Beginners Arc Table B (Inactive)

Game Master Awenydd83

"Whoa! Is that nasty!"

Skai moves back and waits, as she has little of value to provide here while being sick. She arms her whip and pulls out a flask of alchemist's fire.

Egil manages to fight off the vile stench.

"Legend tells of creatures whose assault on one's nostrils can kill you as surely as their claws!" he says.

Surprise Round: Inspired Rage (+2 Str/Con; +1 Will)--accept or reject, as you will.

The skald raises his axe and advances toward them, confident they are about as friendly as their odor. He readies an attack against any that come adjacent to him.

knowledge nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
knowledge Arcana, Dungeoneering, Local, Planes, Religion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Looking for 1) vulnerabilities 2) immunities 3) special abilities

Readied MW Greataxe attack (inspired rage, arcane strike): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 = 221d12 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 20
Fast healing 2 during inspired rage

Tears of the Unworthy, what a stench! Vlazis's normal composure is shattered by the sheer reek emanating from the creatures.

Choking back bile he prepares a prayer to the First King to put these creatures to flight. Ready Cause Fear at the first one to make a hostile move DC 13 or frightened, shaken on success

No one made the K. local DC to identify these creatures.

Some of you try talking through the olfactory assault, while others prepare spells or wait to see what happens.
Zarzuket casts a spell to make the floor slick. One of them falls to the floor, while the other is able to keep his feet.
Red Reflex: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17
Blue Reflex: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Loryndahl readies her weapon against an attack, while Skai does her best to keep her meals where they belong.. inside of her.

Egil begins to sing, then readies his weapon as well against a charge from the creatures.

Vlazis is nearly overcome, but is able to choke out a prayer, sending a wave of fear towards the enemy as one grabs for a javelin.
Red Will: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Blue will: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Both creatures easily repel the mans unholy influence.

Javelin: 1d20 ⇒ 15
The first tries to throw his javelin at Egil, but it is easily deflected by the skalds armor.
The other spends a moment carefully climbing to his feet before drawing a club.
Reflex: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 15

Bold May Post
Loryndahl- Sickened x9
Egil
Zarzuket- Sickened x19
~Pip- Sickened x9
Skai- Sickened x9
Lizard People
~Red
~Blue
Theon
Vlazis- Sickened x20

Zarzuket fires his crossbow at the closest creature but the bolt goes flying to the ceiling.

attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

"Stay still!"

Pip twirls his sling at the one Zarzuket missed.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

1d4 ⇒ 2

The things I do for that fool

"For glory!" Egil belows as he strides forward and cleanly decapitates the red-clad creature. I don't generally make assumptions, but that's a pretty solid roll and damage. Feel free to chastise me, as necessary. :)

MW Greataxe (inspired rage, arcane strike): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 = 251d12 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 18
Fast healing 2 during inspired rage

Skai's jaw drops as she sees Egil's rage inspired strike. Yikes! Don't want to get on his bad side...

She continues to hold, because this is looking like it won't last long and she is too sick to really want to jump in anyway.

Vlazis's spell only targeted the first one, and leaves them shakened on a pass, though they seem to be in a bad way anyways!

Egil seems to be doing quite well without my aid.

Quickly Theon **Hurk** Finish them off!

Enjoy your +2 Insight to AC, CMD, Attacks, and skills for a round!

Theon sighs as the unnecessary violence, but realizes there is little to be done at this point. That creature will only call out an alarm, or try to kill them for beheading his comrade... He steps up and strikes hard with his glaive, but tries to use the blunt edge in hopes of knocking the beast unconscious for questioning...

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 - 1 - 4 = 16
Nonlethal Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 3 = 13

-4 penalty to attack to hit with nonlethal damage, already tallied in the attack.

Zarzuket: From your position inside the stairwell, your posts were not possible. I have moved you forward into the room to accommodate your posts. Unfortunately, loading a sling is a move action as well, so Pip can't fire this round. We will keep that roll though. Just remember that cover may apply next round if Pip stays where he is.

Vlazis, thank you for catching that for me!

Egil: No worries!

Zarzuket and Pip move into the room before Z fires a crossbow bolt, but his heaving stomach keeps him from drawing a clear bead on his target.
Pip follows behind, loading his sling.

