GM Valen's PFS 0-5 Mists of Mwangi (CORE)(PbP) (Inactive)

Game Master Lysle

arcana: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29
"Don't worry. Undear such as this cannot rise a second time! calls out the scholar, as he taps Travil with his wand[/dice]

"Lini, can you not also summon assistance ?" he asks as he steps back from the huge undead ape.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Yikes. Travail's lucky to be alive. Good thing Khellik was healing him.

@Valen: What's that thing next to Travail outlined in yellow on the battle map?

Yikes. Travail's lucky to be alive. Good thing Khellik was healing him.

Yes, enemies with deathknell and animate dead can make for a lot of trouble quickly for PCs.

Along those lines, due to the deadly potential of the circumstances, I have opted to wait for Coreguy to post rather than continue to bot his PC.

@Valen: What's that thing next to Travail outlined in yellow on the battle map?

I believe you are referring to the earth elemental that Kyra summoned, which is immediately adjacent (right) to Travail. The other yellow token, on its side, notes the inanimate Tik Taan.

Along those lines, due to the deadly potential of the circumstances, I have opted to wait for Coreguy to post rather than continue to bot his PC.

Unless I'm reading the initiative order wrong, I think you botted his turn this round already in your last post. Not that we couldn't use another, LOL.

Unless I'm reading the initiative order wrong, I think you botted his turn this round already in your last post. Not that we couldn't use another, LOL.

Hmmmm, looks like I did screw up the Initiative order with the readied action. I had intended to have Coreguy avoid an attack by the zombie ape, but not at the cost of his order in Initiative. Such a drastic action while botting, I think--at least under these circumstances, would be overstepping on the part of a GM.

I am going to retroactively change Coreguy's botted move.

[b]RETROACTIVELY applied actions by Coreguy last round

Coreguy chopped up the Tik Taan attacking him (green).
Standard action=same as originally posted as is result/

Coreguy then carefully approaches the base of the ziggurat.
Move action. Coreguy did NOT take any readied action last round and did NOT move as far as I had botted above (as the intent was to keep him out of the reach of the dead ape)

Accordingly, Coreguy's order in Initiative has not changed and he is now up.

Initiative Order Round Four Cont'd
PCs in bold may act...

Nigel (bound)
Travail -28 HP(-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)(unconscious)
Kyra -11 HP
Earth Elemental (shaken)
Unead Da'Tunga -37 HP (prone)
Lini
Dragoomi (-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)
Tik Taan (red) +THP
Khellek -13 HP
Tik Taan (green) (destroyed)
Coreguy –2 HP
Tik Taan (yellow) -11 HP (not moving)

Lini nods uneasily at Khellek's suggestion "I can try, if you can help Travail..."

All my 2nd levels are already spent, so it'd be for another low-powered eagle. Not sure if Lini's better off on wand duty.

It's still cannon fodder for the big guy, flaking bonsues and eagles get a lot of attacks..

Coreguy, seeing the battle against the ape is not going well springs into action,”Kyra, can you channel Sarenrae’s power against this beast? I think it’s time to bring Abadar’s justice to this museum!” he roars as he drops the kukri and charges Da’Tunga, bringing his greatsword down hard on the undead ape.

Smite, pwr atk, a sure thing, charging vs prone AC: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 25
damage: 2d6 + 19 ⇒ (2, 3) + 19 = 24

free action drop kukri; swift action smite Da’Tunga; standard action charge

The paladin's attack on the prone, zombified ape comes fast and furious. Infused with a portion of the power of the god of justice, his attack rips through the undead creature, bringing its unnatural existence to an end.

With the second fall of the great ape Da'Tunga, the seemingly lifeless Tik Taan (yellow) once again animates and it makes a mad rush toward the unconscious form of Travail with the most evil of intents! (Move action of 10 ft. into Travail's square {yellow arrow on Map})

Dragoomi and the summoned earth elemental may each take an attack of opportunity.

