[PFS PbP Gameday V] #1-35 Voice in the Void CORE (Tier 1-7) (Inactive)

Game Master DM Beckett

"Go get 'em, Urktar!" Hikaru says while giving the barbarian a hearty slap on the back. "Good luck!"

Using Hikaru's Bit of Luck Domain SLA. On one d20 roll in the next round, Urktar can roll two dice and use the best.

Bonifacius casts bless.

While Siddhārtha moves into the room starts an inspiring poem about Urktar. Hikaru encourages Urktar a bit more and Bonifacius casts a spell.

One of the guardian answers to the attack. The construct moves up to Urktar and swings his sword at him.
Longsword vs. Urktar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Round 1 (+ insp. + bless)
Guardian blue
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Urktar (roll d20 twice, use best)
Siddhārtha
Kevin
Hikaru
Bonifacius
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Guardian red -8HP

Kevin steps in and takes a stab at one of the guardians with his rapier.

Melee+insp+bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 20
Damage+insp: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

"Oh wow look at that I got him!"
Kevin continues his youthful exuberance aka Inspire courage.

"Ah, the taste of blood. Bert, time to get to work!" Urktar takes a 5' step, entering rage and readying to attack the damaged red one as soon as it is in reach. "Stupid statue. Come get a taste of Bert!"

if readied goes off
attack roll: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 16
or this attack roll: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 13
damage: 2d6 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1, 6) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 17

Siddhārtha takes a shot.

Acid Splash: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 0 + 1 = 14, for 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 damage.

"Nice shot, Kevin," Hikaru says. The priestess steps forward to stand between the statue and Siddhārtha, drawing her starknife as she moves. Once she's in reach, she slices at the statue. Her blade hits, but she doesn't have a lot of force behind her attack.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18 Actually a 20 to hit. Forgot Bless and Inspiration.
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Moving forward Bonifacius attacks Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 181d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Don't forget that inspire adds +1 to weapon damage as well.

Didn´t

While Urktar readies an attack Kevin steps up to the guardian with blue eyes and hits it with his weapon. Siddhārtha's acid splash hits it as well as Hikaru's attempt with her blade. Bonifacius' attack hits the same guardian.

The other guardian moves closer to Urktar in the front row who immediately swings his weapon at it.

The guardian in return attempts to hit Urktar with its longsword, but misses.
Longsword vs. Urktar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Round 2 (+ insp. + bless)
Guardian blue -15HP
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Urktar
Siddhārtha
Kevin
Hikaru
Bonifacius
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Guardian red -25HP

Kevin takes a step over to flank with Urktar before jabbing at the guardian again.

Melee+flank: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

"Nice work everyone, we've got them now!" Kevin shouts enthusiastically.

Inspire still up.

"Bert, time to power up. These things tougher than you thought," Urktar says angrily to his greatsword, attacking the blue one with flank.

ragin' power attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 1 = 18
cold iron slashing damage: 2d6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 17

Siddhārtha directs his next blob of acid at Blue.

Acid Splash: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19, for 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Acid damage.

Hikaru takes another poke at the blue statue.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 7
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Kevin swings at the statue in front of him, but misses. Urktar hits the target. Siddhārtha and Hikaru attack the same statue but only Siddhārtha's acid blob hits. Bonifacius swings his axe again and finally dispatches the blueish statue.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

The remaining statue swings its longsword against Urktar again.
LS vs. Urktar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Round 3 (+ insp. + bless)
Urktar
Siddhārtha
Kevin
Hikaru
Bonifacius
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Guardian red -25HP

Siddhārtha tosses yet another blob of acid at the remaining statue.

Acid Splash: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12, for 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Acid damage.

"Good boy, Bert. Let's finish this."

5' step, attack
ragin' power attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 17
c.i. slashing damage: 2d6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 17

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 101d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Hikaru steps forward and stabs at the standing statue with her starknife.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 15
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Toghether you finally manage to dispatch the remaining statue. The room is silent once more. When destroyed, the temple guardians crumble to rubble.

Urktar sits down on one of the vanquished statues, clearly fatigued.
"Give us a sec, feeling a bit winded. Huh, what's that Bert? Sure, I'll tell him," Urktar says, turning to Kevin. "Bert says thanks for the Expiring Words--what? Yes, I know you said Inspiring, Bert. But look," Urktar pauses to pat the statue. "See? It's expired. Now be quiet and let the smart folks figure out what to do next."

Urktar begins to examine his blade Bert for any damage, before taking a look around while he waits for his fatigue to wear off (for about half a minute or so).

"Oh yeah. Good idea, Bert. Could you poke me with this happy stick?" Urktar says to Bonifacius, handing him a wand. "Bert says the trigger words are 'Happy, Happy, Happy.'"

Wand of Cure Light Wounds. 1d8+1, until Urktar is at full.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

"Oooo...pretty," Urktar says, pulling a fist-sized opal from the crumbled remains of the statue he's sitting on. "Pretty for the pretty," he says, holding it out to Hikaru. "Bert too tired to check for magic."

