DM Carbide's PFS Emerald Spire

Game Master John Woodford

Round 2 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted
Lava lurker-acted
Senja-acted
???
Torque
Eva-delaying

Senja's second hex takes effect on the lurker!

Torque?

Torque draws his crossbow and fires it at the cowardly creature.

Divine Favor: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 4 = 32
1d10 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Torque easily hits the lurker with a crossbow bolt.

Round 3:

Initiative order
Kali
Asvald
Lava lurker
Senja
???
Torque
Eva

Asvald and Kali can act!

Lava lurker: AC 22 T 11 FF 21 -58 HP

With his illusion proving less than effective, Asvald hits Kali with another charm.

Heroism on Kali.

Round 3 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted
Lava lurker-acted
Senja
???
Torque
Eva

Kali lands another snowball on the lurker, which gives up on ranged attacks and closes with Torque. With Senja's hexes befuddling it, though, it can't manage to hit the half-orc.

Senja, Torque, and Eva to go!

Lava lurker: AC 22 T 11 FF 21 -77 HP

"Okay, guys, time to put this thing down!" Senja calls out, in a tone that might be encouraging if it weren't for the unsettling effect of the wayang's mad laughter. He works his long, slender fingers as if playing a children's game with string, then throws the resultant tangled web of shadow at the stubbornly tough lurker!

Move to cackle, standard to use Evil Eye hex for -4 to AC. DC 21 Will to resist.

Senja continues to hex the lurker with impunity (or, in this case, with reduced AC)!

Torque and Eva?

AC 18 T 11 FF 17

Torque also gives up on ranged attacks, dropping his crossbow and drawing his Greataxe of Justice. He slashes at the lurker.

Divine Favor, Power Attack: 1d20 + 14 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 4 - 2 = 18
1d12 + 11 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 4 + 6 = 32

Round 3 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali-acted
Asvald-acted
Lava lurker-acted
Senja-acted
???
Torque-acted
Eva

Torque hits the elemental solidly, but doesn't quite knock it down. Eva, over to you!

Lava lurker: AC 18 T 7 FF 17 -109 HP

Eva extends her arms toward the thing, stretching out to hit it while trying to protect herself if it implodes. Marid style with Elemental Fist adds reach.

Elemental Boop (raging song): 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 = 28
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12
Cold Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Eva hits the elemental with the long arm of the law, and it collapses in on itself with a burst of frigid air. Torque, take 25 HP cold damage, with a DC 20 Reflex save for half.

Round 4:

Initiative order
Kali
Asvald
Senja
???
Torque
Eva

Kali, Asvald, and Senja can act!

Torque, don't forget to make your save. Assuming that everyone holds:

[b]Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali-holding
Asvald-holding
Senja-holding
Dragon
Torque
Eva

I'm unable to get an image of the monster onto the map.

Kali, Asvald, and Senja watch carefully, waiting for whatever is beneath the lava to emerge. Hence, they are able to act when a black-and-red reptilian form breaches the surface. It seems hostile.

Thanks for getting us rolling again, Carbide. I thought we were waiting on a post from you, I guess not.

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19 Didn't make it by much!

As the creature surfaces, Senja calls out, "That's a magma dragon! It's a young one, but it'll still have some pretty hot breath. Like you'd figure, it's vulnerable to cold, so use it if you've got it!"

He conjures up a swarm of tiny, shadowy gnats, which wing their way to the magma dragon and swirl and buzz around its head, distracting it!

Misfortune Hex on the thing, DC 21 Will save.

I put a Medium magma dragon image on the map, about where I thought it should be, just so we'd have something. A couple of our tokens had gone missing as well (Torque and Asvald, just as you'd expect...), so I put them back on the map but I wasn't sure about their positions.

Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali-holding
Asvald-holding
Senja-acted
Dragon
Torque
Eva

The dragon is unmoved by Senja's gnats. Asvald?

"Ah ha! There it is!" Asvald shouts as he springs forward to strike.

Primary (raging song, arcane strike, power attack): 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 15 + 1 - 2 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 20

Asvald, the dragon is still out in the lava, 10' from the edge of the area frozen by the death of the lava lurker. I'm not sure what the icon is next to you; I didn't put it there.

Oh.

Asvald resumes waiting. "Come over here you scaly bastard!"

Kali has two L1 spells left for the day, so she can cast another couple of snowballs.

Round 4 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali-acted
Asvald-holding
Senja-acted
Dragon-acted
Torque
Eva

Kali casts a snowball at the dragon.

RTA, including heroism: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 = 21
Cold damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 6, 6, 6) = 20

Now she has one L1 spell left.

The dragon roars in shock and pain at the impact of Kali's spell. It rears up, inhales, and breathes forth a cone of fire that, as far as I can tell, will catch the entire party since Senja had to be in line of sight to cast his hex.

Everyone can take 21 points of fire damage, with a DC 17 Reflex save for half damage.

Kali Reflex save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

Kali takes no damage from the dragon's breath weapon.

