#6-17: Fires of Karamoss [Tier 5-6] - GM Rutseg (Inactive)

Game Master Balacertar

Turn tries to fix the knowledge Plane/spellcraft portal, taking 10 for a 20 on each roll. Skalds can take 10 on knowledge rolls.

I think I have this one figured out. he notes working quickly.

Not sure if that succeeds or not. Sorta need to know before trying it again. And I am not completely sure about the mechanic here. There are 6 portals, but one is broken. But there are only 4 approaches to repair. If any approach can fix any portal and the 20 fixed a portal he will use knowledge planes again to fix a second one.

Turk* attempts to identify the runes around the circles are unsuccessful.
A check is not enough to fix a portal, all 4 tasks need to be performed on a portal to completely fix it as per Tig-0 instructions. Sorry if that was not clear.

knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Ok so after failing once with a take 10 can he switch to trying with a roll? if so here are three rolls. If not use the first two.

Simon continues his work; attempting to remove the power cells from the other portals.

For Simon's first action, he will attempt to Take 10 for 25 UMD on Portal 4.
If successful, he will do the same for his second action and Take 10 for 25 UMD on Portal 5.

Basically trying to narrow down the relative difficulty of these tasks. Good idea, Turk*!

It quickly becomes apparent that Kujo is lost. Whether it's the technology or the fact that the tasks do not involve the use of his new adamantine greatsword, or any greatsword, is not clear. Kujo simply stands there as if waiting for someone to tell him what to do.

To speed this, I'm officially authorizing anyone in the party to tell Kujo what and where to act and to roll on his behalf. Character sheet linked to name on profile. STR +5, Survival +7.

Do we have any e-picks?

"It may be best to finish the some completely..." suggests Vrald.

He puts his fingers to work on the delicate wires of the first portal, seeing if he can wind the conductors. If he succeeds, he'll move onto the second and hopefully he can at least aid-another on one - we really need a rogue for this encounter!

dex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
dex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Woo-hoo Hero dice roller. Someone has to try and aid-another on me here if this is not good enough, best chance we're going to get I think.

After his first failure, Turk* places himself to work seriously. He quickly identifies the runes in portals 1 and 3, but by when he finishes with the 4th he is quite tired and his work is slower. He spends 10 minutes to finish the work.

Simon is taking calmly the work of removing the magical protections on the adhesive of the cells, but the work is fruitful. By the time others are finishing his tasks, he is still working on his, he will finish it by sure, but a help in the shape of rude strength would make the cells to be removed faster.

Vrald starts working on unplugging the wires in the portals. At first he looks at the task not having any idea of how to do it. But pressed by the time he starts removing the wires from all their connections very effectively.

Portal 1: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 3: (wires unplugged on work), cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 4: cells removed, runes joined
Portal 5: (cells removed on work, need an aid to finish on time)
Portal 6:
First 5 minutes: Vrald, Kujo, Khamûl, Simon, Turk*, Contessa
Second 5 minutes: Vrald, Kujo, Khamûl, Simon, Turk*, Contessa

"Kujo, my muscular friend, may you help me remove this power cell?" Simon asks.

Turk knows Song of Strength that he could use to help IF he is not too busy to sing while he works. This song adds +3 to a strength check for all party members who can hear it while he sings.

Kujo assist as instructed by Simon

STR Aid: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Khamul keeps working his way down the line trying to put dampeners in place.

Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Sorry, this should be my last day of slow posting. Done tearing up the sidewalk and setting bricks; today I have to haul away all the old concrete.

Busy weekend, you guys were quite active!

If I'm reading this correctly, we need an aid on the wires on portal 3, is that why it's in parens?

Contessa watches Vrald go to work on the first portal and quickly begins to mimic his action on the next set of wires once she has the requirements down.

Wires - Aid on 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Wires on Portal 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Kujo's help makes Simon finish removing the cells considerably faster.

Khamûl finds dampeners for the 4th portal as well.

Meanwhile Contessa helps finishing Vrald with the wires in portal 3rd and unplugs the wires in portal 4th herself, demonstrating great dexterity.

Portal 1: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 3: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 4: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 5: cells removed
Portal 6:

Ten minutes after reaching the console, Tig-0 interrupts you with an astounding revelation "Interrupt your work. The Machine Mage Karamoss ordered the destruction of the Forge and the entire Red Redoubt!"

