Beginners Arc Table A (Inactive)

Game Master Awenydd83

Hskoro heads toward the northeastern door that is closed, shielding Tellerin if anything jumps out at us as he waits for Calephe to open the door.

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Tellerin pokes his head into the room where he previously saw the gnome. The gnome still stands at the bookcase, perusing the books but does not react to his audience.
Tellerin: Will save DC 20 please.

Calephe and Hskoro move to the north eastern door and opens it to show what must be a study of some sort. This chamber is filled with desks, chairs, and cushions.. enough to comfortably seat 6 people at least. Papers and books lie scattered about on the desktops, creating an air of clutter in a well used room.

Hskoro moves into the room that looks like a study preparing for a fight like the beetles to pop up.

if nothing appears threatening

Hskoro begins to search the room. Checking the desks, under the cushions, and the papers/books for anything hinting toward their mission.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 ...I figured by chances were slim, but dang thats insulting

Also, looks like I jumped the gun by assuming the illusion was on the window, not in the room lol

Tellerin shakes his head in disbelief at the gnome still standing there. "Calephe, Hskoro, Dolvin, He's... uh... still here. I can't believe this gnome could possibly be ignoring everything that's happened. He doesn't even look that focused on his reading!"

He waves at the gnome, jumps up once to clap his feet on the floor, and then follows it up with a loud "Helloooooo!"

Anyone else wanna try the will save?

Assuming the "gnome" doesn't respond, Tellerin will go through the room he's currently in and inspect it.

Calephe moves to the room that Tellerin is in. "What's going on? Why isn't he responding to you?" She walks up behind him. "Hello. We need to speak to you."

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Oh wow

Dolvin's body resists for a moment, the comfort of the couch is urging him to stay put but at the behest of the gnome Dolvin reluctantly rises and walks over to the room in question.

"What are you ranting about Tellerin? The dawrf says with a hint of irritation. "I really do need to get some sleep," he thinks to himself as he peers around the gnome.

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Calephe: You can see that the gnome perusing the bookshelf is actually an illusion.

Hskoro searches the study, finding a trove of information. Within the stack of papers on the desk, he finds a note, Last handout on the link and underneath the note is a page with a single word hastily scrawled that simply reads "Zimpar". Off to the side, Hskoro notes two vials, each one labeled with an aging but still readable tag.
CMW and Lesser Restoration

Tellerin continues his antics, trying to get the attention of the gnome standing before him, but is unsuccessful. Dolvin grumpily walks in.. and sees the gnome standing there ignoring the party.

Have some fun with them or let them know it's an illusion? Choices, choices.

Calephe turns back to the gnome, and starts talking. "Yes it's a lovely day. Why haven't you picked up your mail in a few years?" she listens for a second. "Don't want to be bothered with solicitors? That makes complete sense. Have you got anything interesting stored away in this room?" She looks about the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Hskoro grabs both potions of CMW and Lesser Restoration, in case they need them later on. He picks up the note and reads it to himself, "That was easy." He replies to himself.

With note in hand, he walks back to the other room where everyone is gathered. "I believe I have found the password we are looking for. It is 'Wiffle.'"

He looks at the gnome before handing the note with "Zimpar" name on it to the others to read.

Will Save (Just to see if he realizes the gnome is an illusion: 1d20 ⇒ 13

When the others are done reading he comments, "Normally I would suggest we explore the rest of the mage's home, but we got what we came for and I really don't want to deal with any illusion and traps, which the note suggests this place is filled with."

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Tellerin looks incredulously at Calephe as she begins to converse with the gnome. "Whats this? Telepathy? Sign language? Why is he talking to you and not a fellow--" He cuts off when he realizes that Calephe is holding her laughter in.

A momentary scowl turns into a giggle of his own. He gives a smile to Hskoro when he shows up with the important news.

"Great idea! I'm not too eager to go picking about Fimbrik's things. He might hold it against us when he does return. 'Wiffle' is it? What an odd codeword, never would have guessed it."

"I'm ready to go when you are."

