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Mine looks good, thanks for running!

Indeed, have fun, Kent! My son and I have made it to the last 4 PaizoCons in the US, and are dreaming of hitting PaizoCon UK some time.

Wipes sweat from brow and grins inanely. thumbs up

Huzzah! A mighty shot indeed!

Whoa! 32 points of damage.

Gotta confirm that crit, no? Or does Arqueros bless his followers with auto-confirming crits?

Keeping her head low behind the wolf, Ashka slips closer to the new Charvion. She pops out behind Oleander's companion, positioning herself opposite Kent and slicing at their foe!

Use Stealth to avoid AoO and get Sneak Attack, move action (with +10' from War Mind) to get close, attack.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

Curve Blade attack, flank, inspired: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 17
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack, inspired: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + (3, 3) + 6 + 1 = 17

Ashka gives Kent a quick tap on his armored hip by way of thanks, for the cover as well as the extra speed. Blade high, she darts out from behind Arqueros' servant, past the cloud of glitter and strikes at Charvion!

Use War Mind for +10' move speed, move action to get close, standard to attack.

Curve Blade attack, Inspired: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 = 27 vs flat-footed AC
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack, inspired: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + (3, 5) + 6 + 1 = 18

Curve Blade attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 1 = 22
Crit damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 = 14

Ashka gives Goupil a puzzled, sidelong glance, but realizes that the bard's peculiar joke has stirred her to move into the room and face Charvion, in spite of the gout of white flame and the obvious damage to the room.

"Nowhere to hide in there," she says quietly, "let's surround him, Varuna." An idea occurs to her, however, and she ducks down behind Kent and moves into the room behind the towering figure, hoping to go unnoticed for a moment.

Will use Kent as cover while moving, which should allow me to use Stealth. I'll wait until he moves his token, maybe he can move mine to right behind him after he goes.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Ashka contemplates the illuminated cage and surrounding bodies, her eyes widening briefly in alarm when her colleagues suggest the thing appears to be right up her alley. Studying the contraption further, however, she notes the fine wires, shimmering with energy, that seem to play a vital role in the functioning of the thing.

Dipping slender fingers behind her belt, she draws out a fine blade with a slight hook at the tip and approaches the cage warily. With a quick scan of the structure up close, she turns her focus to a particular nexus of wires and begins carefully cutting them away.

Disable Device, Guidance : 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 1 = 21
Disable Device, Guidance : 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 1 = 27
Disable Device, Guidance : 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 13 + 1 = 32

Ashka gestures at the books, then to her fellow Pathfinders, clearly asking, Anyone feel a need to look at those? She then moves quietly across the library to the door at the far side, an eye out for surprises along the way and at the door.

Take 10 on Stealth for a 26 and Perception for a 19 (20 vs traps).

I'll wait if others want to do things in this room, just keeping things going when I have a moment to post.

Oh, forgot to add: Ashka takes 10 on Stealth for a 26.

"Right, let's keep moving," Ashka says, moving to the passageway, keeping her eyes peeled as she crosses the crematorium.

Perception : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Ashka gives a satisfied nod as the door clicks closed, please that her companions have agreed with her assessment of the situation. She joins Oleander and the others at the next door, wondering what surprises lie behind it.

Moved everyone on the map just to move us along, but y'all can pick your own spots if you don't like where I put you.

I feel we have done the right thing by closing that door, glad everyone was okay with that suggestion. And I'm glad Baerlie made an executive decision to keep us moving.

I'm on vacation with my family through this week, so posting will be a bit unpredictable, but I'll make this game a priority.

Oh joy, a wraith! I swear, I am running into these things everywhere these days.

Ashka peers into the room and sees a ghostly creature with two flickering eyes. "What is that thing, and how do we hurt it? Or do we just close the door?"

Delay until I have more information. And I might just be okay with avoiding this fight, unless someone has a particularly effective way of dealing with incorporeal undead. I can't even hurt it.

Ashka gives gent a gentle nudge with her elbow, producing a quiet clank. "How about you open that door?" she asks.

Ashka gives Varuna a stern look for burning her, but decides to let it go. Her abrupt manner makes it hard enough to work with people, and she's actually enjoyed fighting side by side with her fellow Wayang. Sometimes you get hurt in a fight, and not always by the enemy, she thinks to herself. Just a cost of doing business.

She joins Oleander in a quick search of the fallen goblins, then joins Kent at the northern door and gives it a quick inspection for surprises.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 +1 more vs traps

Status: 20/21 hp

Forgot the Reflex save to move:

Reflex : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Maybe I didn't move after all. Can someone put Ashka back in the swarm (lower right corner of the lower swarm, I believe)? I can't manipulate the map at the moment.

Will use Twist Away feat on first save to use Reflex instead of Fort for save.

Fort vs poison: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Fort vs distraction: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

[ooc]Ah, well, didn't have any effect on either save with that...

The swarm's poison does not seem to bother Ashka, but the dense cloud of bugs drives her nearly mad, and she can do nothing but stumble free of it, barely resisting the urge to swing her sword wildly as she moves, as if to cut a path through the swarm.