"Override codes accepted. Deactivating the interdimensional failsafe that has been keeping the portals in check." he turns towards you and orders "New designation: Reverse your work and prepare the portals to overload once more. Confirm new designation."

Kujo draws his adamantine sword. Maybe he just misses the feel of it in his hands, or maybe he thinks a recent friendship is about to sour. The chronicles that recorded the events were never clear on this specific topic.

"Ahh, Tig. That is not a good idea." says Vrald.

"That will destroy the whole island - including you and tens of thousands of people."
diplomacy aid: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

"I think the imperative may have changed sicne Karamoss left, don't you?"

Simon forces himself to smile at Tig, trying his hardest to suppress his shock. "Tig, Buddy... I don't think that's what Karamoss wants. It's just that salamander they were talking about, Jethzerai. You overheard us talking about him, didn't you? We need to stabilize the portals. Stabilize, not overload. Ok Buddy?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

Tig-0 says "Non overridable order. Explode the Red Redoubt. Designation: Disassemble malfunctioning robots"

The robot raises his integrated riffle and it starts to buzz as it gets charged and ready.

Round 1: Simon, Contessa, Kujo, Tig-0, Vrald, Khamûl, Turk*

Khamul looks up from his work with a worried look on his face. "I think this salamander might have gotten to our friend in the same way he's gotten to the other 'malfunctioning' robots. This is not how I wanted Tig-O's story to end."

Can you tell us about the terrain? Not sure what the movement costs are.

Nothing remarkable other than the stairs (difficult terrain to climb).
Well you could climb to the dais with let's say a DC 5 climb that consumes 20' (or DC 10 for accelerated climb consuming only 10'), or a jump DC 20 without extra movement consumption

Sensing Tig-0's clearly hostile intent, Simon reluctantly prepares for battle. "All right, Tig. We had some good times, my friend." He says sadly.

Simon uses his Move Action to move up 30' and get within 30' of Tig-0. He uses his Swift Action to target Tig-0 with Hypnotic Stare. Although Tig-0 is a robot, Simon can still affect all enemies immune to Mind-Affecting due to Psychic Inception.

Hypnotic Stare Effects: -2 to Will Saves, -2 to Attack Rolls, enables Painful Stare 1/Round, can affect enemies immune to Mind-Affecting effects (Psychic Inception).

Painful Stare Effects: +3 additional precision damage the first time the enemy takes damage in a round (totaled from triggering attack before applying DR). Additional damage increased by +2d6 if increasing the Mesmerist's own damage.

For his Standard Action Simon casts Glitterdust on Tig-0, unsure of Tig-0's capabilities, but knowing that it at least does not allow for Spell Resistance.

Glitterdust Effects: Spell Resistance: No; 170' Range; 10' Radius Spread; 7 Round Duration; DC 17 Will Save vs. Blinded Condition (New save at the end of every round); Affected enemies are covered with glitter for the full duration regardless of save, the glitter fully outlines invisible creatures and gives a -40 penalty to Stealth checks.

If Kujo or Contessa are attacked, their Mirror Images (two each) can pop up. :)

"Ahhh, Tiggo! Blasted! I really liked that guy."

Shrugging she dashes up to stop him before he begins to cause more problems, switching to her adamantine blade along the way. As she rushes up to confront him she shouts back at Kujo, "C'mon slowpoke, get your ass up here!"

Kuju races up to the platform and tries to leap on to it, taking a defensive stance Total Defense for +6 to AC

Kujo Leap: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

Simon stares bad, very bad at Tig-0. The robot circuits seem uncontrollably affected by it, unable to focus well on its own defence as million of dusty colourful particles start flying around and covering him.
Will-hypnotic stare DC 17: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 - 2 = 11
The robot seems lost not knowing where to go next.

Contessa and Kujo rushes towards the robot, but Kujo is weighting more than he expects and hits the side of the dais failing to easily reach him.

