Grumble... I lost the first version of this post :P
Naxolel's second channel kills Lacedons #3 and #4.
Drav connects solidly on Lacedon #6's claw with his first swing of his earthbreaker and his other two attacks miss, the Klar only narrowly.
Flynras the Lacedon's have total cover from you (two boats, Drav, Nax, and partial submerged), a bow shot is literally not possible.
The boats have drifted west 10ft (2 rounds of drift) and thus Belle is hovering over the center of the gap between the two boats.
Flynras it's your turn, but i think I understand that you want to delay until Nax maneuvers your boat to provide a shot on #5/#6...
Belle is up followed by Inirissa.
#5 and #6 and then Nax, from whom I need a survival check.
Done.
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Bloody halfling..
Empowered by the channeled energy of Nethys--and sheer annoyance over that damn halfling's sheer laziness in just standing there waiting to be shuttled around the dungeon--Naxolel propels the boat toward Drav and Belle. Dont worry, Drav, I'm coming!
Max movement toward Drav and Belle...
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Looks like a miss by Belle
Inirissa, 5, and 6 yet to go
Nax pilots the boat with a good roll
If that gets me a shot, I will come off delay and shoot an arrow at the wounded Lacedon (+8 minus any penalties).
If I don't have a shot, but the boat gets within 5 feet of Drav's boat, I will attempt to jump into Drav's boat and stab at any claw I can reach (Acrobatics +17, Rapier +9 minus penalties)
Otherwise, I will delay after Drav and then reconsider my options.
Belle fires an acid dart missing by a mile.
Inirissa attacks #6 again hitting for two points of damage, enraging the Lacedon and causing him to give up attempting to capsize the boat.
#5 serges out of the water climbing into the bow of the boat and attacks Drav with it's nasty great big teeth, barely missing.
#6 serges out of the water climbing past Drav (provoking an attack of opportunity) into the stern of Drav's boat and attacks him from a flank, barely missing.
Nax's roll was sufficient to move the boat 30ft... for the sake of expediency Nax rowed past Drav's boat on the port side ending up with the stern of Nax's boat a mere 7 feet from the bow of Drav's boat.
Drav smashes #6, the one in the stern with his Earthbreaker ending it's unlife, thanks to Inirissa's recent whip damage, and turns toward last remaining undead in the bow. He swings his Klar, connecting solidly but misses his follow up strike with his earthbreaker.
Flynras, while you were trying to line up a shot you realizes that the Lacedon's climbing into Drav's boat has closed the distance between your two boats to under 5 feet... You are now flanking a greviously wounded ghoul with Drav... and if you fire your arrow you will provoke an AoO.
P.S. Drav, don't worry about the drift... you're still 60 feet from the nearest obsticle.
Done
Sorry Flynras... no the CMB check was solely to know in advance that under normal circumstances the boat would inflict a -2 penalty on attack rolls
Inirissa struggles a bit to drag Belle west enough such that she can lower herself down into a boat and Drav/Nax are each easily able to row the rest of the way toward the destination platform.
Once you arrive, you discover that, while the inset pictures are different it is extremely similar to the door through which you exited the U-shaped hall in which Sorshen sleeps. In this case, instead of scenes chronicaling Sorshen engaged in magical incantations with winged creatures the scenes depict her upon a throne before which numerous strange monsters bow before her.
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Naxolel is tanking in the middle of the square room, looking at each door in turn. Which one should we try? Flynras, why don't you check for traps. I'll see if I can detect magic on or, if possible, behind the doors. Intoning a prayer to Nethys and drawing the requisite symbol in the air before each door, I cast detect magic.
Naxolel stands in the pool in the center of the room, standing carefully on the bars of the grating at the bottom of the pool. The clean water comes to his waist, not hindering him at all as he casts detect magic. His senses come alive as he immediately senses the presence of magic. After a second round, he discerns the, now familiar, aura of abjuration magic that he recognizes as the all pervasive preservative magic that is everywhere. The most potent auras present are the two shards, one on Drav and the other on Flynras.... Assuming you continue concentrating for a third round, Naxolel, please make a perception check as you keep scanning the doors... upon which you detect no magic (other than the preservative abjuration magic.)
