#55: The Infernal Vault (PFS) (Inactive)

Game Master Yiroep

Smiley regrabs the Lemure.

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Argazhon cries for a plea of truce. Celeena replies, But you haven't... bested... me yet. She lets out a smile.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Tchucko (-1)
Lemure (-7) - Grappled Condition (Receiving End)
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter, Grappled Condition (Controller)
Argazhon (-7) - Readied Action
Seren (-1)
Faellynn (-0) - Unconscious 5 rounds, Blind 7, Stun 8
Celeena (-19) - Hypnotic Stare
Hellany (-1) - Shield
Jadger (-2)

Group Buffs: Seance Boon: All allies within 30ft of Seren gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.

"Keep it still, Smiley dwarf! You're wiggling too much!" The masculine voice of Hoji rings out again as Seren continues to try and finish off the Lemure.

Silver Light Mace: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Silver Light Mace Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Continue to attack the Lemure, no move action. Free action to maintain Spirit Dance.

I got him!...He's just...(ugh!)...a little slippery...You wanna try hugging him for a while? I'm gonna need a bath, and I just had one last week.

@Seren/Hoji are you including your Seance bonus to damage?

Seren attacks the Lemure again, sending lard everywhere. The Lemure is still up! Seems a little tougher than the ones before.

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Celeena's Turn
A persistent one you are! Have some more of my flame! She targets Argazhon again with a burning hands!
Her casting is interrupted by Argazhon's arrow, but it narrowly misses!
Fire!: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 3) = 14 DC 15 reflex for half. I suggest burning a reroll if you don't make this one. She is rolling like fire (pun intended). I don't wanna kill a character on my first go on PbP! Lol!
She moves to further back of the bookshelves.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Tchucko (-1)
Lemure (-14) - Grappled Condition (Receiving End)
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter, Grappled Condition (Controller)
Seren (-1)
Faellynn (-0) - Unconscious 5 rounds, Blind 7, Stun 8
Argazhon (-7) - Need Reflex Save - Initiative moved due to readied action
Celeena (-19) - Hypnotic Stare
Hellany (-1) - Shield
Jadger (-2)

Group Buffs: Seance Boon: All allies within 30ft of Seren gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.

Unfortunately, I don't have a reroll. LOL!

Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Well, I have 1 round to stabilize or die... and a wand of cure light wounds. :O

Sorry Argazhon, I can't reach you in time to do anything regardless of my current condition (and I think Smiley is probably unaware of your situation anyway). However, I believe Smiley mentioned he's got several potions of CLW on him previously so if Seren/Hoji wants to take one that would be quite excellent. Why, is that one of them sticking precariously out of my back pocket? I think it is! Smiley will give up his grapple if that would help.

I'm coming! Short legs or not. I'm running.....to you.

Knowing that his companions life blood flows out of his body, Jadger runs towards his companion. His hand pulling out a wand given to him earlier.

Smiley: Yeah I'm including the bonus, I'm just dex-based without an agile enchant yet, so +3 is what I have to work with for now.

Jadger has my wand, I don't think I can get to him and save him with a potion, it will take a round to pull one and move to him, and then a full round to feed it to him. It might be up to the dice =\

Remember that there are other ways to stabilize someone than just healing. The Heal skill can do it as a standard action with a DC 15 check, but you have to be right next to them.

<--- Feels helpless

Eidolon: If the summoner is unconscious, asleep, or killed, his eidolon is immediately banished.

:'(

Another question is what are peoples' carrying capacities and how much does Jagder weigh? XD

At first glance, Jadger and Seren can reach Argazhon and try a Heal check...

At first glance, Jadger and Seren can reach Argazhon and try a Heal check...

Seren and Tchucko actually. Jadger was at the door and had to double move to ya.

Jadger rushes up with his tiny legs to Argazhon.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Tchucko (-1)
Lemure (-14) - Grappled Condition (Receiving End)
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter, Grappled Condition (Controller)
Seren (-1)
Faellynn (-0) - Unconscious 5 rounds, Blind 7, Stun 8
Argazhon (-21) - Bleeding out
Celeena (-19) - Hypnotic Stare
Hellany (-1) - Shield, Unsummoned
Jadger (-2)

Group Buffs: Seance Boon: All allies within 30ft of Seren gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.

Argazhon wrote:

At first glance, Jadger and Seren can reach Argazhon and try a Heal check...

Seren and Tchucko actually. Jadger was at the door and had to double move to ya.

Yes, I mean Tchucko! :)

I'm going to give it a college try. Hopefully the dice will be with us! I would have tried grabbing the wand, but CLW isn't on my class spell list and I'm not trained in UMD.

Seeing Argazhon fall, Tchucko breaks away from his attempts to skewer Celeena and rushes to the fallen summoner's side.

"You foul witch! You know you can not defeat us all. Why didn't you just surrender when you had a chance!"

