As the other Pathfinders go to confront the strangely-acting man, Zeldana is confronted by the final warrior on the hot coals! He sneers at the Varisian woman and swings! But she's able to quickly duck under the blow!
Over at the menagerie wagons, the profusely-sweating man doesn't even bother to answer any questions. He whistles loudly and turns to run as a nearby accomplish pulls the pins on the lion cage! A terrifying roar echoes across the courtyard as enraged lions rush forth!
Blue made the Fort save and is not sickened in Round 2. His attack on Zeldana misses.
I'll now roll Initiative for everyone. (Zeldana, it's up to you whether you want to continue the hot-coals fight or join the lion battle, but I'll still need the Fort save vs sickened at the beginning of your turn).
GM Dice:
Blue save # 2 vs sickened:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23 Club attack vs Zeldana:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Blue Hot Coals Warrior
Zeldana (need DC 12 Fort save vs sickened)
Culprits
Azelwarred
Jaako
Tabar
Lions
Hamish
Trajan
Bold should go!
This encounter takes place on Slide # 2. I've tried to place you where it sounds like you'd be. The Yellow man to the top left is the sweaty guy you confronted, while the Red man near the lion cage is the one who pulled the pins. Civilians aren't depicted, but imagine lots of people panicking.
Please treat obstacles (tables and so forth) as difficult terrain that provides partial cover (+2 AC) to ranged/reach attacks from the other side.
Female NG Human (Varisian) Druid 6 (Nature Fang) - Init. +1, Senses Low-Light Vision Perception +11 (+14 vs. traps), AC 22/ touch 13/ ff 20; hp 27/45, F+7, R+3, W+7 (+2 Ref vs. traps), Speed 30 ft. [Goodberries: 4/11] | Buffs: longstrider
Fort:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Zeldana's vision blurs suddenly, the fighting exhaustion accelerated as her body heat cannot dissipate. She throws a slow, arching attack from her opponent's top right side, angled downwards towards his bottom left...
Despite dizziness from the heat and fumes, Zeldana somehow lands a punch on her opponent's hip! But her victory is witnessed by few as cries of distress and alarm arise from every corner of the wedding reception. Guests and guards alike flee from the terrifying lions!
Zeldana's attack hit! (Zeldana, you'll be sickened until just before the beginning of your next turn).
Having let loose wild beasts on the wedding reception, the culprits responsible dash for the exits!
Yellow and Red do double moves and are almost at the exit. If not caught before the beginning of their next turns, they'll likely disappear into the busy streets of Katheer.
Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +9; +2 vs. illusions, +2 bonus vs. divinations and enchantments | Init 0; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13; Sense Motive +11
Azelwarred shakes his head and mutters a spell, speak with animals.
"My, you are trio of fine, noble beasts. We have no quarrel with you. What have these unsavory men done to you?" he asks of the lions, pointing toward the fleeing culprits. "I've tried asking one myself, but he was quite uncooperative. You three, however, appear to be far more reasonable and intelligent."
Male Human Gunslinger [Myst.Stranger] 5/Oracle 2 hp 38/51 | AC 20/t15/ff16 CMD 22, 23 vs. disarm | Fort 5, Ref 8, Will 6 +1 vs charm,compulsion| Init +6 | Spd 20 ft. (med. load) | Perception +9 | Grit pts 3/3
Jaakko prepares to defend himself with flail if lions come too close.
As Tabar rushes into a veritable lion's den, Jaako gets his enchanted flail ready for combat. Meanwhile, Azelwarred starts roaring like a lion himself!
Azelwarred:
"Hunt, Kill, Eat!"A clever idea, but unfortunately because the lions have an Int of 3 or less, Diplomacy won't work on them even with the ability to communicate. Something like Wild Empathy might.
Hungry and frustrated from being caged for so long, the frenzied lions pounce on the closest living target: Tabar!
Yellow charges and gets a full attack with pounce, Black does a five-foot-step to full attack, but Blue has to do a move action to get there and only gets one attack.
Tabar, you get hit by three claws and one bite, for a total of 32 damage.
Tabar, since you have reach with the scarf, you'll get an AoO on Yellow as it charges towards you.
Blue Hot Coals Warrior
Zeldana (sickened 1 round)
Culprits
Azelwarred
Jaako
Tabar
Lions
Hamish
Trajan
Bold should go!
Please treat obstacles (tables and so forth) as difficult terrain that provides partial cover (+2 AC) to ranged/reach attacks from the other side.
