◇) Quick Tempered to Rage
◆) Step
◆◆) Conductive Weapon(Klank's warhammer has Shock ((+1d6 electricity on hit; CS > arcs vs two more foes w/in 10 feet of target)))
~) Drained 1
"Final wave”
Getting into position, Joli empowers his ally’s implement again with unstable electric static
Klank nods in thanks to Joli before moving up to his previous position, drawing his hammer and shield and raising his shield. "The door is beyond us, but let it be known you are not the first to try crossing our path." He gestures with his hammer to the pile of dead Aspis nearby.
AC27. Will use the first reaction to trigger. Shield block or AOO.
Crushing: Item 3+: Uncommon/Magical/Necromancy: Source Grand Bazaar pg. 42. Usage etched onto a bludgeoning weapon. Weapons with this rune empower your strength, and attacks with these weapons leave your foe staggered. When you critically hit a target with this weapon, your target becomes clumsy 1 and enfeebled 1 until the end of your next turn.
Hammer: The target is knocked prone, Fort DC22.
Shock: Shock arcs to up to 2 additional targets of my choice within 10' of original target and they take the result of the d12, so 6 in this case.
I added in shock damage as d12 assuming metal armor. If not then let me know and its just 1d6.
As the team prepares themselves, Shayla decides to quickly nail one of the Blue shirted attackers. Nails her White scarf and adds some blood to it.
"That was- a lucky shot! We won't make the mistakes those older agents made, they got complacent!"
Round 1
Henri
Evindal (Battle Medicine Immune)
Kernal Klank (9 Temp HP, Shield Raised, Shock Warhammer +1d6 electricity on hit; CS > arcs vs two more foes w/in 10 feet of target)
Mrs. Perkins
Shayla (6 damage)
Joli (1 damage, 9 Temp HP, RAGE, Drained 1, Guidance Immune)
Red Shirts
Blue Shirt White (16 damage)
Blue Shirt Black (16 damage)
Male Elf (ancient elf) Alchemist 5 (Investigator Dedication) | HP 56/56 | AC 23 (25 w/Shield raised) | F +11 R +13 W +8 | Perc +8 (low light vision) | Stealth +11 | Exploration Mode (default): Investigate | 2 Mantles Given to: Jolinaxus & Kernel Klank| Class DC (lvl 5): 21 | speed 35'| Hero 2 | Reagents 0/8 | Vials 5/6 | Active Conditions: Resist Cold/Electricity | ◆ | ◆◆ | ◆◆◆ | ◇ ◈ | ↺ |
◇ Devise a Stratagem vs Red (black X):1d20 ⇒ 18
◆ Quickbomb Moderate Skunk Bomb vs Red (black X), 3rd range increment: to hit is 18+12-4=26 Poison dmg:2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 + 4 Poison splash
Red (slash) and Blue (black X) and Blue (white X) each take 4 Poison splash All four need to make a DC 21 Fort save (those in the splash treat their result as one step better)
Skunk Bomb wrote:
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is sickened 1.
Failure The target is sickened 1 and slowed 1 while sickened.
Critical Failure The target is blinded for 1 round, sickened 2, and slowed 1 while sickened.
◆ Quickbomb Quick vial vs Red (black X), 3rd range increment, MAP:1d20 + 12 - 4 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 12 - 4 - 5 = 5
on a hit:Acid dmg:2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6 + 4 Acid splash & Red (slash) and Blue (black X) and Blue (white X) each take 4 Acid splash on a miss (but not a crit miss): Red (black X) takes 5 Acid splash
◆ Quickbomb Quick vial vs Red (black X), 3rd range increment, MAP:1d20 + 12 - 4 - 10 ⇒ (5) + 12 - 4 - 10 = 3 on a hit:Acid dmg:2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10 + 4 Acid splash & Red (slash) and Blue (black X) and Blue (white X) each take 4 Acid splash on a miss (but not a crit miss): Red (black X) takes 5 Acid splash
Evindal hurls a bomb. "Hey, what's that?" Seems to be his target's reaction. It explodes, and Evindal can tell all of his targets are sick. The Red Shirt with Black bandoliers got the worst of it and seems slower than before.
