GM Endless Forms' PFS Thornkeep: The Enigma Vaults (Inactive)

Game Master Mike Tuholski

Round 1 Inquisitor's Direction
Will DC 14: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Dvalin locks down his mind and prepares for combat ...
"Step right Swayaah, maybe we can draw them to us."
Dvalin forgoes all action to give Swayaah haste using Inquisitor's Direction 1/5

@Kalendir: if you withdraw you can't attack but if you would like to shoot after moving you'll provoke as you move away. Either way you'd only get one arrow off as you could only do a standard attack action rather than a full-attack.

Kalendir, not quite himself, backs away from the action and lets Swayaah take his place. She swipes at the creature and leaves a gash in its purplish flesh! Awen then puts an arrow into it. Rackle's bolt misses and Dvalin gives aid to Swayaah in this fight.

The fungi try to take Swayaah down for a nice little tiefling snack!

bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

tendril: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

tendril: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

tendril: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

tendril: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Some of the wounds you scored on the red one seem to grow back within just a few seconds....

Initiative:

1. Fungi
2. Awen, Rackle, Swayaah, Kalendir, and Dvalin

red: 15 dmg

You guys are up!

AC is 16 due to haste...saving me from that bite!

Swayaah stands her ground and gets a bite and two tentacles for her trouble.

"Thanks for the boost, Dvalin! Hope you like salad. No wait, they're fungus. Mushrooms, there we go." Swayaah nods, confident in her own terrible joke. "Right. Fighting!"

Claw 1, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 - 1 = 10
Damage + Power Attack: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10

Claw 2, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 - 1 = 24
Damage + Power Attack: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 = 11

Haste Claw, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 1 = 19
Damage + Power Attack: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10

She then takes a five foot step back.

Rackle tries to hide from the creatures while he reloads his crossbow.

Stealth
1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Yea sorry. That's what I get for having a 1 Int :). I don't feel with his current stats that Kalendir would have withdrew tactfully. He would have provoked the AoO and shot one arrow.

Kalendir fires two more arrows, though he doesn't necessarily identify any targets before he fires as one arrow sticks into Rackle's armor. As Rackle turns to him with a scowl he smiles stupidly at the Tengu.

Arrow 1: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 + 4 = 15

Arrow 2: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 + 4 = 13

+1 Attack / Damage from point Blank Shot
Precise shot to eliminate -4 modifier for shooting into melee
-2 modifier for rapid shot to fire an extra arrow
Weapon Focus and Deadly Aim -2/+4

Growling with rage, Awen sends his regards to the fungoids.. in the form of 2 more arrows, happily watching one sink to the fletching, but he can't see where the other hit.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 - 2 = 24
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 - 2 = 13

Damage 1: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage2?: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Round 2 Inquisitor's Direction
Dvalin will continue with Inquisitor's Direction for Swayaah, hoping the fungi will move closer to the party ...

Here's the ret-con AoO on Kalendir then:
bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

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Swayaah takes out one of the critters and then steps back to allow Kalendir and Awen to finish off the second one.

Out of combat!

In the room you find nothing but rotting plant material and more (non-sentient) fungi.

Awen walks into the room and grunts as he nudges one of the fungus things with his toe. Then he walks over to the door to check it for traps and try and discern what is beyond it
Taking 20 perception for 31.

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"Phew. I'll make sure to shred my salad before I eat it." Swayaah lets off another bad joke. These are really starting to pile up. She pulls out her wand to heal herself.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"Oh! Hey, Kalendir, you need any heal- oh jeez." She frowns as she notices Kalendir is staring off into space, drooling over his armor. "Anyone has a way to help him out? Hopefully this kind of thing wears off quickly..."

"I have nothing that will help him." Awen growls at Swayaah with his new lack of charisma. "He will just have to wait it out.. or stay that way..." he continues with a shrug.

Once again, I hate playing with this low of a charisma. Granted, a 10 is not high by any means, but at least it lets me be nice to people!!!! Other than a nights rest, though, I do not know of any way to reset ability score damage like this. Honestly, this is the first time that ability score damage has played this big of a role in any game I was in. Normally it is just strength or con dmg that goes away when we camp for the night.

Lesser restoration spells. Been meaning to grab a wand hehe

Kalendir's eyes cross as he smiles with a stupefied grin. A rumble is heard from his backside. Me mess meself.....

