DM Zyren's Heart of Darkness (Inactive)

Game Master Zyrenity

each of you has to pass two saves, because two zombies exploded adjacent to you.

Round 6

"Crazzleboks, these zombies are dangerous!"

Kyren moves to G9 and sends off another acid splash at the remaining Zombie at J6.

"Orb go Splat!"

Ranged Touch Attack 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Damage 1d3 ⇒ 1

Oh ok, just saw saves, didn't realise it was two sets! ;p

A 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
B 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Berry will hold action until Vaughn resolves.

Round 6

Jazz determinedly fires another two arrows at the last standing zombie.

Attack 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Damage 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Attack 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Damage 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Sorry everyone--we lost power over the weekend and I had no internet access. I'm at work and I can't see the mat--once ZDM emails it to me I'll make my action, as i don't knwo whether I'm adjacent to a zombie or not. But I'll resolve my 5 saves now. . .

ROUND 5 PRECURSOR

HP: 49/61

Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Yes, you are adjacent and if you don't roll too badly the zombie will turn into a bomb.

Yes, you are adjacent and if you don't roll too badly the zombie will turn into a bomb.

Done, and DUCKIN' FUN!!!

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29
Damage: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Damage: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Fort Save against zombie explosion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

A wet noise accompanies the zombie explosion and at the end of the fight, all of your frontline fighters are covered in zombie slime, blood, and organs...

I glance around quickly. Nobody's down? Ooch, Blaze dunnlook so good. Salfon, should we pull out the wand, and you save your Channels for combat? I've got myself covered if you're not going to channel right now . . .

@ Ronya: So, any idea how big this place is? How many more of these nightmares we get to face?

Ronya uses her fingers to comb some zombie brain out of her hair

Well, I know the dungeon below his palace is quite big...but he also has a nice treasure chamber to pillage...

Berry mopes a bit refusing to meet anyones gaze. Clearly she's not happy with the way the fight went.

Berry mopes a bit refusing to meet anyones gaze. Clearly she's not happy with the way the fight went.

Hey--it happens. We've all had our moments, good and bad. Forget it and move on, eh?

@Ronya: Hmm, treasure chamber, eh? That'll be heavily trapped. Hope we can handle that . . .

As far as I can tell, Berry seems to be quite good in disabling nasty things. maybe for the first time that you know her, a smile flashes over her face.

I'll wait with going on until you tell me you're ready/healed up enough. Vaughn and Alcheringa: level up!

"Well, I know the dungeon below his palace is quite big...but he also has a nice treasure chamber to pillage..."

"Kazam, Kazam! We love treasure! However, we also love coming home alive! So although the treasure piece of this adventure sounds very encouraging, I am very concerned about the getting out of here alive part! Now, for this last battle, I purposely held back on some major firepower, not to mention my secret weapon, specifically because I knew we had a lot of dungeon left to go. In fact, that acid splash is not much better than washing your face with some rough skin cream. However, I am very concerned about how close we came to losing some lives! If you folks need greater firepower from your trusty sorcerer, then be sure to let me know. Saving spells will not be useful if we don't even make it there! I am truly sorry if I underestimated the strength of those ugly fiends. However, I know we have a long ways to go still. How are we all feeling? Do we need to take a short break here and pull out the snacks?"

"Oh, and Berry, my dear, I really like those little concoctions you throw, but please be a little more careful where you throw them!"

"Good work, fellas," Jazz says, "And lady," he adds with a nod and a wink to Ronya. "You guys've certainly got the less desirable job in this place, I'd try and wipe some o'that off before you get yourselves sick."

As far as I can tell, Berry seems to be quite good in disabling nasty things. maybe for the first time that you know her, a smile flashes over her face.

Sure enough. Good skill to have . . .

I'll wait with going on until you tell me you're ready/healed up enough. Vaughn and Alcheringa: level up!

bazinga!

I'll take a swig of my special healing potion that also blesses

2d8 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3) + 5 = 10

Current HP: 67/70

*shrug* I'm ready. Kyren, I hear ya on not wanting to blow your load too fast. We'll just try to play it smart and call for some firepower if we think we need it. Otherwise, I'll trust ya.

Fort Saves: A1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 and B1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

With a cough, the cleric begins "A wise decision Vaughn, I've already wiped my energies." He then brings out a wand and begins tapping it against those around him.

Kyren, we need to get you a wand of magic missile or something. I'm blowing all my spells trying to keep people alive; not to mention how nice it would be to take these guys out at range. Healing is going to be a feat if we encounter tougher groups.

Just going to heal Alch and Blaze for now. And of course, Ronya.

Alch:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 You should now be at full.

Blaze:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Should no be at 44.

Ronya:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 She look any better?

"Thank you, that got nasty. Glad they are dead dead"

"Nice work, Salfy! I think you had your hands full that last battle. Thanks for keeping us all healthy! Well, if we are ready, I think we can proceed. Where do we go next, Ronya, through that passageway on the other side of the room?"

Ronya nods thanfully and takes a swig out of a small vial, she looks healed now.

Dungeon

The narrow passageway consist of several small alcoves that look like they were made for some nasty trap action...

Ronya looks back to you and asks

Run through or be cautious and advance slowly?

"Berry, do your skills extend to mechanical traps?"

"If we think traps are about, then I recommend advancing slowly, but let's hear what Wee Bluet Berry says about her ability to find and disable traps!"

"Uh....I've been doing so. I mean I cracked open the door here right? Well it was trapped. Father did teach me how to. Said I should know in case I fell into a kobold hole."