"This house is bizarre though. So much effort in illusions just to give it away by letting the mail pile up. I'd love to meet this Fimbrik, sounds like an interesting sort of gnome." He glances again at the illusion-gnome, as if expecting him to pipe up and admit that he's Fimbrik after all.

BTW Did we end up returning the coin? I think Calephe said we'd do it earlier, and then I totally forgot.

Calephe mentioned returning the coin at the tail end of the conversation with Janira, but it looks like I just pushed things through to Fimbriks house. PbP being the unique creature that it is, I am willing to hand wave that segue way and move forward. At a table that would have simply been a stop on your way to Fimbrik's house.

The group realized Calephes joke, especially as Hskoro joins the rest of the team explaining his finds in the other room. With nothing more to find here, and no desire to root through the absent gnomes personal belongings, the team decides that their work here is done.. but where to for the next episode of this saga of intrigue?

"Calephe what are you on about" Dolvin grumbles as the woman continues to have what seems to be a 1 sided conversation. He then notices Tellerin laughing and finally gets the joke. Shaking his head he turns to Hskoro. "You found something did you, good at least one of us making sure to do what we came here to do. Let's get to the secret passage." Dolvin grumbles, his normally jovial demeanor now replaced with irritation.

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Hskoro nods at Dolvin, "Unless I'm forgetting something, we should have the password to get pass that door by the illusion. So lets head there."

"To the Shrine of the Failed! Lets see what Eylysia went so far overboard to hide!"

"Off we go back to the shrine. I'm sorry Dolvin. I couldn't resist the joke." she smiles as she walks along beside the dwarf.

The young adventurers troop off down the road and back towards the Shrine of the Failed. Arriving at the Shrine, you find that despite the early hour, a crowd has already begun to form. From the muttering of the people gathered, it seems that Sir Reinhart, a Mendevian crusader intent on becoming a god, is about to attempt the Test of the Starstone atop his trusty steed.

As you push towards the Shrine of the Failed and down the basement stairs, you hear everything from wagers and bets being placed to hopeful pleas and affirmations of success for the divine hopeful. Entering the cool marble building once more, you note that once again, the building is empty of even the caretakers.. it seems that everyone is watching Sir Reinhart attempt to prove himself a god. Quickly, you move down the steps to the shrine you discovered, pull out the chalkboard, and carefully scribe the word "Wiffle" thereon. With a quiet grinding, the illusion covered wall slides away to reveal a rough hewn passage.

You move through what seems to be almost a maze, with several corridors and tunnels twining their way through the area and culminating in a dimly lit little alcove. Several desks are arranged along the northern and eastern edges of this small stone alcove. Whereas the stonework leading to this chamber is rough, the walls in the alcove are polished. A single gem rests among the neatly filed papers on the desk, emitting a soft luminescence that brightens the
small room.

"Pretty stone. Will it zap me if I pick it up?" She asks Tellerain. She looks around the desks starting at the north.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Glancing around, Hskoro seems a little disappointed, "I expected something more... dangerous with this discovery." That being said, seeing Calephe starting to search the desks, he starts searching from the other end she started.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Dolvin casts detect magic a few times making sure to get all corners of the room. And then walks over to a desk and searches it.
Perception : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

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Tellerin hums appreciatively at the hidden room. As he does so, Cupper jumps up onto the table and starts sniffing the glowing gem.

"You're right Hskoro, with how much this place was hidden, I thought there would be something nasty sealed away." He shrugs "Doesn't make for a very good story, but what can we do?"

Tellerin casts detect magic, sweeping the room for any interesting magical artifacts or active spells. He also focuses his attention on the stone to determine what kind of magic might be invested in it.

Spellcraft vs. gem: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Once he's done, he walks around the group, trying to peek around people's thighs and catch a sight of what they're looking at. "Find any of her super secret notes there?"

The group pours over the desks and the documents, and Tellerin and Dolvin work together to identify the stone as nothing more than a very expensive gemstone with a "Continual Flame" spell cast on it for use as a light source.