Perception DC 21: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Tig-0 good sensors seem to tell them someone is approaching, and manoeuvrers, enraged by the blinding attack, attacking to Contessa as soon as you start opposing him "Dismantle malfunctioning robots"
Blind misschance 50%: 1d100 ⇒ 70
Slam 1-PA: 1d20 + 14 - 3 ⇒ (11) + 14 - 3 = 22
B damage+PA: 1d8 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 6 = 13

Blind misschance 50%: 1d100 ⇒ 39
Slam 2-PA: 1d20 + 14 - 3 ⇒ (2) + 14 - 3 = 13
B damage+PA: 1d8 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 6 = 17

Blind misschance 50%: 1d100 ⇒ 59
Tentacle-PA: 1d20 + 9 - 3 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 3 = 13
B damage+PA: 1d10 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 6 = 16

Image misschance (3 to hit): 1d3 ⇒ 2
As he attacks, a couple of images pop-up triggered by Simon. One hit lands on one image that totally disappears, while the other hand slams on the air and the tentacle in the back part of Tig-0 only hits the air in front of Contessa.

End of turn Will-hypnotic stare DC 17: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 9 - 2 = 9

Tig-0: Hypnotic stare, painful stare
Round 1: Simon, Contessa, Kujo, Tig-0, Vrald, Khamûl, Turk*
Round 2: Simon, Contessa, Kujo, Tig-0, Vrald, Khamûl, Turk*
Everybody can act.

Posting now, but Kujo will accept Turk's rage song, if offered, and use his own stats. Also will wait for Contessa to flank.

Kujo wastes a furtive glance at the others, perhaps wondering whether anyone saw him miss his leap. Undaunted, the barbarian climbs +12 so auto succeed up and takes a position opposite Contessa, striking with fury.

Greatsword (Rage+PA): 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 2 = 31 doesn't include any flanking bonuses
Damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (3, 3) + 16 = 22 Add +1 if Kujo has had time to sharpen his sword

Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 14 - 2 = 21 doesn't include any flanking bonuses
Damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 5) + 16 = 22 Add +1 if Kujo has had time to sharpen his sword

Turk, while also saddened that they must fight Tig-0, is resigned to do so. He begins his raging song and also begins to close the distance between himself and the robot.

Note this is before Kujo takes his second round so Kujo can accept rage and do a little more damage, plus get the lesser spirit totem attack as well.

Simon makes a mental note that Glitterdust affects robots like Tig. As Tig is already blind, he risks a different spell to gauge similar defenses.

Simon will attempt to cast Ill Omen on Tig. Spell Resistance does apply to this spell, as does Spell Immunity if Tig has it. Because of Psychic Inception, it can possibly affect Tig despite being Mind-Affecting. It has a 50% chance per round of working. 7 Round Duration, but only the very first two applicable rolls.

Ill Omen Effects: SR: Yes; No Saving Throw; 40' Range; Enemy must roll twice on their next 2 d20 rolls and take the lowest. If the enemy is able to identify the spell, such as from Spellcraft, they can spend a Move Action to negate one reroll per Move Action.

Sorry for the complexity of this ability, GM Rutseg. Please let me know if you would like me to elaborate.

Vrald, slowed by his armor, still quickly climbs the dias and closes on the robot. He doesn't have a chance to strike though he does get his weapon out.

climb: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

"Ah, poor Tig-O. I hope somebody back at the Society can reconstruct you and fix your circuits." Despite his reservations, Khamul tries to hit the robot with a set of missiles.

force damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 1) + 3 = 9

Turk* starts his inspiring song of rage, even without much spirit on the task, it causes its effects.

Kujo climbs to the dais with ease, while dark spirits surround him. He delivers a powerful blow over the blind Tig-0 that breaks through its plating even if part of the damage is absorbed by it.
Fort DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Some of the circuits seem over affected by the sudden system failures, staggering the robot even if it seems to react properly to the hit.
The dark spirits around Kujo seem to ignore the robot not seeing it as a living being. Even when one touches accidentally the robot, the negative energy seems not effective on the special construct.

Vrald moves fast to the dais climbing it even with his heavy armor.

Khamûl missiles' impact on Tig-0 but the force damage hardly goes through it's hard surface and causes a mere scratch on it.

Tig-0 turns towards Kujo "General system failures coming from this side" and attacks, but he seems very slow and only reaches to attack once before the party keeps the assault.
Blind misschance 50%: 1d100 ⇒ 84
Slam-PA-stare: 1d20 + 14 - 3 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 14 - 3 - 2 = 10
B damage+PA: 1d8 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 6 = 16
Just remembered mirror image does not apply on blinded attackers. But I will not apply the damage retrospectively on Contessa either, because I forgot the hypnotic stare malus that would have made the attack to fail anyway

Fooled by the dust in his visual sensors Tig-0 fails to find Kujo's body with his slam, instead hitting the control panel.
End of turn Will-hypnotic stare DC 17: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 = 27
He ascertains though to find the dust over his face and clean it with his mechanical hand.

