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Looks good; thanks for picking up the game and bringing it through to the end! I had a blast :)

"It is what it is, man. Your crocodile was possessed by an awful, awful spirit--inside this amulet--and The Armenian Man and The Armenian Man's friends just had to kill it. Nothing to be done about it."

The Armenian Man looks around and shrugs. "Easy. Too easy?" He shrugs again, stepping to the side and swiping his scythe across the neck of a sleeping troglodyte.

Chronicle #: 8
Player: Zin Z'arin (Rob Riemersma)
Character: The Armenian Man
PFS #: 192785-11
Faction: Scarab Sages
Slow/Normal: Normal
Starting XP: 9
Initial Fame/PP: 13/15
Starting GP: 4507.4
Day Job roll: Profession (fortune-teller), mwk tools: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 2 = 19

Fortitude DC 13, heroism: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 2 = 14
Will DC 14, heroism: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 2 = 19

"You clearly don't know The Armenian Man, because The Armenian Man only fights for Magdh, The Three! Unless Magdh tells The Armenian Man to fight for someone else, which is a lot of nit-picking, because Magdh has never done that before, and The Armenian Man doesn't think that sounds much like Magdh, not at all."

"Though," he adds, his voice softening to a whisper, "it would be fun to fight for a man-crocodile, so maybe make your case to Magdh, and The Armenian Man will see what he can do!"

The fantastical half-orc quickly adds a few motions and utterances that cause Lord Corgan's shadow to shimmer briefly before freezing in place, no longer flickering with the light of the fire beside him.

Hi! I had a long weekend vacation, and just started a new job today--all while recovering from a broken leg--so still figuring out my posting rhythm. I forgot to post an announcement, sorry! I think it's likely I don't get a meaningful post in until tomorrow--Wed--so please bot anything you need from me in the meantime.

Thanks!

"The Armenian Man loves buffing time!" He keeps his voice down, but it still contains unrestrained enthusiasm.

He accepts Kyra's spell with glee, then huddles up with Roland and Baldo, kneeling down so he can speak at Baldo's level. With a look up at Roland, he places a hand each on Baldo's snout and Roland's greatsword. "Magdh sometimes lets The Armenian Man twist fate. Let's put her ill-fate to work for our advantage. Sow chaos, my friends!"

Using all four remaining blessings to grant the following:
Hexing Attack for Baldo (6 rounds remain after GO)
Hexing Attack for Roland (7 rounds remain after GO)
Lucky Presence for The Armenian Man (8 rounds remain after GO)
Hexing Attack for The Armenian Man (9 rounds remain after GO)

The Armenian Man stands up and nods. He hefts his scythe, and readies a spell on his lips.

Assuming we buff and go, given a standard action for each blessing, the rounds above should reflect how long the Blessing remains active. The Hexing Attacks go off on the first target struck; The Armenian Man can choose when to use his Lucky Presence.

Hexing Attack (DC 15): You can touch one weapon and enhance it to inflict a minor curse on the next target it strikes. The struck target must succeed at a Will saving throw or take a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, or ability checks (warpriest’s choice) for 1 minute.

Lucky Presence (minor): At 1st level, you can touch an ally and grant it a lucky presence. The target of this luck can call upon it to roll any one ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check twice and take the better result. The decision to use this ability must be made before the roll is made. Once used, or once 1 minute passes, the effect ends.

"You're a tricksy fellow, and now there's some kind of mind control or suggestion involved. Should The Armenian Man and his friends believe you?" The Armenian Man asks the man plainly, studying his response.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Fortitude DC 13: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18 vs troglodyte stench

"You should look again; you're melting away!" The Armenian Man taunts their foe as he moves up to strike.

"You know," The Armenian Man begins, focusing on the man and not the misidentified trogs, "Fuln thinks you're real dumb. You don't seem that dumb. Is Fuln just... dumb himself? Or are you playing him? Tricksy, tricksy!"

"Kobolds? Kobolds are fun!" The Armenian Man nearly squeaks. He keeps his voice low, but in his excitement it's clearly a bit of a struggle. "Very creative; we could see some very interesting traps!"

