Tales from the City of Opal
Game Master Patrick Curtin

"Quickly,while there is time". Egan shouts and heads towards the other side of the bridge at a run.

Tobais takes a quick look at whatever's on the altar as he runs past it.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

San follows at a brisk pace. "You know, we probably have to come back this way, anyway!" he yells.

Tobais takes a quick look at whatever's on the altar as he runs past it.

Perception: 1d20+1

Upon closer examimation, the 'altar' looks to actually be the rotted remnants of two balistae, covered in pale melon-sized eggsacs. One sac ruptures as they run by, spilling palm-sized spiders out.

Ten Foot loses any pretence of bravery when the egg sac burst and shrieks like a cheer leader as he barrels along the walk way after the others.

Ten Foot loses any pretence of bravery when the egg sac burst and shrieks like a cheer leader as he barrels along the walk way after the others.

LOL, classic

The 14-foot-tall form of Ten pounds down the limestone bridge, barreling towards the others like a sheiking harbinger of doom. The rest decide to step up the pace and they enter the tunnel on the other side. Ten feels cramped in the ten-foot tall tunnel.

Looking at the screaming half-orc, which is starting to become the norm, San says, "Right. Let's go back to the previous plan. Egan and I can scout a few steps ahead with our better vision, and the others follow behind. Stealth really isn't an option anymore, I think." San begins heading down the tunnel, keeping Ghostfetter lit with light as needed, and keeping his eyes open.

I'll take 10 on Perception for now. 10+10=20

Also, DM, I'm going to keep my mage armor active; just let me know when I need to scratch off another charge from my wand (each has a 1 hour duration, and I used one as we entered the ruins.

Joleesa stifles a giggle as she waches the huge form of Ten try to run them down as he escapes from the tiny spiders. She nods at Sanvoros' plan and falls in behind them as they make their way down the passage.

San's glowing sword illuminates a tunnel much like the others they have encountered. Carven demon faces, fantastical beastshapes and skulls leer from the frescos. San's sharp hearing hears a meeping and chirping similar to the sounds they heard back in the first room with the cenote well in it. Perhaps more ghouls?

Follow the tunnel?

San's sharp hearing hears a meeping and chirping similar to the sounds they heard back in the first room with the [/i]cenote well in it. Perhaps more ghouls?

Ten Foot constantly swats at his clothes and checks behind them, this helmet scraping against the ceiling periodically.

At the sound of the noises, San slows a bit. But he remains resolute, and continues on down the tunnel.

continue taking 10 on perception

Moving right along ...

The corridor keeps gently sloping, taking an occasional few steps further downwards underground. The party comes to a large square room. Corridors lead off of each wall. A large statue of a skeleton dancing draped in flayed human skins is rendered in red-veined white marble. Large garnets bracket its eyes, winking redly in the arcane light of San's sword. Below the statue is a shallow bowl heaped with bones and well-rotted offal. The stench and flies are noisome.

Actions?

"Why do they always have to have statues of their damn god in their temples?", says Tobias before casting a spell and looking the statue over.

Casting Detect Magic.

Large garnets bracket its eyes, winking redly in the arcane light of San's sword.

Uh Oh... Don't let Vilya see this Post! ;)

Joleesa steps close to the Statue, Raptorstrike in hand as she wrinkles her nose and searches around the idol for anything amiss.

Perception Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
mmm... Joleesa likes red gemstones if you haven't already guessed by looking at her Eye Patch. :D

Egan explores the rest of the chamber, as the others concentrate on the statue.

1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26 Perception

Ten Foot looks around at the others nervously as they look over the statue wrinkling his nose at the smell. He manages a grin and nudges Vilya in the ribs gesturing at the Statues head as he mutters "shinnies,"

"I'll take statues over blood big spiders any day," he says with a shudder. "Now what pretend god is that?" he asks himself as he racks his brain.

Knowledge Religion +4(rank) +3(class) +0(int) = +7 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

San carefully scans the room using detect magic. He looks closely at the statue, trying to see if it is as he suspects.

