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

Game Master KoolKobold

@GM KoolKobold: Romli seems to be missing from the Initiative list - is he frozen in fear/time/ice? ;-)

"Gaedren." Romli says icily, his grip tightening on his sansetsukon. "Oh yes, my sister will scream... with glee, when I tell you what happened to you tonight. Now you will pay for all your crimes!"

Knowledge (Nature) untrained: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 to identify the alligator

Weaving her way through the small opening Kyki rushes down the rickety planks towards Gaedren. Do you recognise me Geadren!? She yells as she lobs the alchemist fire towards the two men.

touch attack against Yagrin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
plus 1 splash damage and 1d6 damage on their next turn if it's a direct hit. Full round action plus reflex DC15 (or jumping into water) avoids the extra 1d6

@GM KoolKobold: Romli seems to be missing from the Initiative list - is he frozen in fear/time/ice? ;-)

"Gaedren." Romli says icily, his grip tightening on his sansetsukon. "Oh yes, my sister will scream... with glee, when I tell you what happened to you tonight. Now you will pay for all your crimes!"

[dice=Knowledge (Nature) untrained]1d20+1 to identify the alligator

Whoops, mistake on my part. You go after Divo but before Praxedis. I’ll add you to the list once Amadine makes her turn

Kyki that attack misses, I'm not sure if they still take the splash damage despite the miss.

Yagrin yelps and ducks as the alchemist fire almost hits him. Gaedren snarls, "You! I should've dragged your carcass and fed it to Gobblegut like the rest of them snot nosed brats!"

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-5 hp)
Divo
Romli
Praxedis
Trebelle
Gobblegut (-4 hp)

Amadine hurries toward the door, silently praying to Desna that she'll be able to fit through in her armor.

Escape Artist: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (1) - 5 = -4

Well... she can kind of fit, but it's going to take some work.

Move action to reach the door and another move action to get through.

Yagrin grits his teeth and aims his wand at Kyki.

Yagrin Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

There was a slight sputter, but a glob of acid shoots out towards the goblin!

Acid Splash, Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Acid Splash Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

It hits Kyki hard and the goblin can feel the painful sting of acid.

As Amadine pushes herself in, Gaedren smirks, “Ah were you the one talking with a nephew? Poor boy would do better as gator food than a pickpocket. Don’t worry, he’ll see your corpse before he’s eaten alive!”

Initiative (bold goes first)
Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren
Kyki (-3 hp)
Amadine
Yargin (-5 hp)
Divo
Romli
Praxedis
Trebelle
Gobblegut (-4 hp)

Divo, Romli, Praxedis and Trebelle are up!

Uh-oh... That animal looks like a big threat. I'll better protect Amadine until the others are inside!

Romli gets into a defensive stance, moves next to the alligator and swings his sansetsukon at it, trying hard to not sacrifice defense for offense.
"I'll hold off this alligator until you're all inside!"

Sansetsukon, fighting defensively: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Bludgeoning: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Actions: swift action to get into the crane stance, move action to move, standard action to attack the alligator while fighting defensively
Fighting defensively with Crane Style: –2 penalty on attack rolls, +3 dodge bonus (and +1 shield bonus with Sansetsukon) to AC

Current AC: 20 T 19 FF 14 (+4 dodge vs. AoO), no mage armor

1d8 ⇒ 6
ok so it should land just north of Gaedren meaning the both of them take 1 splash damage.

Yagrin grits his teeth and aims his wand at Kyki.

[dice=Yagrin Use Magic Device]1d20 + 8

There was a slight sputter, but a glob of acid shoots out towards the goblin!

[dice=Acid Splash, Ranged Touch Attack]1d20 + 2
[dice=Acid Splash Damage]1d3

It hits Kyki hard and the goblin can feel the painful sting of acid.

As Amadine pushes herself in, Gaedren smirks, “Ah were you the one talking with a nephew? Poor boy would do better as gator food than a pickpocket. Don’t worry, he’ll see your corpse before he’s eaten alive!”

