The pillars here do not support the dome. Rather, each is about 25 feet tall, and the tentacle-like carvings encircling them provide handholds for climbing.
Peering inside you guys notice 4 harpies perched atop each pillar! Their nature looks particularly fiendish as if somehow influenced by the evil magic here.
And the Harpies upon seeing you emerge into the entrance way begin screaming and one begins a captivating song.
The other three just wait and watch to see who is captivated!
Round 1 - Initiative
Harpies
Antonello
Wizard of the Coast
Rashaam
Cirri - Captivated by Red Harpy
Mutahir - Captivated by Red Harpy
Riptide - Captivated by Red Harpy
”Kel” | Male NG half-elf investigator 1/Wizard 4/Pathfinder Savant 10 | HP 104/104 | AC 23, T 14, FF 19 | CMD 21| F +10 R +14 W +16; +2 vs. ench/cold +10 vs written traps | Init +4/8/13 | Perc +25/27 (+1 traps) | Speed 30ft | Spells 1st 6/7 2nd 7/7 3rd 4/7 4th 6/7 5th 4/5 6th 3/4 7th 3/3 | Active Conditions: heroe's feast, mage armor
Kel, recalling the last harpies he had to fight had bows, casts mirror image on himself.. creating 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 image of himself. He walks forward to the doorway.
Antonella assumes the pose of a large wading bird (swift action Crane Style), takes a 5’ step to prevent her captivated party members from advancing towards the harpies (treating them as non-allies) and readies an action to defensively strike any harpy that enters melee range.
“I should be able to hold them back from here (the harpies and our people) but if any more of us are captivated we may have a few problems.”
Antonella sounds calm and determined. “Rashaam, Kel, can you take the harpies out from range? Do we have a silence spell or a way to counter their song?”
Cirri's Familiar | Spells -/6/5/4/2 | Arcane Pool 11/11 | Flight Hex minutes 10/10 | GM Folio Reroll +2 | HP 86/86 | AC 21, T 12, FF 20 | Saves 11/6/8 | CMD 23 (25 vs trip) | Perception +7 | Init +1 | Female Human Magus 10 | Alignment NG |Ward not set
Cirri flies right over towards the harpies. "Whee! Pretty sounding!"I assume the doorway is over 10 feet high. Curse my ability to fly! Riddywhipple's Will Save:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Riddywhipple, however flutters off her shoulder and uses the wand of shield on Cirri before she flies off to oblivion.
"They sound worse than a cat in heat! Someone help Cirri!"
Same Here.
Riptide smiles at the pretty birdies. Sonic becomes a bit alarmed as his master starts drooling even more than normal and starts moving toward the harpies.
don't know if Antonella was intending to take action against RIptide as he shuffles forward, but she has my permission for PvP to try and stop me.
GM Cody, I am claiming Antonella and her surrounds is a ‘dangerous area’ and so the mere act of walking past her triggers another saving throw against the captivating song – whether she connects with the AoO or not.
Yeah, I mean I'll let the AoO break but I think simply claiming its a dangerous area seems a little farfetched, since the book describes a dangerous area as: "If the path leads them into a dangerous area such as through fire or off a cliff, that creature receives a second saving throw to end the effect before moving into peril." There is no reason why your allies would perceive you as dangerous unless you flat out attack them. That's just me, I can look and see if there is clarification on that. If someone knows a post that already spells it out with community consensus, let me know so I don't spend hours searching!
I wanted to give you guys the chance to take your turns even if you were captivated in case you had some trap card to play that prevents being captivated--so thats why I still gave you your turn, or if an ally was able to give you a new saving throw or something.
Kn: Religion DC15:
These harpies seem twisted by the foul demonic energies that permeate this former Thassilonian Kingdom! They have Damage resistance overcome by good weapons, and are resistant to fire and cold. They also have some immunity to weak spellcasters!
Riptide tries to step forward, entranced by the Harpy's song when he is slapped awake by Antonello!
Cirri and Mutahir however fly and stumble forward eager to get closer to the singing harpy!
Rashaad readies his crossbow, preparing to blast any Harpy that comes close to the doorway while Kel(WotC) prepares illusionary magic to defend himself from attacks!
The red feathered harpy continues singing drawing her pray while her allies continue watching, waiting for something.
