DM Rah's "The Veteran's Vault" PFS PBP Gameday (Inactive)

Game Master Kobash

Ugly tries to grab the rodent.

cmb: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Leo, help Ugly! Pin the little sucker down!"

Theme Music!

The inquisitor sends his flail snaking out, tearing the weapon from the gremlin's hands.

Disarm attempt, incl. lingering inspire courage: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 = 30

Alden has an evil grin as he swings his Flail with vengence, hellfire pouring forth from his eyes and weapon.

Raging Flaming Flail: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 201d8 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + (4) = 13

The gremlin dodges the Stranger, but Leonides sends it's crossbow flying. As it's looking at empty hands Alden stomps up and crushes it with his flaming flail.

COMBAT OVER

In the flicking light of the burning gremlin's remains, you realize you've fought your way right to the entrance of the Vault. Algae and moss slick the first four stairs in a short flight of steps that rises to a stone and steel door worked with designs of riders on horseback. Etched into the center of the door is a horse head emblem with a fleck of ruby-red glass for an eye. The edges of the door bear depictions of Shoanti on horseback fighting horned, winged monsters.

According to Sascha's instructions, there should be a javelin trap rigged to the door somehow.

"I'm going to have a look at the cave while Burns figures this door out, there may be a back way in", Ugly moves off, expecting someone to back him up.

Perc: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 ::sigh::

perc(Right): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
perc(Left): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Sark first checks the right side then the left to see if he can spot where the trap comes from. Seeing nothing he asks the rest of you to have a look yourselves...

for f**k sakes!

lol

Alden will step back to rest after exerting himself.

Leonides shrugs and saunters carefully towards the door, looking for anything traplike.

Perception check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Dude! Take 20. We aren't in a rush. ;)

Not until the ooze finishes regenerating, anyway....

If it helps Alden can head back and bash the regenerating ooze somewhat and then come back.

cant take 20 if failure has an effect, i could have taken 10 but did not think 15 would do it.

There is no penalty for failing to find the trap. Disarming it, however, is a different story.

The Stranger heads back down the passage to check the side tunnel, but finds nothing in it but some sewer garbarge stuffed in the back.

Sark examines the vault door, but Leonides spots the trap first. A javelin is set in small hole in the doors, set to fire at anyone trying to open them.

(Until Ugly is called back, he'll ask for Alden's torch and check out the back cave.)

Ugly has darkvision, he doesn't normally need the light. Plus, he has already done a cursory search of the cave. Would you like to make a more thorough search?

(He has? Looks like still in unrevealed. Yes, take 10/20 on search)

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14 by god cant i roll anything higher than a 10,

Sark gets out his masterwork tools and tries to disable the trap. Toying with the trap he starts to get a bad feeling about the trap...

The Stranger clears away some of the garbage in the small tunnel and discovers the remnants of an old secret door, now cracked and broken from a small cave-in. It cannot be opened further, and only a tiny creature (such as a gremlin) could hope to squeeze through to the area beyond. It's difficult to look through, but the Stranger is able to make out a little bit of a large chamber beyond. Strewn across the floor are broken old tools and weapons.

Meanwhile, over at the vault door...

*Click! Kathunk!*

Sark accidentally sets off the trap instead of disabling it and the spear in the door launches into his shoulder. A burning spreads from the wound, but Sark pulls the spear quick enough to avoid suffering the full effect of whatever poison Sascha forgot to mention coated the thing. 8 damage - no poison. The trap does not reset.

Javelin Trap vs Sark: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Sark Fort Save vs Poison: 1d20 ⇒ 16

By the sound of Burns, Ugly hustles back the group, heheh.

(x3 run)

Haku moves up, pulling the intricately carved stick out once again. He waves is a couple of times, chanting as he casts through the wand...

wand of cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
wand of cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

47 chgs left.

Take back your action. Alden can heal you free of charge. I Heal 10 per charge.

Alden bites back a chuckle as he beats Haku to a draw and activates his wand instead.

