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Received the Chronicle. Just waiting on the Boon. Great time, everybody - and great job to the GM. Many thanks to you all :)

Another shot yet taken against my targeted lemure....

Shortbow: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 - 4 = 4

Eeeeequals - a whiff anna miss. I think Luciano and I are tied for Least Effective PCs In A Boss Encounter for 2015.

I'll be over in the corner coming up with an Acceptance Speech.

We'll go with another shot on the same lemure as I was targeted on before.

Shortbow: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 3 - 4 = 12

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Even though the unnatural infernal flesh of the lemures seem to swallow his arrows whole, a grim smile still tugs at the corner of Adrastus' mouth as he sees the missile hit home.

Oooooh...Shiny.

I think I'll go with the Custom Order :D

Double-move action to move up to position as indicated on the map, and use a free action to draw and ready Adrastus' shortbow

Done and done on the form-fillin' out department.

Watching the bewildering array of chaos that the encounter has become swirl about him, Adrastus draws his blade (though he knows it be nigh to useless against such undead abominations as these), hefts the weight of his shield upon his arm, and prepares as best he can for whatever may yet come of things.

In other words, there's not much I can see as doing right at the mo, so I'll go Defensive as a Standard Action and take the +4 Dodge Bonus to AC and give up the opp to make any Opportunity Attacks. From my position in the back, it doesn't look as if much is going to get around Kavaki at any rate.

"Whereabouts these guards?" Adrastus addresses the fallen Janks. "Are they stationed, or making the rounds of a patrol?"

He turns his gaze to his companions. "I might be able to slip down the far stairwell a bit and see if I can trace a shot on one or both of them from the shadows. Take down their number a bit before we have need to face them toe to toe...."

Arrow nocked and at the ready, Adrastus continues to scan the tangled melee for a window of opportunity in which to let fly his missile.

Like Luciano, I continue to exist and provide intangible moral support for my battling companions. An ipso facto ra-ra section, if you will, sans short cheerleader skirt or pom-poms....

Those are still in the wash.

With 2 HP remaining, melee would be a tad bit on the rather unwise side for me, and being prone and engaged gives ole Janks there a pretty minimal chance of getting thwacked by any arrow shots, so I guess Adrastus will hold and see if an opportunity presents itself later.

"Take him alive if you can keep him quiet.... We'll see what he knows about what awaits us below."

"Much more of this banter and Celeena will know we're here regardless," Adrastus hisses urgently to his companions. "Let me put an arrow in his gob before he alerts half the neighborhood to our presence...."

"Hist...Luciano!" Adrastus motions to the northwest corner of the room. "Over there! Under those rugs! It looks like yet a fourth lever."

Crossing over to a spot overlooking that part of the room, the ranger rubs at his stubbled jaw in thought. "Mayhaps they were not just casually tossed over it - but rather meant to serve as a manner of concealment. Our best option may lie with investigating that one first."

Lowering his bow, but keeping an arrow nocked in the string, Adrastus crosses cautiously to a spot roughly mid-way across the span. Casting his gaze about, his ranger's eyes dissect what details they may from both the portcullis ahead and the levers below.

Taking 10 on Perception: 10 + 7 = 17

"Thisamet...Ketephys...a small piece of red yarn I found at the bottom of my pouch one day..." Adrastus mutters to himself grimly as he rips another arrow from his quiver, nocks it, and draws back, taking aim. "I'll take aid from whatever quarter is willing to grant it right now."

He lets the missile fly and grabs for a replacement. "I'm non-denominational that way."

Shortbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Swing anna miss, I'll assume.

Sorry - had connection problems the last day or two on my end. Thanks to GM Baerlie for botting Adrastus for me. Given his personal situation, he would indeed have tried to stay back and pluck arrows at the things. In fact, that's pretty much his intended plan for the rest of the combat, should the circumstances allow.

Seeing the malformed hellspawn, Adrastus quickly nocks an arrow and looses it at the fiend. As he watches the missile hit home, he grins and snarls darkly, "Plenty more for you left, devilkin!"

Ripping another from his quiver, he fits it into his bowstring and draws back, eyes scanning quickly for targets of opportunity.

I'm noting some possible LOS issues on the map, but just in case a viable target presents itself...

Shortbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

I would have no objections. It seems to me the logical arrangement. Or - at any rate - a good place to start at least.

Also, anyone able to use good Kavaki's wand to give me a tap with it so I'd have more HP then legless chihuahua would be sorely appreciated.

I'd send you a Christmas card n' everything :P

As he studies the surface of the portal in the floor, a stray thought vies for his consideration. Looking up, he glances around at his companions.

"My attention was somewhat divided at the time, so I took scant notice of what was in the room across the hall. Before we go heading downward, perhaps we should give it the once over? There may be more little gifts lying about, now unattended, that may serve us."

Adrastus shuffles into the room, hand clamped to his side in effort to staunch the flow of blood. Looking pale and haggard, he addresses Luciano. "I've seen better evenings, I'm afraid," he pronounces with a wry grimace. "That one's blade bit deep," he gestures with his sword point towards the fallen freebooter. "I'll not live through another one like that."

"For a certs, if I wish to see the light of another dawn, without a salve or a healer's touch, I'll have to be leaving that kind of steel-play to others and stick to plying my bow from the back with our dweomercrafters."

Starting 11 HP minus that 9 point hit leaves me with only 2 left.

"I agree with you on the peculiarity of the presence of these vials, though, blademaster. The particulars of this little job grow ever more curious...."

"Howsobeit," he shrugs. "We take what the enemy concessions us and use it against them. These vials should go to those as can best employ them, I think. For my own part, I'll leave that decision up to my fellows. Then, as good Kavaki has said, we should decide how best to plumb the depths of this vault here."

Edging his way over to where the trapdoor sits in the floor of the chamber, he peers at it with his forester's eye, seeking to discern whether it is rigged in some fashion or not.

Taking 10 on a Perception Check = 10 + 7 = 17

Okay...that was a bit of a nasty hit there. Down to 2 HP....

Adrastus winces in pain and snarls out a curse as he feels the blade of the grizzled sellsword bite deeply into his flesh.

Unsheath Longsword as a Free Action (due to Quick Draw Feat)
Strap Lt. Steel Shield for combat as a Move Action
Attack the red helm back as a Standard Action

Longsword: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

I'll assume that's not a hit :P

Ripping his own steel from its scabbard, he quickly slings his shield into place and straps it to his arm. Looking for an opening, he lashes out a counter-attack.

Caught off-balance by the suddenness and ferocity of the mercenary's assault, Adrastus grimaces darkly as he hears the edge of his sword catch only empty air. Peering grimly over the lip of his shield at the man, he braces himself for the next blow.

"Ah. Good." Adrastus mutters to himself grimly upon hearing the as-yet unknown inhabitants of the room. "I was wondering when this was going to go south...."

Sliding down the shadowed hallway as quickly and quietly as possible, the ranger moves up to the door sitting opposite the one from behind which the voices emerge, and tries its handle.

Or - essentially - I'm trying to get Adrastus into that (hopefully!) unoccupied room on the other side. That way, I might get myself some space to manuever and get out of the way of blocking the other members of the party should this situation go the way of the sword.

Seeing the monk glide up to the door and deftly cut the string, thus silencing the bell, Adrastus shrugs to himself in grim satisfaction.

"Or...that way works as well," he remarks to himself with a subdued grin. "Front door it is then...."

Taking the arrow from his bow, he returns it to his quiver and re-slings the weapon. Padding up quietly to where Luciano stands framed in the doorway, he looses his longblade from its weathered scabbard and peers down the hallway over the swashbuckler's shoulder.

Just in case it's needed -

Take 10 on Stealth like Luciano for 14 (10 + 7 - 3 for Encumbrance)

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Duly noted on my end here. And thanks for the bit of the boost, Luciano. That'll bring my regular AC up to 17 then - for the time present.

@Kavaki - Ah. I get your meaning. I was just thrown off a bit in the GM asking for Disable Device check as opposed to, say, just a Base Ability check like Strength or Dexterity.

Either way, Adrastus would be of little help. No training - as you said - in Disable Device, and a Dex Mod of +2 being penalized a -3 due to Encumbrance.