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren
Kyki (-3 hp)
Amadine
Yargin (-5 hp)
Divo
Romli
Praxedis
Trebelle
Gobblegut (-4 hp)

Divo, Romli, Praxedis and Trebelle are up!

RETCONNING THIS POST

Yagrin grits his teeth and aims his wand at Kyki.

UMD fails

The wand sputters again, much to Yagrin’s dismay.

“YAGRIN, YOU WANNA BE GATOR CHOW?!” Gaedren bellows, “OTHERWISE STOP F%&*ING AROUND AND DO SOMETHING USEFUL!”

As Amadine pushes herself in, Gaedren smirks, “Ah were you the one talking with a nephew? Poor boy would do better as gator food than a pickpocket. Don’t worry, he’ll see your corpse before he’s eaten alive!”

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-5 hp)
Divo
Romli
Praxedis
Trebelle
Gobblegut (-4 hp)

Divo, Romli, Praxedis and Trebelle are up! Romli already made his turn

The blue kobold charges up a spell between her little claws,as static arcs between her fingers as she launches a crackling bolt of electricity at Garden

RTA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Crit?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 (guess not)
Zap!: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Divo tries to slip in through the hole, catches his shoulder, and then with a pained heave he forces himself inside. Overbalancing like that left him stumbling, but he managed to work his way around the smaller party members to get in front.

Move action to enter because no way he makes that check, then another move action

Botting Praxedis

Praxedis Escape Artist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Praxedis tries to squeeze through the door, but her armor gets caught on a nail, causing her to use more energy to get herself inside.

Double move to enter

Gobblegut Swim: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

The gator hisses as Romli gets its attention, and it surges out to snap at the dwarf.

Gobblegut Bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Gobblegut Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Gobblegut Grab: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Gobblegut bites down hard on Romli, dragging him into the water 3 feet down the pit. looks like it's a DC 15 Climb to get out of there on your own.

Gaedren yelps as he gets electrocuted, glaring at the kobold. "You! I swear it would've been so easy to frame a kobold! How the hell did you escape the gallows?!" He notices Praxedis and comments, "Hey! What are you doing with these low lives? I can pay you a pretty gold to toss them down to Gobblegut!"

Regardless, the old man aims his crossbow at Trebelle.

Gaedren Crossbow Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Gaedren Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren (-6 hp)
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-6 hp)
Divo
Romli (-5 hp)
Praxedis
Trebelle (-1 hp)
Gobblegut (-4 hp)

Kyki and Amadine are up!

[dice=Gobblegut Swim]1d20 + 17

The gator hisses as Romli gets its attention, and it surges out to snap at the dwarf.

[dice=Gobblegut Bite]1d20 + 6
[dice=Gobblegut Damage]1d6 + 4
[dice=Gobblegut Grab]1d20 + 10

Gobblegut bites down hard on Romli, dragging him into the water 3 feet down the pit. looks like it's a DC 15 Climb to get out of there on your own.

RETCONNING

Gobblegut clamps down on nothing but air, but was way too close to the dwarf for comfort.

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren (-6 hp)
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-6 hp)
Divo
Romli (-2 attack, +2 AC)
Praxedis
Trebelle (-1 hp)
Gobblegut (-4 hp)

Kyki and Amadine are up!

Neither Gaedren nor his minion look like they're very capable fighters, with sword or spell. The crocodile, on the other hand... that could be a problem. Amadine takes a cautious step along the wooden planks, carefully aiming to avoid Romli, and utters the words of her spirit-born spell.

5 ft step and cast color spray on Gobblegut, aiming to avoid Romli. Will DC 15 to avoid the effects.

If either Geadren or Yagrin are holding a metal object Kyki will cast burning disarm on them (with a preference for Yagrin if both are holding a metal object). DC14 Reflex (if the make the DC they can choose to take the damage or drop the metal object) fire damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

If neither are holding a metal object I'll cast daze on Yagrin, DC13 Will.

