
Piercing: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 6) + 4 = 12

Bow, PbS, RSh, DA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 10
Piercing: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11

Round 4
DAISAG -4 nl, -12 - no more concealment
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes -2
Relgar
Jilla
Bahram "Jack" -24, - 1 image
Alecto
Hound -18

Adowyn, why aren't you commanding your wolf to do anything? It should have the attack command and its only a swift action to command since its a companion.

"That's about enough of that!".

Bahram backs up and disappears.

.
5' step
Vanish

Holmes continyes to swing at the porcupine/hound with his cold iron light mace.

attack roll on porcupine: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
bludgeoning damage, cold iron: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Jilla finally makes it out of the fog to witness the ongoing fight. "Where'd I put that rolling pin?" she says, patting herself down. "Oh well." She aims a kick at the hound's stomach, hoping to launch it into the air!

Improved Unarmed Strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

I think we are all back up again despite no one being bolded in the GM's post. So a heads up everyone. :)

Gregor puts Relgar down as the sorcerer grows back to his regular size. The flying reptile then immediately lands next to his master. Relgar then attempts to quick mount Gregor but it takes his longer than he would like (move action).

Quick Mount DC 20 or Mount as a move action otherwise: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 5 = 7

Relgar draws his ioun stone to aid with his future riding and releases the stone near his head.

@GM Badblood - It is not clear if it is an action or not to activate the ioun stone. My understanding is that a character merely has to drop it near a head. If you disagree with this then my character will simply take the Total Defence action instead of drawing and dropping the ioun stone.

Adowyn urges Leryn to attack the strange creature!

Bite, Flank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 2 = 251d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Since he gets a free trip, might as well roll it:

Trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Once again using cold iron arrows, Adowyn exchanges volleys with Daisag:

Good idea from the NPC, Adowyn will also use her Deadly Aim.

MW Composite Longbow, PBS, RapS, DA: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 261d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 2 = 7

MW Composite Longbow, PBS, RapS, DA: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 171d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

Jack, everything on this map is difficult terrain. There is no five foot stepping unless you have something like feather step active.

Holmes finishes off what is most likely a giant porcupine with his mace, heroically shrugging off the damage from its quills.

Jilla moves out of the fog with her rolling pin in hand only to see Holmes has already downed the beast.

Quills: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Adowyn gets ready to order her wolf to engage the other animal but sees that Holmes has the task well in hand. She instead fires off two more arrows of her own. One glances off the archer's armor but the other one penetrates near the shoulder.

Round 4
DAISAG -4 nl, -19 - no more concealment
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes -4
Relgar
Jilla
Bahram "Jack" -24, - 1 image
Alecto

Jack and Jilla (ha) can take different actions since the "hound" is now defeated. Alecto, I'm not sure if you're prone or not because I'm not sure how you have a +9 to hit with the tripping vine. I figured Improved Trip was accounting for +2, but since you don't have that I'm not sure how your math adds up.

Even if Alecto has fallen, she will get up - nothing seems to interfere with her.

Alecto's hopes not to fall after a particularly unsuccessful attack were not justified. After hitting the ice, she gets up again and repeats her attack. Perhaps repeating the same action in the hope of a different result is not the best idea, but analysis and Alecto do not always converge at the same point.

Tanglevine + Flank: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 = 17 - another Trip attempt

Jilla moves closer to the archer in the trees. She's not sure what she's going to do when she gets there, but she'll think of something!

Move action.

difficult terrain. Forgot. Thanks.

Ah, porcupine doggo down. Time to recoup

With no adjacent threat remaining, Bahram vanishes, and skirts back into the fog for good measure.

I hope there's not an obvious blood trail. There is quite a lot of blood. Is it getting dizzy in here?

Oh, I'm sorry, I missed the fact that the mammal has already fallen. I was guided by the map. Then I will change actions to take out a crossbow and shoot. For now, I will proceed from the fact that +11 (+9 and +2 for the flank) was enough for me not to fall before. But even if she fell, it does not prevent her from shooting a crossbow, as far as I remember. She just won't come any closer.

Alecto walks forward on the move pulling out a crossbow and shoots at the archer.

Light Crossbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d8 ⇒ 3
Confirm?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 221d8 ⇒ 3

Jilla moves up to the tree. This tree is covered in ice, making it a bit more difficult to climb than normal. Jack retreats into the mists to nurse his wounds.

Alecto aims her crossbow at the archer and fires. The bolt hits the enemy in the knee but seems to almost bounce off the creature's skin.

The crit is confirmed

Daisag's eyes narrow when she sees Jilla and suddenly the archer is now focused on the gnome instead! She sneers as she knocks an arrow and releases it in one swift motion. Two arrows strike the gnome in the chest and she falls to the ground with her life spilling out of her on the frozen ground.