Egil steps into the fray, easily decapitating one of the creatures!
Vlazis grants Theon some divine aid, which comes in handy as the man reverses his glaive and gives the lizard man a solid thunk on the temple, dropping him back to the grease covered floor in a heap.

Out of Combat! The sickness will wear off for everyone in about 2 minutes, even for the worst hit. I am assuming that you will wait that long before going anywhere else!

I wonder how long these creatures have been living in here? Does anyone speak their language? Come to think of it, do we know if they speak Taldane?

I should have clarified in my previous post that the remaining troglodyte is simply unconscious, not dead.

"I think it is clear they do not speak Taldan. I cannot quite recall what these creatures are, exactly..."

Egil and I both failed our rolls, but now that we are out of combat... Skai can auto-pass the knowledge roll by Taking 10.

"I don't know what they said"

"They acted with hostility toward us," Egil says. "We defended ourselves in glorious battle. I have generally found most of the world to be hostile," he adds as he searches the room.

perception take 10: 10 + 3 = 13

I quite agree Egil. I have seen nothing to suggest that these creatures deserve mercy, only that they might know more of this tower than we do.

Taking 10 on identifying the creatures gives 15 total.

"I think these are called Trogeldykes. No, that's not quite right. Trog-low-dites. Yah, I think that's it."

Just realized that I never really described the room, just the smell and the troglodytes! So sorry about that. I have a tendancy to go off script every now and then.. sometimes it messes me up!

Racks for weapons line the walls of this chamber; above the racks hang various shields, pieces of armor, weapons, and standards on display. Most of the racks are empty, but a few weapons remain in place. Flanking the stairway you ascended are two heavy ancient doors resting solidly in their jambs.

Egil looks half heartedly around the room, but doesn't see anything out of the ordinary. Suddenly, the man clutches his stomach and doubles over.. before running out of the room and disappears down the stairway. It seems that the smell in the room has done what no blade could, and chased him from the tower.

Team: do not fret, I have allowed PW to change out his characters. Although this is not the normal course of things, I believe that for now it is the best way to handle it.

PW: introduce your new character as you wish please.

All: If you would like to examine the weapons, please provide an Appraise check. For the banners, I will need a K. Local to glean any information from them.

Thanks for working with me on that, Devildoc. I would have handled that differently if I'd understood the rule and didn't want to mess up the continuity of the three scenarios. Sorry to switch characters, but I'm glad we're just at the start.

Egil suddenly becomes violently ill from the stench and is unable to continue. In his place, a backup Pathfinder introduces himself.

He has dark hair, brown eyes, and medium skin tones, and wears the loose, light clothing of the desert. He carries a finely-crafted fauchard and wears scale armor.

"I am Khafra Almaktoum," he says. "I am glad to make your acquaintance. [b]"Be sure that we leave the dead to their rest," he says as he looks over the two dead troglodytes.

"None must desecrate them in their eternal sleep."

Vlazis examines the weapons and standards with his mundane and mystical senses, trying to determine if they belonged to the Troglodytes. Detect Magic

Appraise: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Knowledge (Local) - Take 10: 10 + 1 = 11 Capped at 10

Khafra appears from the stairwell and introduces himself, while Vlazis looks over the weapons and banners. He notices that a few of the weapons don't look half bad, but is unable to discern any more. As for the banners, he is completely at a loss as to what they may represent.

Theon will take a few moments to examine the banners as well (Take 10 on Knowledge: Local for total of 17), while bringing up the point of the troglodytes. "Skai, what languages does this creature speak? Are we even going to be able to interrogate it? If not, then let us waste no more time of the beast. We will tie it up and leave it for now."

He watches as Egil suddenly rushes out of the tower and turns to see a replacement there waiting in the stairwell. "Strange. Clearly Egil was needed for something more important! Well met, Khafra. I am Theon d'Malheur."

"Hi there.. the gnome says to Khafra. "I'm Zarzuket this is my servant Pip."

"Greetings sir.." Pip says. "Let me know if you need your boots polished."

