Fellnight Queen (closed) (Inactive)

Game Master GM Sapphire Fox

"I understand just what you mean, Kala. Sometimes I feel as if I am not truly myself when I am like this. We'll talk more on that in private, I think."

The kitsune reaches for a pale blossom. "Still, I think the nurture that these flowers receive at least partly makes up for the form they are encouraged to take."

After exploring the garden, Soni will investigate rumors of pie.

Can I get a list of the pies - and perhaps the bridesmaids? I won't say money is no object, but my build generates a lot of day job income and doesn't require massive purchases.

Kala shrugs, appreciating the nuance of White Rose's answer, which is so much more well-thought-out than her own. By the time they're finished meandering the maze, Kala's appetite is piqued and her wise "save the best for last" motivation is absolutely gone. "Food sounds good. Smells good too."

Following her nose to the Feast Tent, Kala takes a huge plate of meaty goodness along with a half mug of mead. (She knows that all her bad emotions come to the surface when she's drunk and wants to avoid that for this occasion.) Spotting the crowd over by the dessert table, she joins what she thinks is the serving line. After standing there for a bit she overhears the purpose of these desserts and high tails it out of there. If she wins, what's she going to do? Stare blankly at the bridesmaid during the most awkward picnic of all time? Mumble something about just being there for the food? Wonder if the bridesmaid is super disappointed that a particular local didn't win (and that particular local might be disappointed as well)? Nah. Super no. Hard no. Absolutely not. She returns to the spot where she left Smelly snoozing in the sun and plunks down on the ground beside him to share her plate with the sleepy bear. "Maybe I'll donate some money later, when there's no chance for embarrassment. What do you think, Smelly?"

Navi looks at each dessert and finds it difficult to choose which she likes best.
"They all look so scrumptious."
After a while she finally makes up her mind...
Navi's Favorite Dessert: 1d7 ⇒ 5
"That one. I'll bid on the fifth one." she decides.

Elena will bid on the second dessert, always 5sp over the previous bid, until it reaches 10gp. When its over, whether she won the bid or not, she will privately give an extra 90gp to the dowry pool.
"My best wishes for the bride."

White Rose tries to learn something interesting about the bridesmaids.

Diplomacy, Gather Information, Gossip Collector: 1d20 + 41 ⇒ (3) + 41 = 44

If there is a DC and I beat it by 20 or more, the gather attempt takes no time - I already knew the information. Not sure if there's anything to learn here, or if I am just picking bachelorette number whatever.

Tenzekil himself makes an appearance to bid on a box prepared by Lumi Reasonknot, someone he’s longed for over the years.

Tenzekil listening at the last amount bid, and bids 25gp (6th bridesmaid)

Wymarc--------
Lovers Bridge

Several small, fidgety children sit along this short wooden bridge. Fishing poles dangle from their hands, but judging by the empty buckets next to them, they haven’t caught anything yet.

if you wish to help them fish, Profession Fishing, or Survival

If WRD shares the info or she notices Lumi is in distress, Elena immediately changes tactics and bids +10gp more than Tenzekil. From there she will continue bidding +5gp on whatever Tenzekil bids. If her 110gp limit is met, she will check if anyone else in the party would be willing to help out this that.

Soni keeps her counsel, but smiles and places a 30 gp bid on Lumi's box.

Wymarc nods to the kids, smiling. ”Fish aren’t biting, eh? Lemme show you a couple of tricks I use that usually brings ’em in, see if it works here,” he says as he breaks out his fishing gear and shows the young ‘uns a couple of tips…

Survival: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Finally sated, Kala heads over to try to surreptitiously drop 50 gp into the dowry pot before trying to catch up with the other Pathfinders. She spots Wymarc among a bunch of kids with fishing poles. "Hey, Smelly, they've got fishing. Wanna join 'em?"

Upon arrival, she overhears one kid whining about not having room at the "good spot". She glances around to find another one.

Survival: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

"Hey, kid! There's another good spot over here. See how that log gives the fish a good spot to hide*?"

* I have no clue what I'm talking about; my apologies to those who actually know how to fish.