Everybody: inspiring rage (if accepted +2 Str/Con, +2 Will, -1 AC)
Tig-0: 47 damage, Hypnotic stare, painful stare, staggered r3
Round 2: Tig-0, Vrald, Khamûl, Turk*, R3: Simon, Contessa (x2), Kujo, Tig-0
Everybody can act. Contessa can act twice as she had no time to post her round 2 actions.

Still singing Turk moves to and climbs up onto the dais. Taps the DC 10 climb check while raging but still a full round to get up there.

Despite the obvious rage gripping the barbarian, the shuddering and slowed movement of the robot does not go unnoticed. Perhaps it is the same state of grace which prevents a barbarian from being caught flat footed, or perhaps Kujo simply fears what he does not understand, but there is clearly a look of apprehension creeping across the face of the Shoanti.

Going to wait for Contessa to get her two attacks, as I suspect that may preclude Kujo's activity.

Tessa takes in Turk's offering as she reaches the top and slips into place in front of the large robot, attempting to draw it's attention. She thrusts forward with her blade but is winded from the quick sprint doesn't put her best foot forward.

R2: Adamantine Piercing+Rage: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 1 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Kujo's amazing attack sent sparks flying her direction, half blinding her and once again causing her attack to be a little further off center mass than she would like.

R3: Adamantine Piercing+Rage+Flank: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 1 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Not the best of two attacks I'm afraid.

The rage leaves Kujo's eyes and is replaced with purpose. Kujo whirls around and tumbles in an act of avoidance and clutching his greatsword in one hand pulls a chakram in the other. The barbarian retreats behind the console for cover as he seems to wave his arms as if suggesting one should move away.

Acrobatics to move away from threatened area: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Ready Action to throw chakram if people clear out: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Oh, sorry GM Rutseg, I missed that part too. Yes, Mirror Images doesn't work if they can't see the Image (or if they see through it, like True Seeing, of course). Sometimes it may even be mathematically advantageous to close your eyes when swinging for 50% miss chance, depending on how many Images they have. Silly, but kind of cool.

This is the last of my spell power for Glitterdust... may need to burn my more powerful spells to fuel them. Simon thinks to himself.

Simon will use his last Level 2 Spell Slot to again cast Glitterdust on Tig-0, seeing that there's enough room to catch him without affecting allies.

Glitterdust Effects: Spell Resistance: No; 170' Range; 10' Radius Spread; 7 Round Duration; DC 17 Will Save vs. Blinded Condition (New save at the end of every round); Affected enemies are covered with glitter for the full duration regardless of save, the glitter fully outlines invisible creatures and gives a -40 penalty to Stealth checks.

For future battles, it is my understanding you can use higher level slots for lower level spells if you're spontaneous, but the DC remains the same (without Heighten)?

Khamul frowns to himself as his spell proves ineffective. I have stronger spells that will certainly do more... I should not let my feelings for the robot intrude upon my judgement. Moving to the side to get a better view, Khamul raises his hand and lets out a streak of lightning at Tig-O without hitting any of his allies.

lightning bolt!
electricity: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 4, 4) = 13
DC 16 Ref for half

Vrald steps forward and unleashes a pair of mighty blows with his adamantine longsword.
attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
itterative attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
magic and adamantine damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
itterative magic and adamantine damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

He looks at his handywork, trying to decide if it is worth using stronger but less precise blows on Tig.

Turk* climbs to the dais while Contessa strikes once and again on the robot's core chest while it is still suffering to recover from Kujo's critical strike. Simon's painful stare makes Contessa's rapier to go even deeper into the plating.

The slayer tumbles out of Tig-0 threatened area, but the robot attempts to hit him with his back tentacle as he does so "Override priority: Dismantle malfunctioning robot!"
Tentacle-PA: 1d20 + 14 - 3 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 3 = 30
B damage+PA: 1d10 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 6 = 11
Mirror image (hit on 3): 1d3 ⇒ 3
Grapple+grab DC 25: 1d20 + 19 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 19 + 4 = 39
The tentacle hits at Kujo's waist and rolls around it grappling him and moving him back to Tig-0's side.
As this overrides your previous action you can spend a standard action to try free from the grapple or other action instead of your readied one

Simon casts another glitterdust carefully catching only the robot in the area.
Will-stare DC 17: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 = 15
The dust covers once again the robot rendering his sensors blind!