The trove of documents seem to not only be written in a different language, but also in a type of cypher unreadable to any present. This alone would be enough to indicate their importance, even if they were not secreted within a hidden room underneath the shrine. Other than the stacks upon stacks of documents and papers, all written in the same coded hand, there is nothing of any note to be found here.

Hskoro becomes swimmy headed looking at all the documents before pulling his eyes away. "This is all beyond me. Perhaps we should inform someone important about our find and return here or just hand it off to whoever the Society assigns to investigate all this stuff."

"Yes I think we should to that. Let's take some of these papers with us so we have proof." Calephe gathers up some random papers and books putting them in her backpack.

"Oh, uh... the stone is just a light. For seeing better. Very... boring. Perfectly safe though!" Tellerin seems to pout at the lack of interesting drama around the office or its contents.

"I would have liked if we worked out the incredible secret ourselves, but if none of us can read them, we might as well deliver the papers to someone who can." And they'll get all the credit, won't they? Tellerin hops up onto one of the chairs and begins to take some notes on their experience, and what they found here.

Once he's done her takes a few of the most prominent coded papers and stows them in his pack.

The adventurers gather up the papers that lie scattered around the desks as they discuss what should be done from here. Careful to grab everything they find, they move quickly to secure the site and move back to the lodge. However, as the intrepid Pathfinders exit the secret tunnel and return to the shrine, masked attackers dash out from cover to surround the group. Two fully cloaked and masked fighters flank the group, while in the middle stands a dwarven cleric and a half orc wild woman. Without a single word of parlay, they begin their attack.

1d4 ⇒ 4

Surprise Round
The two masked fighters each toss small bags at the group The first one smacks Hskoro square in the middle of his chest, exploding into a mass of sticky goop, while the one aimed at Dolvin flies just wide of the mark.
Purple vs Hskoro: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Blue vs Dolvin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

The half orc woman looks at the group for a moment, narrowing her eyes as she studies Calephe! She suddenly feels a very malignant will pressing against her, and doubt floods her mind!
Misfortune Hex DC 13 Will for one round of -2 attack rolls. Otherwise 5 rnds

The dwarf makes a short chant and a roiling cloud of evil flows towards the party!
Channel neg energy: 1d6 ⇒ 5
DC 10 Will save for half

"Bold May Post"
Calephe- Will Save or -2 Atk x5, Will Save vs NE
Fighters
~Purple
~Blue
Tellerin- Will Save vs NE
Debilitator
Dolvin- Will Save vs NE
Hskoro- Entangled, Reflex Save, Will Save vs NE
Neophite

Hskoro: Rules for tanglefoot bag

I know that it is not my turn but can I make a knowledge Religion check on the dwarf so that when my turn comes up I can use that information?

Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Know Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

The sudden attack completely baffles Hskoro as he tries to shake off the negative energy thrown his way by the dwarf.

Will Save vs NE: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Welp, there's the reason finding Eylysia's stash was so straightforward. Also, I think you still need to make a reflex save vs. the tanglefoot bag Hskoro.

Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Tellerin grits his teeth under the wave of unholy energy. "Looks like we're not the only ones who want Eylysia's secrets!"

Reflex Save (DC 15) vs Tanglefoot bag: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Not able to avoid the trap, Hskoro is stuck to the ground and is unable to move.

Dovin and Tellerin manage to shake off the roiling cloud of evil emanating from the cleric, but Hskoro is not so lucky as he stands glued to the floor!

"Bold May Post"
Calephe- Will Save or -2 Atk x5, Will Save vs NE
Fighters
~Purple
~Blue
Tellerin- 2 dmg
Debilitator
Dolvin- 2 dmg
Hskoro- Entangled, glued, 5 dmg
Neophite

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 Hex
Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 Neg Energy

Calephe manages to resist the worse of both the hex and the negative energy. She moves up to one of the mask wearing enemies and swings at him.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 2 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Calephe manages to fight off all mental comers, and closes in for a fight with one of the masked men. Her scimitar swings around and darts in, but is deflected by the rogues armor.

