And Then a Skeleton Popped Out: subSPUF Carrion Crown

Game Master Rynjin

Z detonates a fireball into the back ranks of the wights.

Fireball DC22: 10d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 4, 1, 1, 1) = 31

Le Burn?: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Hrm? Armor 7, Shield 2, dex 2, Mutagen Nat 2, Deflection 3, Shield 2, Fervor 2.. its supposed to be 30

Hrm? Armor 7, Shield 2, dex 2, Mutagen Nat 2, Deflection 3, Shield 2, Fervor 2.. its supposed to be 30

Maybe you accidentally included your werewolf bonus in your base AC since we've been fighting them almost exclusively?

No, I didnt, I just forgot I had a shield thats really it, sometimes I use judgement but otherwise, its was a simple mistake

Everything looks to be in order on the AC front now. =)

5d20 ⇒ (6, 6, 10, 5, 1) = 28

Acrietia just BARELY fails to do a cool backflip out of the explosion, and is instead set ablaze.

The other wights are not so lucky.

Sledge, you're up. You do NOT have a charge lane.

I can charge through allied squares thanks to dragon. Does that let me charge?

No, because you still can't occupy friendly spaces when you're done with the charge, and Jones is adjacent to the creature and blocking you.

I have 10ft reach right now. I'm HUEG.

Then do it.

Rad.

Sledge crushes puny wight monk in one giant brawler fist.

Taking AC and extra attack.

1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 23
1d10 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26

1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 25
1d10 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 19
1d10 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

These freaking attack rolls.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17

Sledge nails the hapless Monk once.

The archers all take aim at the nearest target: Zin.

8d20 ⇒ (4, 18, 12, 8, 11, 15, 3, 17) = 88

They all miss by a mile.

And Darius again then Jones again.

The archers all take aim at the nearest target: Zin.

8d20 -> 18...12...11, 15... 17

What are these numbers? How do I roll them? I must not be skilled enough.

Jones studies the Monk and stabs her repeatedly, taking care to avoid getting hit again.

Taking an extra attack from fervor, and fighting defensively.

1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37
1d6 + 13 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 13 + (5, 4) = 23

1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24
1d6 + 13 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 13 + (4, 5) = 24

1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
1d6 + 13 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 13 + (1, 4) = 24

+30 movement to reach out to Wight

Darius howls in delight, " Good work Zin, have fun with the gallery above, seems we have a martially inclined Wight to deal with. "

Grimoire blazed as the whip lashed out seeking toward the Wight's thigh. He utilized its full reach.

Powerful Mutagen Undead Bane Grimoire Whipping: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
Powerful Mutagen Undead Bane Grimoire Whipping Damage: 1d3 + 13 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 13 + (5, 3) = 22

Jones stabs the wight twice, but it stubbornly refuses to fall.

I will admit its HP is significantly higher than the book version, mostly because the book grossly miscalculated what the wight's stats should be with the template added on, and hacked 4 hit dice off of it for some reason.

Edit: NVM, Darius rolled well.

Darius finally finishes off the silent wight, deadly wight.

Bummer, I was hoping to make Jones squirm with a Ki enhanced Flurry this round.

Jones did you include the -1 from neg level and -4 from fighting defensively?

Hmm...I did include the -4, but I think I forgot the -1. Also forgot to get rid of the +2 fervor bonus. Subtract 3 from each of those rolls, though I think that doesn't affect the two hits.

The 28 (now a 25) still BARELY hits. So it's still dead. Zin's up, followed by Sledge.

Badass. It seems Darius' slightly abrasive thigh slap was too much to bear. Should have been a GLORIOUS UNCHAINED BARBARIAN

Yeah, you guys chewed through her 122 HP. If she'd rolled well on that Reflex vs the Fireball she'd still be kicking (Evasion ho!). Still, probably for the best. A Flurry that inflicts no-save negative levels with every hit? Brutal. A less defensively optimized party might have lost someone easily here.

By the by, do you guys even WANT to deal with the skeletons? They need a 20 to hit everyone, so you can probably safely ignore them. If so we can call that combat over and I'll roll 8d20 for every round you stay in their line of sight.

Sledge will look around, content that the archers are unlikely to scratch him.

Total Defense + Perception Check
Perception: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (9) + 21 = 30

Look around where? Where you are right now, or are you going somewhere?

Which is why your comment of AC too high seemed weird... considering Jones has been DEAD or people have died when we could have avoided that with.. much stronger characters... We just arent screwed by loot is all. I think Sledge means looking around for Vrood.

I didn't say it was necessarily a bad thing (for you), it just denies me the satisfaction of landing many hits. Not as much of an issue in this AP since half of everything is a caster of some kind anyway.

Anywho:

Sledge sees nothing except the town square behind you, the tower, the (now open) adjacent building the monk came out of, and the skeletons.

Jones drinks Alchemical Allocation and Elixir of Vision.

Take 10 perception, 30 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ 30 + (4) + 2 = 36

Jones still sees nothing because there's nothing else to see.

Did you guys think he was lurking in the bushes or something?

The one time I don't search everywhere is going to be the time I'll get hit with a trap or miss a secret door.

You may well do that yet but right now you're sitting in a big empty space 40 feet away from either building you need to check out. =p

Either?

I said it a few times. There's a building near the tower. That's where the monk came from. She heard you blow the door down and came out to kill you.

I know that you said either making it come off as there was another building besides that one, just assume we check that one.. its not that hard.

Darius quaffs another extract of Shield.

That would require you to move, is the thing, but everyone is taking two actions like Sledge's "Total Defense and then Perception" thing, so I figured you were all looking at the area around you.

8d20 ⇒ (1, 6, 12, 10, 15, 13, 8, 18) = 83

In this room are a pair of boxes set out as a makeshift table with a map laid on it. Other than that, in this room is a sealed stone vase. It doesn't look like it belongs here.

There is also a jar of Marvelous Pigments beside the map.

That might be useful once we level up. I don't mind throwing a rank in Craft (paint).

"Could someone use Detect Magic on that vase?"

Meanwhile, Jones will inspect the map.

It's not magic.

The map is just a map of the area, like the one you found a while back. Locations are marked in the same places.

Wait, I thought Total Defense was a Standard and Perception was a move?

It is. Which leaves you an action to move how...?

Wait, when did I move?

He's saying you didnt and saying there is nothing in here

Jones inspects the vase for markings and features that might give clues to its purpose. Also traps.
Take 10: 30 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ 30 + (2) + 2 = 34

There don't appear to be any identifying markings, and no trap, but it is surprisingly heavy even for a stone vase, and a weird smell comes from within.

Is it the smell of...DEATH?!?!

It does smell like something dead is in there. With the faint smell of something like formaldehyde.

Jones wrinkles his nose as he sets the vase down. "I don't think any good can come from opening this. Let's leave it alone."

Onward?

Make me an Int or Kn. History check.

Kn. History: 1d20 + 12 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 12 + (6) + 2 = 25

This may very well be a canopic jar, a stone jar traditionally used to house the organs of the deceased.

Being the dumb one is so liberating.

Jones explains this nonchalantly.

"I suspected as much from the smell...and as I said, I don't believe it contains anything of use to us. Let's keep moving."

...Okay.

As I said before, the first floor of the tower is empty. Any prep before you ascend?

Nothing more than normal.. I already have stuff up. We ascend