Rannik's Crypt of the Everflame (Inactive)

Game Master Patrick Levasseur

Moving along the room, the group start looking for a way to open the cage. They find what they think is the way to open it. On the floor or either side of the cage, the group found two slots. They seem to be about one foot deep and have a very intricate mechanism. If you could insert the right key, you think that this will open the cage

While everyone is looking at the puzzle of the two slots, Kakrish walks toward the dig out tunnel. Examining the work he comes to a few conclusions. First, is is poorly done. Second, it was probably done by a small sized creature. Third, there seems to be a ghoul that was hiding in the tunnel. He barely has time to mention any of this to the others has the thing come at him.

Surprise Round: Kakrish first, then the Ghoul.

Kyras, responding to the raven replies And what would you claim, my feathered friend? He studies the puzzle and considers what keys the group has found thus far. Hmm. Two keys. Similar in size, and both larger than a normal key. His chain of thought is interrupted as the ghoul comes out to fight.

knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (9) + 10 + (5) = 24

Sorry for the delay everyone. I tried to post yesterday but then my internet died. Then it was 4th of July parties...

Kakrish jumps back as soon as he sees the ghoul emerge from the tunnel. "Watch out everyone!" he shouts and he draws his greatsword from its scabbard.

Knowledge(religion): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Is that the right knowledge for this guy?

For the surprise round I only get one action, right? So it will be drawing my sword.

Kyzen focusing on finding a way to open the cage, didn't notice or hear anything until Kakrish's warning made him jump out of focus. Surprised, he takes a long time to react...

"Dar daan maach..."

The undead creature jumps out of its hiding place. It growls with frustration at the fact that the dwarf isn't within reach. Moving forward, Kakrish's nose is overwhelmed by the stink of death. The warpriest manages to keep his last meal inside of him as he gets ready to fight the new foe.

Kakrish Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

"Has anyone ever told you that you stink. I mean really bad!" Kakrish swings his sword at the ghoul.

greatsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Kakrish takes a swing at the creature, hoping to get rid of the source of the smell. Sadly, in his rush, the sword does reach the target and the creature is able to close the distance between the dwarf and itself.

Up next, Kyras!!

Time to fight, my little friend. I invite you to help, if you like to fight that is. Kyras says as he moves around the enemy to flank with Kakrish and swings his fauchard at the undead.

What does Kyras know about the undead based on his roll above?

mwk cold iron fauchard: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 = 171d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Kyras, did you see the spoiler that was only for Kakrish and Kyras four postings up? I didn't see it at first...

Kyras, did you see the spoiler that was only for Kakrish and Kyras four postings up? I didn't see it at first...

Nope, I missed it too. Thx.

Kyras maneuvers himself to stand behind the creature. Once there, he takes a swing with his fauchard. While the weapon actually hit the creature, the blade just glides against the hardened skin and doesn't inflict any damage. Now within striking distance, it attacks the dwarf.

The creature unleash a series of attack with its bite and claws. Tearing the flesh of the dwarf and opening multiple wounds. With each hit, Kakrish can feel that his body is slower to react, as if some force was trying to hold him in place. He shakes it off twice, but final with the third strike, he freezes in place, unable to keep moving.

That's 18 points of damage to Kakrish and you are now paralyzed.

Rest of the group now!

Kyzen seeing Kakrish in trouble, tries to attract the creatures attention on him, so that Tamora may help him...

"Tamora can you help Kakrish, he's in trouble. I'll keep stinky occupied..."

While moving to the west side...Welling...

"HEY STINKY OVER HERE..."

Kyzen then unleash a blast directly at the ghoul's back...

Kinetic Blast
KB/B + PB Att: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 = 23
KB/B + PB Dmg: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8

Seeing his friend paralyzed, Hoga rushes forward.

Hey, @$$hole, pick on somebody your own size!

bloodrage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

dmg: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

Kyzen rushes forward, summoning elemental earth energy, he releases a blast at the creature. The blast hit the creature on the shoulder, knocking it off balance. Before it can recover, Hoga bring down his axe on its shoulder. The blade cut deep at an angle, cutting the creature in two from one shoulder to the opposite thigh. Now that the adrenaline leaves him, Hoga gets a whiff of the smell from the creature. For a while, he looks a bit greener than usual.

