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Thank you so much for the very clear explanation! Okay, Zooska engages in acrobatic hairstyling and shaving as performance art:

Perform: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Success! So that should be 4 silver.

Standing proudly on top of the slain ogre, Zooska carefully wipes her blade clean. A good barber always takes care of their equipment!

“Big bump on neck gone,” she nods with a satisfied look. “Was very unsightly.” Spying the boot, she starts rummaging through the refuse pile—after all, one person’s garbage is another goblin’s treasure!

Perception +6 if needed. Thank you so much for running this adventure for us!

Zooska, you're new to PFS? If you have any question about session rewards (like downtime), just let me know.

Yes please! What do I need to do now? I read about downtime, but I'm still a bit confused. Do I just roll a single Craft, Perform, or Lore check and get money for that?

“Ooh, shiny!” Zooska exclaims in delight as Deosil’s spell etches her razor with glimmering runes. Seeing Seelah charge into battle, the little goblin follows suit, dashing forward beside her and then tumbling through the ogre’s tree trunk legs like a bouncing green ball. “Hairy ogre need shave!” she cries, bouncing up onto her tippy toes and lashing out with an upward slash.

Tumble Through (Acrobatics w/Bouncy Goblin): 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 2 = 18
War Razor: attack, damage (S), precision: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 272d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 1 + 1 = 82d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11
◆Stride next to Seelah, ◆Tumble through ogre to flank on opposite side, ◆Confident Finisher (Courageous Anthem, Runic Weapon); ↺Flashy Dodge (+2 AC)
I've positioned Zooska as if her Acrobatics succeeded; if not, she'll be in the square below Seelah. Oh, and if she succeeds add 1 to damage, due to Backstabber trait on the war razor.

If it's okay, I think I'll just skip my 3rd action. The only thing I can think of doing is throwing the tanglefoot bag at the ogre, but that would miss with my 2nd strike roll.

“So cute!” Zooska exclaims when the shrew tries to give her an awkward kiss. “But whiskers need trim!” The skinny goblin scoops up a handful of dirt and throws it into the rodent’s face, then gracefully pirouettes and follows with a pair of swishing slashes from her oversized razor. “Powder first, then cut!”

Dirty Trick (Thievery) gives Panache: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Attack & Damage w/war razor (S): 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 = 271d4 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 6
Confident Finisher: attack, damage (S), precision: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 101d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 32d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

◆Dirty Trick, ◆Strike, ◆Confident Finisher (Courageous Anthem included in attack/damage rolls); ◇Flashy Dodge (+2 AC)

“Ha-ha! Good chance now.” Zooska whispers eagerly to her companions. With the lesser tanglefoot bag in one hand, and her war razor in the other, she beckons the party onward. “Sneak and kill, old goblin way.” She tiptoes forward, ready to take advantage of the distracted giant.

Stealth +7 to sneak up close enough to attack

Following the most time-honored of goblin practices, Zooska cautiously sneaks forward, warily keeping her eyes peeled for any sign of the ogre … or anything else that might pose a threat. With so much carrion around, who knows what other creatures might be attracted?

Stealth +7, Perception +6 (has Darkvision to look inside the tunnel), Nature +1 (are black flies a threat?)

Okay, thanks, that's reassuring.

“Ogre?!” Zooska exclaims excitedly. “Zooska kill ogre. Zooska give ogre shave through neck!” She hops up and down with more bravado than brains. “Show cave, we help!”

The other PCs can have first dibs on the items. I’ll take anything that’s unclaimed. Also, Recall Knowledge about ogres (Society +0).

Thanks Super Zero!

Also, since this is my first PFS 2e game, I was wondering: is the level of player engagement and roleplay in this game typical for PFS 2e via play-by-post?

“Bark wonder why you no respond to signal. Maybe Bark worry. He say we talk to you. Make trail for trade.” Zooska gamely accepts the offer of a shared drink, taking a cup and downing its contents into her wide goblin mouth.

Fort save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

“You help, we help,” the little swashbuckler offers. “Want haircut? Or shave? Give all haircut free. Zooska good shave hair.” Eager to demonstrate her prowess, the inebriated goblin pulls out an oversized razor and proceeds to prune the leshy’s twigs and leaves, undisheveling it into a nicely manicured shrubbery.

Athletics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
@High: You also need to roll 2 Athletics checks, and respond to the new scene.

“Messy eater!” Zooska exclaims when she sees the scene of half-eaten carcasses. She pockets the four elixirs of life for safe keeping.

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Upon spying the dilapidated orc camp, Zooska stows her weapons, just as Bark suggested, and approaches with outsized confidence for one so small in stature. “Grakcha?” she greets the heavily scarred woman. “Me Zooska. Bark send us. He worry. He send signal but you no respond. Maybe we help?” As if to accentuate her point, she digs the bottle of gin out of her pack and offers a drink to the orc leader. “Urglin gin. Make hair grow. If too much hair, Zooska happy cut some off.”

