[LPF] The Sword and the Fallen Angel [OOC]

[perrinmiller]

A short Living Pathfinder adventure, set in the vicinity of Venza for 4-6 characters of at least 2nd level.

Judge: GlassEye?
DM: Perrinmiller

Heroes:
Mowgli: Pari Kalikasan, Male Gnome Druid-1/Fighter-2
Mfloyd3: Garnet Sharnhearth, Female Dwarf Fighter-2
Scott DeWar: Heinrich Schreiberson, Human Male Wizard-2
Aldern Foxglove: Izzik Deeks, Human male Summoner-2
Sunshadow21: Ausk the Crusher, Male Half-orc Oracle-2
Shayuri: Maia, Female Aasimar Oracle-2

[sblock=XP]Enc 1: +300XP (Goblins & Goblin Dogs)
Enc 2: +266.67XP (Bronk & Zarneve)
Enc 3: +200XP (Gray Ooze)
Enc 4: +400xp (Githyanki Warriors)
Enc 5: +320xp (Narissa)

Notes:
- On 8 Mar 2011, Ausk reached XP for Level 2. Pari reached XP (with Time Award) to reach Level 3.
- On 15 Mar 2011, Maia reached XP for level 2.
- On 27 Apr 2011, Continued adventure without Izzik.

[/sblock][sblock=Treasury]IOU to Maia (-750gp)
Wand of Cure Light Wounds (25 charges) (15x19=285gp) -> Pari

ENC#1: 5xChainshirts (500gp), 5xShortswords (50gp), 5xComposite Shortbows (+1Str)(750gp), 5xLight Wooden Shields (15gp), Compass (10gp), Signal Horn (1gp), 5 Waterskins (5gp), 15 days Trail Rations (7.5gp), 15gp

ENC#2: On Bugbear: MWK Morningstar (308gp), 3xJavelins (3gp), MWK Chain shirt (250gp), MWK Heavy Steel Shield (170gp), Potion of Cure Light Wounds (50gp), Silver Holy Symbol with Platinum etching (50gp), 3 gems (300gp), 100gp.
On Mage: +1 Longspear (2305gp), 2xPotion of Cure Light Wounds (100gp), Potion of Mage Armor (50gp), Jeweled armband (150gp), Small Mirror (10gp), Ink (8gp), Paper (5 sheets)(2gp), Nice Ink Pen (10gp), Sealing Wax (1gp), Signet Ring (15gp), 15gp.
On Second Level: Damage suit of full platemail (500gp - Costs 1000gp to repair and be usuable)

ENC#3: None

Without Izzik
ENC#4: 5xMWK Greatsword (1750gp), 5xBreastplates (1000gp), 5xComposite Longbows (+1 Str)(1000gp), 10xCLW Potions (500gp), 100 arrows (5gp), 1-minute hourglass (25gp), Weaponsmith tools (15gp), 15 days Trail Rations (7.5gp), 6 Waterskins (6gp), 4x gems(40gp), 200gp, Parchment Documents (0gp)

ENC#5: MWK Longsword (1000gp reward), 5xgems (500gp).
[/sblock][sblock=Adventure Rules]* I will use group initiatives, rolling them myself. So in combat you must post your actions within 48-72 hours of the players turn coming up. Unless stated by a character that their actions are to follow another character, they will be resolved in posted order. After that time, if there was no communication with the DM, I will NPC the MIA player and move on.

* Dice rollers can be Invisible Castle or the EnWorld on-line dice roller for the players. The DM will use his own purple dice at home or an on-line random number generator.

* Any absences for longer than 2-3 days should be communicated to the DM. If you do not post for a week or more without having informed the DM, he reserves the right to remove you from the adventure giving you your share of the XP and treasure earned as well as time XP and gp to the date of your last post

* If your character gets enough XP to level they may do so immediately. This grants the extra hp, but does not heal damage, and grants any additional spell slots, but not spells prepared. A caster capable of spontaneously casting could use these slots normally, a cleric could only use them for cure or inflict spells, a druid for summon nature's ally, etc. Prepared casters may prepare spells in these slots as if they had left the slots blank for the day, if they are able to do so. They can go through the appropriate spell preparation as if they had already rested if applicable.

* All characters need an appropriate character picture, head-shot preferably, for token on the tactical grids. Also a mini-stat spoiler block that includes a link to your character sheet will be required in every IC post.[/sblock]

Example Mini-stats block:
[sblock=Mini Stats]Ariel Esimae
Initiative: +2
AC: 19 (17 without shield/flat-footed, 12 Touch)
HP: 9 Current: 9
CMB: +1 CMD: 13 Fort: +4 Reflex: +4 Will: +6 (+8 vs. Fear)
+1 for all with Resistance
Resistance: 5 Cold, 5 Acid, 5 Electricity

Current Weapon in Hand: Shield & javelin

Fire Bolt: 3/6 Remaining Channel Energy: 1/5 remaining
Deflection Aura: 1/1 remaining
Spells Remaining: 1st Level 2/3; used Shield of Faith for CLW[/sblock]
Party Notes:

Marching order:

 

[perrinmiller]

GM: Additional Comments: Please do not clutter the IC thread with a bunch of OOC comments. Put them in spoiler blocks (sblock) and try to include IC content as well. If you feel you must quote another player, only quote the relevant sentence that you are responding to. If it is more than a sentence, put the quote in a spoiler block.

