DM Carbide's PFS Emerald Spire

Game Master John Woodford

CMD is 28, since its cat's grace is still active.

AoO sting: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

That's pathetic...two 1s in a row, one for the quickling's Acrobatics check and now this. The dice module loves you people.

The suddenly recovered naga lashes out at Kali, but it's not quite that recovered yet.

Senja continues his mad laughter, finding great humor in the clumsy, glittering quickling before him. He raises one long, skinny finger and points it at the naga, sending the crackling thundercloud at the serpent beast!

Move action to cackle, move action to redirect thundercloud to naga.

Electricity Damage, DC 18 Reflex to negate: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 4) = 8

Sorry about the delay--long weekend. But my daughter won Best in Show at the masquerade, so I'm pretty happy about that. She made an amazing costume; a genderswapped Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas. (She was the Oogie Boogie Ma'am.)

Round 13 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-nauseated; sixth round
Eva-acted
Quickling-acted
Senja-acted
Nuria-
Kali-acted
Asvald-

The naga manages to avoid the electrical storm!

Nuria and Asvald can act!

Asvald? And can someone bot Nuria?

Asvald steps over to help Eva with the persistent giant snake.

Attack (inspire, raging song): 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 20

Asvald misses the naga! Nuria delays.

Round 14 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-acted
Eva-
Quickling-
Senja-
Nuria-
Kali-
Asvald-

Back in control of itself, the naga lashes out at Asvald with fang and sting, but fails to get through the skald's armor.

Eva is up!

Naga: AC 28 T 17 FF 20 CMD 28 -34 HP

*cough* That's me, innit. Maybe I should tackle the "Need to Post" indicator next...

Eva continues pounding her fists against the snake-man.

Boop!: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 31
Miss Chance (high hits): 1d2 ⇒ 2
Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15

Boop!: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 15

Boop!: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 30
Bah, that was going to be the one I used Fortunate on. :P
Miss Chance (high hits): 1d2 ⇒ 2
Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15

Boop!: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 21

Eva's AC is up to 24 (18+4 mage armor+2 iron limb), and she cannot be knocked prone or forcibly moved until the start of her next turn, except by mind-affecting or teleportation effects.

No worries, Eva--I've been a little distracted, too. The displacement spell expired last round, but in this case it didn't matter.

Round 14 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-acted
Eva-acted
Quickling-acted
Senja-
Nuria-
Kali-
Asvald-

Eva pounds on the naga! The quickling again tries to slip past Nuria, but fails. This time it wasn't a 1...I rolled a 2. Feh.

Everyone but Eva can act!

"Senja, please arm yourself with a dagger or something." Kali requests, waiting if necessary for the witch to respond.

The actions that follow assume Senja threatens with a weapon, otherwise remove the +2 for flank and the precision damage. Not sure if all the buffs are all still up, but will make it clear in the roll where they are in case you need to remove them.

The kitsune then takes a 5 foot step to the south and proceeds to attack the quickling with her rapier. Overconfident in her strike, her weapon completely misses.

+1 Adamantine Wakizashi + IC + Haste + Flank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 13
Damage + Precision Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 + (1, 4) = 9

Senja can't imagine what good he's going to do with a dagger, but he slips the weapon awkwardly out of its sheath at Kali's request. His attention, however, is mostly on getting away from the nasty little quickling, so he also takes a step around the speedy little fey, continuing his mad laughter as he moves.

Move action to draw dagger, 5-foot step SW (can't edit map atm), move action to cackle.

At the same time, his little summoned ball of lighting continues to crackle and zap the naga.

Electricity damage, DC 18 Reflex to negate: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 5) = 12

Round 14 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-acted
Eva-acted
Quickling-acted
Senja-acted
Nuria-
Kali-acted
Asvald-

This time, the naga is unable to avoid the electrical storm. It's still up, though.

Nuria and Asvald can act!

Asvald continues slashing at the unkillable snake monster.

Attack (inspire, raging song): 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 16

Bah!

Asvald is unable to hit the wildly writhing naga!

Round 15 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-acted
Eva-
Quickling-
Senja-
Nuria-
Kali-
Asvald-

The naga lashes out at Asvald! It misses with its bite, but manages to sting the skald soundly for 7 HP, plus DC 19 Fort save or fall unconscious. If the poison works, the naga will slide over to get out from under the cloud.

Feel free to reroll it if you fail, Asvald (mystic insight, immediate action).

So it's Eva's action, then the quickling, right?

No--if Asvald passes out, the naga will move out from under the cloud. Then Eva can act.

Feeling mystically empowered, Asvald tries to catch the naga with his back-swing.

Eva Reroll (inspire, raging song): 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 20

Hurray!

I think that was for if you blew your save, Asvald.

Oh.

Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 2 = 29

Can I take it for the attack roll anyway?

Sure, if it survives Eva's attacks.

(Which is to say, Eva is up!)