Knowledge (religion) 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23 another +2 against undead; not sure if that would apply here

The statue is of Xipe Totec, the necromantic head of the Xoltec pantheon and Lord of Xibalba. Worship of this foul deity is banned in Zapatec lands, as it involves skinning live sentients and dancing about in their fresh hides.

Egan:

San:

Jo steps towards the statue and the large bowl full of offal. As she does there is a small flash at her feet. There is a grinding of stone on stone as the skeletal statue turns its head towards the young Opalline woman. A harsh voice issues out:

"Come forward and give the Lord of Xibalba his due, or become it yourself!"

Jo steps towards the statue and the large bowl full of offal. As she does there is a small flash at her feet. There is a grinding of stone on stone as the skeletal statue turns its head towards the young Opalline woman. A harsh voice issues out:

"Come forward and give the Lord of Xibalba his due, or become it yourself!"

Joleesa stops abruptly and shakes her head. "Well that can't be good," she intones dryly.

How ironic that I am currently reading the old module C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan

"Xipe Totec!! bellows Ten Foot "our lord the flayed one, Red Smoking Mirror, the Night Drinker!" he pauses hoping he has got the Statues attention. "No one here shall be parting with their skin, go back to sleep old one," he takes another breath so he can continue yelling "the seasons are not yet changing, the snakes are not ready to shed, we seek only to pass by," Ten Foot touches his birth mark, "Sleep now Lord Flayed One and awake when 'tis your time!"

Not sure if it is viable, but I am hoping a channel energy might have some effect, I'll cross one off anyway. And if not you can have fun laughing at Ten's feeble attempt.

Dungeon Monkey wrote:

Jo steps towards the statue and the large bowl full of offal. As she does there is a small flash at her feet. There is a grinding of stone on stone as the skeletal statue turns its head towards the young Opaline woman. A harsh voice issues out:

"Come forward and give the Lord of Xibalba his due, or become it yourself!"

Joleesa stops abruptly and shakes her head. "Well that can't be good," she intones dryly.

No, no it isn't." Tobias responds, visibly shaken.

Not sure if it is viable, but I am hoping a channel energy might have some effect, I'll cross one off anyway. And if not you can have fun laughing at Ten's feeble attempt.

Ten pulses a wave of energy towards the statue. It has an effect: It is distracted from Jo. The marble crumbles a bit, the force harmed the statue. It moves towards Ten, bellowing:

"COME TO ME AND I SHALL WEAR YOUR HIDE."

Gonna need an intiative. I'll get a map slatted out in a bit. Roll the channel energy damage Ten.

"You had to make it mad, didn't you!"

Initiative(We're still doing group initiative for this fight, right?): 1d20 ⇒ 9

VVV EDIT: In that case, I'm going on 10.

"You had to make it mad, didn't you!"

Initiative(We're still doing group initiative for this fight, right?): 1d20

Actually Egan requested we try all separate, so I'm gonna give it a whirl. Everyone post individual initiatives.

Initiative (1d20+4=24)

Longbow: Point blank shot (1d20+10=17)

Exploding Arrow (1d8+2=9) I forgot what the exploding arrows did different

Egan quickly loads his bow and fires an arrow at the statue as it begins to move.

Initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Seeing the idol going for Ten, Joleesa steps in while it's distracted and swings Raptorstrike at it's back.

Attack Idol of Xipe Totec with Raptorstrike: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 I doubt that will hit (again... grrr) but just in case
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Initiative: +1 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

"False god, go back to Xibalba, willing or not!" Ten Foot does not seem at all perturbed by the turn of events.

Am I still big at this point? The spell lasts 4 minutes, I am not sure how long it has been since the bridge.

Stuff...

Ten, Pat needs your Channel Damage from before. Just in case you missed it. :)

Ten Foot Twin Eater wrote:

Stuff...

Ten, Pat needs your Channel Damage from before. Just in case you missed it. :)

I had missed it.