Move action to get out of swarm.

Ashka, would you also roll an acrobatics check to move on the greasy surface? Please :)

Sorry, didn't see this.

Acrobatics : 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

That should do it.

Suppressing a grimace of distaste at the pile of bodies - she's a professional, after all - Ashka glides forward into the ossuary, blade in hand. She reaches the first goblin, whose tattered, deep-red vest is soon drenched in his own blood.

Move up, attack red.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

Curve Blade attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + (5, 2) + 6 = 15

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Crit damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Yuck indeed. My posting is now limited by a work crisis, but I say we explore the room to the north of where Ashka is now. She is happy to lead the way stealthing and checking for traps, or we can all go together.

Ashka gives the peculiar rooms a quick, clinical survey, but decides there's nothing of any particular value to their assignment in them. Keeping quiet, she approaches an area they haven't explored yet to take a look around, peering through the doorway off the drain room.

I assume the little square room with blood on the floor is the drain? I've put Ashka in that room on that assumption. If there's some eldritch horror or something else present in the little room, she would have stopped at the doorway. Taking 10 on Stealth for a 26.

"I hardly need say I'd prefer to sneak past," Ashka remarks.

She waits for the others to be ready, then moves forward.

Take 10 for a 26 on Stealth.

Ashka eyes the magical dust with interest, replying to Kent, "I can always get harder to spot. That could come in handy indeed."

As Osprey moves off, she asks, "Do we go with him? Not sure if that's what he had in mind."

Ashka accepts the bottle of dust, thinking to herself, Shadow Lodge sounds like it might be an okay place for me and Varuna. But the others don't care for it at at all, so I'll keep that thought to myself.

Holding up the bottle, she asks Osprey, "How will this help us? What is it?"

Ashka's tiny elven blade slices through the goblin in front of her, covering its tiny yellow pants in blood and dropping it to the flagstones. With a quick nod, as if she's checking off items on a list, she sidesteps to give Varuna a better position on the goblin wearing a fuzzy red vest.

Attack yellow, then move to give Varuna a flank, stepping wide to avoid the AoO.

Curve Blade attack, flank: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 = 23
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + (2, 3) + 6 = 17

I tipped the yellow goblin on its side, to indicate its deadness, but didn't want to delete it from the map - that's a GM thing.

I've had a different experience with flanking in PFS - I don't feel it's that hard to find a flanking buddy, though it helps to be very solid in Acrobatics so you can get into position as you need to.

Not sure how it fits into your build, but I've also found the rogue talent Fast Stealth is useful for being stealthed a lot more of the time - even in mid-combat, if there's some cover, like in a marketplace or alleyway - so you can get sneak attack damage more frequently. I took it on a whim and I've been pleasantly surprised how useful it is.

I'm posting with the rogue alias in question, though it's a goofy build using lots of boons, so my wayang can use elven weapons and that sort of thing, but she's been fun to play.

I'll be camping Thursday through Sunday, with little to no signal. Bot me as needed. If I do get a chance to post, I'll prioritize this game, because it's, well, special.

Ashka continues to move into the fight, calling to Varuna in their ancestral tongue, "Datang sekitar belakang mereka jika Anda bisa!" She steps to the closest goblin and strikes at it with her blade!

Move up and attack.

Curve Blade attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Curve Blade damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Ashka moves quickly forward, paralleling Varuna's path and wishing the field of battle provided a bit more cover.

Double move.

Thanks, Shifty! I like to hear that cracking sound!

Ashka gives a quick, satisfied nod as the lock snicks open and the gate swings wide. She steps aside as Oleander rushes through, calling out, "You go drive off that dragon, Olea! I'll be right behind you! Well, maybe a little ways behind you..."

Ah, got it. Thanks.

Do the coordinators not need to know the mechanics, such as the results of Disable Device checks? Seems like that would be necessary in order to see if the DC is reached. I'm mostly just curious, since this is working a little differently from other multi-table specials I've played in.

Ashka glances up at the gate, thinking, I could get up that pretty easily, but we need the gate open for those weaker or more heavily armored, if we're going to get a sizable force into the lodge.

Hoping the coordination on this multi-table skills check doesn't take too long.

Varuna - if there's time, how about Ashka takes 20 for a 33, and Varuna aids her to put it up to 35?

With the goblins defeated, Ashka is walking over to rejoin her companions when the skies flash, then rumble like the loudest thunder. She ducks low and instinctively moves into a shadow whilst peering up at the sky.

Seeing goblins and dragons scurrying and winging their way toward the Grand Lodge, Ashka says simply , "Looks like we still need to get there. Let's go." On reaching the gate, and seeing that even the might of dragons has been unable to open it, she dips a couple of long, slender fingers into a peculiar pocket stitched into her belt and retrieves a wrapped bundle of tiny, delicate tools. Where a larger lockpick might have to kneel down to work, Ashka is able to walk right up to the large gate and look in the keyhole as she applies her tools to the lock.