So I previewed the rolls and both failed, but I'll reroll to see how long the effects of color spray lasts.

Gobblegut Effect Duration: 1d4 ⇒ 4 Blinded for 4 rounds, stunned for 5[/dice]

Amadine's spell does the trick, and the alligator is now sightless and immobile. Gaedren clearly doesn't like that.

"Yagrin, shoot that bi-" He stops midway his bout of anger to realize that Yagrin is also stunned. He starts to cuss an entire string of profanities.

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren (-6 hp)
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-6 hp, dazed 1 round)
Divo
Romli (-2 attack, +2 AC)
Praxedis
Trebelle (-1 hp)
Gobblegut (-4 hp, stunned 5 rounds, blinded 4 rounds)

[ooc]Divo, Romli, Praxedis and Trebelle are up! Praxedis DM'd me and will post either tonight or tomorrow

Seeing that the man between him and Gaedren was currently beyond his wits Divo moved up and, rather than brain him with his warhammer, he checked him with his shield to try and put him into the drink.

Going with a reposition combat maneuver while he is stunned, thus giving Divo a +4 on the roll while he can't AoO back. :3

Reposition: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Divo which way are you repositioning Yagrin?

Seeing the Gator being taken out of the fight, she zaps Gaedren again

RTA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Zap!: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Divo which way are you repositioning Yagrin?

5' north, to the square NW of Divo, and into the water. :3

"Nice spell, Amadine!" Romli 5-foot-steps west and takes advantage of the stunned and blinded Gator - he quickly swings his Sansetsukon at it twice...
full-attack action: flurry of blows

Sansetsukon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Bludgeoning: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Sansetsukon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Bludgeoning: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Stunned: A stunned creature drops everything held, can’t take actions, takes a –2 penalty to AC, and loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any).

Blinded: The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. (...)

As all penalties to AC stack, that's a total of -4 to AC for Gobblegut, and it loses any Dex bonus to AC. I hope that brings its AC down low enough so that both of Romli's attacks hit...

Romli, not only do both of those hit, but...

As Divo shoves the dazed Yagrin into the water and Trebelle zaps Gaedren, Romli swings his sansetsukon down onto the stunned alligator, and the room goes eerily quiet as a loud crunch echoes the room, and Gobblegut floats stiffly.

"You..." Gaedren mumbles, stupefied by what he just witnessed.

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren (-11 hp)
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-6 hp, dazed 1 round)
Divo
Romli (-2 attack, +2 AC)
Praxedis
Trebelle (-1 hp)
Gobblegut

Praxedis is next!

"That will teach you to keep your teeth to yourself! Dumb gator..."
Romli shakes his head, then turns his eyes to Gaedren.
"You, on the other hand... you won't be so lucky to quickly stop feeling anything. I will take my time..."

botting Praxedis

Praxedis, realizing she can't get over to Gaedren, loads up and fires a sling.

Praxedis Sling: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Praxedis Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Meets it beats it

The stone smacks the old man in the face, who realizes how bad of a situation he is in. He suddenly yanks a small orb out, and tosses it towards Divo, Kyki and Trebelle; the area becomes engulfed in smoke. Those outside the smoke can see Gaedren making a run for it, kicking the wall that reveals a ladder.

Gaedren Stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Divo, you must make a Perception check and get a roll of 11 or higher in order to make a clean attack of opportunity; otherwise you make your attack of opportunity but Gaedren has concealment (20% chance to miss your attack)

Initiative (bold goes first)
Gaedren (-11 hp)
Kyki
Amadine
Yargin (-6 hp) he's basically out of the fight
Divo
Romli (-2 attack, +2 AC)
Praxedis
Trebelle (-1 hp)
Gobblegut

technically everyone's up but Divo gets his attack of opportunity

I checked this at the perfect time.