""Uh....I've been doing so. I mean I cracked open the door here right? Well it was trapped. Father did teach me how to. Said I should know in case I fell into a kobold hole."

"Good, good, my dear. I am practically blind as a bat, so please be sure to look carefully along this hallway, for any such devices of trickery. I am eager to move forward toward the treasure, but safely!"

Perception Check 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Alcheringa sticks near Berry, also keeping his eyes open...

Perception 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

"I know my way about traps a bit myself, had to learn how t'avoid them working in the city. Let's keep goin', I don't want to be down here longer than we have to."

Perception 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 (+2 for traps)

"I know my way about traps a bit myself, had to learn how t'avoid them working in the city. Let's keep goin', I don't want to be down here longer than we have to."

"Well, I feel better already! Traps should not be a problem with Jazz and Berry on the scene! Let us proceed immediately. Onward Ladies and Gentlemen, Cat and all! Onward, my friends!"

Jazz finds three floor tiles with suspicious mechanisms that will start some kind of apparatus below them...

Setting herself to work berry starts disabling the tiles that Jazz has found one by one.

1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38Disable 1
1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33Disable 2
1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20Disable 3

When she's finished she continues to take advantage of her let me know if an hour passes since we first opened the door to this place.
enhanced senses and searches along the corridors herself.

1d20 + 23 ⇒ (13) + 23 = 36 Perception

Palace Dungeon

Berry is quickly able to disable the traps. She cautiously lifts the tiles and cuts through the wires. Stepping on them is not dangerous anymore now. Vaughn leads the party depper into the dungeon but stops at the next corner. He has spot two towering skeletal golems! Hold together by strong leather straps and large iron screws these strange mixtures of undeads and machines walk through the corridors making grinding and screeching noises.

Berry is quickly able to disable the traps. She cautiously lifts the tiles and cuts through the wires. Stepping on them is not dangerous anymore now. Vaughn leads the party depper into the dungeon but stops at the next corner. He has spot two towering skeletal golems! Hold together by strong leather straps and large iron screws these strange mixtures of undeads and machines walk through the corridors making grinding and screeching noises.

I indicate quiet is needed here as we talk and look. I'm no expert in this kind of thing, but I'm not sure how effective our weapons will be on these toys. Anyone have any thoughts? What's the best way to get by 'em?

Ronyal sighs as she sees the large fiends

Mhhm well, firstly we should decide whether we take the right or the left branch.

"The bombs I have are jsut as effective against them as they are against the zombies." Berry notes. "They look too big to be squeezing very effectively around the tunnels."

"Crazzleboks! These creatures sound dangerous. I hope these aren't the golems that I have heard about!"

Knowledge Arcana Check (to determine what spells and/or weapons can affect these creatures) 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

"Hmm not sure what to do about these, they don't look like normal undead. I am trying to work out how much I hate them"

"Left. Left is always the best choice. When the skeleton move away and gives us room, we can charge in behind it to attack... dont fight it where it can keep us one on one."

The large creaking monsters slowly move away into the darkness...

Dungeon

Salfon whispers to the party "Perhaps we can move past them altogether. They're quite big and these halls are not. If we all move straight through... No telling what's down that hall, though."

"I think this is our chance. Let's make hay while the sun is up! Quick, let's sneak by. Alchy says left, so I will too!"

Kyren urges his friends onward.

OK, I'm ready to give it a go. If they attack, try to take one down at a time.

I'm also clearly ready to move, but am waiting to make sure we all go together, or stay together.

Dungeon

You all scurry into the left branch ans Vaughn peers around the corner he can still clearly hear the thing moving around, however it is out of sight. The small room you are now in consists of a statue of a naked, heavily muscled man juggling with skulls.

That's him. says Ronya and spits on the ground.

That's a statue of Vultaran? Boy, somebody thinks pretty highly of himself!! What a twit. I'm suspecting traps here--Jazz? Berry? Whadayathink?

"My friends, I don' think magical weapons are needed to fight those skeleton golems, but if I am not mistaken, you will need to use bludgeoning weapons to be effective against them. Regardless of what kind of weapon you have, let's still try to avoid them."

"That's him."

"Why the lack of clothes and the skull juggling? Is he dying to become a clown at a nudist colony?"

Berry snickers a little at Kyrnes joke as she searches ahead for traps.

1d20 + 23 ⇒ (5) + 23 = 28 Perception

Perception for traps, -2 otherwise 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Damn Berry, +23 is pretty sweet, haha

Jazz follows behind Berry, slowly realizing how much more attuned to the entire scene she is than himself. He keeps quiet, letting her do her work, trying to double check things in case she misses something.

After a very short and superficial check Berry and Jazz agree that the corridor is free of traps.

As Berry advances further, she suddenly spots the golem again - the creature has turned its back to her and isn't moving at the moment.

Dungeon

It's an artificial enhancement. After an hour has passed it'll just be +13.

Berry backs away slowly without saying a word and back torwards the group.

"Hmmmm... wait here, Berry," Jazz whispers, and creeps up on the golem, trying to see beyond it into the next room to see if the other golem is there as well, or if there is something else of note in the room.

Stealth 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21

I will be RUNNING AWAY if I get seen...

Dungeon

The other golem is not around, and the one you are facing is waiting in the dead end at the end of the corridor.

Kyren is not fond of being at the back of the group when they have just passed a skeleton golem. He looks back frequently as he sneaks ahead and tries to find a position in front of Salfon (U23).

Stealth 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13