The narrow staircase ends in a short corridor leading to a large chamber, the center of which is dominated by a pool of stagnant water. An oily sheen covers most of pool, causing it to reflect a multitude of colors onto the walls and ceiling. The only light in this room emanates from a faintly glowing orb attached to the ceiling, and an acrid stench wafts heavily in the air. There is a simple wooden door in the eastern wall, and a set of ornate stone double doors to the south flanked by a pair of sandstone statues.
DC 15 Perception check:
You notice that the oily sheen atop the water seems to move a bit, despite the water being perfectly calm
Calistan returns from a small trip, looking extremely excited. His porter informs the group, Calistan was just named a Trade Prince by the Qadiran elite. He is very excited.
Calistan, according to your sessions record you played your first two games as Grand Lodge, then your next two as Sczarni. Have you faction changed twice? Also, if you played Merchants Wake as Sczarni, which your profile records it as, you wouldn't have access to the boon that allows you to take Trade Prince ignoring Fame. I'm just trying to get it clear.
It was supposed to be Qadira the whole time. I have Qadira written down on my chronicles, but I think I accidentally put Sczarni in my profile when I decided to not be Grand Lodge during the 1st level retraining.
I get those two confused anyway. Just like Taldor and Andoran. Luckily, they are moving to The Exchange and I can easily remember that. Plus, I only bought the Trade Prince vanity because of the upcoming Exchange business.
HP 27/27, AC 17 T 13 FF 14, Per +5 Init +5, F +2 R +4 W +4, CMB +0, CMD 13, Speed 30
A return to the cool woodlands of the River Kingdoms provides a welcome relief to Torche after Venture Captain Valsin's summons to the sands of Osirion. Really? He couldn't have left me her to explore further to begin with? Ah, at least I'll have a chance now to delve deeper into these old ruins. I really must write back to Tahonikepsu. Perhaps she will not be as hasty as Valsin to send me all over the Inner Sea. Lost in his thoughts and staring idly at the orb Torche notices nothing about the water. He sniffs the air, "Rather foul air down here. Unfortunately I didn't prepare a spell to provide a more pleasing scent today. Those ornate doors look like an intriguing place to begin." Perception1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Calistan sees(?) nothing but certainly smells something. He plugs his nose with his fingers before turning to Aviendha and Samuel and sticks his tongue out.
Male Kitsune Rogue 3/Sorcerer 2 HP: 29/29 | AC 22 | T 18 | FF 18 | Fort +2 | Ref +8 | Will +7 | CMD 17 | Init. +4 | Percpetion +10 | Sense Motive +2 | Reroll: Used to correct Nat 1
GM PFS Info:
PFS # 8548-7 | XP: 13 (normal advancement) | Faction: The Exchange | Starting Fame: 21 / Prestige: 19 | Next Chronicle Number: 12 | Starting Wealth: 2,795 gp
Perception:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Hiro joins the others at the base of the stairs; his nose crinkles at the acrid odor as his eyes are drawn to the shimmer of the water and the light of the orb. What a bizarre though beautiful feature, is that oil?
"Trade Prince, huh?" Hiro whistles slightly before he continues, "Yup, but that stone has got to be pretty heavy. This wooden one might be easier to get through."
Male Kitsune Rogue 3/Sorcerer 2 HP: 29/29 | AC 22 | T 18 | FF 18 | Fort +2 | Ref +8 | Will +7 | CMD 17 | Init. +4 | Percpetion +10 | Sense Motive +2 | Reroll: Used to correct Nat 1
GM PFS Info:
PFS # 8548-7 | XP: 13 (normal advancement) | Faction: The Exchange | Starting Fame: 21 / Prestige: 19 | Next Chronicle Number: 12 | Starting Wealth: 2,795 gp
Revvy, do you expect us to take action based on our rolls when you provide a DC for checks? And is it respectful to wait for everyone to attempt the check before acting on it? Very new to the PbP arena, but lots of Pathfinder experience. I hope none of you mind, but I have stolen a lot of structure ideas from your characters. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I do something "wrong".
@Hiro. That will depend on the spoiler a bit, so it will mostly be case by case. Most cases it will be for knowledge rolls and perception to find hidden items in the room or for appraise of items, in which case you can take action if you roll high enough. In the case of hidden creatures it could be more those who will make the DC will not be surprised, but feel free to act on what you see behind the spoiler..if I think you are taking it to far or other people have a chance to do something in between I will let you know (and alter some actions taken so far if needed). The main reason I use the spoiler is so that the first person who makes it can warn the others/act on it ..as opposed to me asking everyone to roll an perception check (and loose a day RL for the results) or to roll for everyone (which might mean I forgot about certain modifiers and stuff so I tend to not do that if I can avoid it). It's not a perfect system..but hey, you have to do something to make a pbp move along at a decent pace.