The rogue Calephe is fighting returns Calephes attack, poking at her with his rapier but is unable to hit the nimble woman.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

The other fighter steps in towards Dolvin, drawing a line of blood from the stalwart dwarf.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

"Bold May Post"
Calephe- 2 dmg
Fighters
~Purple
~Blue
Tellerin- 2 dmg
Debilitator
Dolvin- 5 dmg
Hskoro- Entangled, glued, 5 dmg
Neophite

Tellerin skirts around the deadly combat going on around him and calls out "Go away! Eylysia's notes belong to the Society!".

With a swift motion, he traces out a spell from his tattoos, sending a wave of fire out at the two enemies (fighter purple + Neophyte).

Burning Hands, w/burning infusion: 3d4 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) = 6 DC14 reflex for half. Enemies damaged are lit on fire, taking 1d6 damage at the end of their turn unless they make a DC15 reflex to put themselves out.

Tellerin joins the fray with a wave of fire pointed at one fighter and the enemy cleric. The fighter quickly dodges getting only singed, but the dwarven beard lights up like a torch!
P: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
N: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

The witch turns her eyes upon Tellerin and begins chanting. Suddenly, He feels a tidal wave of fear crashing over him!
Cause Fear, DC 13 Will save or be Firghtened for Fear: 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds. If save made, Shaken for 1 round.

"Bold May Post"
Calephe-
Fighters
~Purple- 3 dmg
~Blue
Tellerin- Will Save
Debilitator
Dolvin-
Hskoro- Entangled, glued,
Neophite- 6 dmg, fire, DC 15 reflex

Dolvin takes a step back and casts truestrike brandishing his warhammer in one hand and shield in the other he snarls at the warrior that attempted to gut him.

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Will vs. Cause Fear: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Wow, frightened for 4 rounds. I guess I'll catch up to you all after the fight is over. :>

@DevilDoc As a heads up, even creatures that made the save against the spell (in this case the purple fighter) are lit on fire by burning amplification and have to make the subsequent Reflex saves if they want to put themselves out. The feat only cares whether or not you dealt fire damage.

I misread that, Tellerin! Thank you!
Forgot to highlight Hskoro! Don't forget that you can try and break the gooey mess scrape it off.

Dolvin steps back from the fight and casts a spell on his hammer, hoping to end this quickly! Tellerin succumbs to his fear and begins to gibber!

"Bold May Post"
Calephe-
Fighters
~Purple- 3 dmg
~Blue
Tellerin- Frightened x4
Debilitator
Dolvin-
Hskoro- Entangled, glued,
Neophite- 6 dmg, fire, DC 15 reflex

Str vs DC 17 to break free from glue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Hskoro roars as he bulges his muscles to break free from the glue. He can feel it almost give before his burst of strength wears out.

The mighty Hskoro finds himself still trapped within the sticky goo cementing him to the floor!

1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9
The dwarf flails around helplessly against the fire consuming him, and finally drops to the floor, rolling to smother out the flames.
1d20 - 1 + 4 ⇒ (13) - 1 + 4 = 16

"Bold May Post"
Calephe-
Fighters
~Purple- 3 dmg, DC 15 reflex vs fire
~Blue
Tellerin- Frightened x4
Debilitator
Dolvin-
Hskoro- Entangled, glued,
Neophite- 6 dmg, Prone

Calephe grins at the assassin in front of her, and swipes out with both her weapons.

Masterwork Scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Masterwork Kukri: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Calephe keeps the pressure up against her target. Her first slash misses, but draws the halfling into her kukri for a slice he will not soon forget!

The halfing swats at his clothes, trying to put out the fires from Tellerin's flames. Getting that under control, he pokes back at Calephe. His rapier seems to be aimed straight for her eye, but at the last moment, Calephe ducks her head and ends with a long cut along her cheek.
Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

The other rogue steps in on Dolvin, and once again fortune smiles! The blade seems destined for the dwarf's heart but only slashes across his back.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Tellering runs from the battle, waves of terror clouding his mind and nearly stopping his heart.

