[ACO] PF2e Q21 - Infernal Infiltration (P1) (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

Giles moves past Artemios and climbs the crates. Once he reaches a proper vantage point he uses the crates to conceal himself.

Stride, climb, hide

I'm not certain how tall the crates are but Giles' 20 foot climb speed should get him to about where he is on the map. If that is insufficient feel free to move him accordingly. His intent is to get close to black. Giles' stealth is +8 with a -1 penalty for frightened.

Drokki runs forwards and stops next to minotaur Double move

With his meteor hammer he strikes the nearest creature

Hammer@yellow, frightened: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 1 = 26
Damage, b: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Drokki swings his hammer strong enough and it hits accurately enough that Drokki is sure its head would not be there when he looks. Crit for 24 dmg

Drokki runs forwards and stops next to minotaur Double move

With his meteor hammer he strikes the nearest creature

[dice=Hammer@yellow, frightened]1d20+7-1
[dice=Damage, b]1d8+4

Drokki swings his hammer strong enough and it hits accurately enough that Drokki is sure its head would not be there when he looks. Crit for 24 dmg

** spoiler omitted **

What head are you referring to, exactly? The next 3 generations felt that! :)

Giles hides among the crates while Drokki reduces Yellow's head to jam...

Pink runs up and tries to punch Mr Gruff...

Fist vs Mr Gruff AC 20: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 for Bludgeoning: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Pink looks shocked as his fist makes contact.

------------------
COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
------------------
Those with ** may go

Artemios - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 34/34 (F1)
Shalosar - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 26/30 (AC 19; F1)
Mr. Gruff - AC 21 11/19 (F1)
Black
White
Drokki - AC 17 23/23 (F1)
Giles le Renard - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 28/28 (F1)
Pink
**Ebiten - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 18/18 (F1)
Red

Ebiten mutters, Shake it off, shake it off...

The young magus focuses and an arcane shield with a Tien character shimmers into being before fading. With a slight shift in Ebiten's stance, the lad surges forward!

◆ Cast shield, ◆ Arcane Cascade (stance), ◆ Stride (Speed now 30 ft) I can move through allied squares with no penalty, right?

Correct

Thanks! I think I am in position now!

Ebiten moves up and gets ready to join the action. Red moves up and tries to punch Ebiten right in the face.

Fist vs Ebiten AC 19, F1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 for Bludgeoning: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Red is equally surprised that his fist connects!

------------------
COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
------------------
Those with ** may go

**Artemios - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 34/34 (F1)
**Shalosar - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 26/30 (AC 19; F1)
**Mr. Gruff - AC 21 11/19 (F1)
Black
White
Drokki - AC 17 23/23 (F1)
Giles le Renard - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 28/28 (F1)
Pink
Ebiten - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 15/18 (AC 19; F1)
Red

Shalosar grins cruelly at the closest thug. ”It’s gonna be fun making you bleed”, he snarls, as the chain snaps at him.

Demoralize Pink, Elemental Blast vs Pink (Weapon Infusion: reach)

Intimidation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11S

Didn’t take Frightened into account

Artemios hesitates. No clear path! But maybe someone should circle around anyway, to make sure none of the bad guys try to flee through the other door--they still don't know exactly where the scroll is.

Delaying for Shalosar and/or Mr. Gruff, to see if they open a space for me.
(On the off-chance they don't, Artemios will Stride thrice back to the door.)

Shalosar flings metal at Pink, which hit him center-mass and drop him like a sack of flour.

Artemios, you have room to move now :)

------------------
COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
------------------
Those with ** may go

**Artemios - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 34/34 (F1)
Shalosar - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 26/30 (AC 19; F1)
**Mr. Gruff - AC 21 11/19 (F1)
Black
White
Drokki - AC 17 23/23 (F1)
Giles le Renard - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 28/28 (F1)
Ebiten - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 15/18 (AC 19; F1)
Red

Activating Impulse Junction:
Metal: Choose acid, electricity, or piercing. Until the start of your next turn, each time a creature touches you or damages you with an unarmed melee attack or non- reach melee weapon, it takes damage of the chosen type equal to half your level (minimum 1 damage).

Sorry to be slow, and out of town, with less access than expected.

Mr Gruff starts swinging, trying to take out white.

Frightened Combat Assessment vs White: 1d20 + 9 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 9 - 1 = 10
slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

More Combat/More Assessment: 1d20 + 9 - 5 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 5 - 1 = 9
slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

(Combat Assessment (Dubious Knowledge/+5(-1F) Society))

Mr Gruff then squeezes back to the east to make more room.

Mr Gruff attempts to take out White but both his swings miss their mark.

------------------
COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
------------------
Those with ** may go

**Artemios - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 34/34 (F1)
Shalosar - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 26/30 (AC 19; F1)
Mr. Gruff - AC 21 11/19 (F1)
Black
White
Drokki - AC 17 23/23 (F1)
Giles le Renard - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 28/28 (F1)
Ebiten - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 15/18 (AC 19; F1)
Red

Oh, even better! Cornering the leader and stopping them from leaving will also work.