 

[perrinmiller]

Jael Kedric sits down at the table in the private meeting room and bids you all to take a seat so he can explain.

"Thank you all for volunteering to help out the Church of Helerion in our time of need. Our order is with heavy heart as we have lost one of our beloved members."

"Sir Roderic, our Patriarch, was traveling to Venza from abroad and he has not arrived. We cast a divination and have learned that he was ambushed by some goblin raiders just outside the city a few hours walk away."

"Normally, we would think that a warrior of his caliber would have no trouble with a handful of goblins, even by himself, but for some reason he was not victorious. And after the divination, we now know that he is dead."

"Additionally, his bonded sword is a holy relic of the church and he was carrying it with him at the time. So it has fallen into the raiders' possession and we need the holy relic back. That is the quest we are seeking assistance with."

 

[Scott DeWar]

At the mention of the business being of assistance to the church, he becomes quite serious. He is absorbing every bit of information he can and is letting his mind dwell for a few seconds when he speaks. it is intersesting note that he is trying tospeak with no accent, though he still is heavy in pronunciation.

" You use divination to find and verify he is dead, ja, er yes? was there any detecting of other then goblins?"

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Pari and Tagaiwi enter the room and sit. Pari rubs Tagaiwi lightly between the ears as he listens while Ser Kedric runs down the details of the quest.

 

[sunshadow21]

Ausk will lean against the wall as Sir Kedric tells his story,while absently mindedly petting Alf as he listens. "Do you have any idea on the direction the goblin raiders went after they defeated Sir Roderic, or if there was there any special reason for the attack beyond mere banditry?"

[sblock=picture]I added a picture to Ausk's page a couple of days ago that, while exactly spot on how I picture him looking, should work for the token.[/sblock]

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

Izzik enters and spins a chair to sit backwards with his elbows resting on the back, while Aressa stalks in and sits at his side. The summoner nods gravely as the priest speaks and eventually says,

"My commiserations Father, I am sure he sold his life dearly. We will reclaim his sword for you and recover his body if that proves possible - can I assume you would prefer to have it delivered back to you for proper disposal?"

Aressa nods - keeping a wary eye on Tagaiwi.

Turning to the others Izzik says, "Perhaps we ought to set ourselves up to be raided? I've got a set of finer clothing, and jewelery, we are more likely to get hit if we appear like a rich target for the plucking. Otherwise I suppose we will need to track them down, which is hardly a skill of mine. Thoughts?"

 

[sunshadow21]

"I can stop by the shops and pick up some scrolls to aid healing if that would help. Otherwise, if we are going to try to bait the raiders, I am best off playing the role of bodyguard. I doubt I could pull off the right attitude of a snobby rich bratty person; I would have to want to kill myself if I tried." Ausk grimaces as he considers the faces of the many rich people who had the audacity to proclaim the glories of living while betting on him and other gladiators as if the gladiators were mere cattle.

 

[mfloyd3]

Garnet takes a seat and listens to the priest, seeming to have nothing to contribute to this plan to bait the raiders.

 

[perrinmiller]

Jael Kedric - NPC Priest

Jael Kedric answers both Heinrich's and Ausk's questions, "Well, they only could verify goblin raiders. But it seems those creatures appeared to be purposely seeking out the patriarch since it would not have been a case of simple banditry. Sir Roderic, by all appearances, would have looked only like a traveling knight not some rich merchant, and definitely not an easy target."

"Nay, we think they must have either wanted to assassinate him or they want our holy sword for some nefarious purpose. But I don't imagine goblins would be capable of using the sword for anything. Of course, I personally don't know much about goblins myself."

"We do have an idea where these goblins are camped and we fear that they might not stay there much longer if capturing the sword were their true purpose."

Jael replies to Izzik, "Thank you for agreeing on this undertaking. Normally we would have tried to handle this on our own, but time is short and we could not wait for the experienced paladins and knights to return to Venza to recover the holy relic. The few novices we have would likely get killed for naught."

"Recovering Sir Roderic's body would be appreciated, but our priority is the recovery of sword and what it symbolizes."

The priest is waiting patiently for the last of the adventurers to enter the room and take a seat, but he looks amenable to further questions while he waits.

[Sblock=OOC]Please use colors for speech and remain consistent. Maia still hasn't checked in yet and I need a picture for her character. [/Sblock]