GM Nomadical gets "Lost and Forgotten" in PaizoCon 2025 (Inactive)

Game Master Nomadical

"This is the only teleportation circle I've seen," says Kaz, examining it for any clues as to its destination, "Unless someone noticed another one?"

How large is the building? I'm guessing we're more than 100 feet from the outside.

Zak waits for a moment just in case somebody has found another, then sighs and says "I'll go first.

"If it takes me someplace close, I'll be able to contact Kaz telepathically to tell him. If it teleports me someplace dangerous that's nearby, he can just call me back. If it hurts me, it'll hurt him too. If he suddenly dies for no reason don't follow me."

"I don't think that's likely."

Zak rolls his eyes. "If I thought it was likely, I wouldn't do it! And if takes me someplace too far away, it'll break my connection to Kaz and by extension this plane and I won't be able to physically exist. But he can just call me back again and I can tell you that." He then strides into the circle.

A few moments later...
On the off chance it's within 100 feet:
"He says it's fine," Kaz reports, "He's outside." Kaz follows.

If it's further:
"Oh, he dissipated. Hang on."

Zak once again reappears. "I think it's okay," he says, "I saw outside before I stopped existing. But I didn't have a chance to look around, so I'm not 100% it's outside here. Probably?"

"That'll have to do, then."

Betel goes through the ancient azlanti notes then notices the ceiling.

Oh wow! That is SO cool.

Meadow quickly grabs the box and its contents, stashes it in her backpack, and rushes into the circle. "Come on everyone. You heard the runelord. Pirates!" The ranger waves at the shadow as she leaves. "Thanks shadow lady."

"Screech!" Silence takes to the air and follows his friend.

Shayla shrugs and follows Meadow and Silence.

Betel gets in the circle, looking a bit reluctant to leave but resolving to return.

Zak and Kaz confirm that the teleportation circle works and takes you outside. Everyone else scrambles through and arrives on what would normally be a lovely tropical beach.

This sun has started to set by the time you leave the Azlanti facility, painting much of the beach a soft crimson. The Grinning Pixie is silhouetted upon the shimmering waves, and several rowboats litter the beach. Eras, Zinthyra, and several others sit hunched down beside the rowboats.

They’re surrounded by several other figures. Abruptly, thirty masked figures emerge, with sharp features and even sharper blades. They spread out between the crew and the rowboats.

“It’s a trap,” Eras hisses to you as you get your bearings. “These pirates give the Mordant Spire elves a bad name, using their cause as an excuse. I’m sorry, they caught us unaware and...”

The brigands hurry from the undergrowth and form into two groups of twenty, all wearing masks. They outnumber Eras’ crew almost two to one. From their group, one figure emerges wearing a half-face mask and decorative attire which signifies her position as captain.

She leaves her blade sheathed and stands at the head of the crew. In accented Common, she says, “Pathfinders! Under the most recent negotiations with your organization, all Azlanti relics within this region fall within our protectorate. If you wish to avoid an unfortunate diplomatic incident, I would put them nicely down on the ground and walk away”

“Don’t listen to her!” snaps Eras. “There’s no such agreement in place and the ‘diplomatic incident’ she speaks of is a ruse. They’re little more than brigands hoping to win standing among her fellows by stealing a wealth of relics. Pillagers and looters, nothing more.”

The captain sneers, turning her gaze away from him. “Let’s not mince words, then. Hand over your treasure.”

This does not have to go to combat. The scenario has instructions for how to resolve the encounter should you choose to Submit to the pirate’s demands OR to Negotiate with the Pirates instead of just going to combat, which is of course an option also. But there’s an opening here for a bit of parley and RP.

Betel discretely marks the position they arrived in, in case there's another teleportation circle buried there.

Shayla is not really one for negotiation but she waits...

That's not even a good story. If we had an agreement like that, wouldn't they be the ones breaking it to steal what we would be giving them anyway?

Yes, I know.

"We really don't have a wealth of relics. We might have with more time to figure out how to extract things properly, but we had to rush because... well, pirates were attacking. Do you see us carrying a load of treasure?"

Kaz holds up the wand. "We found this wand. Do you want this wand?"

A little nervous about trying to fight the pirates, Kaz is even less interested in surrendering to them.

The dwarf waits to know what Zinthyra says to this.

