PFS by PbP scenario TBD (Inactive)

Game Master Brayden Green

@Deaglan: Good point.. and 20 still works just fine :)

The items you can identify, in order are...

Talon of Borvagaden: +1 keen spiked gauntlet, however, unless the owner has naturally 3 digits, -2 to attack rolls.

Mithral Rifle: It WAS a +1 mithral pepperbox rifle. Sadly, not even mending or make whole will succeed.

Bloodstones of Gultariix: These are valuable crystals in their own right (200gp each), but they contain transmutative properties of extension. You imagine breaking one of the blood crystals into a potion would double its duration. As per Extend Spell

Dragonkin Saddle: The amulet bears the same properties as a +1 amulet of natural armor

Banes of Barad-Shull:
The insect leg is a +2 shortspear
The stomach appears to be a Bag of Holding (type I)
The bag is a tan bag of tricks

lusting after the bags... lol... ah well

Varian looks on with interest as the items are identified, and considers learning how to do that, but knows he will never excel at it...

Whoops, Lirianne did remind me of something...

Mylvwara DOES NOT identify the stomach sack as a bag of holding. She can tell it's magical, but for some reason, the aura it's giving off is confusing and bizarre.

All the pretties... who's going to take what?

Lirianne grabs the rifle, even though it does not function.

Deaglan groans as Lirianne grabs the rifle.

"Now you have done it, if we get a demon in our midst it will be your doing. That apparition told us not to touch anything!"

He readies his hammer so he is ready for what he expects will follow.

Varian takes nothing, despite his desire for one or two of the items. He scowls as Lirianne grabs the rifle and he nods at Deaglan's words. "I have to agree with our good Master Dwarf, here. Deaglan speaks the truth of it, lady. You may have doomed us all."

Expecting trouble, he creates a lucerne hammer from his outstretched hands and casts lead blades on the weapon, looking around for what might attack them.

And as Lirianne grabs the ancient, damaged weapon...

nothing happens.

"But... it's a mithral rifle! With strange bug critters on on!"

She looks very glum. "Sorry friends."

Varian still remains on alert despite the nothing...

Someone want to grab something else? :) Or perhaps ignore all of the sweet treasure and open a random door!

Oh my, the horror! The suspense is killing me!

"Shilyn, can you check this door to the North for traps and other nastiness?"

"Why don't we clear out this place before we consider summoning any strange beasts?"

I shrug and look around, "We could even rest up and come back for the items. I just don't want to be surprised."

"Yes, I'll check that out in a moment Deaglan," she responds.

Shilyn eyes the tricky bag with a gleam in her eye before pulling out a length of rope and tying a slip not. "Well, that thing said not to touch anything.. so I won't touch it.." she says quietly as she moves toward her goal.

"Shilyn! No! Listen to Mylvwara! We can come back here after we had a look in the other rooms!"

Letting out an exasperated sigh, Shilyn stuffs her rope back in her pack. "Spoil sport," she metters with a pout. "Where's the fun in living safe and doing what some deamon thing says?"

Walking over to the doors, she rests her elbow on her hip, index finger tapping her lips. She spends a moment examining the north door and grabbing her newly acquired hand crossbow, reaches for the handle.

perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

@Shilyn: You give the door a quick once over; it seems more than free from traps. In fact, you can tell that something walked through that door... perhaps a few weeks ago. You open it and see the telltale tracks in the dirt and dust on the floor. The tracks appear to head straight north to the intersection, but because of the distance, you're not sure where exactly they go. You'd have to go in to follow them better.

With crossbow at the ready, Shilyn moves slowly forward towards the intersection keeping her eyes and ears focused on her surroundings.

perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Deaglan has readied his hammer and looks on as Shilyn scouts ahead. He is eager to follow her, but knows that he is not stealthy at all.

@Shilyn: As you creep forward, you think you hear a couple of things. To the left door are a number of things moving... quadrupeds if you had to guess. To the right door are a couple of shuffling motions. The noises on either side seems to be unaware of your existence beyond the wooden doors blocking you from them.

