[PaizoCon 2023] PFS2 4-09: Killer in the Golden Mask (Inactive)

Game Master cmlobue

Isaku takes a shot at Red. Its flesh seems to deflect some of the impact, but still seems to hurt it. The burst of flame strikes the ground harmlessly. He recognizes these as vampire spawn, undead with the vampire subtype. They share the weaknesses of the true vampire and can drain blood from a foe who cannot move.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Fin-thir
Isaku Beru
Okh
Red (-8 HP, flat-footed to Okh)
Purple
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Marigold Longfoot

◆ Religion or Undead Lore to identify

The ranger hunt prey the blue and draws his weapon (Quick draw).

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 1 + 2 = 11

Deadly:1d10 ⇒ 5

Then he fires on the blue. (hunted shot)

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 3 ⇒ (20) + 16 - 3 = 33

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 1 + 2 = 10

Deadly:1d10 ⇒ 9

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 6 ⇒ (15) + 16 - 6 = 25

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 + 2 = 10

Fin-thir, it takes both of those crits to drop Blue, but when you crit the same enemy twice in one turn, I feel like you get the honors of describing exactly how you killed it. And your third arrow hits a different target, so select where that goes as well.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Fin-thir (cinematic shooting and target for third arrow)
Isaku Beru
Okh
Red (-8 HP, flat-footed to Okh)
Purple
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Marigold Longfoot

The goblin casts a spell throwing a big ball towards the green one.

Searing light, vs FF (Surprise attack): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Damage, fire, Good, Dangerous sorcery:5d6 + 5d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 1, 4) + (3, 3, 5, 2, 1) + 3 = 37

Then he casts another fire spell towards the same one.

Elemental Toss, vs FF (Surprise Attack): 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 15 - 5 = 17

Elemental Toss, vs FF (Surprise Attack), hero point if it doesn't hit: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 15 - 5 = 29

Damage, Blood magic:4d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4, 7, 3) + 3 = 22

Okh's first target erupts in a ball of light, falling to the ground. The goblin quickly corrects his aim and chars the spawn next to it. Hero point used.

Three of the spawn converge on Marigold, who seems like an easy target (comparatively).

Red Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + (6) = 15 plus Grab

Red Claw: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 12 - 4 = 16 or Grabbed from prior attack
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (1) = 8

Orange Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (4) = 11 plus Grab

Orange Claw: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 4 = 19 or Grabbed from prior attack
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 4 + (2) = 13

Yellow Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 4 + (6) = 12 plus Grab

Yellow Claw: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 12 - 4 = 16 or Grabbed from prior attack
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + (2) = 12

The last goes after Fin-thir, who spectacularly slew its companion.

Purple Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 plus Grab

Purple Claw: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 12 - 4 = 18 or Grabbed from prior attack
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

None of the attacks connect with a Patfinder.

Round 1-2 - bolded may go

Fin-thir (cinematic shooting and target for third arrow)
Isaku Beru
Okh
Red (-8 HP, flat-footed to Okh)
Purple
Orange
Yellow (-22 HP)
Green
Blue
Marigold Longfoot

Isaku steps northwest, taking advantage of the flank set up by Marigold. He calculates the angle on Red.

Devise: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Hits AC 25, but Red is FF

Isaku pulls out a hatchet from his bandolier and slashes Red with it.

+1 Striking Hatchet, Precision: 4d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3, 1, 4) + 2 = 15

Isaku has a thrower's bandolier with a Striking Rune on it. He has 14 hatchets stored in it

"Fin-thir! Get this one! I've weakened him!"

Red is FF to Fin-thir until the end of my next turn (so technically, Red would also be FF to Okh

The goblin casts a spell unleashing three ray of fire towards the blue, the red and the yellow ones.

Scorching ray, height +2, blue: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

Damage, Dangerous sorcery: 8d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 6, 2, 6, 5, 5, 3, 6) + 3 = 37

Scorching ray, height +2, red, VS FF: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

Damage, Dangerous sorcery: 8d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 4, 2, 2, 1, 6, 2, 5) + 3 = 31

Scorching ray, height +2, yellow: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Damage, Dangerous sorcery: 8d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 6, 2, 5) + 3 = 38

”Hey, buy a girl dinner before you get all handsy!”, Marigold snaps, as she dodges their claws. She pulls out her shortbow, and draws the string. A red arrow appears, with a flaming head. She shoots it at the spawn that Isaku is harrying.

Interact, Cast produce flame at Red, Magical Trickster to Sneak Attack

Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 flanked
Damage: 3d4 + 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) + (5, 4) + 4 = 19 F

Hero Point
Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 flanked

Sorry Dangerous sorcery should +4 instead of +3 for scorching ray height. +2. So 1 more damage to the ones hit.

I fired for the third arrow on the purple last round.(10 damage)

The ranger shot a first arrow between the two eyes of his target. Then he did not move and pulled out another arrow and fired at exactly the same place with the same power as the first arrow and finished his prey.

The ranger fires on the purple.

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 + 2 = 10

Then he hunt prey the red and fires on the red.