The Armenian Man's stealth is abysmal, FYI. It may be worth a separate scouting run from someone who won't ruin it for all of us.

The Armenian Man slowly steps to the side, creating some tactical separation from his companions as he harries the otyugh with another swipe of his scythe.

Edit: forgot to include Inspire Courage on first pass; added that into dice statements

Might need a retcon for The Armenian Man; the open space he 5' stepped into to attack is now occupied. Maybe a cross-post, or maybe I just forgot to move his token? He still would have swifted divine favor, but with no target to strike would have self-applied his own luck blessing with his standard, instead.

Or, the dice were rolled and a miss is a miss, and it's just a lost action; whatever works!

"Magdh, you tricked us! So fiesty!" The Armenian Man nearly squeals with glee when the otyugh bursts forth from the pile of filth. A rippling psychedelic shimmer cascades in splotches across his body as Magdh's favor washes over him. As the sparkles fade away, he steps forward and strikes at the otyugh he was so amused with.

The Armenian Man joins Kyra at the rusted gate, giving it a cursory examination before putting his shoulder into wrenching it free.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
Strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Fortitude (disease) DC 12: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Fortitude (distraction) DC 12: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

The Armenian Man moves out of the swarm, the multitude of tiny bites being more than adequate as motivation. He wheels as soon as he's out of frothing rat-filled water and tosses his flask at the center of the swarm, careful to target a spot that won't splash any of his allies.

Your link is to the 2e ruleset but yes, splash weapons do deal some extra damage to swarms but will also splash and hit anything adjacent to where the weapons hits (Which can be a bit random in 1e.

Splash Attacks

Oops! How did I miss that. Sorry for the distraction, haha. No wonder I hadn't encountered that rule before.

Roland pulls out an Alkali Flask to throw at the Swarms.

Using the Lucky Presence from the Armenian Man

[dice=Thrown attack with Alkali Flask versus Green]1d20+6
[dice=Thrown attack with Alkali Flask versus Green]1d20+6

[dice=Acid Damage]1d6 plus 1 splash to adjacent creatures

See discussion: Roland adds the splash damage to the primary target in addition to adjacent creatures (i.e. 3 to the targeted swarm, and 1 to the adjacent swarm)

I saw Roland's 20 with his alkali flask and went down a little rabbit hole to confirm whether or not it deals extra damage as a critical hit. I confirmed that it does would if the target wasn't a swarm, but I also ran across this little tidbit that I never realized: splash weapons deal their splash damage to both the target and adjacent creatures:

Most bombs also have the splash trait. When you use a thrown weapon with the splash trait, you don't add your Strength modifier to the damage roll. If an attack with a splash weapon fails, succeeds, or critically succeeds, all creatures within 5 feet of the target (including the target) take the listed splash damage. On a critical failure, the bomb misses entirely, dealing no damage. Add splash damage together with the initial damage against the target before applying the target's resistance or weakness. You don't multiply splash damage on a critical hit.

For example, if you throw a lesser acid flask and hit your target, that creature takes 1 acid damage, 1d6 persistent acid damage, and 1 acid splash damage. All other creatures within 5 feet of it take 1 acid splash damage. On a critical hit, the target takes 2 acid damage and 2d6 persistent acid damage, but the splash damage is still 1. If you miss, the target and all creatures within 5 feet take only 1 splash damage. If you critically fail, no one takes any damage.

Do splash weapons (acid, alchemist's fire) work thrown at a swarm that's in the water?

The Armenian Man steps forward behind Roland and touches his shoulder lightly, granting the huntmaster some of Magdh's luck for the moment. He retrieves a flask from his pouch, and tosses it lightly in his hand, feeling its weight as he decides if it's worth trying to throw it at the rats right now.

Lucky Presence (minor): At 1st level, you can touch an ally and grant it a lucky presence. The target of this luck can call upon it to roll any one ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check twice and take the better result. The decision to use this ability must be made before the roll is made. Once used, or once 1 minute passes, the effect ends.

