[GD14] PF2e - 07-02: Shipyard Sabotage (P1) (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

Chip goes up and smashes Blue’s tail, hoping to convince them that it is nap time.

Two action weapon infusion
Hammer, reach, NL: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 - 2 = 23 Weapon infusion
Non-lethal Bludgeoning damage, two-action: 1d8 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 4 = 10

Irina moves to some flaming debris and attempts to beat it out with her cloak. While doing this she spots a trio of young women rounding a corner, apparently curious about the commotion and unaware of the danger. Irina curses and calls to her rat friends.

athletics, save the shipyard: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

"Squeeeek, squeek squeeeeeek. Squeek."

diplomacy, save the shipyard: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

◆ Stride, ◆ save the shipyard, ◆ save the shipyard

Ebren figures this opposing crew has been battered enough.

Well, have you seen enough?

◆◆ Appeal to surrender BLUE (Deception): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10
◆ cast shield

Chip raps Blue and puts it to sleep. Irina convinces her rat friends to help out in saving the shipyard. Ebren tries to convince Yellow but he replies

"Blub! Burble burble blub blub!"

However, seeing that he's the only one left, he decides that discretion is the better part of valor and surrenders.

He's got all of 9 hp left. He's not surviving another round with you lot!

COMBAT OVER

You can take 10 minutes after the battle to interrogate the prisoners and heal your wounds.
* DC 17 Deception/Diplomacy/Interrogation to make the pirates more amenable to answering questions.

Kitsch sees Schek is the most injured and gleefully stabs him with a potion-loaded dart.

Healing: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 2) + 5 = 13

Given that you're mostly healed, we can hand wave healing since a typical treat wounds will probably get you back up. Anyone with an aeon stone is likely to be fine after 10 minutes

You line up the prisoners, who all glare at you sullenly...

So now's your chance to play good cop / bad cop

Olad is overjoyed that you managed to save his shipyard! His workers share his enthusiasm and promise to help you in any way they can.

Alright then "matey's." I don't think you get many chances like this and you won't get many more. What do you think about answering some questions. Honestly.

DC17 Deception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

It seems he still isn't very convincing right now.

Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be a negative consequence to a Crit fail (though the author can correct me!)

Chip offers everyone a nut, even the goblins. For the gorillas, he offers some fruit.
2d4+6 HP healing, can only use once every 10 minutes. It takes one action for him to summon it, so there is no problem giving everyone some healing.
They surrendered, no reason not to heal the captives as well.

He watches from the side, silently miming whatever the others say as they talk. It tends to be a rather humorous interpretation. It includes a lot of wild gesturing and a few pratfalls.

Perform, Make an Impression: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 = 26 At least they will think the deadly risuchō is cute….

Not having an aeon stone, Captain Kortos also eats a nut to fix her injuries. She turns to the pirates. "So, would you like to tell us what's going on? Why are you attacking the shipyard?"

Captain Kortos's Diplomacy (T): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Captain Kortos's Hero Point + Vestments: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 1 = 20

The big floaty brain descends gently to the docks and moves over to stand float alongside the others. "You will note that we took pains not to kill you in this fight - a concession you did not make toward us in return," they speak aloud as they use spindly arms to tug the fan bolt out of their butt. Third looks at it closely as a article of interest before dropping it to the ground. "And now again, my friends are asking nicely. Let us all hope that they do not ask me to resort to harsher and more mentally intrusive methods of interrogation."

To illustrate the point, Third turns in the air to target a rat running across the deck. The turning isn't strictly necessary, but it helps simpler minds understand what's happening. With a non-lethal mind blast, the rat slumps to the ground. Third returns their attention to the group of pirates while assuring Irina over a private telepathic channel that the rat is merely asleep.

Intimidation: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

I suppose it could be Deception, but Third's not Trained in Deception, and they could absolutely use Fear and Daze. So we'll be Bad Cop.

Third's pearly white aeon stone takes care of the 1 hp they're down.

Intimidation: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

"You all better explain or else..." Schek brandishes his weapon in front of the captives.

Irina concentrates on interrogating the gorillas.

"Oooook oook ooook ooook. Ooook oook ookookoook."

diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

I'm surprised Irina didn't give Third a piece of her mind :)

The gorilla's eyes light up as Irina starts talking (or oooking) to them.

"Oook-ook-oooook-oook-oook!"

In fact, once they start talking, they don't stop and give info freely. One of the pirates speaks up "We're the crew of the Clawhold, the finest pirate vessel to ever sail the sea! If you talk to our captain, you can tell her that we're being treated well. She'll demand proof. Tell her that her favorite gorilla is the new baby we named Flotsam. We can't feed him enough muskmelons! Nobody but crew knows that!"

