DM Pendin Fust Wrath of the Righteous - Group B (Inactive)

Game Master theheadkase

Yes. We can hardly bypass such a thing. But do we go to liberate or cleanse that chapel? Arcessentes tries to recall if he has heard of this place. He also looks for markings that might identify at least what purpose it was intended to serve.

Knowledge (geography): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Knowledge (nobility): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Good knowledge rolls!

In 4629 ar, a year after Drezen was founded and a year before the First Crusade ended, several crusading paladins and priests built a number of chapels in the lands surrounding their new fortress city. Each of these chapels was devoted to a different deity of the crusade (mostly Iomedae, Erastil, Torag, Sarenrae, Shelyn, or Abadar—deities normally served by paladins), and each was intended to serve as a hospital for injured soldiers and a waystation for weary travelers.

The crusaders built one such chapel here, perched atop the cliff above and overlooking the river below. The specif ic deity to which this chapel was consecrated to is Iomedae.

The chapel sits atop the cliff, 90 feet above the Ahari gorge below. A narrow flight of stairs winds up the cliff face to the chapel.

As you make your way up he stairs you come to the gates of a small courtyard. The gates lie smashed and broken with tall grass growing amid the rubble. Two main buildings stand side by side to the east, separated by a single alleyway. The smaller structure appears to be a stable, while the other is much larger with several doors and stained-glass windows, apparently a chapel judging by the pious statues along its rooftop.

Updated Group B map.

Paritosh sits astride his mount and surveys the area. "Not a bad little place, if the creepy abandoned feeling doesn't bother you. Sir Bastion, do you get a sense of foreboding from the place, or shall I set the men to cleaning it up a bit?"

I got the feeling we are scouting ahead and the men are not with us. Not sure though.

This once holy place has fallen. Arcessentes states as he looks at the smashed gates. And has been behind enemy lines for some time. He lets the meaning of that hang in the air as he looks over the grounds.

DOH! In that case, I meant, I could go back and bring them up to do those things... My bad!

Paritosh, just wanted to point out we came up a 90' tall narrow flight of winding stairs to get to the chapel.

"This was a chapel to Iomedea. Let me see if the site has been over whelmed with evil's taint, or if the Inheritor still protects her site."

Sir Bastion cast detect evil, steps up a few paces and studies the area in front the group.
60' cone. Expecting the World Wound would skew this detection, but you never know.

Dammit! So no horse then! My reading comprehension sucks today!

The stable is smaller and will be quicker to secure. I recommend we go there first.

Arc will cast Mage armor on himself if it not already cast.

"Does anyone want a blessing against Evil then just in case we walk into something?" Cassandra asks, less concerned with demons and more concerned with anything occult that might be lurking in the temple, perhaps created by the energies of the Worldwound.

Unless you've a wand of that spell I say save it for now. We might even need it to help cleanse an altar or relic.

"As you wish then" Cassandra responds quietly.

As the magic of his detection spell scans through the immediate area, Sir Bastion also looks around the grounds in front of himself.

Perception, max 30' distance: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); detect evil, 60';

As you approach the opening through the gate, Bastion gives a gasp.

"To Arms my friends! These unblemished gargoyles reek of evil!" Sir Bastion exclaims.

"The chapel has not been completely lost to the Abyss, The Inheritor has not forgotten this place and I can sense her grace faintly."

Paritosh steps up next to Sir Bastion to put himself between the gargoyles and the more squishy party members. "So, the gargoyles are alive, or something behind them?"

Arc considers the statues for a moment.

knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

knowledge dungeoneering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

kn Local: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

How many gargoyles do we see, or how many auras of evil does Sir Bastion sense?

"I sense the evil is the gargoyles themselves and if I remember correctly they can hold themselves in place to look like statutes."

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); detect evil, 60';

"Are there any preparatory actions that we wish to take before we open our assault?"

Sir Bastion thinks a moment on Partiosh's question, then reaches out to touch Paritosh's falchion.

If we are not in initiative, Sir Bastion will cast a spell. If not then this will be his first action on his turn.

"Iomedae, grant this weapon the ability to strike true and mightily against the agents of evil."

Casting magic weapon, using a mythic power point to use Inspired Spell to cast an unprepared spelled at +2CL.

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); magic weapon (Paritosh), 3 min; detect evil, 60';

Sweet!

2 gargoyles, and they haven't done anything yet. Not necessarily in initiative. Arc, you basically know everything about gargoyles. Feel free to do whatever you want, and if something triggers initiative I'll get it rolling.

They do indeed appear to be gargoyles. Arcessentes notes quietly. They are resistant to non-magic weapons and can fly quite fast. They have good reflexes and attack with that horn you see as well as claws and teeth.

"Shall we rush over, and attack and destroy the one on the left first, and then go for the one on the right?"

"Sounds like a grand plan, Paritosh..ready when you are."

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); magic weapon (Paritosh), 3 min; detect evil, 60';

"Something you might not have thought of", Cassandra cuts in, speaking quietly. "Is that I can add a trigger to my channel energy. Which means that, say, if you wanted my channel energy to trigger when you charged something evil...well, I could do that. From a tactical point of view, its possible for us to trigger my channel energy ability multiple times - although this tactic would render my mythic power all but gone for the day"

Translation: I can use contingent channel on each and every one of you, effectively allowing us to trigger my Channel Energy (Harming Evil creature), multiple times in the one round for "spike" damage. If anyone has any better ideas on how to utilize the ability feel free to think about it, its only going to get stronger/more useful when I can add feats like Channel Force to it.

Mythic certainly adds some interesting possibilities to the game.

Ok, so Paritosh counts down, "three, two, one, now" and he declares a challenge against the gargoyle on the left as he charges, and power attacks it.

