Deseri |
It does not... Just tell Kito to keep her paws off your man. Er, men. Er, people. :)
I can share. Sharing is caring after all. Besides the more the merrier ;) And I love the smiley face. That made my day better after a long night at work
Polux |
Polux makes a run for it, his heavy footsteps echoing all the way around the areas they have just explored - "I want to see where you will go next" - he grumbles.
I think if I take off running around D3 and D5, into D1, I can reach it in one round (running 120'), and even though I cannot attack him, I can stand close enough to threaten him, correct Samy?
Samy |
Ra-Khefer and Polux move, Turel ineffectively hits the spectral hand, and Aleris fires an arrow, hitting and damaging the aghash (34hp damage to it so far). Then the aghash casts again and the spectral hand tries to make a touch attack against Harmose.
Melee Touch vs Harmose: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 Make Will save vs effect
Finally, the aghash moves to the square shown on the map.
Everyone's turn.
(I made the assumption that Polux did not yet get into threatening position, due to see previous post.)
Kito the Scholar |
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
"Another curse?" Kito exclaims with some disgust.
She then steps slightly closer to the foul div and lets out a high pitched shriek!
Cast ear-piercing scream on div. DC 16 Fortitude save or dazed for one round. Save for half damage and no daze.
Sonic Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Ra-Khefer |
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Ra swore under his breath at the sudden relocation of the villain.
Reversing course he yelled again as he rumbled forward in a double move to make contact with the creature, swinging his flail around to build up momentum as he moved.
"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Harmose Al-Nefer |
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Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
As Aghash casts, Harmose sees that horrid hand reaching for him. He tries to fling his hands protectively over himself. "මොකක්ද පිවිසුම බවට ඔහු මුහුණ ! නොව මුහුණේ නැත මට වාත්තු ? වේ! "
Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Turel Garaldo |
Turel sees an opportunity and seizes it. Moving quickly around the columns he moves to surround the div, sending a vicious punch at it.
Move: Move to position on map.
Acrobatics to avoid AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Attack: Stunning Fist, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 14
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Make a Fort save DC 14 or be Stunned for 1 round (until just before your next turn).
Kito the Scholar |
After regaining her breath from the scream, Kito answers Harmose. "එය අලංකාර වෛර කරනවා. ඔබේ ප්රතිචාරය පමණක් එය දිරිමත් කිරීම සඳහා යන්නේ බවයි."
Harmose Al-Nefer |
Harmose glances over at Kito with a raised eyebrow. "දැන් ඔයා මට කියන්න ..." Then he looks thoughtful. "මෙය හොඳ දෙයක් , එහෙම නේද? ඔහු මට පසුව යන්නේ නම්, ඔබ ඉතිරි ඔහු වෙයි එහිදී අනාවැකි පළ කළ හැකි . එය මරන්න!"
"This is a good thing, isn't it? If it keeps going after me, the rest of you are safe and can predict its movements. Kill it!"
Is Harmose cursed, or can he act this turn?
Deseri |
Reaching a hand back to grab Harmose's arm, casting guidance on Harmose Taking steps away from the hand while pushing Harmose away from the hand and keeping herself between the hand.
Harmose Al-Nefer |
Harmose reels from the curse, feeling his power drain from himself.
All I've ever had to offer the world was my magic and some paltry charm. And now... both are going away. What use am I now?
And then a rabbit head butts his ankle.
Get over yourself.
He's not sure if the voice is Wenet's or merely his own consciousness, but he does know that he needs to act. Aghash may have defanged his rainbows, and made him ordinary, but dammit, he's not going to let the monster win. Sure, the Aghash is immune to acid. But its spectral hand is not. Time to get rid of the thing?
Acid Splash RTA vs Spectral Hand, Guidance: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
"Deseri , දේ වෙඩි තියන්න හෝ පූර්ණ ආරක්ෂක යන්න , ඔබගේ සූනියම ආයුධය පාවිච්චි !" His lips purse. "එය තම අත මිය ගිය නම් අපට අල්ලන්න පුළුවන්!"
"It cannot hurt us as easily if its hand is dead!"
Qari Falexia |
Qari again fired her blast at the sorcerer, hoping her cold damage could cut it down before it cursed more of the group.