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

Divo can't clearly see Gaedren, but he can see enough to know what the snake is trying. He swings out with the flat side of his hammer in a horizontal sweep, trying to clock him as he passes.

Warhammer: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 211d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Percentile: 1d100 ⇒ 42

Feeling the mace connect Divo shouts in sudden fury. "No! You don't escape today!" he barks, "Today you suffer. Like she suffered!"

Demoralize: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

"Not so fast!" Romli hustles to get around the water to cut off Gaedrens escape route.

double move, now normal AC

Divo's hammer strikes Gaedren in the chest; a small glob of blood flies out of his mouth and almost lands on Romli as he falls over, coughing and sputtering blood everywhere. It seems as if he can't breathe.

Suddenly you hear a shriek from the water, "Help! Help! Please, get me out of here!" Seems like Yagrin is no longer dazed.

And the battle is done! Gaedren is currently at -2 HP, and normally I would kill a NPC below that. But Gaedren is no ordinary NPC. So now he is dying, and the team gets to decide what to do with him.

Amadine gives both men a look of cool disdain. "Were it up to me, I would grant both of them a swift death. It's more than they deserve, but I really should set a good example for Daval." Baji squeaks his approval from her pocket.

Sorry, I should have specified Divo was making a non-lethal attack. He HAS to for his free action intimidate, and it was implied with my description. Not trying to pull a fast one, but everyone responded so fast!

"I'm not looking to set a good example." Divo growls as he goes down to one knee and takes Gaedren by the shirt. He starts to search the man with his other hand.

Oh! Well that was still hefty damage, so rather than dying Gaedren just thinks he’s dying

Divo immediately discovers a dagger-a well made dagger, with a bronze handle shaped in the image of an alligator.

“D-Don’t kill me!” the old man sobs, “Please! I-I’ll leave the city! I’ll leave Varisia! You won’t see me again! I’ll do anything! Just don’t kill me!”

The dagger is a +1 dagger

"Not thinking us is doing the murders. Not like the man of Gaedren" she voices her own thoughts. Death in self defence is one thing, but killing someone who surrendered is just straight murder according to her

You ask for me-mercy?! She says, coughing as she moves out of the smoke. Where was mercy when you beat us?! What mercy was given when you cut us?! I received more mercy from a stranger after you'd thrown me in a ditch! Fury and tears cover her face. She looked, pleadingly at Divo. She wanted to ask him to kill the bastard but she paused, unsure. Could one as vile as Gaedren seek redemption?

Trebelle looks at Kyki, then tries to talk softly
"We isn't being like Gaedren, us not wanting to be like Gaedren. We is being to be better than Gaedren" the little blue tries to calm her companion

Divo holds the knife, staring at it with intensity. After a pause he gripped the knife harder. The intensity on his face had washed away. "Gaedren Lamm, you have murdered a noble of house Capri." he said with finality and a voice as cold as death, "As the fiancé of Alana Capri I carry out vengeance for her house. May you suffer as you made her suffer. May her pain carry you to hell."

Coup de tat: 2d4 + 8 ⇒ (1, 3) + 8 = 12

Gaedren's eyes grow wide with fear at the mention of the death of a noble. The terror became tenfold when Divo said that the noble was Divo's fiancé.

"Wait! If a woman is the problem, I-I know the brothels in the city! I know the owners personally! I can pull some strings, get you another-"

His words were cut off as Divo uses his own dagger to stab him in the heart. The old bastard's cries of pain gargled into incomprehensible mumbling, before he slumped over dead in Divo's grip.

Yagrin Climb, must succeed a DC 20: 1d20 ⇒ 15

The silence in the room is cut off by a yelp, a splash in the water, and Yagrin shouting out, "Gods dammit all! Gaedren, come on, get me out of here before this lizard eats me!"

Gaedren's eyes grow wide with fear at the mention of the death of a noble. The terror became tenfold when Divo said that the noble was Divo's fiancé.