Just a reminder to everyone since this is our first combat, I do not keep track of your hit points--please update your taglines every time you take damage (or expend a limited use resource).
Hamish leaves his drums behind, instead shouting out encouragement to his allies.
"Trajan! Do what you do best, bring some Order to this Chaos. That's why we brought you. Or it was your fancy armor. Either of which are imminently useful!"
Inspire Courage continued as a free action.
He casts a spell, holding the glowing energy in his hand and rushes over to help Tabar. With a flash of light the spell is released, mending some of the mauled ratfolk's injuries.
Cast CMW for 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (1, 4) + 8 = 13, held charge, move, release charge healing Tabar.
"And for Pharasma's sake, someone stop at least ONE of those culprits!!!"
Tabar tries to parry one of the lion's attacks, but it overpowers his defences! Fortunately, Hamish rushes to his aid, shouting encouragement and magically healing the ratfolk.
@Tabar: Your parry attempt would have a -4 on the attempt (because you're two size categories smaller than the lion), and thus fails. Since the parry fails, there'd be no riposte. Hamish's healing will leave you down only 19 hit points, however.
Male LG Human Male Paladin 5 (Oath of Vengeance) / Hellknight 2| HP 59 / 60 (1 NL) | AC 22 / 12 T / 21 FF | CMD 22 | Fort +14, Reflex +9, Will +13 Init +1 | Perception +9 (Low-Light Vision)| Speed 30 ft. |Conditions: None | Effects: None | Smite Evil: 2/2 | Lay on Hands: 8/8 | Spells: 1st Level (2/2)
Hamish the Bard wrote:
Hamish leaves his drums behind, instead shouting out encouragement to his allies.
"Trajan! Do what you do best, bring some Order to this Chaos. That's why we brought you. Or it was your fancy armor. Either of which are imminently useful!"
Inspire Courage continued as a free action.
He casts a spell, holding the glowing energy in his hand and rushes over to help Tabar. With a flash of light the spell is released, mending some of the mauled ratfolk's injuries.
Cast CMW for 2d8+8, held charge, move, release charge healing Tabar.
"And for Pharasma's sake, someone stop at least ONE of those culprits!!!"
"I cannot leave Tabar to be eaten by the lions! Jaako, Azelwarred, stop him!"
Trajan gestures with his head towards the culprit nearest them Yellow Fellow and charges into the midst of the lions, drawing his nodachi along the way.
"GODCLAW!
+1 Nodachi with Power Attack and Charge:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 161d10 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
@GM: And promptly forgot to add the +2 into the equation above so the roll to hit would be 18.
Chaos and panic grip the reception! Victims trapped in the exits scream for help, a child is knocked to the ground in front of a snake charmer’s angry asp, a cloth pavilion catches fire, and a wagon filled with peacocks bursts open, releasing dozens of shrieking birds into the courtyard! But worst of all, an elephant from the menagerie, terrified by sight of the unbound lions, breaks free of its handlers and begins trampling those in the courtyard!
Most of the description above is cinematic and doesn't necessarily require intervention from you, but the elephant is an active threat for which I'll place a token and roll Initiative.
Please treat obstacles (tables and so forth) as difficult terrain that provides partial cover (+2 AC) to ranged/reach attacks from the other side.
Just a reminder to everyone since this is our first combat, I do not keep track of your hit points--please update your taglines every time you take damage (or expend a limited use resource).
Female NG Human (Varisian) Druid 6 (Nature Fang) - Init. +1, Senses Low-Light Vision Perception +11 (+14 vs. traps), AC 22/ touch 13/ ff 20; hp 27/45, F+7, R+3, W+7 (+2 Ref vs. traps), Speed 30 ft. [Goodberries: 4/11] | Buffs: longstrider
Zeldana casts a druidic spell on Winnie and commands her to flank the lion in front of her! she then moves out towards the threat, drawing her scimitar...
Cast greater magic fang on Winnie; free action to activate Winnie's 'flank' trick; move action to go north
Zeldana's young owlbear companion joins the melee! Ducking a vicious swipe, her claws score the flanks of one of the lions.
It looks like Blue will get an AoO on Winnie since the owlbear leaves a threatened square (to the SE) to get in position for the flank. The AoO *just* misses.
Please treat obstacles (tables and so forth) as difficult terrain that provides partial cover (+2 AC) to ranged/reach attacks from the other side.
Just a reminder to everyone since this is our first combat, I do not keep track of your hit points--please update your taglines every time you take damage (or expend a limited use resource).
