And Then a Skeleton Popped Out: subSPUF Carrion Crown

Game Master Rynjin

The problem with that tactic is that it minimizes your buff durations, and that can be deadly in some scenarios. I'd be wary with it.

Yeah Darius isnt waiting around that long unless you want to wit another hour for him to make another mutagen.

Darius goes to the next door or ladder.

Darius pops open the trap door, and hears and ear piercing screech!

Darius Fort: 1d20 ⇒ 13

1d8 ⇒ 7

Darius is briefly disoriented and buffeted by a wave of sound, but shakes off his confusion in time to fend off one last homunculus, who looks a bit worse for wear himself from the trap.

Chomp: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Chompfirm?: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Darius Fort: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Darius takes 9 damage, and he is up. Note you are still on the ladder, but it's only about a 10 foot drop to the floor. So with a successful controlled fall you could lad on your feet and whip the homunculus.

Darius grunts looking up at the creature in disgust and leaps down

Acrobatics: 1d20 ⇒ 10

He grits his teeth as he hits the ground for better or worse and then whips the cretin thusly

Mutagen Grimoire Whipping: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 181d3 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Darius hits the ground with a thump, landing on his ass. It makes his whip go wide, just barely missing the creature as it flutters above him.

The others can see this, so may act accordingly. Basically whoever hits AC 16 first kills it, so I'm not too concrned now that the initial attack is done.

The rest of you horrendously gangbang the hapless creature and may move on with your explorations.

At the top of the tower is a copper lightning rod, cunningly worked into the shape of a raven eating a wolf (worth 100 gp).

.... How did I fall when the DC is 10..? And Then how would my attack miss if its AC is 16? Ah nevermind.. I would have just climbed down if I knew the DC was 15 not 10.. Either way it died.. but that mishap did not happen.

Darius moves to the other door he felt his mutagen waning as it did not have much time left (5 mins or so)

The DC is a flat 15 for a controlled fall, and since you took damage (which I forgot to roll) you fell Prone, giving you a -4 to hit.

Not particularly relevant either way, so I don't mind an easy retcon.

Bedtime now for me though. I'll update in the morning. Gives everyone else a chance to catch up.

S'alright, I'm sleeping too, it wasnt a big deal we still have to find Vorkstag, and other people will likely be awake sometime between now and then. Goodnight.

When you head back out in the hallway, you notice something is different: The other door on the walkway is ajar, and a creature clings to the ceiling nearby, above the vats. A shimmering shield of force surrounds its blurred form, and it hefts a spear, which it flings at the first person to walk out of Grine's door: Darius.

"You may have killed my partner, but you'll not find me such easy prey!" he crows.

1d20 + 30 ⇒ (9) + 30 = 39

Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Darius Fort: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

And...not quite enough. Thankfully he only has one dose of this. You guys gave him plenty of time to prepare, so the poison is a bit more juiced than usual.

As the spear hits him, Darius notes it had a vial with a syringe attached to it, which pumps an evil poison into his body, so powerful he can't fight it off.

1d3 ⇒ 2

Darius takes 2 Con damage, and 5 damage.

5d20 ⇒ (19, 14, 2, 11, 15) = 61

1d20 ⇒ 12

Bulldozer and Darius are UP. Vorkstag is clung to the ceiling about 15 feet up and 15 feet over from your position.

Darius roars out and becomes quite angry a holy nimbus seems to surround him as he calls down death upon the man. " You! YOU I shall flay you like the scum you are! In Sarenrae's name! "

He makes sure his is out of reach and casts Divine Favor and Judgement surges (Purity)

What is the knowledge to identify this guy or is he too a dark creeper?

Nature.

Know Nature(Monster lore): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Vorkstag is a Skin Stealer, a nasty Fey creature that steals the skins of its prey aand dons them to mimic its appearance exactly (including its voie, size, and build).

They're also naturally Rogue-like, having a bi of Sneak Attack as a natural ability.

Bulldozer charges forward behind the vat and hovers up, getting ready to make a move onto the man on the ceiling.