Mrs. Perkins delays.
"Whatever! Charge!" The Aspis agents yell and run haphazardly.
Well, not the sick guy, he spends his energy getting over it.
One of the Red Shirts charges ahead in her shiny White boots. She readies a dagger for Joli.
Dagger:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
The other Red Shirt spends his efforts moving right up to Kernal Klank. "The future is now, old man! We're takin' over from the old guard. They got nothing on us!"
The Blue Shirted foes run into position, trying to scoot around the frontline.
Round 2 Henri Evindal (Battle Medicine Immune)
Kernal Klank (9 Temp HP, Shield Raised, Shock Warhammer +1d6 electricity on hit; CS > arcs vs two more foes w/in 10 feet of target)
Mrs. Perkins Shayla (6 damage)
Joli (1 damage, 9 Temp HP, RAGE, Drained 1, Guidance Immune)
Red Shirt Black bandolier (10 damage)
Red Shirt White boots
Red Shirt Yellow gloves
Blue Shirt White scarf (20 damage, Sickened 1)
Blue Shirt Black (20 damage, Sickened 1)
"Their spots are very much open at this point." Klank disregards the 'old' comment, knowing humans never really make it past their teenage years. He raises his shield and lets his warhammer continue the conversation with red and yellow.
Male Elf (ancient elf) Alchemist 5 (Investigator Dedication) | HP 56/56 | AC 23 (25 w/Shield raised) | F +11 R +13 W +8 | Perc +8 (low light vision) | Stealth +11 | Exploration Mode (default): Investigate | 2 Mantles Given to: Jolinaxus & Kernel Klank| Class DC (lvl 5): 21 | speed 35'| Hero 2 | Reagents 0/8 | Vials 5/6 | Active Conditions: Resist Cold/Electricity | ◆ | ◆◆ | ◆◆◆ | ◇ ◈ | ↺ |
GM, were all four targets of the skunk bomb sickened? If so, they don't become well again until they spend an action retching AND make a DC 21 Fort save. The benefit to not being the main target (i.e. those who only took splash dmg) only applies to the initial save (i.e. their result is one stage higher than whatever they rolled) but if they are sickened as a result of that they still need to spend an action to retch. Even if Red with the Black X successfully got rid of his sickened with a retch action, he should have still been slowed for at least that one round, leaving only one action to advance? (Skunk bombs are awesome, especially when the foes cluster together! :-) )
◇ Devise a Stratagem vs Red (black X):1d20 ⇒ 1
Evindal decides to aim at Red (yellow? slash) instead.
Quickbomb Moderate Bottled Lightning vs Red (yellow? slash):1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28 Elec dmg:2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9+ 4 Elec splash + Red (yellow? slash) is off-guard (to all) until the start of Evindal's next turn. Red (black x) and Klank each take 4 Elec splash (Klank's mantle reduces this by 3 to 1 dmg)
Quickbomb quick vial vs Red (yellow? slash)'s off guard AC, MAP:1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 12 - 5 = 22 On a hit: Red (yellow? slash) takes Acid dmg:2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2 + 4 Acid splash AND Red (black x) and Klank each take 4 Acid splash (Klank's mantle reduces this by 3 to 1 dmg) On a miss: Red (yellow? slash) takes 5 Acid splash.
Quickbomb quick vial vs Red (yellow? slash)'s off guard AC, MAP:1d20 + 12 - 10 ⇒ (9) + 12 - 10 = 11 On a hit: Red (yellow? slash) takesAcid dmg:2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7+ 4 Acid splash AND Red (black x) and Klank each take 4 Acid splash (Klank's mantle reduces this by 3 to 1 dmg) On a miss: Red (yellow? slash) takes 5 Acid splash.