Tchucko tries his best to apply first aid to his fallen ally.

Heal: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Sadly, he's never dealt with burns like this before, and his knowledge of human (or aasimar) anatomy is a bit light.

Sorry! I tried!

Tchucko goes up and tries to stop the bleeding, but doesn't manage to do so.

Celeena responds, Hrm, are you really so sure about that?

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By an interesting turn of events, the Lemure that Smiley was holding suddenly disappears. He find that all the lard from that monster that splattered all over him is gone too.

It's like it was summoned or something. :p

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Tchucko (-1)
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter, Grappled Condition (Controller)
Seren (-1)
Faellynn (-0) - Unconscious 4 rounds, Blind 6, Stun 7
Argazhon (-21) - Bleeding out
Celeena (-19) - Hypnotic Stare
Hellany (-1) - Shield, Unsummoned
Jadger (-2)

Group Buffs: Seance Boon: All allies within 30ft of Seren gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.

The moment the Lemure vanishes Hoji shouts, "Hah, it feared my great strength and died from my power!" Seren's body seems ready to strike a victory pose before she regains enough of her person composure to dash over to Argazhon and attempt her Pathfinder certified CPR course.

Heal check to stabilize: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12
GM Reroll +2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Unfortunately she apparently slept through the majority of the 2 year refresher course and it doesn't seem to do much good.

Move to Argazhon's square, standard to attempt a heal check and fail twice, still dancing as a free action.

I too have a t-shirt and a 2-star GM. I believe that gives Argazhon 2 last shots at this. Very sorry, I fell totally helpless.

Smiley is surprised to feel the Lemure disappear, and pleased that he won't need a bath till next month. Being of a single-minded temperament, he moves up to engage the only remaining opponent.

Double move

If I can't do a Heal check, at least I can keep Celeena occupied while the rest of you try.

I too have a t-shirt and a 2-star GM. I believe that gives Argazhon 2 last shots at this. Very sorry, I fell totally helpless.

There's actually no general rule on borrowing rerolls, but I generally allow it. However, read the paragraph below...

Seren already used a reroll, but I'd be OK with Tchucko borrowing it. The rule I've generally seen is "they get the reroll, but not the stars" as to not invalidate the GM boon for Master of Swords that does exactly that (gives reroll and use your stars for the reroll on another player).

Alternatively, Argazhon could use the reroll, but he's MUCH less likely to make the check as he has to roll a natural 20 to survive.

Tchucko, if you wanna reroll that check go ahead. :)

If that fails, I'm gonna say that the dice really don't want you to live lol.

@Tchucko, my fair savior! I'm crossing fingers here. :P

To all: And thank you all for the effort in trying to help me, my friends. I won't forget it. :)

Here goes nothing.

Heal: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Well, I'll be.

Woohoo!

Tchucko and Seren, from their combined efforts, manage to finally stablize Argazhon! Woo!

But the battle is not over yet. She has a nasty surprise in mind for those still conscious.

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Smiley moves up to give her a scare, but she has other plans right now.

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Celeena's Turn
How nice of you to line up for me, although I do admire saving your comrade. I can't burn you all without burning these valuable documents... but...
She steps in the corner, and releases another spray of colors releases, engulfing Tchucko, Seren, Jadger, and Argazhon's body.
DC 15 Will Save (Success negates the effect) from Tchucko, Seren, Jadger, and Argazhon (although I think Argazhon's roll doesn't matter much considering he's already unconscious)
Unconcious, Blind, Stun: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3 rounds +Blind, Stun: 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds + Stun 1 round

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Tchucko (-1) - WILL SAVE NEEDED
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter
Seren (-1) - WILL SAVE NEEDED
Faellynn (-0) - Unconscious 4 rounds, Blind 6, Stun 7
Argazhon (-21) - WILL SAVE NEEDED - Stable!
Celeena (-19) - Hypnotic Stare
Hellany (-1) - Shield, Unsummoned
Jadger (-2) - WILL SAVE NEEDED

Group Buffs: Seance Boon: All allies within 30ft of Seren gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.

Wooooooo! I can't believe! Luv you, guys! S2

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Tchucko falls unconscious as Celeena's spray of colors washes over him.

Good luck, guys!

Will: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14

Despite having increased resistance to mind-effecting from Hoji's added presence in her mind Seren succumbs to the color spray and drops to the floor on top of Argazhon with a muttered curse.

She stops dancing, as she hasn't figured out how to do that one while unconscious.

No more rerolls, buddies?

Well, its up to Smiley and Jadger!

She knocks out Tchucko and Seren and maybe Jadger?