Initiative Order Round Four Cont'd
PCs in bold may act...

Nigel (bound)
Travail -28 HP(-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)(at negative HP, unconscious
Kyra -11 HP)(Will save [just in case])
Earth Elemental (shaken)(May take AoO only)
Da'Tunga - dead for good
Lini
Dragoomi (-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)(May take AoO only)
Tik Taan (red) +THP
Khellek -13 HP
Tik Taan (green) - destroyed
Coreguy –2 HP
Tik Taan (yellow) -11 HP )(Action pending resolution of AoOs)

Kyra Will save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Kyra’s small earth elemental attacks Tik Taan.

AoO Slam, power attack, earth mastery: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 24
Damage Slam, power attack, earth mastery : 1d6 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 9

Droogami snaps out a bite with her jaws!

Bite, AoO: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 1 = 19
Bite damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Nice!

With the idol momentarily in her jaws, she smashes it against the ground!

Trip, if the idol can even be tripped...: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 - 1 = 13

The living idol's gamble to raise Travail as a zombie fails as mud and fang smash it to pieces!

Another wave of silence overcomes the court of primates With the destruction of one of the Tik Taan, their howls and cries momentarily cease.

Then, with a howl from the mist-tainted Nigel, the primal chorus resumes.

Initiative Order Round Five Begins
PCs in bold may act...

Nigel (bound)
Travail -28 HP(-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)(at negative HP, unconscious
Kyra -11 HP
Earth Elemental (]haken)
Da'Tunga - destroyed
Lini
Dragoomi (-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)
Tik Taan (red) +THP
Khellek -13 HP
Tik Taan (green) - destroyed
Coreguy –2 HP
Tik Taan (yellow) - destroyed

Kyra - channel energy (selective without the two enemies): 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

"Sarenrae, heal your servant and her allies!" Kyra shouts.

Her small earth elemental attacks the other Tik Taan.

Slam, power attack, earth mastery, flank, shaken: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 1 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 23
Damage Slam, power attack, earth mastery : 1d6 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 13

Lini breathes a sigh of relief as Coreguy takes out the massive ape. "Only one left then! Droogami, its up to you and that rock spirit!" Meanwhile, since there is only a single enemy left, Lini focuses on healing Travail and getting him back on his feet. She swishes her wand of cure light wounds and taps him with it.

CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 :>

She reaches down and wraps an arm around him to help pull him to his feet. "Up you go! Uh, part of the way at least!" As soon as he's partially up, it becomes clear that she's too short and too weak to help much more!

Droogami circles the fallen undead ape and attacks the final Tik Taan.

Bite: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 8 - 1 = 8
Bite damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

The bludgeoning fists of the earth elemental are quite effective against the last of the Tik Taan.

But the cat is unable to grab ahold of the living idol.

The healing power of his allies causes Travail to regain consciousness.

The Tik Taan moves toward the animal. 5 ft. step, however, I think that Droogami still gets an AoO for entering his square.

Initiative Order Round Five Cont'd
PCs in bold may act...

Nigel (bound)
Travail -18 HP(-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)
Kyra -11 HP
Earth Elemental
Lini
Dragoomi (-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)(AoO only)
Tik Taan (red) -5 HP
Khellek -13 HP
Coreguy –2 HP

Droogami once again attacks opportunistically!

Bite: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 1 = 26
Bite damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Her teeth gnaw on the idol like the little thing is a massive chew-toy.

The opportunistic cat strikes true, but its sharp teeth make little impact on the idol, barely scraping off a few shavings of wood.

The bound Nigel continues to growl and hoot along with the assembly of savage apes.

Initiative Order Round Five Cont'd/Six Begins
Al PCs may now act...

