DM Fflash's Shackled City Campaign

Game Master DM Fflash

Stealth : 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

Perception: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26

Perception: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32

Sam will fly over and look at where the secret door is and check it out, can squeeze through?

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Malcolm's back!

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knowledge 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

What is that Elder? Epik stay and fight or destroy the Portal?

"A gelugon, ice devil," Nowzai replies. With a restraining hand on Epik's shoulder, he addresses the creature in the clipped, hard syllables of Infernal.

"I am Nowzai al'Nazari of Cauldron. What is your name and purpose here, devil?"

Epik snarls at the ice devil but does not advance. He will smite evil on the devil and will activate his divine bond.

Portal

"My name is of no consequence. You do not belong here. Take one further step forward and you will be eviscerated. "

Brass Trumpet

Sam, the secret door is tightly sealed, there is no way to get through in your current form. The trapdoor have much wider gaps and not a problem to get through.

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"Then say your function here. I can appreciate a powerful devil like yourself is not relegated to mere guard duty."

Epik will cast divine favor on himself.

"I'm not here to test wits, mortal. Leave or die. If the Inheritor whelp casts another spell, I'll kill you out of principle."

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Epik smiles grimly, "I've heard about enough from you devil. By the divine might of Iomedae, I command you back to Hell!"

Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"So be it. Your foolish stubbornness will be your destruction, devil." Nowzai frowns, but readies for the inevitable combat.

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Nowzai casts resist cold.

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initiative 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

I have your back brother

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Gelugon Init: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

The devil holds at the ready. (Magma actually goes before him)

Epik moves to power attack the devil.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (5) + 17 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 27
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 22 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 + 1 + 22 + 9 + (4, 5) = 53; first strike smite damage = 2/level for evil dragons and outsiders

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attacking Gelugon
vital strike
1d20 + 18 ⇒ (11) + 18 = 29 damage 4d6 + 16 ⇒ (2, 4, 5, 1) + 16 = 28

Portal

Magma moves forward into the room and snaps one of the thin tendrils of ice ... a blast of cold and soul-sapping energy hits him.

Cold Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Negative Energy Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4; Neg Energy resistance applies

Do you wish to keep moving ... you are guaranteed to break one per square, or you can try Acrobatics DC30 to avoid them while moving at half speed, or you can use Escape Artist DC20 as a move action to move one square avoiding them. Failure on either roll means you break a strand and take the damage above

i will take the damage and clear a path for Epik.

Brass Trumpet

Sam flows down through the trap door and into the Entry ... tracking along the rooms and up the stairs taking note of what he sess.

ENTRY
This twenty-foot-wide, fifteen-foot-deep room contains no furnishings. Arrow slits perforate the western and eastern walls - three arrow slits per wall. Six men and women dressed in leathers and their faces painted in Last Laugh white and black skulk in the shadows.

CROSSBOW BATTERY TRAP

Five heavy crossbows are rigged up in this room on iron tripods. Fishing lines are strung from the firing mechanism to the door handle

COMMON ROOMS

This room used to be a common room of the inn and still contains some wooden chairs and tables. THe fireplace that once stood agsint the south wall has been dismantled and removed. Four timber pillars support the ceiling and curtained alcoves line the north wall. A wooden staircase leads up to the barracks. Two Last Laugh thugs hide under the stairs

SPIKED ROOMS

Behind the curtains, the floors of these rooms are lined with grids of iron spikes as tall as short swords. Two last laugh thugs hide behind the western curtain.

BARRACKS
Fifteen wooden cots are spread around this room. Sam spies another tight fitting secret door in the northern wall. Four last laugh thugs and two shaved head, lithe build face-painted unarmed men that look identical stand tense and ready in the room flashing hand signs at each other.

EMPTY BEDROOM
All of the furniture has been removed from these rooms, and a fine layer of dust covers the wooden floor.

I'll add tokens for the thugs on the map later

Brass Trumpet

Tokens added

Portal

Cold Reception Round 1

Init: Magma, Devil, Nowzai, Tlanextic, Epik

Tlanextic Init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Magma charges forward breaking through the ice causing minor explosions of ice and energy. (Take Cold: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 2) = 6 damage and Negative Energy: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 3) = 14 damage) He stops just short of the devil and swings hard catching the devil before it puts up its guard. It's hard carapace absorbs some of the blow, but cracks appear. It returns with a barrage of attacks from its spear, tail and mandibles, but the hearty stonechilde is able to deflect most of the hits.

Nowai casts a spell and Epik charges forward moving past Magma and breaking another thread. (Take Cold: 1d6 ⇒ 5 and Neg: 1d6 ⇒ 5 damage.) The gelugon attempts to skewer the paladin as he moves in under his guard, stabbing him cleanly with a freezing blow that saps at his very speed. (Make a Fort Save DC23 or be slowed for 1d6 ⇒ 2 rounds)

Now that the devil is on guard, however, he is able to parry Epik's blow, its cold alien eyes tracking the glowing white blade cautiosly.