"Ha ha that's a good one, expiring words, and your are most welcome." Kevin replies as he absently kicks a piece of rubble. "Well we now have an idea of why no one has come back yet. Best keep our eyes open as we move forward."

"Uh, thank you," Hikaru says as she takes the opal from Urktar. "Let's see if this is where the magic to animate the statues was coming from."

Cast Detect Magic on the stone.

Bonifacius very happily helps out with the stick.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"Much better," Urktar says. "Thanks. You can hang onto it, use it whenever you need to."

"Might as well see what else might be lurking down here," Kevin says as he moves over to the door ready to push forward.

"Good idea, Kevin. Me and Bert feeling much better now." Urktar walks over to the door, picks up his club and opens the door.

The stone does not radiate a magic aura. Urktar opens the door to another chamber. This dark, vaulted chamber obviously serves as a scriptorium. Bare wooden shelves, empty except for some extra writing supplies (sheets of parchment, bottles of ink, and quills), line the eastern wall, and three desks with high stools stand in the center of the room between six columns. A small sign on the southern door reads "Archives — Private".

A body lies slumped in the southwestern corner, still clutching a club. A broken lantern lies next to the body, its oil spilled on the floor. The name tag on his chest says that hese are the remains of Hodd, one of the museum’s unfortunate watchmen sent to investigate the basement.

The two northern desks each contain small, empty candelabra, two bottles of dried ink, and old quill pens. The southern desk has been used more recently — the candelabrum holds the stubs of half-burnt candles, the ink bottles are still wet, and fresh ink stains the quill pens. A handful of books and scrolls, treatises on the solar system and the empty space beyond, lie open on the desk. Underlined passages and marginalia written in Osiriani refer to the "Dark Tapestry" and the "Dominions of the Black," as well as something called the "Gate of Beyond". References to an ancient aberrant sorcerer named Kubburum Ishmedagan and a wizard Ralzeros the Overwatched are also highlighted.

Heal: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23.

"Hey, look at this," Siddhārtha says, picking up a discarded piece of paper. 'Does anyone here know Osiriani? I recognise the characters, but I don't know the language, myself..."

Urktar makes certain to grab the other opal before heading in to check the body, and then see if there are signs if the body fell here, or was dragged in (i.e. survival check for tracks), in addition to taking a look around the room.

heal check: 1d20 ⇒ 11
survival check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
perception check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Urktar is pretty sure that Hodd got injured in the statues room before he dragged himself here and finally died from his injuries.

"Poor bastard," Siddhārtha says ruefully.

With a regretful sigh, he moves to check-out the door to the south.

I won't actually open it, mind you, because I am not built for melee ;-)

"We're ready," patting Bert affectionately as he joins Siddhartha by the door. "You find any traps, Sidd? Or you want Bert to check?"

Sidd does not find any traps.

Siddhārtha gestures grandly towards the door.

"No traps that I can find. Feel free to give the door a try!"

As soon as the rest of the group positions themselves in the scroll room (or says nah, I'm good out by the statue rubble), Urktar checks for tracks the barbarian way...he opens the door.

Bonifacius puts a hand on Urktar and gives him a guidance.
(+1 on any d20 roll in the next round)

"Thanks," Urktar says. "No, Bert, he's not going to cast a spell on you. Now be quiet."
Urktar opens the door before his sword interrupts his train of thought again.

Kevin takes a look at the notes in Osiriani. "I can't read this either. I wonder if Nigel could read it for us?" Kevin says as he follows along with the group.

Urktar kicks in the door to the next room. This musty storeroom is filled with boxes and crates stacked in disorganized piles, some only a few boxes high and others reaching all the way to the ceiling. Small puddles stand on the floor, and the occasional drip of water echoes in the darkness. In front of the door lies the body of another watchman.

"That makes two bodies. I think it might be a good idea to gather them up and bring them back to Nigel, and maybe see if he can read these notes." Kevin says as he holds up the notes they found in the other room.

Urktar checks the other body, and for tracks/signs of what killed him.

Perception check: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7
Survival check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

The watchman is dead. The cause of death is unclear, there are no wounds on the man apart from weals on his skin. His clothes and hair are covered with yellow pollen.

Know nature: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Kevin takes a closer look at the yellow pollen. "Oh that's not good at all. Looks like there might be a yellow musk creeper down here. I've read about those."

Any chance I could know anything about a yellow musk creepers special abilities with that roll.

"Mellow tusk peeper? Is that some kind of laid-back weird-o that likes to watch elephants?" Urktar shrugs. "Bert just wants to know if cold iron can kill it."

Siddhārtha raises an eyebrow.

"Well, there is one easy way to find out - move into the room, and look for it..."

Urktar already walked into the room. Or at least, I assumed he had. I'd moved him on the map.

Kevin knows that with its tendrils the yellow musk creeper can create zombies. Cold Iron can kill it.

Urktar proceeds into the room and suddenly he sees a movement in one of the room's corners. A yellow musk creeper crawls out of its hiding place.

Round 1
Urktar
Siddārtha
Hikaru
Kevin
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Creeper
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Bonifacius