RTA with PBS and Precise Shot 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Damage 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 = 11
Aleris Somciel |
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As Aleris watches her betrothed somehow lessen as the spectral hand hits him, Kito's words ring loud and clear over the din of battle.
...hates beauty...
Her eyes flash.
In a single motion she jumps down to the floor and advances towards the agash, bow raised. "There's no room in this world for ugliness and that's all that you carry with you. You don't belong here!" she cries in challenge to the creature as she fires.
Attack (MW Longbow; Bless, Cold Iron, Judgement, PB Shot, Precise Shot): 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3
Aleris moves next to Deseri, declares Judgement (Destruction) as a swift action, then fires. And wow, what a mediocre set of rolls for an otherwise cool moment.
Harmose Al-Nefer |
It's got 23 touch AC? DAMN!
Harmose Al-Nefer |
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Harmose sinks to the ground, and picks up Wenet, taking comfort in her warm fur. "Turel... Do you think Bel Themm knows anyone who can reverse this?"
He holds his chin up high. He is Harmose al-Khefer, who came back once from a state far worse than this. But oh... this hurts. He can feel his stripped power like an open wound.
Turel Garaldo |
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Turel lowers his arms and slowly approaches his brother, a feeling of failure threatening to overwhelm him here.
I...I was not fast enough. I have let you down, my brother.
He moves next to Harmose and embraces him, softly replying "I am sure the damage may be undone, my brother. Have faith. While I can see your..." here Turel pauses as he searches for the right word, "Ba has been reduced, remember it is but a small part of who you are. Aleris did not fall in love with just that part of you...she loves ALL the parts of you."
He releases the man who he has come to love as a brother before turning his attention to the main cathedral area. "'Ware yourselves. We know the Hand lurks near...and we were not quiet during our battle."
Deseri |
Tears well up in Deseri's golden eyes as she watches Harmose seem to crumple in on himself. Quickly letting him go and taking a few shaky steps backwards puts her back to the corner Mumbling, I'm sorry... But I was right there... I should have moved in front of him earlier. I failed, I always fail.. I'm sorry.
A few tears roll down and she quickly wipes them away when Turel embraces him brother. Nodding at Turels mention of the Hand, even though he is not looking her way, but keeping silent and waiting for the others to be ready to go.
Qari Falexia |
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Qari holds back. Something about Harmose was different after that hand touched him. She'd never seen such things that could take the best part of a person before and wipe it away completely. It chilled her soul. "Yes, Turel is right. We are going to be facing all kinds of new threats. We need to stay wary."
Kito the Scholar |
"I'm sorry Harmose. Perhaps I should have mentioned that kind of div's obsession earlier, or tried to curse it with bad luck. If the church has no one to remove this curse, perhaps we could try some other people. I expect it will be expensive, but with the items the group has found we should be able to afford it." I hope we can...no need to worry him at the moment but the spells to remove this condition are rather powerful and not guaranteed to work.
Turning, she looks around the area.
"There is one obvious place to explore. We are rather rushing through, we will need to make a second pass after this."
Harmose Al-Nefer |
"It's alright, Kito, Turel. We'll eventually figure out how to kick this." Harmose says with a cheerfulness he does not feel.
And maybe I can wear a mask to Meehr's party...
Aleris Somciel |
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"That's right," Aleris replies softly as she moves to Harmose and offers her hand. "If you can come back from beyond the veil then this won't be anything but a tiny setback," she smiles as she helps pull him to his feet. It pained her greatly to see Harmose in such a state, but she knew she and the others needed to be strong for his sake.
His voice doesn't project like it did, his eyes don't sparkle like they did...it's like the curse took away part of his essence. Oh Harmose, I'm so sorry...
She quickly turns her gaze towards the double doors on the opposite side of the room, blinking rapidly. "And the sooner we finish here, the sooner we can pay the Pharasmins a visit. Let's see what's through those doors before we head north."
Kito the Scholar |
"I wonder if this side will be the one to life?" Kito muses aloud. Destruction and creation. I wonder if contrasts and symmetry is part of what this god is about.
