DM Talomyr's Council of Thieves (Inactive)

Game Master Talomyr

Moving to AM11 through Kevorin seems logical.

Morghrim catches the briefest flash of glowing red as he passes Kevorin, but once he is settled in next to the half-orc, he sees nothing.

distance penalty just got you from (AM,11)

Update coming this evening, when I make it home from work.

Fortunately for Kevorin, he spotted the tiefling. Unfortunately being seen does not stop the wicked woman from springing the half-orc's direction and slashing at him with a dripping blade. Kevorin feels the familiar sting of poison as the blade cuts into his arm just before the woman bounds away.

Kev takes 6 damage and needs to make a DC 14 Fort Save.

Initiative Order - Round 9
Morghrim - 17 (acted)
Tiefling - 13+ (acted)
Kevorin - 13
Addie - 5
Valeron - 4+

Map Update - Round 9, Impulse 13

Kevorin, Addie, and Valeron are up to finish out Round 9, followed by Morghrim to Start Round 10.

Fortitude save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Strength-damaging poison!? Insult to injury (literally)!!

Kevorin moves up to AJ10 and slashes back at the woman with Morghrim's glaive.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage: 1d10 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Fortitude save: 1d20+4

Strength-damaging poison!? Insult to injury (literally)!!

Just now noticing a common theme in this place? ;)

Kevorin manages to make a small cut on the tiefling woman, but as he withdraws the blade, most of the wound heals over.

Addie and Valeron are up to finish out Round 9, followed by Morghrim to Start Round 10.

Round Nine:

Addie steps into the hallway and glares at the tiefling, causing an inkling of nagging doubt and despair to begin to worm through the fiend-spawn's mind as the young witch begins to cackle madly.

5 ft step into hallway. Standard action to use Evil Eye Hex on the tiefling: the tiefling takes a -2 penalty to AC for 7 rounds; Will DC 16 reduces this to 1 round. Move action to use Cackle Hex to extend Evil Eye Hex for 1 additional round.

Addie's AC w/Mage Armor: 16
Addie's HP: 34/34

Double move to AN,11

"Devil-woman... why do you risk your life to harass us?!" he queries, uncertain why the tiefling protects or knows that could assist them.

The tiefling seems to shrug off the majority of Addie's hex as she continues to glare with evil intent at the party.

Initiative Order - Round 10
Morghrim - 17
Tiefling - 13+
Kevorin - 13
Addie - 5
Valeron - 4+

Map - Top of Round 10

Morghrim is up to lead off Round 10. Val, if she intends to respond to your question, she will do so on her initiative count.

In absolutely no mood for a mysterious Tiefling to be firing bolts at his allies with deadly intent, Morghrim moved up in front of the weakened Kevorin with his mace and shield in his hands and infused his mace with divine energy as he raised it high- and as he brought it down upon her shoulder with crushing force the weapon seemed to crackle with power...

1d20 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 3 = 13 (Knowledge (Planes) to determine what Morghrim knows of Tieflings)

Swift action (Bane- Outsider (Native))

1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 2 = 26 (-1 Power Attack, +2 Bane)
1d8 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + (1, 3) = 18 +2 Power Attack, +2 Bane, +2d6 Bane)

Took the liberty of assuming that a 26 hit, even though I expect she is getting cover from my attack from the square I am in (AI10).

Assuming she doesn't decide to surrender in her turn, Kev presses the attack if possible.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Damage: 1d10 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6

Morghrim moves up next to the tiefling woman, smashing into her shoulder with his mace.

You hear the sound of stone sliding against stone as the woman, grimacing in pain, responds to Valeron,"Perhaps you are right, Iomeadean." as she tumbles back away from the inquistor and vanishes before his eyes.

Kevorin moves up in front of the inquisitor and sees nothing other than the stone door to the Knot open again.

Addie and Valeron are up to end Round 10, followed by Morghrim to lead off round 11. During round 11 I will need a Fortitude Save DC 16 from Kevorin.