So what shall it be? Left door? Right door? Center door? Turn around and run away?

The last one has a certain appeal...

And they bravely ran away away!
The party turned its tail and fled.
At least that's what Drangl Dreng said.
And when he came by at 3AM
The party turned and ran again
Oh brave, brave, Pathfinders!

With a shrug, Shilyn moves over to the door on the right, pausing to quickly check for traps before reaching for the handle to push the door open.

perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

@Shilyn: No traps, but again, just a shuffling motion and the odor of mold. You can roughly guess that it hasn't changed since your approaching the door. With a hefty opening, the room is opened and you can figure out the origin of the scent.

The large chamber before you is overgrown with foul-smelling mounds of multi-colored fungi, many of which glow with a sickly green luminescence. A large alcove to the north is less overgrown and metal bars wall it off; however, a door in the bars hangs ajar.

You have also caught unawares a pair of large, bulby fungal masses atop of several ropy legs. A confused looking maw bisects the bulb's crown and several tendrils start writhing in shock.

SURPRISE ROUND for the party!

While Deaglan, Shilyn, and Lirianne see the creatures for what they are, Varian and Amnur are constantly seeing the creatures shift in appearance from the fungal masses to others... Flori, Gryne, Oriandor, Shandar. It's disorienting enough that both of them are disturbed by the onslaught of images from their past and thoughts; -2 to attack rolls against these foes.

Orion asks Shilyn what she say, while Amnur, realizing nothing that ugly can be good, immediately moves into the room, getting his axe out at the same time!

Reminder: Surprise round invokes only a single standard action. And as always, you can give me a free action Knowledge check on your Init if you have line of sight and wish to try to identify these things
Init Order (bold = up!)
F2
Orion
F1
Amnur
Lirianne
Shilyn
Mylvwara
Varian
Deaglan

Map updated!

"Hey, what's going on up ahead?"

Standard action, I have moved to north of the tunnel, and had a good gawp at the beasts as I go.

knowledge (which one?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Add +1 to the result if it is history, +2 for planes and +3 for arcana.

@Mylvwara: You have no idea what you are seeing; these fungal creatures are something you're going to have to study up on in the future.

"Don't smash them up too much: I want to make some sketches later."

"Yee-haw!" Lirinianne yells enthusiastically as she shoots over the heads of her allies.

touch attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 4 = 15
dmg: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Varian pulls out his crossbow and loads it, waiting for a chance to move up and get a shot at the critters.

Lifting the hand-crossbow, Shilyn lets a bolt fly toward the fungal monstrosity. "I hate mushrooms!" she exclaims, remembering a previous encounter with walking fungus.

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Lirianne's bullet bursts through the fungal mass, inflicting pain upon it. Shilyn fires a shot and misses horribly while Varian loads a weapon and Mylvwara gets into position.

Waiting until lunchtime for Deaglan, then botting and continuing!

Thank you, it is rather late for lunch here ;-)

Deaglan moves quickly past the fungal monsters, positioning himself next to Amnur for a devastating attack later.

Knowledge (dungeoneering): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

@Deaglan: Your knowledge of dungeon denizens do not help you to identify the fungal creatures.

You see the fungal mass in front of you lurch down for a second before its maw opens up and unleashes a shrieking sound that seems to penetrate to the brainstem, messing with your control of bodily functions!
Sonic mind-affecting effect, but not a spell, so if I missed any modifiers let me know
Amnur Will vs DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Deaglan: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Lirianne: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Mylvwara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Orion: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Shilyn: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Varian: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Duration: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Stomach and bowls start churning for Amnur, Lirianne, Orion, Shilyn and Varian, who can do little more than focus their efforts on not making a mess in the ruins.You all are nauseated for 1 round!

While Orion clutches his stomach and wishing he had some pink stuff, the other fungal creature moves aside and with a tendril moving in a magical pattern, lashes it out at Deaglan!

F1 touch @ Deaglan: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Deaglan Will vs DC 14: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Int, Wis, and Cha penalty on failure: 1d6 ⇒ 5
DC 17 Spellcraft to identify the spell

Deaglan, unaffected by the strange sound, manages, to sidestep the tendril! Amnur would congratulate him if he wasn't trying to use his shield to keep his mouth closed.