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Tchucko (-1) - Unconscious 3 rounds, Blind 7, Stun 8
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter
Seren (-1) - Unconscious 3 rounds, Blind 7, Stun 8
Faellynn (-0) - Unconscious 4 rounds, Blind 6, Stun 7
Argazhon (-21) - Stable!
Celeena (-19) - Hypnotic Stare
Hellany (-1) - Shield, Unsummoned
Jadger (-2) - WILL SAVE NEEDED

Group Buffs: Seance Boon: All allies within 30ft of Seren gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.

er... I noticed I'm behind a shelf when she cast. Would I be in its effect as well?

er... I noticed I'm behind a shelf when she cast. Would I be in its effect as well?

Yeah. I drew the straight cone template on the map so you can see it.

Well Ouch, and here I thought taking shelter behind the bookshelf would have protected me from Cone shaped spells.
Will Save 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 <---And I'm down. This is looking like a TPK already. lol.
Smiley! It's all up to you!

Smiley, you're up. You got this! ;)

Anyone got a reroll for Smiley if he misses? :p

Did we use my reroll from my T-shirt?

Yeah I got a reroll for him. I'm saving it up.

It's funny. I seriously considered moving *between* Argazhon and Celeena on the theory that that would keep her from physically attacking all the people trying to do CPR. I guess I'm pretty lucky that I didn't! :-)

Smiley remembers how his brother Fellgar used to sharpen a single thick fingernail and use it to make Smiley bleed, right before dessert was served. He glances down at his hand and remembers that he does this now too.

Martial Flexibility for Bleeding Attack for 1 minute

With a roar Smiley lunges forth technically a 5 ft step to avenge his fallen comrades.

Unarmed Strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 Damage, Seance: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8 + 1d4 bleed damage

Not sure if the bleed damage starts this round or next. I'll roll it now pending a GM verdict.

Bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 3 + Seance damage?

@Jadger, no reroll necessary. Have I mentioned that I'm the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son? :-)

Nice hit! Forgot to remove the Seance, as you wouldn't add it, but it doesn't really matter at this point.

Celeena looks at her wounds, and sees she is bleeding out from the blow. She quickly evaluates her chances at this point, knowing her magic has been lucky so far, looks at Smiley and begs, "I give up! I don't want to kill anyone, and I don't want to die!" She drops to her knees and drops the papers on the ground.

Morale condition met!

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Status Wrap-Up

Tchucko (-1)
Smiley (-7) - Shadow Splinter
Seren (-1)
Faellynn (-0)
Argazhon (-21) - Stable!
Celeena (-28)
Hellany (-1) - Shield, Unsummoned
Jadger (-2)

lol meanwhile as everybody is in la la land, Smiley and Celeena have traded stories while having a cuip of tea.

Smiley loots the bodies and escapes to a well-needed vacation ties up Celeena tightly, then checks on his comrades.

Didn't I tell ya I'm lucky? I'm the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, destined for greatness!

He gives the traditional Stonegirdle Victory Cry.

Woot! Woot! Woot!

Yeah, he's gonna be even more insufferable about this for a while. :-)

Smiley couldn't care less what the party decides to do with Celeena.

After Smiley ties up Celeena (which she relents to), the rest of the color sprayed party starts to wake up and hears his victory cries.

Meanwhile in the corner, Celeena says My father... I'm so sorry. I almost did it.

Having recovered his wits.
jadger asks.
"Why? Why did you do it?" Insert Melodrama here.

Insert Melodrama here.

lol

Celeena turns to Jadger with tears in her eyes and begins to ramble. My father Orias did a noble thing by not turning in these plans of Absalom to Cheliax, but our family received constant death threats from the Chelish government as a result.

When he finally decided to relent to the death threats and turn in the documents, it was too late for him. He was arrested and let go by the authorities of Absalom, but we were forced to abandon our home and belongings and live outside of Absalom. With no money, we turned to Cheliax, who had been kind to us in the past. It wasn't the same, though. My family has been humiliated, beaten, oppressed, and bullied my entire life in Cheliax. They gave my father a minor noble role but it was never like when we lived in Absalom.

He didn't tell me these documents even existed when I was little, but when I found out, I had to try to reclaim our family name. I know it's probably not right, but Absalom kicked us out of our home. It wasn't fair!

Actually, Smiley will use his "Explore, Report, Cooperate" boon to gain unknowable knowledge about what to do.

@GM, will letting her free be a worthwhile action for the PFS?

Argazhon recovers after some time and treatment, then he thanks to Smiley: "thank you, my friend. You saved my life, you saved our lives. I'm very grateful to you and I put my bow at your will", he bows.

To Celeena he was more objective "keep your words to the authorities, now it is too late".

With a calmer scenario, Argazhon calls back Hellany, and they embrace, relieved to have the certainty that both are still alive.

@Smiley Ah, that boon. Never seen someone use it before, but this is a good use.

You feel what happens to Celeena is of little consequence to the Society. However, you definitely feel you should confiscate these documents no matter what you decide to do with her. These should not fall into anyone's hands except for the Society, as it is your main mission.

Hey folks, let's not forget to return these documents to the Society. I got a funny feelin' they're important.

:-)