Meadow sighs. "Okay fine. Don't hurt us. This place was mostly cleaned out of anything truly valuable, but we did find this."

She reaches into her pack and pulls out a stick covered with bells. A few of the bells are noticeably missing. "We found this in some sort of time bubble that kept it from totally rotting away over the centuries. We think it's some a planar key of some sort. We didn't have a lot of time to examine it. You can have it. Just let us go."

deception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Hero point reroll
deception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

"Hmm, yes, thank you," the Captain nods to Kaz as one of her men moves to take the wand from him.

When Meadow offers the cat toy, the same pirate looks back to the Captain questioningly.

"Do you think we're idiots?" she asks Meadow angrily and rhetorically. "Now, give us ALL of the ACTUAL treasure, or suffer the consequences."

See Discussion before posting please. 

Shayla places her hand on an axe, just in case it gets nasty.

"Do you think we're idiots?"

"Oh yes ma'am," says Kaz politely with a vigorous nod, "I'm sure we all noticed that. You've made it quite clear."

He shrugs apologetically. "I suspect my compatriots are annoyed at me already for allowing you to take that much, and I've already told you there wasn't much else. There was a flooded library. All the books were ruined by water, except the one that was on fire. Things happen to ancient sites."

Deception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17 Unless I can convince you this is Diplomacy since it's mostly true-ish, in which case +4

"If you wanted to investigate, it seems like you had ample opportunity. If you waited to let us do it for you... are you sure you want to threaten us? It seems like you think we're more formidable then you are."

Well, it didn’t have to go to combat, but it certainly seemed like that was where it was headed as the two parties squared off against the other. Then Kaz opened his mouth and sealed the deal.

”Snarky little lizard,” the Captain snarls at Kaz’s comments. ”You overestimate yourselves, Pathfinders. We are Mordant Spire elves. We have been scouring the seas of your kind for hundreds of years, and now your bones will be left here to be picked clean by the crabs upon this beach. And you will be forgotten.”

She makes a gesture to her men who move to attack. Meanwhile, Eras and his crew have used the time that Meadow and Kaz bought them to slip their bonds, and they too move to engage the plunderers.

Round 1
Beachside Piracy
Conditions: none.
BOLD May Act

Meadow
Shayla
Kaz
Betel
Dran’Thul

Magenta Plunderer
Capt Fraez
Green Pirate
Red Pirate
Blue Pirate

Eras the Needle and Zinthyra

At the end of each round Eras and Zinthrya will do a Thing that affects the flow of the battle in your favor.

When Meadow offers the cat toy, the same pirate looks back to the Captain questioningly.

"Do you think we're idiots?" she asks Meadow angrily and rhetorically.

Unsure of the meaning of rhetorically, Meadow gives the pirate a sarcastic shrug. "Weeeellllll...If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck..." She gestures with her hand for the pirate to finish the sentence.

”Snarky little lizard,” the Captain snarls at Kaz’s comments. ”You overestimate yourselves, Pathfinders. We are Mordant Spire elves. We have been scouring the seas of your kind for hundreds of years, and now your bones will be left here to be picked clean by the crabs upon this beach. And you will be forgotten.”

She makes a gesture to her men who move to attack. Meanwhile, Eras and his crew have used the time that Meadow and Kaz bought them to slip their bonds, and they too move to engage the plunderers.

Meadow continues her taunting by placing her hands on either side of her head and pointing her index fingers in the air in a mockery of the pirate's elongated elven ears. "OOOooooohhhh lookit me! I'm a scary Modant Spire elf. Ha! So I've got an idea. How about you guys give us all of your stuff and we'll let you go. How's that sound? I'll give you some arrows while you consider it."

diplomacy, Bon Mot vs black: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

quick draw-shortbow vs black: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32
piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 8

precision: 1d8 ⇒ 3 extra damage on the first hit.

◆ hunt prey, ◆ Bon mot, ◆ quick draw

Bon Mot
quick draw
bow specialization

At a nudge from Meadow, Silence rises gracefully into the air.

◆ Fly

Silence is 30 feet up

What just happened?
You called her an idiot.
I was trying to keep the unpredictable violent person calm, so I politely agreed with whatever she said!
After she asked if you thought she was an idiot.
But she also said... oh. Oh my. ...well she IS.
Yeah.

