Chapter 1: The Arrival

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Apr 2, 2025 1:28 pm
Remembering what he's recently read, Eugene identifies the creatures as kholos. Much like hyenas, kholos have a notorious reputation, for much the same reason—their uncanny laughter, frightening intelligence, and efficient pack tactics make them intimidating competition or foes. The most commonly encountered kholo packs in Katapesh are bandits or raiders looking for easy resources to pilfer from unguarded victims.

Eugene casts a spell, attempting to frighten the lead kholo. The magic leaves the creature slightly shaken but she does not flee. Instead, she cackles and leads the others in a charge! The four of them move to attack Gloria, sizing up the giant cat as the biggest threat. They keep their distance and attack with their longspears, one managing to drive their spear deep into the eidolon's side! The kholos position their spears defensively, prepared to parry any counter attack.
OOC:
12 piercing damage to Gloria. Everybody may act. The kholos are 10 feet away from Gloria since they have reach with their longspears.

Rolls

Recall Knowledge - (d20+7)

Will vs Fear - (d20+8)

(10) + 8 = 18

Longspears vs Gloria - (d20+7-1, d20+7, d20+7, d20+7)

d20+7-1 : (8) + 6 = 14

d20+7 : (1) + 7 = 8

d20+7 : (9) + 7 = 16

d20+7 : (17) + 7 = 24

Damage, Pack Attack - (d8+2+d4)

(6) + (4) + 2 = 12

Apr 2, 2025 3:11 pm
Rone watched the approaching hyena-headed creatures as his camel rode on. He swiftly dismounted, elaborately cartwheeled, and attempted to tumble through the closest one.
OOC:
1st action> Dismount, 2nd action> Acrobatics (tumble). Can anyone tell me whether you can feint without any weapon. It says that you need to have atleast one hand free. How about no weapons? Also with I think the tumbling will be taken as a bravardo action?

Rolls

Acrobatics (Dex) tumble - (1d20+7+1)

(16) + 8 = 24

Apr 2, 2025 3:27 pm
OOC:
Are we mounted at the moment? And if yes, do we actually have to roll Nature to Command An Animal to move around?
Apr 2, 2025 3:41 pm
OOC:
You are mounted, yes. It’s a DC 14 Nature check to Command a camel. Or you can spend an action to dismount and move normally. @Stalker05 the only requirement to Feint is to be within melee reach of an opponent. Your tumble is successful so you will gain panache.
Apr 2, 2025 4:32 pm
Tumbling through the hyena-headed creature, Rone weaved side to side like a crab trying to confuse and feint the creature. He was unarmed, but the creature could be distracted from landing a blow on him.
OOC:
Attempting to feint as the third action.

Rolls

Deception (Cha) Feint - (1d20+6)

(2) + 6 = 8

Apr 2, 2025 9:13 pm
Michel winces in pain and surprise as he feels the feedback of Gloria's injury. There is actually blood flowing from his side.
He curses as he starts to bind the wound while starting to mutter an incantation to strengthen Gloria.

Meanwhile, Gloria darts out of reach of the spears and circles around to attack the one Rone is trying to distract, lashing out with her claws.
OOC:
Action 1: use Battle Medicine on self.
Action 2: Gloria Strides
Action 3: Cast Boost Eidolon
Action 4: Gloria Strikes while Flanking

Rolls

Medicine - (1d20+5)

(4) + 5 = 9

Heal - (2d8)

(22) = 4

Strike - (1d20+7)

(10) + 7 = 17

Damage - (1d8+6)

(6) + 6 = 12

Hero Point Medicine - (1d20+5)

(13) + 5 = 18

Apr 3, 2025 3:19 am
"Oh hell," Mathias mutters. He opens a gate and summons the elements of nature and earth. He raises a hand, palm up, and lifts it into the air. A tree springs from the ground adjacent to his allies already in close range of the enemies.
OOC:
Action 1: Channel Elements
Actions 2 & 3: Timber Sentinel - Placing a Protector Tree adjacent to Gloria (and Rone, if possible)
Apr 3, 2025 4:06 pm
From atop his Camel Eugene watched the action unfold. This was still so unreal. Just yesterday, or was it still today? Did the night passing in this hallucination, or simulation, or where this was meant that he'd gone a day in the real world without his wife, his children? Had they notified the police of his absence?

That rabbit hole was too deep though, and he quickly refocused his mind at the task of hand. Grasping his staff he pointed it at the Kholo he had targeted before and began casting a spell, almost immediately an arc of lightning leapt out towards the creature, he then swung his staff quickly lashing the arc at a nearby Kholo before the energy dissipated.

