Gameday XIII - Pathfinder Society #0-16: To Scale the Dragon (Core) (Inactive)

Game Master Lysle

Mere's shadow companion touches the already-weakened blue-dotted taer, trying to take it out of the fight.

Tere takes a wide circle around the scrum and attacks the blue taer, to no avail.

The weakened taer (dotted blue) is rendered further so.

The raging taer in the pit (dotted orange) rises to its feet and attempts to climb out of the pit.
Climb w/rage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9

Concluding the unarmored, injured dwarf to be the weakest, one of the taers (purple) pounces upon him.
5 ft. step
Full attack, melee (slam) v. Silgil: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Damage (B): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Confirm crit?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Add Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Full attack, melee (slam) v. Silgil: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage (B): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Full attack, melee (bite) v. Silgil: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Damage (P): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

A taer (blue) attacks Tere.
5 ft. step
Full attack, melee (slam) v. Tere : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Damage (B): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Full attack, melee (slam) v. Tere: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Damage (B)w/Str damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Full attack, melee (bite) v. Tere: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Damage (P)w/Str damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Another (green) joins the attack.

5 ft. step
Full attack, melee (slam) v. Tere: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Damage (B): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Confirm crit?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Add Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Full attack, melee (slam) v. Tere: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Damage (B): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Full attack, melee (bite) v. Tere: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage (P): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

The weakened taer (dotted blue) tries to finish off Two Blades.
Melee (slam) w/rage, Str drain v Two Blades: 1d20 + 10 - 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 6 + 2 = 7
Damage (B) w/rage, Str drain: 1d4 + 5 - 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 6 + 2 = 2
Melee (slam) w/rage, Str drain v Two Blades: 1d20 + 10 - 6 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 6 + 2 = 24
Damage (B) w/rage, Str drain: 1d4 + 5 - 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 6 + 2 = 2
Melee (slam) w/rage, Str drain v Two Blades: 1d20 + 10 - 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 6 + 2 = 10
Damage (P) w/rage, Str drain: 1d4 + 5 - 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 6 + 2 = 4

RAID ON CANIA'S DROP - Round Four Begins

PCs in bold may act
Party boosts: haste

Desynthia -12 HP (summoned elemental; sickened)
Two Blades -35 HP (sickened)
Merisiel -24 HP (sickened)
Tere -7 HP (sickened)
Sigil -48 HP (sickened)
Radagast (sickened)
Taer (dotted orange) -10 HP (rage)
Taer (purple) -9 HP
Taer (blue) -13 HP
Taer (green)
Taer (dotted blue) -11 Str

Tere's shadow companion continues to drain its current target.

Touch attack, including haste: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 = 17
Iterative touch attack, including haste: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10
Hasted touch attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 1 = 14

STR damage, first attack: 1d6 ⇒ 6
STR damage, third attack, if applicable: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Tere sidesteps to set up a flank on blue and waits for Two Blades or Merisiel to move into position before he attacks.

Merisiel steps and attacks the one near the dwarf again.

"Didn't you see your friend go down, smelly!" She glances at Tere. "Be here in a few seconds!" She stabs.

attack flank: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

sneak: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 2, 6) = 14

haste attack

attack flank: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

sneak: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 1) = 6

crit: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

sneak: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 4) = 10

With a hiss, Radagast pounces upon Green!

Talon: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 30, for 1d8 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 2 = 14 damage.
Talon: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 16, for 1d8 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 2 = 15 damage.
Bite: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 20, for 1d6 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 2 = 12 damage.
Foreclaw: 1d20 + 4 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 6, for 1d4 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 2 = 6 damage.
Talon: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 2 + 1 + 2 = 29, for 1d8 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 10 - 2 = 10 damage.

Repeating the plan, Two Blades stepped to the side, placing the Taer between him and Tere, once again turning this one into a pincushion.