"Is that supposed to get us to back off? 'We're going to keep killing until we're stopped'? You are dumb!"

Zak charges forward as Kaz falls back. He slices at the pirate that foolishly came closer, while Kaz attempts to cast a spell on the captain. "Oh, we can be quite frightening," he squeaks adorably.

◆ Tandem Movement. Both Stride. Both provoke RS from Green if applicable (Zak does first).
◆◆ Act Together.
> Kaz casts vision of death on the captain, DC 23 Will save.
> Zak Strikes Green Wing: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 for slashing damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 6) + 5 = 14 plus deadly damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6 if that's a crit
↺ Whichever is triggered first, Cringe if Kaz is hit by a crit or Ally's Shelter if he has to make a save and an adjacent ally has a better bonus for that save

Betel had been trying to stay quiet and inconspicuous all this time. Bullies. They're just big bullies. Just like the ones at school. And, I bet they were going to fight anyway.

She steps behind Meadow and throws an Elemental Toss at Green
sa: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31 bludgeoning: 4d8 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 6) = 11

and since that's only one action, she draws her trident.

And what's so great about a Mordent Spire Elf anyway?

Shayla points at the elf with bright pink hair. Needles shoot towards him/her.

Needle Darts, 60' range, OG: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 for Piercing Damage: 6d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1) = 13 Critical Hit: Double Damage + 4 persistent bleed

Shayla then ducks behind her comrades, waiting for the baddies to come closer.

◈◈ Needle Darts
◈ Step

The pirate Captain looks at Meadow with dead eyes. ”Half-blood, your antics shame your human parent while the elf already cannot be shamed more than for their disgustingly egregious coupling.”
Meadow, that’s a Crit Fail on the Bon Mot. If you choose to keep the roll, you suffer the penalty instead.

Kaz is a bit confused about how all this is his fault. But once he gets it, he calls forth the Captain’s greatest fear. Whatever it is that she saw, you are certain you don’t want to experience it yourselves as the color drains from her face and she turns her eyes away from the battlefield.

Will DC 23: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17
Mental Damage : 8d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 6, 2, 6, 3, 4) = 29
Note that although the spell says Frightened 4 on that Crit Fail, she has Bravery so is merely Frightened 3.

Zak follows up with a critically effective wing slash and Betel’s elemental blast (which is also Critically effective) hurts the pirate in the Green bandanna pretty badly. Shayla however, targets the Sergeant sporting her freshly redone bright pink/purple/Magenta dye job, but the needles all miss.

Round 1
Beachside Piracy
Conditions: none.
BOLD May Act

Meadow (Bon Moe’d: -2 Perc and Will)
Shayla
Kaz
Betel
Dran’Thul

Magenta Sergeant (21 < AC)
Capt Fraez (Black) (-69, Hunted, Frightened 3, Fleeing)
Green Pirate (-56, Bloodied, AC <= 21)
Red Pirate
Blue Pirate

Eras the Needle and Zinthyra

At the end of each round Eras and Zinthrya will do a Thing that affects the flow of the battle in your favor.

The dwarf enters Tiger stance and moves towards the green one to make a flurry of blows on this one.

Tiger claw 1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 5) + 4 + 2 = 12

Tiger claw 2: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 8) + 4 + 2 = 18

Crit = 1d4 bleed

Dran’Thul moves over to help Zak and punches the pirate into next week.

The Sergeant with the Magenta hair sees the Captain about to bolt, but doubts she can do anything about it. Instead she decides to focus on the one that messed with their Captain’s mind - the finger-waving snarky kobold. She issues an order to the one in the bright Blue shirt before moving in and stabbing Kaz with her pike.

Pike Strike at Kaz: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
Damage, P: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

The Captain begins to cry, then to wail, then turns and dashes off into the jungle. Her screams fade from your ears the further she runs, unable to outpace whatever Kaz put into her head.

Red Boots moves like she’s on a mission, covering an unusual amount of ground and coming to a stop in front of Meadow. But she turns her attention to flanking the snarky lizard. Her pike flashes out and misses, then she follows up with a fist.

Pike Strike vs Kaz, OG: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
Damage, P: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Fist Strike Kaz, OG, MAP: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 16 - 4 = 19
Damage, P: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Meanwhile Blue moves to take out the half-elf. He strikes first with his pike then again with his fist in what is clearly a well-practiced maneuver by these pirates.