Drowsy and fighting the meat-sweats, she makes herself comfortable on the ground nearby, leaning against Smelly's already-prone flank to join him in a little cat nap. He does make a pretty good snuggle-cushion, if you don't mind smelling like a bear.

at the end of the bidding, the final announcement is made

Bridesmaid 1, 4gp
Bridesmaid 2, 9gp (Elena wins)
Bridesmaid 3, 5gp
Bridesmaid 4, 2gp
Bridesmaid 5, 10gp (Navi wins)
Bridesmaid 6, 30gp (WRD wins)
Bridesmaid 7, 6gp

WRD message coming to you

the Bridesmaids make their way to the winning bidders and each spend their time sharing with you what you have won

~~~~~Lovers Bridge~~~~~

Wymarc after about 30 mins you manage to pull up 5 fish

Kala after about 30 mins you manage to pull up 7 fish

the Kids are laughing and enjoying their time, they watch and try to help with the fishing

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A sudden swell of music announces the bride and groom’s approach. Kailah and Elyin emerge from the chapel of Shelyn with the priestess Viviana by their side. Bridesmaids and musicians follow behind. Guests immediately gather in the amphitheater at the center of the grove. Once the procession reaches the gazebo, Viviana announces a song about unexpected love from Shelyn’s Melodies of Inner Beauty. She nods briefly to the musicians for accompaniment and starts to sing.

if you haven't done so put your tokens on the map, and please fill out the text, as this is about to fully get underway, Kala and Wymarc are in A1, the rest are at A2, WRD who was taken to A7, Elena in A3, and Navi is in A6

"Oh no! The wedding is starting!"
Navi hurries out of the chapel and makes her way to the central amphitheater. She notices Elena in the crowd and takes a spot beside her.
"I'm glad I didn't miss it!"

The suddenly louder music jolts Kala out of her snooziness. "Oh! Huh. Guess we'd better go watch the ceremony, seeing as we ate their food and all." She heaves herself up, feeds the smallest fish to Smelly, and lets the kids take home the rest. "Come on Smelly. And Wymarc. I gotta grab a seat at the back so this guy doesn't draw attention." She makes her way to the amphitheater as quickly as she can coax Smelly to go, which is to say "at ambling pace".

Tokens placed in A3.

Elena had talked with the bridesmaid, first about just being happy to help the bride and then she asked just an ear about her own situation, feeling it wouldn't be proper to ask around what would be her "coworkers"...

"There's a cleric... A cleric of Sarenrae. I met him on a caravan when I left Korvosa. He was very kind, helping people on every town we met without charging them. Just going to the most unfortunate and aiding in whatever he could. He was... quite inspiring. We talked some and... I think he liked me, but he was on his own mission so we had to part ways. I'm not sure if I should..." she shrugs. "I don't know... contact him? Send a letter? That would take ages and I'm traveling around a lot on the Society. A magic message would feel impersonal, right? Someone else would have to cast it and- MMmh...?" The music starts to swell and she's startled. "Oh! It's starting! Thank you for listening!" She stands up and straightens looking around for the couple.

Wymarc nods to Kala, leaving his fish with the kids and bidding them farewell. As they walk to the ceremony, Fin smiles as he asks, ”You fish well, Kala…where did you learn?”

When they arrive, he’ll sit in the back as well…

"Oh, uh... My people were mostly hunter gatherers, so...uh, yeah. Lots of practice living off the land."

Soni listens intently to anything Lumi is willing to share until the music begins. "I suppose that means it's time for you to work. If you would be willing, I would like to call upon you after the ceremony concludes."

Oondeen joins Wymarc and Kala at the back of the room.

so Everyone but Oondeen and WRD are not surprised

In mid-song, Viviana suddenly stops and gasps in pain, swatting a bee on her forearm. A low, booming buzz then erupts from the treeline behind her as thousands more bees rise into the air. The roiling mass of insects heads straight into the gathered crowd, eliciting screams of terror.

As soon as the bees swarm the crowd, a general panic ensues as wedding guests scramble to get away. Anyone caught among the benches finds the
area difficult terrain as they are jostled by other guests, many tripping in their haste to escape.

Convincing the crowd to move in a particular direction requires a full-round action using Diplomacy or a swift action if relying on Intimidate

~~Round 1~~
Bold may act
Oondeen
Elena
Red
Wymarc
Navi
Kala
White Rose
Blue

Go team negative perception!

"You handle the swarm. I'll get the crowd under control!"

"The river!!!"
Navi shouts to White Rose.
"Tell the townsfolk to jump into the river to get away from the bees!!!"

Elena gasps in shock. Is this the kind of drama she has heard so much at weddings?? She reaches for an acid flask on her belt pouch and throws it to blue.

Acid Flask touch attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Calling on her innate fire blood, Oondeen's tattoos seem catch fire.

"Everybody get down!" she shouts as she scrambles towards the buzzing menace.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Stumbling to a halt, she swirls her hands dramatically, trying to identify the creatures.

If she can center a fireball over head to only hit the bees (assuming 10 foot cube), she will do that.

fireball, Ref DC 22: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 4, 1, 4) = 35 Changed to acid, cold, or electricity in that order if she knows that fireball won't work.