Rapier w/flank/sneak attack on Blue: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 241d6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 2 = 24d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 5) = 15
Shortsword w/flank/sneak attack on Blue: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 261d6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 - 2 = 54d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 6) = 14
Haste Rapier w/flank/sneak attack on Blue: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 301d6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 2 = 34d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 3) = 14
Rapier crit?: 1d20 + 12 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 - 2 + 2 = 291d6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 2 = 3

46 damage to Blue

Silgil snarls at the Taer that seems to have it in form him. Though tough, he is not all that well protected and it is starting to hurt.

Did we take the reamaining 10 points on the false life into account?

Magic missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 4) + 3 = 11

the sorceress, her hair now violet, cast another volley of missiles, targeting the taer between Merisiel and Silgil

Her Elemental strikes at the same blue taer than previously, having received no new instructions

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 = 15
dmg: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

Elemental 3d round out of 5, forgot to apply my Augment Summoning feat that gives +4 to STR and CON, so please add 2 dmg from the previous round on blue Taer

Tere's shadow companion continues to drain its current target (dotted blue).

Remarkably, the raging creature still stands!

Radaghast rips a creature (blue) to ribbons.

Merisiel terminates a taer (purple).

Two Blades terminates another (green).

Desynthia attacks the drained one.
Redirecting magic missile at only other visible target (dotted blue)

RAID ON CANIA'S DROP - Round Four Cont'd

PCs in bold may act
Party boosts: haste

Desynthia -12 HP (summoned elemental; sickened)
Two Blades -35 HP (sickened)
Merisiel -24 HP (sickened)
Tere -7 HP (sickened)
Sigil -48 HP (sickened)
Radagast (sickened)
Taer (dotted orange) -10 HP (rage)
Taer (purple) -31+ HP
Taer (blue) -13 HP
Taer (green) -36
Taer (dotted blue) -18 Str | -11 HP

Silgil plinks the one remaining threat.
force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The magical missile meagerly makes its mark.

The weakened taer (dotted blue) continues to try and finish off Two Blades.
Melee (slam) w/rage, Str drain v Two Blades: 1d20 + 10 - 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 10 - 9 + 2 = 17
Damage (B) w/rage, Str drain: 1d4 + 5 - 9 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 - 9 + 2 = 0
Melee (slam) w/rage, Str drain v Two Blades: 1d20 + 10 - 9 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 9 + 2 = 8
Damage (B) w/rage, Str drain: 1d4 + 5 - 9 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 - 9 + 2 = 2
Melee (bite) w/rage, Str drain v Two Blades: 1d20 + 5 - 9 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 - 9 + 2 = 3
Damage (B) w/rage, Str drain: 1d4 + 2 - 9 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 9 + 2 = -3

The taer in the pit (dotted orange) attempts to climb out of the pit.
Climb w/rage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Climb w/rage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

The taer exits the pit.

RAID ON CANIA'S DROP - Round Five Begins!

PCs in bold may act
Party boosts: haste

Desynthia -12 HP (summoned elemental; sickened)
Two Blades -35 HP (sickened)
Merisiel -24 HP (sickened)
Tere -7 HP (sickened)
Sigil -48 HP (sickened)
Radagast (sickened)
Taer (dotted orange) -15 HP (rage)
Taer (dotted blue) -18 Str | -13 HP

The shadow tries to take the taer down once and for all.

Touch attack, including haste: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13
Iterative touch attack, including haste: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 = 14
Hasted touch attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 1 = 10

STR damage, first attack, if applicable: 1d6 ⇒ 3
STR damage, second attack, if applicable: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Tere moves up on the newly-emerged orange taer and holds an attack, waiting for one of the others to give him a flank.

Radagast steps forward, and attempts to shred dotted orange!

Talon: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 12, for 1d8 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 2 = 14 damage.
Talon: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 16, for 1d8 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 2 = 13 damage.
Bite: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 9, for 1d6 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 2 = 12 damage.
Foreclaw: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 - 2 = 20, for 1d4 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 2 = 6 damage.
Talon, Haste: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 1 - 2 = 13, for 1d8 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 2 = 14 damage.