I'm guessing it's Touch of Idiocy, a 10 min/level spell. We can probably wait it out...assuming I'm right. But Swayaah doesn't know that!

Swayaah's at 8 Charisma, and she's making too many bad jokes to be taken seriously.

"...I am not cleaning that." Swayaah points at Kalendir after briefly sniffing in his direction.

"We've done a lot of fighting today, huh? Maybe we need to slow down a bit. Take a break?"

LMAO

"I have a scroll of lessor restoration ... only one though, which ability should we improve?"

Lol!

Yes, it will last for 40 minutes but I don't think anyone made the Spellcraft to know what they were casting so you guys have no idea what happened to him and for all you know it could be permanent.

Whenever you are ready there is a door to the east and a door to the northwest.

"Let's try to help his...um..." Swayaah scratches her head. "Yeah, intelligence. He'll at least be smart enough to clean up himself."

Yeah, let's go low charisma party! We're a bunch of jerks...with a Tengu and a Dwarf to keep us in check.

Dvalin will dig out his scroll with lessor restoration and cast it on Kalendir to improve his Intelligence by 1d4 ⇒ 3

While they are doing that, Awen goes back to examining the door to the west. Perception roll was a couple posts back, but I took 20 for 31 on trapfinding and discerning whats beyond it

Awen finds neither traps nor anything of interest; the door was forced open at some time in the past and likely used to contain the fungi monsters you just killed.

Which way do you want to go?

"Alright, if we're done here, let's head that away." Swayaah heads towards the eastern door.

Kalendir follows. Thank You Dvalin. He says real slowly. A stinky snail trail follows behind Kalendir from the bottom of his pant.

"Well, lets move out" Awen says as he goes looking for another door to open. "I mean really, how much worse can this get?" he asks, wrinkling his nose at a suddenly pervasive odor.

A sinister statue looms in an alcove to the east. The thing is ten feet tall with a human body, but with the head of a deformed, fanged bird and two coiling serpents for legs. The statue clutches a flail in one hand, and holds a large, open book in the other.

Kalendir points to the statue. Birdie! Growing bored he pushes open the door to the south.

"W-wait! I helped your mind so you would make tactful decisions..." Swayaah hustles alongside Kalendir.

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Dvalin sighs and follows Swayaah and Kalendir through the southern door ...

To the south two flights of stairs curl around this room, descending downward (the next level down of Thornkeep, so beyond the scope of this adventure).

However, more immediately two malignant clouds of shadows boil in the air, their skeletal maws eerily babbling as the creatures' claws manifest from the darkness!

Initiative:

1. Dvalin, Awen, Kalendir, and Rackle
2. Shadow creatures
3. Swayaah

Dvalin, Awen, Kalendir, and Rackle are up!

Round 1
Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
"Right ... shadows ..."
Dvalin retrieves his holy weapon balm (5/10) and coats his great sword with it ...

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
"Plug your ears and be careful.. these are Allips! And stay back unless you have magic weapons.. normal ones will just get you hurt. They are undead spirits lost to their madness!" Awen cries, recognizing the unnatural things. He puts away his sword and brings out his battle aspergillum and his flask of holy water.

"Undead, right? So I could... heal them to death?" Swayaah ponders while absentmindedly juggling her wand of Cure Light Wounds.

Also Swayaah has no magic weapons. Saving up for those amulets of mighty fists!

Kalendir is shoved behind the group left peering over their shoulders. Seeing two scary looking creatures he grabs his bow, nearly dropping it. He fires one arrow correctly at the blue creature as his second arrow is fired backwards somehow.

My longbow is a +1 Adaptive Composite Longbow

+1 Adaptive Composite Longbow Arrow 1: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 + 4 = 13

+1 Adaptive Composite Longbow Arrow 2: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 + 4 = 8

+1 Attack / Damage from point Blank Shot
Precise shot to eliminate -4 modifier for shooting into melee
-2 modifier for rapid shot to fire an extra arrow
Weapon Focus and Deadly Aim -2/+4

The party prepares for what is promised to be a tough encounter as Kalendir leaps into action, firing his bow and hitting one of them twice! Although his arrows fly straight through them, they do leave behind a wispy trail that seems to hurt them!

The shadow creatures begin to babble to themselves!