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 3 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 3 = 26

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1, 5) + 1 + 2 = 9

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 6 ⇒ (16) + 16 - 6 = 26

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 1 + 2 = 13

Marigold and Isaku team up to take down the red-clad vampire spawn.

Fin-thir puts a trio of arrows in the one wearing purple, and it also falls.

Okh finishes the enemy off by spraying fire in all directions, narrowly avoiding setting the trees ablaze.

Combat over - no damage to Pathfinders.

As the creatures are defeated, they dissolve into the mist. The defeated vampires leave behind several valuables, as their gear drops in heaps from their mistdissolved bodies. The treasures include a golden sword sheath (worth 15 gp), a silver earring shaped like a dragon holding a ruby (worth 20 gp), and a severed finger still wearing a gold ring (worth 6 gp).

Mixed in with the other treasures is a piece of parchment with what is apparently nonsense written on it.

Society: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

argh

Isaku reloads his dueling pistol before stowing it away. He has a look at the parchment but can make neither heads nor tails of what's written on it.

Society:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

The human tidies his bow in his back.

Well done. I don’t know where they come from but they won’t come up again. What’s this? does he say pointing the parchment.

”Serves you right, you rotten…OOH!”

Marigold picks up the earring, and holds it up to her ear, looking at the others inquiringly. ”What do you think?”

The goblin looks at the gnome doubtfully. Do you mean: what do we think about my ear carrying this earring? Looking at it more precisely he concludes: You can borrow it until we meet the venture-captain again if that's your pleasure.

The morning after the ambush, the sun pierces the mist, negating the worst of its effects. Shattermask agrees to allow you to confront the gold-masked vampire yourselves, giving you directions and remaining behind at camp.

Unexpectedly, a ball of flame erupts in the air by Marigold, engulfing the team.

Fire Damage: 6d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 5, 5, 3, 1) = 17 (basic DC 22 Reflex)

Shortly after tripping this trap, the Pathfinders see another piece of parchment with apparent nonsense on it.

"What the- " is all Isaku gets out before having to dive for cover.

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

8 damage. Isaku has an aeon stone that heals 1 hp/minute so he should be good as new in less than 10 minutes. Isaku can treat wounds with assurance medicine

Immediately Isaku rolls to his feet and his dueling pistol is out and looking for targets.

Reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

You poor bastard, you don’t loose anything to wait.

The goblin treat his wounds.

Natural medicine, Assurance: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

Isaku heads over to Okh, pulling out a throwing knife.

"Hold still my friend. This might sting a bit."

Healing, Risky Surgery, Assurance: 4d8 - 1d8 ⇒ (4, 7, 3, 5) - (7) = 12

Reflex:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22 Evasion : When you roll a success on a Reflex save, you get a critical success instead.

The ranger tells his companions what he has deciphered.

I think Okh can't be treated twice during the same hour.

Ref save: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

”Yikes!”, Marigold cries, brushing herself off. ”If I didn’t know any better, I’d say he set us up!”

She takes out a healing kit, and patches herself up.

Battle Medicine

Medicine: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Healing: 4d8 ⇒ (8, 1, 3, 2) = 14

”Is everyone else hunky dory?”, she asks.

Using the decoded instructions, you can find the three other fireball runes and disable them safely. Each results in you obtaining a scroll of fireball that powered the trap (3 total).

You then approach the entrance to the cave. You are easily able to avoid the shriekers until you get close to the entrance, where they are more densely planted, and there are other suspicious-looking plants near the entrance.

The small mushrooms with the diamond-shaped icons are shriekers. They are treated as a hazard, not a creature, and require Survival checks to get close enough to to approach without setting them off. The larger plans with colored circles are... something else.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Okh
Fin-thir
Isaku Beru
Blue
Red
Marigold Longfoot
Green

Somebody has an objection to a fireball here?

Fry them! Then we can add eggs and invite Vilmur to a veritable feast!

Somebody has an objection to a fireball here?

”If they didn’t want us using them, they wouldn’t have left them lying around!”, Marigold replies.

Okay, pay attention, it won't tickle.

And he casts a fireball engulfing the three creatures.

Fireball, hight. +1, Dangerous sorcery: 8d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5) + 4 = 35

Reflex DC25

Then he casts Guidance upon Fin-thir.

Go for the thunderstrike I know you can fire.

I'll wait until the results of the FB to come out before Isaku acts.

Okh's fireball is impressive, but does not instantly kill anything, sorry.

Reflex, Red: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
Reflex, Green: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Reflex, Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Round 1 - bolded may go

Okh
Fin-thir
Isaku Beru
Blue (-35 HP)
Red (-18 HP)
Marigold Longfoot
Green (-35 HP)

Not sure how much time passed between the first fireball and us entering the cave -- I'm going to assume not much time passed and Isaku still has his gun out.

Isaku calculates the best angle on Green.

Devise: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Disgarding that plan he shoots Blue instead.

+1 Striking Dueling Pistol: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
Concussive?: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10

He reloads.