“Marsh messy,” she points back at the way they came. “Much kill and destroy. Messy eater. You know what make mess?”
Diplomacy +4 if needed

Eager to continue, Zooska tucks away her scribbled map.

Moving on: Athletics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Moving on: Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Ready to move on

Zooska scans the surrounding area, looking for any hazards or resources, before turning her attention to the cliff overhang itself. “Good resting spot.” She tries to clear an area at the base of the cliff to provide better shelter, but only ends up cluttering it more, then she eyes the goats. “Tasty animals?”

Let’s try ‘em all!

Nature (handle goats): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Cartography Lore (chart view): 1d20 ⇒ 16
Scouting Lore (recognize valuable terrain resources): 1d20 ⇒ 16
Nature (identify grazing areas): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Perception (spot potential hazard): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Perception (decide if cliff overhang is good resting spot): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Athletics (clear resting spot): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Zooska focuses on viewing the surroundings to assist with scouting the terrain, leaving the goats to someone (like High) with a closer affinity to nature.

Perception +6. I'm fine with High making all the checks for the goats.

Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Climbing up behind Kazaleti, the tiny goblin remains hidden in the minotaur's shadow.

“Minotaur climb fast and high!” After Kazaleti secures and lowers a rope from the top, Zooska clambers up after him.

Athletics (Climb): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

From her newfound vantage point she surveys the surrounding terrain.

Perception +6 if needed

“Grakcha. Stow weapons. Offer gin.” Zooska nods as she repeats to herself for maximum retention. When they reach the cliff she looks up—way up—to the minotaur. “Big cow man easy reach high. Maybe you climb first, help normal size people?”

"If you're going to keep going that way, you'll need to watch out for--"

“Watch out for what?” Zooska asks, wondering what might be so dangerous. “More orcs?”

“Making a trail? Like a trade route?”

“Yes, trade route,” the goblin nods in eager agreement. “Make safe for make money. Where orc scout camp? One leader, or many leader, many group, fight each other? Which tribe strongest?” Zooska pauses, trying to remember something else the man said that bothered her.

“Yes, think orcs treat birds bad. Break nest, steal egg, make birds angry birds. Not nice.” Zooska explains what happened by the river crossing. She gulps down her cider, letting its warmth spread through her belly before continuing.

“Cheliax make prize for make trail from Isger to Molthune. We try make trail, they try make trail.” She gestures as the young nobles. “Maybe many try make trail for prize.” She pauses, considering Bark. "You live here long time. Maybe you know best path for trail?"

If needed, Diplomacy +4

“Me Zooska” the goblin introduces herself to the half-orc with a toothy smile. However, her reaction to Wilbert is decidedly less warm—indeed, she even growls at the dog, though she controls her prejudice enough to do nothing more. After all, they are representing the Pathfinders.

“Yes, make fancy people warm,” she agrees with Bark’s suggestion to convene at his house. “But not stay long. Adventure awaits!”

Zooska seems considerably less concerned about the avalanche, but when the minotaur turns back to save the nobles, the goblin gamely follows along.

“Brr …” Zooska shivers, huddling her arms around herself for warmth. Fortunately the cold is merely uncomfortable rather than deadly, thanks to the thick furs provided by Karla.

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Oblivious to the danger, the little goblin tries to make the ascent more interesting by turning it into a race. “Last one up rotten egg!”

Athletics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

@Kazaleti: You can just make an Athletics & Survival check if you’re ready to move on.

Athletics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

“Maybe fussy people not want wet feet?” Zooska muses. The goblin starts surveying the river for a good place to build a bridge for such people, while charting her findings in scribbled notes in a messily unorganized notebook.

Crafting for bridge location: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Lore (Cartography) to chart terrain: 1d20 ⇒ 10

“Fancy footwork!” Zooska praises High’s skill in crossing the river. “Me help make easier.” The little goblin drags some logs and moves some rocks to try to make the ford more navigable. “Pretty pretty!” she points out some shiny poisonous berries while performing her task. "Good eating!"

Athletics (improve ford): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Herbalism (ID plants): 1d20 ⇒ 3

“Naughty people break nest, steal eggs. Tracks like orcs. Make birds mad. Some shiny shinies too!” Zooska reports to the others after searching amongst the trees and finding the birds’ nests.

Can I sneak out a gemstone without making the ravens mad again?

When the problem of crossing the river is brought to her attention, she searches the riverside for animal tracks and a good place for a campsite. But this quickly becomes boring, so she finds a long stick and uses it to probe the stream depth and pole jump from boulder to boulder.

