Map CG Female Aasimar Dungeon Rover / Infiltrator Ranger 2 | HP 18/18 | AC 14 T 12 FF 12 | Fort +4 Ref +5 Will +3 (+2 vs illusion) | CMB +4 / CMD +16 | Initiave +3 | Perception +12/+14 to auto-notice underground hazards within 10 feet | Major Image 0/1 | Darkvision 60 feet | Resistances acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5
Simon, there is a magic aspect to that trap, so I am not sure if what you are attempting will work.
She doesn't try to force him to stop though, if he wants to continue.
Hmm... I don't think I can open it either... you guys are better at lockpicking than I am. I might be able to dispel the magic though, if it wasn't put there by someone super more powerful than I am... which is always the trick, isn't it?
Zadira examines the magical trap with detect magic up to see if she can figure out what the trap does, and how powerful it is.
Spellcraft:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
If it looks possible, she tries casting dispel magic on the trap.
Character Image Female half-orc oracle 8/sorcerer (tattooed sorcerer) 4/gestalt 4 | N Medium humanoid Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Per +9 AC 24, T 16, FF 19 hp 68/68 | Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +7; Defensive Abilities sacred tattoo[APG]; DR 5/lethal; Immune disease, sickened; Resist cold 5
Vuzi looks at the magical lock. Let me try." She gives herself guidance also casts dispel magic. "I forgot. Vud you Simon and Kayla like Guidance?"
Haha, whats with everyones rolls?^^
Simon freezes upon Zadiras warning.
"Magick? Not good-meeew."
He lets go of the prepared bundle with a saddened look.
Once Marco makes his proportion, Simon shakes his head.
"Before we do that, we should simply carry the whole thing away-meow.
Not only could it be bad for you, but the magick may be directed at the coins rather than the looter-grch.
I read that some dwarves and others would rather see their belongings be destroyed than someone else having it."
He looks at the trap from every angle, sniffs it out, bows deep and listens to the wood, takes a couple of steps back and hisses at it, then steps back in, all while whispering prayers to Gozreth. (Detect Magic, spend three rounds on the trap, guidance assisted Spellcraft) 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 1 = 19 "I did this once before-meow.
Its tricky and dangerous, but I can do it unless the magick is too powerful...." (UC Rogue has trapfinding, so I can attempt the check.
Still trying that against an unknown spell is ... probably not a good idea.)
Female Half-Orc Paladin (Holy Tactician) 8 // Skald (Battle Scion) 4 -- Current Teamwork Feat:Outflank | HP*:21/51 | DR 5/evil | AC*:27/13/- CMD*:23/- | Saves: F12*/R8/W10*+2 against 1st fear save (War Prayers) | Init:7 | Senses: Darkvision, Perception:6 | Sense Motive:13 | Raging Songs:14/19 | Lay on Hands: 8/8
Grelthe frowns. "I don't like this, but it seems we are out of ideas. If we bring this back to town, do we think this is something Ullman Dark could help with? If we are going ahead with Cain setting it off, then everyone else back up, I am out of channels." She looks worried.
With Disable Device, can't you just keep trying until you succeed or set it off?
I have been through this numerous times with other groups and PFS. you can only take 20 to search but not disable traps. as take 20 assumes you roll each number until success. and since any fail by more than 5 will set it off, and possibly preventing you from trying again. take 10 is allowed though. This is what I got as an official answer from Paizo
Character Image Female half-orc oracle 8/sorcerer (tattooed sorcerer) 4/gestalt 4 | N Medium humanoid Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Per +9 AC 24, T 16, FF 19 hp 68/68 | Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +7; Defensive Abilities sacred tattoo[APG]; DR 5/lethal; Immune disease, sickened; Resist cold 5
Vuzi moves back to the door, and waits to see what happens.
I still am afraid that if we set the chest off, the coins will be destroyed/disappear...
"Hmmm, but if we plan to trigger it anyway, I could just try my best to disarm it, no-miii?
That way, we still have the chance to not set it off."
Let Simon try:
"Emily-purrurrr, please go back to the others-meow."
As a preparation to this dangerous attempt, Simon calls for Gozreths help several times, first to close the last wounds from before (CLW for max hp), then to shield him from anything the chest may emit (Air Bubble and 2*Protection from Energy: fire+acid) and finally, to guide his paws in the attempt (guidance).
Finally, he produces a rope from his backpack and hands the end to Grelthe, murmuring: "Just in case ..." Is there any information on the trap (and maybe a tiny bonus?^^) I can get via either my Craft [Traps] or Profession [Trapper]? Craft +9, Profession +6:1d20 ⇒ 6
After examining the chest and trap for the last time, Simon finally produces his set of tools and starts to work on the chest.
Spending a use of animal focus to increase my dex by 2 for another +1 on the check. Come on.....!:1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 18 + 1 + 1 = 31 Hmmm, if that one does not suffice ...
Then I just triggered a 7+ lvl spell.
Disable DC should be 25+spell level.
Simon takes position over the chest with his pseudo-platinum bag in one hand. He grows still, then swipes and replaces the coin line he's batting at a mouse. Is faster than you can see. The coins don't even move.
The bag sits there. Time stands still.
...
...
...
*click*
A tiny ball of white flies into the room and Holy Crap It's Cold
The room is immidiately plunged into a thick fog which then almost instantly freezes on every surface; your skin, eyelashes, hair, clothes, weapons, and literally everything else. The temperature plummets what feels like hundreds of degrees in an instant!
cold damage, Reflex DC 25 for half:15d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 6, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 1, 4, 6, 5, 3) = 49 This is a 40' burst, so all of you are effected
Vuzi offered healing after the battle. If the posting distracted you from taking advantage, I'll allow Vuzi to bring you up to full before the trap recks you again. Is only fair.