Atermios moves up and attempts to remove the thug that's in his way. He uses the flat of his blade this time, since they were asked to minimize the use of force.. and it doesn't seem all that necessary!

Still, he pushes his power into his swings, and then lets it settle into his bangles instead. As they sparkle and shine, the bad guys should realize that they just don't want to move away from him. He's very attractive, though more in a magnetic sense.

◆ Stride; more than enough room to move around to avoid provoking any RS
◆◆ Transcendence--Flowing Spirit Strike Red Greatsword (nonlethal, frightened): 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 9 - 2 - 1 = 18 for spirit damage (holy, nonlethal): 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 and Greatsword (nonlethal, frightened): 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 9 - 2 - 2 - 1 = 21 for spirit damage (holy, nonlethal): 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12. If both attacks hit, combine the damage for resistance/weakness.
Artemios's Divine Spark must move to a different Ikon. He moves it to his Fetching Bangles, which gives him a 10-foot aura (I marked it). Any enemy within the aura must succeed at a DC 17 Will save or the move action is disrupted).

Shouldn't the Frightened condition have exhausted itself after the first round?

That was my first turn since becoming Frightened.

Oh, right you delayed...

None of these critters have RS anyway. It's not like D&D where everything has RS! :)

Artemios moves around his foes. His first strike against Red knocks the rogue cold. He turns and smacks White with the flat of his blade and knocks him cold as well.

The scholar in black pulls out a mace and attempts to brain Artemios, Ebiten: 1d2 ⇒ 1

He discovers for some reason he can't move...

------------------
COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
------------------
Those with ** may go

-3-
**Artemios - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 34/34
**Shalosar - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 26/30 (AC 19)
**Mr. Gruff - AC 21 11/19

-2-
Black
**Drokki - AC 17 23/23
**Giles le Renard - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 28/28
**Ebiten - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 15/18 (AC 19)

Drokki moves closer and smacks at the black creature

Hammer@black: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Damage, b: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Hammer@black: 1d20 + 7 - 5 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 5 = 14
Damage, b: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Drokki moves up and smacks Black. His first strike hits but the other doesn't.

------------------
COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2-3
Tactical Map
Active Conditions:
------------------
Those with ** may go

-3-
**Artemios - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 34/34
**Shalosar - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 26/30 (AC 19)
**Mr. Gruff - AC 21 11/19

-2-
Black (-8)
Drokki - AC 17 23/23
**Giles le Renard - AC 19 (21 Extravagant Parry) 28/28
**Ebiten - AC 18 (19 w/shield) 15/18 (AC 19)

Shalosar steps up to get a better view of their target. He snaps the chain again, and a spiked link flies toward the scholar.

Step, Elemental Blast vs Black (Weapon Infusion: thrown)

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13P

Impulse Junction: Metal
Until the start of your next turn, each time a creature touches you or damages you with an unarmed melee attack or non- reach melee weapon, it takes 1 piercing damage.

Ebiten scowls at the Chelish agent and disappears, reappearing directly behind them! The young magus focuses all of his energy into his hand and throws a punch that bursts into flame!

◆ Dimensional Assault because of Arcane Cascade speed is 30 making the range 15, ◆◆ Spellstrike (Ignition)

Unarmed, Spellstrike, Off-guard: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Bludgeoning Damage, Arcane Cascade, fire damage: 1d6 + 2 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 3 + (5, 3) = 19

Mr Gruff circles around, squeezing between boxes and making slow progress.

3x Stride.

Giles quietly climbs down from his perch atop the crates and delivers a vicious bite to the man in black. "Ha! Take that, you villain!" The mouse then draws his rapier.

jaws vs black, OG?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
damage-piercing, precision: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

◆ sneak, ◆ strike, ◆ interact

Giles stealth is +8

Shalosar steps up and flicks his chain at the scholar. One of the links detaches and strikes the man in black right in the center of his forehead and drops him. Ebiten fries him to a crisp just for good measure.

COMBAT OVER!

Searching the warehouse, you find the cipher on the second floor.

society: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
HP reroll
society: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Giles frowns as he examines the man's black robes. "Aha!" The mouse grabs the neck of the robe and turns a bit inside out, revealing an ornate badge. "Zis man iz an administrator with ze office of ze Silver Council. Zis badge can be used by ze Pathfinder Society to warn ze officials of Kintargo zat zere iz a Cheliaxian spy in zeir midst."

"Well, well well. We should definitely bring it back" says the Dwarf

Kitsch and Nairaba are thrilled to have their cipher back, as well as added leverage in negotiations. They offer you some free equipment in their storehouses totaling to 25gp.

No idea how that works, but that's what's indicated in the quest

FIN

Thanks for playing all!

REPORTED
The game has been reported and chronicles emailed out. If you don't see your emailed chronicles please check your spam folder (thanks Google algorithms). Please mark it as not spam and whitelist RPGChronicles.net to help prevent this in the future.

Shalosar winces as the chains retract into his wrists.

”Heh, caught us a rat”, he says. ”Nice job”

Ebiten grins, Job, well done. You all are amazing! I am thankful to have been able to learn from you all!

"No, he's a mouse, rats are bigger--and he's with us anyway."

Artemios stows his sword and goes to sniff around for the document.