The vats are like 30 feet below, so you can't hide behind one.

The vats are like 30 feet below, so you can't hide behind one.

I'll just occupy the space next to it then.

Vorkstag scurries across the ceiling away from Bulldozer.

Vorkstag Acrobatics: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (4) + 19 = 23

And safely removes himself without provoking from Bulldozer.

That done, he pulls a vial from his vest, twirls it, and tosses it at the group below.

Zin takes the vial to the face, and a cloud of roiling, foul smelling yellow smoke billows out from the contact point.

Target: 1d4 ⇒ 4

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Damage: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 4, 5) + 5 = 17

Refs: 3d20 ⇒ (20, 12, 8) = 40

Forts: 4d20 ⇒ (2, 3, 20, 5) = 30

Zin takes 17 fire damage. Dariuss takes 4, Ezekiel takes 0 (4-5 Fire reistance), and Jones takes 4.

In addition, everyone is now blind to the combat due to smoke, and Darius, Ezekiel, and Zin are all Nauseated.

Vorkstag gives Bulldozer a self satisfied smirk.

"Now that your friends are out of the way, I suppose it's just you and me. Your skin will be a nice addition to my collection."

Everyone else is up, though only Jones can take any meaningful actions. Bulldozer, Vorkstag is only a single Move out of your Reach for next turn.

Minor correction, Zin takes 7 fire damage, she has 10 Fire resistance.

Bulldozer bolts up to the figure and uses his Dergar to trip him up and knock him from the ceiling.

1v1 Slam Jam Smackdown: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

"Next stop, floor one!"

Also this is for the next turn, so if you can clutch this, maybe Bulldozer won't seem like a complete failure to everyone once again.

Z will move out of the smoke on her turn.

On her next turn she'll bring a flaming sphere to bear on Vorkstag.

Flaming Sphere: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 5) = 12

DC19

Burning Duration: 1d4 ⇒ 4

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Unfortunately, that won't be possible.

1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Zin moves out of the cloud, but feels not much better.

You are still Nauseated for the next 4 rounds.

Ah ok, guess I'll hobble off back to grine's room to find a nice vase to puke in then, this fight is going to be long over before I can act.

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Jones moves out of the smoke, draws his shortbow, and fires.

"You will be brought to justice, one way or another!"

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
1d6 ⇒ 1

Ezekiel leaves the cloud.

Nauseated for 1d4+1 rounds?

If so, 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

How many exits/entrances are in the room?

From your current position, there is the entrance to Grine's room (and the ladders to the tower therein), the one you presume to be Vorkstag's rom, a ladder to the lower level, and an exit to the loading bay you came in from.

Jones' shot goes wild.

Bulldozer fails to trip Vorkstag, but his flight saves him from suffering an embarrasment.

Darius vomits.

1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

You can move as you wish; it's just not super relevant to what occurs. When you leave the cloud there wil be 3 rounds remaining on your nausea.

Vorkstag moves away little more and tosses a bomb at Bulldozer.

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Damage: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 3, 4) + 5 = 17

Bulldozer takes 17 damage, and Jones is up again.

Thank you for rolling a 2 on my good save. just assume Im near him for the next 3 rounds.

Looking at the map for positioning

Vorkstag Reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

Vorkstag is righteosly scorched by Zin's fire.

Bulldozer, after discussion, you no longer take that 17 damage. Also, Darius, with your Purity Judgement up, you shrug off the poison.

Darius moves up along the ramps and gives the guy a whipening. he shifts his Judgement from Purity to Justice.

Divine Justice Mutagen Grimoire Whipping: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 271d3 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Darius whips it good.

All righty. Ezekiel has an action (not Nauseated) but I don't think he can reach 15 feet so we'll move on. Cube?

Jones drinks a Shield extract and moves up the ramp, drawing his Rapier.

Justa note...there's no ramp. 'Dozer, Darius.

Meant railings.. At this point doesnt he bomb? My first was buff then him spear, then whip, then him stink bomb?

