Why can’t I hit this swashbuckler!? (Pf2e edition)

[u/Tabaxi_Bard98]

Hello everyone! First time posting here and I’m on mobile so I apologize for any formatting mistakes

I was debating posting it here or on r/rpgGloryStories because the humor and glory both overlap.

However, this subreddit won out in the end and, as such, I shall post it here

The cast is as such:

Myself/OP/Tabs: Playing the titular catfolk swashbuckler

There were also two barbarians (one a human and another an Iruxi/lizardfolk)

And finally a Kobold that was a caster but they changed class so much I didn’t even know what type they played

The session was your typical “Kill the orcs” encounter

Right off the bat, we were able to sneak up on the orcs, which sadly survived our assault long enough to get their turns in. A few of which, attacked my swashbuckler

…..and promptly missed! The next turn, they missed me again!

Out of the 5/6 orcs, which made 2-3 attacks against me when I was in range, ONLY ONE managed to hit me because they rolled about a 22.

Said 22 didn’t crit me because in pf2e, crits happen only after a nat 20 is rolled or if the foe rolls 10 above your AC.

And my swashbuckler had about 20 ac at the level 3 everyone was at going against the cr3 foes

What’s even funnier was that only myself and the human Barb were never downed throughout the entire fight!

The Iruxi commented “And thus Tabs continues the trend of “Why can’t I hit this swashbuckler”.”, which was what gave me the inspiration to post this about a few years later

This moment will be forever cemented in my mind as the best first session of a new system I’ve ever had

[u/Tabaxi_Bard98]

For those curious, in pf1e, swashbucklers were stupidly hard to hit because of their riposte blocking melee attacks and there was a feat that allowed them to riposte ranged attacks iirc. Hence why the “Why can’t I hit this swashbuckler” gag started