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Cooking Lore (Master, Task lvl 7, 8 days) vs DC 23: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Thank you for the lovely game GM Zoomba!

“I didn’t hear her name any deity when she saved our lives,” Tess observes solemnly. “Who would she be fighting? Surely it wouldn’t be her own Sarenrae?”

Tess opens her eyes. They immediately begin to sting from the smoke. Her hand clutches. Fingers close around the hilt of her kitchen knife, now so far from the cutting boards and sinks of home. Carefully she rises to her feet, then retreats behind her fellow Pathfinders while the wight is distracted.

Mandatory Fire damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 3) = 11

Interact to pick up dagger from ground [A], Stand [A], and Stride [A].

Are the wraiths lvl 10 or higher? If not, Tess's Deny Advantage would prevent her from being flat-footed to them. (Not that it affects things here, but it's the principle of the thing. XD)

Fortitude, Circumstance vs DC 28: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 16 + 1 = 26 Hero Point!
Fortitude, Circumstance vs DC 28: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 16 + 1 = 26 Lol

The knife falls from Tess's hand as she slumps to the ground.

Did the wraiths need to make Concealment checks as well?

Fortitude, Circumstance vs DC 28: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 16 + 1 = 30

Tess coughs and cuts a few times at the wraith between her and Zac before tactically stepping back into the underbrush.

Knife vs Blue FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20
Flat check vs DC 5: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 + (4, 3) = 14
Debilitating Strike -> Enfeebled 1

Knife vs Blue FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 18 - 4 = 22
Flat check vs DC 5: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 + (4, 2) = 12
Debilitating Strike -> Enfeebled 1

Strike x2 [AA] and Step [A].

Mandatory Fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

Tess squeezes through a crack in two large boulders and takes a moment to hide the signs of her passing before slowly creeping through the trees with her knife held ready.

Stride [A], Hide [A], Sneak [A] (Stealth +18).

Mandatory Fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5

Tess adopts the role of a feeble old woman, standing atop a nearby hilltop (with a lovely bit of land below that just so happens to be clear of flammable bits) and does her best to draw the zombies to her. Shrieks, wails, gnashing of teeth, a black shawl flying wildly in a non-existent wind - she pulls out all the stops to collect the undead into a killing zone for her colleagues with bows.

Tess wipes her hands on her apron and gets to work helping Fyn with his surprises for the horde.

Thievery to Aid vs DC 20: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38

Seeing the archers fall one by one in front of her, Tess spins around and reverses direction. Carefully she slips between Thereus and Zac, plants her dagger in the neck of the wight, cuts again at the tendons holding its arms in place before stepping back.

Knife vs Purple FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36
Piercing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 + (6, 3) = 17
Debilitating Strike -> Enfeebled 1

Stride [A], Strike [A], Step [A].

Tess continues creeping across the bridge.

Sneak x3 [AAA]

Tess pulls the hood of her cloak over her head again and vanishes from sight. Soft footfalls creep past Thereus towards the bridge.

Activate Cloak of Elvenkind to cast invisibility [AA] and Sneak (Stealth +18) [A].

Fortitude vs DC 24: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Tess’s fingers start creeping upwards towards the hood of her cloak as more and more blows land.

Tess cuts once with surgical precision.

Knife vs Orange FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 2 + (3, 5) = 15
Debilitating Strike -> Enfeebled 1

She cuts again.

Knife vs Orange FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 18 - 4 = 30
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 + (6, 6) = 18

And then she steps - just as precisely - around her prey.

Fortitude vs DC 24: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24
Fortitude vs DC 24: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29
Fortitude vs DC 24: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Tess's face remains impassive and unimpressed as the creatures try to drain what's left of her already-long-lived life away from her - though folks familiar with her might suspect it to be her trying to hide the pain she must be feeling from her wounds.

Tess takes the opportunity to cut at the wight next to her.

Dagger vs Orange FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 2 + (4, 1) = 12

Dagger vs Orange FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 18 - 4 = 33
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 2 + (3, 4) = 12

Order of preference for Debilitating Strikes: Enfeebled 1, -10 ft Speed.

With that done, she steps around her target to put it between her and the archers across the river.

Quick Draw [A], Strike [A], and Step [A].

