Kit begins her gyrating and inspiring dance (Inspire Courage +3), slowly moving away from the fight, but finding enough time to cast a DC 20 Confusion spell on the lot of them.
"The eels are powerful biters and will latch on and do some damage. Don't know much else though."
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
@GM Jhaeman - Is it immediately obvious to players if the enemies are confused or not? Generally attacking confused opponents is not necessarily the best idea if it can be avoided. :)
Buffs: Touch of the Sea (9 min), Water Breathing, Barkskin +2, Reduce Person (8 rounds), Shield (10 rounds) F LN Halfling Init 11 Per 12 AC 31 FF 25 T 19 HP 66/66 Fort 9, Ref 21, Will 7; +2 vs. fear Spd 30 Ki 5/6 Panache 6/8 Supplies 6/7
Knowledge Local with Free Inspiration:1d20 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 6 + (5) = 26
All four fail their saves vs Kitoro's spell and have the Confused condition. I'd rule that formally it's a DC 25 Sense Motive check to tell that someone has been affected by it (since it's an enchantment). Please factor that in re: metagaming. (Though, in a practical sense, the results tend to become pretty apparent pretty quickly!)
Malachi:
The moral eel is a ferocious predator, capable of holding prey in its primary jaws while a smaller set of jaws inside its throat chews away bite-sized portions. These two look larger than most!
Calabaza:
These are skum--literally! Skum are fish-like humanoids that often inhabit sunken ruins. They are naturally resistant to cold temperatures and have the ability to see in the murky depths without difficulty. These particular skum seem to have warrior training--they know their way around those tridents!
The Rock, Calabaza, and Malachi are up.
GM Dice:
Will save vs confusion (Yellow):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 Will save vs confusion (Blue):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Will save vs confusion (Black):1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 Will save vs confusion (White):1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock lashes out at white with a flurry of watery tentacles before swimming (5' step) in front of Kit.
The surviving giant moray eel sinks its powerful jaws into Malachi's bicep and starts shaking him like a rag doll! Meanwhile, one of the green-skinned humanoids inexplicably butts himself in the face with the shaft of his trident while the other jabbers away incoherently!
Black got an "act normally" result and thus attacks Malachi (doing total defense). Result: Hit. Malachi, you take 20 damage and the free grab attempt also succeeds, making you Grappled.
Blue got the "hit self" response and does 11 damage to itself.
Black got the "babble incoherently" result and does nothing.
Giant Eel (confused, grappled)
Green Fish-Men (confused)
The Rock + Ginger
Calabaza
Kitoro
Malachi (grappled)
Bold should go!
Grappled Condition:
A grappled creature is restrained by a creature, trap, or effect. Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple. In addition, grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform. A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler’s CMB + spell level), or lose the spell. Grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity.
A grappled creature cannot use Stealth to hide from the creature grappling it, even if a special ability, such as hide in plain sight, would normally allow it to do so. If a grappled creature becomes invisible, through a spell or other ability, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus on its CMD to avoid being grappled, but receives no other benefit.
The inspiring dance continues as Kit winds up another spell and tosses a DC 16 sonic scream at the black eel, though she feels it is probably not necessary.
Male Tengu Barbarian (untamed rager) 3/Brawler (snakebite striker) 1/Druid (kraken caller) 4 | AC 23 T 13 FF 20 | HP [71/71] 60/71 | F +16 R +13 W +12 +2F/W rage| Init +3 | Perc +17 (20 in bright light) lowlight vision | rage (7/16) | supplies (4/7)
GM, I have a "bot me" spoiler and all my attack numbers listed on my profile, I'd prefer that you use those rather than put Malachi on total defence if I am slow to post, thanks.
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
@Kitoro - Ear Piercing Scream is 1d6/2 levels (so 4d6 instead of 4d4). Not a big difference but still more damage.
@GM Jhaeman/Malachi - I am not sure if a full attack with multiple limbs is actually a legal action when grappled. While it fulfils the text of the rules (no attack requires two hands) the rules were (badly) written with people and not creatures in mind. Please let me know how you rule so I can coordinate Ginger's actions. :)
Although barely affected by Kitoro's sonic spell, the giant moray eel is torn into bloody pieces when Malachi turns the tables on it!
Black makes the save and takes half-damage from the sonic scream (I rolled 4d6 below and ended up with less than the 4d4 :)
Malachi's first two claws and gore attack hit, destroying Black.
