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Bobbie's able to cut down the red-feathered goblin, but her swing through on to the green-feathered is at the wrong angle, and the goblin dodges it. Corgrim cuts into Blue as it stands up and Shannon might get cut by the green as she scoots into place. But she might not be, and indeed, she isn't. Glorfan is cut, and the party can see his sinew and muscle beneath flap that Shannon cuts open.
Cayden takes down one of the goblins and moves to pin the other goblins down. Blue stands up and tries to stab the only longshanks available to it. , and just barely misses him.
Leon tries to cut into the red-feathered goblin, but fails to make contact. In a salivia-filled voice, Glorfan yells "No, Pathfinders leave, bad pathfinders! This is Glorfan's house now!" The wound left by Shannon's polearm knits itself back together just a little. He stands back up. He tries to bite into Bobbie.
Round 1
Corba uses her ol' reliable spell and one of the goblins is able to stay up, but the big ugly one falls flat as does one of his assistants. With the goblin flat on his feet, Corgrim is able to stab the goblin. And Shannon's glaive cuts deep into the strange goblin chief. Red tries to squeeze closer out of the grease but is unable to. Failing that, the goblin with red feathers in her helmet tries to stab Corgim in the leg. But he's just barely able to get out of the way. The goblin with a tropical green feather tries to stab Shannon in the joints of her armor.
Cayden cuts into the goblin, who just barely parries the blow away from his head and into his arm. A goblin with blue feathers in his helmet tries to jab Leon with his shortsword. and is able to nick him for a bit. He sneaks a bit away from Leon. Bobbie swings her sword onto Red and leaves the goblin open for further attack.
Eventually, the Pathfinders can construct a rudimentary bridge to cross the massive pit. Across the pit is a foul-smelling living quarters, with mess and gnawed-on bones. The next room seems to be filled with supplies
Unfortunately, only Cayden spots the goblins lying in wait, and he spots them too late to do much about it. A goblin warrior steps out and attempts to jam his short sword into Leon.
And he leaves a little cut on his arm! Another goblin at the same time pops out of the boxes and tries to slice into Bobbie.
But its stopped by Bobbie's greaves! Another goblin skitters towards Shannon, but not with enough time to slash into her. Another goblin... well maybe its a goblin. It has the wide head and long ears of a goblin, but it has perhaps five arms and hideous teeth, and its much taller... well, anyways, it skitters forward and is able to take a swipe at her face with its claws.
Almost unthinkingly, she keeps it at bay with her shoulder. "Pathfinderth, you no be here now, you leave now," he slobbers.
It might take some time, but Shannon remembers there's an entire brewery/warehouse that probably has better supplies to build something like that. While Shannon waits for the others to get across, she finds a note. It simply says "Do Your Duty. Protect the Lodge. Your Insect interests come second to that. - Melkorka"
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After Bobbie opens the door, but before she can open it, Cayden yells out "Stop!" Something about the floor doesn't look right, and upon further investigation, it looks like it is designed to break open. Carefully lifting up the floor boards reveal a pit around 70 feet deep. The pit is ten feet wide.
I'd like to try to play a little 1e since I'm also dipping my toes into offering 1e games. I've got... nine different 1e characters that are level 4-6, (a wizard, a psychic, a mesmerist, an investigator, a(n unchained) barbarian, a skald, a cleric, a hunter and a samurai)
The door does not appear to be trapped, as near as Cayden can figure.
Corgrim feels significantly weaker, as he takes points of Strength damage. (For a total of 3 Str Dmg) Veremund's armor detects as magic. He also had a nice scythe, but he was too weak to wield it effectively. He also has a magical feather, that upon further determination, will turn itself into a whip and fight alongside its owner. The two agents' armors detect as magic , and their warhammer and light hammer are both fine quality, but the rest of their gear is mundane. Between the two of them, they have 12 regular daggers in case anyone needs a knife. Between the three humans, there's about 340 some gold pieces.
The swarm will pile on to Corgrim, dealing poison damage, and requiring a DC 11 Fortitude save from Corgrim. After that, the party throws two more alchemist fires, and destroys the creepy crawlies. Cayden
Cayden is able to cut down the druid, but the swarm remains and looms after the group.
