@Mahasi: Necromancy is illegal, but actually more for the problem it causes with labor and unions versus actual acts of maliciousness.
@Deaglan: You are correct, you are sickened until you can get back to the entrance area as it's low enough that the fumes aren't as concentrated.
Out from behind the curtain, a dreadlocked-man who looks impossibly old with taut, leathery skin beckons to you. "Threaten my busi*hic*ness, will you?! I ruuuuuuule the middenstone business here, ya bastards!", a slight slur in his voice as he curses at you before casting a spell, causing dozens of black tentacles to spit forth from the ground!
Varian and the remaining zombies are all within the tentacles grasp, although only Varian receives any harm. Owai narrowly dodges the grapple attempt, using his blade to push away the rubbery appendages before it can get its grasp on him.
Female Half-Elf HP 36/36 AC 16 CMB +5 CMD 18 Touch 13 Flat 11 (Melee Weapon: +1 Rapier)+10;1d6+6 (Ranged: Short bow) +7;1d6+0 F +2 R +7 W +5 INIT +3 Perc +15 Rogue 4 - Sorc 2
fort save:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Shilyn readies another arrow after a quick mental debate on whether to climb down. Taking aim at one of the zombies trying to get out of the muck, she lets her arrow fly..
Mahasi brings forth a blast of sticky webbing, but the man manages to not get caught in the mess.
"They send wizards to stop my work, 'eh? You can tell those bastages that it'll take more than that to stop Rupman Myre! Not gonna let some prepubescent spellslinger get the best of my business savvy!"
Male Aasimar (Azata-blooded) Bard (Dawnflower Dervish) 3, Monk 2 (Master of Many Styles/Monk of the Sacred Mountain) HP 39/45, AC 23, T 17, FF 16, CMD 18, F +7, R +11, W +5, In +5, Per +4, SM +16, 1 Str dmg
Owai continues to battle the Zombie in front of him. "Stop Myre! He's the biggest threat!" he calls up to Shilyn.
@Varian: You can use it for a separate one since it allows you to make your Escape Artist/CMB roll as an immediate action. Mahasi could have done it before your turn, so you can do it before and your set of rolls. I"ll wait on Myre's action until I know what you want to do.
@Varian: I'll wait until after lunch to see if you wish to use the Liberating Command before Myre's next action. Otherwise, I'll assume that it is after and post the necromancer's action!
@Varian: Your math is off; the Liberating Command adds +12 to what your normal result would be, so it's another +6 on top of that for 24, which is good enough to be free! You may make a move action, taking in to account the difficult terrain.
Varian takes the opportunity to move back out of the tentacle area. 15 feet of actual movement, should be just possible on rough terrain with a single move
"Escape my grasp?! Then I shall let my minions do the work, you filthy mercenaries!!", releasing a wave of negative energy that seems to reinforce the zombies.
how high up is the ceiling? fyi - planning on levitating up to the ceiling and pushing myself along it til I'm beyond the tentacles and dropping in on mr. spellcaster - that is, IF i can survive whatever he has to throw at me on the way in, lol - readied actions to target him when he's casting so he might lose a spell or two would be most welcome, hint hint.
Deaglan loads his crossbow and takes aim at Myre, waiting for any signs of spellcasting before releasing. Deaglan fully knows that keeping one's concentration when attacked is quite hard.
@Shilyn: The half-elf's arrow strikes Myre, visibly injuring him but causes now visible wound. "Strike at me from above will you, ya cowardly lot!", Myre retorts!
It looks like arrows should work, but it appears he has a buffer of sorts.
Only time will tell Degalan!
Z3 CMB:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
And the zombie is helplessly stuck in its position.
Male Aasimar (Azata-blooded) Bard (Dawnflower Dervish) 3, Monk 2 (Master of Many Styles/Monk of the Sacred Mountain) HP 39/45, AC 23, T 17, FF 16, CMD 18, F +7, R +11, W +5, In +5, Per +4, SM +16, 1 Str dmg
Owai slashes at the Zombie in front of him. "I'll be there to help in a minute..." he says.