Torque and Eva to go!

Young magma dragon: AC 22 T 12 FF 20 -30 HP

At least, I think Kali takes no damage--in the character header there's a reference to 20 points of fire resistance, and I can only find a reason for 5 points (due to her sorcerer bloodline powers). Thoughts?

I believe I cast Resist Energy on her.

Torque will stand his ground, waiting for the dragon to stop being a coward. Delay.

Eva?

Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Eva, too, waits for the dragon to approach, though she grimaces as its fiery breath washes painfully over her. Ready to attack if it comes into range.

HP: 37/67

Asvald & Senja--saves?

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Asvald dodges most of the flames.

Eva, the rectangle on the lava is the area frozen by the death throes of the lava lurker. If you have a reach weapon, you could move to the edge of the frozen area and attack the dragon.

Reflex, DC 17: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29 Weird, exactly same roll and result as Asvald...

Senja also dodges much of the fiery blast, but he's still not happy about the whole experience.

Status: 46/56 hp

Round 5:

Initiative order
Kali
Asvald
Senja
Dragon
Torque
Eva

A few party members are scorched by the dragon's fiery breath, but its unwillingness to close leaves most of them unable to attack it.

Kali, Asvald, and Senja can act!

Young magma dragon: AC 22 T 12 FF 20 -30 HP

”Rats!“ Senja exclaims, before throwing a pair of shadowy rats at the magma dragon.

Use Accursed Hex to try Misfortune on it again, DC 21 Will save.

Round 5 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Kali
Asvald
Senja-acted
Dragon
Torque
Eva

This time, the dragon can't resist Senja's hex.

Asvald?

Asvald continues brandishing his blade at the distant dragon.

Delaying. We really should invest in bows for the next floor.

With only one first-level spell remaining, Kali also delays. The dragon dives, disappearing below the surface of the lava.

You'll have a couple of rounds undisturbed.

Absent any immediate threat, what are you doing?

I don't think anyone is super hurt. We'll ready for a minute or so. If he doesn't come back up I think we should back out of the room.

Or we could fly or otherwise try to get ourselves across the lava to the area on the far side, which is the only part of this level we haven't made it to yet.

Do we have enough flys to get us all? Torque might be able to D-Door us.[/ooc]

Senja can fly, but only himself. I’ve also got one D-Door, so we probably have enough between us to get everyone across.

Yea I can D-Door all of us. Do we want that?

Sure, it seems we definitely want to get to the other side of this pool of lava with a dragon in it. Maybe if we go down what looks like a hallway on the other side, it'll have to come out of its hot tub to get at us.

After half a minute or so, the dragon resurfaces. It appears to be unwounded.

Round 1:

Initiative order
Senja
Dragon
Asvald
Kali
Eva
Torque

Senja is up!

DM - a couple of things: we were talking about d-door over to the platform across the lava, can we have done that? If not, I guess we can do it now. And Senja would have maintained his cackle until we knew the dragon had been dealt with, if that works for you.

Asvald had said to wait a minute before doing anything, and I was going off of that. You can maintain the cackle, but you know that if your target moves more than 30' away and stays out of that range until the base hex would normally expire it won't be effective any more.

Well, I'll keep on cackling just in case - I presume I'd know if the hex was still active or not?

"This thing is a real pain!" Senja gripes through mad laughter. "Torque, can you just take us past it? I'll try to deal with it in the meantime." The wayang mutters a few harsh words, then places a hand over his nose and mouth and tries to continue speaking, while gesturing fiercely at the dragon with his other hand.

Cast suffocation, DC 22 Fort save or start dying.

Round 1 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Senja-acted
Dragon-acted
Asvald
Kali
Eva
Torque-

The dragon is staggered by the magical attack, but is otherwise unaffected. It retreats from the party, but remains above the surface of the lava.

Everyone else can act!

Everyone else can act!

Senja glances around, wondering if his hex has somehow frozen everyone in place.

"As you wish." Torque moves into position and calls upon the grace of Abadar to transport them save the Wayang. Senja, you can fly right? If so I cast Dimension Door on the 4 of us.

Round 1 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Senja-acted
Dragon-acted
Asvald
Kali
Eva
Torque-acted

Torque transports the party across the lava in the twinkling of an eye!

Asvald, Kali, and Eva can act.

Asvald hustles up the stairs away from the lava-bound dragon.

Double moving.

Asvald rounds the curve of the stairs as they wind down. The chamber revealed to him is as hot as that above, but unlike the rest of the level is also stiflingly humid. Across the room he sees that the stairs continue downwards. Rivulets of steaming water run across the floor from a sweating portion of the eastern wall that is quite transparent. On the other side of the wall, the skald can see a pool of boiling water, endless ribbons of bubbles juggling a few stray skulls.

Also in the pool is another magma dragon, but this one bears the marks of the initial melee in the previous chamber.

Eva and Kali to go!

I guess I'm flying across after everyone else has d-doored across? I'll wait, and hope I don't get eaten in transit.