There were 9 alchemist fires en total from the alchemists upstairs. Between those, you should be able to kill the swarm. 3 are with Leon, does anyone else want to be responsible for the other 6, or split them up?
Okay, for this current fight, Cayden has struck down the druid. Does anyone have the ability to harm swarms? Who has the alchemist's fires from the goblin alchemists upstairs?
Okay, I probably should have alerted you all. I am currently getting my master's degree. This semester has been difficult. I have now taken my final exam for the semester, and should have more free time and better response times until the next semester starts in a few months.
In a swift succession, Bobbie and Shannon cut down the last of these agents. Only the swarm and the gibbering druid remain! The swarm skitters and climbs up onto Corba and Shannon!
Corgrim can't hit the center of the mass of the swarm, but some bugs burn up despite this. Corba's alchemist fire also misses the central mass.
Corgrim feels a little bit weaker. Veremund steps back and draws a potion and drinks it.
Corba tried her mind whammy on yet another person. and he looks to have hard time focusing. Shannon was swinging where he was going, and when he stops, she just cuts the air. Bobby can't quite get her sword through his studded leather! The swarm crawls over Cogrim, and they get everywhere. Dealing piercing damage and their venom creeps into his veins!
Leon just misses with his scythe, but as the agent dodges the scythe, Corgrim's shortsword finds him and cuts him down. Cayden gets his sword into the joints of Veremund's armor, and leaves a grievous wound!
An agent tries to twist away from Shannon's swing, but her glaive catches him and slices across his belly. Veremund's chat suddenly stops and he looks dazed. The horde of locusts, beetles and other insects spreads onto Shannon and Leon, and start biting and pinching and all sorts of other dreadful stuff. , and both the fighter and paladin can feel the venom pour into their cuts. One of the agents decides to go all out on Corgrim with his hammers
and his less impressive hammer connects with a glancing blow
Leon isn't quite able to grab onto the hammer guy's body, who slips just out of reach of Leon.
And he loses the spell. Another man appears literally out of thin air and swings a hammer on Corgrim.
Round 1
Corgrim singes the swarm of various insects and arthopods. Veremund steps back and starts casting a spell. DC 17 Spellcraft:
Summon Swarm, which to be clear, the swarm already here is not magically summoned.
Shannon does not fall under the influence of the strength-sapping poison. Cayden rushes toward, but as he does so, a man appears out of nowhere as he passes, literally materializing out of nowhere. And somehow misses. Corba recognizes this as a swarm of insects The swarm is made of too small creatures for weapons in general and none are intelligent enough for any mind-affecting spells. But splash weapons and spells that deal damage over an area will be more effective than usual. Round 1
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Down below the stairs, the room is lit up by a roaring fire place. It smells of preserving chemicals and flesh and sweat. There's a man clad in leather and hide and bone in the far corner with crazed look in his eye. "Oh ho, Adventurers! Just what I was looking for. It looks like there's an infestation in the basement, hahaha," he laughs, as dozens, no, hundreds of insects file out of the speciman jars that line the shelves and form into a swarm of biting creepy crawlies.
The swarm of spiders crawls forward and over Shannon. And Shannon feels a bit woozy as the poisonous insects bite into her.
The party barrels through into the next room, but with no one on the look out, the kegs rigged up to fall on unsuspecting intruders barrel down on them.
However, only Leon gets pelted, the rest are protected by their armor. The clanging of the metal kegs probably resounded through the complex. There are stairs that lead down below beneath the brewery.
The Pathfinders group up and beat the frozen goblins on the ground with their swords and spears and maces and glaives and all sorts of weapons. From the goblin's bag of alchemical tricks, the pathfinders can recover three potions, 9 alchemist fires, 6 thunderstones, and 6 tanglefoot bags. DC 16 spellcraft:
The potions are cure light wounds There's a door to the north that remains unopened, and a large loading bay door that is closed to the west.
Corgrim's dagger fails to pierce the goblin's alchemically fortified skin.
The bullet hits the pink goblin directly, and the goblin is no longer awake.
The goblin
Leon cuts into the goblin on the ground, while Bobbie and Shannon fail to hit theirs in the rafters.
