Adventure Path Reign of Winter

Game Master Almonihah

Fin nods in agreement. "I'm with Q...we take this, stealing or not..."

none of the mirrors in this room respond to this key

"Do we double back to see if it reacts with another mirror? We may have need of the items to trade for supplies and gear. Wands and potions with restorative magic. Sturdier armour and weapons. That kind of thing."

"Well, there is one place we haven't checked here. Maybe she keeps the special mirror behind that locked door." says Quasit. She ties the fancy dagger to her belt, then makes her way back over to the locked door.

Disable Device to Unlock the Door: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

quasit opens the door:

Two bookshelves, a chest, and a comfortable-looking bed heaped with thick blankets furnish this bedroom. A mobile of ice crystals carved to resemble birds hangs from the ceiling, glinting in the light from frost-covered windows.

Fin will follow Quasit and check the newly opened rooms for traps/hidden enemies as well...

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

"Well that's unsettling at best..." Bulvi eyes the mobile ready to follow behind Quasit and cover her back.

Selena will look into the room and cast Detect Magic.

Quasit looks up at the strange mobile and snorts once. "Cute." she says sardonically. "I guess she likes birds, huh?"

She makes her way into the room, glances over the selection of books on the bookshelves, and opens the chest to see what's inside.

the chest is unlocked, but is empty, looks like it might have been used as a storage chest for the night, there are no traps, no mirrors, and nothing to be discovered here

There is the one mirror you tried but didn't seem to respond to you before coming up here

"Well, is that all of the mirrors? I don't remember seeing another one. Did we leave any doors unopened?"

"I suggest we head back to the previous level and check the mirrors there with this newest key. It's clear that these magical keys allow access to specific areas of the tower, and I suppose it makes sense that not everyone heading to where the winter portal is would have to troop through the raven aerie on the way there. Perhaps this key we've just found will provide access to the area we need."

you make your way back down to the previous hallway, and as you come across the mirror that you couldn't get to respond earlier, it now resonates with the new key you have acquired

A translucent image of a globe hangs suspended in midair, slowly rotating in place, above a summoning circle in the blue-tiled floor of this large chamber. Lines of arcane energy glow across the globe’s surface, faintly humming with power as they connect multiple endpoints in a radiant glow bright enough to illuminate the domed ceiling overhead. Many tables and shelves covered in books, maps, and large scrolls line the room’s circular walls, and a large ornate mirror hangs between two open windows to the west. Twin ice sculptures of demonic fiends flank a bubbling cauldron in an archway leading into a deep alcove in the southern wall.

however before being able to get your thoughts together, Radosek stands by the cauldron with a grin on his face, and a Goat by his side as the cauldron lights up with Summon: 2d3 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3, 3 small Ice elementals in front of him

~~Round 1~~
Findurel
Selena
Quasit
Bulvi
Sakitu
W
R
B
G

Fin fires twice at the blue ice elemental...

Longbow: 1d20 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 - 2 = 4

Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

Longbow: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 27

Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Quasit will delay until Bulvi goes

I don't remember whether Selena ever cast Mage Armor. If she hasn't, she does so now. If she has, I'll come up with something else for her to do.

I dont think she did, she's mostly stayed out of the main fights

"Oh no!" Sakitu gasps. She quickly sizes up the situation. If she can disable Radosek then his summoned creatures will probably go away. She aims a finger at him and fires a magic missile at him.

magic missile@Radosek damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Bulvi moves forward trying to get another ice elemental within his reach before swinging his blade at the elemental on the flank.

Power Attack Cold Iron Longsword Vs Red: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"Uh, ok, is anyone going to comment on the fact that we wandered in here and found a guy up here alone with a goat?" says Quasit as she stifles a chortle. As she pulls a flask from her pack she continues. "Sorry Chuckles, we didn't mean to spoil your tender moments with your livestock. Maybe we can find you a tin can so you two can make it up later?"

She then throws an alchemist fire at the ice critter Findurel just shot.

Ranged Touch Attack on Blue: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Not sure if there's bonus damage for the fire against an ice creature, I leave that to the GM

Selena wheels her arms about in a swift arc, and a light spray of snow bursts into being and settles upon her pale skin, causing a brief blue glow.

Casting Mage Armor

"That's no ordinary goat." she warns sternly.

Blue just dissolves into a puddle, you hear it groan in Aquan

Radosek uses a hex and flies up into the air over to a window
The goat moves around and up next to bulvi before bleating and head butts

Chilling Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Bulvi I need a Fort Save DC 14 or take 1 point of strength damage

Red will mover and strike at the one who struck it
Slam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 hit
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1d3 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (3) = 6 3 of that damage is cold damage

Green will strike at Bulvi as well
Slam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 hit
Slam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11does not confirm
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1d3 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (2) = 4 2 of that damage is cold damage

~~Round 1~~
Findurel
Selena
Quasit
Bulvi
Sakitu
W -3
R -11
G

Selena pulls out her longspear as she takes a sideways step. Suddenly her shape narrows weirdly and she reappears 20 feet away, then jabs at an ice elemental.

Dimensional Slide, attack Red

Melee Attack vs. Red: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Quasit takes off to her right on a wild end run around the combat, spinning and dodging as she moves, trying to get into a flank position on the goat. Once there, she stabs it in the withers.

"Hey Laughing Boy, this is where I get your goat!" she says to the flying man.