Lol, Tess the trendsetter. XD

Tess pulls the hood of her cloak over her head as if to hide her terrified face from the terrible undead before her - and then vanishes from sight. Only the soft sounds of careful footsteps betray her position as she creeps forward.

Activating invisibility from Cloak of Elvenkind [AA], then Sneak (Stealth +18) [A].

Tess finds someone in the crowd of evacuees and starts asking them questions as if they were the one in charge. This gets other people to look to them for guidance, and before long there are a handful of un-appointed leaders coordinating the exodus.

Deception to Evacuate: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

The light of the moon is enough for Tess to see by as she joins Bovar and Namiri in scouting out the advancing horde. She also makes an effort to slip the pair as many cookies as she can from her seemingly-bottomless apron pocket.

Perception, Aid to Scout: 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 18 + 2 = 24

Tess could take the lead with Evacuation (Deception +21), Traps (Thievery +20), Scouting (Perception +18 or Acrobatics +16), or Tending (Diplomacy +20).

I think Daphnaie’s hit against Yellow would trigger Tess’s Opportune Backstab?

Fortitude vs DC 24: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29
Fortitude vs DC 24: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19 (Do I understand correctly that the Incapacitation trait increases that to a success?)

Reflex vs DC 29: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38

Tess pats out a patch of smoldering apron with one hand and cuts at the zombie with the knife held in the other. Her expression is calm, as if she were in the kitchen chopping vegetables that didn’t try to hit her back.

Knife vs Yellow FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 2 + (4, 4) = 15

Knife vs Yellow FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 18 - 4 = 16
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 2 + (6, 5) = 18

Knife vs Yellow FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 8 ⇒ (2) + 18 - 8 = 12
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 + (2, 3) = 12

Reflex vs DC 23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27

Somehow Tess is still unmarked by the explosions she keeps somehow finding herself in the middle of.

We can redirect that last strike to Yellow, but it's a miss anyway so no worries.

Thanks for watching out for Tess's reaction Drogo! Also, I don't think the Fortitude save from Daphnaie was needed since Blue exploded before it could hit her?

Reflex vs DC 23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25

Tess emerges untouched from the explosion yet again and slips around to follow Daphnaie to her latest victim. Or perhaps the reason she wears the black apron is because it doesn't show the scorch marks?

Knife vs Red FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 + (5, 1) = 13
Debilitating Strike -> Enfeebled 1

Knife vs Red FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 18 - 4 = 15
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 + (4, 2) = 15

Stride [A] and Strike x2 [AA].

Reflex, Evasion vs DC 23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37
Will vs DC 29: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30 (17 damage)
Reflex, Evasion vs DC 23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25

Tess shakes her head and scowls at the screaming skulls with the same disapproval one normally reserves for an unhappy toddler on a train before turning her attention back to the probably-explosive zombie on the ground in front of her. Her knife flashes through the air, carving the rotting flesh with the same precision as one would carve a feastday turkey.

Knife vs Cyan FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 + (2, 5) = 13
Debilitating Strike -> Enfeebled 1

Knife vs Cyan FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 18 - 4 = 28
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 + (4, 2) = 14
Debilitating Strike -> -10 ft penalty to speeds

Knife vs Cyan FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 8 ⇒ (9) + 18 - 8 = 19
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 + (5, 6) = 19

Strike x3 [AAA].

Will vs DC 29: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36

Tess shakes her head, unbothered by a sound so similar to screaming toddlers and babies, and re-evaluates the situation. Spotting Daphnaie on the other side of the scuffle, she hitches up her skirt and starts running. One hand plucks a very large kitchen knife from her apron pocket, then quickly reverses into a quick arc targeting the zombie’s arms.

Kitchen Knife vs Purple FF AC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27 (Gang Up)
Slashing damage, Precision damage: 2d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 2 + (5, 1) = 16
Debilitating Strike: Enfeebled 1 until the end of Tess’s next turn.

Stride x2 [AA], Quick Draw [A], and Debilitating Strike [F]. If someone hits Purple (or another enemy adjacent to Tess) with a melee attack, she’s use her reaction to make an Opportune Backstab (spoilers below).

With a single fluid motion, Tess plucks a skewer tucked in her hair and throws it towards the closest zombie's feet.

