GM Bret’s PBP Gameday XIII PFS1 CORE #5-03 The Hellknight’s Feast (Inactive)

Game Master BretI

Sorry, me not paying attention. Can we move Sylvester a little further forward so he has line of sight for next round? I'll leave it to the GM to move if allowed as you will know when he could see the demons through the trees

Miriel gets near Yellow and adds more power to her sword. Then she tries to taunt Yellow to come down and play with her.

Also moved Sylvester to someplace he could see most of what is happening.

Round 2:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage
Purple
Miriel
Bedlam
Yellow 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green blinded, DC 23 Will at end of turn to end early

Bedlam sees it is rather bad an enemy is not on the ground. Moreover this one can be seen from the house. The gnome thinks who might be most dangerous here without hope to remember much
RK, Religion: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

How the gnome in gazebo looks like?
Is here a lady how Teleported out earlier?

No time to think. With a grace of dancing mule Bedlam steps in and strikes green foe from shadows
Attack, Heroism: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 2 = 24
dmg, slash, adamantine, Courage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7
green is a lady Diryannas guard, if I understand right

He immidiately makes two steps out and disappear in the shadows again, almost under the flying creature.

Stealth, Hide in plane sight: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 2 = 36

Green originally looked like a normal gnome but dropped the disguise to show their demonic nature.
There is a human — Lady Dyrianna’s companion — in the gazebo. They are still blinded and have not moved. They are the only figure still in the gazebo (the round structure at the bottom left of the map).
Currently the only one flying is Yellow. Purple also has wings so it is likely able to fly. Green does not have any obvious wings.
The human in the gazebo also lacks wings.

Bedlam does not recognize the gnome-like creature.

So you were 15’ away and it looks like you returned to the exact same position. Speed 20’ plus haste gives you a speed of 40’ (twice normal speed) so you are moving more than half your speed. Spring Attack allows the movement.

Bedlam strides forward, strikes Green, and then sneaks back to his original position. The slash did much less damage than expected.
Stealth total 31 when figuring in -5 for moving more than half speed.

Seeing Miriel put so much effort into her weapon, Yellow tells her “Toss that weapon away, you have no need for a weapon when the others have no weapon.”

Miriel is protected by the magic circle so Yellow demon’s actions are useless.

Round 2:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage
Purple
Miriel
Bedlam hide in plain sight stealth 31
Yellow 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 2 damage blinded, DC 23 Will at end of turn to end early

Khellek continues to exhort his students to "Do your best. Rememeber, the reputation of the Society is at stake here.[/b]"
He tries to identify the creatures and provide insights to his companions about them.

I'll use my Loremaster to T20 on this check, as I'm hoping this is the big bad final encounter.
religion T20: 20 + 27 = 47 In order: Immunities, resistances, special defenses, weaknesses, special abilities, anything else you feel may be of interest

Quickly advancing on Grog he offers him some special advice. "I've seen you use that axe on demons before. Show us what a hero you can be."

Casts Heroism on Grog. Running low on spells now. Down to just first level.

Figuring that getting the party's heaviest hitter even more mobile is a good idea, Numair strides forward, and casts Fly on Grog.

Sorry, moved my token once again now. Total distance walked should be 25. Even if it was more after Spring Attack - ok

Khellek realizes that purple is a real succubus! It looks like she is one of the rare ones that has gained skills outside those typical of their kind. Use of cold iron or weapons blessed by a good deity are recommended. She would be immune to poison and electricity and somewhat resistant to acid, cold, and fire.

Like any succubus she has the ability to charm monster, detect thoughts, ethereal jaunt herself, greater teleport herself, suggestion and vampiric touch at will. She can also call in other demons to aid her.

Also like any succubus, her lewd acts can drain the life of the partner. Even a simple kiss is enough for this. It takes time, but she is also capable of bequeathing a profane gift of power to a willing humanoid, making them more powerful.

Khellek continues to inspire people.

Khellek and Numair provide magical support to Grog giving him heroic confidence and the ability to fly.

Green moves up to Grog and attempts to bite him but misses by a large margin. He remains blinded by the glitter.
bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 No need for a concealment check there…
End of round Will save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly
Purple
Miriel
Bedlam hide in plain sight stealth 31
Yellow 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 2 damage blinded, DC 23 Will at end of turn to end early

Sylvester attempts to blind Purple as she is the most dangerous of the three. He then moves behind Miriel to take advantage of the Magic Circle of Protection.