Using Acrobatics to try and avoid AoO from Red & Goat, Using Combat Expertise to raise AC to 19

Acrobatics vs Red: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Acrobatics vs Goat: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Melee Attack from Flank on Goat: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage+Sneak: 1d6 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + (2, 2) = 14

She looks back at Bulvi apologetically. "Sorry, someone had to say it. I'm only human."

Fin fires twice more, this time at the red ice elemental...

Longbow: 1d10 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 - 2 = 2

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

Longbow: 1d10 + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 17

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 = 10

Sakitu follows Radosek with her hand and fires another magic missile at him. Two luminescent bolts fly at him and strike him in the chest.

magic missile@Radosek damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 I forgot that I get two missiles at level 3
magic missile@Radosek damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Bulvi takes the hits like a champ, the cold barely affecting him but the goat does throw him off balance.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Power Attack Cold Iron Longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Red dies, the goat glares and Bleats angrily

White breaks the window and flies through it, back to the area where you fought the troll

the goat turns around goes after Quasit

Gore: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13 miss

Green attacks at bulvi
Slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Miss

~~Round 3~~
Findurel
Selena
Quasit
Bulvi
Sakitu
Goat -14
G

Selena turns and stabs at the goat with her longspear.

Melee Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Fin fires twice at green...

Longbow: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 27

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Longbow: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 9

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

"Aw, where's he going? It's no fun to taunt the goat without him here." whines Quasit.

She makes a desultory stab at the goat.

still using Combat Expertise to raise AC to 19

Attack from flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 = 11
damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (5, 1) = 13

"Fin, we've got these guys, see if you can't shoot him down out there!"

"Pshhhh. That makes it complicated. Ok. I guess it's the goat now." Sakitu draws her bow and aims at the goat.

shortbow@goat,PBS: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 1 = 16
damage,PBS: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

as a Note, you will not be able to see him to hit him, you will have to go back down, there is a mirror that responds to a key for a quick travel back

Bulvi tries to deal with the enemy before him than chasing after ones that weren't an immediate problem.

Power Attack Cold Iron Longsword Vs Goat: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 2 = 19
[dice=Damage]1d8+5[/ice]

Green is destroyed, and the goat lets out an angry bleating as it vanishes, you have one leaving to another area, and 3 doors

~~End of Combat~~

"Same to you Bub!" says Quasit to the vanishing goat. "I don't think that goat liked us."

She glances up toward the big scary magic snow globe. "Wow. So that's it, huh? What do we do now, just smash it?"

Meanwhile, she goes to the southwest door and begins to look it over for traps and to see if it's locked.

Perception for traps: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

"Perhaps." says Selena cooly. "Or that might just cause an explosion that would disintegrate the tower and suck our ashes into another dimension. Care to try your luck?"

She moves to the books on the table and tries to work out any details of how the portal functions. As she reads, she continues to speak calmly.

"It's clear Radosek wasn't retreating. He's most likely gone to get help or regroup somehow. Our time here is limited. And this magic is obviously very powerful and complex. So I'd appreciate it if we could keep the idle chattering to a minimum."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Fin will cover Quasit and check for traps as well...

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

the door isn't trapped, and isn't locked, inside is an empty bedroom, with nothing around at all

Fin will do much the same for the eastern door...

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

...and if he finds it locked or trapped, will attempt to pick the lock or disarm the trap...

Disable Device: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Bulvi waits as those with more mystical and covert skills check over the doors, ready to go through when indicated.

Quasit moves to the northern door, checks it out, and tries to open it.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Disable Device to unlock door, if needed: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

Bulvi notices the little silver fox who follows Selena around tugging at his pant leg.

"We should probably heal those wounds." says Selena, who doesn't bother looking away from the book she's perusing. "Our fight it most likely just beginning."

She pulls out the CLW wand as she flips a page. But she makes no move to walk over to Bulvi.

Sakitu frowns. "What do you mean that our fight is most likely just beginning? We've been fighting since the moment we entered this, uh, castle."

to save time I'll give you both rooms separately but in one post

the upper room isn't locked or trapped:

A large bed, reading desk, padded chair, bookshelf, and storage chest furnish this long, angular room. Two windows provide ample light, and several paintings of winter scenes hang on the wall.

All the Paintings in here have a combined total of 500GP

the Right most room:
The door is locked

Quasit Quasit Disable device: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33 just barely manages to open it, though she does it rather quickly,

A large bed, wardrobe, reading desk, and bookshelf take up most of this circular bedroom. A carved ice statue of a striking, robed woman with an
owl on her shoulder stands next to an alcove of crystalline tiles. To the south, a white curtain hangs in a doorway.

As they proceed Bulvi nods and moves over to Selena "Thank you."

"Say what you will this place has style, and if I was setting up a trap in this room it would be to do with that statue, let's be careful while we proceed." As they advance Bulvi keeps his eyes peeled for traps.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Bulvi give me a will save

Selena gives Bulvi two charges of CLW from her wand before he enters the room.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

"Well, this must be Miss Witch's room. What kind of an egomaniac has an ice sculpture of herself in her own bedroom? What, all the mirrors weren't enough to remind her how fabulous she looked? Sheesh. No wonder she wants to bring winter to Taldor, she'd fit right into Oppara high society."

She examines the statue for traps before moving on to check out behind the curtain.

Perception for traps: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Quasit give me a will Save as well