Survival (ID local wildlife): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Acrobatics (find place to ford): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

When the flock finally disperses, Zooska raises a cheer. “Bird brain bye bye! But why bird attack?” The goblin heads towards the swarm’s origin, trying to spot a reason why the ravens would be so easily spooked and aggressive.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

“Ho ho!” Zooska exclaims as Deosil’s spell fares well against the swarm. “Do again!” For her own part, the goblin dives into a flanking position and tries to attack the birds with as much style as she can, though sadly the swarm remains unimpressed.

1st Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 = 16 Damage (B): 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8
2nd Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 1 = 13 Damage (B): 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

◆Stride to flank swarm with Kazaleti, ◆Strike w/Dancer’s Spear x2. Included +1/+1 from Courageous Anthem

Reflex save DC 17: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

“Bird attack bad juju!” Zooska exclaims as she twists and turns and tumbles and rolls her way out of the swarm, completely avoiding the myriad beaks and talons. With a graceful twirling motion she whirls her spear around her head and sweeps it through the swarm of ravens, trying to knock at least a few of the birds senseless.

Acrobatics (Tumble Through): 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 2 = 29
Strike w/Dancer’s Spear: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 Damage (B): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Add 2 Precision damage

Confident Finisher strike: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 Damage (B): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Precision Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

◆Tumble Through, ◆Strike, ◆Confident Finisher

Ah, sorry, I thought that the box labeled 'Swarm' represents the swarm's position. My bad.

Just checking that the map is correct? From the description it sounds like the swarm ended its turn in the same space as the PCs to attack, but on the map it appears the swarm has flown away.

Nothing more from me.

Quick question, do we have a healer/

Zooska is trained in Medicine and has the Risky Surgery feat, and she's all too happy to use this feat on the party, but you'd be taking a real risk. :)

"But isn't it more important that the knots stay tied?"

Zooska shakes her head with the mild tut-tut of an adult correcting a small child. “Style always most important! But knots stay tied good too. Best do both.” The goblin wanders over to Amyas, hoping for a more receptive audience when she talks about the various dangers she’s encountered in various terrain over her travels.

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

@Kazeleti: Deosil already helped Leoni in his post. Maybe you could help Zooska with Amyas instead?

Zooska nods enthusiastically in response to both questions. “Yes, yes. Know bounty. Know Pathfinder too. Me Pathfinder.” the goblin explains proudly. “Me Barber of Brinestump too. Nice hair want cut?”

“Ho ho,” Zooska says, noticing Leoni’s unfriendly attitude. “Should Zooska leave? Leoni no want goblin?” she inquires diplomatically in an effort to take the tracker’s feelings into account. But the energetic goblin is quickly distracted by some of the nobles’ gear. Not all of it is of interest—she barely glances at the boring book, or any gear that is of high quality but plain, no matter how expensive it is. What catches her eye are the shiniest objects, like the brooch on Sarevi’s shoulder, or those with colorful or interesting patterns, like the carved designs on Declan’s bow or the multi-colored rope in Sarevi’s climbing kit.

“Fun pretty rope,” she compliments Sarevi, “but knot not exciting. Like you say, honor adventure important, and most important honor is style. Knot need style, like this.” The small green swashbuckler demonstrates by tying some new knots in her rope--knots that might be especially fun and exciting when they come loose.

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Athletics (knots for Sarevi): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

“Fancy humans welcome,” Zooska says after introductions are exchanged. “What great deed you do?” she casually inquires while snooping and poking around the campsite.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

“Finally!” Zooska exclaims, eager for something besides mindless travel. “Long trip bor-ring!”

The little goblin dashes ahead and hails the group of people in a sing-song voice. “Hi ho! Welcome welcome! Me Zooska. You clothes and gear shiny and new, much style.” Her broken Common can be hard to decipher, but it sounds like a compliment.

I have no glyphs.

“Hi Kazaleti! Hi Deosil! Hi High! Hi Harold!” Zooska chirps with friendly ease. “So much hair!” she exclaims excitedly, glancing over the gnome before looking up at the minotaur in particular. “Want cut? Zooska Barber of Brinestump,” the goblin proclaims proudly as she displays a wickedly sharp razor in eager anticipation.

A scrawny little goblin immediately dives into the brown paper package (not literally, though it looks like she would fit), eagerly extracting its contents while Karla talks. She sets down her spear and unstoppers the bottle of gin, takes a speculative sniff, then sneezes loudly, politely covering her mouth just in time. “Ho ho! That put hair on chest!” After wiping her hands on her dirty leather armor, she passes the bottle and reads the letter.

“Sound like kablooie first mission,” the goblin says in broken Common, “and super nice Calisro give nice gift. Nice Calisro think of us. Horizon Hunters best nice fun faction, but really not much choice. Me Zooska.” she finally adds as an introduction.