Elena hurls a Vial of Acid at the wasps Blue or Red Elena? it hits and does manage to hit 2 people with splash damage but very minorly

Oondeen, getting people out of the way as she drops a fire ball down on the swarms as some people are clear

Red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
blue: 1d20 ⇒ 11

civilians: 1d4 ⇒ 3

both the swarms are destroyed and only 3 civilians with minor burns total from the incident no fatalities, just lost 3 hp each

Fire was neutral to them

you can hear booming around you all “Fools! You shall rue the day you shunned my pallid condition and laughed at my losses! Know your doom has come! When Queen Rhoswen arrives, all will perish—you will choke upon her mist, die by her thorns, and fall before her armies! May you forever suffer the curses of the Fellnight fey! Tenzekil shall have his revenge on you all!”

As a wall of thorns forms around the intended victims, three creatures rush out charging at them

~~Round 1~~
Bold to Act
Oondeen
Elena
Red
Yellow
Wymarc
Blue
Navi
Kala
White Rose

Soni looks around for Lumi, knowing that the gnome will be a target. Unfortunately, this leaves her slow to react to everything else going on.

"What in nine hells is going on?" Oondeen spins around to face the newcomers, exasperated.

Who is in the circle of thorns? Are they being injured or just penned?

Since the creatures don't look overly friendly, she moves up and casts a spell at them.

Burning Hands, DC 20: 5d4 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 2, 4) = 12

red: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
blu: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
yellow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

The creatures snarl as the fire burns at them causing severe pain

bride and groom are in the circle, and currently unharmed

Finding the fire distasteful both red and yellow go after the source

red slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
red slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
red gore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

yellow slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
yellow slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
yellow battle axe: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
yellow axe confirm?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

damage: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 3) + 1 = 10 need a fort save

Red can't land a blow as yellow bares its battle axe down snarling

~~Round 1~~
Bold to Act
Oondeen -10 dc 13 fort save
Elena
Red -24
Yellow -24
Wymarc
Blue -24
Navi
Kala
White Rose

"Ow! This is why you don't get *close* to things, Oondeen!"

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 so close

Wymarc fires twice at blue…

To hit: Base/Dex, Magic, Weapon Focus, PBS, Deadly Aim, Deadeye Bowman, Rapid Shot
Damage: Magic, Strength, PBS, Deadly Aim, Sneak

Magic Longbow: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 21
Magic/Cold Iron/Sneak Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + (4, 6) = 19

Magic Longbow: 1d10 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 18
Magic/Cold Iron/Sneak Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + (6, 6) = 21

Reacts and moves to yellow avoiding red to strike it with a furious attack. "HOW DARE YOU! THIS WAS HER DAY!"

Holy Longsword +1 Furious attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
Slashing dmg: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
Holy dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 in case they are evil.

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
Slashing dmg: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Oondeen you take 1 point of con damage from the poison on yellows axe

Wymarc and Elena dispatch Blue and yellow with haste

~~Round 1~~
Bold to Act
Oondeen -10 dc 13 fort save
Elena
Red -24
Yellow Dead
Wymarc
Blue Dead
Navi
Kala
White Rose

Navi tries to remember if she knows anything about these creatures. She calls out to her friends anything she knows.
Know: Nature: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Special attks, SLAs, & special defences (in that order). Wow. I didn't expect to roll that high.

Grabbing Orc Brains as she to join the fight, Kala grants the Aspect of the Bull to Stinky and herself. As she takes aim, she shouts: "Smelly! Aiding attack!" She takes a mighty swing at the remaining troublemaker.

Cold Iron Warhammer +1: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 = 261d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11

Swift action (Animal Focus, +2 Strength), Move action (move and draw weapon), Standard action (attack)

What? Oh. Right. Sure. Coming. Noting the urgency in Kala's voice, Smelly heaves himself up *while* yawning, instead of waiting until after, and gallumps over to take a bite of burning buttocks.

bite: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 = 131d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

I prefer non-burning food, especially when I just woke up from a nap.

"Lesya, fly over the wall and tell us what transpires within!" the kitsune calls out as she moves to protect the likely target of Tenzekil's ire.

She moves adjacent to Lumi (not depicted on map, so GM will have to do that) and casts protection from evil on her.

The bird flies above the wall of thorns and, abandoning its guise of normal-bird-cy, calls out what she sees.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Oondeen backs carefully out of range before she gets hit again.

as kala moves forward and swings down with her weapon, the creature remaining perishes