@Malachi: You're absolutely right, apologies! I've gotten used to a lot of players not having bot instructions, and I wasn't sure about whether or not the desire to see the effects of the confusion should be followed through.
@The Rock: It's an interesting question, but I'm going to allow it. I can't really see a principled distinction between a grappled high-level fighter getting multiple (iterative) attacks and a grappled creature getting multiple (natural) attacks.
The Rock+Ginger and Calabaza are up.
GM Dice:
Fort save vs sonic:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 damage:4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 3, 1) = 8
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock hangs back and acts as bodyguard for Kit. In his opinion Ginger and Malachi are more than a match for two confused fish men.
Crushed by Ginger's teeth, one of the fish-men fights desperately for life! The other foe, recovering briefly from his befuddlement, swims like a swordfish to impale Malachi!
Blue has to attack the last creature that attacked him, i.e. Ginger.
Result: One of the attacks is a natural 20 (doesn't confirm) for 14 points of damage.
Yellow gets the "act normally" result and does a charge attack on Malachi. Result: Hit for 9 points of damage.
Kit slides forward as she continues dancing. Not seeing a good reason to waste any spells, she considers lashing out at yellow with her whip, but realizes that would not work well underwater. Then she considers harassing him by calling him names, but realizes that would not work because of the language barrier. But there are more ways than one to communicate her disdain, making rude gestures and mocking faces at him.
Using the Antagonize feat.
intimidate:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
Buffs: Touch of the Sea (9 min), Water Breathing, Barkskin +2, Reduce Person (8 rounds), Shield (10 rounds) F LN Halfling Init 11 Per 12 AC 31 FF 25 T 19 HP 66/66 Fort 9, Ref 21, Will 7; +2 vs. fear Spd 30 Ki 5/6 Panache 6/8 Supplies 6/7
Calabaza swims past one of them yelling:
The dumbasses call themselves Skum. Don't try to use cold.
My goal here is to provoke as I pass by, then after exhausting it's AoO, duck into its square. If it falls for it, that should negate the +5 DC to the Acrobatics.
The Rock and Ginger work together to tear one of the fish-men apart, while Malachi's octopus form makes short work of the other! Meanwhile, Kitoro makes rude gestures and Calabaza is ready to finish off any leftovers!
Both of Ginger's attacks hit Blue, who is barely up.
The Rock's attack finishes off Blue.
Malachi's first claw is a confirmed crit. Malachi's second claw is a confirmed crit. The successful peck and gore are enough to finish off Yellow.
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock catches Malachi before he activates his wand. He creates a pool of healing mud which heals anyone that wants it (20 hit points of damage each and 1d4 of ability damage if so desired).
Soothing Mud cast at CL 10, Extended.
I think that one charge of Cure Light Wounds would completely heal Malachi and that everyone else should be at full hit points. :)
While the injured are healing up The Rock checks the bodies and the room for treasure.
Kit decides that bathing in mud as a beauty treatment has its merits, and a healing one at that, and joins in the watery festivities. Though the area becomes quite cloudy and she quickly leaves once her vision become obscured.
"I must say, I prefer the facilities at Madam Mudd's. I suggest, Mr. Rock, that the spell needs a little refinement if you want to make a few coins with it."
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock just shakes his head at Kit's words which border on blasphemy. He suspects that the Kitsune means no disrespect but still.
"I doubt that Madam Mudd's mud can heal wounds. One does not complain about the endless bounty of nature."
"Well, Madame Mudd 'claims' her mud has healing properties and folks pay a pretty penny to visit. I can only imagine what actual healing mud would fetch. Anyway, something to consider. The beauty and healing business is quite lucrative."
After conjuring magical healing mud, The Rock looks around for anything of value.
Ok, usual reminder to mark off expended resources and update taglines. For the purposes of buff tracking, I'm going to say that about four minutes have passed since you entered the ship (two relatively short combats, searching multiple rooms, and 15-20 rounds for the soothing mud.
The Rock:
You don't find anything of value in this submerged chamber apart from what the green-skinned humanoids were carrying. Each one has the following: a masterwork trident, a dark orange potion, and a masterwork breastplate.
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock puts the weapons, armor and potions into the party treasure pile and urges the party forward before they lose the ability to swim magically. The Rock activates his wand of Heightened Awareness before storing it away in a handy bandolier.
"Alright people, Let go down the stairs and finish this. It will be a tight squeeze for Ginger but she can do it."
Everyone can open the spoiler above. I don't want to stop to identify the potions now. We can do that when we are not on such a tight deadline.