Not sure if we're limited in terms of rounds of action, but each attempt to pick a lock is a full-round action.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Disable Device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Very sorry to hear it Valjoen, wishing your family the best.

Sorry for Valjoen, but...yay, another turn!

Unaware that the remaining foes are dead or gone, Ashka continues her approach on the oblivious goblin. She makes no more noise than a gentle breeze, but this breeze carries death for the blue-belted goblin crouched behind the barricade.

With her quarry dead, she wipes her blade clean on the goblin's back as she calls out, "Any enemies still up? Everyone okay?"

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27

Curve Blade attack, bless: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 = 21
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + (1, 1) + 6 = 10

Sorry, nope. I had racked up a bunch of boons at various cons and decided to throw a lot of them on when I made Ashka, just to try it out, because I wasn't really using them. I guess I should list them in her online alias, so I remember what all she has for PbP.

Anyway, her story is that she grew up very poor, not far from an elf community, and she would sneak up and watch them, envying their wealth. In the process, she learned how they fight and became determined to attain similar wealth - hence her Exchange affiliation and professional, somewhat mercenary, mentality towards Pathfinding.

How many of them does it take to put down one of those dogs? Ashka thinks to herself, though most of her concentration is focused on creeping up on the goblin ahead. Can't see over the barricade, but it seems like everyone is fighting that dog.

Ashka grunts quietly in satisfaction as the leader goes down in a single shot, then takes a few steps toward the closest goblin, keeping to the shadows to go unnoticed.

Move action to get closer to blue goblin. Can't get there and attack this round, so she'll stay hidden.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

From a PFS boon (I forget the name, something like Ancestral Weapon): I get proficiency in the racial weapons of one race of my choice, but take a -1 to attacks using other weapons. She's got an elven branch spear too!

Ducking low, Ashka peers briefly around the barricade and sees the woman is distracted by the towering figure of Valjoen. She darts forward and past the woman, raising her blade above her shoulder as she moves. When she's in position, Ashka spins, bringing the brilliant curve of steel around in a deadly flash!

Move action to get in place (no AoO due to Stealth), then attack.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

Curve Blade attack, Bless: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + (2, 6) + 6 = 17

Ashka decides Wolfie can probably keep the yeth hound busy for a bit, but the woman hiding at the back may still be a problem. With this in mind, Ashka darts past the hound, ducking behind a shattered fruit stall and hustling towards the far side of the barricade.

Move action at half speed with Acrobatics to avoid AoO, then move at full speed using Stealth to get closer to woman at the back.

Acrobatics vs yeth hound CMD: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35

Our turn?

Nope. Kent goes, then the woman with the holy symbol (the 'boss'), then Oleander (who acted a bit on the early side) and Goupil and back around to Ashka.

You can move up to half your normal speed and use Stealth at no penalty. When moving at a speed greater than half but less than your normal speed, you take a -5 penalty.

It seems my question wasn't clear. I wasn't asking a rules question (Ashka has Fast Stealth, so can move at full speed and be sneaky), I was asking if we were able to use our stealth to get any closer before initiative got started. Your post tells me we were able to, which works for me.

Forgot to mention Ashka has a +1 to Perception to spot traps, so she might have spotted them herself.

Ashka nods in thanks as Varuna quietly points out the traps. Sharp-eyed, that one. I should have spotted them myself, glad he did.

She slips through the jumbled market, darting from shadow to shadow, towards a gap in the barricade, hoping to get to the woman in the back, who's likely to cause the most trouble.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20

I'm not sure how far onto the map we were able to get while sneaking. If it's possible to have reached the goblin dogs this round, I'll use this attack roll on the yellow one:

Curve Blade attack, bless: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 1 = 16
Curve Blade damage, sneak attack: 1d8 + 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (8) + (2, 6) + 6 = 22

"I was thinking someone small and light could just climb over, rather than fly," Ashka replies to Goupil with a shrug, "but Kent doesn't exactly fit the description."

She nods at Varuna's suggestion, taking a step towards the barricade and vanishing into the shadows like she was never there.

Take 10 on Stealth for a 26 and on Perception for a 19.

As the chaos of the Irorium diminishes, it becomes clear from the distant shouts, and perhaps the occasional explosion, that it has spread out onto the streets and alleys of Absalom. Good, I'm at home there. Better check it out.

"Let's see what's going on out there!" Ashka calls out, "The trouble has moved on without us!"

She moves with the other Pathfinders through the chaos outside, aiming always for the strange pillar of light where the Grand Lodge must be. "Hope that light doesn't drive away all the shadow, eh, Varuna? Easier for me to work if it's not too bright." Before they can reach the lodge, however, the party finds itself facing a ramshackle barrier across the Foreign Quarter Market.

After studying the pile of debris, rubble and shredded tents for a moment, she asks, "Well, over or through?"

"You know where to find me," Ashka says, slipping back behind her pillar. "Not that you'll be able to," she adds with a wicked grin as she fades into the shadows.

Take 10 on Stealth for a 26, wait and see what happens.