So:
Channel Positive Energy: 3(base) +1(chr) +2(Extra turning) = 6 per day DC-12, HP-4d6 (+2d6 from Phylactery of Positive Energy) USED=3 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 4) = 10

Initiative: +1 1d20+1

"False god, go back to Xibalba, willing or not!" Ten Foot does not seem at all perturbed by the turn of events.

Am I still big at this point? The spell lasts 4 minutes, I am not sure how long it has been since the bridge.

I'll give you this battle, but after that you are unsupersized ..

intiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
does this thing count as undead, or no?

San is distracted by Ten's burst of energy and the 'statue' coming to life. "Isn't that always the case with statues in old, ancient, dungeons?"
Gritting his teeth, he tightens his grip on ghostfetter, uses a moment to activate his arcane strike feat, and takes a mighty swing at it.

attack 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
damage 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 5) + 6 = 13 if undead, there is an additional +2 to both rolls

Tobias sends a salvo of arcane missiles at the idol.

Casting Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 = 6

Initiative 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

1d20 - 2 ⇒ (8) - 2 = 6

Round One inits:

Egan: 24 [Miss]
Izkrael: 21
Joleesa: 17 [Miss]
Seven Eagle: 14
Ten: 12 [Godbomb]
Tobias: 11 [Magic missile]
Xipe Totec: 6 [Attacking]
Sanvoros: 5 [Miss]
Vilya: +3

Just waiting on Vilya'a roll

Jo's sword clangs agianst the statue with little effect. Egan's arrows sail wide, exploding against the far wall. It was 1d6 fire damage for the arrows Egan Tobias sends two darting pulses of magic into the things head, causing the garnet eyes to flare. San misses, Ghostfetter glowing greenly.

Although not strictly undead, this construct is animated by necromantic energies, thus I adjucate that it will take damage as an undead.

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Egan drops to his knees, and lays his bow down, his head drooped in sorrow.

Round One inits:

Egan: 24 [Miss]
Izkrael: 21
Joleesa: 17 [Miss]
Seven Eagle: 14 [Bardchant +1 ATK/DAM/HARM/FEAR]
Ten: 12 [Godbomb]
Tobias: 11 [Magic missile]
Xipe Totec: 6 [Attacking]
Sanvoros: 5 [Miss]
Vilya: +3

Just waiting on Vilya'a roll then Iz and Vilya's actions.

The massive statue lumbers towards the enlarged Ten with a grinding of stone on stone, its massive clawed hand open to swipe.

Round One inits:

Egan: 24 [Miss]
Izkrael: 21
Joleesa: 17 [Miss]
Seven Eagle: 14 [Bardchant +1 ATK/DAM/HARM/FEAR]
Ten: 12 [Godbomb]
Tobias: 11 [Magic missile]
Xipe Totec: 6 [Attacking]
Sanvoros: 5 [Miss]
Vilya: +3

Just waiting on Vilya'a roll then Iz and Vilya's actions.

The massive statue lumbers towards the enlarged Ten with a grinding of stone on stone, its massive clawed hand open to swipe.

Don't know if you have their personal email addresses or not, but it might be worth a prompt

Dungeon Monkey wrote:

Round One inits:

Egan: 24 [Miss]
Izkrael: 21
Joleesa: 17 [Miss]
Seven Eagle: 14 [Bardchant +1 ATK/DAM/HARM/FEAR]
Ten: 12 [Godbomb]
Tobias: 11 [Magic missile]
Xipe Totec: 6 [Attacking]
Sanvoros: 5 [Miss]
Vilya: +3

Just waiting on Vilya'a roll then Iz and Vilya's actions.

The massive statue lumbers towards the enlarged Ten with a grinding of stone on stone, its massive clawed hand open to swipe.

Don't know if you have their personal email addresses or not, but it might be worth a prompt

Yeah if I don't get anything from them by tomorrow it is DMPC time

Sorry, been wicked busy. Going to post initiative plus round 1 action.

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

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Vilya strikes with her mace and kukri.

+1 blurstrike kukri: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Light mace: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Shall we roll on?

Ten Foot watches gigantor approach and gulps, "Mmmm, maybe this was a bad idea."