Meanwhile, Flynras checks each of the three doors for traps, finding none.
Belle feels the mental tug of Inirissa... Anger and puzzlement.
Done.
The door to the west opens to reveal: Stone counters line the walls of this chamber. An additional work slab sits in the center of the room--all of the countertops are cluttered with beakers, jars, tubes, tools, and all manner of ancient alchemical equipment, many of them caked with strange encrustations of crystals, stains or other residues. A particularly large urn of corroded-looking metal sits in the center of the westernmost end of the central countertop (the black square).
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Assuming the combat is not starting, I will scan the room before entering.
I am looking for traps and monsters, then anything that looks interesting.
If I don't find any traps, I'll move in to look more closely at the urn and the shelves, looking to see if there is anything that looks helpful.
* Add another +3 for traps
Flynras cautiously peers into the room from outside and detects no traps. So he bravely steps into the room and attempts to get a closer look at the urn and countertops. His height is a detriment here, as the countertops are high enough that he must strain to see. The counters are completely cluttered with many dozens of glass, crystal, and the occasional metal container. You guess that there might be 10 or more vials of alchemical fire, an additional 10 or more vials of acid and/or alkelai. There may be potions and elixirs in here too. It's hard to tell without a closer (and physical) examination of the vials & beakers and test tubes.
I assume you move to at least square #7 while examining the urn. From that vantage point you detect nothing dangerous. It does look to have survived the ages without any appreciable corrosion, and appears to be intact.
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It looks safe, everybody. If nothing else, there is plenty of stuff to stock up with in case of swarm attacks.
Come on in and take a look yourself, Naxolel, there might be some magic in here.
One of you big people might want to take a look inside that urn.
Flynras will step back into the pool area and wait for the people with more applicable knowledge to try to identify what is here.
Naxolel stands in the doorway and casts detect magic, immediately knowing there is magic beyond the standard preservative abjuration magic that has always been present. After concentrating for 6 seconds he is able to determine there are 7 additional magical auras in the room (each of the colored boxes, is in fact a single item)... the black urn does not radiate additional magic. The strongest of the Auras is a metal jar (Green).
Belle feels irritation, mixed with anger, mixed with puzzlement... and as time progresses, despair, coming along her bond with Inirissa.
Done.
From the doorway you are both able to determine the following auras:
Cyan: Faint Transmutation
Red: Faint Abjuration
Blue: Faint Evocation
Fuchsia: Faint Enchantment
Green: Strong Abjuration/Transmutation
Yellow: Faint Conjuration
Purple: Faint Illusion
Done
Naxolel strides confidently into the room. Strides directly over to the location #9 and picks up the metal jar, attempting to identify it. He concentrates on the aura of Transmutation and Abjuration and is unable to figure it out.
Naxolel flees the newest room like a chicken handing the metal jar to Belle on his way to check out the starburst.
Belle continues standing in the doorway (sw corner), Flynras behind her (se corner), and Drav to her side (nw corner) ready and waiting for combat.
The cyan is a glass vial with cyan contents.
The red is a glass jar with red contents.
The Blue is a glass jar with blue contents.
The Fuchsia is a glass vial with pink contents.
The Green is a metal jar, assuming you may have opened it by now it has green paste in it.
The Yellow is a glass vial with what looks like yellow powder in it.
The purple is a glass vial with purple contents.
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Once Naxolel has finished sketching the very interesting magical starburst mosaic and made appropriate notes concerning its discernible magical properties, he will return to the alchemy lab. If Belle hasn't progressed far, Naxolel will huff in irritation (and embarrassment for having fled to the other room). Hell walk over and gently pick up the next potion bottle needing identification.
The red is a glass jar with red contents.
The Blue is a glass jar with blue contents.
The Fuchsia is a glass vial with pink contents.
The Yellow is a glass vial with what looks like yellow powder in it.
The purple is a glass vial with purple contents.
