Crypt of the Everflame! (Inactive)

Game Master Jellyroll

con: 1 - 1 + 1d20 ⇒ 1 - 1 + (10) = 10 because I was down by 1 HP, sweet, just barely saved.

The Giltmen touch the menacing zombie, and a bright flash causes the undead to recoil. Nicolae moves up the downed sorcerer and fends off the zombie, though he fails to his the shambling piece of unlife.

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Leb
Nicolae
Mordack
Cazithiel
Giltman - (+Copy)
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Zombie (9)
Zombie (1)
Zombie (1)
Zobmie (1)
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Cazithiel calls out, "Favor my companions, my Count!"

A dark wave issues forth from him, and the party finds newfound strength. He draws his rapier and plans his next move.

Cast bless, draw rapier.

Leb pulls out a vial and drains it in one gulp. Then, he says, "Giltman, you might want to leave a little space between yourself and these things."
Drinking my mutagen (+4 Dex, -2 Wis, +2 natural armor)

Cazithiel calls forth the blessing of his protector, and Leb seeks protection in his own way as the zombies keep slamming away at the front-line cleric.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 221d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Nicolae, protecting the unconscious sorcerer, also draws a nasty sweep from the zombie adjacent to him

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 201d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

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Leb
Nicolae
Mordack
Cazithiel
Giltman - (+Copy)
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Zombie (9)
Zombie (1)
Zombie (1)
Zobmie (1)
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Giltman takes a hit... 2 is copy: 1d2 ⇒ 1 and it hits him, not his copy.

He Swiftly heals himself (using another Fervor as a Swift action, this time on himself.) Fervor: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Then he smacks the zombie that he hit with his fervor.
light hammer: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21 (+1 from bless)
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

He will then take a five-foot step backward, free action to drop his light hammer, and then finally use a move action to pull out his wand of cure light wounds readying it to touch the zombies next round.

Leb waits until the Giltmen step away from the creatures, and then he leans around the corner to lob a bomb at the one in the center.

ranged touch attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 fire damage, Reflex DC 13 for half: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Giltman smacks the rightmost zombie over the head, and splatter the zombie's skull all over its undead comrades. Taking a step back, Giltman sees a bomb fly over and hit the middle zombie, where it explodes in a flash of fire.

RFX: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20

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Leb
Nicolae
Mordack - KO, stable
Cazithiel
Giltman - (+Copy)
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Zombie - Dead
Zombie (6)
Zombie (3)
Zobmie (1)
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@Leb: Don't you also get splash damage on the other zombies with that? And I thought the reflex save was only for the splash, not the direct hit on the one you targeted?

That's what I did: the direct hit did not get a save, the RFX was for the one zombie next to it (the other was already dead). Direct hit took 5 damage, splash saved and took 2

Giltman's right. That's what I get for posting when I'm in a hurry. So 5 damage to the one I hit, and 4 damage (w/DC 13 Reflex save for half) to the other two.

Well then, Kludde was super on-the-ball as usual. :-P

Nicolae slashes the undead with both blades.

Mwk cold iron sword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Cold iron sword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Nicolae hack with fervour at the zombie. His first swipe goes wide, but the second one buries deep into the putrid flesh, and brings the zombie within an inch of its end.

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Leb
Nicolae
Mordack
Cazithiel
Giltman - (+Copy)
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Zombie (9)
Zombie (1)
Zombie (1)
Zobmie (11)
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Cazithiel growls and calls out, "You are truly needed, my Count! Feast upon them!"

Channel Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Another wave of positive energy washes over the zombies, and this time, two of them simply fall down into a lifeless heap.

The remaining two zombies continue with their unrelenting slamming assault on gilt man, and a single hit causes the false Giltman to disappear.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Attack (1 for true Giltman): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 61d2 ⇒ 2

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Leb
Nicolae
Mordack
Cazithiel
Giltman
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Zombie - Dead
Zombie (7)
Zombie (4)
Zobmie - Dead
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Giltman casts cure light wounds from his wand, then touches the nearest zombie, sending positive energy into its flesh.

touch attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16
positive energy: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Giltman cures another zombie from its undead state, leaving another lifeless corpse. Only a single zombie remains.