Round Ten:

Seeing the tiefling disappear again, Addie takes a step forward and continues to cackle madly in case the woman is still within range of her hex. With her scroll still in-hand, the young witch prepares to cast the spell contained therein the moment the tiefling reappears.

5 ft step forward to square AK-11. Move action to use Cackle Hex to extend Evil Eye Hex for another round (-2 to tiefling's AC until beginning of Addie's turn in Round Twelve). Ready action to cast Glitterdust from scroll the moment the tiefling reappears (10 ft radius spread - Addie will attempt to place the spell to not catch her companions. No save to keep from being covered by the dust and Spell Resistance does not apply; Will DC 16 negates blinding. Anyone in spell effect will be covered with dust which outlines invisible things and imposes -40 penalty on Stealth checks; duration 3 rounds) .

Addie's AC w/Mage Armor: 16
Addie's HP: 34/34

Without visibility to the creature, and no real way to contribute in combat, Valeron simply awaits a change in events...

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Well, if nothing else, Kev is rocking the Fortitude saves.

"I hate to say it, but I think we need to let her go. We are not in good shape."

I don't think its a case of letting her go. I think she'll be back and will continue to harass us...

Can Morghrim spend actions to make further perception checks or has he had his perception check already?

I made one for you in round 10. You are welcome to spend actions in round 11 to try and find her.

Will hold off for now until my action next round then.

Sounds like Addie has a readied action and Valeron is in delay. That takes us to the top round 11, Morghrim is up.

Initiative Order - Round 11
Addie - Readied for reappearance of the Tiefling
Valeron - In delay, can act at will
Morghrim - 17
Tiefling - 13+
Kevorin - 13

1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18 Perception

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

At least Kev stops huffing and puffing this round, ready to rage again.

Try as they might, the inquisitor and the half-orc are unable to find the tiefling, until you see the doorway to the Knot sealing again and a the woman grinning wickedly at you from behind to doorway as it closes.

Gotta love Hide in Plain Sight...That's the end of combat unless you want to try to pursue her. On what would be Round 13 I need a DC 16 Fort save from Valeron.

Is that door the only visible means of getting in to their current corridor? If so, hide in plain sight or not, she can't open that door without one of them noticing if they try to set up camp just on this side of it.

After they quickly search that storeroom for useful treasures, of course.

That door is indeed the only entrance to your current corridor.

Addie expresses her favor for stopping to rest.

If we're camping, who wants to take the runecurse next?

Morghrim's turn. Hey, maybe the devil-chick there is the one who's coming hunting! :)

If they are actually going to stop, Kev requests that Valeron prepare as many of those Strength-restoring spells as possible. The whole brute barbarian with an 8 Strength thing is getting old.

Fort Save DC16: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

"Ugh, I feel... unwell. That, mummy... drained me."

Valeron nods to the others.

"Don't worry, I'm not turning into a shadow. At least, I don't think so. I do think we should rest since we can defend this room, and hope that Iomedae hears my prayers from here..."

As part of resting, once again he'll prepare Lesser Restoration in all three 2nd level slots, and remove disease and remove curse in both 3rd level slots.

Just noticed that Addie also has a scroll of Remove Curse - not sure what the caster level is, though.

The group is able to rest undisturbed, if a bit uncomfortablly. Searching the cluttered room containing the remains of the mummy you find a number of mundane tools of various quality, hammers, stone-cutting equipment, etc. and one magical item, a rope.

Everyone regain your level in lost hit points. If you are not under the effect of a poison, curse, or disease that targets an ability, regain 1 pt to each damaged ability score. (i.e. Val does not regain Con or Cha, but would regain Str)

Addie, the scroll is caster level 5.

I'll go with Valeron memorized two remove disease spells, since it's likely we'll see more disease, and will rely on the scroll for the curse removal.