Nigel (bound)
Travail -18 HP(-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)
Kyra -11 HP
Earth Elemental
Lini
Dragoomi (-1 attack, -1 saves v. fear)
Tik Taan (red) -6 HP
Khellek -13 HP
Coreguy –2 HP

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* * * Round 3/4 Summon

Her small earth elemental attacks the other Tik Taan.

Slam, power attack, earth mastery, shaken: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 1 + 1 - 2 = 21
Damage Slam, power attack, earth mastery : 1d6 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 12

* *

Kyra attacks with her scimitar again.

Scimitar +1, DF: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 = 18
Damage, DF: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10

Feeling refreshed, Travail darts into a flanking position with the earth elemental and takes a stab at the final tik taan!

Attack, mwk rapier, flanking, fear effect: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 2 - 1 = 22
Damage, sneak attack: 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 1 + (1, 4) = 12

Coreguy steps up to Droogami and the idol, before making one more prayer to Abadar,Many thanks for that, but the scales aren’t balanced just yet!’ as he slashes at the idol but tries to avoid the cat as well.

Smite pwr ark flank: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 = 26
damage: 2d6 + 19 ⇒ (1, 1) + 19 = 21

They are all hits!

With strike after strike, the Pathfinders smash the final of the living idols to pieces. With the last of the Tik Taan are destroyed, the primates are freed of Angazhan’s mad embrace and begin trying to flee the museum in sudden confusion.

COMBAT OVER (Well done!)

The mists infesting the museum quickly vanish as well.

"Thank you!" comes a cry from atop the ziggurat. You quickly see that the source is the bound half-elf, Nigel. "The fact that I have regained my senses must mean that you have destroyed the Tik Taan. For that, I am eternally grateful, but... if I may... could I possibly impose upon you a bit further?" he asks. Though he can barely do so, he punctuates his question by raising a tied hand to expose the straps that hold him fast.

Khellek, carefully, climbs the pyramid.

"A captive audience! There was one of your books I was hoping to borrow" the scholar exclaims as he takes out a tagger to saw at Nigel's restraints.

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"I am happy that we were able to bring back sanity to this place! YOu are all heroes!" Kyra laughs.

She runs to Nigel.

"Khellek gets his books, right?!" she asks with a sly smile.

Then she frees the elf.

Lini breathes a long sigh of relief. "Haa, that was close! I hate to think how it would have gone if I was still pretending to be a weak halfling archer!" She watches the apes as they head on out to relative freedom. "Hope all of them are able to make it out of the city rather than into the hands of some fiendish zookeepers!"

She heads on up the ziggurat to help Nigel to his feet. "What happened Nigel? Did those idols do this all on their own?"

Nigel looks at the newcomers with relief and some surprise. "You? You know of me?" he asks. "Then you have me at a disadvantage. A few of them, it would seem." he says as he waits for the last of the bonds to be cut away.

"As for how I got into such predicaments," the curator expounds, "I was taking stock of the pieces in storage, when this silvery-mist began to appear, rapidly filling the museum. As it came, I saw that the museum beset upon by primates, which as best I can tell were summoned here from throughout the city. Well, of course, my thoughts turned towards the idols that were recently acquired from the Pathfinder, Lugizar Trantos, as I knew that they had been recovered from the Mwangi Expanse and I had suspected that they may have had some connection to Angazhan, Demon Lord of Apes. It is reputed that his black-furred hand holds sway over the Gorilla King and his city of Usaro and that all the jungle trembles at his blood-curdling roar. It was not long before I, myself, was overcome by the mist. In my state of mad fury, I was led here, to this room, by the court of apes where they adorned me with these painted prints and sigils where, I regret to say, I found myself wishing to become a sacrifice to the Demon Lord."

Lini pats the surprisingly talkative curator on the back. "Well its a good thing that you didn't get sacrificed then! Let's get you somewhere safe, I think there's a Venture Captain whose name ends in 'Estram' who'd love to talk to you. Something about working together with the wonderful Society that just saved your life and your museum too." She pushes him gently forwards towards the more social members of her group, and then heads towards Droogami.