He then urged his Camel to move away from the majority of the fighting so that they would be harder to get to.
OOC:

Action 1 and 2: Electric Arc (DC17) one the Kholo I cast Fear on, and a nearby Kholo
Action 3: Command an Animal (Nature Check against Camels Will DC)

Rolls

Nature (Wis) - Command An Animal (Camel) - (1d20+5)

(17) + 5 = 22

Electric Arc Damage - (2d4)

(22) = 4

Apr 4, 2025 10:36 am
Rone leaps off of his camel, nimbly tumbling past the kholos to get behind them. He attempts to feint, but they don't fall for his trick. Matthias channels elemental energy as he causes a large palm tree to sprout near his allies, its fronds moving to protect them! Michel sends Gloria around to flank the kholos, the big cat clawing a deep gouge in one kholo's chest with her claws. Eugene guides his camel far from the melee before zapping the kholos with electricity!

The foe Gloria hit is badly wounded. It keeps its spear raised defensively before stepping away and attacking, setting up an advantageous avenue of attack for its nearby ally who also attacks Gloria. The second kholo gets a lucky critical hit, her spear impaling the eidolon! Matthias' tree interposes itself and takes some of the hit, exploding into splinters. However, the remaining impact is still enough to injure Gloria.

The other two kholos attempt similar tactics against Rone, but the swashbuckler manages to parry their spears.
OOC:
A critical hit against Gloria for 18 damage. The protector tree takes 10 of that damage and Gloria takes the remaining 8.

Rolls

Reflex vs Electric Arc - (d20+6, d20+6)

d20+6 : (18) + 6 = 24

d20+6 : (5) + 6 = 11

Spears vs Gloria - (d20+7, d20+7, d20+2)

d20+7 : (7) + 7 = 14

d20+7 : (1) + 7 = 8

d20+2 : (20) + 2 = 22

Damage (Crit) - (d8+2)

(7) + 2 = 9

Spears vs Rone - (d20+7, d20+7, d20+2)

d20+7 : (3) + 7 = 10

d20+7 : (7) + 7 = 14

d20+2 : (9) + 2 = 11

Apr 4, 2025 10:54 am
Gloria blinks out of existance, and Michel cries out in pain and slumps forward in his saddle, unconscious.
OOC:
No wait, hang on. 20 HP, -12 damage, +4 from Medicine, -8 damage leaves me at 4 HP, right?
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Apr 4, 2025 1:31 pm
After parrying the spear attacks, Rone finally drew his rapier, lunging forward towards the one that attacked Gloria. Twirling around, he pointed the rapier at another Kholo that tried to attack him previously and said, "If you want to fail in any strike, that's how you fail. Come on! Do I need to teach you how to even fail?"
OOC:
Action 1: Draw rapier, Action 2: Strike with finisher. Damn, I am rolling so bad! Okay, it's finisher, so I still do 8 damage. Action 3: Bon Mot. I don't know if they speak any language; I should probably do a recall knowledge. But, I will give it to fate and do the Bon Mot anyway, if they don't speak common, they won't understand me. Gaining +1 to Bon Mot with stylish combatant. Uff, what a series of bad rolls! We have Brok back here in Pathfinder!
Last edited April 4, 2025 1:41 pm

Rolls

Rapier - Atk/Dam - (1d20+7)

(2) + 7 = 9

Damage - (3d6+3)

(545) + 3 = 17

Diplomacy (Cha) Bon Mot - (1d20+7)

(3) + 7 = 10

Apr 5, 2025 11:05 am
Mathis dismounts from his camel, and as he walks toward the nearest enemy, layers of stone wrap around his fist. He smashes his fist into the creature as hard as he can.
OOC:
Action 1: Dismount
Action 2: Stride
Action 3: Elemental Blast (Earth, Bludgeoning)

Rolls

Elemental Blast - (1d20+7, 1d8)

1d20+7 : (15) + 7 = 22

1d8 : (6) = 6

Apr 5, 2025 2:25 pm
'Not what I wanted to use this for, but I'm dead otherwise...' Michel thinks as he gathers vital energy from the soil beneath him and uses it to mend his and gloria's injuries.

"Can we maybe try and focus on one of these things? Trying to spread the joy isn't always a virtue!"

Meanwhile Gloria steps out of the range of the one that nearly killed her and closer to the severely injured one, and growls as she does her best to try and finish it off.
OOC:
Actions 1 & 2: Cast Heal on self
Action 3: Gloria steps
Action 4: Claw attack.