Actions Round 2 + Tlanextic 1 and 2

Gelugon Spear vs Magma: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28; miss
Gelugon Spear vs Magma: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24; miss
Gelugon Spear vs Magma: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27; miss
Gelugon Tail vs Magma: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32; HIT!; Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 = 14
Gelugon Bite vs Magma: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23; miss
Gelugon AoO vs Epik: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27; HIT!; Damage: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (6, 1) + 10 = 17 + Cold: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Images of Ice Devil added. Cleared squares that won't break ice threads annotated with green lines or boxes

Sam will fly out and fill in everyone on the layout of the building and the places he last saw everyone and see if anyone has any thoughts.

Sam still votes for D-Dooring in and he thinks that the room he couldn't get into is the best option, though without knowing the layout it could be dangerous to port into it

@ Magma & Epik: remember you have stoneskin active for DR 10/adam, and protection from evil if you're within 10 feet of Nowzai.

Nowzai points at the devil, recites an arcane phrase a green ray springs from his hand. Unfortunately, the ray flies harmlessly a few feet over the fiend's head.

Dimensional Anchor (ranged touch): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

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Tlanextic appears, casting empowered rays of fire at the gelugon.

Empowered scorching ray (ranged touch): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17; Fire Damage: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 3, 2, 5, 1) = 22
Empowered scorching ray (ranged touch): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25; Fire Damage: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 6, 5, 2) = 25

Fort: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32

Effects: AC 30, smite evil, divine bond - holy, power attack. stoneskin, protection vs. evil

Epik heals himself as a swift action and then power attacks the devil.

LoH: 5d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 2, 6) + 7 = 26

Power Attack: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 25
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 22 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 7 + 1 + 22 + 9 + (6, 4) = 57;

Power Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 21
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + (5, 2) = 44;

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 14
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (6, 4) + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + (5, 1) = 44;

portal round 2
attacking the devil
1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21 damage 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (2, 1) + 16 = 19

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 damage 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (2, 4) + 16 = 22

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Cold Reception Round 2

Previous Round

Tlanextic appears and fires two rays of fire from his eyes. The fire washes across the devil harmlessly.

Init: Magma, Devil, Nowzai, Tlanextic, Epik

Magma swings and misses twice, deflected by the devil's superior armor. The devil responds by stepping back and shooting ice from the tip of his spear forming a foot-thick wall of ice behind Nowzai and blocking off Tlanextic.

Epik steps in with a series of poorly executed blows and the insectoid beast once again parries everything easily after he ducks under the ray of magic fired from Nowzai.

Actions Round 3

Brass Trumpet

Anything here, Dalamus?

Fellian responds with a nod, "Lead the way, Sam ... I am ready. Shall we cast preparatory spells?"

Dalamus will look at Sam and slowly try to close his mouth "That is a damn fortress! If we teleport in, can you also get us out that way? I mean, it will not be too helpful if we all get killed trying to get Fellian out."

"If you can....get us in and out, I think that is a great plan, and we should get on that right now."

Nowzai fires another ray at the devil, this one much more offensive in nature.

Disintegrate (ranged touch): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
SR: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Damage: 24d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 4, 5, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6, 2, 2, 4, 1, 4) = 64 ... DC 24 Fort save or take 5d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 1, 3, 2) = 14 damage instead

Tlanextic will turn invisible.

Effects: smite evil, divine bond - holy, power attack. stoneskin, protection vs. evil

Epik steps 5' and again power attacks the devil.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (18) + 17 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 40
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 22 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 7 + 1 + 22 + 9 + (5, 5) = 55; first strike smite damage = 2/level for evil dragons and outsiders

Power Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 27
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + (1, 6) = 41;

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 + 7 - 3 = 19
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 7 + 1 + 11 + 9 + (6, 5) = 43;

So a couple of ideas for how to proceed

1 Set the building on fire at the furthest point away from the room I can't get into, to distract the guards, though if I missed some a room or something we may all burn to death looking for him

2 I could lob a fireball into the house possibly killing several guards, possibly setting the house on fire, D-Door into the room we think he is in, just grab him and teleport out and ignore anything that is in the room with him (we could do that second part without the fireball honestly)

Or any ideas you all have. Can anyone cast Silence?

"I can't cast silence unless you have it on a scroll or wand"

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"If we DD into the room, I want to grab one of the guys, hopefully the leader, because we need to understand what is going on around here. We have one shot at this, maybe hitting it with a fireball before we teleport is a good idea."

