Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Fog Cloud (PRD) wrote:
A bank of fog billows out from the point you designate. The fog obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature within 5 feet has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker can't use sight to locate the target).
Boram can throw a smoke bomb, providing concealment in a 10' radius and blocking gaze attacks for anyone not in melee range (the way I read it, at least - Kludde, can you confirm?).
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Boram switched out disguise self for heightened awareness, which he will drink. He will also use alchemical allocation to consume a level 12 barkskin potion (giving him a 25 AC for 2 hours), then use a level 2 boro bead to get that spell back.
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Knowledge (Arcana):1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
Boram looks at the lists of reagents. "The majority of those reagents that have been circled are used in conjuration spells."
Appraise:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Pulling the bars of metal out of the coffer, Boram notes, "These bars are made of glaucite, an alloy of adamantine and iron that can be found only in Numerian ruins."
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Boram makes his way through the small corridor and lobs another bomb at the wayang when he comes into view.
Move action: As indicated on map Standard action: Attack Yekai (explosive bomb, using Precise Bombs to avoid his own square) Attack (Explosive Bomb (vs. Touch AC), Dex Mutagen, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim):1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 29 Damage (Explosive Bomb (see below), Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim):4d6 + 4 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6, 4, 3, 2) + 4 + 1 + 4 = 24
Explosive Bombs:
The alchemist’s bombs now have a splash radius of 10 feet rather than 5 feet (see Throw Splash Weapon). Creatures that take a direct hit from an explosive bomb catch fire, taking 1d6 points of fire damage each round until the fire is extinguished. Extinguishing the flames is a full-round action that requires a Reflex save. Rolling on the ground provides the target with a +2 to the save. Dousing the target with at least 2 gallons of water automatically extinguishes the flames.
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
With Bones' resist energy, I think Boram is down a total of 7 hp.
Boram waits until Fa'zakar acts, then moves in front of the sorcerer and lobs a stink bomb at the alchemist; a greenish cloud briefly envelops the wayang.
DELAY until after Fa'zakar Move action: As indicated on map Standard action: Attack Yekai (stink bomb) Attack (Stink Bomb (vs. Touch AC), Dex Mutagen, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim):1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 20 Damage (Stink Bomb (DC 17 Fort save or nauseated, per stinking cloud), Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim):4d6 + 4 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2, 5, 5, 4) + 4 + 1 + 4 = 25
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Reflex Save (Dex Mutagen):1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 = 1137 damage total to Boram, healed by Bones for 7, leaves 31 HP remaining
Realizing that the alchemist is perhaps going to be more trouble than he can handle on his own, Boram makes his way back up the corridor to the others.
Full-round action: Double-move, as indicated on map
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Boram applies a vial of alchemist's fire to an arrow, then waits with a steady hand while the smoke from his bomb dissipates. When can see his target once more, he fires his bow twice at the alchemist.
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Fort Save (DC 17):1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 Reflex Save (DC 18, Dex Mutagen):1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 = 14
Boram avoids being brought down by the musk, but is unable to avoid the fiery blast.
The room description stated that this was a 'wide, open chamber'. Are the ceilings high enough that a flying halfling would be able to move around with impunity, or would that not really help at all?
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Beginning to prepare for their romp through the Undermarket, Boram draws two vials from his belt pouch, saying, "I know magic as well...of a sort."
He proceeds to drink the contents of one vial, then imbibe - and spit out - the contents of the other. Immediately, his skin takes on a rough appearance.
Drink an extract of alchemical allocation, using it with a CL12 potion of barkskin (AC is now 25 for two hours).
He pulls a bead from his pouch, then, and places it in the first vial; the vial proceeds to fill with a liquid indistinguishable from the original contents. The halfling then fishes the bead out of the vial and places it back in his belt pouch.
Restore the alchemical allocation with a level 2 boro bead.
Then, as if that wasn't enough, he drinks the contents of a third vial and his appearance shifts to that of a gnomish man dressed in browns and greys.
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
Boram, reacting quickly, moves closer to the horrors, prepares a bomb as he has many times before; this time, however, a sheet of flame erupts from his position and engulfs all three of the creatures.
Move action: As indicated on map Standard action: Attack worst nightmare (horrors get splash damage) w/Directed Blast, Explosive Bomb (30' cone) Attack (Bomb vs. Touch AC, Dex Mutagen, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim):1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 15 Damage (Bomb, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim):4d6 + 4 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4, 3, 1) + 4 + 1 + 4 = 19(8 points splash damage, DC 17 Reflex save for half)
Male Halfling Alchemist (Grenadier) 7 [ HP 61/61 | AC 20/T13/F18 | Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 (+2 vs. fear) | Init +4 | Perception +17 ]
A young halfling appears next, his expression a mixture of frustration and something else...disgust? Shame? Two adults - his parents, presumably - attempt to console him. "Not everyone succeeds the first time, Boram - I'm sure the elders will give you another chance." As his parents leave him, he shakes his head, his scowl deepening. He quickly packs a sack with his things and flees into the night, his face set, his eyes hard.
A series of scenes, then, faster - Boram taking on an apprenticeship to a master alchemist, enduring whatever beatings or punishment the man doled out, learning what he could, then moving on. The same basic pattern plays out again, and again, each time without emotion, without attachment. Eventually, he arrives at the doors to the Grand Lodge in Absalom.
Boram, seeing this montage flicker across the mirrors, remains stoically silent, determined to withstand whatever ridicule his comrades might hurl his way; it's not every day one comes across a grown halfling that never completed his coming-of-age task.