DC 15 Will save or be fascinated for 2d4 rounds. You will need to save twice (once for each of them), although the fascinated rounds do not stack (iirc); if you fail against both you simply roll 2d4 twice and take the larger result.

The shadowy creatures then move forward to swipe at Dvalin!

touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Wisdom damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
DC 15 Will save to negate

touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Wisdom damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
DC 15 Will save to negate

Initiative:

1. Dvalin, Awen, Kalendir, and Rackle
2. Shadow creatures (10 dmg)
3. Swayaah

You guys are up!

Round 2 Holy Weapon Balm
Will DC15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Fascinate: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6
Will DC15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Will DC15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Will DC15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Dvalin is fascinated for a LONG time :-(

Will Save DC15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Fascinated: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3
Will Save DC15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 Fascinated: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 Two can play at that game, Dvalin! What did I win again?

"What are they talking about? Reminds me of when mom threatened to drop me off a cliff. She was pretty mad that day..." Swayaah drops her guard, staring into the things and paying attention to them.

Since they attacked you Dvalin, do you get another saving throw to break the fascination?

Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
If this is a spell, I get a +25% resistance
Facinated: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5

Awen manages to shrug off the keening sounds at first, but then gets a dazed look and looses himself mid sentence.

Since they attacked you Dvalin, do you get another saving throw to break the fascination?

I certainly hope so ... never thought the CH damage we got in the beginning would hurt so much :-)

Will save: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Will save: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Kalendir's eyes glaze over as he once again drools on himself.

Rounds 1: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5
Rounds 2 : 2d4 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4

Welp, here's what will kill us. Crappy Will Saves! It's all up to you Rackle!

@Awen: not a spell. Supernatural ability.

Yes, if they attack you you get to save against the fascination again.
Dvalin Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
So Dvalin snaps out of it when they attack him.

---

Everyone seems intrigued by the madness the monsters are spewing.

Initiative:

1. Dvalin, Awen, Kalendir, and Rackle
2. Shadow creatures (10 dmg)
3. Swayaah

Dvalin and Rackle are up!

Round 2 - continued Holy Weapon Balm, Destructive Smite
Awesome ...
Dvalin attacks the wounded shadow ...
+1 Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 for Slashing: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 5) + 7 = 13
... and Holy: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 with a DC 10 Reflex save or Holy: 1d4 ⇒ 2 next round.

Just out of curiosity, and not to mention base and unashamed "save my ass"iness, Shouldn't we have gotten some sort of bonus to the will save for me making the knowledge save and warning everyone not to listen?

@Awen: If you had taken actions to plug your ears, you could have gotten a bonus. No one chose to do that though. Earplugs are 1 cp and you could have put them in as your action if anyone had them. Of course, plugging your ears with your fingers would have left you not being able to do much.

Rackle Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Dvalin finishes off the first creature! Rackle stands fascinated for 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3 rounds. The remaining one tries to swipe at Dvalin again!

touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Wisdom damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
DC 15 Will to negate

If you failed the first save against the creature Dvalin just killed, you are no longer fascinated. If you failed the second save against the creature that is still alive though, you are still fascinated.

Initiative:

1. Dvalin, Awen, Kalendir, and Rackle
2. Shadow creatures ()
3. Swayaah

You guys are up!

"Duh! Bring the Mac and cheese, dad!" Swayaah licks her lips, remaining fascinated by the second shadow.

Even if Swayaah had earplugs, she's the only one with bad initiative rolls.

Ok.. cool. I will definitely need to bring some of those along for next time lol. And very good point. Not even I did anything to cover my ears after calling it out. Stupid me.

Suddenly snapping out of his daze, Awen turns a furious glare at the remaining ghosty thing. "You are so screwed now.." he growls as he moves forward and pours his waterskin of holy water over the offensive thing.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Holy Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Round 3
Dvalin redirects his next attack against the remaining shadow ...
+1 Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 for Slashing: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 4) + 5 = 14

Still fascinated

Dvalin and Awen deal some damage to the creature but it seems relentless in its effort to turn Dvalin insane!

touch attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Wisdom damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
DC 15 Will negates

Initiative:

1. Dvalin, Awen, Kalendir, and Rackle
2. Shadow creatures (12 dmg)
3. Swayaah

You guys are up!