Pike Strike vs Meadow: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
Damage, P: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Fist Strike Meadow, No MAP: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29
Damage, P: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Blue seems extra motivated to take on Meadow and smiles as both his pike and fist connect with the half-elf.

Eras: 1d20 ⇒ 13
In the heat of battle, Eras gives a battle cry and orders all crew with ranged weapons to target N to S: 1d3 ⇒ 2. The volley distracts Red Boots leaving her off-guard for now.

Round 2
Map: Beachside Piracy
Conditions: none.
BOLD May Act

Meadow (-23, Bon Moe’d: -2 Perc and Will)
Shayla
Kaz
Betel
Dran’Thul

Magenta Sergeant (21 < AC)
Capt Fraez (Black) (-69, Hunted, Frightened 2, Fleeing)
Green Pirate (Dead. AC <= 21)
Red Pirate (Off-guard)
Blue Pirate

Eras the Needle and Zinthyra

At the end of each round Eras and Zinthrya will do a Thing that affects the flow of the battle in your favor.

Betel is a bit surprised at the Captain's reaction WUSS! she yells.

She then takes a step back from Blue And leave my friend alone you big bullies she exclaims before hitting Blue with a Frostbite in the face.

cold: 5d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 3, 1) = 12 basic fort DC 15

Shayla attempts to shoot between the sergeant's legs and end up in a flank with Kaz (I think that's Kaz).

Acrobatics(E) vs Reflex DC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Acrobatics(E) vs Reflex DC, HP, Vestments: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 1 = 25

Heroic Intervention: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1) = 8
All allies w/in 30' get 8 hp back

She then pulls out her shortsword and main gauche and stabs Magenta in turn.

+1 Striking Main Gauche, OG: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36 for Piercing Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7 plus Sneak: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11
Critical Hit: Double Damage + Crit Specialization(OG only)

+1 Striking Wounding Shortsword, MAP, Agile, OG: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 for Piercing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 = 14 plus Sneak: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7 plus 1d6 Persistent Bleed

◈ Tumble Through
◈◈ Stab x2 (Quick Draw)
↺ Nimble Dodge

If the tumble through didn't work, then disregard the sneak damage and the Crit specializations for both weapons

The pirate Captain looks at Meadow with dead eyes. ”Half-blood, your antics shame your human parent while the elf already cannot be shamed more than for their disgustingly egregious coupling.”

Meadow's eyes fill with tears as the pirate captain's words hit home. "I...You ...I'm not..." She finds herself unable to come up with a retort before the captain flees the scene. Frustrated, she turns to the pirate with the red bandana. "And you can shut up, big nose. Silence! Get him! Make him bleed!"

◆ Hunt prey, ◆ Command an Animal

"Screech!" Silence issues a piercing battlecry and dives down to assualt one of the pirates.

◆ fly, ◆ support

Bird Companion

Silence is now at ground level

Hunted Shot-shortbow vs red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31
piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 6

Hunted Shot-shortbow vs red: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (5) + 15 - 5 = 15
piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 6

precision: 1d8 ⇒ 4 extra damage on the first hit.

◆ Hunted Shot

Bow Specialization

"Oh my! I've never used that spell before. It seems very effective." Kaz looks at the pirates flanking him. [b]"No thank you, though."[b] As Zak moves in to attack, Kaz scoots away.

He focuses on empowering the sprite as he strikes with his wings. He also throws a punch--at least, Kaz thinks that's what he was trying to do.

◇ Kaz casts extend boost Nature: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 Failure: no effect but Kaz retains his focus point
◆ Tandem Movement. Zak Strides, provoking RS from Magenta if applicable. Kaz Strikes, provoking RS from Magenta and Red if applicable.
◆ Act Together.
> Kaz casts boost eidolon
> Zak Strikes Magenta (flanking) Wing: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31 for slashing damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5) + 9 = 18; if crit add deadly damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2
◆ Zak Strikes Magenta (flanking) Fist: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 16 - 4 = 13 for bludgeoning damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (5, 3) + 9 = 17

The dwarf makes a flurry of blows on the magenta one.

Tiger claw 1, vs flanked: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 + 2 = 15

Tiger claw 2, vs flanked: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8, 8) + 4 + 2 = 22

And he strikes again.

