Chaos in Korvosa-GMKoolKobold's Curse of the Crimson Throne

Game Master KoolKobold

Yagrin Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Divo manages to knock the dog out without killing it.

Yagrin sputters as stardust covers his face, and he gets kicked in the jaw by Romli. A bright flash almost blinds him, but he sees who caused the latter...

"You!" the man snarls, "Gaedren's gonna make sure you stay dead!" He suddenly turns and runs inside, yelling, "Help! Help! We're under attack!"

As he runs by, some children come out of the door from the left; Yagrin shoves one of them-a girl with brunette hair, wielding a pitchfork-and four more kids follow, one of them being the odd one out for having a wicked glint in his eye and a devious smile.

"Don't stand there you brats!" Yagrin yells out, "Kill them, or Gaedren will skin you and throw your flayed corpses into the sea!"

Yagrin Intimidate: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Group 2
Yagrin
Divo
Prax
Group 1
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

You can all make a cumulative Diplomacy check-if you beat Yagrin's Intimidate check, the children will switch sides.

Forgot to mention -5 hp to Yagrin. Whoops

Longshot.

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (6) + 0 = 6

The Chell was in a mood to smash heads, and when the other man ducked away he cursed and started to pursue. He had a lot of righteous anger to work out and there was a good target. Then the man shouted out in retreat. Children. Divo looked to the dog, and then pictured smashing his way through children to catch up.

Frowing, he put his mace on his hip and scooped up the unconscious dog. Stepping into the room he offered it to the kids. "Look, we want Gaedren." he explained, "Not you or your poor dog. Let us pass. I'll get you all a good meal and new clothes if you do. You'll be running things, not that bastard."

Holding the dog to his chest he used his shield hand to cross his heart, just as he would to his younger sister.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

It's only higher than intimidate for a few levels!

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Romli looks at the children, sighs and points at the one with the wicked glint in his eye and a devious smile.
"Hey you! If you're a human child then I am an elf. Why do you pretend to be human, when you're obviously a gnome?"

The monk knows that Diplomacy is not his strong suit... but he will try to assist anyway.
"Look, the dog is just knocked out. We're not monsters like Gaedren."

Aid Diplomacy, mentioned the dog: 1d20 - 3 + 4 ⇒ (15) - 3 + 4 = 16 :-)

Diplomacy Reroll: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

That’s a success!

The little brunette at first was shaking, holding her pitchfork up, but seeing the knocked out dog and hearing their calm words, she lowered her pitchfork.

The gnome looked bewildered he was picked out, and unsheathed his kukri. “I’m gonna carve you like pumpkins, starting with that goblin! You remember this kukri, cause these kids do!” At the sight, the other three bolt to the room on the right, while the brunette girl stands in total fear of the maniacal gnome.

The kids are on your side but they aren’t gonna deal with a gnome with a kukri. Amadine is still up

Where's Yagrin on the map? I think I see the gnome and one of the kids, but not Yagrin.

Where's Yagrin on the map? I think I see the gnome and one of the kids, but not Yagrin.

He ran to the next room, which you have not explored yet.

And there goes enemy #1, fleeing like a coward. Pity they have an evil gnome to deal with. Amadine calls upon the spirits' power again, this time aiming her shower of stardust at the gnome.

Stardust on the gnome.

This was quite the circumstance. But they would get out of this soon. And hopefully no more bloodshed than what was needed

"The only thing YOU will remember is the image of my fists rapidly hitting your face!", Romli hisses at the gnome.

@GM: Romli is still wielding his sansetsukon (using both hands).

Hookshanks sneers at the dwarf, snickering, "Wanna bet?", before charging at Amadine.

Hookshanks Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Hookshanks Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

However, before he gets close enough, the brunette haired girl throws a glob of filth and hits him in the face, causing the gnome to whiff badly.

For the remainder of this round, Hookshanks is blinded, thus is flat-footed and takes a -2 AC penalty

The girl then whistles like a bird of some kind, causing the other kids to poke their heads out of the room.

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Group 2
Yagrin (-5 hp)
Divo
Prax
Group 1
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

Divo and Prax are up next! Make sure you try to move your tokens on the map during your turn.

Divo twists back with his warhammer, shield coming forward. This left it directly blocking the smaller enemies' view "Look away children!" he shouts, before swinging the head of the warhammer back around with all his power.

Warhammer P.Atk: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Ummmm... yeah.

3x Critical: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (4, 2) + 10 = 16

That…barely confirms. You can roll damage to apply the crit.