Male Kitsune Rogue 3/Sorcerer 2 HP: 29/29 | AC 22 | T 18 | FF 18 | Fort +2 | Ref +8 | Will +7 | CMD 17 | Init. +4 | Percpetion +10 | Sense Motive +2 | Reroll: Used to correct Nat 1
GM PFS Info:
PFS # 8548-7 | XP: 13 (normal advancement) | Faction: The Exchange | Starting Fame: 21 / Prestige: 19 | Next Chronicle Number: 12 | Starting Wealth: 2,795 gp
Got it and I think I agree completely. No stress, but this is my first PbP and I will probably come up with a lot of the stuff I do as a GM from you. :)
"That oil doesn't look right. Does it look like its moving to anyone else? I don't feel any breezes..." says Hiro as he takes a step closer to the pool sniffing at the air.
As everyone moves further into the room (closer to the double doors as suggested by Torch something catches Hiro's eye ..as he leans forward to get a better "sniff" of it the oily sheen becomes more compact and rises up out of the pool as a pseudopod makes it's way towards Hiro
This is a gray ooze. The digestive acid that covers a gray ooze dissolves metals and organic material, but not stone. Each slam and constrict attack deals 1d6 additional acid damage. Armor or clothing worn by a creature grappled by a gray ooze takes the same amount of acid damage unless the wearer succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex saving throw. A wooden or metal weapon that strikes a gray ooze takes 1d6 acid damage unless the weapon's wielder succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex save.
surprise round:
Hiro (since he's the only one who made the perception check so far- if Aviendha, Samuel and Marcel roll they also have a change to act if I haven't posted the action of the oil thingy yet)
Oil thingy
init
Party
Oil thingy
For those new, Bold is up. Since you as a party can delay on each other or ready attacks I'm fine with everyone who is in bold to post as soon as they have time and not wait for everyone to go in order of initiative. If you want to wait until X happens, mention it in your post and we'll fit it in when X happens (or possibly alter it if X doesn't happen in the most logical sense I (we) can come up with. If you ready an action that involves dice rolls, please include those as well in your post so that I'll know what to use when/if the action comes up
@Hiro, feel free to move yourself around on the map (linked at the top of the page. Just be careful that you don't move the map..that will mess things up a bit. I've moved you 20ft east for now, but if that's not where you wanted to be you can moved yourself somewhere else
the oily thing continues to slam it's pseudopod at 1M2A:1d2 ⇒ 1 Marcel To hit Marcels Flatfooted AC:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 hitting him with something that looks closest to an oily tentacle Damage Marcel:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 and Acid damage Marcel:1d6 ⇒ 5 which after slamming into Marcel's side and continues to wrap itself around Marcel. Grab attempt vs Marcel's CMD:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 and squeezes Constrict damage Marcel:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 while the oily substance starts to burn it's way through Marcel's hide. Acid damage Marcel:1d6 ⇒ 2
init
You guys
Oil thingy
Just to repeat:
DC 14 Knowledge (Dungeoneering):
This is a gray ooze. The digestive acid that covers a gray ooze dissolves metals and organic material, but not stone. Each slam and constrict attack deals 1d6 additional acid damage. Armor or clothing worn by a creature grappled by a gray ooze takes the same amount of acid damage unless the wearer succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex saving throw. A wooden or metal weapon that strikes a gray ooze takes 1d6 acid damage unless the weapon's wielder succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex save.
And to add;
DC 19 Knowledge (Dungeoneering):
Mindless: No Intelligence score, and immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects). An ooze with an Intelligence score loses this trait.
Blind (but have the blindsight special quality), with immunity to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight.
Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, polymorph, and stunning.
Some oozes have the ability to deal acid damage to objects.
Not subject to critical hits or flanking. Does not take additional damage from precision-based attacks, such as sneak attack.
It's immune to cold and fire
One roll, you can read up till the results of your knowledge check
I think there was some overlap in posting, not sure where Samuel wanted to move..but you can still take a move (which will be before the oil thingy did anything so it won't provoke). I think Marcel took a total of 22 damage and is grabbed now while being digested alive..so that's not so good for him right now..
Male Kitsune Rogue 3/Sorcerer 2 HP: 29/29 | AC 22 | T 18 | FF 18 | Fort +2 | Ref +8 | Will +7 | CMD 17 | Init. +4 | Percpetion +10 | Sense Motive +2 | Reroll: Used to correct Nat 1
GM PFS Info:
PFS # 8548-7 | XP: 13 (normal advancement) | Faction: The Exchange | Starting Fame: 21 / Prestige: 19 | Next Chronicle Number: 12 | Starting Wealth: 2,795 gp
Movement looks fine, I was envisioning a "larger" room.