Evindal: I miscounted and thought only 3 of them were caught in the blast, and I applied the Slow + Sickened condition to Red White. They failed their first Retch action and spent the second action Retching again to remove the effects, so they didn't move. I forgot to apply the Sickened condition to your other targets. I forgot to make a Fort Save for your last target, I'll do that now. EDIT: It upgrades 1 step to a critical success.[/spoiler]
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
[ooc]Kernel Klank: I will add the shock damage now.
Mrs. Perkins's needles fly overhead.
Evindal readjusts his aim. The Red shirt's bravado backfires as the skunk smell leaves him vulnerable to a critical hit that knocks him right off his feet. He isn't getting up after that.
Evindal readjusts his target to hit the other frontliner. The first attack is a direct hit while the follow up catches them in the splash.
Round 2 Henri
Evindal (Battle Medicine Immune)
Kernal Klank (8 Temp HP, Shield Raised, Shock Warhammer +1d6 electricity on hit; CS > arcs vs two more foes w/in 10 feet of target)
Mrs. Perkins (Shield)
Shayla (6 damage)
Joli (1 damage, 9 Temp HP, RAGE, Drained 1, Guidance Immune)
Red Shirt Black bandolier (21 damage, Sickened 1)
Red Shirt White boots (4 damage)
Blue Shirt Black (20 damage, Sickened 1)
Klank calmly directs the falling agent to die on the growing pile of Aspis next to him "Keep the travel lanes clear, I'm sure there will be more eager agents such as yourselves applying for openings soon."
Venture-Captain Luna Aldred pants after the exertion of the fight. As she catches her breath, she smiles confidently, her fangs gleaming in the light of her wayfinder.
Her gaze lingers on what can only be the legendary lost city of Raseri Kanton. It looks like the dwarves that lived there merely stepped away for a minute, rather than fled centuries prior. A great temple to Torag stands just past the entrance, and the rest of the city unfolds past it.
“I think we’ve done enough for now,” she says with a chuckle as she moves the unconscious body of an Aspis agent aside. “We need to finish securing the site and ensure there are no more snakes lurking around. As much as I want to start documenting Raseri Kanton, it will have to wait for another day. For now, let us rest and celebrate our victory!”
I’d like to extend a giant thank you to all the GMs that ran this year’s Special, and all the players that came out to vanquish the dastardly Aspis Consortium. I hope everyone had fun and will make running and playing in our mutli-table specials a regular tradition. Thank you all!
Male Elf (ancient elf) Alchemist 5 (Investigator Dedication) | HP 56/56 | AC 23 (25 w/Shield raised) | F +11 R +13 W +8 | Perc +8 (low light vision) | Stealth +11 | Exploration Mode (default): Investigate | 2 Mantles Given to: Jolinaxus & Kernel Klank| Class DC (lvl 5): 21 | speed 35'| Hero 2 | Reagents 0/8 | Vials 5/6 | Active Conditions: Resist Cold/Electricity | ◆ | ◆◆ | ◆◆◆ | ◇ ◈ | ↺ |
No worries, GM - there's a lot to keep track of! And thanks so much for running this - I had a blast. This was my first time playing Evindal since the remaster rules came out and wow he is so much more fun to play now. They really did a good job with the remastered alchemist.
The surviving Aspis agents drop their weapons as the mass of Pathfinders come to protect the gate. "Mmmmmmaybe I don't need a promotion." One of the agents looks at the pile of defeated allies and wisely raises her hands in surrender.
"A smart first step to a longer career. May I suggest an honest profession, like smithing. Or smelting. Or maybe mining?" Klank puts his electrically charged hammer away but keeps his shield in hand just in case as he helps round up the remaining agents that haven't fled or fallen.
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Back at base camp Klank returns Evindal's mantle "That works pretty well, could have a bit thicker cloth but it definitely stops the light stuff." Once equipment returned and gear maintenance completed Klank turns his sights to food, drink, and a festive mood. "Who wants to challenge me to an eating challenge?" He eyes up a pile of roasted grouse on a nearby table.