Ginger squeeze up the stairs, followed by the other Pathfinders. Three sunrods in various corners of this room fill it with a pale yellow light. Though slick and wet, this room is not submerged, as the water ends at the top of the stairs. Skeletons of long-dead sailors litter the floor, and one of them is dressed in full plate with a longsword lying nearby
Crouched over a chest is a human wearing half-plate armor and wearing a long red cloak; he seems to be fumbling with the lock and clearly hasn't heard that company has come a calling! Hovering near him is a ghostly figure . . .
We are now on the second "ship" from the left ("Vaydren's Might Cargo Hold") on Slide # 3.
The black bordered token is the ghostly figure, while the red bordered token is the man crouched over the chest (the black square). The shaded squares behind them are impassable terrain (an area where the ship above has crushed this one).
The scenario explicitly states that the human is preoccupied with the chest and doesn't hear PCs approaching, while the ghostly figure takes no immediate action. Thus, it's up to you how to proceed. If you want to start combat, you can each have a Surprise Round action.
Kit half expects her compatriots to erupt into action and pauses for a second to gauge the situation.
I'll give diplomacy a try if you all want to but I strongly suspect that there is no point in trying. On the other hand we might get a nice BBEG soliloquy if she does and those are always fun :)
Male Tengu Barbarian (untamed rager) 3/Brawler (snakebite striker) 1/Druid (kraken caller) 4 | AC 23 T 13 FF 20 | HP [71/71] 60/71 | F +16 R +13 W +12 +2F/W rage| Init +3 | Perc +17 (20 in bright light) lowlight vision | rage (7/16) | supplies (4/7)
Another spectre? But it's not attacking. Either it doesn't care about us, or it's under Red-cloak's control and waiting for orders, yes.
Rather not fight another spirit, yes. But probably can't knock Red-cloak down quickly enough unless we rush him now...
Malachi eyes the cloaked thief and his ghostly companion suspiciously, hands grasping his hammer.
I'm good with rushing the cloaked guy. Surprise round for positioning / partial charge followed by full attacks probably take him out. My guess is the spirit is a bound undead and the BBEG is an evil cleric - but also the ghost might just be what's left of the skeleton in the full plate.
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock is not overly concerned with the human in half-plate but like the others he would like to avoid another conflict with a malevolent spirit.
I would not mind finding out about the backstory here and we will not find that out by jumping the man. I have no idea who or what the ghostly figure is (it might be a haunt, a creature or merely a plot element). I say we try talking first and get all of the box text. :)
The red-cloaked man whirls in surprise at hearing voices. He snarls at seeing you. "I guess those fools at the Lusty Mermaid couldn't even hide one body properly! Well, you'll meet the same fate as that naïve Airk in a moment. The Sniper's mine, and the Society can rot in Hell for all I care!" He turns to look at the hovering, ghostly figure. "Spirit of Vaydren, you are bound to my service. Kill them."
Male Human(Kellid) Druid (Menhir Savant) 10 |Active Condition: | HP 93/93| AC 17 T 14 FF 14 |CMB +11 CMD 25|F +13 R +10 W +16|INIT +8|PER +23 SM+5|30' Speed|Immune to Poison
Daily Resources:
Reroll 1/1, Slush Fund 50/50, Wild Shape 5/5, Place Magic 8/8, Walk the Lines 5/5, Pearl 1st 4/4, Four Leaf Clover 3/3, Rods (lesser): Intensify 3/3, Extend 3/3 | Spells 1st 6/6 2nd 5/5 3rd 4/4 4th 4/4 5th 3/3
The Rock sends an explosion of decaying energy that engulf both the ghost and the armoured warrior. He then commands Ginger to attack while he moves to a safe distance.
Explosion of Rot,Reflex save DC 18 for half damage and to avoid the staggered condition, CL 10:10d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 1, 6, 1, 4, 5, 5, 4) = 41
The traitorous Pathfinder Dargo and the lingering spirit of Vaydren resist the worst of the magic that The Rock sends their way, but Ginger is fast enough to chomp down on her ghostly prey! Ordered to fight, the spectral figure reacts clumsily and the dinosaur manages to twist away!
Both Dargo and Vaydren's Ghost make the Reflex save for half damage and negate the staggered effect of the spell. Vaydren's Ghost is incorporeal and halves that damage again.
Ginger's attack hits the flat-footed AC of Vaydren's Ghost (for half damage).
Vaydren's Ghost does a 5' step and a touch attack vs Ginger. Result: Nat 1!