Init Order (bold = up!)
F2
Orion
F1
Amnur
Lirianne (nauseated this round)
Shilyn (nauseated this round)
Mylvwara
Varian (nauseated this round)
Deaglan

Deaglan takes a mighty swing at the mushroom farthest away from him(F1)

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Power attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 1 = 14
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4) + 3 + 3 = 14

"Come on, people. Keep your heads"

Feeling threatened, I cast haste on the group.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

@Mylvwara: Due to the strange angle and the other fungal creature in the way, you cannot quite figure out what spell is held.
Unfortunately, you cannot target everyone, it's 1 person per level. I assume you'd exclude yourself, but who else?

@Deaglan: Your blow would have just barely missed its target but as Mylvwara's magic envelops you, you swing faster than it can move and your blow lands!

Also... you get a second attack! Oh yes

Also... you get a second attack as Mylvwara's

On the rebound Deaglan hits the mushroomoid again (F1)!

Power attack, Haste: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 20
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (1, 5) + 3 + 3 = 12

With a pair of mighty wallops, the fungal creature has seen better days, but it still moves.

Since everyone that could, well, participate in the combat, has done so, I'm going to continue. All the nauseated PCs can move still before taking their real turn.

The fungal creature that just screamed attacks Deaglan, stepping back and wriggling its tentacles in another motion before lashing out with its whip-like appendages!

F2 touch @ Deaglan: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Deaglan Will Save vs DC 14: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 2 = 17

While the touch succeeds, the warrior priest's mind is steadfast and the magic is ignored!

Orion, now back to his senses, moves up and immediately fires an arrow at the closest brain plant!

Orion arrow @ F2: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 = 24
Damage on hit: 1d18 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9

An arrow solidly strikes the plant, matching Lirianne's bullet wound.

The hammered fungus does as the first one did before... it flatters to the ground and the mouth opens, releasing an agonizing sound!

Amnur Will vs DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Deaglan: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Lirianne: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Mylvwara: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Orion: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Shilyn: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Varian: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Duration: 1d4 ⇒ 2

The double blow of nauseating sound affects Amnur, Orion, and Shilyn, but the rest are already used to it, or have already emptied out what they could empty.

Init Order (bold = up!)
F2
Orion
F1
Amnur
Lirianne
Shilyn (nauseated this round)
Mylvwara
Varian
Deaglan

Buffs: Haste (Deaglan, Varian, Shilyn, Amnur, Lirianne)

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Power attack, Haste: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 9
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1) + 3 + 3 = 11
Power attack, Haste: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 15
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (2, 6) + 3 + 3 = 14

Deaglan attacks the same creature as before, while his first attacks misses the second one strikes true!

"Take that you abomination!"

No attack of opportunity for the spell-like ability?

Whoops! Forgot you have reach Deaglan! Yes, you may AoO

Varian drops his crossbow (free action), creates lucerne hammer (swift action) and moves in front of Shi, attacking the creature.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
dmg if hits: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Silently cursing her appetite, Shilyn unsuccessfully tries to keep from emptying her stomach yet again, barely missing Varian's boots as he steps in front of her. "Sorry," she mutters, "I really.. really.. hate mushrooms.."

Lirianne is the other target I will miss out. Oops.

@Mylv: No worries, your first time using the spell. My sister's magus will cast that every combat now because it works so well (especially with the usual melee heavy group)

Varian narrowly bashes in the fungal creature to the rear; it falls to the ground unconscious.

AoO Power attack, Haste: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 13
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1) + 3 + 3 = 8

Missed ;-(

D'oh! Shilyn, you're ok... I forgot to add your +4 Will save bonus when I was copy/pasting the Will save data. You actually hit 15 on the dot, so you can act this round!

Init Order (bold = up!)
F2
Orion (nauseated, 2 rounds)
F1
Amnur (nauseated, 1 round)
Lirianne
Shilyn
Mylvwara
Varian
Deaglan