Shadow's Last Stand, Part 2 [PFS] by GM Chrios (Inactive)

Game Master Torilgrey

Eredur simply points his finger toward the ship's captain, and screams

I put a spell on you..

Near instantly, the captain's clothes takes fire Spontaneous Immolation

Fire dmg, DC 17 Fort for half: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) = 14

If fortitude save is failed, 1d6 fire damage per round until a Reflex save (same DC) succeed. DC 15 for Spell levl+INt, +1 For Spell focus (Evocation); +1 for Elemental focus (Fire)

Tiny Pebble takes a swing at Pink attempting to take him down.

Slam vs Pink, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 - 1 = 15

Damage,Power Attack: 1d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 3 = 12

Hopefully the Menace Aura will make the difference here and allow him to hit. :)

Igor launches a Force Missile at Pink and turns visible. He safely pockets his pearl of power.

Force Missile vs Pink, Intense Spells: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The Hound Archon takes the long way around avoiding pink's reach entirely. He moves towards the captain attempting to strike him down.

Great Sword, Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 - 2 = 8

Slashing, Power Attack: 2d6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5, 1) + 3 + 6 = 15

Then again with that roll, maybe not ...

The captain is within the archon's Aura of Menace and must make a Will DC 16 saving throw or take -2 on ac, attacks and saves.

His goodly presence can be appreciated by his allies within ten feet of his person (Magic Circe vs Evil provides a +2 deflection bonus to ac and a +2 resistance bonus to saving throw vs evil opponents).

@GM Chrios - I have no idea if these people are evil or not. If they are then everyone near the hound archon has the equivalent of Protection from Evil up. :)

RETCON: sorry I missed the Magic Circle v. Evil AC bones, Garista takes 0 damage from the attack. My error!

Rouvarn Fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Pebble slams the remaining sailor, and then Igor's force missiles slam into the man - knocking him unconscious and leaving him bleeding on the ground. Eredur's spell takes hold on the captain as the man's clothing erupts in fire, and the hound's Aura of Menace washes over the captain... But the hound's blade sails by the man, missing horribly!

Garista
ROUND 4
Igor/Pebble/Hound - acted
Crew (KO /-11/KO ALL MENACED by the Aura)
Zeldana/Winnie
Piotr
Jilla (-5 hp)
Rouvarn (-14 hp, Menace Aura)
Eredur

Last post until Tuesday for me! Enjoy the holidays if you celebrate!

Piotr snarls menacingly at the sailor wearing fuchsia garb and attempts to give the man a solid whack with the side of the hammer in an attempt to knock him out rather than killing the man.
Mwk Bec de Corbin non-lethal: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 10 - 4 = 16
Bludgeon, NL: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Zeldana circles around, approaching Pinky from the east in order to flank him with the earth elemental.

+1 keen scimitar 15-20/x2, power attack, one-handed, nonlethal takedown via Jaguar's Grace slayer talent, ST, BS, Flanking: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 17
magic nonlethal dmg, one-handed, power attack, ST, BS, sneak attack: 1d6 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 2 + 2 + (1, 2) = 18

Winnie assists with the last sailor.

Bite, GMF, BS, Subdue, Flank: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 2 - 4 + 2 = 15
magic nonlethal dmg, BS: 1d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 = 16

Piotr, Winnie, and Zeldana pummel the last sailor to the deck and he falls. Meanwhile, in the stern, Jilla grabs the captain, attempting to wrestle him to the deck, and does manage to grab hold for a moment, but the captain then wriggles out of her grip, maintaining his distance and keeping his scimitar levelled at the gnome....

Party can all act!
Eredur
Garista
ROUND 5
Igor/Pebble/Hound
Zeldana/Winnie
Piotr
Jilla (-5 hp)
Rouvarn (-14 hp, Menace Aura)

The Hound Archon takes a step forward and then attacks the captain twice with his great sword.

Great Sword, Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 - 2 = 11
Damage, Power Attack: 2d6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 3 + 6 = 13

Great Sword, Power Attack, Iterative Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 - 5 = 9
Damage, Power Attack: 2d6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 + 6 = 17

Sad, just sad. He is great at menacing people but not so great at actually hitting people. ;)

Tiny Pebble lumbers over to take a swing at the captain as well.