Typoed my damage, but it doesn't matter anyway.
Last edited April 5, 2025 2:27 pm

Rolls

Heal - (1d8+8)

(7) + 8 = 15

Strike - (1d20+7)

(3) + 7 = 10

Damage - (1d20+4)

(9) + 4 = 13

Apr 8, 2025 3:13 pm
Eugene urged his camel back into range of their foes and once again released an electric arc at their enemies!
OOC:

Action 1: Command an Animal (Nature Check against Camels Will DC)
Actions 2 and 3: Electric Arc (DC17) one the Kholo I cast Fear on, and a nearby Kholo

If I can't get back in range (30ft) for Electric Arc then I'll do a Needle Darts attack (range 60ft) instead.

Rolls

Nature (Wis) - (1d20+5)

(20) + 5 = 25

Electric Arc Damage (2d4) - (2d4)

(14) = 5

Needle Darts - Attack - (1d20+7)

(10) + 7 = 17

Needle Darts - Damage - (3d4)

(231) = 6

Apr 9, 2025 10:26 am
Rone thrusts his blade out for a finishing strike, taking down the most injured of the kholos! His quip doesn't land the way he wanted it, though. Gloria misses with her attack. Mathias dismounts and moves into melee, blasting a kholo with elemental energy. Eugene's spell shocks two of them.

The kholos continue to be cautious, stepping away and attacking before raising their spears up to parry any incoming attacks. Their spears drive into Rone and Mathias. But one of the would-be bandits is badly wounded, and you can see that their morale is starting to waver.
OOC:
10 piercing damage to Rone, 6 piercing damage to Mathias. Everybody may act.

Rolls

Reflex vs Electric Arc - (d20+6, d20+6)

d20+6 : (6) + 6 = 12

d20+6 : (8) + 6 = 14

Spears vs Rone - (d20+7, d20+7)

d20+7 : (16) + 7 = 23

d20+7 : (9) + 7 = 16

Spear vs Mathias - (d20+7)

(15) + 7 = 22

Damage vs Rone, Mathias - (d8+2, d8+2)

d8+2 : (8) + 2 = 10

d8+2 : (4) + 2 = 6

Apr 9, 2025 5:45 pm
Rone grunted in pain from the spear attacks. He pointed his rapier towards the remaining kholos and said, "You guys are nasty, uncouth bandits on the run! Do you even manage to survive a week with whatever you steal?" He followed it with lunge from his his rapier and then drew his Main-gauche out.
OOC:
First action: Bon mot the closest Kholo. Wow, these rolls are just unbelievable.
Last edited April 9, 2025 5:48 pm

Rolls

Diplomacy (Cha) - (1d20+6)

(2) + 6 = 8

Rapier - Atk/Dam - (1d20+7, 1d6+3)

1d20+7 : (1) + 7 = 8

1d6+3 : (1) + 3 = 4

Apr 9, 2025 7:03 pm
OOC:
Which one is the badly wounded one? Can we maybe start calling them Kholo#1, Kholo#2, and Kholo#3 so that we can more easily differentiate them?
Apr 9, 2025 7:12 pm
OOC:
Yes, sorry. Kholo 2 is badly wounded, kholo 3 is lightly injured, and kholo 4 is unhurt. 2 and 3 are attacking Rone while 4 is attacking Matthias.
Apr 9, 2025 7:31 pm
OOC:
Action 1: Demoralise Kholo 2
Action 2: Gloria strides to flank Kholo 2
Action 3: Claw strike
Action 4: Bite strike
Action 4 bis: if it died from the first attack, Michel uses Command Animal instead to move adjecent to Rone to use Battle Medicine next turn.
"You know, we heal back up while you just die. Does this seem like a fair fight to you?" Michel mocks the Kholos from atop his camel. finally the battle seems to be turning into their favour.

Rolls

Demoralise - (1d20+7)

(16) + 7 = 23

Claw strike - (1d20+7)

(18) + 7 = 25

Claw damage - (1d8+4)

(4) + 4 = 8

Bite strike - (1d20+3)

(3) + 3 = 6

Bite damage - (1d6+4)

(6) + 4 = 10

Command Animal - (1d20+7)

(4) + 7 = 11

Apr 10, 2025 5:39 am
Mathias focuses his will and Rone feels something suddenly grow and fill his hand: a piece of fruit, green and red - it looks delicious and nourishing. He then grins at the creature before him and brings his fist back before slamming it into the creature with another elemental punch.
OOC:
Action 1: Nourishing Fruit - @Stalker05 - Rone may spend an interact action to eat it for 1d4+1 hp
Actions 2 & 3: Elemental Blast
Last edited April 10, 2025 5:39 am

Rolls

Elemental Blast (2-Action) - (1d20+7, 1d8+4)

1d20+7 : (16) + 7 = 23

1d8+4 : (5) + 4 = 9

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