Portal

Cold Reception Round 3

Init: Magma, Devil, Nowzai, Tlanextic, Epik

Magma continues to move in and attack the devil, and gets through once, crumpling insectoid plates. The devil responds with a serious of lighting fast thrusts and tail lashes at Epik and Magma, the slowing influence of its cold seeping through its spear and tail sucking at the paladin and warrior's energy. (1 save for Epik and 2 for Magma below)

Nowzai blasts a small hole in the creature and gains its attention for a moment before Epik carves a smoking wound out of the creature's shoulder eliciting and alien shriek.

Actions Round 4?

round 3
attacking devil
1d20 + 18 ⇒ (17) + 18 = 35 damage 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (5, 3) + 16 = 24

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19 damage 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (2, 5) + 16 = 23

"I am only able to bring one extra person out with us, so if one of you is willing to stay behind once we get in..."

"I can become invisible and get out on my own....I hope."

Nowzai casts a humming orb at the devil, impacting with a sonic blast.

Lesser Orb of Sound (ranged touch): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21; Sonic Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 6, 4, 2) = 15

Fort: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29

Epik is AC 28 with the smite evil - I believe both hits missed.

Epik power attacks the devil.

Effects: protection vs. evil, stoneskin, smite evil, divine bond - holy, power attack

Power Attack: 1d20 + 17 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 17 + 7 - 3 = 35
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 11 + 9 ⇒ (1, 3) + 7 + 11 + 9 = 31

Power Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 7 - 3 = 18
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 11 + 9 ⇒ (1, 4) + 7 + 11 + 9 = 32;

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 7 - 3 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 11 + 9 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 + 11 + 9 = 32;

Brass Trumpet

Please mark where you wish to fireball and then where you wish to dimension door to (can't mark the black, but you could give me some pointers). I assume the ddoor is 1 round after the fireball

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Cold Reception Round 4

Init: Magma, Devil, Nowzai, Tlanextic, Epik

Magma strikes a single telling blow before the creature waves its spear in front of itself sending a cone of ice shards and radiant cold shredding through the trio.

Cold Damage: 13d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 3, 1, 6, 4, 1, 1, 3, 2) = 39; DC20 Reflex save for half

Concentration: 1d20 + 13 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 7 = 30; success

Nowzai sends a humming orb that resonates with the creature when it, cracking armor plates and causing ichor to seep out.

Epik carves another vicious blow out of the fiend. shearing off one of it's outer mandibles.

Actions Round 5

Effects: pro vs evil, stoneskin, smite evil, divine bond - holy, power attack

Epik power attacks the devil again.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 17 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 7 - 3 = 24
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 11 + 9 ⇒ (3, 3) + 7 + 11 + 9 = 33

Power Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 7 - 3 = 30
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 11 + 9 ⇒ (1, 2) + 7 + 11 + 9 = 30;

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 7 - 3 = 18
damage: 2d6 + 7 + 11 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5) + 7 + 11 + 9 = 36;

I would assume that we would want to DDoor to the last room with the secret and trap doors. Sam, thoughts?

I was planning on DDoring into the one room I couldn't get into

Chatted with Nemoris this weekend he was going to check his spells to see if he could cast silence, otherwise I will throw a fireball and then we can TP in

So get any spells prepped you want, you will all be able to act when we port in, only I won't be able to act. I would recommend that Fellian have a hold person held ready to throw at any bad guys we see

Reflex save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ... 9 damage after resist cold

Nowzai is slow to react and takes the full brunt of the devil's cold spell, but his magical protections absorb most of the damage. He recites a magic phrase and taps Magma's hammer, making it hum with imbued energy.

... Sonic weapon, your hits do +1d6 sonic damage for the next 12 minutes.

Epik missed his save, so will eat the cone of cold damage, unfortunately

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reflex
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Round 5
attacking devil
1d20 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26 damage 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (2, 6) + 16 = 24

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 damage 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 5) + 16 = 22

Dalamus is ready for the assault.

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Cold Reception Round 5

Init: Magma, Devil, Nowzai, Tlanextic, Epik

Magma's blows are easily deflected by the devil's armor again. The creature pulls its weapon in close and nods its head once and then disappears.

Defensive Cast: 1d20 + 13 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 7 = 30

At Nowzai if you still want to cast your sonic weapon spell

Nowzai holds off on casting, looking around for signs of the devil.

Do you sense it? he asks Tlanextic mentally. The invisible couatl passes through the ice wall ethereally and scans the room for evil.

Ok so fireball won't set anything on fire, so looking into other ideas, anyone have any oil?

Epik will also scan for evil as he heals himself.

LoH: 5d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 2, 6, 3, 4) + 7 = 23

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I do not, the celestial serpent replies as he materializes in the room

The walls and the ice lattice radiate evil.