Hoga's Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 Hoga is sicken for: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Minutes

Once again, impressive damage there Hoga!

Aw shucks, t'warn't nothin'.

Combat over, right?

"Good team work Hoga, lets take care of Kakrish now."

As soon as Kakrish can move again, Kyzen hands him a potion of cure light wounds (1d8+1)

"Take this my friend, you look like you need some...I have one more if you need."

Looking at the group...

"Did you all smell that, I smelled many foul things, but none as awful as this one. It's hard to concentrate."

Walking toward the cage...

"So how do we open this cage now?"

While trying for figure out a way to open it. After a minute or so Kyzen starts feeling the stench getting to him...

"Is there any way we can get rid of Stinky over there!"

Tamora waits until the dwarf's paralysis wears off before ushering him to her, muttering darkly about reckless behavior. She asks for help if needed (aid another).

heal: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29
heal: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

Kakrish heals 12 HP

Thumbs up smiley!

Kakrish freezes in midswing and feels his life energy drain away. Then, with his eyes stuck open in amazement, he watches Hoga rain fury on the ghast. It crumples onto the floor.

A few moments later the grip of paralysis on Kakrish fades. "Ok. That hurt." he says and tries to keep a smile on his face.

He gladly accepts the healing from Tamora and then downs the potion Kyzen gave him.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Back up to full health.

Will a knowledge engineering tell me anything about the locks? And I forgot I had Perform(sing). I think the Kakrish is going to have to start singing. BTW, my skill there is at a -1...

Now that he is fully recovered from the ghastly ghast attack, Kakrish saunters over to the cage and the strange slots in the ground. "Well, let me take a look. I really am an expert at these kinds of things."

Knowledge(engineering): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Considering the bars for a moment Kyras looks quite puzzled. They have to open somehow, else what is the point. His eyes brighten, if only slightly and he says Tamora, lend me that mithral dagger back for a moment. as he removes the damaged blade from his backpack. He measures the length of both blades and nods to himself before trying to insert them into the keyholes. If this fails at first he asks for help so that both can be inserted at the same time.

Tamora gives Kyras what he needs and awaits the result of his tinkering.

Hoga keeps watch. He's not much help here.

Kyras slide the daggers into the slots. Both fit perfectly and you can hear a soft click when they are fully in. Once there, you notice that you can turn them, but it requires two people as they need to be turned at the same time. When you do, the bars of the cage seem to melt into the floor, giving you access to the chest inside.

Woot! Who wants to check it for traps?

Kyzen, impressed, looks at Kyras...

"Very good deduction Kyras, I'm very impressed!"

Moving forward to enter the cage and go open one of the chest, Kyzen then stops just in front of the cage and look back at Kyras again...

"My friend, can you check for any traps in the cage and chests first? I wouldn't want to be caught like dumb goblin excited to find a single copper piece lying on the floor!"

Elementary Kyzen, elementary. Failed my will save. Could not resist.

Kyzen takes 10 searching the entire area for traps. for a 24 including trapfinding bonus.

The investigator pulls out a complex and well made set of tools and sets to work. Within a few minutes he has all the chests unlocked and begins to ask for help in investigating and accounting for their contents.

"We will gladly help you look into those chests!!!"

Count me in. What is it?

You open all the chest and start listing everything you find inside.

Hoga counts 335.26 gp in coin. That's all he knows, though he sees that the weapons seem well made.

"Not a bad haul. Our current equipment is higher quality. If we sold these equipments and gems and gain enough to procure more funds, more protection is a decent choice."

Tamora works on identifying the potions and scrolls.

Spellcraft for potions on crate 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Spellcraft for potions on crate 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Spellcraft for potions on crate 5: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Spellcraft for potions on crate 6: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Spellcraft for potions on crate 7: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Spellcraft for scrolls on crate 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Spellcraft for scrolls on crate 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Spellcraft for scrolls on crate 5: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Spellcraft for scrolls on crate 6: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Spellcraft for scrolls on crate 7: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Can we try to Appraise all gems in on roll, so we can save some time?

