GM Mustaparta's Destiny of the Sands, Part I (Inactive)

Game Master Mustaparta

Thearor looks at their host with an expression that screams "Really?", but just doesn't seem very threatening.

Intimidate Assist attempt: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9

Mina also looks at the woman with a stern facial expression.

"Stop denying it! We also know about your affinity for those with elven blood when hiring!" she says.

Auto aid intimidate.

Rogarch nods being slightly more skilled and being scary then nice.

"Torch has been known to burn those that he feels that have slighted him. If we fail him we might all get caught in the cross-fire."

Intimidate, Aid DC 10: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

"All right, I'll share anything he wants to know. In short, this ring is my ultimate secret."

"The Ring? What's so special about the ring?"

Not very subtle, but clear.

"That would be the control mechanism for the Sandman in your garden, I would guess?" Katswiri raises an eyebrow inquisitively as she looks it over.

"That would be the control mechanism for the Sandman in your garden, I would guess?" Katswiri raises an eyebrow inquisitively as she looks it over.

"Correct, without ring the Sandman goes rogue and causes havoc." she admits

One more mission to go

Huh...I would have thought is was a ring that could help charm people or read their minds....elemental control works... Carlin says with a shrug.

Now...on to the last mission. I'm going to need a long bath to get the filth off me for dealing with Torch....

Truly?!? That is fascinating, it gives you complete control over the creature? Is it from the elemental plane? Ah, my apologies, I suppose we must be going. Many Thanks again, this is quite something. And please don’t lose that ring. Willard adds sheepishly understanding he’s overstayed his welcome.

Your next assignment is the Hundredfingers Hideout.

Two rows of decrepit wooden shacks are separated by an alley that serves more as a filthy runnel than a pathway. Broken wooden doors do little to keep the elements or vermin out, but there is little within to steal. Few of the shacks boast more than a chair or two and several threadbare bedrolls. As you arrive to the alley, you meet a woman who is selling herbal remedies.
"Good day folks! Would be interested in a salve that can restore flesh as readily as the legendary sun orchid elixir restores youth?" she addresses you

Woman's picture is on Slide 6

21 Perception on a take 10.

Rogarch easily notices the talisman that the woman is wearing but not its significance.

She points it out to Willard.

perception : 1d20 ⇒ 20

kn local : 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

“Hmm …. The woman is wearing an amber talisman of interest!!!“ she says to her team mates.

She addresses the woman.

“How much do you want lady?“ she asks.

"We have no interest in your sna . . .." Thearor's dismissing of the woman is cut short by Mina's question. He clearly looks confused.

Thank you Rogarch, for helping me see, and Mina knows far better than I the significance of it.. covering that he has no idea what the item is. Munnin, on his shoulder, looks reproachfully at the Ulfen, as he proclaims ignorance.

Mina identifies the talisman as token of the Red Mantis Assassins. "Oh, my wares are very affordable! Only five silvers!" she sounds gleeful answering to Mina

Mina immediately steps back.

“She is a Red Mantis Assassin! Be careful!!“ she says and casts defending bone on herself.

To absolutely no one's surprise, Thearor draws his blade. "Get behind us!" He assumes the pair will protect the others. "Do you want to talk to her?" He hesitates to take the first strike, in case.

She looks at Mina and Thearor who have escalated the situation.

"Everyone keep calm now. We don't want to start an incident for nothing."

Rogarch relies on her warrior instincts for protection against unseen or underhanded attacks. While she does not draw a weapon yet her spiked gauntlet remains at the ready should anyone try something.

Calm is good...now..we should talk. But make no mistake..any act of aggression would not be smart... Carlin warns the mantis agent.

"Agreed, Calm is good. We're looking for the leader of the Hundredfingers, to receive a message. Are you with the organization?" Katswiri narrows her eyes, and mentally prepares herself to cast if violence ensues.

