Macondi Missani's page

If you are wanting to present a challenge where the goal isn't to just kill all the animals, then I would recommend a Victory Point skill challenge of some variety.

I'm not overly familiar with all of the various APs and PFS scenarios.

The ones that come to mind immediately for me are:

But I am not sure that this is what you have in mind.

I'm also aware of this one.

I think it would help to narrow down the goals a bit. What do you want as potential plans from the party for how to handle these creatures?

Mostly I am busy with other things*, so I am not actively looking for games for a couple of my PFS characters. Macondi being one of them.

I'll probably re-activate them on my own in a month or three when things quiet down a bit. I'm certainly not done with these characters.

And I am available if needed to fill a table.

* gaming things like the lodge's GM training program that I am in right now, as well as IRL things like trying to get my cellphone unlocked and switched to a different carrier.

trying to get a 6th player but might just go with 5.

If you are wanting a 6th player, I could come along. The character is semi-retired, so I don't mind if you want to just continue with 5 either.

It looks like you are already underway, so I would need to get inserted somehow.

Is that repeatable?

Yes.

"Bear eats you is a short story."

"And not a very interesting one." Macondi frowns at the page with the one sentence on it. "This would take a lot of work and changes to get it ready for publishing."

"Barak should be back at the lodge again by now. Some others too. Don't remember where they would be though."

"Hope so. Ready to go. Report. Cooperate. ... Something else too. And maybe not in that order."

"Rubbing, like that?" she says, giggling...

Macondi stops and thinks about that for several seconds. "No, that doesn't seem right either." Then he shakes his head vigorously to settle his hair back in place.

Oh, Command an Animal doesn't work on hostile animals.

You automatically fail if the animal is hostile or unfriendly to you.

Macondi peeks around his shield. "Dead, and dead, and dead, and not dead yet. Good." He notices the key, but doesn't show much interest in it. Instead Macondi rambles a bit more while looking around the area. "Cat rubbing. No, not like a cat. With paper."

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Looking for any more artifacts to collect.

"Aren't we all?"

Of course ;)

"Good I kept this. Here." Macondi casts Heal on Swix. Then hides behind his shield again.

Heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

◆◆ Heal, ◆Raise Shield

"Nice shot, Mandy. Do that again." Macondi casts Guidance on Mandy with one hand and throws another blast of energy at one of the sprites with the other.

◆ Guidance, ◆◆ Disrupt Undead (Magenta)

Disrupt Undead Positive damage (+inspire) DC 17 basic Fortitude: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

Guidance: +1 status bonus to one attack roll, Perception check, saving throw, or skill check.

"Cold and cold," Macondi says as he processes the information that he gained. "If anyone can no-cold, no-cold is good."

"Kinda close quarters in here for fighting a bunch of things," Macondi comments in a conversational tone. He lobs a glob of energy past Basag and Swix to that same Pixie that Swix shot.

Positive damage Basic Fortitude DC 17: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

He also looks curiously at these pixies trying to remember or figure out anything strange that they may do. He speaks a few quick words to invoke some magical assistance while doing so.

Scholarly Recollection (fortune effect), Recall Knowledge Religion/Occultism/Arcana +5 (with Dubious Knowledge if that still fails). Special attacks?

◆◆ Disrupt Undead, ↺ Scholarly Recollection, ◆ Recall Knowledge

Yeah, healing up before heading down the stairs would be a much better idea. Especially if we can do it using renewable resources rather than our last spell slots - keep the spell slots in case of emergencies.

"Be better to not be hurt. I only have a little bit of magic left to heal with."

Macondi follows the others, but is clearly very nervous about going into unknown and possibly dangerous territory while one of their team members is still so injured.

From what I can see, Basag is at 11/34 HP and Salagubang is at 9/26. I only have one spell slot available for Heal.

"No!"

Swix stamps his cane.

"We Scribe!"

He heads downstairs...

Macondi watches Swix leave the room confidently. He looks over his shoulder at the shifting patterns of light trying to dispel the gloom of the area - patterns that show that their way back to the normal world is just around the corner.

He looks back at the doorway. "Um... I suppose we shouldn't let him head into the depths of the place alone." Macondi looks over at Salagubang and Basag. "Are you two both doing OK? I think you two took the worst of the fighting earlier."