Ah, right. You, Zeke, and Zin should be nauseated now. But 'Dozer is still up.

Vork would need to make another save too. Because flaming sphere is only a move action to do. We will ignore the fact that no body was close enought to give the bomb maximum effect Darius is only out 3 rounds, he will switch to Healing and get 3 hp back every round.

Hrm. I'm going to have to say no to moving the sphere. As the condition says "Nauseated creatures are unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention." and moving a Flaming Sphere requires you to actively direct it (i.e. requires attention.)

He would (by my reading) have taken damage again at the start of the turn since he was still on top of it, but unfortunately a Flaming Sphere doesn't fly. It can merely "jump" to reach targets up to 30 feet in the air. So it returned to the place where she last directed it.

Shrug Then I guess we are waiting for a while

Just realized I have Vorkstag's attack bonuses a bit wrong, he has 4 racial HD I forgot to take into account I think. Will adjust moving forward. And EvilBrain should post in a minute.

"You can fool me once, but you're dead now!"

Bulldozer tries to trip him again with his Dergar.

WWE Smackdown: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

I'm done with this f+$$ing game. I'm out.

Hey, you have a few rounds to make up for it.. just have to roll above a 10 it seems. At least you can act.

Bulldozer is unsuccessful, again.

Vorkstag backs up, and agonizes over what he should do next.

"I like your skin...but I also like mine. Eventually you're going to get lucky. Ah well, time to die."

He backs up again, and tosses another bomb.

Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

Damage: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 5, 2) + 5 = 16

Actually, I just realized 'Dozer should get an AoO here. Since he didn't Acrobatics.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Bulldozer whacks Vorkstag in the schnozz, if barely, the alchemist forgetting to cover himself in his haste.

Edit: Wait, again. Forgot another thing.

2d100 ⇒ (5, 72) = 77

Darius earlier whip attack misses due to Blur, but Bulldozer still hits for:

1d10 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Buldozer strikes a mighty blow...immediately before the vial hits him in the face, knocking him unconscious.

Bulldozer you take 16 damage, putting you at -4 AC. Since your flight is magical, I don't think you fall out of the air, so thankfully you don't plummet into a vat of acid and dissolve.

Jones, you are up.

How many rounds is this one?

This will make round 4 total. Meaning that Ezekiel is fine, next round you may act normally, and the round after that Zin will be cured...though the cloud still lingers between her and the rest of the combat for 2 rounds after that, so to get back into the fight from Grine's room she would have to make a DC 17 Fort save or be Nauseated again. Or cast an AoE fire spell to clear a path.

Which reminds me, Ezekiel is also up, then back up to Darius who may act normally (and has Vorkstag clinging to the ceiling right above him.

Should I wait for Zeke-zeke first.. or post regardless?.. Does Zeke have a ranged weapon? And Jones still needs to act.. with his bow.

Jones Studies Vorkstag, and strikes.

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Confirm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

I don't think Zeke has a bow or anything, no. Go ahead and post if you like.

Jones hits Vorkstag with a POWERFUL hit!

Unfortunately, the look Vorkstag gives him promises swift and brutal retaliation...

Edit: Wait.

1d100 ⇒ 49

And it's GOOOD!

Darius throws up the last of his dinner and growls " You wretched filth! I am going to wear YOUR skin now! You.. Jones, leave room for the Teifling after your next strike.. Im going to enjoy seeing this THING die like a coward. "

The whip glows orange like the light of a fierce flame and lashes out right into Vorkstags neck.

Divine Destruction Mutagen Grimoire Whipping: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 241d3 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 141d100 ⇒ 92

On the 3rd round switched healing to Destruction

Darius slashes into the Alchemist, much to Vorkstag's surprise and dismay.

Unfortunately, it doesn't QUITE manage to drop him.

I'll hold off on his action for Dual to post. If Ezekiel has some way to hit him and deal ANY damage, Vorkstag is done-ion rings.

Don't forget he is also on fire.. taking 2 damage every round.... for a total of 4 rounds.