Naxolel recasts detect magic and re-enters the room heading over to the red jar. He gingerly picks up the red jar and studies it for 18 seconds... skillfully discerning that it is:
Once applied, the wax imparts a –2 penalty on Perception checks, but imparts a +4 resistance bonus on all saving throws against charm or language-dependent compulsion effects, like charm monster, command, and suggestion. If placed in the ears of a willing or helpless creature currently under a charm or language-dependent compulsion effect, the dose immediately allows the creature to make a new saving throw against the original effect to throw off the charm or compulsion effect (although without the normal +4 bonus granted by the wax if used when a creature is first targeted by such an effect). A single dose of wax of defiance lasts for 1 hour once applied.
He then leaves the room and hands the red wax to Belle before heading back into the breach approaching the blue glass jar he begins notices some telltale magical instabilities and realises that if it were to be picked up there would be a chance, each round, that it would detonate, and wisely decides to leave it be.
Continuing to concentrate he turns his attention to the Fuchsia vial and confidently believes it is safe to handle, picking it up and studying it for 3 rounds. He successfully identifies it as:
Again, he carries the vial out of the room handing it to Belle before returning to continue investigating.
As he approaches the vial containing the yellow vial he, carefully picks it up and begins studying it:
1st round:
2nd round:
3rd round:
Whereupon he very carefully places it back down on the counter, after having failed to identify it.
Bravely carrying on he gingerly examines the purple vial, picking it up and beginning his close examination. After 3 rounds of intense study he is able to identify the vial's contents as a:
With an arrogant swagger he walks back to square #1 and thrusts the potion towards Belle's hands.
Done... Congrats.
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Perplexed by the yellow powder, Naxolel returns for further study.
But damn it if I can't figure it out... We'll, he writes down a full description of the powder and vial it is held in. Maybe further study later will reveal the answer.
Flynras, watch out for the blue and yellow containers - they're likely quite dangerous! The red jar is wax of defiance and will help us to get past the whispering voices! The purple vial is potion of displacement - you or Drav would really benefit from this in battle! The Fuschia vial is a potion of cure light wounds. I'll just hold on to that until we need it... Before you check the urn, let me look at the cyan potion - I forgot to check it out...
I walk over to carefully inspect the cyan vial.
No, the 1d4 rolls were not damage but something else. Your intelligence check was insufficient.
Chuckle... you'll need to make a bluff check to see if your friends believe you about the fuchsia vial.
You pick up the cyan vial (I'm assuming you are standing in square #4) and begin magically studying it.
1st round: KABOOM! The cyan vial detonates in a 20ft radius for of acid damage (DC 15 Reflex save for half)
(Naxolel, Bellassa, and Drav are in the blast area. Drav gets a +2 bonus to the save due to the corner.)
As the wave of acid damage explodes outward yellow powder is caught in the damage zone which damages it's vial causing it to detonate, KABOOM, in a 20ft radius for of fire damage (DC 15 Reflex save for half)
(Only Naxolel is in the area of effect from the yellow fire blast.)
The combined concussion causes the ancient metal urn to rupture spilling forth about 35 gallons of a quivering viscous gray fluid that coalesces into two 5ft diameter puddles (one in square #10 and one in square #11).
At that point we get to roll initiative... Yay XP!
Mindless: No Intelligence score, and immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects). An ooze with an Intelligence score loses this trait.
Blind (but have the blindsight special quality), with immunity to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight.
Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, polymorph, and stunning.
Some oozes have the ability to deal acid damage to objects.
Not subject to critical hits or flanking. Does not take additional damage from precision-based attacks, such as sneak attack.
Proficient with its natural weapons only.
Proficient with no armor.
Oozes eat and breathe, but do not sleep.
Ooze #11 initiative
Ooze #10 initiative
Very strange... I thought immunity to acid was part of ooze traits, apparently not.
Also, there are two other 'important' pieces of information you can get... so Drav and Flynras should both roll Knowledge (Dungeoneering) checks. (Sorry, I somehow missed it when looking at the monster in Hero Lab.)