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I apologize for my absence. My mother passed away before Christmas, and getting matters settled took much longer than anticipated. I do want to thank our GM and my fellow players for the game. Let me know if you need anything more from me.

Riptide snarls, "Colin, you never let me have any fun!"
Riptide takes a 5' step, then continues his assault, trying to deal nonlethal damage.

Rage Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 16 - 4 = 24 for magic B,P&S NL dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 miss chance, high=hit: 1d100 ⇒ 53
Raging Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 16 - 4 = 27 for magic B&S NL dmg: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (4, 1) + 11 = 16 miss chance, high=hit: 1d100 ⇒ 30
Raging Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 4 = 22 for magic B&S NL dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 11 + 4 = 18 miss chance, high=hit: 1d100 ⇒ 81

Riptide enters the room, potentially provoking an opportunistic attack from halforc. Rip then enters rage, embiggening himself, and tries to gum the half-orc, rather than bite him.
i.e. attempting nonlethal bite

Rage, NL Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 16 - 4 = 20
for magic NL dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Riptide takes a 5' step up to the door, opens it and readies to attack any enemy that approaches.

Riptide uses his wand of long arm and moves into the room.

"Hey, you brainy types, check out this book I found. As for the loot, I can't really use the amulets, since I have this one that aids my natural attacks. But I'd be happy to use the ring, if you don't object."
Barring any objections, Riptide puts on the ring of protection.

Riptide quietly says to his compatriots, "Indeed, I'd feel better making certain no enemies are behind us. Let us secure this floor before heading up."

After searching their fallen enemies and a cursory look around the room, Riptide moves to the door that leads back to the hallway. He'll use his wand of shield, then long arm before heading back into the hall.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Riptide searches their defeated enemies, looking for any valuables.
"Any of this stuff magical? Potentially useful?"

Riptide pulls out his adamantine falchion. "Sorry 'bout this, Black Death..."

He the starts to hack and slash at the stone, chopping at it at an angle, like a log of wood, trying to remove enough of the floor to free his compatriot.

Riptide enters bloodrage, setting his bestial nature free, growing to large size. He attacks the pirates.

Starting with red, if he drops, will attack blue (has reach). Adding flank for tiger, so if red drops, attacks will be 2 less.

[dice=Rage, PA Bite] 1d20+16-2+2 for [dice=magic B,P&S dmg]1d8+11+4
[dice=Raging PA Claw#1]1d20+16-2+2 for [dice=magic B&S dmg]2d6+11+4
[dice=Raging PA Claw#2]1d20+16-2+2 for [dice=magic B&S dmg]2d6+11+4

Did none of Riptide's first round of attacks manage to hit, per this quoted post?

Riptide continues his assault on the pirate in front of him.

Rage, PA Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 16 - 2 = 31
. for magic B,P&S dmg: 1d8 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 4 = 19
Raging PA Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 2 = 27
. for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 11 + 4 = 20
Raging PA Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 16 - 2 = 20
. for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 11 + 4 = 20

Riptide enters bloodrage, setting his bestial nature free, growing to large size. He attacks the pirates.

Starting with red, if he drops, will attack blue (has reach). Adding flank for tiger, so if red drops, attacks will be 2 less.

Rage, PA Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 16 - 2 + 2 = 22 for magic B,P&S dmg: 1d8 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 4 = 20
Raging PA Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 16 - 2 + 2 = 19 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (1, 5) + 11 + 4 = 21
Raging PA Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 2 + 2 = 26 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (6, 2) + 11 + 4 = 23

I thought Riptide managed to avoid the floor (got a final result of "20" on reflex save).
From Thurs, 9:38p post:

The floor hardens after an instant. Riptide is able to leap from the melting floor before it traps him.

nice! congrats

BOOOOOOOOOON: 1d20 ⇒ 12
or not.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Riptide opens the door and attacks any enemy that seems to be threatening the party.

Move action: Open Door

Riptide moves up to the doors to the south, longspear at the ready in case something lurks beyond the staircase.

Riptide uses his wand of long arm and takes out his longspear before opening the double doors.

Riptide nods his thanks, though after a few rounds, he waves off Titus' continued ministrations. "Save your magics, friend Titus. The continuing healing of Vanzetti's spell can handle the rest."

just use 3 charges.

