[Gameday XIV] PFS2 #6-99 Under the Eye of the Mantis (tier 5-6)

Game Master cmlobue

So we have two people confused, Roark and myself. We get a flat check each time we are hit. We are both at the end of initiative.

Do the non-lethal attacks and allow us our flat checks to snap out of it.

This is what I am going for.

GM, how many actions for the check to stand down the ghost?

If I don't post now, will be another 18 hours at least, so...

21 new messages?!?!

What a day :P

And you all see why I was not worried about combats running long.

There is no fifth obstacle, so my guess about three days for two missions was spot on.

That will be all until the house announces the next phase, unless you want to fight more wights. The house has reached the threshold for all conditions in this part of the adventure, so it would be for fun only.

Got a situation tonight - if I'm slow to post for tomorrow, Smee's skills are in his header, and Don Jurri's in his profile!

Two days puts us on the cusp of the Paizo store update. Not sure if we will be able to do anything before the site goes down, but the entire special, including Discord tables, will pause for as long as people are unable to access the boards.

I'm personally okay with pausing until we're ready to start again. How does everyone else feel?

Hmm

It is a multi-table special. We have to go with the crowd.

I was wondering what they would decide. I’m glad they paused all tables.

Ha frankly I will welcome the unexpcted break

fine by me. I can take the time to rest and reduce my Sickened condition...

GM, are we restarting? What does our overseer want to do?

I have a bad feeling the upgrade schedule change will create some churn with people who'd planned to not even look again until Wed or after :/

true. But such is life with major tech upgrades... At least they caught it now instead of during the upgrade (where rollback might not be possible) :)

I notice a lot of animals on the map; a piglet, a raccoon, a deer, etc.

What are they? Are they the captives were were told Sotrox keeps to drain for power?

If so, do we know what needs to be done in order to release them?

All you can tell from where the party begins is that they are caged and the cages have runes on them.

Hey there! I'm right next to a cage. Do I need to spend an action next turn in order to figure out how to open it?

If so... What action? Will I need to use Occultism or Religion on the Runes, or would a good old-fashioned Athletics do?

Two action Crafting or Thievery to disable or smash them open with damage.

You do also have the option to slay the animals (one action, no roll needed) to deny them to Sotroz. This will result in a point of Infamy.

Is it multiple animals in the cages or a single animal?

Would Liberating Command allow a captured animal to escape?

One animal per cage.

I don't think the spell would help because it's a cage. Nothing is holding them, there's just walls between them and every adjacent square.

Thanks for the quick reply!

So my best option is brute force smashing a cage. Would exploit vulnerability work on an inanimate object? That's how I do most of my damage.

About how much time has lapsed between the Chase and this Final Encounter?