Slam, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 - 1 = 16

Damage, Power Attack: 1d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 3 = 13

Maybe with the Menace Aura that will hit. :)

Igor stays put for now. With the captain so outnumbered and two of his minions already in the fight he feels no immediate need to come on board.
He pulls out another pearl of power and recalls another cast spell (Shield).

Piotr hustles past Winnie and gets behind the hound archon. He jabs upward at the captain on the steps with the spike of his polearm...
Mwk Bec de Corbin & PA: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
B or P: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
"You're outnumbered and outmatched. You should probably surrender if you want to live," he says to the captain.

The hound archon's attacks miss the captain, but Pebble punches him squarely in the knee! Piotr's bec de corbin spikes the captain as well, and his pale visage snarls with pain as the warpriest attempts to dissuade him from his course of action; but still he continues to threaten the group who boarded his ship. Thinking about it, all the sailors were equally pale as well, everyone considers it and realizes in the few seconds of the combat, that they are fighting a pack of dhamphirs.

Party can all act!
Eredur
Garista
ROUND 5Igor/Pebble/Hound -acted
Zeldana/Winnie
Piotr -acted
Jilla (-5 hp)
Rouvarn (-38 hp, Menace Aura)

With the holidays I'll check back in a little over 24 hours and see who's responded - patience is the key for this week.

Seeing the Captain surrounded, Zeldana and Winnie begin the task of assembling the knocked out sailors all in one spot. She grabs a loose coil of rope on the way.

Zel and Winnie Out of Combat and tying up sailors.

Jilla's face brightens as she smiles and says "Ooh, I've got an idea!" She pulls out a small, rust-colored sack and reaches into it to retrieve a little fuzzy ball. "I've never used this before!" She drops the fuzzy ball on the ground and it transforms into a rainbow-colored boar! Jilla claps and points at the captain, and the boar leaps to attack him!

Jilla has a variant rust-colored bag of tricks from a scenario that took place in the First World. I have to check the actual Chronicle to remember exactly what the variant does (I think it gives them a little DR/Silver or something) but will proceed for now and update later. The result of the die roll is a boar.

Animal: 1d100 ⇒ 73
Boar's Gore attack (w/ flanking) vs The Captain: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 13
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Seeing the Captain surrounded, Eredur picks one of his many wands, and uses it on the dhampir-in-chief, being sure the magical missile will hit its target without endangering anyone else

Magic Missile wand: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

I'll give Garista until tomorrow before delaying her turn
Jilla withdraws a growling and grumbling fur-covered bag, and from within, a rainbow-colored boar appears! The boar attempts to gore the captain, but even given support from the rest of the party, and the Hound Archon's aura of menace, it misses the captain. However, Eredur's magic missile slams into the captain leaving a steaming injury in his abdomen.

While restraining the sailors, Zeldana discovers one of them is slain, and the other three are all unconscious from the careful attacks of the Pathfinders.

Party can all act!
Eredur - acted
Garista
ROUND 5
Igor/Pebble/Hound -acted
Zeldana/Winnie - tying up sailors
Piotr -acted
Jilla (-5 hp)- acted
Rouvarn (-41 hp, Menace Aura)

Piotr has had enough of the captain's continued attacks even after the defeat of his crew.
"You insolent fool!" He barks at the captain. He releases a hand from his polearm and points while scowling at the captain.
"I, Piotr Lupescu, Baron of Taldor, demand you cease your attacks and allow us to search your ship!!!"
He then mutters the incantation of a spell: "Stop! Now!!!" (Hold Person).
DC 15 Will to resist.

Garsita moves forward and swings her glaive.

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Garista's glaive shot swings over the captain's head, and he snarls at Jilla, slashing at her with his scimitar.

He lands a solid blow on her 4 damage, crit not confirmed despite the menacing aura of the Hound Archon.

Party can all act!
Eredur
Garista
ROUND 6
Igor/Pebble/Hound
Zeldana/Winnie - tying up sailors
Piotr cast Hold Person Success!
Jilla (-9 hp)[/b]
Rouvarn (-41 hp, Menace Aura)

"That's better." Piotr says with a satisfied smirk as the captain freezes in place.
"Tie him up and search him, too." he says as he slides his polearm into its sheath on his back.