"The Armenian Man approves!" The half-orc looks on with glee as Khorshid accepts his fate openly and with abandon.

"The Armenian Man and friends should take care of the troglodyte first; it has some rope attached to that box. Seems iffy to The Armenian Man." He begins a series of dramatic motions that bring a ghostly scimitar into being in front of the troglodyte. The scimitar swings at their foe of its own accord!

The map shows bars between us and the troglodyte, but the room description doesn't mention them. Is the trog behind bars?

The Armenian Man looks at the water with concern. "Water gross; The Armenian Man doesn't care about that. Sometimes things hide in gross water, though, and The Armenian Man wonders about that. Is it Magdh's plan that The Armenian Man dies to a surprise attack from a hidden crocodile today? Maybe so, maybe so..." he ponders aloud, though with more curiousity than concern.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

Thanks for picking up the table, Tyranius!

Player Name: Zin Z'arin (Rob Riemersma)
Character Name: The Armenian Man
PFS / Char #: 192785-11
Faction: Scarab Sages
Day Job: Profession (fortune teller), mwk tools: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 = 21
Purchases you want me to put on there: none

The Armenian Man is ready to continue!

So guys, how do we proceed? Has anyone contacted Tonya to see if she can find a replacement GM?

I'm in a position where I could probably start playing games again, so I'm wondering what the status of this table is now. I don't see a way to PM Tonya; her profile lacks the "Send Private Message" link that I'm used to seeing on other people's profiles.

I've PMed Redalia so that leadership can weigh in. I assume that we're probably done. With this being a retired scenario, we can't just seek out a replacement GM; I'm sure Tonya being GM was one of the reasons it was offered this way.

This is my early warning that I'll be leaving on Wed 16 March for a long, international vacation that will have me completely disconnected until 28 March. Most likely, I won't be able to post at all. If I do find myself in a position to post, it will be without a keyboard; the best I'd be able to offer is to guide the botting of The Armenian Man from the discussion thread; I don't do well with the forum formatting tags from my phone.

I'll post another reminder on 16 March when I leave.

Hi all; I suffered a sever broken leg while on vacation. I'm not going to be able to sit at a computer for any extended period of time for the foreseeable future, and I'm just not good at posting from mobile devices. I'm afraid that as of now I'm going to have to take an indefinite hiatus. Please feel free to bot my PC as needed to complete the current game, and issue me the appropriate credit on my chronicle.

The Armenian Man wrote:

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Sounds good... but could you give us some solid botting instructions on your character sheet, please?

I'll try to get that updated before I leave. I'm entering the time crunch now.

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

The Armenian Man puts his scythe away when Roland pulls his crowbar out. "Okay, Roland, you lever the flagstone up; The Armenian Man will grab it. Maybe The Armenian Man can just lift it and set it to the side, but if it's too heavy, Z'horr'll, you put your awesome water wedge in while The Armenian Man holds it up for you. Sound good?"

18 Strength; The Armenian Man can lift up to 300 lbs over his head. Unless the stone is incredibly heavy, or there's an in-scenario rule that trumps the default rules, this shouldn't be hard.

This is my early warning that I'll be leaving on Wed 16 March for a long, international vacation that will have me completely disconnected until 28 March. Most likely, I won't be able to post at all. If I do find myself in a position to post, it will be without a keyboard; the best I'd be able to offer is to guide the botting of The Armenian Man from the discussion thread; I don't do well with the forum formatting tags from my phone.

I'll post another reminder on 16 March when I leave.

"Does anyone have a crowbar?" The Armenian Man asks. "Or maybe something thinner? Maybe The Armenian Man's scythe will do!" He approaches the trapdoor and tries to slip the tip of his scythe into the thin gap to pry the door open.

I take it that Z'hor'll's open/close spell had no effect?

"Oooh, this is why nobody out there saw anything!" The Armenian Man exclaims, delighted at the discovery of the trap door.

Here and interested! I didn't sign up to play a retired scenario for nothing! :)

The Armenian Man raises an eyebrow at Fuln's tale. Oh yeah, you'll be docent for sure! Maybe that's what Magdh has in store for you, but The Armenian Man doesn't think so! The only outward evidence of his inner thoughts is the sly grin that's perpetually on his face.