And I can do that surge thing for 1d6 on my to hit roll right?

+1 Cold Iron Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 + 2 - 2 + (5) = 19
+1 Cold Iron Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 21

Not my most impressive attack roll ever, the surge certainly helps! Cross fingers!

"Cassandra, can you 'trigger' Calistria grace to burst from yourself if one of us is dying?"

I don't believe you can have more than one contingency active at a time, per the description. Also can you word the contingency to trigger off of a condition on another character? Trigger: Sir Bastion is cut... Sir Bastion goes into another room and cuts himself. does the trigger activate.

Well now it looks like we are in initiative. ;)

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); magic weapon (Paritosh), 3 min; detect evil, 60';

Ah true, misread. I can word it to trigger it off the example you suggested, heck, I could even set it to trigger if someone uttered a specific word in Celestial if I wanted. I think using the ability for healing purposes as described above isn't particularly a good idea, since Channel is a notoriously poor way to heal in combat.

"Yes Sir, I can have my energy trigger under the condition you describe."

I figured when I said "go" that we'd all hurl out a round of attacks as our surprise round?

Yeah a charge and attack is viable in the surprise round.

Paritosh Init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Cassandra Init: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17
Bastion Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Arc Init: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Reiko Init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Gargoyle Init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Group Alpha = Arc, Gargoyles, Reiko
Group Beta = Bastion, Cassandra, Paritosh

Paritosh's falchion digs in deeply to a gargoyle's stony body, eliciting a screech.

Group Alpha

Back from Trip. I do not see enemy on map. Should I?

Arc sees the enemy and casts glitterdust on them. DC 17 Will or be blind.

Sorry, just added them.

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

The northern most gargoyle paws at its eyes and takes flight straight up, thirty feet in the air.

The southern most gargoyle shakes itself and launches forward, clawed hand outstretched.

Charge and Claw vs. Bastion: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Everyone else is up!

Round 1

Sir Bastion takes the hit from the charging gargoyle and laughs that the creatures feeble damage. He steps back a bit and calls to his goddess, "Inheritor, bless your servants and their allies as we vanquish the defilers of your holy site. Let our strength of arm be the first steps cleansing the foul taint from your shrine."

He finishes his prayer by pulling his shield to the ready.

5' Step back, standard cast bless on entire party, move equip shield.

AC 22/11/21

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); magic weapon (Paritosh), 3 min; bless, 10 rds (Party);

Cassandra slams the gargoyles with her AOE Channel Energy ability, attempting to harm them (assuming they have an evil alignment).

Channel Damage DC 19: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10

Unless these gargoyles are somehow outsiders, they take half damage from this channel

Paritosh stays in the first gargoyle, unless it's handled, in which case, I'll switch to the other.

How often can I surge?

+1 Cold Iron Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + (1) = 30
+1 Cold Iron Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 23

Crit confirm:

+1 Cold Iron Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + (5) = 26
+1 Cold Iron Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 = 21

Paritosh, you can surge as often as you like, it's an immediate action. You can only surge up to your number of times per day though.

Cassandra's negative energy affects the creatures passingly, but Paritosh's gleaming falchion cuts its target apart.

The second gargoyle attempts to flee towards the center of the ruined temple.

You can all take a shot at it.

Alright, then surging rocks, 5 times per day anyways.

As the gargoyle attempts to flee, Paritosh swings at it with surge. (An immediate take during my turn is simply my swift, right? So when it goes, I am using a true immediate to surge, thus using next round's swift.)

+1 Cold Iron Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + (6) = 33
+1 Cold Iron Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 + 1 + 6 = 21

Crit confirm:

+1 Cold Iron Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 - 2 + 1 + (2) = 17
+1 Cold Iron Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 + 1 + 6 = 17

Er, the second Gargoyle is 30' feet in the air at the start of its turn Paritosh.

You can all take a shot at it.

Hahaha, I just do what the GM tells me to do!

Unless you are shooting at it with that falchion you did not take a shot...

Yeah, I meant a literal shot...as in ranged :) Assuming noone does/can take a shot.

The sounds of sudden battle die away and an eerie stillness surrounds the ruined temple yet again. A few minutes later, a sense of evil begins to oppress the senses...

[ooc]Detects as very evil all around.[/ooc[

Sir Bastion casts detect evil once more and heads in the direction the gargoyle fled in, attempting to sense when additional sources of evil come within his senses.

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); magic weapon (Paritosh), 3 min; bless, 8 rds (Party); detect evil, concentration, 60';

Arc falls in line ready to support the team regardless of the challenge.

Bastion leads the group forward as quietly as possible, he suddenly stops the group as he approaches a door in a surprisingly intact wall. Hazarding a guess, it looks like it could lead to a courtyard of some sort. He motions that he senses evil inside the doorway.

A stony voice can be heard out through the doorway. Another, deeper and menacing, answers it in the same incomprehensible languange.

Unless someone speaks Terran?

Nope. This character is not a summoner so has not taken all the elemental languages yet.

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18

Linguistics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Not understanding the language being spoken, Sir Bastion grasps his holy symbol and takes a moment to softly say a quick prayer to his goddess.

"Inheritor, grant me the ability to understand the worlds languages."

Using Inspired Spell (1 power point) to cast comprehend languages. It will last for 30 minutes.

Sir Bastion motions the others forward and indicates he can hear 2 voices ahead.

Sir Bastion whispers to the others, "I think the gargoyle is being sent to get ghoul reenforcements. We should take out the one that remains."

If the group is ready, Sir Bastion will step forward and open the door.

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On Going Effect: Life Link (Paritosh); magic weapon (Paritosh), 3 min; bless, 7 rds (Party); comprehend language (self), 30 min;

I'm ready, so get on in there!