After the group binds the captain with rope, Piotr withdraws his esquire attaché case. He pulls out a pen, sticks it in the frozen captain's hand, and holds the captain's limp hand to make him sign an official-looking document allowing the Search and Seizure of the "Sailswift" in the name of her Highness, Princess Eutropia of Taldor. Piotr then pulls the captain's head up by the hair, looks into his eyes, and says with a pleasant smile, "Thank you, kind sir."

He then addresses his teammates as he packs his attaché case.
"Let's search this broken down barnacle barge."

Garsita seems surprised by Piotr's strategy, but does not say anything.

@GM Chrios - Jilla has 13 temporary hit points now so the last attack (4 hit points of damage) would have been absorbed completely. :)

Hold Person allows a new save every round (as a full round action) so we are really not off initiative, yet. :)

The Hound Archon does not understand Piotr's strange behaviour.

"By the gods you are as bad as the Azata!"

The upright canine harrumphs loudly and shakes his head. He continues his attacks on the captain but this time he uses the flat of his blade to subdue rather than kill.

With Hold Person in place the Captain now has a Dexterity of 0 and melee attacks have a +4 bonus to hit.

Great Sword, Subdue, bonus to attack, Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 9 - 4 + 4 - 2 = 19

Damage, Non-Lethal, Power Attack: 2d6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 3 + 6 = 15

Great Sword, Subdue, bonus to attack, Power Attack, Iterative attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 + 4 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (11) + 9 - 4 + 4 - 2 - 5 = 13

Damage, Non-Lethal, Power Attack: 2d6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 + 6 = 17

Tiny Pebble simply stands his ground. He is certain that an enraged archon can deal with a frozen opponent.

Total Defence action is taken.

Igor shakes his head knowing full well that Piotr's outrageous action would not count as legal in any legitimate court in the land.

I figured that the moment the captain was held, we would immediately tie him up rather than continue to attack. And, yes, Piotr's crazy antics with the fake document was just a charade.

Anywho, If you all just want to continue to attack the captain, then I'm fine with Piotr's charade never happening. Piotr will just back off and let the hound archon finish off the captain.

I think that it is a little late for that. Your character did what he did and it will have no impact on the game anyways.It is just a little RP flavour that no one should willingly squash. :)

Of course a Hound Archon would not approve. They are lawful to a fault even fighting with other good aligned outsiders when their objectives conflict.

With the battle won, Jilla pats the rainbow-colored boar on the head. She then scrunches up her face and says to the others: "What'd we come here for anyway? I forgot because of the cool lily pads. Let's poke around--maybe they'll be something neat!"

Jilla starts scouring the ship for something neat.

Piotr turns to Jilla.
"We need to find any information regarding the Spider. Possibly something linking them to this ship. We should look for the captain's logbooks and ledgers. While we're here, we should also interrogate one of these crew members."

"If we find any illegal contraband, it may be best to turn the crew and this ship over to the port authority."

So lets search the boat. One or two people can interrogate the crew or captain, while the other look around for some proofs of the Spider's activites. Remember we must act quick.

Piotr quickly secures the captain while the Hold Person spell acts on Rouvarn after the Hound Archon bludgeons the man twice while he's incapacitated. With a flourish, Piotr stands up with his official-looking document, having caught a look equal parts hatred, fear, and anger from the captain. A quick search of the captain's pockets turns up a set of keys.

Around the main mast, Zeldana and Winnie have placed the sailors back to back around the mast, all three unconscious from the rapid assault of the Pathfinders. All seems quiet for the moment, allowing the party to search the ship.

1 is the cpatain's quarters, 2 is the hold, and the sailors are where they are on the deck - Who is going where and doing what?

The Hound Archon sheathes his sword and pulls Igor on to the boat preventing the wizard from the mundane task of climbing.

He salutes everyone before disappearing back into the ether.

"Captain Jilla will take the helm!" Jilla takes the captain's hat and dons it before rushing to her new quarters.