Eva whirls and spins in a flurry of advanced booping motions.

Boop: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 15
Boop: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 26
Boop: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 24

Boop: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 21
Fortunate Boop: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 26

Nope...

Round 15 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-acted
Eva-acted
Quickling-acted
Senja-
Nuria-
Kali-
Asvald-

Eva fails to get through the naga's enhanced defenses. The quickling finally manages to get past Nuria; even with the bard's spell slowing it down, it's still unbelievably quick.

Not so the naga, which fails to avoid Senja's portable storm.

Storm damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6) = 12

That's enough to finally drop the great beast.

Senja, Nuria, Kali, and Asvald can act!

Senja is glad to see the naga drop, and decides more electricity is called for. He's fed up with the little speedster, and concerned it will alert its allies somewhere else in the spire, and somehow Senja just doesn't find the situation funny any more. He stops his mad laughter and darts through the door, the fingers of his right hand forked and swirling in a small circle as he moves. Just before the quickling reaches the door, Senja points at it, sending a blast of electricity at the nasty fey!

Move action, then cast lightning bolt! Been waiting to get the baddies into position for that spell forever.

Lightning Bolt!: 6d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 6, 4, 4, 5) = 23 DC 19 Reflex save, which it will probably make and avoid all damage.

Kali follows Senja out the door, dropping her wakizashi and drawing her shortbow along the way. Once in position next to the wayang, she fires an arrow at the quickling if it is still up.

Shortbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Round 15 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Naga-acted
Eva-acted
Quickling-acted
Senja-acted
Nuria-
Kali-acted
Asvald-

As Senja expected, the agile little fey manages to avoid his lightning bolt, even as it dodges Kali's arrow.

Asvald is up!

Asvald chases after the quickling with his sword held at the ready.

Move and ready.

Readied Attack (inspire, raging song): 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 20

Don't forget that you're hasted, Asvald--another 30' of movement.

Oh, in that case Asvald can get adjacent this turn.

Actually, strike that--Senja's spell expired several rounds ago. Sorry; this fight has gone on long enough that I've lost track of party buffs. (I've been keeping tabs on the naga's, though, along with the touch of gracelessness.)

Round 16:

Initiative order
Eva-
Quickling-
Senja-
Nuria-
Kali-
Asvald-

Eva is up!

Eva darts out of the room and rushes upon the quickling with arms outstretched! Swift action for +20ft move with a ki point gets me 70ft of move -- just enough to get adjacent to the quickling. I'll attempt a grapple.

Grapple (inspire, rage): 1d20 + 10 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 25

Eva grabs the quickling before it can escape and warn the salamander!

OK, the quickling missed its only chance to get away, so you can dispatch it at your leisure. And that will be it for the level, unless you really want to go back and take out the salamander now--otherwise I'll rule that you do so after you're rested. It's a CR 6 monster, so if you're at full daily resources it wouldn't be able to survive. Please make your day job checks, pick hexes, and I'll get the chronicle sheets out in the next few days. We have apparently lost Nuria; I have a replacement offer for when we get to the 9th level, but that would leave you at 4 for the 8th. Honestly, looking at how this has been going I think you can manage it. Thoughts?

Attempt: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Hurray!

I think we can get by with four for a little while.

Map is updated, whenever you're ready to proceed.

Asvald works his heroic charm and leads the way forward. Heroism.

I don't see any doors. I assume they're north.

Is there some cleverly crafted intro text? Anything of note when we reach the bottom of the stairs? Is the water in that fountain really green?

Not yet; I got the map together, and was going to wait & do the intro when everyone was ready, on account of the description throwing you directly into dice-rolling territory.

The stairs from the shrine of Kro'akoth wind downwards only forty or so feet in a tightening curve before opening out into a small chamber, lit by a glowing glassy sphere affixed to the ceiling. Across the chamber, another staircase winds down into darkness. Off on one side is a calm pool of murky water with a pedestal in its center. On the top of the pedestal is a miniature city (oops, wrong module) a golden serpent idol with a green gem held in its fangs.

Everyone give me a Will save, please.

Oy, sorry I asked...

Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

I wonder how much that gem is worth...

Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Just waiting on Eva & Asvald.

Sorry.

Will: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Well, that's unequivocal.

Will: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Finishing up leveling this weekend, but my Will save hasn't changed.

Most of you don't notice anything untoward, but Kali has a powerful urge to get a closer look at the idol.

Sense Motive check to realize that Kali is under an external influence.

Sense Motive : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Oblivious to any sort of influence, Kali makes her way towards the idol and that undoubtedly valuable gem.

Since this is a suggestion effect and not domination, the DC to spot it is too high for Asvald to make. (Also, it's entirely in character for Kali to do this....)

The kitsune peers curiously at the small statue, then approaches it slowly. At the edge of the murky pool she pauses before reaching towards it.

Then she disappears.