"What else do you wanna know?"

“Muskmelon?” Chip says with a curious look on his face.

He goes over to one of the gorillas and creates a muskmelon for it. As he is giving the muskmelon to the gorilla, he says “We will need a description of this captain, and his name.”

"His?!" the goblin says indignantly. "Our captain is Lady Longboat herself! Captain Conziva!" The pirate swells with pride, "She welcomes all kinds. Monsters. Goblins. Fish folk. Why, she would even take you, I think." The pirate gazes meaningfully at the most unusual PCs. "Heck, she even let us keep the gorillas. Best Captain on the sea, she is!"

The pirate gesture vaguely at the Shipyard district all around them, where the sounds of distant pirate combat can still be heard. "She's somewhere around here. Our Lady Longboat leads from the front."

Did they mean me or Third with that?

Chip is briefly puzzled by something, looking around the group. Then he evidently dismisses the thought and says “So could we get a description of her? This is a shipyard, there are a lot of captains here! We even have one ourselves.” He gestures towards Captain Kortos.

Maybe it was Captain Kortos they meant? Nah, she isn’t that unusual.

Even someone as unusual - at least on this planet - as me, I wonder? Perhaps we shall see when we meet her.

"Very well, but why is she - and you by extension as her crew - attacking the shipyard?"

"We're here to cause mayhem in the shipyard. They paid us to hassle Andoran's sea trade, but then the Captain had the thought, ‘what would be a bigger hassle than this place losing all their shiny new ships?'"

When asked for a description, the pirates seem at a loss. "She has horns..." was all one of them can say...

Horns?

“Is she a minotaur or some sort of oni?”

Shiny new ships... hrm. Did you talk with sales before you started the mayhem? You might've started at the wrong docks.

Internally Ebren is amused at the pirate's perception of their targets.

Oni, no. I suspect a demonic or internal nephilim.

What does she look like?

"Well, she's a longshanks like you. She's got horns, but not as big as that." the pirate points to Captain Kortos. "Lady Longboat is smaller than the horse-lady. But bigger than the mouse-thing (referring to Chip)"

"Is not mouse-thing. Is squirrel-rabbit."

"A humanoid, of medium stature, with horns. There are many possibilities, but playing a guessing game is needless when we can just go find her. If there is nothing further to be learned here," Third pauses with a pointed look to the captives before continuing, "then let us move on and locate Captain Conziva."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Captain Kortos is so agitated that she paces back and forth over the dock area, trying to settle her thoughts. "You said 'they paid us'. Alright, who is 'they?' Who paid you?"

Schek Nek rolls his eyes and brandishes his weapon at the pirate.

"Oh, come on! Enough talking. Point us toward the longshanks with the small horns! She'll pay for the damages here."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Captain Kortos is so agitated that she paces back and forth over the dock area, trying to settle her thoughts. "You said 'they paid us'. Alright, who is 'they?' Who paid you?"

The pirate snorts, as if the question was beneath them. "Who else? Cheliax! The first time they came 'round, the Captain told them to go to Hell. And after what they did to her, who can blame her? But then they promised to give us all a home and to let her see her family, so she had to do it."

Schek Nek rolls his eyes and brandishes his weapon at the pirate.

"Oh, come on! Enough talking. Point us toward the longshanks with the small horns! She'll pay for the damages here."

"No she ain't. But she's around here somewhere!"

You continue to interrogate the pirates but suddenly you hear more intruders coming in.

In the aftermath of the fight, tools and lumber are scattered everywhere, and for a few minutes, the shipyard is quiet enough that the most prominent sound is the crash of waves against Augustana's rocky shore. Then in the distance, pirates can be heard shouting to one another.

"Where's that shipwright? He's got to be worth a fat ransom!" a woman's voice calls. "And wasn't he with customers earlier? Let's collect them and pick them clean! Yarr!"

Nairaba ducks down behind a dropped crate. "This spot's too open and hard to secure," he says softly, lowering his voice to avoid attracting pirate attention.

Olad nods and turns to Nairaba and Kitsch with a determined look in his eye. "With all these pirates about, there's not a safer place in the city than the Arsenal District. With all the naval officers and bankers who've settled there, security is good. I've got a house large enough to put us all up, if you can get us there."

"Sounds good to me," Kitsch says as she pulls a clockwork bird out of her spacious pouch. She winds it up and sends the bird flying off with a handwritten note. "Now Brackett will know where to find us."