If yes then

Appraise: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16

Else I'll make more roll for the others...

Kyzen while looking at the gems, picking them one by one and examine them closely...

"Hey, from what I can see, I evaluate around 376 gp total for the Gems. Some of the stones are unworked, so we could get more if we can find someone able to cut them properly. But this is just an approximation, appraising is not my strong suit, maybe someone else may take a closer look at these"

Kakrish pushes his way up to the chests. "Let me take a look. I'm sure I can figure out what these potions and scrolls are."

spellcraft,chest 3 potion 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
spellcraft,chest 3 potion 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
spellcraft,chest 3 potion 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
spellcraft,chest 3 scroll 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
spellcraft,chest 3 scroll 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
spellcraft,chest 4 potion 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
spellcraft,chest 4 potion 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
spellcraft,chest 4 potion 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
spellcraft,chest 4 potion 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
spellcraft,chest 5 potion 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
spellcraft,chest 5 potion 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
spellcraft,chest 5 potion 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
spellcraft,chest 5 potion 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
spellcraft,chest 5 potion 5: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
spellcraft,chest 5 scroll 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
spellcraft,chest 5 scroll 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
spellcraft,chest 5 scroll 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
spellcraft,chest 6 potion 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
spellcraft,chest 6 potion 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
spellcraft,chest 6 scroll 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
spellcraft,chest 7 potion 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
spellcraft,chest 7 potion 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
spellcraft,chest 7 scroll 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

+8 spellcraft but currently no way to detect magic. Seems like he could try to read the scrolls and taste the potions to identify? Are we missing any from those two checks?

The scroll don't require detect magic to identify. It's either read magic or spellcraft DC 20+spell level. As for the potion, Since you know they are magical and you could use your nose and taste bud, I will let you roll on them.

Here what's left to identify.

Chest #3
1 Scroll

Chest #4
2 Potions

Chest #5
2 Scrolls

Chest #7
2 Potions
1 Scroll

Spellcraft

Chest 3, scroll 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Chest 4, Potion 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Chest 4, Potion 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Chest 5, scroll 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Chest 5, scroll 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Chest 7, Potion 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Chest 7, Potion 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Chest 7, scroll 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

For potions Kyras also has Craft Alchemy at +8.

Craft alchemy

Chest 4, Potion 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Chest 4, Potion 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Chest 7, Potion 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Tamora relays all the scrolls and potions that she can identify to the party (see her spoiler).

A significant find, though most options and scrolls are of minor magics. Still, we will be better outfitted that before, with what we keep and what we sell. He seems quite happy with the loot.

"We have everything picked up. So lets explore the tunnel, but let us be on our guards, there may be more Stinky stuff in there..."

Kyzen looks at Hoga...

"Shall we take point?"

Then looking at Kakrish

"Want to take the rear?"

Kyzen starts moving along with Hoga, then he stops and turns to Kyras...

"Kyras, don't forget the daggers, there are still worth a lot."

Then he let Hoga go first into the tunnel and follow closely...

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Hoga dutifully goes first, axe at the ready.

percep: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Kakrish tells everyone what he discovered with the potions and scrolls.

He replies to Kyzen, "Yes. I'll take the rear." He draws his weapon and stands at the ready while the rest of the party files into the tunnel.

[Hold Friends. Lets divide up some of these potions and scrolls, in case some of them need to be used. We have potions of Cure Light, Sanctify Corpse, Sanctuary, Erase, Magic Weapon, VirtueX2 Enlarge Person X2, Hide from undead, Shield of Faith, Protection from Good, Resistance, and two unknowns. And we have scrolls of Produce Flame, Expeditious Retreat, Bear's Endurance, Shield of Faith, and Unseen Servant. I would carry a potion of Enlarge Person and Oil of Magic Weapon. I could also use the potion of Shield of Faith, but I know others would benefit from it as well. I fear I am not good at using scrolls quite yet.

Kyzen stops and turn at Kyras...

"You are right, some could be useful... If no one else, I would be interested by the Cure light Wound and Shield of Faith potions."