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Leb
Nicolae
Mordack
Cazithiel
Giltman
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Zombie - Dead
Zombie - Dead
Zombie (4)
Zobmie - Dead
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Nicolae moves to the remaining zombie and attacks.

Mwk cold iron sword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

right now I'm KO, but stable, I probably won't wake up until long after the battle is over.

Leb attempts to squeeze around Giltman, even though this leaves him vulnerable to the zombie for a moment. He then lobs a bomb, taking care to aim away from his companions.

Targeting the SW grid intersection of the zombie's square.

ranged touch vs. AC 5: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 damage: 4

Nicolae takes another hack at the zombie, and it staggers back just enough to be hit by the blast of Leb's bomb. The putrid flesh is ripped apart in a nasty spray on decay and rot.

Combat over. Mordack, Giltman, Nicolae, please all roll a fort save (DC 11)

There's an old backpack sitting in the corner of this room, that holds a potion, some rotten rations and a piece of paper, a faded note that has a notice of employment, telling all those interested to meet at 'The Rangers Lament'

Leb walks over to the backpack and grabs the potion. He holds it in his hands, attempting to understand its magic.

Craft (alchemy): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Leb quickly identifies the common potion as one of 'cure moderate wounds'

"Hey, guys, we should heal our buddy Mordack over there. Does anybody want to take care of that, or should we use this nifty healing potion I found? Might be overkill, though. This one is more powerful than the ones I can make for myself."

"Save the potion for dire straits, my friend. I will heal him."

Giltman walks over to Mordack and hits him several times with his cure light wounds wand.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Let me know if you need more.

fort: 1 + 1d20 ⇒ 1 + (1) = 2 at least the cure light wounds healed me.

[dice=K. Local "The Rangers Lament"]d20+5[/dice]

Ranger's Lament, where have I heard this name before?..
Nicolae scratches his beard thinking. By the looks of it this guys were adventurers. They did not come to seek the flame, they were hired to come here. For what? And by whom?

Fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

[dice=Fort]d20+7

Got a typo there, should be +4=12

Nicolae remembers the 'Ranger's Lament'. It's an establishment in Timrad, the capital of Nimrathas, of which Kassen is a border town. Whatever the case, these zombies (that is, the men they used to be) were not from here.

It seems Giltman has been badly exposed to the putrid cloud.

There's a door to the south.

someone should go check out that south door, but not me, I'm not your front liner

Nicolae checks the southern door and the room beyond it.
Perc: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Any traps or exits in that room?

Nicolae finds no trap on the southern door, and moves into the southern room.

From the spoiler:
A shallow reflecting pool divides this long chamber, running from one end to the other. The water looks cloudy and stagnant. What must have once been marvelous murals covering both walls are now scorched and ruined, the original subject lost in the destruction.

There's a gate to the south. However, upon inspecting the room, he cannot help but catch a glimpse of himself in the reflecting pool. He sees a horrid, rotting version of himself that slowly turns to murder the others in the room.

Can I have a will save?

Will: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Nicolae is overcome by pure fright, and wants to get away from the vision as fast as he can.

Frightened...

we will come back to this area, how about the east end, Nicolae looks odd right now, lets not risk this area.

Back at the crossroads, the corridor to the east slopes downward slightly, and water has settled in. The passage comes at a juncture, with two corridors, one to the north and one to the south, splitting off.

Nicolae runs out of the room as fasts as he can doing his best not to scream. At the crossroads he stops, shaking all over, to catch his breath.

Cazithiel leaps into action. "Nicolae! Are you hurt? What did you see?"

It...it...it... nevermind. It was just horrible. Bloody magic traps...

Will the effect wear off?

Yes, it wears of after a minute

After a while Nicolae comes to his senses. That place have some mean magic. But I am not sure we can skip it. Those writings mentioned open a lock over there.

So, someone coming, I can't lead the way, I'm not what you call a tank. then he pauses for a minute
With my burning hands hitting many enemies, I can be a glass canon, but that is it.

What do you guys want to do? I would rather return to where my character just fleed and try it again.

I'll just wait until I see a more definite statement of where you want to go.

Taking a deep breath Nicolae returns to the room he just fled to face his fears.
Perc: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Trying it again.

Mordack follows, but he closes his eyes and moves along the walls so he doesn't fall in the water. and he doesn't want to look in the water, so his eyes are closed.

Leb follows Nicolae and Mordack.