Tiger claw 3, vs flanked: 1d20 + 16 - 8 ⇒ (12) + 16 - 8 = 20

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6) + 4 + 2 = 13

And he casts Shield.

Betel sends a ray of icy water at Blue
Fort DC 15: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Shayla stumbles as she tries to shimmy through the Sergeant’s legs and falls back to where she started. Her heroic effort inspires Meadow who seems a bit less injured now. The Sergeant with the Magenta hair doesn’t React except to scoff at the little lady's attempt.
No Reactive Strike taken on that Failure. No Sneak Attack damage and no Crit Spec effect since not Flanking. First Strike is a Crit, second is not. Nice use of Heroic Recovery Boon; I never see those Heroic Boons get used.

Both strikes bite flesh, though, and the magic in the shortsword leaves the Sergeant bleeding.

Meadow chokes back her tears and focuses her frustration on Red. Silence moves in and pecks at the pirate while Meadow puts one arrow straight through the fancy Red Boots. The arrow gets lodged into a piece of driftwood that the pirate was standing on, pinning her in place!

Zak and Dran’Thul team up on the Sergeant putting her down in the sand. Kaz helps! (Not.)

@Dran’Thul: You put Magenta down on the first Flurry hit, so you have the second action (that was Tiger Claw 3 Strike) to do something else with. I’ll assume you still cast shield, though.

Red Shoes looks down at her now ruined boots and angrily tells Blue to do something.

Blue follows orders and swings into the flank on Meadow. He doesn’t seem too concerned about putting himself into the flank between Shayla the Stumbler and Betel. He then tries to give Meadow the one-two pirate punch.

Pike Strike vs Meadow, OG, Commanded: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 14 + 2 = 20
Damage, P: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Fist Strike at Meadow, OG, MAP: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 16 - 4 = 16
Damage, P: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

In spite of his incompetence, Blue does provide an opportunity for Red to poke Meadow. She shakes the blood from her eyes, stabs Meadow with her pike, but can’t staunch the flow for now.

Dazzled: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Pike Strike vs Meadow, OG: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
Damage, P: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Red Bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Red Recovery: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Zinthrya casts a spell that kicks a handful of sand into Blue’s face.

Round 3
Map: Beachside Piracy
Conditions: none.
BOLD May Act

Meadow (-27, Bon Moe’d: -2 Perc and Will)
Shayla
Kaz
Betel
Dran’Thul (1 action remaining, shield)

Magenta Sergeant (Dead)
Capt Fraez (Black) (-69, Frightened 2, Fleeing)
Red Pirate (-24, d4 Bleed, Dazzled, Immobilized, AC <= 21)
Blue Pirate (-6, Dazzled)

Eras the Needle and Zinthyra

Except the step I don't know what to do with the remaining last action from previous turn

The dwarf steps and makes a flurry of blows on the blue one.

Tiger claw 1, vs flanked: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 + 2 = 12

Tiger claw 2, vs flanked: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

Damage: 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 4 + 2 = 13

Then he casts Shield.

What an idiot. I got my trident out and he's four way flanked. So ...

Betel goes stabitty stab stab with her trident against Blue
trident: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 piercing: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (7, 1) + 1 = 9
trident: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 piercing: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (2, 8) + 1 = 11
trident: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (5) + 0 = 5 piercing: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (5, 7) + 1 = 13

Dran’Thul and Betel gang up on the idiot that stepped into the scrum of Pathfinders. They punch, slash and tear into him, but he’s still standing - barely.

Round 3
Map: Beachside Piracy
Conditions: none.
BOLD May Act

Meadow (-27, Bon Moe’d: -2 Perc and Will)
Shayla
Kaz
Betel
Dran’Thul (shield)

Magenta Sergeant (Dead)
Capt Fraez (Black) (-69, Frightened 2, Fleeing)
Red Pirate (-24, d4 Bleed, Dazzled, Immobilized, AC <= 21)
Blue Pirate (1 hp remaining, Dazzled)

Eras the Needle and Zinthyra

This is going well! Kaz stays back where he is, focusing on supporting Zak as he moves up to attack again.