Suddenly two men arrive and begin breaking down shacks, pushing over tent poles, and causing mayhem while the woman runs away into hiding. They are clearly in mood for fight.

First Willard, Thearor and Mina. Remember perception and place your tokens in yellow box, slide 7

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Paizo ate my post, which was originally an 8

Willard focuses at the two men, pulling a pinch of sand from his belt and flinging it with the magical words empowered by his arcane resevoir.

Sleep DC 17, +1 DC 2/7 Arcane Resevoir

Thearor notices the woman, who was selling her wares, has climbed on the roof of house left of your position. She seems to be armed with hand crossbow.

Will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Green thug is now asleep. Orange thug has enough HD to be unaffected.

Katswiri's and Mina's turn

Rogarch is not ready to act yet but her senses are attuned to all incoming attacks seen or unseen (Uncanny Dodge).

The warrior looks around at the battlefield ready to warn her companions.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

@Mustaparta/Willard - The Sleep spell takes longer to cast than that (1 round casting time).

"Archer. Left high." Why should the half-elf suddenly become talkative? At least he's communicating something important instead of leaving everyone else ignorant.

He continues to delay, waiting to see if the specialists are going to try to talk first or not.

GM: Sleep is a 1 round Casting time spell so the green thug only falls asleep next round and could potentially act this round.

Mina casts burst of radiance on the two thugs.

10 ft Radius hits both thugs. DC 18 reflex save. Creatures in the area are blinded for 1d4 rounds, or dazzled for 1d4 rounds if they succeed at a Reflex save. Evil creatures in the area of the burst take 1d4 points of damage per caster level (max 5d4), whether they succeed at the Reflex save or not.

potential damage of evil for both : 5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 2, 1, 2) = 9

Mina orders the celestial tiger to attack!!

The white tiger growls, and charges with full force.

Bite attack, charge : 1d20 + 2 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 7 = 21
Bite B/S/P damage : 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Defensive Abilities from Celestial Template: DR 5/Evil; Resist Cold, Acid & Electricity 10; Spell resistance 10

You know, I always forget that is a 1 round cast - so Willard begins casting this round.

Ok, green thug is not asleep yet, but will be after Willard completes his spell. They're not evil either so they don't need to save vs burst of radiance.

Tiger charges at his foe and wounds him.

Katswiri next

"Okay. Not talking." Now that Thearor believes he has at least minimal instructions, he moves to the shack the assassin is standing on and opens the door.

I am assuming the shack is relatively small and that stabbing with his blade into the ceiling could provide some motivation to the assassin, eventually.

And I think that changes my position in the initiative order, yes?

Katswiri moves forward, and gestures silently with her free hand to cast Bless.

Bless hitting all allies with a 50' burst, +1 morale bonus to attack for 5 minutes.

Ok, green thug is not asleep yet, but will be after Willard completes his spell. They're not evil either so they don't need to save vs burst of radiance.

Hi GM, I think the blindness is irrespective of alignment. Only the damage depends on being evil so they would need to make a save, right?

Mustaparta wrote:

Ok, green thug is not asleep yet, but will be after Willard completes his spell. They're not evil either so they don't need to save vs burst of radiance.

Hi GM, I think the blindness is irrespective of alignment. Only the damage depends on being evil so they would need to make a save, right?

Thanks for the clarification!

Green reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Orange reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
rounds blinded: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Both are blinded, but don't seem to be otherwise hurt.
Thearor, youre now after Mina in order. The assasin has total cover from ceiling. Next Rogarch

Rogarch gets a burst of divine inspiration from Helping Hand and then begins her bloodrage. Her form blurs as she charges down the hallway. She attempts to punch green out with her spiked gauntlet.

To Hit,Rage,Guidance,Charging,Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 15

Spiked Gauntlet, Power Attack, Rage: 1d4 + 4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 4 + 2 = 13

Arcane Blood Rage: Blur - concealment (20% miss chance, immune to sneak attack and precision damage).