"Wait! If a woman is the problem, I-I know the brothels in the city! I know the owners personally! I can pull some strings, get you another-"

His words were cut off as Divo uses his own dagger to stab him in the heart. The old bastard's cries of pain gargled into incomprehensible mumbling, before he slumped over dead in Divo's grip.

** spoiler omitted **

[dice=Yagrin Climb, must succeed a DC 20]1d20

The silence in the room is cut off by a yelp, a splash in the water, and Yagrin shouting out, "Gods dammit all! Gaedren, come on, get me out of here before this lizard eats me!"

That’s supposed to be Looting Gaedren, not Divo

Divo practically throws Gaedren's body down off of him as if it would infect him. The dagger remained buried in the old man's chest, untouched. He made no move to take any of the items off him. None except the ring of keys. Turning slowly, he tossed them to Amadine.

"Let's get what we came for." he said dully, not seeming to care so much now that he had gotten what he had clearly come for.

"Not being doing the nice" the kobold flinches and turns her head away

Kyki felt like her muscles released years of tension. It's over, it's finally... she smiled a silent thankyou at Divo. I'm going to go find the kids, tell 'em its safe now.

Divo looked to the small kobold and gave a weary smile. "You're not wrong." he conceded, "But justice had years to find him. It's a little late for that now."

Romli is momentarily stunned by Divo's actions, struggling to find his words.
"Wha...? Why? Why would you do that?! That way the bastard got off way too easy for everything he has done!"
The dwarf kneels down besides the dead man.

This scumbag doesn’t need nothing anymore...

Romli will definitely loot Divo Gaedren. :-P
The monk starts searching the body for Zellara’s deck of cards, any other incriminating evidence, and everything of value. He puts everything in his backpack.

"I see no reason to leave anything here that could be sold for some gold. At least we get a little compensation for what he has done to us."

Romli stands up.

"The cards are not here. Shall we try the door over there?"

The dwarf points to the west.

Divo shrugs. It had seemed poetic to him.

Amadine traces the spiral of Pharasma as Divo carries out the execution. "May your soul travel swiftly to the Courts of the Dead and its ultimate fate." She's not a Pharasmin, but it's just common sense to pray for the dead. If you don't, they might come back as a ghost.

She turns to Trebelle at the kobold's protest. "Lamm has been harming people, even killing them, for years now. Not once has the law stepped in to stop him. They don't care about anyone who isn't wealthy, noble, or preferably both." The shaman glances over at Divo. "Even nobility is no guarantee of a competent death investigation, it seems. We have to take care of our own and eliminate threats to our loved ones, because nobody is going to do it for us." The Varisians know that better than most. Amadine would have been laughed out of the guard station if she had gone to them for help finding Daval.

Having said her piece, she turns back to the corpse and invokes her second sight.

Cast detect magic and take a good look around.

Prax will be checking Lamm to make sure he's dead personally, but first there's the idiot in the water. Something ought to be done about him. She gets down on her knees at the edge of the water and peers out at the man while calling out to him. She also lays a dagger down right beside her shin in case the drowned rat turns out to have some fight left in him.

"Yargin is the name right? Lamm's dead now so we're going to need someone else to take us around and show us all the nice prizes we're won here. I'll pull you out but you have to get over to me. I'm not getting wet just to help you."

Perception (Yargin still holding that wand?) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Divo joins Prax at the edge, offering a hand as well. "Don't do anything stupid." Divo warned with a stern look.

Intimidation: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Kyki makes her way back to street where she told the kids to hide. It's safe now.

Yagrin's face goes white when he's told of Gaedren's fate, and he's been pulled up out of the water. He immediately points out to the room at the west, shaking badly-either from the cold or crippling fear.

Prax immediately forces the man face down and flat on his stomach.

"Spread your arms and legs and don't move. Where is that wand of yours?"