Glitterdust Will DC 19 to prevent blindness.

Green is caught in the area of effect as well but is already blinded. :)

Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 Well that should accelerate this battle…

Purple is blinded. She lets out a string of expletives at the glitterbomb going off in her area.

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly
Purple
Miriel
Bedlam hide in plain sight stealth 31
Yellow 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 2 damage blinded, DC 23 Will at end of turn to end early

Grog glances at the party, "Thanks guys for the spells" then attacks green, using the sword two handed.

"Take this!"

power attack

attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (15) + 23 = 38

damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23

attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (10) + 22 = 32

crit confirm: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (11) + 18 = 29

damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29

if still up haste attack

attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30

damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28

Although not all the damage goes through, Grog’s second hit to the vitals kills green. Strangely, the body stays around rather than immediately popping.

Being blinded and just having heard (and perhaps been splattered by the results of) green being slain by Grog, Purple withdraws almost straight up in the air.
Fly greater than 45 degree angle up, blinded: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 19 - 4 = 30
Will save vs blinded: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 No longer blind

Blinking a few times, she cries out “What happened to Zruuka?!?”

The other flying demon responds “The bloody green fellow there cut him down with two sword strikes, mistress Samivashti.”

Glaring at Grog, the succubus says “You destroyed my meat shield!”

Puzzled, the still blinded human asks “Zruuka? Samivashti? Who are they?”

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly
Purple 25’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam hide in plain sight stealth 31
Yellow 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

"That's how you refer to your troupe? Well let's try to make this a solo act!" Miriel shouts back at the flying women. She drops her sword, a bit reluctantly, and pulls out her bow. Aiming at the yellow-dressed woman she calls her goddess: "Shelyn ar melmë!" and sends an arrow at her target.

Free Drop blade
Move Draw bow
Swift Smite Evil on yellow
Standard Attack yellow

Attack Longbow (Smite, Heroism, Inspire Courage, Haste): 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 22
Damage (Piercing, Smite, Inspire Courage, Cold Iron): 1d8 + 8 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 + 5 = 21 Extra +5 for first successful attack against outsider.

It seems Yellow is very hard to please, judging by her reaction to Miriel’s arrow. The shot goes between the trees and hits her. Had she had any cover, it would have likely missed.

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly
Purple 25’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam hide in plain sight stealth 31
Yellow 21 damage 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Bedlam drops his sword (!) and unleash Silver Starknife, pointing purple with Smite Evil

Silver Starknife, Haste, Heroism, Smite: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 26
Silver Starknife, Smite, Inspire: 1d3 + 2 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 4 + 2 = 10
Hes watching where gona star fall...

Shouldn’t there also be some range penalties there Bedlam?

Having done some checking, it seems there is nothing for range like there is for flight when targeting straight up.

Bedlam barely manages to hit Samivashti with his star knife. It falls to the ground directly under her.

Seeing Bedlam smite Samivashti, Yellow decides to try and distract him.
“Pick up your sword and fight with that! It is your best weapon!”
DC 18 Will save.

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 10 damage 25’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam DC 18 Will or picks up his sword and tries to fight flying opponents with that
Yellow 21 damage 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 4:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly

I think there is only the one throw, the second line is the damage. I think Bedlam also forgot the +2 to hit from inspire courage. So that would take it up to AC28 before a range increment.

For range, 20' along the flat and then 25' up - by Pythagoras would put her about 32' away, so one range increment for a 20' weapon. That -2 nicely counters the +2 he forgot from inspire courage. I'm really hoping we are not facing someone with an AC higher than 26!

The scholar continues to offer words of wisdom to his students. "They will lack leverage while flying, so we must be wary of their words more than their claws."

Maintains IC. Remember that +2 is also to fear and charm effects, which with these ladies, maybe more helpful than normal!

Taking his own advice, the scholar unhitches Bessie from his belt, and with careful fingers loads a cold iron bolt into her.

"Don't worry! Bessie has taken out a bear before. These flying strumpets will be no challenge for her!"

