[Day 44 – Failed approach and wyverns]
[This game uses the Pathfinder 1E roleplaying game. Game sessions happen once a week. This session happened March 20, 2023.]
[SPOILERS! If you are likely to adventure through the Shattered Star Adventure Path from Paizo, this campaign will be spoilers all the way down.]
Player Characters
Marativy – female ratfolk 9th level Ninja
Zitch Grimreaper – male ratfolk 9th level Witch with a donkey rat (capybara) familiar
Roscuro – male ratfolk 9th level Monk
Swamprover – female grippli 9th level Wizard
Winston – male ratfolk 9th level Gunslinger
Via Roll20
Templeton von Trapp – male ratfolk 9th level Summoner (Synthesist)
NPCs
Gridik Stormstride – male blue kobold 7th level Wizard (Invoker)
Hrefna – female changeling 7th level Omdura
Ariphi – female tiefling 7th level Rogue
Fish – male grodaire, actual name is Hummlgau
Autumn
Day 44
Having shared the information Marativy, Roscuro, and Winston gained in their reconnoiter of the Dark Keep, the Ratpack dealt with the results. Zitch identified the horseshoes as horseshoes of the zephyr. Hrefna healed Roscuro of the poison effects he received from fighting the zombies during the reconnoiter. The jewelry was assessed at 1500gp total.
Discussing possible routes into the keep, all agreed that one of the side doors would be the best point of entrance. The wyverns on the roof of the keep would be a problem, so the group decided to break up into smaller groups to sneak up to the keep reducing the odds of anyone being noticed. The Ratpack then moved through the trees around the Keep until they were north of it. The distance to cover was nearly 350 feet but there were some small points of cover scattered along the way.
Marativy went first, scouting and marking the best path for the less stealthy members of the group. She made it safely to the keep. Templeton then followed her, using his flight to be as silent as possible. He made it safely and took shelter in the shadows next to Marativy. The next to go were Swamprover and Gridik. They made it to within 40 feet of the keep before one of the wyverns noticed the two wizards and cried out an alarm! [It rolled a natural 20 on the Perception skill check.]
Roscuro focused his ki to move faster and ran for all he was worth, reaching the wizards before the wyverns did [covering 320 feet in one round]. The wyvern that noticed the wizards launched first and flew past Swamprover, attacking the grippli with its tail, hitting her but failing to poison her. Three [!] more wyverns also launched but were lagging slightly behind the leader. Swamprover cast wall of acid in a ring around Gridik, Roscuro, and herself [and the lead wyvern], catching the next two wyverns in the wall itself. Zitch placed his Fly hex upon himself and flew towards the fight faster than he could run. Winston moved forward and then took a firing position as the wall of acid blocked his view of the wyverns. Hrefna and Ariphi moved quickly towards the fight from the trees while Marativy and Templeton were surprised by the wyverns flying over their heads and towards the wizards.
Winston decided to close and moved forward. Roscuro stepped 5 ft. to place himself in a position to defend Gridik and Swamprover better from the wyverns, focusing his ki and readying a Sickening Fist attack. Marativy climbed onto Templeton’s back and waited for him to advance [at some point Templeton used an evolution spell to grow Large, but I didn't note when in my notes]. The lead wyvern performed aerial acrobatics to reverse course, attacking Swamprover again instead of flying out of the wall of acid. This allowed Roscuro to unleash his Sickening Fist attack [which missed] and three attacks of opportunity while bodyguarding Swamprover. The wyvern hit her but not without taking damage from the monk. The next two wyverns also attacked while the fourth circled, looking for an opportunity. Swamprover stepped back from the lead wyvern, dropped the wall of acid, and then cast Lightning Bolt, catching the lead wyvern and the circling wyvern in it. Zitch flew towards the battle, followed by Ariphi, Fish, and Hrefna. Templeton pounced at the lead and third wyverns, focusing most of his attacks on the third wyvern, getting to rend it and causing it to bleed. He also tagged the lead wyvern, causing it to bleed as well. Marativy used her readied action to strike the lead wyvern a solid blow. Gridik cast Lightning Bolt, tagging the second and third wyverns with it.
Winston took a shot and knocked the legs out from under the third wyvern. Roscuro focused his ki on defense and performed a flurry of blows on the lead wyvern, killing it [with a lot of overkill]. The second wyvern clawed and bit at Gridik while striking Roscuro with its tail, injuring both. The third wyvern regained its feet and took a swipe at Templeton but missed. Swamprover cast Arc Lightning between the second and third wyverns to good effect [41 points of damage]. Zitch, Ariphi, and Fish continued to close the distance. Hrefna threw caution to the wind and sprinted to get into position to attack. Marativy crawled across Templeton’s back and slashed the third wyvern, killing it. Templeton stepped over to the second wyvern and killed it with a slash of his claws. The fourth wyvern decided to flee and flew away, over the keep and out of sight.
While those in the fight caught their breath, Zitch finally closed the distance and was able to place a healing hex on the very injured Gridik. Winston, Ariphi, and Fish caught up six seconds later while Marativy and Templeton to position at the side doors to the keep, specifically the double-doors, which were around a corner from the single door.
The single door opened and a woman brandishing two pistols stepped out, asking, “What’s all this racket about?”
End of Session
Rat Whispers
[Short entry due to a fight that took some time to play out. Our plan to sneak up on the keep was good, but a natural 20 on the bad guy’s part will spoil any stealth plan.]
[Sorry this post was late in the day, I had another project I was working on for most of the day and mis-judged how long this would take to type up. Glad I got it done anyways.]
Ratpack
Book 1: Shards of Sin Landing Page – Links to all Book 1 sessions
Book 2: Curse of the Lady’s Light Landing Page – Links to all Book 2 sessions
Book 3: The Asylum Stone Landing Page – Links to all Book 3 sessions
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