"Nice work girl! Lets get on out of here! Maybe we can help some of those escaped apes get to safety?" She rubs the leopard on the back of her neck.

Lini pats the surprisingly talkative curator on the back. "Well its a good thing that you didn't get sacrificed then! Let's get you somewhere safe, I think there's a Venture Captain whose name ends in 'Estram' who'd love to talk to you. Something about working together with the wonderful Society that just saved your life and your museum too."

At the mention of the Venture Captain, Nigel seems deeply touched. "Perhaps, it is time to do some mending of broken friendships." he ponders.

Then, realizing that the Pathfinders are planning to depart, Nigel pleads, "Please, hold on for a moment." He leaves for a moment and returns with a bejeweled spear with brittle, white bird feathers tied with crumbling leather straps beneath the still-sharp spearhead. "I want you all to have this--please, take it as a token of my appreciation and gratitude for your having saved my life."

"It is an item from my personal collection." he explains. "This incredibly ancient Mwangi spear was found by Chelish explorers near the colony of Sargava during the reign of the expansionist Chelish prince, Haliad I. It would be worth a great deal to the Pathfinder Society and I suspect that they'd hungrily pay to include it in their collection. It is a gift so, of course, you may do with it as you wish."

"I also have for you, this." Nigel says, producing a crystaline stone. "I believe this items to to be of special significance to
Pathfinders; it is an ioun stone. As you no doubt know, many ioun stones can be placed within a wayfinder to create fantastic magical effects, but my inferior stone is, sadly, not capable of such resonance."

"Finally, I want you all to know this. I have been convinced by your skill, knowledge, and respect for the integrity of this institution's collection, to now make all of the Blakros Museum’s vast collection available to the Society for study." Nigel announces, before adding, "I am even considering re-petitioning for membership within the Society."

"Today, you have done a great thing, for myself and for this time-honored institution!"

Scenario over. Feel free to role-play a bit more if you'd like.

”We are truely humbled by your gifts and your kind words! The magic that was responsible for the deaths in this museum are not to be forgotten. I do not want to judge here. But you should be more careful from whom you buy what! We were able to save you ... but you have to face the families of your not so lucky co-workers. “ Kyra says with sadness in her eyes.

She says her farewell and leaves.

"Yes... yes.. quite tragic." Nigel absentmindedly concedes, as he begins to remove the paint and mentally starts to take an accounting of the exhibits within view.

Then, realizing that the Pathfinders are taking their leave, he cries out, "Farewell, Pathfinders! And thank you for your assistance. Perhaps, I will see you again in the future, though I highly doubt that I will ever have need to call upon your services again!"

"After all," he ponders, "What else could possibly go wrong at the Blakros Museum?"

As Lini leaves the museum, she stops to pat the head of a slightly forlorn looking, stuttering halfling waiting with his bow outside the entrance. "The big kids have taken care of this one Caz. Maybe you should go looking for another mission from Mr. Hestram. Good luck!"

She waves to the halfling and then to the rest of the party. "Droogami and I have important work to do, but she says it was fun fighting with you and she'd be happy to do so again. Catch you all again later! Ciao!"

"Yes... yes.. quite tragic." Nigel absentmindedly concedes, as he begins to remove the paint and mentally starts to take an accounting of the exhibits within view.

Then, realizing that the Pathfinders are taking their leave, he cries out, "Farewell, Pathfinders! And thank you for your assistance. Perhaps, I will see you again in the future, though I highly doubt that I will ever have need to call upon your services again!"

"After all," he ponders, "What else could possibly go wrong at the Blakros Museum?"

"I'm sure the society will find a way to bring you back into the fold, I'm sure the next time so many pathfinders are in the museum will be for a fancy event and not some danger threatening the whole island of Absalom, and definitely nothing to do with shadows." Coreguy says knowingly before nodding once more to his friends before heading to the Abadarian Cathedral.