* move action to draw Bessie (light crossbow)
* move action to load Bessie

If I don't have a clear shot through the trees from my current location, Khellek will move along the path while drawing Bessie to find a spot he can see the flying succubuses clearly.

Yeah, figured out it was only a single throw later. My mistake there.
After checking, I decided to treat it as only one range penalty.

Khellek continues to inspire you all as he gets out his crossbow and moves to a better position.

Assuming the succubus doesn’t move, the position directly to the south of Grog would work. Might have to move if she does.

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 10 damage 25’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam DC 18 Will or picks up his sword and tries to fight flying opponents with that
Yellow 21 damage 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 4:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly

Numair calmly air bursts a cloud of mica on Samivashti.

Glitterdust. DC 21 Will negates.

Moved

Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

Numair manages to blind Samivashti a second time.

Round 3:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 10 damage 25’ up, glittering, blinded DC 21 Will at end of round to recover
Miriel
Bedlam DC 18 Will or picks up his sword and tries to fight flying opponents with that
Yellow 21 damage 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 4:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly

Grog flies over the bushes and goes after blue. He strikes.

"Where did you friend go?! Back to the damned planes fiend!"

power attack

attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (11) + 23 = 34

damage: 1d10 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28

Sylvester Solstar attempts to blast yellow with an enhanced Magic Missile spell.

Empowered Magic Missile at Yellow.

Magic Missile, CL 7: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 3) + 4 = 17

25 damage as it is empowered (1.5 x damage).

SR check if necessary: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Gorg, since you flew up at more than 45 degrees, could I please have the DC 20 Fly check that I required of the blind NPC?
You do get “a bonus on Fly skill checks equal to 1/2 your caster level” from the Fly spell to help with that.
Found it, bonus is +4 since Numair cast the Fly spell.

Sylvester watches as his spell fails to pierce Yellow’s spell resistance.

Grog tries to fly upwards at a high angle.
I’ll wait for the fly check to resolve it.

Also a +4 bonus for the 'Good' maneuverability, for a total of +8.

Also a +4 bonus for the 'Good' maneuverability, for a total of +8.

No, I believe that the caster level bonus is meant to replace that. Note that the fly skill says “A creature with a natural fly speed receives a bonus (or penalty) on Fly skill checks depending on its maneuverability: Clumsy –8, Poor –4, Average +0, Good +4, Perfect +8.” A magical spell is not natural.

I think his skill is +0 (no Dex mod, no ranks in skill) +4 (spell caster level /2) +2 morale (heroism) for a total of +6. If I missed something, go ahead and point it out. I could have easily missed a bonus.

From the FAQ (bolded for emphasis):

So he should be at +10. Still only a 50% chance of success, but still...

Both Inspire Courage and Heroism are morale bonuses, right? So these are not stack upon attack calculation. Or are they?

Will vs Suggestion: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 29

In a quick dancing move the shadowdancer picks up his sword with left hand as bicker is not an obstacle for this, and gracefully walks to a place where Starknife lays.

Inspire Courage is competence on attack and damage, so it stacks. For some reason, it is morale for the fear save bonus, so against fear saves heroism and Inspire Courage don't stack.

Grog’s fly check vs DC 20: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Grog just barely manages to carry off a steep climb to get up to Samivashti and strikes the blind woman. It does less damage than expected. Grog uses the ability of the sword to attempt to prevent escape but it doesn’t appear to have worked.
Most of it DR, also looks like Grog did not apply the -1 for alchemical silver.
SR for Dimensional Anchor: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Bedlam you had already acted this round, I will use those actions for next round.

Once again blinded, Samivashti withdraws attempting again to go nearly straight up. The flight helps clear her eyes of the glitter but she does not seem happy with what she can see.
Moving slightly to side in order to avoid as much overlap in tokens.
Fly check, blinded: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 19 - 4 = 23
Will to end blindness: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

Bedlam grabs his sword in one hand and moves over to where his starknife fell.

Round 4:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 27 damage 75’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam
Yellow 21 damage 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 5:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly 25’ up

"What? You don't like the notes I'm playing? Here, have a tremolo!" Miriel defiantly shouts back at the yellow-dressed enemy, quickly sending two arrows at her target.