◇ Kaz casts extend boost Nature: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 Success. The boost eidolon spell Kaz casts with his next action lasts three rounds
◆ Kaz casts boost eidolon
◆ Act Together. Zak Strides. Kaz casts protect companion
◆ Zak Strikes Blue Wing: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25 for slashing damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 4) + 9 = 16. On crit, double and add deadly damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

"Ha! We have them now. Finish him off Silence."

◆ Command an Animal

Silence continues to press his assault on the beleaguered pirate.

jaws vs red, OG: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
damage, piercing: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5) + 3 = 13

talon vs red, OG: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 4 = 19
damage, slashing: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3) + 3 = 7

precision: 1d8 ⇒ 1 extra damage on the first hit.

◆ strike, ◆ strike

"Ha! How do you like a faceful of owl, you big dummy?"

diplomacy, Bon Mot vs Red: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

"Big dummy? That's the best you can do, Meadow?"

Annoyed that she's still not at the top of her insult game, Meadow fires a brace of arrows at the impaled pirate.

Hunted Shot-shortbow: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32
piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Hunted Shot-shortbow: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 15 - 5 = 11
piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 8

precision: 1d8 ⇒ 8 extra damage on the first hit.

"Take that potty-mouth."

The ranger shakes her head at the lameness of her retort.

◆ Bon Mot, ◆ Hunted Shot

Kaz and Zak work together - almost like they’re one being - and put Blue out.

Likewise, Meadow and Silence do their well-practiced team-up to drop Red, her boot still stuck to the driftwood beneath her.

Combat Over

Meanwhile, Eras and Zinthrya and the rest of the crew of the Grinning Pixie mop up the remaining Mordant Spire pirates. Shortly after the fighting ends, the pirate Captain bursts out of the jungle. Her hair is in tangles, her hat is missing, and streaks of tears run across her face from the eyes hidden behind the mask.

”Avast and to me…” she begins to call out before recognizing the situation. She slowly turns to the snarky lizard and the half-elf abomination. She stares hard at the Pathfinders before turning to her peer, Captain Eras the Needle. ”I see you’ve bested my sailors. Very well. I request to be allowed to return to my ship with my remaining crew. You would not be able to man two ships, and sailing mine through these waters without me would be hazardous if you were to encounter others of the Spire.”

Eras surveys the damage that his own crew has taken in the mass melee and stoically agrees. ”I cannot condone your actions, but trying to man two ships with you and your crew in a brig would indeed be dangerous. You will remain on the beach until my standard is out of sight over the horizon. Failure to comply will result in cannon and magical bombardment. And you will vow not to attack Pathfinder ships within sight of this island.”

Your opponent agrees to the terms and Eras directs his crew and you to make for the Pixie.

Riding in the tender on the way back, Zinthyra congratulates you for your help. “I know I jested with you that you were only worthy of carrying my shovels but, in truth, I was genuinely impressed with your work. The brigands back there have no idea about the key. It’s going to be so much fun seeing what’s behind that door, isn’t it? Tell me you’ll come along when we open up the seal and discover what other secrets Lesolethe hid away!”

Fini

But feel free to RP your way out.

The dwarf addresses himself to the pirate's chief.

We told you not to fight. We told you. But didn't listen. They never listen. Even if we tell them every time.

Oh yes please Venture Captain ma'am ... I'd love to.

Meadow retrieves the wand from the dead pirate and glares at the pirate captain. "I...You..." Unable to properly articulate her thoughts, she sulks.

Silence makes an unpleasant hissing sound and takes to the air. Moments later a smelly white splotch appears on the captain's coat. The owl lets loose a loud "Screech!" and returns to land at Meadow's side.

The young ranger's face lights up as she realizes what her friend just did. She gives the owl a big hug, sticks her tongue out at the pirate captain and turns to walk back to the Grinning Pixie.

"Hmph. We could put her in the brig and leave her ship here."

"I'm not really comfortable leaving her to attack non-Pathfinder ships either," Kaz agrees quietly, but doesn't argue with the venture-captain, "Although really, they didn't actually seem all that dangerous."
He remembers that she defeated the venture-captains, and apparently quite quickly and easily. He hopes they didn't overhear that. "Wait... is she weak or are we that strong? I suppose I have been learning more powerful spells...

"Oh no! Oh dear, is Silence sick? Oh my, I'm afraid I don't have a spell for curing illness."