DMummy's Mask

Game Master Elmdorprime

Azubah is up! Also, Albus needs to roll initiative.

Rameth's exhortation to use magic against the animated corpses gives Azubah pause. As quickly as he can he intones a supplication to Aroden and that is swiftly answered by the momentary sheen that comes over his weapon. Hail Aroden the Living God!

Casts Magic Weapon

The last huecuva approaches, its empty eyes filled only with hate. Its steps, once halting become more graceful as it opens its mouth the scream and reaches for Dwalindor with both hands.

(Attack 1): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
(Attack 2): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

(Damage 2): 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Dwalindor, please roll a Fort Save, DC 12.

Fort : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 Dwalindor fights off the scratch from the second hit.

They seem hungry. I suspect it is for us. Kill them!

Lets say Albus went last on initiative to keep things simple.

Attk: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 1 = 28
Dmg: 1d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 1 = 17

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 = 25
Crit Dmg: 1d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8

Fantastic, always love it when I get to have a caster use a spell for no reason.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA. Also you get an AoO against you since I'm assuming you're moving through Rameth to attack since otherwise Rameth and Dwalindor keep you out of attack range.

The huecuva slashes at Albus as his sword descends.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Its claws miss wildly however as the large sword cleaves into it heavily, causing its form to explode outward in a cloud of dust.

You're now out of combat...or are you?

Yes, yes you are.

What do you do now?

"Nice shot there Albus...what were those again? I am putting them on my 'kill first ask later' list "

"Other than barmaids, what is not on that list, Dwalindor?"

you. So be happy! Rameth grunts a little more harshly than he means

"...what were those again?.."

I have no idea, we have seen so much undeads latetly that they are all starting to look the same to me. Not sure if that is good or bad. He says scratching his head. Search this room?

Aid Another Perc: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Dwalindor searches the room with Albus.

"Yeah, right."

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

The only items of value appear to be a chalice and knife made out of solid silver, used for Nethysian rituals.

The chalice is worth 30 gp and the knife counts as a silver dagger with the broken condition (22 gp).

Rameth throws it into his bag, and hefts his morning star.

Let's check the next door, and see if we can't find that stupid creature.

Rameth picks a door at random and inspects it

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28 +1 traps
1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 = 20 DD

Albus follows the others sword in hand.

Sorry for the wait, work was kicking my *Redacted due to Paizo Policy*. Which way did you head? Down towards R25/26? Or towards the other end of the big Cathedral?

Cathedral

As you enter through the west door in the main cathedral hall, a short hallway connects a shallow, empty pool to the west to two curtained cubicles to the east. A wooden bench is bolted to the floor in a small alcove across from the pool. A set of stone doors marked with hieroglyphs stands to the north.

Map.

When you enter the cubicle ot the north, you see two corpses: one is a pile of bare bones piled out of the way, and the other is a rotting, but still intact, cadaver. An old, broken scimitar lies nearby.

Please roll Survival (DC 10).

Survival
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Eff you, Dice Roller

Dwalindor strides into the room and checks the bones...

survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 survival

Can we add our 3 scores? LOL

Can we add our 3 scores? LOL

Even aiding another wouldn't help those scores. Fortunately Dwalindor beat the low, low DC I set. Why is it you guys score low on all the information gathering, day-to-day rolling and then just ignore any sort of epic fight scene I try and set up with ludicrous damage rolls?

Dwalindor, you're able to determine that unlike most of the bodies you found in the House of Pentheru, these corpses were not placed here during the riots accompanying the Plague of Madness.

Based on the position of the corpses you believe that these corpses were animated by necromancy, then killed and dragged into this cubicle to be hidden from casual inspection. This happened recently, within the last 24 hours.

Rameth does a quick search of the bodies.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 percep

Rameth, you don't find anything on the corpses, although you do notice that the bones and flesh have been scorched by flames as well as attacked with weapons.

Searching the room likewise finds nothing of interest.

Rameth moves towards the south and looks around.

Even aiding another wouldn't help those scores. Fortunately Dwalindor beat the low, low DC I set. Why is it you guys score low on all the information gathering, day-to-day rolling and then just ignore any sort of epic fight scene I try and set up with ludicrous damage rolls?

Because we like being alive!... lol

Albus follows Rameth while admiring the beatiful ceiling.
Perc: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Rameth, as you move south towards what should be more cubicles for the various clergy you hear the sounds of shuffling and a groan as forms move into the light of your torch.

Initiative (Albus): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Initiative (Azubah): 1d20 ⇒ 13
Initiative (Dwalindor): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Initiative (Rameth): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Initiative (Monster 1): 1d20 ⇒ 16
Initiative (Monster 2): 1d20 ⇒ 8
Initiative (Monster 3): 1d20 ⇒ 7

Knowledge (Religion) to identify.

Map.

Combat Order: Monster 1, Azubah, Dwalindor, Rameth, Monster 2, Monster 3, Albus

The monster at S6 attacks Rameth at R7, reaching out with dirty nails to swipes at the investigator.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 Rameth, do you have 22 AC now or is that with a Shield Extract from the gang?

They are hitting my FF of 20. The number in parenthesis is current

Religion 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 8 - 1 + (5) = 18

Zombies. Stinking, flesh-hungry zombies. Like all undead they're resistant to damage, but any simple sword would break through their abnormally tough flesh.