Dart, Range vs Red FF AC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 18 - 4 = 32
Piercing damage, Precision damage: 1d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (5, 6) = 15
(Red should be flat-footed due to Surprise Attack, but let me know if that's not the case. If Red is flat-footed, the Strike hits, and it deals damage, Tess will use Debilitating Strike to give Red a -10 ft penalty to its Speeds until the end of her next turn. Also, if that happens to be a Crit, Red takes 1d6+1 persistent Bleed damage.)

As soon as the projectile lands, it disappears and reappears in the elderly woman's hand. Tess herself moves just as quickly as the weapon, ducking behind a rock and crouching low to avoid detection.

Quick Draw to Strike Red [A], Debilitating Strike [F], Stride [A], and Hide [A]. Stealth +18 vs enemies' Perception DC, possible +2 bonus from cover.

If Tess is offended by Maja declining her offer of the cookie, her smiling face doesn't show it. "Goodness dearie, that's quite the pickle. I'm afraid we didn't have a chance to gather much in the way of supplies for a prolonged siege - does your hold have materials to reinforce the town? Or are we depending on what the folks there have on hand?"

I've got two glyphs, and since Fyn and Drogo are the shortest in the group (and thus the closest to grandchildren), they get my extras. XD

An elderly woman finishes passing out cookies to a handful of junior agents before joining the rest of the seniors on the rocks. "Anything for you dears?" she asks with a warm and cheerful smile. "I've still got a few left, so don't be shy." A weathered hand plucks another pouch from her apron pocket, causing the blade of a long kitchen knife to catch the sunlight for a moment before falling back into the folds of the dark fabric.

Would it be possible to mark this campaign as inactive once everyone has their Chronicle sheets?

Cooking Lore, Expert: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Meh. The job is done, and that's the important part. (Not that Tess was much help in the skill check portion, lol)

Grandma Tess spends a few seconds as the group prepares to leave moving a heavy crate to the edge of the ship’s railing. Once the wind picks up, those floorboards won’t hold very long and it should make quite the splash when it falls. Hopefully not too soon - or too late...

Deception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Grandma Tess tries to keep watch, but the storm is making it too dark for her to see very well.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Grandma Tess likewise tries to step lightly, letting her less-stealthy companions point out where she should look next.

Grandma Tess tries to blend in with the other undead, rolling her cloak around on the ground and pulling the hood over her face as she adopts a more shambling stride.

Deception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Boo. Do we have Hero Points during Quests? Here’s hoping we do...

Hero Point Reroll - Deception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

”Well we can’t have the poor dear injuring herself, now can we.” Grandma Tess pulls out some rope and helps Dorrance tie up her wayward ex-companion. ”Now then, I believe we have some investigating to do, yes?”

"And how did you know how to identify the 'investigators' you were sent to stop?" Grandma Tess asks gently, hands folded in her lap. "How exactly were you expecting to hide your involvement? Surely the Consortium didn't just give you a scrap of paper and expect you to magically know everything you needed to do from that."

Grandma Tess has the Lie to Me skill feat - if she converses with a creature for at least a minute, any Deception checks they make to Lie are against her Deception DC (21) rather than her Perception DC (18).

"Upuaut, dear, could you keep her with us?" Grandma Tess asks kindly as she wipes the blood off her rolling pin. "She'd be able to answer more questions alive than dead."

And she might not deserve to die. Not everyone follows orders of their own free will...

The older half-elf calmly tucks those thoughts away in the same way as she tucks her rolling pin back into her apron pocket. "Regardless, it seems we have quite the lead on who might be interrupting this shipment."

Oops! Well, that worked better than expected. Cheeky little one she is - a shame really. Perhaps we’ll have a chance to talk later.

Grandma Tess lets her thoughts run, but doesn’t let them distract her as she tries to get a better look at the gnome - and then clobber her in the kneecap.

Perception to Seek: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Rolling Pin: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Bludgeoning damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

So Grandma Tess’s actions for the turn would be Stride [A], Seek [A], and Strike [A].

Perfect - so we know she has to be within 5 ft of where we last saw her since the movement penalties from Difficult Terrain and Sneaking would stack.

”She can’t have gone far,” Grandma Tess says finally. ”Fan out and keep your guard up.” She begins moving deliberately through the underbrush, keeping an eye out for any strange gnomes underfoot.

Triple Stride [AAA] - path marked on map.

