1.2 - In Search of Sanity - The Dead Don't Dream

Just need actions from RageRed - I'll get a post up regardless within the next day to keep us moving.

Move to W9
Attack unarmed

Actions for the next round please! Nice Lay on Hands, almost fully healed Iosef back up!

A = the female apostle
B = the male apostle
C = the late arrival, male apostle

I didn't add any bonus for flanking if applicable.

Success! He isn't too please about it, but Razhel has a good grip on him. On his turn he will get an attempt to take a simple action, break the grapple, or reverse the grapple - unless someone takes those options away from him.

Thanks for the note :) He still has 2 pairs of handcuffs, if those might come in handy.

A bit bloodthirsty but meh. This shit's getting to him. :P

Next round actions please!

The man is still grappled and Razhel is still the controlling grappler.

Does Razhel want to maintain the grapple, let go, or try to tie the enemy up (-10 penalty to try that)? If she wants to maintain the grapple it'll require a combat maneuver roll w/ +5 modifier, but upon success can take additional actions (either: reposition, pin the enemy, or deal damage)

A = the female apostle
B = the male apostle
C = the late arrival, male apostle

Can Elias move in front and save his friend?

Perhaps - how would you propose to do this? I would consider whatever you want to do as a Held Action w/ a trigger of 'the enemy attempts to attack'

I'd say move around with his shield raised..to take the hit.

Grim still has his action from the last round. What does he need to do to put the cuffs on the grappled man?

@Equinox I would allow Grim to attempt the maneuver at a -5 penalty (the enemy is still struggling in Razhel's grasp, but she's able to focus her grapple while you do the cuffs). You may roll CMB vs the enemy's CMD of 17. Upon success you are able to cuff him and he will be considered 'helpless'.

Normally the one grappling would do the 'tie up' maneuver at a -10 penalty. Since Razhel's able to maintain focus on her grapple, Grim can do it with the penalty reduced.

@Squadfather44 since there is no real space between Razhel and the enemy, you can't really position yourself between them to block the attack. I'd say this is going to be something that requires a feat of both Perception (to see the attack coming) and Dexterity (for reacting swiftly enough to block it). Give me a Perception DC 10 check, and if successful a straight Dexterity DC 15 check. If successful on both I'll narrate the block.

This of course means Grim has to roll a crit to perform the task.

It was worth a shot. I'm not trying to make this difficult - grapple rules in Pathfinder are needlessly obtuse anyways. If I were to guess, I think the best way to get him tied up is for Razhel to 'pin' him first and/or hit him with nonlethal dmg until he's a drooling meat bag and isn't kicking and screaming any longer.

Of course, PbP requires some modifications. Let's do this - if Razhel wishes to maintain the grapple this next round, and succeeds with her roll, she can assign enough non-lethal dmg to make him fully subdued.

Perception check (DC 10) and Dexterity check (DC15)