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sounds like a plan!

Do what you need to do to take care of you and your family for sure. Happy to help however I can, and completely understand.

take 10 on Kn(Religion): 10 + 18 = 28
Moloch is right, though he is an arch-devil, not a demon. I do think that Spackle has the right idea here though - we were remiss in not getting a list of items that were taken. We should do that now.

take 10 on perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37

Melisande smiles at Kioshi's lightning bolt and throws a small bead of sulphur toward the western side of the room.

centered at the edge of the stairs, it should be able to hit the other 5 guys, including the one in the far room.

Fireball, DC 21 Reflex for half: 9d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 5, 6) = 35

Melisande points up the stairs and motions to indicate we should initiate our assault from above.

where are the explosive barrels? are they on the map?

I can cast individual Invisibilities if needed, but hitting all of us would be a lot of resources.

As the group is discussing this, Melisande reaches over and touches Dru's arm.

Cast Heroism on her, so +2 morale to attacks, saves, and skill checks for next 90 minutes.

Melisande spreads her fingers into a fan and 5 glowing motes emerge and shoot unerringly toward the purple lion.

Magic Missile: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2, 2, 4, 2) + 5 = 17

Melisande moves up, around the fountain and casts Haste, including everyone but Tereze.

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19

Melisande, not seeing anything amiss other than the lions escaping from their cage, moves up and says It's supposed to be a party, right? No party is complete without Glitter!

She casts Glitterdust, centered on the three lions. DC 21 Will save or be blinded.

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35

Melisande has been wandering about and overhears the comment made to Dru. I think you should go with the loincloth. We don't want anyone to claim you've an unfair advantage. She winks at the man. And if any of the jilted suitors feel the need to assuage your disappointment with me, just let me know. I'm sure I can accommodate you on my dance card.

Kn(Local): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23

Melisande has jewelry enough for everyone and is adept at attaching it however or wherever they would like it...

I think you mean putting the sass in aasimar... Melisande is clearly amused at the gnome's discomfort.

I assume I am already adequately dressed? Melisande is wearing a Noble's outfit with a few thousand gold of jewelry between her necklace, earrings, bracelets and rings. If need be, I can assist Tereze, Dru and Locke with making themselves look presentable, though my options for Spackle and Kioshi are more limited.

Melisande wanders in while the kitsune is telling his story, grabs a glass of wine and sits down to listen.

That's quite a tale. Do you always spill all your secrets and those of your family to people you've only just met? I'm mostly curious as I suspect that is a good way to give one's enemies just the ammunition they may need. She takes a sip of her wine and considers Kioshi. Of course, you might not have enemies that you know of, but the society certainly does. You might want to be a bit more circumspect. She finishes her glass. Tereze, Spackle, Dru, lovely to see you all again. Someone be a dear and fetch me another glass?

I'm missing my day job on the sheet. Other than that, looks fine:
Prof(Courtesan): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

I've managed to also get covid this week, so been a bit out of it - I need to level up to 9th for this scenario and will do that within the next few days.

I'm off to GenCon tomorrow and moving again (out of my in-laws and into my actual house) next week, so I'd prefer to wait a couple of weeks if folks don't mind.

Melisande moves up a bit and fires off an Arcane Bolt at the teal taer.

Arcane Bolt vs Touch AC: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 = 22 for 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 force damage.

I'm assuming that any guards that are mostly upside down are disabled or dead. If that is not the case, let me know and I will adjust.

Melisande notes the downed guard in the midst of three enemies and shakes her head sadly, but knows they won't be impacted as she casts Glitterdust into the yellow area.

DC 21 Will save for Green, White and Grey or be blinded.

Melisande moves up and says, Now, now children. Settle down before you wind up being punished.

Casts Grease targeting the green square. DC 20 Reflex save from Blue and Red Taers or fall prone.

Tereze is likely best equipped to put out fires. I'm much better at starting them, both metaphorically and literally. Melisande winks at Dru and turns to survey the scene before her.

Seems like we'd be best served just moving faster with this many enemies. Melisande casts Haste, targeting the six Pathfinders.

Melisande looks the last Aspis over. Restrain the unconscious ones and put them on the sled for this one to drive. They have no weapons and should understand that if they attempt any further aggression, they will be killed without hesitation.

I'm moving out of my current house next weekend, in with my in-laws for 6 weeks, then into a new house mid-august, so my time is super crunched right now and likely will be until I am in and settled. I'll do my best to post as often as possible, but please bot me if it's been more than a day or so.

Here we go! With that, Melisande casts Haste targeting everyone except Tereze and Locke, who are both too far away.

The Hyena attacks purple again!

bite: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 25 for 1d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 3 = 10

Assuming that hits, will attempt to trip: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 9

bite haste attack vs prone?: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 22 for 1d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 3 = 8

Melisande's spell completes and a Hyena appears next to her and immediately attacks the purple ranger while Melisande steps back.

bite: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 2 = 15 for 1d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 3 = 8

If that hits, will attempt to trip: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

Melisande has Augment Summoning, which is where the extra +2 is coming from (+2 Str/Con).

http://legacy.aonprd.com/coreRulebook/combat.html

Hi Melisande,
this is a rule in the PRD.

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Start/Complete Full-Round Action

The "start full-round action" standard action lets you start undertaking a full-round action, which you can complete in the following round by using another standard action. You can't use this action to start or complete a full attack, charge, run, or withdraw.

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I hope that explains. :-)

Got it - been playing this game for 13 years and learn something new all the time...

Why would it be the Standard in both rounds? It's a 1 round casting time, so I would expect it to be the Standard in the surprise and the move from round 1 as well as the time between to make 1 round.

Sorry, was a holiday weekend here and I've been nowhere near a computer for the last few days.