Grandma Tess considers her options...

So does the undergrowth provide Cover? If no, usually she'd have to be Concealed to take the Hide action and might not have been able to become Hidden without an action such as Create a Diversion. If yes, would the undergrowth also be considered difficult terrain? That's important because that helps us determine how far she might have moved from the last place we saw her. Sorry to be such a stick in the mud!

Also, the Ready action only lets you use two actions to specify a trigger for a single action you take as a reaction before your next turn. Very few spells have 1-action casting times, making them much more difficult to ready in this addition.

Grandma Tess follows after the hooligan, peeking behind the foliage to get a better look at the gnome. "Now now dear - it'll be easier on these old knees if you would stop all this running around and just talk," she says, adding with a wiry grin, "Easier on your noggin too, I'll wager."

Stride [A], Seek [A]. If Grandma spots her, she'll Strike [A] - see spoiler above. Otherwise she'll Seek again. Seek is a secret roll, and Grandma Tess's Perception modifier is +8.

No worries GM - we're all still learning. I'm super grateful the PRD has that "It looks like you're trying to be sneaky - would you like some help with that?" section. XD

So normally (if I understand correctly) she'd have to be hidden or undetected by everyone to Sneak. You can normally Hide or Create a Diversion to become Hidden, then Sneak to become Undetected. Am I understanding it correctly, or does she have something that changes that?

Seeing the last bandit fall, Grandma Tess hurries from the trees. "Oh dear, you dropped this." she says sweetly as she holds out a crumpled flower.

Bluff vs Green Will DC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

"...Oh, and this too." The elderly half-elf quickly pulls out her rolling pin with the other hand and tries to clock the young hooligan.

Rolling Pin (Light Mace): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Bludgeoning damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Sneak Attack (if Applicable): 1d6 ⇒ 4

Stride [A], Feint [A], and Quick Draw [A]. From her Racket:

When you successfully Feint, the target is flat-footed against melee attacks you attempt against it until the end of your next turn. On a critical success, the target is flat-footed against all melee attacks until the end of your next turn, not just yours.

Grandma Tess tumbles softly out of the backside of the wagon and ducks into the trees, trying to cut off the strange gnome's escape route.

Triple Sneak [AAA]. GM, could you roll those three secret Stealth checks with a +8 bonus?

"Oh dear - there's some mean men come to steal our wagon and leave us penniless!" Grandma Tess lets her voice waver slightly to give the impression of fear. "Look! One, two, three, four - they outnumber us!" She shakily points at each bandit, pausing a bit more on the last one who is trying a bit harder than his companions to hide. "Wait, there's even more coming down the road!" She lets her voice rise to a shriek here, the better to accompany her wild hand gesture as she points to the bend in the road ahead before deftly slipping up onto the cart.

Deception to Create a Diversion: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

Totally down for GM to say this isn't feasible. Point Out [A], Create a Diversion [A], and Sneak [A] to hide on top of or inside the cart. Because Sneak is a Secret Stealth check, the GM will have to roll it and add Grandma Tess's +8 modifier.

An older half-elf woman emerges from the kitchen with a serving tray, placing a few drinks on it before moving unobtrusively to the back room. Deftly she places a dark stout in front of the dwarf and a glass full of chunky red liquid with a celery stick poking out the top like a straw next to the kobold. "Sorry sir - they didn't tell me we were short-staffed up front," she says demurely to Kristoff as she lowers the tray so he can retrieve a glass of wine. With her tray empty, she moves to the rear of the room and stands at attention. Softly she dusts the flour from her clothes, one end of a rolling pin poking out from her apron pocket as she does so.

If you're still looking for players, perhaps there's room for a sweet old lady?

Player Name: Hawthwile
PFS #-Char#: 264524-2002
Character Name: Grandma Tess
Faction: Grand Archives
Level: 3

I'll get her profile leveled-up and updated over the weekend.

An older woman slips quietly through the front door and immediately begins collecting glasses and plates from the various tables. Her pale hair is pulled up in a loose bun, revealing large eyes and pointed ears that betray her half-elven heritage. ”Oh, can I get that for you dear?” she asks one of the more inebriated patrons, deftly slipping the glass out of their loose hand and onto her tray. Hands full of dirty dishes, she heads towards the kitchen as if she was an employee here.