[Living Pathfinder] Little Rock of Horrors

"Distract them," Garnet calls to Mariah. She pushes up the stairs, her squat, armored frame clambering awkwardly over the injured tiger. Tagaiwi yelps in almost comic protest as the Dwarf tries to reach the fallen gnome.

OOC: Climb check to get over Tagaiwi (or use other appropriate skill), trying to get to N7. She will accept the attack of opportunity from VP#3. Also, remember that if these are aberrations, she gets +2 AC. Also, the wording on the Deep Warrior trait implies a +2 bonus to grapple aberrations, but if I am reading it right it does not provide a bonus to grapple checks where the grapple is initiated by the aberration.

EDIT: What's the DC for climbing a tiger, anyway?

"Tagaiwi, Sumalakay!" (Attack)

The great cat gathers itself to leap over his friend and into the fray, but the combination of the spear in his shoulder and the clambering dwarf prove too difficult to overcome. His scramble is short-lived and unproductive, and his deep rumbling growl makes his frustration plain.

[sblock=Actions/Rolls]Handle Animal (1d20+8=16) to get Tagaiwi to attack.
Acrobatics (1d20+3=7) for Tagaiwi to jump over Pari and into the room.

Guess in the end we'll both just stand here and bleed this round . . .

I'm loving the 'movie' of this that's playing out in my head, though! [/sblock]

Heinrich is slow on the uptake but he follows every one into the fray of battle. he will stop at the sight of the first Ve3gapygmi that he has a clear shot at and shot his flame jet at it.

[move] to be in view. [std act] (su) power flame jet

edit If he sees a way to target two of them he will, but not at the cost if hitting allies.

if he does not get to hit a target, can move, then the roll is for the next round.

Ending Round One, beginning Round Two

It takes all of Garnets ability to wrangle her way past Tagaiwi and Pari and up the stairs but she does manage it. The small plant creature thrusts its spear at Garnet as she passes but the point scapes across Garnet's armor and does not manage to injure the dwarven woman.

Tagaiwis tail lashes back and forth in that universal sign of ‘irritated kitty’; clearly he does not like being tromped on. Pari struggles against the sticky vines but can’t wriggle free. He does notice the vines are hardening and beginning to crack slightly. His continuing struggle should eventually break himself free...

Mariah and Heinrich can’t push past Tagaiwi and Pari on the difficult stair but when Garnet manages to get past the two stuck in the stairwell they can at least move up a little. They are still too far down the stair to use any of their ranged abilities, however. Mariah, instead, calls upon Erwahai seeking her blessing and once again the goddess leaves her light touch upon her servant.

Begin Round Two!

The two creatures at the top of the stair move away from Garnet. The first only moves far enough to be able to stab at her with its spear but unsuccessfully. The one that flung the thorn at Pari again taps frenziedly on the wall and a thorn erupts from its hand to strike Garnet. Afterwards it moves farther into the room.

The one at the stair again stabs down at Tagaiwi and hits the tiger with a vicious blow.

Party actions, Round Two...

[sblock=OOC]Note: I’m treating Mariah & Heinrich as having delayed in Round One and then taking advantage of the space cleared by Garnet. This has the effect of moving them down the initiative order but, imo, it works better that way. Mariah is effectively in N10 but down the stairs and Heinrich is in L11.

These may seem like aberrations to the characters but their type is actually plant.

Stairs = difficult terrain. The wall between the stairs and the room count as an obstacle in the hex at the top of the stairs. Hexes further down the stairs also count as an obstacle and will require a skill check of some sort to pass. You can, of course, navigate the stairs however you wish.

Marching order: Pari, Tagaiwi, Garnet, Mariah, Heinrich, Giocco.

Initiative order/Current hit points
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Garnet circles warily. She resists the temptation to attack the spearman by the stairs, knowing she would have to turn her back to the others. Best to secure this flank, she decides, and trust her comrades to fight their way into the room.

She steps carefully, then moves in, screaming and swinging.

OOC: Move to M6, TWF attk on #1

Screaming in rage, Tagaiwi gathers himself and makes a prodigious leap over both Pari and Garnet (well, he has to push off Garnet's armored head once, but likely considers it only fair) and into the room. He caromes off a wall and comes to 'rest' just in front of one of the pygmies, immediately attempting to tear into it with his great fangs. He misses, of course.

Pari shouts out instructions as he struggles to free himself from the confounding glue and vines. "They're Vegepygmies . . . slashing or crushing weapons only! Stabbing will be ineffective!" He ends his sentence in a long string of multisyllabic words you can only assume are curses (unless you happen to speak Gnomish).

[sblock=Actions/Rolls]Tagaiwi jumps over Pari and Garnet and moves to M6, then tries a bite attack at #1.
Acrobatics (Jump over Pari) (1d20+7=24), good for 12 feet of clearance w/out a running start.
Bite Attack (1d20+2=5)
STR Check (1d20=3)[/sblock]

Tagaiwi's spectacular leap places him squarely in front of the farthest Vegepygmy right in the spot Garnet was headed towards. Instead, the dwarf scrambles over the short wall to stand next to the tiger and make her bashing attacks at her foes. Tagaiwi moves before Garnet; I propose Garnet scramble up to M7 instead. As Tagaiwi leaps past the Vegepygmy it stabs the tiger yet again.

With Tagaiwi and Garnet up the stairs, Mariah and Heinrich finally have the chance to advance somewhat.

Mariah and Heinrich are up.

[sblock=OOC]Note: I’m treating Mariah & Heinrich as having delayed in Round One and then taking advantage of the space cleared by Garnet. This has the effect of moving them down the initiative order but, imo, it works better that way. Mariah is effectively in N10 but down the stairs and Heinrich is in L11.

These may seem like aberrations to the characters but their type is actually plant.

Stairs = difficult terrain. The wall between the stairs and the room count as an obstacle in the hex at the top of the stairs. Hexes further down the stairs also count as an obstacle and will require a skill check of some sort to pass. You can, of course, navigate the stairs however you wish.

Marching order: Pari, Tagaiwi, Garnet, Mariah, Heinrich, Giocco.

Initiative order/Current hit points
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[sblock=mfloyd3]Oops. Sorry about that! I just skimmed your post and missed the line with his destination . . . didn't mean to steal your spot.[/sblock]

Heinrick is still near the end of the line. To further restrict his participation, he cannot see what is actually happening, except the "irritated kitty sound " from the tiger was not something he wanted to contend with. His Cross bow was nocked and loaded, but it was the wrong type of weapon. He casts light with a free hand, holding the crossbow in the other. "Valgustatus!" he then puts the bolt away.

cast light on the lighthouse wall at M,5

[sblock=OOC]Any movement, Scott? The spaces that the map show as occupied by Tagaiwi and Garnet are free (though Heinrich couldn't make it to Garnet's space unless he used two move actions; plus, Mariah still has yet to move.)[/sblock]