The witch makes a short incantation and points a finger to Calephe, who suddenly feels her limbs sapped of strength!
Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Strength penalty: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Bold May Post"
Calephe- 3 dmg, 6 Strength penalty Fort Save DC 13 for half
Fighters
~Purple- 8 dmg
~Blue
Tellerin- Frightened x3
Debilitator
Dolvin- 3 dmg
Hskoro- Entangled, glued
Neophite- 6 dmg, Prone

Dolvin swings at the rogue, and is ready for the attack that will come at him, but instead of trying to hurt the would be assassin he swings for his hand trying to disarm him.

Disarm: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37

I do incur an AOO

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Str vs DC 17 to break free from glue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Once again, Hskoro tries to break free from the glue but wasn't able to put much strength into his effort, still slightly exhausted from his previous attempt to break free.

Tellerin screams something unintelligible while running. Between his mad screaming, there are snippets of "Agh! Demon Orcs!" and "Save meee!"

Cupper separates from the frightened gnome and hides somewhere safe, clearly not wanting to be part of this embarrassing display.

Wow, our group is pretty cleanly disabled other than Dolvin. 6 STR penalty is brutal for Calephe, and that entangle-root isn't letting up either :<

AOO vs Dolvin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Dolvin manages to knock the rogues rapier from his hand, but in doing so, takes another poke to the chest!

Hskoro continues to fight valiantly against the goo encasing him, but is unable to break free!

The dwarf gets to his feet touches the shoulder of the fighter next to him. Suddenly, the fighter is wreathed in a golden glow that heals some of his wounds.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Bold May Post"
Calephe- 3 dmg, 6 Strength penalty Fort Save DC 13 for half
Fighters
~Purple- 2 dmg
~Blue- disarmed
Tellerin- Frightened x3
Debilitator
Dolvin- 6 dmg
Hskoro- Entangled, glued
Neophite- 6 dmg

Got Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

I'll get the action list up in a bit. Calculating strength damage in my head and what it does to my weapons not so easy.

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Calphe manages to resist most of the witch's spell. She glares at the cleric, and reaches out to attack him with both her weapons.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 4 - 1 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Kukri: 1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 3 - 1 = 21
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Kukri Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 1 = 9
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Ahh.. I moved him by accident.. but its still all yours, Calephe, since it was my mistake.!

Calephe takes advantage of the dwarf stepping too close to her and nearly cuts him in half with two very precise swings of her sword and kukri!

The fighters continue to press the attack, with Calephe's opponent nearly skewering her. Thankfully, the point of the rapier glances off of her armor harmlessly.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

The other fighter lashes out at Dolvin with a armored fist but just can't hit the mark.
Unarmed attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
AOO from Dolvin

Tellerin exits the shrine at full speed, screaming like a banshee the whole way!

The witch turns her attentions to Dolvin, pulling out a scroll and beginning to read it. As the magical words flash and flare up from the paper, Dolvin feels a powerful will pressing in on his mind, ordering him to flee!
Command to flee for one round. DC 13 Will negates

"Bold May Post"
Calephe- 3 dmg, 3 str penalty
Fighters
~Purple- 2 dmg
~Blue- disarmed
Tellerin- Frightened x2
Debilitator
Dolvin- 6 dmg, AOO vs unarmed, DC 13 Will save or flee for one round
Hskoro- Entangled, glued

Str vs DC 17 to break free from glue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Hskoro grows frustrated with his inability to join the battle but with a mighty roar, he finally bursts through the glue keeping him bound which he ends with an evil smile as he prepares to bring death upon his enemies.

AOO: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18
Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6
Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Dolvin Slams his great warhammer into his unarmed attacker and begins to say something before the feeling of pure terror washes over him and he screams and runs to cower in the corner.

So Dolvin retreats but I don't think that it threatens because he is unarmed.

Also I know I am supposed to run away far, so if you want to move me far you can but I figured the corner would work, if not just put me where you want me.