Classic PFS Risen from the Sands (2-4) (Inactive)

Game Master Oykiv

Thanks for the reminder Kysh.
By the way. Go ahead for the corridor, or go back to another route?

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
"Right. So, I guess we're done here. Let some idiot thief summon another element."

She dusts the embers off of her dress and notes the soot on her leg. "Maybe I should wear pants..."

"Er, anyway. Let's head down the corridor and see what else is here."

detect magic spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 I have no idea what it is

But would that mean the other pillars have more magic gems?

"Nope I already checked the other pillars. Only this one had a gem." Kyshkumen says as he heads down the corridor as Seoni suggested.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Bjor follows quietly, apparently having enough of this pyramid.

I won't be able to post until sunday night.

Sorry for the delay. RL problems keep me busy

This long, low corridor is decorated with hieroglyphs and carvings depicting kings, gods, and sphinxes in orderly geometric rows.

Kysh inspection don´t reveal any trap so you continue south for many feet until the corridor turns to the south. A pair of stone door makes another posible path to the north.

general map has been updated

"Should we see what's behind the door, first?"

"We could do that, but I'm more curious as to what is behind us. Don't want to get flanked."

"Indeed, let's see what old corpses or strange energies await there." Bjor says, and walks down the corridor shield ready for whatever dwells inside.

The corridor sounds fine to Abaal. It's closer to the exit. ;)

Two woven reed boats sit end-to-end in this chamber, covered in a thick layer of dust. Carvings on the walls depict naval expeditions and boats bearing tribute for the pharaoh. There´s another corridor starting in the east wall.

"Rowboats! Not demonic rowboats, right?" Seoni giggles. "Shall we continue, then?"

"Surely there are not mimics this large." The masked man says as he goes about searching the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

If the room is clear he will continue heading east toward the entrance.

"Hm..." Bjor murmurs as he enters the room."Let's be sure huh?"

With that he kicks one of the boats, lightly tapping it at first, then puttong more force - but making sure not to destroy the antiques should they be real.

"Strange.... Have you ever heard of a disgraced knight known as Sir Bluto Sans Pite?"

sure, I'll search the room as well perception: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (15) = 19

"Eh? Name doesn't ring. Must have been from a land far away." Bjor says with a shrug.

The room is not clear. Kysh can hear a "bzzz" comming from one of the boats, so he stops Bjor before he kicks it and awakes whatever lies inside Unless you desire to do it another way

Searching the other boat Zanu finds a bag full of dust. Detect magic reveals it´s magical, but its hard to identify what it is Spellcraft DC 26

Once you searched the room, the group walks through the corridor to the hypostyle:

Tall, pink granite columns, carved and painted to resemble palm trees, stand around the perimeter of this chamber, supporting the barrel vault of the ceiling. Slabs of the same pink granite line the walls. A stone sarcophagus stands alone on the limestone floor in the center of the room. Beyond, a dark doorway leads deeper into the pyramid to the west.

. General map update. You´ll go through the dark doorway or go back to the closed doors?

If there is a new sarcophagus there, Abaal rushes forward to attack it. ;)

"Well we can search the main passage here or go back and deal with the buzzing in that other boat."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Seoni glares at the dust. "It's dust, and it's...magical. Yeah. Don't give me that look, I got my power from a magical tree, not from a book." She winks at Zanu.

"We may as well deal with that buzzing noise first." She pulls out her wand of magic missile and readies herself for whatever's under there.

"But books come from trees."

spellcraft: 7 + 1d20 ⇒ 7 + (17) = 24 common, miracle dice roller. So close

"Well better deal with it now, than when it follows and strikes our backs."

Bjor readies his weapons if the others all agrre, then finaly kicks the boat to stir what lives within.

"But books come from trees."

"Uh, yes, but...hmmm. So, what's with that buzzing?" Seoni desperately changes topics to focus on the danger at hand.

To be clear, you are disturbing the bugs making the buzzing to see what happens?

I think the idea is to disturb them so they won't be a problem later.

I think the idea is to disturb them so they won't be a problem later.

"Perhaps," Abaal suggests, readying a bottle of alchemist's fire to toss at whatever hoard of monstrous insects might crawl or fly from the relic. "We could wake with a sleep spell?"

OK, new map prepared. As you had forced the enconter you can put yourselves whatever you want in the room and have a surprise round.

Bjor kicks the boat, and the buzz becomes more intense. Once scarab appear from the inside of the boat. Then a second one, and two more, and soon there are scarabs appearing from every part of the boat, gathering in one swarm and preparing to deal with whatever had disturbed them.

Surprise round
All can act initiative will be rolled for the next round, if the swarm is still alive

Bjor
Seoni
Abaal
Kyshkumen
Zanu
Malaika

"Ooo, beetles! ...Allow me." Seoni grins as she chants and a wave of flames emerge from her hands, roasting the swarm.

Burning Hands: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 4) = 9
Swarms take an extra 50% damage from Area Effect attacks.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

Scarred by the heat the precedes the waves of flames, the scarabs start to move away of the flaming wave that goes toward them. Hundreds hide in the boat just to emerge when the flames had passed, but dozens of scarabs haven´t been so quickliy and the air fills with a smell of burned bugs.