Since this will definitely kill Hookshanks, Prax I’m gonna let you hold your action, and you can do whatever you wish at the next enemy

@GM: It looks like that was the critical damage roll, not the crit confirmation roll.

@Divo: In Pathfinder 1e a natural 20 is a guaranteed hit, but it isn't automatically a critical hit. You need to make another attack roll (with all the same modifiers) and hit the target's AC with it to confirm you critical threat.
If you know all that already and just forgot to roll, please ignore my mandwarfsplaining. Thanks! ;-)

Romli looks in awe at the fighting skill of Divo and comments: "Nice hit!"

That’s correct, Divo roll to confirm the crit. Either way that will kill Hookshanks

Confirmation: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

That confirms! I’ll write up the event later today

The gnome sputters, trying to figure out what's going on. Before anyone can react to his cursing, Divo SLAMS his warhammer into the gnome, some blood flying out of Hookshanks's mouth as he flies and crashes into the wall.

The children hold their breaths, waiting to see if anything else happens...then they all run and hug the adults.

"There's more upstairs!" the brunette girls tells the adults, "With Giggles! He's a nasty half orc! Probably expecting you. Mister Yagrin went downstairs, where Mister Gaedren is."

Amadine smiles, kneels down, and opens her arms as the children rush toward the group, looking around for her nephew. "I'm glad to see that you're all right. Is there a boy named Daval here? He's Varisian, like me."

The brunette girl’s eyes went wide, “You’re Daval’s aunt? He’s upstairs with Giggles!”

Divo hesitated, concerned for everyone's reaction to the abrupt combat. Then he exhales, visibly relaxing as those present simply moved past the heated moment. He looked down at Romli, his eyes amused, and nodded.

When the children approached and Amadine inquired about a boy Divo looked down, considering their quarry. "So upstairs then?" he asked, resigned to a detour.

Prax works her way through the hugging into the room. She answers Divo's question decisively.

"Yes, upstairs. Children first and quickly. We don't want a situation with hostages."

The brown-haired girl seems to have a good head on her shoulders and to handle extreme situations well, so Prax asks her some quick questions.

"Are any kids downstairs or only up? Is the half-orc alone except for the kids or does he have help?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

"We is being carefully. Correct. Not wanting little long legs to get the pain. So helping we are!" the blue lizard confirms

Amadine lets out a long, shaky breath. "Oh, thank the gods." She gets up and nods to the others. "Agreed. Who knows what this 'Giggles' might do to the children if he realizes that Lamm's operation has been discovered?" The children are witnesses to Lamm and his lackeys' many crimes, after all.

"Let them worry about us." Divo said in a low voice as he swung his mace down, clearing some of the splatter from it. Making eye contact with Romli again he nodded toward the stair up.

Relief floods Kyki's face as she sees the children safe. You kids wait outside, stay hidden. Kyki takes out a flask of alchemist's fire, handing it to the brunette girl, trying to give her a reassuring smile. Take this and don't drop it. If anyone comes after you, throw it at them and yell for us. Now, which door leads upwards?

Romli follows Prax inside, looking for the stairs.

Hm... They said Yagrin went downstairs, but we must go upstairs first. Let's hope the stairs are behind the door...

Divo follows Romli in, giving only a glance around before falling in line.

The brunette girl looks shocked to be holding an alchemist's fire. But she answers Kyki by pointing the door on the party's left. She answers Prax by saying, "Giggles always works alone. He loves to fight dirty too. Be careful!"

Assuming everyone goes upstairs in initiative order

Prax heads upstairs first, finding a mucus green half orc with an eyepatch. He sits on a chair, a wicked grin forming when he sees the rogue. "Aye, there be the rebel rouser. You're gonna give the kiddies a front row seat into how anyone who crosses Gaedren gets their heads smashed like a gourd."

At the far wall, five children are huddled together, shaking in terror.

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Group 2
Yagrin (-5 hp)
Divo
Prax
Group 1
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

You're up Prax!

Prax takes her time walking along the the platform to the top of the stairs, where she stops to look at Giggles. As he talks she smirks disdainfully at the half-orc and leans her blade against the wall.

Prax tugs on the knot that holds what look like a braided leather cord bracelet wrapped around her left wrist. The knot comes apart and she unwinds it, removing it from her wrist.

"And let me guess. You somehow think you're going to sit there on your fat ass while I come down there to you for this head-smashing lesson you pathetic lazy f%#*?"

Prax lets the cord drop loose from her hand and it is revealed to be a sling. She reaches into the pouch at her belt and takes out a lead bullet, dropping it into the sling.

"I don't think so."

