DM B's PbP Game Day 4 Quests: Fane of Fangs (4th-5th) Closed (Inactive)

Game Master Beckett

Know Religion 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

The psychic will yell out Companions, If we can get the Spear of the Huntsmen back into the hole of the statue, we can sever the connection after saying a prayer to Erastil!

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Oloch attempts to work out an appropriate prayer to go with the spear ...
And ... as nobody else has expressed an interest in carrying said spear, unless there are objections, Oloch will carry it ... which means nothing happens with it until after smokey goes :-)

Just to get in onto the new page.

ROUND 1
Rivani ()
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Ram 2 ()
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Amiri () & Adowyn ()
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Demon ()
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Oloch () & Merisiel ()
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Ram 1 ()

Concentrating the psychic will manifest psyhcis armor in traditional armor of her people Just a fancy way to say she cast mage armor

Not a problem, roll with it. :P

As Rivani calls on the powers of his people, invoking an ancient strength o cloak himself in their lore, one of the rams charges at Merisiel, for whatever reason the elf having irked it, but just before it is able to smash it's demonic horns into her, it stumbles, smacking the stone floor hard and expending all of it's momentum.

Charge vs Merisiel (AC 20): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 <miss>

ROUND 1
Rivani ()
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Ram 2 (charged)
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Amiri () & Adowyn ()
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Demon ()
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Oloch () & Merisiel ()
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Ram 1 ()

Sorry guys, School is kicking my ass this week.

Leryn whines and yips as he is unable to get to the front line and mix it up with the over sized lambchop

Adowyn begins chanting to the gods of nature, beseeching them to grant her keen eyesight

Casting Aspect of the Falcon, For 4 Minutes= +3 Perception, +1 ranged attacks, crit threat 19-20

As Adowyn calls on aid, Amiri, throwing caution to the wind moves through the party and around the devil goat before bringing her massive sword down hard, but it seems the fall from ealier was enough to knock some luck into the fiend, as the ram, in a surprise thrash smacks into Amari. She takes it, following through with her own blow that severs the Ram in two.

AoO vs Amiri (AC 18): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 <Possible Crit>
AoO vs Amiri (AC 18): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 <CRIT!>
Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 = 10

Large Bastard Sword vs Ram: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Damage: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (1, 4) + 7 = 12

The Demon, flying a bit closer, but still staying high in the air opens it's fanged maw and unleashes a massive cone of hellfire, catching everyone (except Adowyn's pet) as it fans out.

Amiri Refl: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 <half>

Anyone that hasn't rolled Refl by tomorrow I'll roll for, but I prefer to allow you to, in case you have any special bonuses or rerolls, it allows you to use them.

ROUND 1
Rivani (), Amiri (-11), & Adowyn ()
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Demon ()
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Oloch () & Merisiel ()
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Ram 1 ()

Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Adowyn manages to dive out of the way, but has to stomp out a few embers.

Round 1
Reflex DC17: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 HP 14/36
Oloch Calls upon Gorum's Glorious Presence to grant his Glory Blessing upon Merisiel, granting Sanctuary for 1 minute ... then he shoves the spear in her direction ...
"Put the spear in the hole on the statue and ask Erastil to deliver us from this darkness!"
Then he channels his healing fervor to heal his companions and himself Healing: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 HP 21/36

Reflex 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

After gingerly dodging the flames, Merisiel leaps towards the other ram, determined to stop it before it also gets a chance to lightly bump into her.

I believe it's flat footed?
Rapier Poke: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Sneak Attack: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 1) = 7

Well I guess that plan didn't go as expected ...

Merisiel rushes up to the other ram, thrusting her rapier into it and striking deep, the blade slides right through it's eye and into it's brain, killing it outright.