~~~Combat over~~~

as the last creature falls, flocks of birds take flight. “Look!” a wedding guest exclaims, pointing toward town. From the forest an unnatural mist seeps forth, slowly enveloping Bellis and the grove within an eerie, silent wall, cloaking the stunned crowd and obscuring everything beyond twenty feet. Representatives of the town council hurriedly confer with one another and soon lead everyone back to town.

Afterward Elyin seeks you out approaching on the council's behalf

“Thank the gods you were here to help us. Tenzekil Braybittle has always had an unpredictable nature about him, but none of us saw this coming. The council has asked for your help investigating this mist and the threats he made. The people are frightened, and I fear for their safety. Will you help us stop whatever he’s planned?”

Oondeen pulls out a wand and gingerly pokes at the slash in her side.

Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20 for healing: 1d8 ⇒ 8
Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29 for healing: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Then casts prestidigitation to clean the blood off her robes. "Why didn't I bother to learn mending? Oh right, I wasn't going to get in any fights. Brilliant." She sticks her finger through the rent and sighs.

Is the Con damage a poison? Do I need to be making more Fort saves?

Once she feels a little better, she joins the group around Elyin

"Ow. I tell you what, ow! That's not what I was planning on when I crashed this wedding. Now who is this Tenzekil person? And what does he have against you and the town?"

Wanting to hear the answers, Navi nods her head when Oondeen asks questions.
"Yeah. What's, like, this Tenzekil's problem?"
@GM: May I get the information about the fey creatures we fought? I got a 25 on knowledge (nature).

With a forlorn look, the Elf deadpans, ”Does this mean no more dancing?”

”Will you help us stop whatever he’s planned?”

Wymarc sighs sadly, knowing his holiday is over, and shrugs. ”Sure…we’re Pathfinders…it’s what we do. So, exactly what’s going on?”

The kitsune speaks up. "Tenzekil is the bleachling who I outbid for Lumi's excellent dessert. Apparently he planned to use this as an opportunity to press his suit, and didn't count on any wealthy adventurers attending.

"Also, while attempting to cure his bleaching, he pieces of shadow with his soul, enabling him to enter a twilit demiplane of thorn and mist with a spike-filled palace; here he encountered Rhoswen, the dark fey-queen of the Fellnight Realm. She welcomed Tenzekil as an honored guest, entertaining and soothing his troubled mind while commiserating over his poor condition."

She then turns to Lumi. "It seems I have work to do before we may speak again. Though before I go, I do want to ask you - what would you like us to do with Tenzekil? I cannot promise any specific end to this task, but I will do all I can to follow your wishes."

"Uh, so, uh... It looks like our first thing to do is go find Devarre, right? Head west and he'll come to us? ... Unless we want to interview more of the townsfolk first. Maybe he confided in someone? Um... Who would know who we should ask?" Kala is trying her darnedest to sound professional and confident, but all she hears are her "uhs" and "ums". It doesn't occur to her that onlookers might see someone fighting through and working to overcome a weakness, rather than someone who just isn't good enough.

"Should we check out Tenzekil's home before visiting the druid?" Navi suggests. "There might be some clues there."

"Oh! Those strange gnome creatures were spriggans. Foul little things. They can enlarge themselves to the size of an ogre and have a few minor spells at their disposal. These spriggans were a bit... strange, though. Maybe some sort of enhanced fey influence or cursed by nature in some way."

Since Navi is a sky druid with the air/wind domain, she is quite interested in the mist surrounding the town. She will investigate it, if possible. Btw, she has the Cloud Gazer feat.

"That's a good idea. Let's look at his house for clues before asking the druid for help. Oh! And if we are expecting to fight more Fey we should all bring some sort of cold iron weapon, and maybe some silver just to be sure! Arrows, daggers, etc..."

"Or fire. Lots of fire." Oondeen grins, toothily. "Hey, if we can find more clues before heading out, let's do it. Otherwise, let's not give Tenzekil more time to prepare for us."

"Uh, so, uh... It looks like our first thing to do is go find Devarre, right?"

Fin nods. ”I agree with Kala…looking at the manner of this attack, a Druid would be best to seek counsel from…”