Wow, that was quite the series of sucky rolls. Did I hear a request for a flank?

Silgil changes tactics and begins a summon monster using a wand which he swaps in for his MM wand by dropping it. It will probably be too late to do any good, but worth a try.

Damage (+1 elven curve blade): 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Radagast and Tere unite to take down a taer (dotted orange).

RAID ON CANIA'S DROP - Round Five Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act
Party boosts: haste

Desynthia -12 HP (summoned elemental; sickened)
Two Blades -35 HP (sickened)
Merisiel -24 HP (sickened)
Tere-7 HP (sickened)
Sigil -48 HP (sickened)
Radagast (sickened)
Taer (dotted orange) -45 HP
Taer (dotted blue) -18 Str | -13 HP (rage)

Did any of the touch attacks hit the blue-dotted taer?

Magic missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 3) + 3 = 9

attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 = 21
dmg: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 = 11

Desynthia peppers the last Taer with another magic missile spell, and sends her elemental playing whack-a-taer

Stepping over to join the elemental in pounding the remaining threat Two Blades had a harder time finding an opening.

Rapier w/flank/sneak attack on last foe: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 281d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 44d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 2) = 11
Short sword w/flank/sneak attack on last foe: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 151d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 74d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5, 1) = 14
Haste Rapier w/flank/sneak attack on last foe: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 131d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 54d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1, 1) = 9

Did any of the touch attacks hit the blue-dotted taer?

Yes, the first two. Either I was looking at regular AC or they slipped my mind in my prior post. Both were needed to reduce the Str 21. Even then, the other attacks were enough to reduce its Hit Points to below 0.

The Pathfinders' combined assault drops the last of the taers.

COMBAT OVER

As the party defeats the nearest group of taer, it becomes evident that their success is not unique. The waystation folk win the day, sending any surviving taer back into the wilds of the mountains. Fortunately, the Pathfinders helped prevent the waystation from burning to the ground and its residents becoming a mighty feast for the local beastman tribes.

One of the waystation survivors, Rysam spies the party. Surveying the area where the Pathfinders engaged the taer, the ex-Pathfinders notes, "Your help here stopping those beasts will undoubtedly be greatly appreciated." Noting scorch marks on a nearby building, he adds, "Although you could have shown up a little more quickly, in my opinion."

"Say? What took you so long to get here?" Rysam inquires. "And what happened to the rest of my sleds and dogs?"

What do you tell Rysam, Pathfinders?

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"We, ah, were ambushed by Aspis agents on the way back. Lost the other two sleds, dogs were still alive, though."

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"Yeah those dogs are hungry they could go for snackies! Damned Aspis thugs!"

"And it was not like we could turn around and collect everything the consortium tipped over AND make it here to save your sorry behinds. Quit complaining. They lost. We won. You want your stuff back, we can go back and try to retrieve it from the hungry beastmen or Consortium fools, depending on who stuck around to collect them. You really want to try?"

A look of concern draws over Rysam's face as the party responds.

"Aspis agents?!" The ex-Pathfinder replies. Concern is evident in his voice "Given the hazards ofscaling the Dragon, one might expect to lose a few sleds or dogs. But if those snakes were involved, then you are clearly quite skilled or else incredibly lucky to have returned when you did."

As Rysam speaks, several inhabitants of the waystation approach the Pathfinders. Among these surviving inhabitants is Krysher. As Rysam mentions the Aspis Consortium, the pock-faced man of Andoran descent watches the party with particular interest.

Joining Krysher are various other survivors of the beastmen's incursion. Clearly grateful, one of them makes an offer to the party. "We invite you to remain for a few days to recover. Please stay, at least for another day or two." At the suggestion, others among the inhabitants begin pledging themselves forever in the party's debt. Krysher, however, remains silent, unable to take his eyes off the party.

"Yes, I could actually use some help getting things back to normal and making sure no further attacks are coming," adds Rysam. "We may have driven away most of the beastmen, but if there are Consortium agents on the mountain, we need to make sure they stay there."