Apparently you can only draw a weapon on a charge if you move your speed or less. It is a good thing that I reread the rules as I just learned something new. :)

Rogarch grievously wounds the thug, who cautiously backs away from attacker complaining about blindness to his friend. He replies that he is likewise blinded and seeks cover until he regains sight.

Carlin's turn

Carlin shoots a barrage of arcane bolts at the thug Rogarch is attacking, as it's her only viable target.

Magic missile: 3d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) + 3 + 1 = 11

can someone place my token by Kat please? i'm on my phone and don't trust my sausage fingers on maps...

The missiles hit and the thug seems ready to give up.

Willard next

Willard's spell completes, sending one of the thugs into a deadly slumber, he grins at the others, stepping forward, and staring with all the fury of his Ulfen heritage and screaming at the top of his lungs, FLEE at the remaining thug.

Cast Cause Fear, expend 1 Arcane Resevoir for +1 DC. DC 17 Will save

Will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
He resists the fear and meanwhile woman on the roof throws a rock at Carlin, Mina and Willard, which creates deafening boom upon landing near them.

ranged attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Make a Fortitude save DC 15 or be deafened for 1 hour. A deafened creature, in addition to the obvious effects, takes a –4 penalty on initiative and has a 20% chance to miscast and lose any spell with a verbal component that it tries to cast.

Thearor, Katswiri and Mina next

fort : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

“Arhhh … “ Mina shouts and holds her ears.

She looks at the woman and casts a spell to shoot fire at the woman!

spell failure 20% or lower : 1d100 ⇒ 50

ranged touch : 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
scorching ray fire damage : 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 2) = 8

Estimating where she was on the roof, the half-elf moves into the shack and starts stabbing upwards with his sword, just trying to make the roof an untenable position for the assassin.

Elven Curved Sword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Slashing, Magic: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

50% miss for blind shot, low bad: 1d100 ⇒ 53

Katswiri gestures, and a giant boom of sounds erupts around the woman, aiming high enough to avoid potentially hurting Thearor. "See how you like it." she mutters.

Sound Burst Damage, DC 15 Fort Save or Stunned 1 round: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Woman is burned by scorching ray and stunned by boom. She doesn't seem to care of someone stabbing the ceiling beneath her.

Fort save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Rogarch and Carlin

Rogarch heads over to attempt to take orange out of the fight. She advances, draws and swings her enormous hammer at orange. Helping Hand helps his mistress with the Guidance spell.

To hit, Lucerne Hammer, Reach, Guidance, Rage, Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 20

Damage, Rage, Power Attack: 1d12 + 6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 3 + 6 = 25

fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Ow! Son of a motherless... Carlin starts cursing, calling the woman's heritage into question, albeit colourfully. She lobs a blob of acid at her in response.

touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 91d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
miss, low bad: 1d100 ⇒ 48

Rogarch swings and thug falls to ground bleeding. Carlin's acid blob misses badly.

Next Willard

Willard moves wide to his right, trying to get a good line on the assassin on the roof. As he does so he pulls a small ash wand, pointing it at the rooftop assassin, and two magical bolts fly out to strike heim.

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 2) + 2 = 5

6/22 charges wand, status: Deafened

Right after being hit by a magic bolt, the woman turns and runs from roof to roof disappearing from sight. Halfing woman emerges from alley and greets you. "Excuse me, are you friends of the scarred man?" she asks with shy voice

Combat over

"We are, but let's recover from the attack before we discuss business. Is everyone ok?" Katswiri looks around, checking to see if her companions are hurt. When it becomes clear Mina, Willard and Carlin are all deaf, Katswiri will start by talking to each to see if they can read lips. If they cannot, she will take off her glasses and hand them over to share between the deafened people. "I taught myself to read lips before I was able to afford these glasses, so I will still be able to communicate. Use the glasses to see the words on people's lips if you need to hold a conversation. Unfortunately, I only have the pair, so you will need to share."