ROUND 2
Oloch (-15), Merisiel (), Rivani (-15),
Amiri (-4), & Adowyn (-4)
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Demon ()

Leryn and Adowyn dash into the room. Adowyn seeks cover near a pillar and draws her bow as she once again begins chanting to her gods.
"Great huntress, I beseech you to lend your might to my bow. Send my arrows true, and may they hit with your own strength!"
Casting Gravity Bow

Current buffs: +3 Perception, +1 ranged attacks, crit threat 19-20, 2d6 dmg

Attack and Damage Roll? Also, just to be clear, who/what are you attacking? The Demon? The Statue/alter?

Wasn't attacking anything yet. I moved and cast a spell (standard action), so I don't get to attack until next round. I was just listing my current buffs there so that I can keep that straight when I do get to attack.

Ah, ok. I was confused, for some reason thinking Gravity Bow was a swift action.

Adowyn enhances his bow to go along with the slightly enhanced arrows, and prepares to unleash their fury.

ROUND 2

Oloch (-15), Merisiel (), Rivani (-15),
Amiri (-4), & Adowyn (-4)
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Demon ()

Concentrating on the fiend before her she will overwhelm its mind with a mind thrust.

Will save is 15
4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 2, 6) = 17

sorry, back from vacation.

Amiri charges toward the demon, but its horns swing at her as she charges in, nearly causing her to lose a grip on her blade.

bastard sword atk: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 2 = 122d8 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 = 12

The Demon is actually flying (without wings) 10ft off the ground, out of reach unless you have a reach weapon or ranged. (What I mean by this is, 0ft = on the ground, 5ft up is 1 square up, and 10ft up is 2 squares off the ground.

Did my mind thrust get it?

Rivani, clearing his mind for a moment, focuses his will into a weapon, and smashes it into the Daemon's relentlessly, leaving the creature stunned for a moment, wondering how such weak mortal could manage to harm it.

Will (DC 15): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17 <half>

Amari, her anger seething, almost palpable grabs her axe in a deft motion, and hurls it at the flying daemon, landing hard and drawing blood, but not nearly as much as it should. She then takes a step forward, drawing her sword in anticipation of when she can feed it.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 4 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 5 = 2

The Daemon, not amused, flies down a bit to unleash his full fury on Amari, ripping into the young woman savagely, and without mercy. First biting her, nearly in half with it's massive jaws, than, in a slow, painful motion, sticking not one, but both of it's taloned hands into her and sweeping them apart in a large arc that sends her burning blood all over the room, feeding the shadowy mists.

Bite vs Amari (AC 18): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 <HIT>
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 = 13

Claw vs Amari (AC 18): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27 <HIT>
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Claw vs Amari (AC 18): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 <possible crit?>
Claw vs Amari (AC 18): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30 <CRIT>
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 5) + 8 = 15

ROUND 3

Oloch (-15), Merisiel (), Rivani (-15),
Amiri (-42), & Adowyn (-4)
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Demon (-10)

The Daemon is now flying 5ft up, so within reach.

Are the evil goat thingees still there? What does the daemon look like? I dont think I have ever fought one in the 30+ years that I have played D and D.

Merisiel desperately tries to dodge the creature's claws as she moves around behind it.

Full Speed Acrobatics: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33 Versus CMD+5 due to Rogue's edge.

"Someone get up in its face!" she cries.

Readying a rapier attack once I have a flank. Will put the results in spoilers below to avoid affecting people's decisions.

Both of the Fiendish Rams where killed already.

"front of the statue, a large deominc ape-like creature flies some 10 feet up. It has a crown of corrupted ram-like horns swirling around it's head, allowing easy access to it's fanged mouth, and as you enter, it turns to glare at you, pointing a clawed hand at you as if giving some sort of command." There is also a larger picture on the map, and the Bestiary says "This brown, shaggy-furred beast stands on slate grey hooves. Its head resembles that of a maniacal horned ape." :P

Those things are awful looking.

She will concentrate again and psycho blast the creature.