WELCOME TO THE CHASE SUBSYSTEM

* You must try to get Olad, Kitsch and Nairaba to safety. There are obstacles that stand in your way.
* You overcome obstacles by earning Obstacle Points (OP) with skill checks.
* CS/S/F/CF: +2/+1/0/-1
* Creative Solutions may get bonuses.
* Because you successfully saved the shipyard, the workers run with you and help you in any way they can. This translates into a +1 bonus to all your skill checks.

As you start to run through Augustana's Shipyard district, a tall dromaar pirate points them out. "Ha! There they be! Those beancounters are worth a pirate's ransom!" As she yells, she draws the attention of a loud and raucous crowd of pirates that had been scattered throughout the extended dock area. The pirates roar, preparing to swarm the shipyard once again.

"We're in a shipyard!" Olad shouts. "There's ample lumber, sailcloth and rope. Help me build barriers to slow them down!"

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 1
Special Condition: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Obstacle: BARRICADES

Skills:
DC 15 Crafting/Thievery to set up simple traps
DC 15 Athletics to push crates into place
DC 19 to intimidate others to do the hard labor for them.
Any Snare == Crit Success

Successes: 0/4
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Those with ** may go

**Captain Kortos
**Chip
**Ebren Windbrook
**Schek Nek
**Third
**Irina

Irina starts to move one of the crates then decides she can use this as a training opportunity and asks Bear to do it instead. "Bear, Grrr gr grrrr grrr grrrrrrrr ggr gggrrrrrr!"

athletics DC15: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24

Bear gives Irina a confused look then begins to push one of the crates. "Grrrr grr grrrrrr grrrrrr."

Okay, let's make barricades (or... simple traps?)!

Setup simple traps (DC15 thievery, untrained): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Schek joins the bear in pushing more crates to block the way of those chasing them.

"You, help me with this one and that one!" he calls the attention of one of the nearby shipyard workers for help.

"Move them over there!"

DC 15 Athletics: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 9 + 1 = 22

Irina and Schek manage to construct barricades to slow the pirates down. Ebren attempts to make traps but doesn't quite succeed.

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 1
Obstacle:

Special Conditions: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Skills:
DC 15 Crafting/Thievery to set up simple traps
DC 15 Athletics to push crates into place
DC 19 to intimidate others to do the hard labor for them.
Any Snare == Crit Success

Successes: 2/4

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Those with ** may go

**Captain Kortos
**Chip
Ebren Windbrook
Schek Nek
**Third
Irina

Chip pushes some crates around a little bit and then a hardwood tree springs into being to reinforce the crates. He tries to place the tree so it would not be a permanent problem.
Athletics: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 1 = 15
Timber Sentinel causes the tree to come into being.

Wooden crates, figured this would make some sense. Tree has 20 HP, AC 10.

Captain Kortos's Athletics (T): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 (Underwater Marauder)

Captain Kortos has trouble balancing the crates properly.

Chip manages to create a sentinel tree to reinforce the barricade. However Captain Kortos isn't able to move the crates into position.

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 1
Obstacle:

Special Conditions: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Skills:
DC 15 Crafting/Thievery to set up simple traps
DC 15 Athletics to push crates into place
DC 19 to intimidate others to do the hard labor for them.
Any Snare == Crit Success

Successes: 3/4

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Those with ** may go

Captain Kortos
Chip
Ebren Windbrook
Schek Nek
**Third
Irina

You there, Third singles out one of the sailors tagging along. Move that lumber to where Olad tells you to.

Intimidation, StSY: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 = 13
Intimidation, StSY, Hero Point: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 1 = 27

Third's command suddenly surges into some sailors' minds and gets them to build the barricades.

Further from the docks are the warehouses and small businesses that support the shipyard. The signs in this neighborhood proudly display the wares of coopers, rope makers and blacksmiths.

Still trailing bits of sailcloth, rope and sawdust from bypassing the barricades, a few lone pirate scouts are catching up to their quarry. The pirates pant and gawk at the surrounding area, blinking with a look of confusion as they try to orient themselves. Nairaba whispers, "They look a little lost. Maybe we can help them to be more so?"

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 2
Obstacle: MISDIRECTIONS

Special Conditions: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Skills:
* DC 15 Deception OR DC 17 Diplomacy/Society to convince the pirates that you are merely helpful bystanders rather than the prey they're chasing.
* Disguise Kit / Polymorph Ability +2 on this check

Successes: 0/4

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Those with ** may go

**Captain Kortos
**Chip
**Ebren Windbrook
**Schek Nek
**Third
**Irina

diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 = 30

"They went that way." Irina offers some earnest, if erroneous, assistance.