Macondi Missani wrote:

"I like you just fine. And I think your sister is still a bit mad at me."

Ummm... what did you do exactly, Macondi? ;)

I failed a search check and it all went downhill from there.

To piece back together the sequence of events...

I failed a search check and GM Tiger gave me a scroll with a novel that had the bottom ripped off - so the story wasn't complete.

So I used that as a stage prop for the rest of that adventure. At the end, I asked the Pathfinder leaders if they knew what story it was so that I could read the rest of it.

So Tiger told me that it was The Tales of Bitisururu Blue - one in a small series of short stories written recently and is clearly based on Bitty Blue (one of Hilary's characters and one that I am playing along side in a different game with a different character).

I don't actually remember whose idea it was, but at some point we had a meeting on discord and decided that Macondi actually wrote that scroll series and is just so scatterbrained (Lore Oracle) that he doesn't remember the stories themselves when he reads them. Though he does remember writing them when questioned about it.

Then recently in a long running PFS Scenario run with Bitty and Corabee we were needing to wait about a week for one of the other players to have a different character finish the scenario that they were in so that they could swap characters. So we improvised a downtime scene of Macondi, Bitty, Sam (Tiger's character - who is a fan of the story series), and a few others all meeting and hashing out grievances.

Macondi looks around the room here for any more of the murals. "There are still the stairs down. Maybe there are murals there too. But I just want to get out of this gloomy place."

"I like you just fine. And I think your sister is still a bit mad at me."

Comparing Mandy's numbers with Swix's, I'm assuming that the pink one is now down.

Macondi squeaks a bit when the skeleton swipes at him and hits his shield. "I'll have to remember to tell Barak that the shield was definitely a good idea." Then Swix clobbers the skeleton. "Oh, right. And there is another one here too."

Macondi scoots around the downed bone pile and past the beetle, then hurries over to the corner of the room. He uses his free hand to send a lash of energy at the remaining skeleton.

Disrupt Undead +inspire: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8 Basic Fortitude DC 16

◆ Stride, ◆◆ Disrupt Undead

Lore (library): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Macondi helps to analyze, catalog, and organize the various things that they bring back from their mission.

Yeah, the details of how it works and what it costs are up to GM to decide.

You should be able to Move through the space of a prone creature.

Macondi watches, shocked, as the creature downs Salagubang in one swing. He sees Basag's pleading look, and Macondi focuses his mind and gathers energy. He releases the healing energy at the beetle, which closes the worst of the wound, though the mount remains injured and on the ground. "That will hold for now. We can tend more later."

Not wanting to risk the same fate as the beetle, Macondi cowers behind his own shield.

◆◆ Stabilize, ◆Raise Shield

The first to reach the doorway raises its shortbow and fires two arrows at Basag. The first is a nigh-perfect shot,

"Ooooof," Macondi flinches in sympathy. "Hold on, I can fix that... Just..." He checks his belt and pockets for a second or two. "Just a moment..."

Macondi moves towards Basag while charging his hands with magical energy. "Let me see your weapon for just a second."

◆ Step, ◆◆ Magic Weapon on Basag's weapon of choice.

Macondi stands to the side and hides behind his shield, humming softly to himself, ♪♫"Knock, knock, knocking on creepy door."♩♪

Macondi notices the mural. "Now this is what we should be taking these rubbings of. Can I try this one?" Macondi spends a bit of time trying out the same technique he saw Swix using.

"Should we maybe do that rubbing trick on the slash marks and other damage on the walls here?" Macondi asks. "I don't think it quite qualifies as a mural though. Maybe to some types of clerics."

Macondi also looks around the area for a bit to try and find anything of note here.

"I would love to be able to fly. For now I just walk though." And Macondi does so. Walking back to the main hallway where Mandy and Basag are. "Ready when you are."

Fortitude: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

"Scribe. Inscribed. Circumscribed!" he whistles to himself while he works.

Macondi watches fascinated as Swix works on the mural. Apparently so fascinated and interested in the mural rubbing process that he hardly notices the stench from the pit. "Oh, so that's what they meant by rubbing."

Swix taps his cane, and recites a mantra "Foul upon the Inside, Foul from Without. Turn now this deadpool Inside Out!"

"Oh," Macondi says. "Is that why this place feels so bad? Not just the smell?"