Vulnerable to slashing, they're unthinking and simply hungry for flesh.

Rameth pops out a sharp dagger and slashes

1d20 - 1 + 7 ⇒ (18) - 1 + 7 = 24 for 1d4 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 11

The zombie staggers back but it's still mobile.

Dwalindor will step up and ready to attack one of the shambling critters.

"MORE???? Sheesh, don't any of these dead, just, you know....stay dead?"

Dwalindor lucern hammer, reach, favor: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16 for dmg: 1d12 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

and his AOO if one approaches within 5'

Dwalindor lucern hammer, AOO, favor: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 = 12 for dmg: 1d12 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9

If you advanced next to Rameth at R*, you're in range so you automatically attack?

Dwalindor's hammer attacks the same zombie wounded by Rameth, the torque gained by the long handle more than overcoming any resistance from the zombie's magically toughened flesh.

The monster collapses, but not before spraying viscera over Rameth as a result of the impact.

I say, do you think he was talking about me? I mean, I didn't mean to not be dead.

Although I also didn't mean to be dead. I always thought I'd be rich and famous enough to buy some of that elixir that keeps you young, you know from that desert country?

The hyena's ghost following him barks loudly.

Well of course I know that's silly now, but it seemed perfectly rational at the time.

The hyena barks again.

Oh what do you know, you're a dead animal. Honestly you're worse than that high priest, always droning on about the glories of Aroden this, Aroden that, and why isn't his great-great-grandson proselytizing more.

The hyena whimpers in response to this.

Yes, I wish he'd shut up too.

Azubah throws all of his weight behind his greatsword aimed at the nearest ambulating corpse. But he is badly off balance and misses as a result.

Attack
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Just then it occurs to him what Sir Howard said. Does he mean ME?

The sword stays in existence for three minutes from the time it appeared. Has that duration expired yet?

When did you cast it? Time is sort of fluid since it can be hours and days IRL since you originally cast a limited-duration spell.

I will say that a good rule of thumb is a room search takes about 5 minutes. That's pretty minimal time and when you guys are purposely rolling Perception to search instead of a reaction roll I picture you poking into corners, knocking on walls looking for fake panels and flipping furniture over.

Not to not pick but wouldn't that be a take 20 then?

No, taking 20 involves a much longer set of time since it involves failing repeatedly to get that result (that's why per the RAW you can't disable a lot of traps by taking 20, although you can find traps by taking 20).

As I recall Perception is a much need amalgamation of the skills Search and Spot from 3.0 - Spot is now the "reaction" Perception roll and Search is now the deliberate Perception roll.

I think of it this way: no matter how good your eyesight is, a Perception 20 roll isn't going to automatically spot the trap door under the rug and table in the middle of a room. But making the DC higher than 25 doesn't make a bit of sense mechanically, so time spent is the difference between what you're doing when making that roll.

ok, good to know. I think that means that we will probably be moving through rooms to fight first, cause at 5 minutes per room none of the buffs will ever last

We have been playing fast and loose with the buffs and spells just because of the nature of a pbp - I'm fine with that for ease of play( especially in a dungeon crawl which is pretty much just mechanics, mechanics and more mechanics) but if you ask for a ruling I'm going to give one :D

totally fair. Didn't mean for that to sound snarky. Was on a 2 minute break and happened to check my page. DONT MAKE ROCKS FALL ON ME!!!

I don't know, that ceiling is looking awfully shaky. MWAHAHAHAHAHA.

And sorry, didn't realize we were waiting on me. Roll damage by the way Azubah! I'm moving you to S9 since you went to attack a living zombie. You also get an AoO on the zombie moving from U9 to T9.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Attack 1 AoO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Attack 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Damage 1: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage 1 AoO: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage 2: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

The two zombies claw at Azubah and their claws rip into him, tearing gouges into his skin past his skimpy armor.

Their mouths seem to open in anticipation of the feat to come.

Position changes: Azubah at S9, Dwalindor at R8.

Damage for miraculous hit
2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7

AoO
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Damage if Aroden smiles upon me
2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

Completely gratuitous crit roll
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Witness, ye of little or no faith, the power of Aroden!

Azubah's greatsword cleaves through the advancing zombie (take away Damage 2 for "only" 15 damage) but the other zombie is still able to attack.

Updated Map.

Combat Order: Albus, New Round: Azubah, Dwalindor, Rameth, Monster, Albus

Rameth charges, leaving his blade in the other zombie and popping another one from his sleeve.

1d20 + 7 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 - 1 + 2 = 19 for 1d4 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9

No one waits for Albus!

Rameth's mad dash does score a hit on the monster.

Dwalindor cheers on Rameth.

"You got em now, Rameth. Take it down, man!"

I think it's been long enough to move past Albus, Dwalindor and Azubah you're up!

Dwalindor moves over and attacks the zombie.

Lucern: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 2 = 20 damage : 1d12 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

I see my last post got swallowed, many apologies for the delay!

Dwalindor's hammer crashes down into the zombie, causing it to collapse in a final death. It also splatters more viscera across Rameth, who is in knife range of the zombie, while Dwalindor remains unmarked from the undead's fluids.

Trip yelps loudly in dismay at the smell of the rotting corpse.