DC 15
4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 2, 5) = 10

Leryn lunges forward and jumps at the demon
Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Adowyn leand out from her cover and sends her blessed arrows in at the devil.
Not sure what the bonus for that was other than the cool lights, so GM will have to add whatever bonus that holy water granted!
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 28 +1 PBS, +1 Falcon, -1 Deadly Aim
Confirm: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 24

Damage: 2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 1 + 2 = 9
Crit: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 2, 6) = 17

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 22
Damage: 2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3, 6) + 1 + 2 = 12

Round 2 Double move
Oloch moves to the dias, trying to stay just outside of the demon's reach

I forgot to add in some damage on the crit. Adowyn has the "Killer" trait that adds 3 points damage to any critical hit with her bow.

Amiri screams as the creature rips her apart. Her innate rage comes bellowing out.

Still, like an animal that realizes it has attacked something much more ferocious than anticipated, she backs up, looking for a fresh start.

Withdraw, acrobatics to avoid AoO

acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

This psychic is fun, I might have to build one on my own.

Oloch moves up to get ready while Merisiel charges in, waiting for a brief moment to apply her blade. Rivani tries once more to insert his will, causing as much damage and chaos in the creature's mind as he can, but again meats significant resistance.

Will (DC 15): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 <half>

Amiri attempts to withdraw, but stumbles as she does, and the Daemon shots it's fanged mouth down to bite deep into her once more, leaving her just barely clinging to consciousness.

AoO: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25 <HIT>
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 5) + 4 = 15

Adowyn sends her pet up as she herself unloads as many shots as she can, and their stings bite deeply. This time it looks like they dealt the full damage they should, and it leaves the daemon looking a bit concerned. Her pet wolf also takes a small chunk out of the Daemon's tail, but it doesn't seem to be too effective.

Also, because the creature is flying, it can not be tripped, nor can it really be flanked from the ground. Merisiel, did you want to do something else instead?

ROUND 3

Oloch (-15), Merisiel (), Rivani (-15),
Amiri (-57), & Adowyn (-4)
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Demon (-43)

Let's just consider it a regular attack then? 25 to hit for 10 damage.

Fair enough, I just didn't know if you had anything else up your sleeve.

Merisiel delivers a staggering slash as well, and it seems to fully affect the Daemon, but it's not enough to send it back to whatever hell realm it came from. The Daemon retaliates, unleashing most of it's fury on the elf, but manages to swipe at the wolf as well, and it's talons and teeth come away from it with new blood to boost it's morale.

Random: 1=Merisiel, 2=Wolf
1d2 ⇒ 1
1d2 ⇒ 1
1d2 ⇒ 2

Bite vs Merisiel (AC 20): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 <HIT>
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

Claw vs Merisiel (AC 20): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 <miss>

Claw vs Wolf (AC 17): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28 <HIT>
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

ROUND 4

Oloch (-15), Merisiel (-9), Rivani (-15),
Amiri (-57), & Adowyn (-4)/Pet (-9)
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Demon (-53)

Now that a telepathic channel has been opened between the daemon and the psychic she is going to send it a telepathic command Fall

DC 15 will Save. casting command.

Adowyn levels another couple of shots at the Demon, and turns him into a pincushion.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 26
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 1 = 23

Damage: 2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 1 + 2 = 13
Damage: 2d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3, 6) + 1 + 2 = 12

Not sure how high the demon is, so if this is not applicable, treat it as a held action for the next time the thing swoops in.
Leryn continues his attack.

Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Owww! Stop that!

Merisiel swings both blades at her enemy.

Rapier: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Dagger: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Round 3 HP 21/36
Oloch moves up to the statue, puts the spear into statue hole and entreats "Erastil deliver us from this darkness!"
Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Spear: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Oloch slams the spear into the statue just as the combined offenses of Merisiel, Rivani, & Adowyn slay the Daemon. It's once physical form begins to almost melt away as it lands hard on the stone floor, fading from existence on the material plane and retuning to it's native plane.