Jilla will search Area # 1. (she doesn't really know that, aboard ship, "the helm" isn't headwear)

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 extra +2 if listen-based

Igor trusts his elven senses over gnomish enthusiasm any day. He follows with Tiny Pebble at a discrete distance and checks the place over.

33 Perception on a take 10.

Clearly the Captain's quarters is where the good stuff is being held. :)

"That hat makes you look quite... distinguished, Jilla. Even if it is a bit big on you."

Piotr enters the captain's quarters and has a look around with his teammates.
Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

Jilla, in her oversized hat, leads the party on a thorough search of the captain's quarters, Piotr and Igor helping her sift through bills of lading (obvious forgeries), manifests (also completely made-up), and some small personal correspondence. Most notably, a letter covered in spidery, feminine script See slide 5.

What are the remaining party members doing?

Jilla sighs and grumbles through all the incredibly boring paperwork until she gets to the letter. "This looks like a capital 'C' Clue!" she shouts.

Igor nods quickly glancing down at the letter.

"It looks like the captain would be a helpful witness as well. If he has the proper incentive to cooperate."

"We should keep all the forged paperwork here to encourage him to do the right thing at the right time."

"Why leave the papers here, Igor? We need to turn him over to the authorities."
Piotr gathers the papers and stuffs them in his attaché case. He's got plenty of evidence to turn over to the authorities about the captain's illegal shipping practices.

"Well. The Spider is connected to this ship in some way. We need to find this 'shipment' mentioned in the letter. I suggest we check the hold of the ship."

"Should we interrogate the Captain now or after we check the hold? I have a little business to take care of with the captain before we turn him over to the authorities."

Igor blushes at the miscommunication. Language is a funny thing at times.

"Yes, I meant that we should use the paper work against him as leverage. By all means hold on to it for now. It should be very helpful to build our case."

Garsita signs to her companions to not say much in front of the captain.

Zeldana nods to Garsita.

After some small discussion, the group crosses to the hold, quickly unlocking the large padlock with the keys found on the captain. He glares balefully at you as you pass, at least as much as a bound and gagged man on the ground can.

The lock opens with a resounding *click* and the hold door swings wide. From within you hear the shuffling of heavy chains, and a voice addresses you from within. I'm sorry- no autographs at this time, our manager will be handling all requests for the Part-time players until we've returned from our engagements at the Royal Small Theater of Cheliax. We need our privacy to continue to rehearse, if you don't mind. I've got the lead in our upcoming performance of Peteraburo's Books, and the part is wonderfully complicated, the facial expressions alone in the script take dozens of pages, and the ensemble numbers.... But never let it be said that Malcolm McWirsting shied away from a role - especially for such a prestigious opportunity. Now, GOOD DAY! you feel summarily dismissed from the voice in the darkness, and perhaps slightly confused, yet here you stand, on a Katapeshi sloop a darkened hold below you.

The wizard partially draws his dagger and light spills forth from his blade filling the hold of the ship. He looks at the man and tries to see if this man is indeed Malcom McWirsting (assuming that this person is actually an actor of significance).

24 Knowledge Local (or Nobility if that helps).

In the light produced by Igor, the party can see the dank hold of the ship contains ten relatively well-dressed individuals, and to Igor, Zeldana, Piotr, and anyone else who consulted the Blue Book of Almas, are indeed whom they say they are. The speaking man is, in fact, Malcolm McWirsting. The ten folks are indeed shackled at the ankles with new, thick chains.

The Part-time players are part of the performers in residency at "The Captive Audience" in the Theater District of Almas.

Piotr looks at his teammates with slight confusion.
"What the..."

"That's the cargo? A theater troup?"

Piotr tries to get a good look at the man and what is going on in the hold.
Darkvision.

Igor is curious about the lead's mental condition and casts Detect Magic to verify.

"Curious."

Igor examines the leader's and troupe's auras and does confirm that it is indeed the Charm Person spell that was used.

30 Knowledge Arcana on a take 10.

Detect Magic will only detect the school of magic and not the spell cast. It requires a Knowledge Arcana check DC 20+spell level to determine a spell effect that is already in place (which Igor does easily).

Zel looks at Igor. "What's the deal with these bards?"

Well, bards rarely act normal. Maybe that's normal for them?