Surprise round
Bold can act initiative will be rolled for the next round, if the swarm is still alive

Bjor
Seoni conjures a wave of flames that burns dozens of scarabs
Abaal
Kyshkumen
Zanu
Malaika
Scarabs -6 HP

"Eh, those are too tiny. Hoped for something bigger, I leave them to you."

Bjor has not encountered the dreaded SWARM! - therefore no splash weapons ;)

alchemist's fire: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Is it possible to throw something so poorly that it just hangs in the air the way bricks don't?

eaney, meaney, miney, moe: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Bjor shows surprise for encontering an opponent his weapons not help against. And he´s even more surprised when abaal´s alchemist´s fire hangs in the air for a moment, just to fall by his side making small burns in his skin.

Surprise round
Bold can act initiative will be rolled for the next round, if the swarm is still alive

Bjor -1 HP uses the surprise round to be surprised
Seoni conjures a wave of flames that burns dozens of scarabs
Abaal throws an alchemist fire burning Bjorn and few scarabs
Kyshkumen
Zanu
Malaika
Scarabs -7 HP

Kyshkumen pats himself down. "looks like I forgot to restock my alchemist fire."

Kyshkumen will step back and delay.

magic missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 the first set of scarabs.

Zanu, magic missile don´t works. It hits a single target, and the swarm is made of hundred scarabs

Malaika is missing for more than a week, so I´ll bot him

Malaika makes a steps back so he can cast safely, then he conjures a flaming wawe that join Seoni´s one burning hundred of scarabs. The swarm is sratting to disperse, but there are already hundreds of bugs wanting to eat your flesh.

Burning hands: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
Reflex save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Surprise round

Bjor -1 HP uses the surprise round to be surprised
Seoni conjures a wave of flames that burns dozens of scarabs
Abaal throws an alchemist fire burning Bjorn and few scarabs
Kyshkumen Delays
Zanu retcon action
Malaika throws an alchemist fire burning few scarabs
Scarabs -13 HP

Combat round one
Bold can act

Kyshkumen is delaying
Seoni
Zanu
Abaal
Scarbs
Malaika
Bjor

I just realized the swarm has the wrong size, I´ll take that in account

No need to wait for Bjor, he is pretty useless against swarms right now, but he will ready a reposition maneuver to drag Seoni out of the swarm should it attack her

Huh, maybe we shouldn't have provoked the swarm. Looks like most of us aren't prepared for it.

Seoni looses another wave of flames at the insects. "Fire, fire, hehehe..." a wicked grin briefly flashes across her face just as she regains her composure.

Burning Hands: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 2) = 9 Reflex Save DC 15 for half damage

"I feel a very specific and esoteric folk saying in the making."

Abaal moves away (and keeps moving away if necessary).

I would agree with Seoni, if not because she can handle the swarm by herself

With arsonist delight in her heart, Seoni sends a wave of flames that engulfs the remaining scarabs. Few of them can escape the flames, and those so fortunate starts to scatter to save the life.

With the swarm defeated you check the burned boat to see if the scarabs guard anything, but there´s nothing of valor on the boat.

Where we go?

"Shall we press forward, now that the way behind us is clear?" The masked man asks as he double checks around himself for more scarabs.

Pushing for the doors to the north? Or is it east of our current room?

The doors are at the north. Also you´ve been exploring the area through the hidden doors. The initial "obvious path" is also available.

"Heeeheee." Seoni coughs. "Well then. Now should we try the northern doors?"

"Aye, we should!"and with that, Bjor opens the doors.

Bjorn opens the nothern doors . Seeing they lead to a sparse room. Its bare sandstone walls and floor are devoid of decorations and furnishings.

Nevertheless, the room is not empty. In the room are four burning skeletons and a four-armed skeleton covered in dripping blood. They turn they heads to Bjorn and open their mouths in a silent shout as they prepare for battle.

Combat round one
Bold can act

Kyshkumen
Seoni
Four-armed skeleton
Zanu
Burning skeletons
Bjor
Abaal
Malaika

"GO GET 'EM BJOR!" :D

Burning skeletons, eh? Can I use K. Arcana to identify? Also, can you update the map?

"Is there any room in this place that don't contain monsters or traps?" Seoni seems incredulous at this point, as if the gods just built a giant death trap to grind adventurers away.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 pfffft, I'll assume I failed to identify.

Seoni figures that using fire on the fire skeletons is a bad idea, so she hurls a scorching ray at the four armed fiend.

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Scorching Ray damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 3, 2) = 12

Is there a new map yet?

"We hit these things with clubs right?"

There was a new map. But I forgot to update the link. Now is resolved

Seoni sent a ray toward the four-arms skeleton. As the ray hits the skeleton it burns from toe to head, falling to the ground in a pile of dust. Too much damage for him

Hitting skeletons with clubs is common knowledge for me. Same as not trying to burn a flaming thing.

Combat round one
Bold can act

Kyshkumen
Seoni burns a four armed skeleton with a well aimed scorching ray
Zanu
Burning skeletons
Bjor
Abaal
Malaika