Round 2 - Initiative
Harpies
Antonello
Wizard of the Coast
Rashaam
Cirri - Captivated by Red Harpy
Mutahir - Captivated by Red Harpy
Riptide - un captivated after getting slapped
"Hmm, let me think, let me think... Oh! I'll put up a fiery illusion!"
Riddywhipple focuses inward, and a wall of flames erupt in front of Cirri and Mutahir!
Casting Silent Image to create a wall of flame. The bottom two squares are 30 feet hight, while the top square is 10 feet high. Since it's the most direct path to the harpies, maybe that will trigger the new will save?
"The flames aren't real, but maybe they think they are!"
It's a DC 14 Will Save to disbelieve. The non-captivated members get a +4 bonus to disbelieve it since I told them it wasn't real.
Cirri's Familiar | Spells -/6/5/4/2 | Arcane Pool 11/11 | Flight Hex minutes 10/10 | GM Folio Reroll +2 | HP 86/86 | AC 21, T 12, FF 20 | Saves 11/6/8 | CMD 23 (25 vs trip) | Perception +7 | Init +1 | Female Human Magus 10 | Alignment NG |Ward not set
Oh boy, now I'm using an illusion to try to break captivation! These rules get very ambiguous, but the way I read illusions is that victims have to interact with the illusion before they get the Will Save to disbelieve it. Humans usually don't touch fire, so I'm going to say they interpret the flames as a dangerous area and can make a new Will Saving throw to ignore the harpy's song.
If the GM is OK with this interpretation:
Will Save:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 Welp, time to blow my GM Star reroll GM Reroll:1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 = 24
I'm waiting to hear the GM's ruling on this before I take my actions. Sorry for the hold up!
Cirri's Familiar | Spells -/6/5/4/2 | Arcane Pool 11/11 | Flight Hex minutes 10/10 | GM Folio Reroll +2 | HP 86/86 | AC 21, T 12, FF 20 | Saves 11/6/8 | CMD 23 (25 vs trip) | Perception +7 | Init +1 | Female Human Magus 10 | Alignment NG |Ward not set
Thanks GM!
Cirri clucks like a chicken. "Bkaww...wow, that's hot. I think. What are we doing here?"
Knowledge(Nature):1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 "Oh! Harpies. Man, the concept of harpies are so cool! They could use their singing to calm down warring families, or soothe people's pain. But instead they waste it trying to eat people. Makes me so mad!"
Cirri remembers one of her spells and disappears from sight.
Casting Invisibility.
She then tries to make a complicated maneuver around the flames.
Fly:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
But she can't manage it, so instead she flies ahead lazily.
As a swift action, she enchants her staff.
+1 Frost
Swashbuckler 5/Pure Legion Enforcer 4| AC 23 T 16 FF 16 | CMD 21| hp 51| F +5 (D+10) R +12 (D+20) W +6 (D+14) | Spd 30' | Init +6 | SR 18 Vs. Divine
Shaking his head, Mutahir brushes the song away and looks at the flame. pereception:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Realizing that it makes no sounds, he looks up at the flying one and nods.
Thanks.
He steps through the flames, ignoring them as he moves forward.
will:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2lol
He still sees the flames as real, but since he is not burned by them, continues his march forward. He looks up at the creatures on top of the pillars and scowls.
Cirri! Try and drive them down! I will be most ineffective with them all the way up there!
He reaches the base of the pillar and swings his sword in a punctuating slash as he yells.
Come down you feathered whore, your doom awaits you!
Deciding Riptide’s magic missiles might cause him to be a target for the harpies, Antonella advances 30’ to the bloodrager's side and again readies an action to defensively strike any harpy that gets into melee range.
Riddywhipple conjures up a magical fire wall that snaps Mutahir and Cirri out of their magical compulsion! The harpies scream in anger and unison!
The yellow feathered harpy swoops down, making a fly by attack on Mutahir with her morningstar, her body crackles with a demonic energy empowering her mornginstar that swings viciously before flying back up to her perch, cackling.
Yellow Harpy vs Mutahir:
Attack + High ground:1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 11+3 if you are good-aligned, didn't see it listed on your character sheet damage:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3+7 more if you are good aligned. Fly Check:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
The red feathered harpy makes a similar attack on Rashaam, her morningstar alight with demonic energies! She flies by and swings wildly at the leafy leshy warden!
The blue feathered harpy also attacks Rashaam, they are trying to viciously end someone to gain the advantage! and while he was busy dodging the red harpy he was brutalized by the blue harpy!