Khamûl takes the opportunity to call for its magic creating a lighting bolt that roars all around the room hitting Tig-0 with a crackling sound. The electricity seems to go through the hardness of the robot's plate and affect its circuits with special violence.
The robot seems totally fried and up to collapse while smoke spirals raise all over the room from the machine creature.

Vrald profits the opportunity to jump over the robot to make it all small pieces after attack and attack.

Tig-0: 103 damage, Hypnotic stare, painful stare, destroyed
Kujo: 54/65 hp, 2 images

Combat is over!

Kujo has an easy time to free himself from the back tentacle now that Tig-0 is disabled.

As the robot collapses, Kujo raises his arms as if to protect himself from some sort of explosion...which never comes. The barbarian snorts and glances over his wounds. Kujo then focuses on the silver bracelet......as if trying to activate it.

Glitch - Low is good for Kujo: 1d100 ⇒ 43

Simon feels sadness and regret at the loss of Tig, but he focuses his concern on Kujo. Drawing his Cure Light Wounds wand on the move, he attempts to activate it as he reaches his friend.

DC20 UMD Check (Deactivation on a 1): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
CLW Heal on Kujo: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Having just clambered onto the platform Turk stops his song and regards the robot. I wonder if he could be fixed? And if not there are likely valuable parts here, like these weapon things. He may be too big to carry though. Thoughts?

Seeing that Kujo is wounded Turk will pull a wand of healing and turn his attention to the barbarian. Turk I need to know how damaged you are but know you are in discussions with the GM about that. When resolved please update your status bar so I know how much healing you need.

"Before he was changed, Tig-O made it sound important that we shut down those portals. I think we need to work quiuckly."

Do we have time to make some more checks on the portals?

Contessa looks down at Tiggo and sighs loudly. "That's a shame. Oh well, let's move on we still have a lot in front of us to take care of."

When Khamûl brings up the portals she frowns and nods. "Was that the good Tiggo or bad Tiggo that suggested that though? Is that helping or hurting our cause?"

In friendly manner, Kujo waves off Simon's approach with the healing wand. Whether it is because the barbarian fears the interaction of two forces he does not fully comprehend or it is because he simply wants to see what happens with the bracelet, is not clear.

Intent here is to stop Simon from using a charge at this juncture as Kujo activated the bracelet before Simon's attempt to heal.

Vrald nods at his handy work. "I think it was Tig that malfunctioned." he says slowly. Then turns back to work on the portals.

"If we don't stop this, we'll not make it out alive."

Low is never good in Pathfinder Kujo. In the future please roll percentages as probability of something happening, so 50% fail chance means 1-50 is a failure. Respect to this is specially important in an environment where you can preview your rolls or edit your posts.

As Kujo activates the bracers an invisible barrier of force covers him.
+5 temporary hp, 9 charges remaining, duration 1 min/charge

While Turk* and Simon look for Tig-0 and the injured Kujo, Khamûl and Vrald quickly resort to continuing the work with the remaining portals.

A computer voice is heard "Attention: Failsafe removing process terminated" It seems Tig-0 dealings with the control panel were completed nevertheless.

1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Yes, you have time for 1 another check before other events trigger.
Have I read explosion? :)

Portals status:
Portal 1: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 3: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 4: wires unplugged, cells removed, dampeners set, runes joined
Portal 5: cells removed
Portal 6:

"Does anyone know what that means?" Khamul asks as he runs back to the fifth portal. "I still think we need to follow Tig-O's instructions, the ones before he went haywire that is."

Khamul tries to set another dampener in place.

Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Once again, Kujo seems to stand around waiting for someone to direct him.

If Kujo is getting the Fast Healing 1, then he will leave it on for one minute and deactivate it. If there is no healing, then he will do the same.

Turk tries to do his part on the two remaining portals but seems distracted and unable to concentrate.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Tessa waits for Vrald to attempt to tackle the wiring remaining first before jumping on it herself. She says, "Vrald, get the wires!" She snaps her fingers to Kujo and points to portals five and six, "Get those power cells!"