Melisande attempts and fails to brake to avoid the hazard!
HA(Cha): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Gather close to me and I can Haste us.

In the meanwhile, Melisande starts waving her hands and chanting. Begin casting Summon Monster II

Melisande casts Invisibility on herself and waits for the creature to reappear.

Sorry for the delay - I thought I had posted but some jerk wrote it in the box but never hit submit...

What do I know about this thing, seeing it up close and personal? Kn(Arcana): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33

Melisande makes her gestures controlled and quick as she casts a spell defensively and a field a bright, sparkly particles covers the creature. DC 21 Will Save or be blinded.

Concentration DC 19: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (3) + 25 = 28

Melisande then moves away, hoping that the creature is blinded by her spell.

Melisande casts Haste on the party. We best be ready. I'm assuming this is the Remorhaz, probably coming up from below. While I do enjoy being on top, this might be a bit much.

We should take extra care on the way back down. We were warned that the Aspis would also be after these items, so we should ensure they are secure and not easily stolen, preferably in an extra-dimensional space. We should also be on high alert, as I suspect we will be ambushed somewhere along the trail given we've seen no sign of the Aspis thus far.

Melisande looks around the group. Does anyone have a bag or a Haversack?

I can summon a small elemental as well, though I don't speak any of the elemental languages. I can also bring in a devil, but it would be the lowest type and mindless.

Kn(Religion): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32

This is a burial site. We will obviously need to dig to find the bones. That may disturb the Remorhaz, so we should be prepared.

Can I take a look at that Amulet? It might be useful.

Taking 10 on Spellcraft: 10 + 28 = 38

What is going on with these eggs? I wonder what manner of creature would produce such large specimens. Are they dragon eggs or perhaps from a Roc?

Kn: 1d20 ⇒ 8 +21 if Arana, +17 if Local/Planes/Religion, +11 if Dungeoneering/Nature

Apologies, didn't realize it was my turn.

Melisande takes a step back, drops a wand into her hand from a wrist sheath and fires off a glowing ball at the closest yeti.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Vulnerable to fire, huh? Let's see if we can take advantage of that. Melisande waves her hands, chants a few words and a small black bead flies from her hands into the middle of the creatures before blossoming to bathe the area in flame.

Fireball DC 21 Reflex: 8d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1, 6, 3) = 34

Do we have the creatures on the map? I just see a few enemy tokens off to the side. Holding my action until I can see relative positions - hopefully placed in such a way that I can hit a few with a Fireball...

I think Shiro and I are on a sled together.

Cha to mush!: 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 3 = 21

Cha to mush!: 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 3 = 20

Cha to mush!: 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 3 = 7

and it was going so well...

Don't worry Mead, I would never think less of you regardless of what Spackle says.

Cha vs Mushing: 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 3 = 20

By my count, I am tapping Tereze, Dru, Shiro and myself. Knocking off 4 charges, but let me know if anyone else wants/needs one.

Melisande has Endure Elements on a wand and will cast it on herself and on anyone else who needs it. I don't think that does anything for altitude, however. We would need Air Bubble or Life Bubble for that.

between Cha and the Circlet of Persuasion, Melisande has a +5 to her Handle Animal check for domestic beasts. She is an Int-based caster, so this is a secondary stat. She will be taking 10 wherever possible.

Please be careful Mead. Don't want any unnecessary harm coming to anyone of our party.

According to AONPRD: Untrained: If you have no ranks in Handle Animal, you can use a Charisma check to handle and push domestic animals, but you can’t teach, rear, or train animals. A druid or ranger with no ranks in Handle Animal can use a Charisma check to handle and push her animal companion, but she can’t teach, rear, or train other nondomestic animals.

I assume dogs count as domestic animals, so the charisma check would be correct.

I've an 8 Str, so can charm or calm the dogs, but can't do much in the combat maneuvers department.

Locke and Spackle both have 10, so I think that leaves us with Druisilla, Shiro and Tereze as the drivers.

It is a new dress, thank you.

it might not be suited for dancing, but that's no obstacle when the dancing is both sans dress and horizontal.

Does anyone have particular skill with animals? Most of the handling I do is of humanoids, so I've little expertise there. I might be able to use the scrolls with a bit of work.

I can use the scrolls with a DC 21 UMD check. It's on the psychic list, so I can use Int as my casting score, and no need to emulate.

Melisandre strides out of the whirling snow, clad in a form-fitting red silken dress with a long slit up the left leg revealing a pair of tall, black leather boots. She has a red silk scarf around her neck, occasionally covering her décolletage as it blows about in the wind as her only concession to the weather. She seem undisturbed by the cold.

She smiles at Spackle and Tereze. Lovely to see you again. Hopefully we can handle this process quickly.

She spots Drusilla, gives her a warm smile and holds out her hand. Melisande. I assume you will be joining us in dealing with the ever-entertaining tasks the society sets forth?

Is Spike here too and is Drusilla a Dhampir?

2 prestige to pick up a wand of Endure Elements.

Melisandre would rather stick to her normal, form-fitting dresses and will make a pair of thigh-high black leather, heeled boots her only concession to the weather.

I can adjust as well if needed. Melisande is Sorcerer 8, but I also have a Witch 9.

All my other characters are either too high or too low - I've not been maintaining the ranges since PFS1 is dead by me.

I've some gold to spend and was going to pick up a few pages of spell knowledge. Are there any specific spells that anyone would like me to include? I'm 1 XP away from 4th level spells, so I'm sticking with 1/2/3 for the moment.

I couldn't agree more. The only slavery I condone is that entered into by mutual consent. This does not appear to be that and certainly not pleasurable for anyone. Melisande reclines, smiling as she watches Brallenera working at the chains and locks.

Prof(Courtesan): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Woo - pulling in the big clients, proverbially speaking...