"Here let me do this instead. I guess this means we can enter right?"

"If it isn't locked. Let's see if we can't find a way into that other room that Ugly found."

Ooh, Mr. Burns gets to feel the love of his ancestor! >.<

Are you leaving the vault door and heading back to look for another entrance to Ugly's room?

Did she say how to open it, or that we will have to?

The vault door isn't locked.

Sark swallows a cry out as the spear comes cleaning through his shoulder, but his quick reflexes saves him from the poison. He lets out a small cry when he pulls the spear out though. "I was told there would be days like this by my trainers, just didnt expect every mission would have them in them!" As haku comes towards him with his wand Sark is glad it was not that healing alden offered, until Alden suddenly smacks him with his heal stick and sark watches in horror as the effect knits up his wounds.

"ouch ewwww really Alden? this magic is of the darkness kind, i already got demon blood flowing through my veins, no telling what effect it would have on me as well! Well i guess it goes the job but cant you get a nicely wand to heal with?"

Sark checks to see if not lock then says "Well i taken enough punishment for today, anyone else want to take lead for a while..."

Devil blood, not demon. There *is* a difference. ;-)

"No, let's start with the vault. That's our main mission here."

it can be either cant it?

Alden Snorts at Sark.
"It's good magic, It comes from the power of law after all. It heals your wounds just as fast as it would have healed by itself, just faster. By the way It's made from a graft from a devil."

I don't think so; the demonic equivalent would be Abyssal Healing, and I don't know if that exists in the game. Besides, Alden is an Asmodean, so claiming demonic influence from his healing would be something of an insult. They're touchy in Cheliax....

But I think there are Tieflings with a demonic blood. I don't know for sure, though, because I never read through Blood of Fiends. ^_^

Tieflings do have demonic blood. We of Cheliax snort at your ignorance. Asmodeous will forgive you but if you sign this...and this......this and also this, this, this and this. lol

Past the stone door, the coarse brick of the sewers gives way to cut stone block construction with corbeled arch ceilings that peak at a height of ten feet. Sturdy wooden doors line the walls, though years of mildewed neglect have eaten away at the facades.

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hey sark's just a poor street kid, he dont no any better!

Sark peers down the hallway waiting for the group to move forward, he will keep to the shadows as he follows the group.

"So we seem to be looking for a loose flagstone here. Let's not spread out, hmm?"

Incidentally, I skimmed over Sark's post about the demon blood and thought it was his reaction to the infernal healing; hadn't clicked that he was a tiefling.

Haku begins to help look for the loose flagstone, mulling about going slowly from square to square in search.

Moving forward you don't find any loose flagstones yet, but each door in these halls opens into a cramped cell. Throughout this vault’s history, these have served as burial niches, sleeping quarters, prison cells, or storage depending upon the needs of the present inhabitants. Most of the doors are unlocked, but a handful are locked.

Once inside, you also notice a passage leading off to the west with stairs leading down into darkness.

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"Shall we examine that stairway, then?"

"I got ya covered", Ugly grumbles and readies with the cannon.

Sark goes along and searches each locked door for traps(take 10) before trying to unlocking them(Take 10 again).

Sark finds no traps, but is unable to easily open the doors. Taking 10 won't cut it.

Since he's checking the doors, Sark will fall behind if the group moves on. Continue?

"Come on, Sark. We can come back to this later. The gremlin laired down here, I think, and it may have left some items of interest."

"You want to leave possible foes behind us? Give me a min, its lair wont go anywhere." Sark will put some more effort into opening the first lock door.

door 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

The lock does not open. Whoever built these, built them well.

can i take 20 on these?if so i will at least on first one

Haku looks back at Sark, "The doors are locked, they won't be sneaking up on us if there is anything in there now..."

Alden shrugs.
"It's ok,Sark. Get rid of Gremlin and then come back to doors. Doors won't move and shoot at us. Gremlins will. I could also use Asmodeous blessings if needed."

Pats his wand of Infernal Healing.