As Hiro's hands make obscure gestures, he intones words of power shaping the magical energies around him. "हवा और पानी, चक्कर आने और ठंडा ठंडा, स्थिर बात इकट्ठा होते हैं!"
Arcane Translation:
Air and water, swirl and gather, colder colder, frozen matter!
Motes of air and water are drawn to his hands as they swirl slowly; with a final push a ray of freezing ice lances out from his pointing finger at the oily thing in the pool.
HP 27/27, AC 17 T 13 FF 14, Per +5 Init +5, F +2 R +4 W +4, CMB +0, CMD 13, Speed 30
Knowledge (dungeoneering)1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Torche spits out, "Don't use fire or cold against it. This creature is a gray ooze. Ranged weapons would be best because it might dissolve your regular weapons. We need to free Marcèl before it consumes him and his things. Don't try to prey on its mind either. It doesn't have one...or eyes...or a form as we know it." The arcanist takes a step back (5-foot) and pulls out his crossbow.
Marcel struggles but fails to escape the grasp of the oil thing
Calistan heals Marcel
Torche advises everyone on how to deal with the creature while getting his crossbow ready.
Hiro finds some things on the floor among-st the rubble he thinks can be used in his sling after he hits the ooze with a bit of magical cold and finds out that it doesn't effect it at all.
Aviendha slices through the ooze and sees a bit of bubbles occur on her blade as smoke rises up from it As far as I can tell the acid doesn't bypass the hardness of the weapon, so it can't effect Aviendha's metal greatsword
The ooze tries to hold on to Marcel 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 5 = 33 while it squeezes Damage Marcel:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 + Acid damage:1d6 ⇒ 4 (Armor or clothing worn by a creature grappled by a gray ooze takes the same amount of acid damage unless the wearer succeeds on a DC 20 Reflex saving throw - not sure what type or armor you are wearing but since leather and hide only have 2 hardness I think this might damage your armor)
Male Kitsune Rogue 3/Sorcerer 2 HP: 29/29 | AC 22 | T 18 | FF 18 | Fort +2 | Ref +8 | Will +7 | CMD 17 | Init. +4 | Percpetion +10 | Sense Motive +2 | Reroll: Used to correct Nat 1
GM PFS Info:
PFS # 8548-7 | XP: 13 (normal advancement) | Faction: The Exchange | Starting Fame: 21 / Prestige: 19 | Next Chronicle Number: 12 | Starting Wealth: 2,795 gp
Hiro pulls the sling off his belt as he scoops up a few chucks of debris from the ground. Deftly he sets a piece in the sling and with a quick twirl the tiny projectile sails towards the ooze.
HP 27/27, AC 17 T 13 FF 14, Per +5 Init +5, F +2 R +4 W +4, CMB +0, CMD 13, Speed 30
Crossbow loaded, Torche takes aim at the ooze. "We need to get Marcel out of there! It's chewing right through him. I think these crossbow bolts will affect it." He squeezes the trigger feeling the snap of the string reverberate through the rough wooden stock. Suddenly Marcel shifts and Torche has to jerk the crossbow away at the last second sending the bolt clattering against the far wall.
Attack1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 4 = 18 Damage1d8 ⇒ 4 Ignore the 18, it was really a 3. Double post.
Aviendha strikes at the ooze, chopping off a large chunk of it.
Hiro is able to hit the ooze with but it bounces off it's jelly like structure as soon as it hits
Torche shoots a crossbow bolt into the ooze, right next to Marcel's arm...but luckily the ooze absorbs most of the impact leaving Marcel untouched...but the crossbow bolt at least.
Samuel swings his light mace at the ooze bashing away at it.
Marcel struggles and twists but doesn't manage to get out from inside the ooze that's trying to digest him ..but at least he manages to protect most of his equipment from dissolving
It just sustained the grapple,doing damage (all though I'll admit I forgot about pinning)...I was debating to release, and try to make a new attack and if hit go for a new grab attempt and do some more constrict damage..but that had the chance to drop Marcel into negative hps and possible kill him if both would have hit ..so I decided to be nice and just hold on to him and try to digest him..seemed to be the more ooze like thing to do at the time
Calistan heals Marcel again.
The ooze continues to cover Marcel and seep acid all over Marcel and his equipment.
It seems that constrict damage is added each time the grapple is successfully sustained and that Marcel should have been taking more damage,as I've only been doing the natural attack damage that it deals when it sustains the grapple. It's my oversight so for the last round I'm not adding more damage, but for this round;
Extra constrict damage Marcel:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 and Acid damage:1d6 ⇒ 6
Seeing Marcèl squirming in pain and the ooze gradually crushing the life from him, Samuel swings down again with his mace, his face a tapestry of grim determination.
