| The Outlaw Josie Whales |
This is my first pathfinder adventure.
Story is pretty basic. There is a large old fortress which has been magically sealed for many years. Recently a large earthquake rocked the castle opening it up for would be explores and treasure seekers. This is where the PC's come in. However, there is an unknown danger which also has claimed the castle for its own!
I love the way Master of the fallen Fortress starts out. Bam, you’re at the fortress which you’re exploring and by the way here come some vicious dogs to attack you. Perfect for a new GM & new players.
Party(4 1st level characters)
Rutten Vas, Fighter: light crossbow & scimitar
Luna, Elemental bloodline sorceress: dual wielding sickles
Jeremiah, Cleric : Morningstar Sun & Healing domain
Eli Jax, Rogue : short bow
Part 1.
The party approaches a gaping hole in the eastern wall of the fortress brought on by a massive earthquake with the rogue taking the lead ready with his bow. Before they can enter however they are attacked from behind by a 3 rabies infected dogs
Luna reacts quickly and slashes the lead dog with her sickle wounding it badly. Eli sides step in order to get a clear shot and then buries an arrow in the 2nd dog.
No more hits are scored on either end and the 2 wounded dogs flee leaving just one which Rutten kills with a massive shot from his crossbow.
The party has tasted its first combat and now prepares to enter the fortress.
The party moves into the 2nd room on the ground floor and is immediately set upon by a large spider lurking in its web on the ceiling.
DM’s note: I was unsure how to deal with the whole fighting in web thing but I did rule that as long as the spider was using its ranged web attack it was doing so from a the ceiling and could only be hit with ranged attacks.
As Eli Jax was the first to enter I had him first do a DC 21 perception check which he passed (otherwise Spider gets a surprise attack). I then had Eli & the Spider do an initiative roll and then attack. After the first round the remaining party members rolled initiative and moved into normal combat.
Although the combat was more dangerous due to the Spider being out of range for melee attacks the party was able to finish it off quickly using a combination of bow/crossbow attacks combined with Luna’s elemental bloodline lighting strike which came in handy.
After killing the spider Eli Jax spotted a jeweled dog collar and assumed its former bearer would no longer miss it. The first rewards of adventure.
With the first level cleared out, the party prepares to climb to level 2!