The pink feathered Harpy follows suit, bearing down on Rashaam in the unrelenting assault on the druid! But as he stumbles around after being hit once already he manages to avoid her attack!
Cirri's Familiar | Spells -/6/5/4/2 | Arcane Pool 11/11 | Flight Hex minutes 10/10 | GM Folio Reroll +2 | HP 86/86 | AC 21, T 12, FF 20 | Saves 11/6/8 | CMD 23 (25 vs trip) | Perception +7 | Init +1 | Female Human Magus 10 | Alignment NG |Ward not set
Cirri flaps her hair like wings and charges the pink feathered harpy while invisible. With a bit of arcane energy, she swings her staff with both hands!
Cirri materializes right in front of the harpy. "If you groomed yourself a bit and stopped eating people you would look much more presentable.."
Like Mutahir, Cirri can parry and riposte an attack. She needs to spend 1 arcane pool point and her attack of opportunity to do so. Please use the spoiler below.
HP 57/57; AC 18, T 14, FF 14; F+8, R+11, W+6; CMD 19; Init +4; Perc +10
HP 44/57
Rashaam lets out a brief "ARGH!" as the harpy rakes him. "It's because I'm sooooo attractive! Apparently." He tucks away his hand crossbow and draws his shortsword! Bean readies a seedpod vs the first harpy to get within 20'!
Bean readied seedpod!:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 touch for 1 damage and a DC 11 Fort save or deafened for 1 round!
hey Riptide there isn't a green Harpy, I'm just gonna transfer that 13 damage to the red harpy.
Kel readies a spell to try and glitterdust the harpies if they all converge again on Rashaam!
Antonello runs around the fire drawing her wand as she does and healing Rashaam!
Mutahir demonstrates he is one guy not to mess with as he deftly avoids the Harpies morningstar and then returns the favor and stabs her twice in quick succession.
Cirri materializes charging the pink feathered Harpy, battering her with her magical staff!
Round 3 - Initiative
Harpies Red Harpy 13 damage, Yellow Harpy 22 damage, Pink 7 damage
Antonello
Wizard of the Coast
Rashaam
Cirri
Mutahir
Riptide
The Red feathered harpy decides to go after Rashaam once again! Getting hit with a tiny seedpod in the face as it swoops down to attack! Fort save DC11:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 The seed pod doesn't even phase the harpy as she flies by and makes a glancing blow against Rashaam!
Pink harpy takes advantage of her foe moving so close to her and attacks her first with morningstar and then following up with her talons! Despite trying to parry her morningstar, the pink harpy overwhelms the poor magus, bonking and slashing at her!
The yellow harpy looks a little scared after that beating Mutahir gave her looks around at her allies, a touch of fright in her eyes. She too will begin singing a captivating song, trying to stall some of the enemies.
Riptide suddenly realizes these annoying little harpies are not as out of reach as they think.
"ENOUGH, you vile birds. Flee NOW if you want to live!"
He drops his longbow. As he moves forward, he pulls out his longspear and enters rage, becoming a large-sized half-orc...under the effects of Long Arm. He stabs at the yellow harpy.
Enlarge with reach weapon. Bite attack threatens first 10' (after 10' height), long spear with Long Arm threatens the next 15', i.e. up to 35' height total.
AoO, just in case. No combat reflexes, so whomever provokes first. If someone attempts flyby, or if red or yellow attempt to move or takes other action that provokes--even withdraw action won't help yellow or red, because long arm threatens square beyond the one they're in: Raging Power att:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 13 - 2 = 24 c.i. piercing dmg:2d6 + 13 + 6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 13 + 6 = 29
and apologies for not thinking this as soon as he snapped out of captivation
The pink feathered harpy bonks her and she regains her senses! You wouldn't have to move all the way over to Yellow, you could presumably stop early
Riptide goes berzerk and starts waving around a massive longspear with his wacky floppy arms! He flops his arms around and delivers a powerful killing blow to the Yellow Harpy! Knocking her from her pedestal!
Antonella strikes quickly as the blue Harpy attacked her earlier, slapping her right in the beak!
Kel summons two eagles hastily and while the birds peak and claw at their big feathered cousins the fiendish harpies skin proves too tough for the Eagles to claw through!
Pink and Blue pounce on the Paladin! Both flying by raking at her with their Morningstars! Neither of them even come close to the damaging Antonella though!