I may be able to spot `em...but taking them out is going to have to be someone else's job :P

Nodding slightly to Luciano, he murmurs quietly, "Goblins sometimes employ a similar method of alarm."

Peering at the device from his patch of dim shadow, he notes, "It will take a practiced hand to silence that. If we do not possess such a hand among us, perhaps more profit might be gained from examining that window back yon," he gestures towards the side of the house. "It might offer a quieter way of entry."

I thought that Disable Device was a Trained-Skill use only. Or am I getting that wrong?

The +4 from Mage Armor would do me 1 point better than my Studded Leather (+3 Armor Bonus), so if someone's willing to dole one out you can count me in, thankeeverymuchly :)

Positioning himself opposite a front corner of the small villa so as to keep an eye on both the area of the window and door, [c.f. the Google Map] Adrastus quietly unslings his bow and keeps it at the ready, silently nocking an arrow into the string.

[Rolls (in case anybody needs them) -

Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 (-3 for Encumbrance = 11)

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Peering out from a patch of convenient shadow in a narrow alleyway opposite the small brick villa of the Decklands, Adrastus watches - with no small sense of chagrin - as the monosyllabic pyrokineticist shuffles over to stare at the dim tallow-flame flickering through the barred window.

Grimacing to himself, he makes a slight, curt motion with his hand, whispering out hoarsely, "Hist!... Mungo!... Get down!... Someone in there might see you!"

Quickly loosening his sword within its scabbard and ensuring that his bow is quick to the ready, the ranger mutters to himself ruefully, "I would give much for a tarp of Elvenkind right now...."

Rubbing soot-grimed fingers across his stubbled jaw and weather-chapped lips, the forester shakes his head minutely. "No, my Good Weapon of Irori," he begins by addressing the newly-arrived monk. "Tis true that I have been named a rogue by many a body in the past - but I do not have the skills of one. Well...apart from knowing my way around the typical manner of snags and snares that Goblins tend to employ, that is. I'm afraid my fields of knowledge lie more at home under the eaves of trees than the wainscoting of playhouses and guild-halls."

He raises himself from out of his seat, his leathers creaking quietly as he stands. "Howsobeit though," he shrugs vaguely. "There lies enough woodland park in the Ivy District to form a small forest unto itself, from tales I've heard. I may yet serve this company in some small regard."

"I am as accoutered as I am able to be. If my sirrahs are suitably equipped, I am prepared to depart on this errand when they are."

An unkempt-looking man peers through strands of stringy black hair at the outspread map on the desk. His contemplative green eyes play across its surface as a series of silent queries present themselves for his consideration.

Leaning forward in his chair, the worn leather of his jerkin and breeches creaking with the motion, he pronounces thoughtfully, "I am far more accustomed to the bowers of Fangwood than I am streets of Absalom...." Gesturing with a dirt-flecked finger, he continues, "I know that the Society is headquartered here - in the Foreign District - but in what Quarter of the city does this vault reside? I would know into what kind of neighborhood we venture."

Reclining back into the recesses of his seat, an idle hand runs along the dark stubble of his chin thoughtfully. "As to the matter of this daughter of the scion of the Decklands...do we even know where this Celeena is? Can the heiress of a such a disgraced line as hers reside in safe anonymity within the walls of the city? If so - " he allows a humorless smirk of chagrin to twist at the corner of his mouth, "it ill-bespeaks for the vigilance of the Starwatch - let alone the constabulary of the local districts. Does it not?"

He snaps out of his private reverie with a dismissive wave of his hand and sits up. "Then again, as I said, I am new and unused to how matters transpire or fare in a city such as Absalom. Perhaps there is something I am missing here."

Super new at this - but if you have cause for a Ranger, I'll toss in my bow.

Hey all -

I know this is probably a dead post by now, but I figured I'd reply to it anyway. As a (very!) new member of the Pathfinder Society Organized Play community, I too was poking around for a form-fillable PDF of the PFS Character Sheet.

I never ran across one that I particularly liked, so I just took the Sheet out of the back of the PFS Guide and made one myself using Acrobat.

It's non-calc (you'll have to do all the math for yourself) but completely form-fillable.

I don't have anywhere to post it, really. But if anyone would be interested in a copy, just hit me up in a PM or something and I'll see towards getting you one.

Cheers!