DM VoV's Black Monastery - Old School Dungeon Fun (Inactive)

Game Master Mark Sweetman

Mordecai once again slams the rock with a ghostfire-wreathed fist.

melee attack with +1 cestus, using hideous blow invocation (not subject to SR, (the damage results from pure arcane energy and does not possess an energy type, therefore energy resistances and immunities offer no protection).)

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25 to hit
1d4 + 1 + 4d8 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (4, 2, 3, 3) = 15 damage

Mordecai - the 4d8 bonus damage yes, but the 1d4+1 is still able to be reduced by DR.

Did Hess's sword seem to be affected by the DR?

Yep - a Knowledge Planes would confirm that Earth Elementals of this size get a DR of 5/-

Round 2

Sasha continues to pound on the creature.

Not including flank, will 5' to get it if I can.

+1 Cold Iron Greatsword Power Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 172d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 3) + 13 = 22
+1 Cold Iron Greatsword Power Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 182d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 3) + 13 = 20

Although Leng does not hit the mark, the second wave of strikes from Mordecai and Sasha manage to overcome the ties that bind the elemental to this world. As it crumbles, you spy a number of small green gemstones mixed in with the rock that made up the elemental's form.

Leng will take a look at the rocks

The rocks appear to be small gemstones - emeralds, there are 32 in total.

"Well, that was interesting. Well done all. Is anybody badly injured?"

Just a reminder that your DM will wait on player actions to move forward.
Are y'all still into this or should I let it slacken away and fade?

sorry i am used to DMs prodding people.

"I am unscathed, but Hess took a mighty slam from the creature. Let me get a look at those stones..."

Mordecai will detect magic on the stones.

There is no magic upon the stones.

"This room has been most troublesome. Do we press on?"

"I should say so."

Lets go to the main building. I think that is where we will find our answers."

Mordecai follows at a slight distance towards the middle of the party. Far enough back that he wont be the first to encounter a new threat, but close enough to the front he can step up in case his arcane abilities are needed.

Backtracking into the courtyard, you move past the crypt and towards the main entrance to the Monastery itself. The austere double doors swing open noiselessly and it opens into a long hallway.

A large, deep red tapestry adorns the wall opposite the door. In the center of the tapestry is an embroidered black skull with flames coming out of its eye sockets. The teardrop and pentagram symbol of the Black Brotherhood floats in the flames.

There are a pair of doors infront of you and one to the right. The hallway also extends further around corners to the left and right.

The sound of breaking glass echoes through the hall from somewhere in the distance, though you cannot tell which direction it came from.

I'll work on getting a mudmap up tonight so you can tell where you are in the building and what you've already looked through.

"Hmm, which direction shall we go?"

"Let us open the doors in front of us before venturing further into this cursed place."

Moving to the door Sasha finds it rigidly stuck in place and locked.

Behold - the Black Monastery

X marks the party, the doors you are trying to open are in Green.

"Hmmm...maybe we should explore to the right of these locked doors."

Leng will look at the doors for locks and/or traps.
Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34

Mordecai will detect magic on the door to see if there are any magic traps or locks. and hope my eyes dont get blasted off by some kind of explosive runes

Leng finds no lock or trap upon the door, though it does seem overtightly fitted to the frame it lies within. Mordecai sees no magic upon it.

"I see no magic on it." Mordecai remarks, before backing up and giving the man room to open the door.

There seems to be no locking device that I can find and it is not trapped either. Could it maybe just need a strong push?"

"Let me see what can be done."

Sasha will attempt to kick the door down.

STR: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

"It is quite resilient."

STR: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

"One last attempt for good luck."

STR: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Wow...just...wow. I couldn't have planned that better.

Hess spends a couple of channels as he gives thanks to Iomedae..."Thank you goddess for providing me with such staunch companions who can succeed even when my earthly form cannot".

4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 6) = 20 CPE
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 3) = 13 CPE

"Here friend let me lend you my assistance, before resorting to a gift from Iomedae".

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16 STR Check to assist

Sasha's first kick merely draws an impassive yet mocking response from the portal... it's wood standing firm and solid despite his attention.

The second gives cause for concern... a brief jet of flame can be seen from the door's hinge at the moment of impact. It would seem that the percussive attention unleashed but a tiny portion of some kind of explosive liquid contained within the door's core.

Holding that third kick a moment...

glad i stepped away

Yeeeah, let's not kick that sucker a third time.

"It seems I've uncovered a trap. I suspected these boots to be dwarven but now it is confirmed. Regardless, how to we wish to proceed?"

"Hmm. perhaps a... remote detonation?"

"Or we look elsewhere within this building, and leave this room until later. Perhaps there is another way to open this portal, elsewhere."

"I will follow as you tougher sorts direct. I'd rather not be in front of our merry warband."

What are the walls formed of?

"Let us avoid this for now, as we've no trapsmith to help us bypass it."

Let's go right.

"I am good with that". "We can always come back and if the walls are stone, I can perhaps make us a portal". "Let's go right down this hallway".

Mordecai follows, letting settle the issue of the door.

Turning to the right you proceed to the next doorway and it opens without issue. The room beyond it is a large dining room with trestle tables running it's length. As you enter a number of chairs slide back as though beckoning you to sit.

An incredible racket of breaking dishes and banging pots can be heard from behind a closed door that you think leads to the kitchen on the left wall.

There are three other exits, two door on the right and one deep within the room on the left.

"Well I dont know about you, but I think the room with all the noises!!"

"I agree Leng, let's see what's for dinner."

"That sounds like a worthy destination...still...what force has caused these chairs to animate and present themselves to us". "Does anyone detect any undead, or magic about that phenomena"?

"Well, I will see about the magic at least," Mordecai says, eyes taking a blue-green sheen.

detecting magic on the chairs, then any other strange phenomena such as inanimate objects moving. Trying to see if this is a mage's tricks or actual poltergeist.

Mordecai opens his mind to the presence of magic and finds his sight brightened out of contrast as though he stepped from the darkness and into bright light. There is magic everywhere.

As you open the door the noises stop abruptly and you hear a muffled scream as a golden rat darts across the floor and disappears. The kitchen is equipped with plates and cutlery but you don't see any food.

You hear a loud whisper in a grating and disembodied voice "Lets see what's for dinner"

"Who speaks"? "Show yourself if you intend hospitality".

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Perception

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 Knowledge: Religion

"The magic in here is nearly blinding" Mordecai says with some discomfort, blinking away the bright lights.

perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24

Leng looks around to try and pinpoint the location of the voice

"We are not for dinner, unless you are asking what the cook is preparing?"

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

The voice dissipates in an instant and you cannot pinpoint where it may have come from. The kitchen is now eerily quiet and still...

"Maybe it was that golden rat that just ran by speaking". "Did anyone see where it went"?