"The last thing this waystation needs is an Aspis agent in its midst." Rysam grumbles.

"Sure. I could use a good rest."

Tere surreptitiously studies the surly Krysher, considering the causes of his crankiness.

Do you want me to roll the Sense Motive check?

Tere surreptitiously studies the surly Krysher, considering the causes of his crankiness.

Do you want me to roll the Sense Motive check?

Sure. That could work here.

Sense Motive check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Meh. Probably not.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10.

Radagast remains oblivious.

Krysher, Deception w/favored enemy elf: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 1 + 2 = 23

Whatever the reason for his interest in the Pathfinders' tale about their defeating the Aspis Consortium agents, Krysher does not reveal anything more with his body language.

Of course, the party is free to act on other grounds and/or any other sources of information.

Grand Lodge here. Or did we all get the Andoran information?

"Um, guys, Rysam, the guy that we got the sleds from has a bounty on his head from what I have heard...from a very good source. Let's see if we can find the would be assassin before it's too late." Two Blades said. "My gut feeling is Krysher, I took a look to see if there was anything I could find, just some bolo's, the throwing kind, not a be on the look out kind."

"You guys try to make sure nobody sees me casting. When I am done see if you can trigger some reaction to Rysam, maybe asking about whether anything odd has happened to him lately while everyone can hear."

Silgil will cast a DC 18 Seek Thoughts spell using his bonded item and looks for someone with designs on Rysam's life, making sure as many of the patrons are about when he does so.

"You guys think something fishy is going on?"

Two Blades nodded, stepping in front of Sigil, like he was in conversation.

"You guys think something fishy is going on?"

Sifting through the surface thoughts of those present, many of the inhabitants of the wage station seem curious as to what Merisiel is referring.

Krysher, Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The thoughts of one, however, are particularly focused on determining what that "something" might be.

I will be heading out of town shortly to spend the holiday weekend with family. Feel free to post any questions in the meantime and I will wrap things up (or be awfully close to doing so) by sometime Monday.

The spell allows Silgil to locate the one who has the thought.

As per spell: 'You detect the number of creatures who are thinking about this question or topic within range, as well as their location if they are visible to you'.

"More specific please. There is one reacting oddly, but wondering what is fishy is hardly condemning."

The elf leans towards Rysam and murmurs, "Someone has put a, a price on your head. They may have an agent here."

The elf leans towards Rysam and murmurs, "Someone has put a, a price on your head. They may have an agent here."

"A price on my head?!" Rysam responds loudly.

Krysher is revealed to be the only one with thoughts on designs on Rysam's life.

Once made aware of Krysher's mindset, Rysam orders the pock-faced Andoran to be searched. When the search produces a bronze badge revealing an Aspis agent in his midst, Rysam orders Krysher arrested. Krysher surrenders willingly and mockingly remarks that once the Galt authorities have taken him into custody it’ll be a small matter of time and money to secure his freedom.

A few days after the arrest of Krysher, the Pathfinders find Osprey waiting for them, comfortably hanging out in front of the fire watching the logs spit and crackle in the dull orange glow.

Once presented with the bones, the mysterious druid thanks the party members for their services to the Society and tells you that you have indeed prevented a terrible fate by keeping the bones from the hands of those who would seek to steal the mystic’s prophetic truths.

Tucking the bones away within his cloak, Osprey graciously bids you all farewell. Then, without warning, he transforms into a long-winged hawk with mysterious dark markings about its eyes. Winging into to the ice-blue sky he soars off southward towards Absalom.

You all, however, are now left standing in the cold, with thousands of miles between where you stand and the City at the Center of the World.

FIN

Well done, Pathfinders! The PCs have retrieved Amao’s Bones and returned them to Osprey and prevented the way station from being destroyed. Therefore, both the primary and secondary success conditions have been met.

I will be posting chronicle sheets later today. Thank you all for playing!