If somehow these plant things are related to Isaku's current investigations, the Devise is a free action

The ranger hunt prey the green. He draws his shortbow and he fires on the green.

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1, 5) + 1 + 2 = 9

Then he fires again on the green. (hunted shot)

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 16 - 3 = 27

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4, 1) + 1 + 2 = 8

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 6 ⇒ (18) + 16 - 6 = 28

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 1 + 2 = 11

Isaku, I'm inclined to say that they are not related to your investigation - they are here, but don't rally have any other significance.

Isaku puts a bullet into Blue, and Fin-thir puts a whole bunch of arrows into Green.

Deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 4

There are a lot of fungus bits lying around, but the creature is still motile.

Somewhat surprisingly, they can also walk. Red and Blue both approach.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Okh
Fin-thir
Isaku Beru
Blue (-45 HP)
Red (-18 HP)
Marigold Longfoot
Green (-76 HP)

Marigold draws her shortsword. ”Who wants mushrooms with their steak tonight?”, she asks, as her blade flashes in her hand.

Interact, Strike, Raise Shield (AC 24)

Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7S

Marigold slices, she dices, she makes julienne fries. Just not right now.

The greenish mushroom shambles toward the group, then unleashes a cloud of spores that engulfs all the Pathfinders. Each of them must make a DC 22 Fortitude save. On a failure, for as long as they are in the cloud and 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds after, they must roll a d6 and consult the chart below to determine what happens to them that round.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Okh (Fort save)
Fin-thir (Fort save)
Isaku Beru (Fort save)
Blue (-45 HP)
Red (-18 HP)
Marigold Longfoot (Fort save)
Green (-76 HP)

Fort: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Fort, HP: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Isaku manages to hold his breath and keeps the nasty spores out.

He games the angles to see what he can do to Green.

Devise: 1d20 ⇒ 16 Hits AC 28

Sure of his target, he shoots

Concussive, Precision: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 5, 3) = 12

If Crit: 2d10 + 2d6 ⇒ (7, 5) + (6, 6) = 24
Doubled to 48
Fatal: 1d10 ⇒ 10

He reloads

◆ Devise
◆ Bang
◆ Reload

The cloud of spores is now joined by a shower of fungus bits, as Isaku leaves no mistake that it is down.

Fortitude:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

The ranger casts Gravity weapon, hunt prey the blue and fires at the blue. (hunted shot)

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 1 + 2 + 4 = 12

Deadly:1d10 ⇒ 3

+1 striking comp. shortbow:1d20 + 16 - 3 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 3 = 26

Damage:2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 1 + 2 = 10

Is the blue one still up?

Fin-thir's barrage of arrows causes the Blue shroom to deflate like a balloon.

Fort:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Fort, reroll: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

The goblin casts a spell touching the shroom.

Gouging claw:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Damage: 4d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 1, 3, 5) + 4 = 19

Then he adds another spell.

Elemental toss:1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 15 - 5 = 25

Damage, Blood magic: 4d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 3, 8, 6) + 4 = 29

Fort save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Shrooms!: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Okh gets a few spores into his lungs, but he is able to resist the effects. Marigold is not so lucky.

The reddish mushroom unleashes its own cloud of spores before reaching a frond out and trying to hit Marigold.

Frond: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (6, 7) + 6 = 19 plus Spores
Spores - if hit, DC 22 Fort vs poison, Poison Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6 and enfeebled 1

Round 2-3 - bolded may go

Okh (Fort save)
Fin-thir (Fort save)
Isaku Beru (Fort save)
Blue
Red (-18 HP)
Marigold Longfoot (shroom effect 5)
Green

Fort: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Isaku feels his muscles go slack. Nevertheless, he still gamely tries to calculate the angles on Red.

Devise: 1d20 ⇒ 16 Hits AC 28 (or 27 if you include the enfeebled penalty)

His curiosity also piqued, he tries to find out what it is. RK

Sure of his target, he shoots and reloads.

Concussive, Precision: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 6, 6) = 24 (WOW)

If Crit, Fatal + Precision: 2d10 + 2d6 ⇒ (8, 10) + (3, 4) = 25 Doubled to 50
Fatal: 1d10 ⇒ 1

"Okh! I've weakened it! Get him!" Red is FF to Okh

◆ Devise
◇ RK
◆ BANG
◆ Reload

Euh Ikh hasn’t damaged the red one? It’s still at -18.

Isaku, your Fort save is this one, so you need to resolve that before you act.

Okh - sorry, somehow my eyes skated right past your post.

Red (-66 HP)

Isaku, your Fort save is this one, so you need to resolve that before you act. Red (-66 HP)

I did. I used a hero point then blew up Green

You have a second save from the new cloud Red created. Looks like you got a 19 on that, and the DC was 22.

You have a second save from the new cloud Red created. Looks like you got a 19 on that, and the DC was 22.

Yes. I failed that one and am letting it stand

On a failure, for as long as they are in the cloud and 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds after, they must roll a d6 and consult the chart below to determine what happens to them that round.

So, you need to roll a d6 and see what Isaku thinks is happening.