# SDMB RPG First Adventure: Panic in Genoa! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765 "2014-01-14T05:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/501 "2014-05-23T17:04:23Z")
Good point. Forget the trap the, but I still well l8tr in wait rather than pursue. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/502 "2014-05-23T18:23:06Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Giacomo also turns to Aji, who is still carrying the bound and unconscious Umberto. “Careful, my large friend. Make sure you keep a hold of that sorcerer no matter what happens. Better we lose the sorceress than lose both.” \ ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/503 "2014-05-25T02:34:00Z")
Harald and Solsken burst into a quiet glade. The sorceress’s foot prints in the mud lead into the center of the clearing and stop abruptly. There is no visible sign of her. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/504 "2014-05-25T14:59:42Z")
“Well, my friend, she either teleported or became airborne.” I suppose my bird didn’t see anything… ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/505 "2014-05-25T16:11:05Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > “Well, my friend, she either teleported or became airborne.” > > I suppose my bird didn’t see anything… No. Do you want to call her over? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/506 "2014-05-25T22:37:02Z")
I’ll look _up_, just in case. Then I’ll wordlessly but readily agree with Solsken and rush over to Aji’s side, in case she’s planning on freeing her beau ; and to warn the rest of the group that she’s eluded us. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/507 "2014-05-25T22:38:06Z")
Oh, and I’ll also poke at the vacant space above her final tracks. Again, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/508 "2014-05-26T01:47:42Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > No. Do you want to call her over? Aye. Maybe she can feel some air currents or something… ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/509 "2014-05-26T02:42:48Z")
Nothing is above you. Harald moves forward cautiously. Something seems distinctly _wrong_ with the air where the footprints end, as though the trees in the back of the glade aren’t quite in perspective. As Harald carefully pokes toward the footprints, Solsken’s bird floats out over the clearing and screams in alarm. Suddenly, Harald is overwhelmed by a cascade of flashing colors and lights. The big Norseman drops to his knees, clawing at his eyes, trying to clear his sight. That’s a Color Spray. Solsken is unaffected by the spell, since he’s standing too far away. His falcon is circling around the back of the clearing, and seems quite agitated. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/510 "2014-05-26T03:58:00Z")
Fuck. “Your pissant tricks won’t save you you fat, gravid she-troll ! Aaaagh, Balder’s ballsack, my bloody eyes…I’ll fucken \*skin \*you for this ! Solsken, tell me where she is ! Left or right ? I can’t see a thing !” [COLOR=SeaGreen]Since I wouldn’t want to introduce Solsken to Ingrid by mistake, I’ll try to grapple the witch instead, orientating towards where Solsken says until I hit paydirt then eating the 50% miss chance and her AoO. She’s a mage, she can’t hit that hard. Plus if she gives me an AoO I’ll know where she is ! :)[/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/511 "2014-05-26T15:10:20Z")
[Note that the spell description indicates that it came from her fingertips] “Right in front of you, big guy!” How far away am I, exactly? I could cast Detect Magic, which would allow me to track her ass. Will the cone of detection [in the spell description](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/detectMagic.html#_detect-magic) stay 60’ in front of me as I move forward? No, I got a better idea… Entangle. Centered on the disturbance. Wait for the others to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/512 "2014-05-26T17:30:18Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [Note that the spell description indicates that it came from her fingertips] > > “Right in front of you, big guy!” > > How far away am I, exactly? I could cast Detect Magic, which would allow me to track her ass. Will the cone of detection [in the spell description](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/detectMagic.html#_detect-magic) stay 60’ in front of me as I move forward? > > No, I got a better idea… > > Entangle. Centered on the disturbance. Wait for the others to catch up. That’ll pick up Harald too, of course, and I don’t allow Druids to wander into their own [color=blue]Entangles without a save the way some DMs do, but it sounds like you’re perfectly OK with that. Harald is stunned, by the way, and can’t take actions.[/color] Solsken grins, crouches, and wraps his hands in the grass of the glade, whispering. The grasses, shoots, and bushes of the tiny meadow begin to writhe, whip around, and latch on to the intruders, Harald and the sorceress, who has appeared from behind a false image of an open field, still invisible and still outlined by Faerie Fire. Harald is caught fast, but Maria bolts, fighting her way through them. She made her save and is trying to run, but she hasn’t quite escaped the [color=blue]Entangled area yet; it’s too large. She’ll escape it on her next turn if she’s not stopped.[/color] This takes place less than fifty yards into the woods, and the rest of the party can clearly hear Harald’s cursing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/513 "2014-05-26T17:46:04Z")
Giacomo will sneak around the action as stealthily as possible. If he can approach the sorceress and sneak attack her with his daggers, he will. Stealth checks and perception checks as needed. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/514 "2014-05-26T19:55:37Z")
Can I head her off-is my speed spell still active? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/515 "2014-05-27T01:33:57Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Can I head her off-is my speed spell still active? Yes, for almost three more hours. You may not be able to head her off outright, but you’ll be no more than twenty feet behind her. And that’s assuming she makes her next save against the Entangle. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/516 "2014-05-27T13:31:09Z")
Then I head for the edge of the entanglement field where she appears to be headed. I also check mentally on my bird’s well-being… ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/517 "2014-05-28T23:45:22Z")
How close is Taye to the group? Can I toss the reins to their horses to them and keep up the pursuit? Can I try to ride Maria down? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/518 "2014-05-29T13:51:46Z")
Zachary continues gamely puffing along some distance behind the action… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/519 "2014-05-29T14:14:35Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Zachary continues gamely puffing along some distance behind the action… Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765/520 "2014-05-29T19:40:58Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > How close is Taye to the group? Can I toss the reins to their horses to them and keep up the pursuit? Can I try to ride Maria down? You can’t ride even as quickly as you could run on foot in the forest; the trees are too dense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-first-adventure-panic-in-genoa/678765.md?page=27)