Assuming the remove curse from the scroll is successful, Valeron prays to his goddess to cure him of the mummy's disease.

Remove Disease DC16: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Valeron also tends to Kevorin's drained strength.

Lesser Restore (on Kev): 2d4 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5

Will hold the third and final restoration until I get a sense of where everyone's ability drains are at.

Ok, that will get the disease if and only if the curse is broken first. If the remove curse fails, the remove disease fails.

Kev is now at 14 Strength. Livable.

I have no ability damage.

Addie uses one of her scrolls in an attempt to remove Valeron's curse of mummy rot.

Remove Curse - caster level check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Addie heals one point of Wisdom damage received in the howler attack. Addie's current Wisdom is 13.

Looks like Valeron will be free of Mummy Rot shortly after waking in the morning. Where to?

"I feel better, thank you Addie." Valeron still wheezes slightly from his bout with mummy rot, but stands tall and renew his light spell, nodding to assert his readiness to continue explorations.

Will use Lesser Restoration on Valeron's Constitution then, 9 Con feels a bit worrisome.

Lesser Restoration (last one today): 1d4 ⇒ 2

Up to 11, so just down 5HP from max now. Still down the 2 Charisma, so 1 less Channel today.

While resting, I changed some of my 1st level spells, overlooked that Valeron has an emergency scroll of Magic Weapon.

After her rest Addie awakens and spends an hour simply staring into His Lordship's golden eyes, communing with the spirit of her mysterious patron. During her meditation one question keeps chasing around and around in her mind - the same that plagued her the previous day, "Will we survive to escape the Asmodean Knot?"

At the end of the hour-long meditation she takes out her mother's ancient Harrow deck, draws a single card, and studies it intently for several moments.

Addie uses her Harrowed feat for the day. Suit drawn: 1d6 ⇒ 1 (Attribute: Strength); card drawn: 1d9 ⇒ 2 (The Keep: The Keep is a symbol of quiet strength, one that can move when necessary, yet stand firm through the greatest hardship. Those represented by The Keep are not shaken by any force.)

A small smile crosses the witch's lips as she studies the card. "Gentlemen, I have a good feeling that we'll see ourselves safely out of this hellhole today if we stay resolute and support each other as we've done so far," she says to her companions, a sense of calm optimism evident in her voice.

As if there was any doubt eh... Morghrim blustered, trying to cover up his own worry at spending another day in this hellish place.

Valeron, where to? I'll lead the way... only seems fair after the mauling you both took yesterday. Help me into my armour would you? he implored, signalling the massive suit of full plate he had taken to wearing. When he was finally ready to move, he strapped his buckler to his left arm and carried his Glaive in his right hand.

"Morghrim, thank you for allowing me the use of your glaive yesterday. In my weakened state, I didn't feel best suited to going toe to toe with our foes. I feel much better today, however, thanks to Valeron. I hope I did your blade honour, though."

Since this is a new day, per the Spellcraft rules can Addie try to learn more about the devil's glaive carried by Morghrim before we head out? If so, Addie will cast Guidance on herself and Detect Magic and study the glaive.

Spellcraft check (with Guidance): 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 1 = 31

Addie, that check is more than enought to tell you about the glaive, unfortunately my materials are at home and I am not. I'll get you the information this evening. There is also the matter of the magical rope that was found in the clutted room.

Spellcraft check for the rope: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Tis a new day, who every carries the rune curse owes me a Will Save.

Map Update

Morghrim looked expectantly at Addie for an answer after she inspected the Glaive he carried.

Addie shares the results of her inspection of the glaive and the rope with her companions. Please feel free to read the spoiler above.

Valeron warily heads down the hallway and examines both directions.

"Seems the Knot goes on and on... I wonder if it's possible it goes on forever?"

As we reach AX,8 Valeron will cast Shield of Faith on Kevorin for whatever surely awaits in one of those rooms, granting him +2 to his AC.

Did we get healed up before heading out? I still have Kev at 18 HP.