He musters his courage and approaches the statue (5' step if possible, otherwise you get an AOO but I do currently have 10 foot reach as I am enlarged).

+1 Greataxe Sacred Burst [Cyndrig the Fiendhacker] : +8 1d12+7 (x3)
Sacred Burst: Acts as a Sacred weapon (when active, deals an extra 1d6 damage to undead, 2d6 to evil outsiders, and counts as good-aligned for damage reduction.), deals extra damage on a critical hit (2d10 to undead, 4d10 to evil outsiders) 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

3d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 6, 2) + 8 = 22

1d6 ⇒ 2

And my great to hit rolls continue.

Round One inits:

Egan: 24 [Miss]
Izkrael: 21 [DMPCed]
Joleesa: 17 [Miss]
Seven Eagle: 14 [Bardchant +1 ATK/DAM/HARM/FEAR]
Ten: 12 [Godbomb]
Tobias: 11 [Magic missile]
Xipe Totec: 6 [Attacking]
Sanvoros: 5 [Miss]
Vilya: [miss]

ok Iz gets DMPCed

Stat bookmark

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 = 11

Ack! Fumble confirm:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Man o man ..

Iz's curve blade hits the skeletal statue, but gets lodged in one of its stony vertebrae. The beast turns and the sword flies from Iz's grasp.

Hmm.. say a DC 15 dex to grab it and a DC 20 STR check to dislodge it next round Iz

Vilya's attack also falls short of the mark. The beast, still focuses on the gargantuan Ten, swiping him with bony claws.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

2d10 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5) + 5 = 13

2d10 + 5 ⇒ (4, 6) + 5 = 15

One set of claws rakes his side deeply, the wounds seeping blood.

New round! Batter up!

so you roll high to confirm a fumble. I thought you rolled low to confirm a fumble, and high to confirm a critical

Egan draws another of his precious exploding arrows from the quiver, fits, and fires again.

Precise shot (1d20+10=22)

Longbow arrow, and explosion (1d8+2, 1d6=[8, 2], [4]) Hmmm didn't add them for some reaon 14 damage

so you roll high to confirm a fumble. I thought you rolled low to confirm a fumble, and high to confirm a critical

Its confirmed if he misses. That roll misssed ..

Egan Coyle wrote:

so you roll high to confirm a fumble. I thought you rolled low to confirm a fumble, and high to confirm a critical

Its confirmed if he misses. That roll misssed ..

Ouch! we might be in trouble ;-)

Egan Coyle wrote:

so you roll high to confirm a fumble. I thought you rolled low to confirm a fumble, and high to confirm a critical

Its confirmed if he misses. That roll misssed ..

A 21 missed... I'll be doing most of the damage to this thing, aren't I?

Tobias continues to bombard the statue with an array of arcane missiles.

Two more first levels spells after this Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 = 8

Ouch! we might be in trouble ;-)

If you guys aren't in trouble I'm not doing my job correctly. ;) And, just so you don't despair, he didn't miss by MUCH ..

San's grim expression actually seems grimmer once he realizes how little they have affected the statue so far. He takes another swing with Ghostfetter, hoping for the best.

attack 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
damage (activating Arcane Strike) 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 4) + 8 = 13

Round two:

Egan: 24 [hit]
Izkrael: 21 [pending]
Joleesa: 17 [pending]
Seven Eagle: 14 [Bardchant +1 ATK/DAM/HARM/FEAR]
Ten: 12 [miss]
Tobias: 11 [Magic missile]
Xipe Totec: 6 [Attacking]
Sanvoros: 5 [hit]
Vilya: [pending]

Egan's arrow flies true this time, blowing a chunk of stone off the ambulatory nightmare with a loud *crack* sound. San also gets in a good shot, his blade ringing off the stone and causing a small fissure to appear in one of the skeletal statue's rib bones. Tobias' arcane bolts seem to have some good effect as well, causing the stone to blacken where they hit.

Vilya shrieks in anger and takes another swing.

Light mace: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18
+1 blurstrike kukri: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 2 + 1 = 22; confirm critical: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 1 = 17