Same old 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Varian casts levitate on himself and rises up to the ceiing. Once there, he starts pushing himself forward toward the caster along the ceiling. (20' up, 10' forward this round)
Myre, unable to see Deaglan's readied shot, calls out to the floating Varian. "Perhaps this will put you in your place, hired scum!", trying to cast a spell as his skin sizzles.
DC 19 Spellcraft:
It's enervation!
Despite the webbing in the way, Deaglan's crossbow hits the man square in the chest, although not deep enough to break the rib it hit. The strike does cause further disruption to the necromancer.
Myre Concentration vs DC 19:1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 2 = 20
But the wizard's hate spill forth as he points at Varian, firing a black ray at him!
Seeing that his disruption tactics work Deaglan reloads his crossbow and carefully aims to disrupt the spellcaster if he tries casting a spell again.
Knowledge Arcana to identify the spell effect that is in place:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7no clue
Varian, I do not feel the need to wade through the wall of tentacles, even if Deaglan does not know what they are he assumes they are not good for him. This seemed like a sensible tactic ;-)
@Deaglan: Thanks for reminding me; I keep on forgetting that readied actions change the initiative order. However, you are right that I screwed up the DC for the Concentration. I combined your damage with Mahasi's for a DC 19, but I forgot to add the spell level for another 4, so he actually biffed the spell. Luckily, since he missed anyway, it's a moot point. But Varian should continue to thank you nonetheless :) As far as the other -2 goes, he effectively has the sickened condition, although it's from a nasty hangover versus the fumes.
I'll move your initiative, but I'll keep your action and rolls
Just trying to understand concentration DC's, which I always struggle with myself. In this case I think it should be DC 10 + spell lvl + direct damage + 1/2 continuous damage = 10 + 4 + 5 + 1/2 * 4 = 21. And then his roll is 1d20 + Caster Level + Casting Ability Modifier - 2 for sickened. Correct or did I miss something?
@Deaglan: Yeah, I guess I was still off a point; I forgot continuing damage counts differently than other damage. Bah, darn math. So in this case, he narrowly biffed it.
oh, I thought concentration was the same for everything - defensive and just plain concentration... I guess I stand corrected... I'll have to remember that for my games when I'm running - I've been doing it wrong.
Yeah, since I started looking at it, there's a nice little chart on d20pfsrd for what it is. In fact, I should have done two Concentrations, one for Mahasi's and one for Deaglans. Not going to redo it since the attack was a miss anyway, but just goes to show that everyone can goof up something; best just to learn from the experience!
Male Aasimar (Azata-blooded) Bard (Dawnflower Dervish) 3, Monk 2 (Master of Many Styles/Monk of the Sacred Mountain) HP 39/45, AC 23, T 17, FF 16, CMD 18, F +7, R +11, W +5, In +5, Per +4, SM +16, 1 Str dmg
Reflex1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 - 2 = 19
"Just stop fighting. We may be able to work something out that doesn't end with you crushed into a bloody pulp!" Owai calls out to Myre before he tries to get the Zombie out of his face.
"You'd like that wouldn't you, so you can shtab me in the back!", Myre calls out, still arrogant from his perch above.
DC 18 Sense Motive:
He might be reasoned with to some degree, but in his drunken stupor and defensible position, you'll have to wear him down some to convince him otherwise.
Owai's blade finally ends the zombie in front of him!
Well poop, that's what I get for not double checking these things. He is indeed arcane. We'll let that one slide, although it did delay Owai's advance a round. If that makes a serious difference, I'll do a counter-fudge to make up for that.
Thanks for letting me know for next time!
The zombie in the pit tries to get out from the tentacles...
Varian pushes himself along the ceiling toward Myre as quickly as he can. When he gets over an area not covered in tentacles, he drops to the ground, threatening Myre.
@Varian: The black circle around Myre is a web Mahasi cast. That is a separate check and spell compared to the black tentiacle area and that covers the web covers the entire back room, so if you wish to melee him, you have to go through it. Of course, there are other ways of dealing with webs :)
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