As he waits about a minute for the fatigue to fade and his wounds to heal, Riptide takes a closer look around the room.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 25 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 11 + 4 = 22
Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 29 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (1, 3) + 11 + 4 = 19
Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 28 for magic B,P&S dmg: 1d8 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 4 = 17
Claw Haste: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 18 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2, 5) + 11 + 4 = 22

Will save: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 2 = 20

Ignoring the spooky barks and the yelps of pain, Riptide continues the bloody business of defeating the canine guardians, starting with the alpha black.

Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 20 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2, 5) + 11 + 4 = 22
Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 21 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 11 + 4 = 21
Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 24 for magic B,P&S dmg: 1d8 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 4 = 18
Claw Haste: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 26 for magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 11 + 4 = 19

Riptide takes a five foot step into the room then enters bloodrage, his nostrils flaring, claws emerging from his hands as he grows to large size. He attacks the black dog to the south.

Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 17magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (6, 3) + 11 + 4 = 24
Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 20magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (6, 6) + 11 + 4 = 27
Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 21magic B,P&S dmg: 1d8 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 4 = 23
Claw HASTE: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 35magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 11 + 4 = 21
Claw HASTE: 1d20 + 16 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 16 - 2 + 1 = 22magic B&S dmg: 2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3, 5) + 11 + 4 = 23

If it drops, then attack the other black dog. Although with those rolls, even against flat-footed ac, might not be an issue...

Once the party's ready, Riptide moves to the Northwest door.

"Sounds like a plan." Riptide will move to the doors and try to use the key on any door he finds locked.

Also, while it may not be relevant to moving forward with investigating this stronghold, Riptide would like to know what he saw looking out the window, since we have no idea where the freed genie teleported us. Are we in a city, countryside? Any major landmarks the brainy types might recognize? In character, we'd want to know where we are, geographically speaking.

down 25. healed 1 with channel, 10 with first infernal healing. Will need 2 charges to finish healing--which will also take a couple minutes, time that can be spent questioning the prisoner. Riptide is okay at intimidate if we decide to go that route, but he's keeping watch until we decide if making nice is getting us the answers we want.

While the party attends to the injured, Riptide asks Colin to use his wand of Infernal Healing on him. "Feel free to use a charge or two on yourself as well."

Then he moves around the corner of the room, and if no threats lurk there, he'll sneak a peek out the window to see what's outside this place.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

Riptide drops his longspear, takes a five-foot step into the room and then sets free the anger that rages inside him most waking hours. His eyes go bloodred, and he grows to nearly 10 feet tall, wicked claws springing from his hand.

Still, might want to catch him alive, so he'll try and bite the tengu for nonlethal damage. Then he lets his bloody nature take over.

Raging & Enlarged NONLETHAL BITE: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 16 - 4 = 26
Nonlethal Bite dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
Raging & Enlarged Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31LETHAL Claw dmg: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Raging & Enlarged Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17LETHAL Claw dmg: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
He will stop attacking if the tengu drops.

Will save v Neg Energy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Will save v Hold: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 4 = 24

If it's Hold Person spell, it's full round action to make another save, so that's Riptide's entire turn. If Riptide cannot act, he's still normal sized, outside the door, and delete the big token. If he can act, delete the normal-sized token.

Will save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
SHARE WILL, Sonic's Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Both Riptide and Sonic feel the freezing grip of the Tengu's spell clench up their bodies.

I'm assuming it's a mind-effecting spell. If not, Share Will wouldn't apply, though that didn't mean much this round.

Riptide opens the door in front of him, longspear in hand.

Feeling paranoid, Riptide quietly attempts to use his scroll of Feather step.
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Then he quietly uses his wands to renew first his long arm, then his shield. He moves to north and reaches across, opening the NE door.

Feather step 10 min, heightened awareness 8+min, shield 9 rd, long arm 8rd

Riptide crawls out of the kitchen and gets back to his feet.

Riptide moves toward the north and reaches across the hallway, trying the NE door to see if it opens.

Long Arm 1 rd, shield 2 rd, htened awareness

Riptide doesn't bother moving from his current location. He merely uses his abnormally long arms to reach across the hall and open the door directly across from him.

that's the door due east of door wo kitchen, or whatever it is. Might as well get some use from the buff...he still has the longspear in hand.

Riptide quickly moves forward and tries the nearest door to him on the NW side of the hallway.

knock off 3 rounds for heading up stairs and opening door. Long arm 3rds, shield 4 rounds. Heightened awareness (use on first initiative.