Religion (counteract): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Macondi tries to dissipate the energy. But without actually knowing what he is doing, it is a bit difficult.

Macondi covers his nose and mouth with his sleeve. "Can it also not smell as bad as it seems? That would be nice."

He sighs and looks over at the carving on the wall. "I suppose we should still rub the carvings anyway, right?" He starts walking into the room and over to the carving on the wall, still looking around nervously for any more enemies. And trying to keep his stomach on the inside.

"Ooooh. This is a very old book. Well, maybe not very old. A hundred years or so." He flips through the book and notices that many of the pages are missing. "Hey, this one isn't complete either." He pouts a bit. "And with as old as it is, I doubt that I wrote it. Or that any bookstores would be carrying the full copy."

"Oh, I love books. Can I see?"

How about Lore(library)?
Lore (library): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Would be 13 with the Society +1 if the Lore doesn't work.

"Is everyone OK? Those things were a bit strange."

While some of the others are recharging their energy, Macondi studies the walls and spends a bunch of time running his hands along the various nooks and crevices. "Does anyone know what the things look like that we are supposed to rub on?"

When Basag signals that it is time to move on, Macondi follows.

How many raccoons do I need to fit in a trenchcoat to use them as a pack animal?

Uh... Eleventy six... I think.

"'Scuse me Mr. Beetle. 'Scuse me Mandy. Hi Pennypockets." Macondi scoots past the two of them so that he can get a better line of fire. Then fires a beam of energy.

Disrupt Undead positive damage (inspire) DC 17 Basic Fortitude: 1d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7

◆Stride, ◆◆ Disrupt Undead

Feeling somewhat safe behind the large beetle, Macondi casts another spell and tries to remember if he has heard of anything useful about these creatures.

This spell is at least quieter. A small blast of water detonates on top of the stalker just on the other side of the beetle.

Spout (bludgeoning) DC 17 basic Reflex: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Recall Knowledge: Religion/Occultism/Arcana +5

◆◆ Spout (stalker A), ◆Recall Knowledge (with dubious knowledge)

Macondi takes the new mission papers. He goes to put it in his little notebook he keeps his mission paperwork in, but finds that the folder for the papers is already full. "Oh drat. Oh bother. Umm... I'm supposed to be reporting to Valsin right now." He stares indecisively between the new papers and the old ones for a second or three. Then looks up at the doorway that Ambrus just left through. "Uh, sorry Bitty. And sorry again. But I have to go. I'll catch up with you more later."

Macondi runs out of the room trying to chase down Ambrus.

Macondi sits down next to Bitty. "It helps me. Half the time I don't even know what is going on, much less what to do about it. Knowing that there are other people who are the same way and still do awesome things is encouraging. Maybe I can be awesome too. Especially if I have good friends around to help me out."

"Your stories are awesome. Hearing about your adventures is what made me want to join the Pathfinder Society too." Macondi stops and thinks for a second or two. "Did I never actually talk to you about it first? I know I ran through the conversation in my mind about eighty-seven different ways. But I thought I had at least one of them actually out loud with you at some point. Sorry about that. But yeah, you are one of my heroes. I just wanted to let you be other people's hero too."

"Well, yeah. You are almost a sister. What's wrong?"

Meanwhile, Bitty is rolling up her sleeves and balling her fists. "Macondi! How could you!"

"Umm... Carefully? Carelessly? Yeah, probably carelessly. What did I do?"

"Threats and threats and bigger threats," Macondi says as he steps forward to get a better look and to be in closer range for spellcasting. "Definitely not no threats."

He quickly casts a spell. The deep sound of a gong begins ringing. The noise quickly increases in volume to the point where it becomes uncomfortable. For those near the spell's source point, it becomes painful.

10 foot burst. Should get all enemies except E
Sonic damage DC 17 basic Fortitude: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4

◆ Stride, ◆◆ Concordant Choir

Startled, Macondi drops the book while handing it back to Samantha. "Wait, what?"

Shyly, Sam approaches Macondi and asks him to sign her book, which she had just purchased at her favorite bookstore.

"Uh, sure. I can sign your book." Macondi opens the book to the back cover and sees his own picture there. "Wait, I wrote this?" Macondi signs his name. "I guess that would be why you want me to sign it."