Female Half-Orc Paladin (Holy Tactician) 8 // Skald (Battle Scion) 4 -- Current Teamwork Feat:Outflank | HP*:21/51 | DR 5/evil | AC*:27/13/- CMD*:23/- | Saves: F12*/R8/W10*+2 against 1st fear save (War Prayers) | Init:7 | Senses: Darkvision, Perception:6 | Sense Motive:13 | Raging Songs:14/19 | Lay on Hands: 8/8
Dammit, we were so close to being far enough away! reflex save:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
She doesn't quite freeze solid all the way through. Now at 5/54 hp
She will rush (as much as her frozen legs will allow) to tap anyone who was downed by the trap with her wand of cure light wounds, just enough to allow us all to regroup.
heal Kayla:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 heal Kayla:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Assuming Vuzi healed you to full before the trap, my calculations now have you at 4hp.
Not like I imagined he would have attempt to disarm it, but it reads fun and has a lot t of my initial idea in it ^^
I didn't saw choose post in discussion about the strength of the aura in time, or I may have reconsidered upon reading "strong" aura.
Anyway, let's see how freezer cat looks like ...
Despite bending and twisting away from the sudden detonation of cold - there is no way out.
No escaping this freezing cold.
His eyes falter and his slowing mind's last expression is the view of his companions freezing cold as well.
NOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo
Then... blackness.
Cold darkness of unconsciousness...
Or already the cold embrace of death?
-2
Stabilise:1d20 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 - 2 = 2
She did not like it.
Why do two-legs always have to stick their noses and hands into matters that do not belong to them?
And why, oh why was brother the worst of them in that regard??? 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 This thing is trolling me so hard ...
Seeing something errupt from the chest - she knew it! - Emily lunges forward, right into the freezing mist envelopping them all.
Hissing and growling she pushes further, regardless of painful cold chilling her down to her bones.
She is at Simon's side before he has fully toppled to the ground, his eyes open - but empty.
With a growl of exhaustion, annoyance and a massive amount of fear for her brothers life, the large cat is grabbing the smaller one at the neck with an unbelievable gentle lock of her maw and turns around and carries him back to the others...
As he comes round - still a bone chilling cold in every limb, Simon looks around with a fearful eye until he sees that no one died because of his failure.
"Sorry-miaur."
It takes all of five minutes, before Simon's curiousity takes the upper hand and he carefully approaches the trapped chest and another thirty seconds before he dares to look into it...
Female Half-Orc Paladin (Holy Tactician) 8 // Skald (Battle Scion) 4 -- Current Teamwork Feat:Outflank | HP*:21/51 | DR 5/evil | AC*:27/13/- CMD*:23/- | Saves: F12*/R8/W10*+2 against 1st fear save (War Prayers) | Init:7 | Senses: Darkvision, Perception:6 | Sense Motive:13 | Raging Songs:14/19 | Lay on Hands: 8/8
I think everyone but Vuzi rolled their saves. If Simon or Vuzi want to use some healing spells that would be sweet, but otherwise I can continue to plink away at our health with my wand?
I am all but spent - having used my last 1st and 2nd lvl spells to prepare (wrong) stuff for the "disable" action...
@Choon: I wonder what happened to that woman we saved *lol*. Please tell me she isn't a very solid ice block now ... that would be embarrassing in the extreme ^^
Also: Could you uncover those parts of the map we checked out? That could help us to decide whats next
@All: I'd vote to just barricade this room and rest here and now before moving on in any direction. If we run into anything with most of the party in the single-digit hp, we are screwed. And using up a full wand to bring everyone to at least half-hp does not sound like a very good idea either...
Map CG Female Aasimar Dungeon Rover / Infiltrator Ranger 2 | HP 18/18 | AC 14 T 12 FF 12 | Fort +4 Ref +5 Will +3 (+2 vs illusion) | CMB +4 / CMD +16 | Initiave +3 | Perception +12/+14 to auto-notice underground hazards within 10 feet | Major Image 0/1 | Darkvision 60 feet | Resistances acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5
Zadira tries to help her and asks Grelthe to heal her wounds, and talks to her kindly.
Diplomacy:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22
(She will also understand if she now thinks we are crazy and wants to leave, but hopes she will stay.)
Then Zadira goes like at least 70 feet away from everyone else into a different place with a wall between her and the other people, taking the teakwood box with the arcane lock, and tries to dispel magic on THAT one.
You end up in the first room you walked through. It used to be a vile barracks. It is now perfectly empty.
The lock stubbornly refuses for attempts to break it, but nothing tries to kill you.
Before you leave you notice that the aura coming from the platinum chest is STILL THERE.
Haha, good think Simon only looked into the chest and not tried to take any of the coins out *lol*
"Whohay we lived, now let's loot the chest..."
"Bang, Cold Blast again, TPK, gg guys you lost to a chest"
"Wait, WHAT?!!!"
Yeah, the burned frostbiten hand teaches best.
Even notoriously curious cats learn from such experiences.
...
If Dalkk was still with us, I can totally see him engineering a (goat-pulled) catapult to launch the chest into a room full of baddies and watch them freeze as the chest goes nuts all over the place *rofl*
I'm going to assume Grethle comes running with the wand. 3d20 + 3d8 ⇒ (7, 13, 20) + (3, 4, 3) = 50
grethle:
Half way through your healing something in your mind clicks and you suddenly see a jackal looking man-creature with oppositely oriented hands with the palms naturally facing out laying there in the guise of the woman!