"Lead on, I will secure our retreat. These bones and shells reek of a dangerous predator to me. Riptide will follow the rest of the party up the stairs, guarding the rear of the party with his longspear in hand.

Riptide quietly says, "Perhaps we should wait and see if the retreating waters reveal anything before we go rushing up the stairs. I was afraid the waters would rise, but I think we're okay for now--though perhaps you wizardly types might want to move closer to the stairwell in case we need to beat a hasty retreat. I'm a little more fleet o' foot."

Buffs: long arm 6rd, shield 7rd, heightened awareness

Riptide struggles forward, pulling out his longspear as he goes, using it to help him pull free of the bog.

Base movement=40'. Double move, pulling out weapon as he moves. Currently has 15' reach with spear.
Buffs: long arm 7rd, shield 8rd, heightened awareness

Riptide will use his wand of heightened awareness.
Long Arm 8 rnds, Shield 9 rds, Heightened Awareness 10min

So we see those doors to the south east? Does the water end before them, and it's just a short swim to beach in front of doors?

Riptide continues to prepare himself for battle, for he trusts the genie not at all. "Should we check out those stairs? I suspect either Phlegos is up above, or it's the entrance to this watery lair of his..."

Uses Wand of Shield. Is that a spiral staircase to the north? Given the watery passage, is it safe to assume they lead up?[/b]

Current buffs: Long arm: 9 rounds, Shield 10 rounds.

60' darkvision, trying to see if anything is moving in the water.

Riptide will use his wand of long arm on himself.

"You behave yourself out there, K-man. Or we'll have to hunt you down."

A chance to bargain with a genie...soooo wish I was playing different PC. Just not how Riptide rolls.

While Riptide has some small ability with magic, he's happy to leave that to more skilled practitioners, regardless of their overinflated egos. Adamantine file, on the other hand, is definitely more within his wheelhouse. He gets ready to file like a maniac as soon as V gives the go ahead.

GM Brew wrote:

As for Corvius, it seems he is in the take it or leave it stage. So options are letting one of the plantouched be a guest of the Vayne estate for a month, owing a favor to your host or roll the bones with Khanuur.

Understood. At this point this is a no go for Saphera. Unfortunately a morale impasse like this is a game-breaker for her. As I am sure that the rest of the group will come to accept the morale implications of the three bad options, Saphera simply wouldn't be part of it. As stated above, she will excuse herself, accept the chronicle for the failed mission, and then return to the pathfinder lodge.

For the rest of the mission, I wish everyone the best.

Very sorry to hear that, Saphera, but completely understand. I have characters who would do the same. Hope to see you on the boards some other time.

Riptide is for freeing the genie and hunting it down at some future date.

Riptide will stand near the entrance where Corvius exited the room, listening for his return. If Riptide hears him coming while his friends are still negotiating with the genie, he'll quickly step through that door and engage Corvius in conversation to try and buy a little more time, if necessary.

Perception check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Riptide is normally the strong silent type. He would never encourage anyone to enter into servitude, this case is a matter of free will, hence he's remained silent. Both options stink, but he'll back whatever play folks want to make. Not endorsing either choice. If pressed, he would say free genie, but try and figure out a way to hunt it down and destroy it at a future date. Again, he's a half-orc of few words, but if folks are wondering/want input. Feel free to ignore this.

How do we handle the price-tag of the gift, or is that already dealt with?

My understanding is that since it's something from off of one of Riptide's Chronicle Sheets, he has to pay for it in it's entirety, i.e. can't be a group purchase. It's only 100gp. At this level, not a big deal. But thanks for the thought.

My apologies, but I have a family wedding this weekend, and I'll be driving for 12+ hours on Thursday and Sunday. Obviously, it'll be difficult to post every day, so please do bot me as necessary.

Riptide offers a toothy grin. "The name's Riptide Snaggletooth, and I'm more from the Homicidal department, rather than Archeological. That being said, my explorations have led me to some rather interesting discoveries, including this." He holds up the jar of Royal Jelly.

"There was a particularly nasty fiendish giant queen bee that I slaughtered with my bare hands, which afforded me the opportunity to salvage this Royal Jelly. I think you'll find it has a rather spicy aftertaste. We offer this as a humble gift for your hospitality." He sets the jar before Corvious, then retreats into the background, allowing the more refined folk to handle further negotiations.

Aid Another Diplomacy (for whomever's lead): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7