Full attack: Attack #1 Yellow (Haste, Heroism, Inspire Courage, Smite): 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 27
Damage #1 (Inspire Courage) (Cold Iron, Smite Evil): 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 + 5 = 15 '
Attack #2 Yellow (Haste, Heroism, Inspire Courage): 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 29
Damage #2 (Inspire Courage) (Cold Iron, Smite Evil): 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 5 = 14

Miriel hits with both of her shots, almost killing Yellow.

Round 4:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 27 damage 75’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam
Yellow 50 damage 15’ up, delay, may intervene between characters
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 5:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly 25’ up

Seeing no reason to break with a winning formula, Numair hits Samivashti with another cloud of glittering mica.

Glitterdust. DC 21 Will negates.

This time it seems Samivashti is ready for the expected attack from Numair.
Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

In a spiteful voice, she says “Such a broad mastery of magic you have, Numair.”

Round 4:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 27 damage 75’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam
Yellow 50 damage 15’ up, delay, may intervene between characters
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 5:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly 25’ up

Grog flies after blue.

Fly: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

"Can't get away!"

damage: 1d10 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28

attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33

It is DC 20 to fly up at greater than 45 degree angle. Failing that, I believe you would be limited to 45 degree angle.
You could be at a height of as much as 85’ with the 45 degree angle.
Your fly check was enough to allow a turn of greater than 45 degree but less than 180.

Also since you can not charge while flying I do not think you can get an attack this round just because it takes 100’ of movement to go up as much as she did. She basically did a full speed double move nearly straight up.

"Keep at her Grog, or maybe try to bring her back down. She is invested in what she is doing here, so I doubt her masters will be kind if she flees."

Khellek continues to offer inspiring words as he takes aim at the demon in yellow.

attack yellow, inspire, heroism,haste: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 23
cold iron, inspire: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 2 = 11

He then grabs another cold iron bolt and cracks Bessie up again.

"See, Bessie won't let you down!"

Sylvester attempts to blast purple with a set of empowered Magic Missiles.

Magic Missile, Empowered: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 3) + 4 = 17

25 points of damage with empowered.

SR check vs Purple: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Khellek encourages everyone and then hits Yellow with a cold iron bolt. Yellow falls to the ground.

Sylvester aims a volley of magical force at Samivashti but it doesn’t pierce her magical resistance.

Round 4:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 27 damage 75’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam
Yellow 61 damage 15’ up
Numair 4 damage
Khellek
Green 86 damage blinded, very dead

Round 5:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly 25’ up

"Hah! Bears and Demons. Bessie is quite the quiet killer!"

"After my arrows she was so weak she would have died if you sang a lullaby too hard at her!" Miriel snaps back at Khellek's boasting.

She looks at the fallen enemy, and sees the crossbow bolt stuck deep among the arrows. "Well, actually, that was a nice shot. Good job", she continues with a friendlier tone.

could I have double moved before? We're hasted or use my roll to attack now?

Not quite able to ascend as sharply as Samivashti, Grog goes up at a 45 degree angle tak8ng a sharp turn as he does so.

New height 85’

Samivashti disappears.

Everyone can give me a Perception check. I will figure in the distance modifier but for all except Grog it is going to be at least -15 for the 75’ distance. I have left Purple’s avatar at the last location you saw her, 75’ up.
You get the first perception check as a free action since you were observing her.

Round 5:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 27 damage unseen? was 75’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam
Numair 4 damage
Khellek

Round 6:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly 85’ up

Perception: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29.

Numair casts Fly on himself, and starts moving up slowly.

Numair’s sharp eyes have no problems following the slight glitter visible from Samivashti.

He casts fly and moves. Let me know when you have moved your token.

Round 5:

Everyone is hasted. Circle vs Evil on Miriel, Numair. Heroism on Miriel, Khellek, Bedlam, Sylvester, Grog

Inspire Courage +2

Religion to identify.

Bolded may act.

Purple (Samivashti) 27 damage was 75’ up, glittering
Miriel
Bedlam
Numair 4 damage Used standard, still has to update position
Khellek

Round 6:

Sylvester 4 mirror images
Grog 7 damage fly 85’ up

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 2 = 27

Perception: 1d20 + 0 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 0 + 2 = 22

"She's hiding behind the gazebo!"

He then zips forward and up, trying to keep her in view.