Leon's javelin strikes again, and red blood starts oozing from the Pink Goblin's wounds.
The brown goblin throws another bomb, this time against Bobbie
Pink throws a bomb against Leon.
Corgrim's arrow knocks the little glass vile from the goblin's hands and it crashes to the ground. "My mutie mute!" it hisses in Goblin. Shannon's arrow misses the goblins, while the other Pathfinders get out their secondary ranged weapons. Brown and Blue both drink their little glass vials, and drop the glass vials carelessly below. "My mutie mute!" The remaining goblin scream and chunks a glass vial at Leon below.
Round 4
Both of the goblins wobblin', but they don't fall down. The one goblin to the side takes Leon javelin to the chest, which makes it let out a mighty roar of pain. There's not stairs or a ladder as far as you can see, Shannon, but the giant brew vats to the south nearly reach the ceiling.
Cayden spots goblins in the rafters with glass vials in their hands. They are 30 feet up, but with lot of open air and relatively small wooden planks that they stand in wait on. Round 3
Corgrim doesn't notice anything, but Bobbie slams her sword into the dog and it is bleeding. Blood blood everywhere. The remaining dog barrels down at Leon.
Round 1/2
Bobbie
Bobbie's blade sinks deep into the dog's fur, cutting into it harshly! The other pathfinders scramble to try to get to Bobbie! One of the dogs rushes forward, barreling forward at Bobbie.
But its fangs snap off kilter and far away from Bobbie's grieves. If you can make a DC 25 Perception check as a move action:
There are things in the rafters above you. The other dog, with Bobbie's sword sticking out of it, tries to snap at Bobbie as well.
The sword wound is too much, and it falls unconscious and dying at Bobbie's feet.
Opening the door, Bobbie immediately hears dogs barking. They ain't on leashes kids, as they howl and start to run at the door. White spittle and slobber stream from their mouths. These dogs do not look healthy.
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So far the rooms are 0 for 2 on having any missing Pathfinder scholars in them. Nothing interesting in this room either!
Bobbie finds a room filled with bottling equipment. In the corner of the room, there's a collapsed set of shelves and what looks like dozens of bottles' worth of broken glass
Corgrim and Bobbie and Corba and Shannon find several kegs, that may once have had beer in them, but have long since been cracked and drunk dry. But no sign of stolen Pathfinder scholars.
A mass of broken tables, chairs, and barstools clutter the center of this dusty room, and a crumbling bar still stands in front of a broken mirror on the north wall. Three small alcoves in the southwest corner once served as semiprivate bar booths but now host only rubble. The door to a storage room in the northwest corner hangs loose on its hinges, the smell of rotting refuse wafting from within. Shadows dominate the room, as the windows are boarded up. The floor boards creak, and there's sound of something clicking against the wood. Looking around, there doesn't seem to be anything moving in here, perhaps further into the building. DC 15 Perception:
There's a carcass of a dead dog, a large hound, in the debris. It has several bite marks on its body.
Corgrim doesn't hear anything moving inside.
The Pathfinders are able to make it through the city without drawing the attention of more guards. Amazing. A large, dilapidated building sits crammed between equally dilapidated warehouses and flophouses. Its doors are chained shut, its windows are filled with broken glass and boarded from the inside, and its facade is faded, crumbling, and encrusted with icicles. Faded, hard-to-read letters are painted 10 feet tall across the top of the ruined structure—they read: Auntie Marny’s Bitter Brev, with the last letter looking more and more chipped away; perhaps there was more to it at some point.. There's a front door, but also a large bay door in the back.
The city with its septagonal walls on the perimeter is vast, and patrolled. Now that the Pathfinders are inside the walls, they have to get to this bitter brewery, but heavily armored outsiders might attract attention.
"Oh, not break any laws, eh? You really think you could do that wearing those shoes." says the Sargent. "Oh, dear, those are a lot of buckles on those shoes," says one of the twins, pointing at Bobbie's boots and then to Cayden's. "Gonna have to pay quite a bit in the shoe-buckle tax, if you don't want to be breaking any of our laws, yeah," says the other. "All of you got buckles, by gum." They will discretely take the aforementioned bribes that the party knew about earlier.
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