PbS, RSh, DA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 4 = 17
Piercing: 2d6 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5, 4) + 3 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 21

PbS, RSh, DA: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 4 = 15
Piercing: 2d6 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 3 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 18

Round 5
DAISAG -4 nl, -20 - no more concealment
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes -4
Relgar
Jilla -39, dying, prone
Bahram "Jack" -24, - 1 image
Alecto

Holmes will drop his light mace. pull his shortbow as part of his move action and take a shot.

Attack with darkwood shortbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Damage, piercing, cold iron arrow: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Bahram, very badly badly injured, was planning on hiding in the fog to heal himself. Seeing Jilla fall under onslaught of those impossibly deadly arrows, he decides that he needs to do something.

Moving over behind Adowyn, Bahram targets the bow that DAISAG is using so well, and casts grease.

grease Reflex DC 14

Saving throw needed immediately, and each round he attempts to use the item. Praying he rolls a 1.

Bahram then drops prone.

This time Relgar takes Gregor for another pass. He gasps as he sees Jilla bleeding out.

"Someone care for her. Immediately. I will deal with this monster!"

Even his pet dinosaur roars in furry at the sight of the downed comrade in arms.

As they pass Relgar lets out another gout of flame confident that it will bypass his resistances.

23 SR check as it is the same spell.

Burning Hands, Reflex DC 17 for half: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 3, 2, 3, 4) + 5 = 20

The pair then slowly turn in the air and retreat back into the mist.

Relgar cannot fail the ride or concentration check at this point. They are now both 10 feet off the ground. I did not pack a mouse so resizing the word art is tough on the included mouse pad. :)

Keeping focus on the target, Adowyn fires two more cold iron arrows.

MW Composite Longbow, PBS, RapS, DA: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 141d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8

MW Composite Longbow, PBS, RapS, DA: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 101d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 2 = 7

Adowyn fires two shots at the archer, but she is able to dodge the shots by swinging around the branch gripping it with her bare feet. Leryn barks at the archer who is now hanging upside down off the branch.

Holmes pulls out his bow and fires a shot which sticks into the tree branch she is hanging off.

Spell Res: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Reflex Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Relgar dive bombs out of the mist and does another fly by blast of fire at the archer. The archer is already flipping upside down on the branch to dodge Adowyn's arrows when he flies by and the fire only gets her legs and tail.

Jilla can roll to stabilize

Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Great luck there!
Jack moves out of the mists and casts grease at the archer's bow. He gets a lucky hit and the ball of grease hits the weapon right on the grip. The weapon slips out of the archer's hands and lands in the snow!

The archer lets out a shriek of rage and leaps out of the tree in the direction that Relgar flew off towards.

Acrobatics, jump: 1d20 + 10 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 10 - 5 = 19
Acrobatics, land: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 10 - 5 = 20

The jump is clearly not the best jump they could do, but she does stick the landing perfect. She drew a dagger as she jumped and she takes a long stride forward over the ice before she flings it the gnome who is just barely visible at the edge of the mist. The dagger flies past the dark shape that Relgar on his dinosaur.

Concealment, low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 8

Darn, let's see what would have happened without the concealment!
Thrown Dagger, PbS, DAim, 2 increments: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 + 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 11
Piercing: 1d4 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 15

Still would have missed.

Round 6
DAISAG -4 nl, -30 (appears to be unarmed)
Adowyn
-Leryn
Holmes -4
Relgar
Jilla -39, dying, prone (needs stabilization roll)
Bahram "Jack" -24, - 1 image
Alecto

Holmes continues to try and hit with the shortbow

Attack with darkwood shortbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Damage, piercing, cold iron arrow: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Thinking that Adowyn can handle this beastie for a moment, now that he doesn't have his bow, Jack goes to Jilla.

"I've got wands! Hold on."

Get up
Move toward Jilla
I would move one more square if I could stand over her prone body.

Relgar does not appreciate being shot at. He flies in on Gregor going right over Jack's head and putting out another cone of fire at the mad fey creature.

Burning Hands, Reflex DC 17: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 1, 3) + 5 = 17

Gregor then slowly turns around and flies deeper into the mist.

The sorcereress takes a few steps forward (as far as the snow and ice allow her) and her hand turns into a formidable weapon again.

Another Trip Attempt!: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

It seems that the thing is that the creature is finally bipedal! Alecto's vine hand cuts under the feet of the former shooter with amazing accuracy.

Surround fey before it gets up. A wand appears in Alecto's hand with a click (swift). I'll heal Jilla.

Just making sure, the NPC is on the ground now?

Jilla dreams of baking pies in Elysium!

Stabilisation Check (-10 penalty): 1d20 + 2 - 10 ⇒ (11) + 2 - 10 = 3

Spell Resistance: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Reflex save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Holmes misses with another shot but Relgar flies down and finishes the archer off with a third blast of burning hands. The archer shrieks as she catches on fire before stumbling into a snow bank.

The red puddle under Jilla's body continues expanding at an alarming rate.

Combat is officially over! But someone needs to take care of Jilla

Jilla -40, bleeding out
Holmes -4
Bahram "Jack" -24