[spoiler=Skai]The creatures speak Draconic.[/ooc]

Theon thinks he may recognize one of the banners, but any particulars currently escape him. DC 20

Skai takes a look at the weapons with Vlasiz, comparing notes. She is also looking for a short bow and arrows, and a short sword or rapier maybe. If nothing else works, a longsword would do.

Appraise Aid: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Okay, sorry for all the trouble over the weekend due to some miscommunication. I'm just going to continue with Egil. Please retcon that whole character swap out.

"We should continue," Egil says. "Perhaps we will find more of these stinky reptiles!"

Aye, as Egil says."

With Skai's help, Vlazis is able to pick out a Masterwork silver dagger and a masterwork light steel shield emblazoned with a leaping dolphin that have withstood the ravages of time. The rest of the weapons are too rotted to be of any use. Just as Skai is about to turn away, she notices a banner hanging in the corner that is also in good condition for the many years it has stood there. It depicts a bird made of living flame, but no one yet can remember who's standard that may have been.

Yall said to leave, but no one specified a direction.. lets see what luck has for you!
1d2 ⇒ 2

The group turns to the southern door. Once again, the expert craftsmanship of the heavy ancient door as withstood the test of time. The hardened portal opens to reveal an empty room thick with dust and another door almost straight across from you.

"A lot of cleaning up to do in that room glad it's not my job"

Zarzuket looks around and at the footprints.

survival: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

"Looks like more reptilian tracks there!"

"They have been through here, for sure," Egil says. "But they aren't here now. Let's try the other side," he adds.

survival: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

The skald moves over the other other door and opens it.

With a grimace on his face, Vlazis sucks in a deep breath in case more Troglodytes are on the other side.

Egil decides to check the other door, and leads the way. Judging from the shelves lining the walls, this darkened room might once have been a storeroom, though its contents have long since succumbed to the passage of time. A crack in the northern wall has apparently let in some rainwater, which has collected in a large puddle on the floor. Sitting in the middle of the room sits an odd little lizard. As the door is opened, it tilts its head at you in a curious manner and takes a hesitant step forward.

DC 12 K. Arcana to identify the lizard.

Zarzuket follows Egil looks around the room.

"Hmmm..perhaps there's more than a tiny lizard"

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

"I have heard of such beasts," Egil says. "Perhaps it is not hostile..."

knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Egil quickly removes some jerky from his pack and tosses it into the room.

"The legends of the shocker lizard must be true! Witness the sparks arcing over its skin! I do not think it is hostile unless we come into its territory," he says as he shuts the door.

Theon perks up when he hears about the strange creature from Egil. "Fascinating! Perhaps we could document it behaviors a little once we have finished here in the tower."

Once they have finished there he proceeds to the unexplored room and listens at the door intently.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Vlazis gives a quick once over of the Shocker Lizard's territory to see if any of the supplies once stored here might still be undamaged by time and the elements.

Else there is certainly no need to trouble the creature.

The team tosses an offering to the little lizard before closing the door again. Theon leads the way around the tower.. but as soon as he sets foot into the dust covered room, the sharp SCHTUNG of a weighted trap sounds just as a javelin buries itself into the man. Luckily, its just a flesh wound, and he carries on.

Javelin: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Theon listens at the door, but can only hear the whine of the wind. Opening the door, he reveals a partially collapsed room with a door on the other side. Judging from the layout of the place, the door most likely leads back to the lizard room.

"Ouch you ok?

Zarzuket asks Theon before he looks around for more traps.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Lorÿndahl looks at Theon's wound and nods in agreement with her gnome companion.

"Yes, Theon, do you need a touch of healing?" she says as she reaches for her curative wand.

Feel free to take a tap from my wand and roll yourself from healing.

"He will shrug that off, I am sure," Egil observes.

"I believe we should continue upward. There are more mysteries to this tower...I can feel it."

"Dang! I would want that healed..."

Theon: Feel free to retcon a healing per Skai's offer.

The team returns to the stairway and continues to ascend the tower. One flight up, they are once again confronted with a landing and time hardened door and another ascending flight of stairs.

"Should we check out that hardened door?"

Skai takes a listen.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Theon removes a wand of his own, but sheepishly asks if one of the others could aid him in activating the healing device. "Thank you all, clearly we should be more cautious in our movements."

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3