[PFS Core] GM Harker Presents: The Emerald Spire (Inactive)

Game Master Upaynao

Hide and seek is over! We got six uninvited guests.

Although they can say the same thing.

Xakon drops his torch, draws a cold iron morningstar while stepping north to attack a skeleton.

morningstar @white skelly: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Mudk steps up in front of Jirah and strikes at a skeleton.

attack at red skeleton with 2 str damage: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 152d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

Truffles don't let them leave, the bony guys I mean

handle animal to guard: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 4 = 20

meanwhile Sugar advances and tries to get a bead on a skeleton through the door.

sling shot on red: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 4 = 16
sling shot damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Drawing his morningstar, Xakon destroys the skeleton north of him, turning the creature into just a disorganized pile of bones.

With his sapped strength, Mudk just barely misses his skeleton target.

While Truffles stands guard, Sugarsnap hurls a sling bullet at the closest skeleton, but the chaos of melee fouls up her shot.

Sivantanpisil, Jirah, Frēodwēn

Frēodwēn stays put and tries to hit the same skeleton again.

hoping to clear this lane up for easier access by the rest of the party

light hammer: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 for silvered, bludgeoning: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

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With a more precise blow, Frēodwēn takes out another skeleton.

Truffles don't let them leave, the bony guys I mean

Friendly reminder: In addition to bonus tricks, you are allowed to train your animal in learned tricks between sessions a number of times equal to the amount of ranks in handle animal with successful rolls.

Jirah steps toward the undead to her right, and stabs with her glaive!
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

I'm going to bot Siv to keep things moving, hopefully she'll be able to find a solution to her problem bring up the map.

I also went ahead and rolled attacks of opportunity from those of you with reach weapons. I didn't realize how many there would be.

Jirah stabs at the skeleton with her glaive, but the weapon slips between an empty space between ribs and does not strike.

Sivantanpisil advances into the room and tries to hit one of the skeletons in the northeast with her longspear. Even though the bones absorb the worst of the blow, the cleric's strike is strong enough to destroy the creature.

As one of the remaining northwest skeleton advances on the group and enters her threat range, Sivantanpisil's longspear breaks it completely apart as well. With her well-honed combat reflexes, she also hits another (black) as it closes in, but only slightly damages it.

Mudk attempts to finish it off with his own attack of opportunity, but misses. Jirah then takes her shot at it with the same result.

Somehow surviving the multiple attacks, that skeleton moves adjacent to a number of the party and tries to harm Sivantanpisil with its scimitar and claw. Fortunately, neither attack hits.

The one near Jirah then moves up to her and attacks her as well. Its scimitar penetrates her defenses and gives her a minor wound. Jirah takes 4 damage from the scimitar.

Siv Longspear attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Siv AoO 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Siv AoO 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Mudk's AoO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Jirah's AoO: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Initiative (Rounds 2-3)
Frēodwēn <= Up
2 Skeletons
Xakon <= Up
Lady Sugarsnap/Admiral Truffles <= Up
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Jirah [4 Dmg] <= Up
Mudk [1 Dmg] <= Up

Pathfinders go!

don't monsters need a full-round action to use all their attacks, just like PCs and Animal Companions?

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Xakon tumbles around to flank the skeleton with Frēodwēn.

"I'm gonna make a pile of toothpicks outta ya.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

morningstar, flank @black skelly: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28
confirm crit: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 2 = 24
dmg: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 5) + 4 = 10
SA: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8

Yeah, my mistake. After having to keep track of all of those AoO's, I got in a hurry and missed that the black skeleton should only get one attack. Neither of those attacks hit though, so no harm there. Yellow only had to take a 5ft. step, so it would still get two attacks and Jirah still takes damage.

Xakon follows up on his threat, easily defeating the nearby skeleton after tumbling into flanking position.

Frēodwēn clambers on to the sarcophagus behind the last skeleton and tries to smash it with his hammer.

light hammer, attack, height advantage: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 1 = 14 for silvered, bludgeoning: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

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Mudk attacks from where he is.

attack not sure about the soft cover mod: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 142d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 = 9

Sugar slips int the room and notices what appears to be only one bonehead remaining.

feeling that it is safer for Truffles now, truffles, get the bone.

handle animal for Truffles to attack: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 4 = 23

not sure If I counted Truffles 40' movement correctly to circle around to get at the Skeleton (the coffin and the other party members were in the way to attack directly).

truffles attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 = 13

but I doubt that was a enough to hit.

Frēodwēn, Mudk, and Truffles all engage the skeleton in combat, but unfortunately all three miss with their attacks.

Sivantanpisil and Jirah.

Siv takes a 5' step and attacks the yellow[/oow] skeleton with her spear.