Knowing how most people ignore animals on a leash, Chip allows his armor to dissolve into dust as he takes a bit of rope from his pack. Rather than create a safety hazard by putting it around his neck instead he bites down on the rope to drag it as he runs ahead. He is evidently hoping the pirates will mistake him for an escaped pet.

Society to exploit their views of pets, Save the Shipyard: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 = 16

Chip tries to fool the pirates into thinking that he's an escaped pet but something about his presentation doesn't quite work. Meanwhile, Irina helpfully points the pirates in the opposite direction.

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 2
Obstacle: MISDIRECTIONS

Special Conditions: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Skills:
DC 15 Deception OR DC 17 Diplomacy/Society to convince the pirates that you are merely helpful bystanders rather than the prey they're chasing.
Disguise Kit / Polymorph Ability +2 on this check

Successes: 2/4

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Those with ** may go

**Captain Kortos
Chip
**Ebren Windbrook
**Schek Nek
**Third
Irina

Hoping to exploit the pirates' views of foreigners, or foreign aliens as the case may be, Third speaks unnecessarily loudly in the choppy Tien dialect of a stereotypical Po Li mainlander.

Society, StSY: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13

Deception is his thing. Schek pretends he is one of the buyers in the area.
"Ha! This weapon looks shiny! How much for this?" he asks the merchant and then moves to another stall, moving away from the chasers.
Deception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Captain Kortos's Society (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Captain Kortos offers up to the pirates a cunningly drawn map of where those Pathfinders had gone -- pointing right to Augustana's well-guarded Port Authority.

Ebren tries to blend in...

convince the pirates that you are merely helpful bystanders rather than the prey they're chasing (DC 17 Society): 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 1 = 19

It seems to work?

Third plays along and tries to convince the pirates that Chip is their pet but they somehow aren't convinced.

Capt Kortos shows the pirates a map to the Pathfinder hideout. They take it, not realizing that she sent them to the Port Authority.

== NEXT OBSTACLE ==

Close to the sprawling central market of the Fleet neighborhood is a maze of twisting narrow alleys filled with lodging houses, pubs and other businesses that serve dockworkers and sailors alike.

"There's gotta be a better way to put some distance between us and these bozos," Kitsch notes. "Anyone here know a shortcut?"

Schek squeezes himself into several tight spaces and reduces the distance he has to travel. Ebren successfully navigates the back alleys.

3 successes; 1 to go

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 3
Obstacle: SHORTCUTS

Special Conditions: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Skills:
* DC 15 Acrobatics to squeeze into tight entrances
* DC 15 Lore (make it fit) to Navigate
* DC 17 Stealth to sneak past any pirate patrols
* DC 19 Survival/Society to Navigate

Successes: 3/4

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Those with ** may go

**Captain Kortos
**Chip
**Ebren Windbrook
**Schek Nek
**Third
**Irina

Chip darts into one of the pubs. He runs under chairs, between a couple of barrels and slips out the back entrance. Evidently this is one time where his size helps.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 = 22

Chip takes a shortcut through into a pub, running under tables and out the back.

In the heart of Augustana, the crowded Fleet neighborhood has dozens of covered markets filled with wheeled carts and makeshift stalls. Shoppers throng here, looking for the best deals or the occasional find of exotic merchandise. As the pirates arrive, shoppers scream and start panicking, knocking over carts as they try to find cover.

Nairaba concentrates and shifts to his spider form. "To the roofs, Pathfinders! The pirates are searching for us, and we don't want them shooting through these crowds!"

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CHASE TRACKER
Round: 3
Obstacle: ROOFS

Special Conditions: The grateful shipyard workers run alongside you assist you throughout the chase
* +1 to all checks due to Save the Shipyard success

Skills:
* DC 17 Acrobatics to balance on the roof tiles
* DC 17 Athletics to climb
* Consumable Item (e.g. Marvelous Miniature Ladder) gets an automatic crit success

Successes: 0/4

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Those with ** may go

**Captain Kortos
Chip
**Ebren Windbrook
**Schek Nek
**Third
**Irina

Third sees the giant spider climb to the roof and realizes they could simply fly upwards to follow. But then they look at Capt Kortos and realize there's no way she's getting up there without help. Third draws a scroll from their pack and casts helpful steps configuring it as a staircase for a large creature.

Burning a consumable for the automatic Crit.

That said, I feel like having a native Fly Speed should allow an automatic regular success.