Red realizes she is in a real tight spot and she tries to withdraw flying straight up through the opening in the ceiling however as she tries to fly away Riptide reacts and with his floppy arms is able to pierce her through the chest, arresting her flight.
Round 4 - Initiative
Harpies Red Harpy 19 damage, Blue Harpy 4 damge, Pink 7 damage
Antonella 7 damage
Wizard of the Coast
Rashaam 9 damage
Cirri 20 damage
Mutahir
Riptide
As Pink climbs away, Antonella takes the opportunity for a quick jab at the fiendish fowl’s kidneys, before resetting her crane stance for their inevitable return.
Cirri's Familiar | Spells -/6/5/4/2 | Arcane Pool 11/11 | Flight Hex minutes 10/10 | GM Folio Reroll +2 | HP 86/86 | AC 21, T 12, FF 20 | Saves 11/6/8 | CMD 23 (25 vs trip) | Perception +7 | Init +1 | Female Human Magus 10 | Alignment NG |Ward not set
Cirri gets whacked midflight and comes to her senses. Checking her many wounds, Cirri decides to stay back and throw a magical snowball at the pink-feathered harpy before blowing her tongue mockingly.
Cirri provoke as she left Pink's range, so she should be out of melee and can use a ranged magic spell without provoking again.
Snowball, Ranged Touch:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 Cold Damage:5d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 5, 6) = 19 Pink needs to make a Fort Save DC 14 or be staggered for 1 round.
Cirri watches the snowball sail past the harpy, then shrugs and lands next to Antonella. She prepares to parry the first attack against her. "Now I know how a pillow feels in a pillow fight!"
As satisfying as it would be to charge the annoying little birds, Riptide reins in his anger just enough to realize he'd have a chance to do more damage by getting a little closer. He takes his full movement, then stabs at the blue harpy.
AoO. Again whomever provokes first gets his only AoO. If someone attempts flyby, or if blue attempts to move or take other action that provokes--even withdraw: Raging Power att AoO:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 13 - 2 = 30 c.i. piercing dmg:2d6 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 = 27
Mutahir gestures wildly at the Harpies, just wishing they'd come down and fight on his level.
Cirri tries throwing a hard-packed magic snowball at one, comes close to hitting but she nimbly dodges out of the way, laughing in her soprano voice as she does.
Antonella throws out a high kick but only manages to graze the harpy, her tough hide absorbing the majority of the blow.
Kel draws a wand and fires off a tried and true magic missile at the blue feathered harpy. His eagles continue to try and damage the Harpy but their talons prove no match for her tough fiendish hide.
Riptide barrels forward and even with the flanking eagles to help he just barely misses his jab! Taking out a serious chunk of stone from the column as he misses.
The Pink Harpy realizes the danger Blue is in and begins singing trying to distract a few of you!
While she isn't able to get the one she needed, she does manage to captivate once again, Cirri, Mutahir and Kel!
Blue cornered in's only option is to try and withdraw, flying up toward the annex of the building.
Riptide quickly lances out stabbing her, wounding her severely but she manages to escape leaving Pink the room alone! [ooc]You might still be able to reach her, Riptide? She is just hovering in the top of the Annex, 40 ftt of the ground.
Round 5 - Initiative
Harpies Blue Harpy 31 damage, Pink 8 damage
Antonella 7 damage
Wizard of the Coast - Captivated
Rashaam 9 damage
Cirri 20 damage - Captivated
Mutahir - Captivated
Riptide
Round #6: AC 23, T 18; ☤ Cirri:33 + 14 = 47/53, Rashaam: 48/57 hp, Antonella: 61/68, ☤
“Go, good Kel! With the Master's Grace, that should send one of them to rest.”
Antonella lowers her guard and taps Cirri with her wand of CMW before the magus can fly away.
CMW on Cirri:2d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 3) + 3 = 14
The paladin then steps 10’ closer to Riptide, trying to entice the pink harpy to fly through the zone the giant half-orc threatens. “Mistress Pinkie, the path to taking over the world goes through me.”
Alas, 40' is out of reach. Pretty sure you meant Blue is up 40', but rather than cause delay waiting for clarification, just doing long post to cover the various possibilities: if Pink is 35' or less in height, Riptide'll melee attack her with longspear. If pink and blue are more than 35' up, he'll try to throw his longspear at pink, with -4 to hit for improvised.