[ooc]Still having issues moving my token on the ipad. Please move her behind Jirah and she'll use her reach.

Longspear: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

CritConfirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
CritDamage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

With a penetrating thrust, the spear narrowly misses Jirah's head and slams into the skeleton!

Jirah tries to take a step back, in order to have enough room to use her glaive, and almost bumps into Siv as her longspear darts past the elven woman's ear! She growls silently and turns to face the skeleton, using her glaive to block any attacks.
Can't move anywhere to attack effectively, just going into total defense.

Sivantanpisil decisively destroys the last skeleton.

Combat Over

A thorough examination of the room reveals skeletons in both of the unopened caskets, although the bones are mismatched and broken. Underneath the skeleton in the southwestern casket is a magical horn.

Ready to move to the next door clockwise?

Aye.
I knew there be treasure here mates. Now lets put ut to good use.

Jirah stows her glaive away on her back and draws her bow.
I much prefer my bow. Hopefully this place will open up a bit.

Moving on the next door, Xakon hears no sounds behind it nor finds any traps on it, but does discover that it is locked. Pulling out his tools, he attempts to jimmy the lock, but quickly discovers his typical approach does not work on this well-made lock.

Taking 10 on Disable Device for a 22 is not high enough to unlock it.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Disable Device: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Disable Device: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

He attempts three more times to pick the lock and shakes his head in disgust.

Can I take a 20 unkess fate has it I am to be crushed by a 10 ton boulder? Three consequetive ones mean auto death whereas three straight twenties is an auto level up in my home brew games.

Mudk tsks each time Xakon struggles.

"You need to work harder at that my friend. You've failed to kill us three times now.... We must suffer if we are to know the true joys in life."

No auto-death here, and you can take 20.

After his initial attempts at the lock bare no fruit, Xakon concentrates on the task and, after a couple of minutes, manages to unlock the door.

Wisps of decayed and sagging spider webs droop from the walls of this room, which appears to be empty except for the long-dead, dismembered corpse of a giant spider and a stout, freestanding wooden closet in the southwestern corner. The ceiling is covered with dusty spider webs bulging down from a grid of wooden beams and plaster fifteen feet above the floor. Faint moans and plaintive sobbing come from the closet.

Perceptive as always, Xakon notices that in the center of the room are four 5'x5' pressure plates that probably activate something unpleasant if stepped on.

The location of the plates is marked on the map.

Frēodwēn makes his way into the room and covers the spider corpse with his bow, keeping an eye on the cabinet out of the corner of his eye.

"Does someone want to let that poor creature loose?"

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"I like where your mind is going Freodwen but I truly doubt that any creature as miserable as that is going to be a serious threat or likely to make us suffer in any way. We should try though...always optimistic..."

Mudk moves along the sides of the room opposite Freodwen and opens the cabinet.

Suger has Truffles move in front of her ordering him to guard.

handle animal to guard: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 4 = 15

As Mudk opens the cabinet, the voice ceases and the closet collapses, with the heavy panels falling outward. He is then immediately attacked by an ambulatory corpse waiting inside. It tries to slam him but only bangs ineffectually against the paladin's armor.

Faster than the average zombie, the creature takes a 5 ft. step and tries to slam Mudk twice more. Yet again, the paladin's armor deflects both strikes.

PC Init
Frēodwēn Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Jirah's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Lady Sugarsnap's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Mudk's Initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Sivantanpisil Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Xakon's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Initiative (Round 1)
Zombie
Mudk <= Up
Jirah <= Up
Xakon <= Up
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Frēodwēn <= Up
Sugarsnap/Truffles <= Up

The PC's are all up.

Mudk side steps(5') behind the zombie and attempts to gently touch the Zombie in the eye with a finger.

"I may have mis-stated. In fact I'm positively pleased. This guy looks like a big dose of happy pain."

melee touch attack lay on hands: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 161d6 ⇒ 5

Jirah moves into the room, her back to the wall, and looses an arrow.
Attack, Point Blank Shot: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Frēodwēn follows suit.

longbow, attack, point blank: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 1 = 14 for piercing: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11

Mudk reaches out and touches the zombie, causing some substantial positive energy damage to the undead creature. The arrows of Jirah and Frēodwēn then finish the creature off as it falls inert to the ground.

Combat Over

I'll give everyone a chance to weigh in before we move to the next door. I believe that is the south door in the formerly web covered room.

Your goody-goodness is good for killing the undead, Mudk. I'll try to disable the trap while the rest of you search the room for more treasure. Who is carrying the new horn?

Disable Trap: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Disable Trap rounds: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

"A horn!? A horn to signal our enemies to come attack us! I'll carry it. Treasure though, that's a bit less important. I'll stand guard if you must search. Treasure rarely conveys honor or pain."