Polux |
I would like to keep up, and Polux would have a couple of things to add, but you guys just 'flurry of posts' on weekends don't you? :P Unfortunately weekends are the time when I am least available to post (family and stuff), so carry on - you're doing great :D
Harmose Al-Nefer |
To be fair, we flurry of posts at other times too!
Deseri |
Weekends are just abnormal.
Pulling herself back up and walking back towards the others with all the bravado she does not really feel, Stay positive, it is not fair to Harmose. Lets finish this so we can leave then.
bluff: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Samy |
With nobody posting to the contrary, I'm going to assume that you follow Aleris' words and proceed through the double doors to the west. I have moved you on the map, adjusting the marching order to account for Polux's larger size.
A short hallway connects a shallow, empty pool to the west to two curtained cubicles to the east. A wooden bench is bolted to the floor in a small alcove across from the pool. A set of stone doors marked with hieroglyphs stands to the north.
Within each cubicle, a bed frame and footlocker are bolted to the floor. The curtains, bed frames, and footlockers are all dusty but in good repair. The bedding, however, has rotted away and served as nests for mice and insects over the years.
Turel Garaldo |
Intelligence check: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13
Turel keeps an eye out for evidence members of the Scorched Hand passed this way. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary here, he dismisses it from his mind.
Deseri |
Int check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Wow!
Keeping her head down Deseri falls into her position in the line and quietly follow the others. Far to distracted to bother looking around.
Qari Falexia |
Intelligence 1d20 ⇒ 15
"How strange. You would have thought everything would have been eaten away by time in here, but that's not the case. I wonder why some items are in so much better shape?"
Ra-Khefer |
Ra just hung his head when the creature was just frozen solid before he could get there.
Curious as to the construction if the central chamber, he walked around studying the engineering work.
Knowledge:Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Moving into the western section he also looked around at the engineering work.
Int check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Knowledge:Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Kito the Scholar |
Int check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Spellcraft, what is Aleris doing: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17 Enough, good that it was a cantrip.
At Qari's comment, Kito restrains Thera from going over to the insect nest. Seeing that Aleris is already checking for magic, instead she puts a small blessing on herself.
Cast Guidance on self.
"I'm surprised, it isn't symmetrical. Given the outside dimensions I had expected it to be." Kito mentions as she looks around.
Knowledge: History: Do the furnishings look to be from the time of madness?: 10 + 11 = 21 Not using Guidance here.
Harmose Al-Nefer |
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Int Check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Harmose glumly walks along with the others, taking notes on what they find. He wants to keep the Church of Pharasma happy with him.
Polux |
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Sense Motive: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Int Check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Still huge, Polux heads for the door - "Let me take a look at this" - he adds to the others stopping next to Harmose before proceeding, and whispering something in his ear.
"I think you are as charming as you've ever been - have you ever seen anything more captivating than a compelling protagonist with a dire obstacle to overcome?" - he winks.
Perception on the door: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27<-(+11 vs. traps)
Harmose Al-Nefer |
Harmose hugs the other man, fiercely. "Thank you!"
Polux |
Polux is more than a little surprised with Harmose's reaction, but returns his hug with one of his huge arms - just for a moment though.
Samy |
Aleris' Detect Magic doesn't bring up anything. Ra-Khefer's Engineering doesn't reveal anything new either. To Kito, the furnishings do look of contemporary design to the Time of Madness. You can either go back to the large main hall (D2), go down the hallway south (to D6) or open the double doors leading north.
Polux's examination of the double doors to the north: The doors are inscribed with Ancient Osiriani text and they are locked. Polux notices scratch marks around the lock indicating that it has recently been picked, but it is nonetheless still locked.
Turel Garaldo |
Turel nods in agreement with the sylph. "It would not be wise to leave that area unexplored. Any member of the Hand could be hiding behind us waiting for us to let our guard down."
Qari Falexia |
"Exactly. Never let them sneak up on us from behind. Let's take this in a nice, orderly fashion to protect ourselves. We are in no real hurry. I don't think they are going to sneak by us, since they appear to be targeting us."
Polux |
"Let's do it then - these doors are locked, and we'll leave them as they are for the time being" - Polux adds - "Though I think they have been opened before - I think they are inside"
Kito the Scholar |
"If you want to fight in that form" Kito says as she gestures to Polux, "we best be quick."
The spell only lasts three minutes.