If pink was more than 35' up, then here's the improvised toss of long spear. It's a full-round action to toss, so he'd be by Blue's pillar, but he'll take 5' step toward pink. Raging Toss at pink:1d20 + 7 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 7 - 4 - 2 = 7 c.i. piercing dmg:1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8
if pink is within reach:
Riptide moves up and attempts to stab the pink harpy
Raging Power att on pink:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 13 - 2 = 23 c.i. piercing dmg:2d6 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (5, 5) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 = 29
2 different AoOs--to be clear, only one of these AoOs can apply. AoO if he threw spear: he still threatens to 25' height, 15' from body with last round of Long Arm and claws. Raging Power claw AoO:1d20 + 15 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 15 - 2 = 16 magic slashing & bludgeoning dmg:2d6 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 11 + 4 = 24 If Pink was within reach at top of pillar, then he has longspear with 35' reach (total from ground). if someone attempts flyby, or if pink attempts to move or take other action that provokes--even withdraw: Raging Power longspear AoO:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 13 - 2 = 20 c.i. piercing dmg:2d6 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 = 21
Oh yeah I meant Blue is 40 feet up and badly wounded, wasn't sure if you'd be able to reach her, Pink is just chilling on her post, 20 feet up like normal.
Kel shakes off the Harpies Song and fires off a magic missile as the Blue Feathered Harpy tries to escape and he blasts her, downing her where she drops to the floor dead.
Meanwhile Riptide stabs into the Pink Harpy, the only left standing and punches through her tough hide delivering a nearly fatal blow. Somehow she staggers on.
Grease:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Riddywhipple tries to trip up the Harpy but she manages to stay on her post.
Knowing her only hope of surviving is to run away she tries withdrawing up through the same hole blue tried to leave from but Riptide is ready and stabs her, impaling a second Harpy upon his spear that attempted to fly away.
combat over! Good job, explore and perception checks
”Kel” | Male NG half-elf investigator 1/Wizard 4/Pathfinder Savant 10 | HP 104/104 | AC 23, T 14, FF 19 | CMD 21| F +10 R +14 W +16; +2 vs. ench/cold +10 vs written traps | Init +4/8/13 | Perc +25/27 (+1 traps) | Speed 30ft | Spells 1st 6/7 2nd 7/7 3rd 4/7 4th 6/7 5th 4/5 6th 3/4 7th 3/3 | Active Conditions: heroe's feast, mage armor
perception:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Kel casts detect magic and then looks around for anything of interest in the room or on the harpies or their perches... meanwhile, in a couple of rounds, the eagles disappear. *POOF*
Antonella nods once the battle is won. “I don’t believe I need to change tactics much. I plan on staying close to Cirri and Riptide, to tank and heal for them.”
The priestess gathers the injured together and invites them to lay on their backs and relax in Corpse pose.
Her gentle tone becomes almost hypnotic “Place your palms facing up towards Axis … Bring your awareness into your breath ... Breathe deeply through your nose ... As you exhale try to direct the breath to the areas that are causing you pain …”
She waves the swashbuckler over with a smile. "Feel free to join us, Brother Mutahir."
Channel Healing:2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12Whoa, boxcars! TY Irori!
“Can we see if the harpies had any healing potions, brothers and sister? I sense there is still much fighting to do.”
Aid the highest Perceiver:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Cirri's Familiar | Spells -/6/5/4/2 | Arcane Pool 11/11 | Flight Hex minutes 10/10 | GM Folio Reroll +2 | HP 86/86 | AC 21, T 12, FF 20 | Saves 11/6/8 | CMD 23 (25 vs trip) | Perception +7 | Init +1 | Female Human Magus 10 | Alignment NG |Ward not set
Cirri comes to as Riptide tears into the last harpy. "Oh! Did we win? I guess so, since we're not lunch, or something worse..." Cirri shudders and lands.
"Thanks for the healing, Antonella. I brought a wand along for individual healing if you need it." Cirri offers her wand.
Cirri examines the impaled harpies with a mix of curiosity and regret. "I've always wondered what drove them to be so evil. When I was young I thought my birth mother was a harpy, or maybe a mermaid. But..." she shakes her head.
"I tried hitting one of them and she seemed to resist some of the impact. I was trying to think up a way around that but I lost my concentration. Repeatedly." Cirri chuckles nervously.
Riddywhipple flies back on her shoulder. "Well now you know why they say 'Don't feed the birds!"