"What happened there?" The Armenian Man asks, pointing at the hastily-done repair work. "Have an encounter with the Kool-Aid Man?"

Roleplaying FYI: this doesn't come up much, but sometimes I make pop-culture references with The Armenian Man that don't make much sense on Golarion, so I like to explain it when I do. His back-story had him abducted by quirky fey that took him to strange places where they enjoyed both his reaction to the places, and the reactions of locals to him. As such--while I wouldn't expect any other PCs to understand the reference--in his backstory The Armenian Man has seen a Kool-Aid commercial on one of these strange trips.

When he enters the room, he looks for the equivalent inside wall to check to see if the damage or repair went straight through the wall.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

"Only fools try to skirt the fate that Madgh foresees. The Armenian Man tried for too many years before finding this peace. The world is a much brighter place when we don't fight fate. Fight brigands, not destiny!"

"No sense going to such lengths; if it's Magdh's destiny that you be found, you will be found! It can only be the way it will be! Maybe The Armenian Man is here so everyone sees The Armenian Man and not Master Fuln!" The half-orc seems somehow incapable of not finding such joy everywhere, as the chuckling continues. "The Armenian Man is big enough to make sure he is seen anywhere!"

I'm leaving shortly for a weekend trip; I won't be able to post again until Monday morning.

"Sure, The Armenian Man can choose to call Mr. Valsin 'friend;' why not?" The large half-orc chuckles with glee. "The real question is if you are Mr. Fuln. The Armenian Man just loves saying that: Fuln! Fuln is fun!"

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

"Fuln is fun to say, though!"

"Well," The Armenian Man stands, wiping the crumbs from his mouth and giving his gear a good once-over. "It can only be as Magdh has foreseen, and who knows what she has seen? The Armenian Man doesn't, but we'll all find out!"

Before leaving the Grand Lodge, The Armenian Man finds a quiet spot on the grounds from which to commune with Magdh. He paints a pair of dots above each ear, then begins performing a series of readings with a jumble of bones and a bowl of clear water. He incorporates any Pathfinders who join or observe into the reading, directing them to sometimes hold and sometimes cast the bones. He never reveals what anything means, though he seems excited at every casting.

Profession (fortune teller), mwk tool: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 2 = 20

After an hour of this, The Armenian Man packs his things away. "Magdh reveals much, and she reveals nothing! Such is her way. We will learn more by moving than by casting bones. The Armenian Man is ready to go!"

This is Magdh's Obedience, which grants The Armenian Man a +4 sacred bonus to three Intelligence-based skills for the next 24 hours. He is selecting Knowledge (nature), Knowledge (religion), and Spellcraft. The die roll is not required, and has no impact beyond flavor.

"This magic amulet," The Armenian Man asks between bites. "Has this Fuln character offered it in trade for our services? Or are we to acquire it secretly?"

A tall, strong half-orc strides into the room. He wears a rough-cut tunic and breeches, both of which show signs of wear, underneath a shiny--but dented--breastplate. Various bones and baubles hang from hooks, button-holes, bracelets and necklace chains. A sharpened scythe is quickly at-hand on his hip. Though his stature is imposing, his face beams of good cheer, and his eyes light up at the sight of breakfast.

"The Armenian Man is here!" he bellows on entering the room. "And you sir are The Armenian Man's new best friend. Bacon!" he squeals, diving into the provided morning repast.

Ooops! I forgot I had a GM Chronicle to apply to The Armenian Man. I will get to that ASAP; it will level him up to 4, so he won't be out of subtier anymore!

Since it seems like we will be playing up, here is The Armenian Man, my warpriest of Magdh.

Looks good; thanks everyone for the fun game!

Profession (fortune teller): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Profession (fortune teller), shirt reroll: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

The Armenian Man shrugs his shoulders. "You are here, the papers are here. It could only be that Magdh wants you to see them. How could The Armenian Man interfere?"