As the spear lands perfectly into it's prior hole, sealing it and cutting off the strange black mist, there is a ripple of power sent through the room in a shockwave.

There is calm for a few moments, as t darkness and corruption has been cut off from it's source, it begins to slowly fade away and die. But not completely. Not yet at least.

Can take a few rounds to heal if needed.

Suddenly you see a pair of priests at the door. They survey the scene quickly, but their eyes widen when they see the relic returned to it's home. But not in the alter as it should be, but rather the foul statue idol it had become. "Quickly. Take it out! You don't know the proper ritual and if the relic's miracle sets, it will be ruined forever!"

The woman next to him, adds "Give it to us and protect us from any devils that might try to prevent the true ritual."

Their story might be a lot more believable if the two didn't look EXACTLY like to the two bodies you found murdered in the room not far from here. They are good actors, master liars, but the evidence is against them.

I didn't roll init because I wanted to give everyone a chance to act/talk first.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 3 = 31
Looking the new arrivals over, Adowyn could swear that she just fished these two out of the holy water. Thinking hard, she casts detect magic, trying to see if this is an illusion or a construct or some other foul magic.

"You two seem awfully healthy for having just been fished out of the holy water. What are you?"

Adowyn will not "overtly" threaten them just yet, and whistles for Leryn to be ready for more action. While waiting for a response, she leans over to Amiri and begins tapping her with a wand.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
25 pts to Amiri

She chucks the now useless wand over her shoulder and grips her bow, ready for action.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
HP 34/36
"And what prayer do you offer up to Eristal?"
Oloch will cast Guidance upon himself.

"Please, hurry. There is no time. Every second that we wait, there is more of a chance that the final magic is sealed.'

"Yeah...I don't think so!" Amiri shouts as she brings her massive sword in front of her.

"Whoever you are...you're not the priests here. You'll be as dead as they are soon!" she yells and rushes them.

Cure serious wounds: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (2, 7, 8) + 3 = 20 I'm not sure how many of the heals from Adowyn (thanks!) take before they come in...but I was also planning to quaff a potion this turn anyway. I'll drink this, and if I am not healed all the way up before they come in, I also had a potion of cure moderate wounds I could drink (thanks, pregen inventory!). Regardless, I should be able to get to full before they enter.

"LIES!! ATTACK THEM!!!" Adowyn calls out before she begins chanting.

Casting Summon Natures Ally II, Small Fire Elemental. Will appear next round.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

One of them senses that their deception is not working, and you are preparing to attack, and lets their guise fall away, revealing a monstrous being called a Faceless Stalker.

This hairless, leathery biped has a face dominated by grotesque and unsettling whorls and slits instead of actual features.

ROUND 2
Merisiel ()
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Faceless Stalker Female ()
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Amiri (), Oloch (), Rivani (), Adowyn (started casting)
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Faceless Stalker Male ()

Companions, all is not as it seems, do not listen to them.

Assuming I moved closer to the group in the non-rounds rather than just lurking by myself.

Merisiel leaps at the female one, rapier out.

"Kill the...ugly thing!"

Rapier: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 3d6 ⇒ (2) + 5 + (5, 3, 2) = 17
Target can't make AOOs, and takes a -2 penalty on attack rolls (-4 vs Merisiel) for one round. Any magical healing removes the attack penalty but not the AOO restriction

Merisiel spring forward and delivers a powerful thrust with her rapier, leaving a large wound in the shapeshifter's belly and seeping a strange, sap-like blood.

"You should have listened. You may have lived through this." it says in an emotionless, monotone voice before attacking back.

Slam vs Merisiel (AC 20): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 <HIT>
Grab vs CMD 21: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 <fail>
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

ROUND 2
Merisiel (-3)
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Faceless Stalker Female (-17)
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Amiri (), Oloch (), Rivani (), Adowyn (started casting)
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Faceless Stalker Male ()