After Xakon successfully disables the four pressure plates in the room and the others in the group find nothing valuable in the room, the group moves on to the next door.

Returning the room formerly full of webbing, Xakon examines the south door. Upon finding no traps and hearing no noise behind it, he opens the door and looks inside. The passage extends 15 feet before ending in another door and also making a 90 degree turn to the west.

Let me know how you would like to proceed.

the door straight in front of us would be the first one clockwise from the left, right?

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I'll scout ahead and look for traps.

Stealth, t10: 10 + 13 = 23
Trapfinding, t10: 10 + 10 = 20

Since you stated that you are moving forward in stealth before making the perception check, I'm assuming you are doing those actions in that order, Xakon.

As Xakon takes his first quiet step into the hallway, suddenly the first 10' X 10' stretch of hallway floor collapses underneath his weight. Fortunately, his fast reflexes kick in and he jumps back just in time to avoid falling 10 feet into the webby, spiked pit.

Peeking out its many little red eyes from the bottom of the pit, those at the edge can see a moon spider waiting below. I'm going to say only those at in the squares adjacent to the pit (or inside it) can see the spider at the bottom, since it's 10 feet down there.

Xakon's Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

PC Initiative
Frēodwēn Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Jirah's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Lady Sugarsnap's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Mudk's Initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Sivantanpisil Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Xakon's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Initiative (Round 1)
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Xakon <= Up
Lady Sugarsnap/Admiral Truffles <= Up
Frēodwēn <= Up
Jirah [4 Dmg, forgot to indicate this last combat] <= Up
Mudk [1 Dmg, forgot to indicate this last combat] <= Up
Moon Spider

The whole party is up.

Xakon drops his rapier and draws a dagger flinging it toward the moon spider's head. He then steps aside to give his companions room to maneuver.

thrown dagger: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
dmg: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
SA: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5

Darn pit trap. Oh no, spider in the hole!

Spider? Another one? Is it icky? get it Mudk she says looking for a rolled up newspaper. she then slaps Mudk on the rump (it as high as she can reach).

cast guidance on Mudk

"Ouch what was..... ooo SPIIIIIIIDEEEEERRRRR!!!! GET OUT OF THE WAY! LET IT BITE ME FIRST!!! MOVE!!! HERE BITE ME!! AND THIS!!!"

With a slight step forward Mudk swings at the spider.

attack guisarme: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 192d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8

Frēodwēn takes aim at the spider and looses an arrow before stepping back to make room for someone else to do the same.

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The combined efforts of Xakon, Mudk, and Frēodwēn make extremely short work of the spider.

Combat Over.

Jirah replaces the arrow she had drawn as her comrades slay the spider.
Well, that was over quickly. Maybe we're getting the hang of this place yet...

"Indeed, Jirah. Well done, friends. Xak, if you would do the honors..." Frēodwēn points at the trap door.

pretty sure this is the tap door my paladin all but died in on his solo run to... *ahem*. He didn't actually die until our alchemist *coughcoughakaMudkcoughcough* threw a bomb into the Web room we are just leaving, where the spiders had dragged the paladin's unconscious body.

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Sometimes treasure can be find in traps or in a spider's belly. Mudk, if you fish out the spider, then I will climb down and look for shiny objects.

Xakon secures silk rope to the nearest anchor and climbs down to inspect the pit using the light spell on his shield. He retrieves his dagger from the spider and uses his masterwork thieves' tools to disable the trap afterwards.

Climb, t10: 10 + 10 = 20
Perception, t10: 10 + 9 = 19
Disable Device, t10: 10 + 12 = 22

Xakon retrieves his dagger, but finds no treasure near or inside the spider. After disarming the trap permanently by propping the two sides closed with spikes, he moves to the corner and looks down the west hallway.

He now sees that there are two doors to the south, spaced 10 feet away from one another and a barrier preventing further movement west to a third door on the other side. Indeed, Massive black iron gates bar the corridor, fashioned out of twisted, angular vertical bars that have sharp edges and are about a handspan apart, linked by welded crossbars. The gates have massive hinges set deep into the walls, and a heavy lock inside a welded box secures sliding bars that run into sockets in the floor and ceiling at the center of the corridor. Moreover, a black iron chain with links as thick as a human thumb wraps around the gates where they meet above and below the lockbox. The chain’s ends disappear into holes in the lockbox.

I'll give you a chance to react before moving on.

"A hallway seems like an odd place for such a gate. I wonder what it's for."

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Xakon investigates the lockbox and gate for traps and attempts to open it if none are found.

Trapfinding, t10: 10 + 10 = 20
Disable Device, t10: 10 + 12 = 22