Male Human Gunslinger [Myst.Stranger] 5/Oracle 2 hp 38/51 | AC 20/t15/ff16 CMD 22, 23 vs. disarm | Fort 5, Ref 8, Will 6 +1 vs charm,compulsion| Init +6 | Spd 20 ft. (med. load) | Perception +9 | Grit pts 3/3
Jaakko hustles to other side of lions. Double move
Tabar's rapier sinks deep into one of the lions, but the frenzied beast is somehow still standing! An instant later, Jaako rushes into the melee!
Tabar's attack hits--Yellow is *almost* down.
@Tabar: Can you please adjust your tagline to indicate hp loss and panache spent? (and you can wait until after you're attacked before posting parry & riposte rolls--otherwise, this poor GM will get hopelessly confused and it'll be harder to keep track of panache spent :) Last, can you remind me how you have shield active? This encounter started in the middle of the wedding and the spell has a minute per level duration. (maybe a class ability or magic item? I dunno)
Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +9; +2 vs. illusions, +2 bonus vs. divinations and enchantments | Init 0; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13; Sense Motive +11
Azelwarred moves a bit closer, then begins to cast summon swarm, intending to cover the lion in the middle. "Some spiders ought to do." Move Begin casting
As Azelwarred begins his spell, most of the lions continue their rampage, but one turns tail and runs!
Yellow withdraws. Black attacks Tabar and Blue attacks Winnie.
Black hits Tabar with a natural 20 (the parry above did not succeed), but it does not confirm. The claw and bite attacks miss. Tabar, you take 8 damage and lose 1 panache.
Winnie gets hit by two claws (one of them a confirmed crit), but the bite just misses. Winnie takes 22 damage in total.
Please treat obstacles (tables and so forth) as difficult terrain that provides partial cover (+2 AC) to ranged/reach attacks from the other side.
Just a reminder to everyone since this is our first combat, I do not keep track of your hit points--please update your taglines every time you take damage (or expend a limited use resource).
Slightly concerned about spiders everywhere, Hamish retreats to the other side of the felines to tactically provide some extra flanking. While doing so he draws a sap and takes a swing at the blue collared lion.
”If possible, try not to kill the beasts. They know not what they do. Knock them out. If necessary Tabar, fall back to avoid further injury.”
Inspire Courage +2/2 stopped, BUT he has lingering performance so it will stay up for two more rounds. Move 30ft and attack. This will provoke from only Blue, assuming Pink doesn’t have reach.
Hamish lands a strong hit with his sap on one of the lions, but suffers a deep claw wound for his troubles! But Pathfinders excel at teamwork, and his sacrifice opens the way for Trajan's sap to clobber another of the lions!
Blue's AoO hits Hamish for 8 damage.
Hamish's sap attack hits. Blue is close to being out of this fight.
Please treat obstacles (tables and so forth) as difficult terrain that provides partial cover (+2 AC) to ranged/reach attacks from the other side.
Just a reminder to everyone since this is our first combat, I do not keep track of your hit points--please update your taglines every time you take damage (or expend a limited use resource).
Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +9; +2 vs. illusions, +2 bonus vs. divinations and enchantments | Init 0; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13; Sense Motive +11
Azelwarred finishes his spell, allowing a swarm of spiders to appear amidst two of the lions (black & blue), he then moves closer to his allies.
Spider swarm (bite) plus poison and distraction (DC 11):1d6 ⇒ 2
Female NG Human (Varisian) Druid 6 (Nature Fang) - Init. +1, Senses Low-Light Vision Perception +11 (+14 vs. traps), AC 22/ touch 13/ ff 20; hp 27/45, F+7, R+3, W+7 (+2 Ref vs. traps), Speed 30 ft. [Goodberries: 4/11] | Buffs: longstrider
Assuming that the elephant has received some kind of training in the past, Zeldana approaches the animal calmly and issues a simple command, hoping that it will respond and calm down.
"Down, big guy... down... that's it... down... down..."
Handle Animal:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Move action to Handle Animal; DC 10 -- if trick is not known by animal she uses her other move action to try another command, also DC 10:
"Come now, come... be a good boy... I'll find you some hay... come..."
Male Human Gunslinger [Myst.Stranger] 5/Oracle 2 hp 38/51 | AC 20/t15/ff16 CMD 22, 23 vs. disarm | Fort 5, Ref 8, Will 6 +1 vs charm,compulsion| Init +6 | Spd 20 ft. (med. load) | Perception +9 | Grit pts 3/3
Jaakko sprints to hit the black lion with flail, but fails miserably.