Prax swings the sling in a circle above her head a couple of times to build momentum, when whips the bullet at the half-orc.

Attack (ranged): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

"I can do this all day."

Forgot the perception roll.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Very much not my day.

Giggles jumps out of the chair, making the bullet fly way off the mark, before charging at Prax. Unfortunately he's in such a good mood, cackling at the prospect of bashing in the half elf's head in, that he also misses the mark.

Giggles Attack, +Charge: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 = 10
Giggles Damage, Nonlethal: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Yagrin (-5 hp)
Divo
Prax
Giggles (-2 AC)
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

Everyone but Divo and Prax are up!

RTA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Crit!: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

The pure hatred of a blue Dragon seethed in her little kobold body as she unleashes a arc of electricity at him

Zzap!!: 2d3 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 = 8

That crit is confirmed, roll your extra damage (unless you already did so)

I did. Hence the weak 8

Kyki runs onto the stairs attempting to strike the half-orcs mind with her magic.

Daze DC13

Another perception roll for the hell of it for Divo.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

forgot to do this.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Amadine races up the stairs behind Prax, stopping when she sees the children. "Daval!" Oh gods, he's covered in bruises, and so are all the other children. She turns to Giggles, and her eyes go hard and cold as Baji chatters his teeth from her pocket in a rodent threat display. "I will see you dead for this, scum." Not by her own hand, perhaps- Amadine's magic doesn't work that way- but she can make it easier for the others to hit the half-orc. Another shower of stardust rains down on Giggles, obscuring his vision.

Move and use Stardust on Giggles.

Giggles Fort Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Giggles powers through the flare, but he sputters at the combination of electricity and stardust. He chuckles at Amadine, “And who’s going to stop me?”

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Yagrin (-5 hp)
Divo
Prax
Giggles (-2 AC, -1 attack, -8 hp)
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

Romli hustles up the stairs and turns towards the half-orc. double move

"I will!"

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 *sigh*

The half orc erupts into laughter seeing the dwarf, “Oh, oh gods we got a whole circus!”

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Yagrin (-5 hp)
Divo
Prax
Giggles (-2 AC, -1 attack, -8 hp)
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

Divo and Prax are up!

Divo hurries up the stairs, boots tromping on the wood. Rounding the banister at the top he swings by Romli and moves up beside Prax.

Double Move

He didn't say anything to the bantering half orc, just looked past him to the frightened children. When he leveled his eyes on him again he was glaring.

Prax doesn't need to move much to avoid the half-orc's attack. Her feet stay where they are she she ducks with a weave to the side to grab her blade.

As she comes back up to her original height, Prax swings the blade around performing an uppercut aimed at the side of his torso under his arm. Once she's at her full height and she's drawn her blade back from her cut, Prax takes a step back away from Giggles.

"Idiot."

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 7

Crit?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 1

Meets it beats it!

Prax manages to slice deeply into Giggles, causing the half-orc to look surprised. When he rubs his fingers on the wound to see fresh blood, he smirks, "Nice hit," before swinging again.

Giggles Attack, Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 1 = 17
Giggles Damage, Power Attack: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7

He barely misses Praxedis, his flail swinging a mere inch away from her face.

Initiative (bold goes first)
Amadine
Yagrin (-5 hp)
Divo
Prax
Giggles (-1 attack, -16 hp)
Romli
Kyki
Trebelle

The spellcasters and Romli are up!

RTA: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Zap!: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The blue dragonkin lets another electric bolt slam into the of, zapping Giggles so more

using his Ki point to increase his base speed by 20 feet for 1 routnd (alternative Racial Trait Iron Within)

The monk moves around the half-orc to get into a flanking position with Prax. see map, this shouldn't provoke an AoO
Romli then swings his Sansetsukon at Giggles, aiming for his head.

"I'll knock off your head as a circus trick!"

Sansetsukon, flanking: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 2 = 19
Bludgeoning: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Giggles yelps as he gets electrocuted, and starts chuckling again...in a way that it's hard to tell whether he's fully lost his mind in the electric blast, or if he's finally regretting his actions. Regardless, the chuckling stops once Romli strikes the half orc in the head, and after a sickening crunch from the blow, the half orc slumps dead.

Combat over!

Amadine feels something small tackle her into a hug. It was Daval, tears in his eyes, happy to see family again. Amadine you're free to RP as Daval if you want. The other kids rush over and hug the other adults, even Kyki and Trebelle.

Romli hugs the kids back while saying: "I'm sorry you had to see that, kids. You are free now! However, we still have to deal with Yagrin and Gaedren, so we need to get going."