Dm Mathpro's Crypt of the Everflame Game

Game Master mathpro18

Init:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

Neculai will start singing, drawing his buckler as well.Inspire Courage, +1 hit/damage, +1 on saves vs fear.

or

Neculai will draw his buckler, readying an action to start singing once either the beetle or Tarvinda closes with the other.

Init:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Xeros lets loose an arrow at the bettle,
Bow attack:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Damage:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Minus 4 if needed.

or

If beetle is too close he will smash it with his spiked gauntlet,
Spiked Gauntlet attack:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Damage:1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Creature Init:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7

Surprise round and Round 1 wrap up
The beetle rushes the group as you walk into the room and it belches acid on Tarvinda and Etna. They both take 1 point of acid damage. Now the round begins. Tarvinda you walk up and wack it with your longsword but your sword doesn't penetrate its thick hide. Etna will draw her Wakizashi as she moves up to flank with Tarvinda but her attack misses. Neculai you begin singing. Xeros you let an arrow lose but it skips off the beetles shell. The beetle tries to bite at Tarvinda but it misses.

Go ahead and post your actions for round 2.

Tarvinda angered by the creature spitting, brings her sword to bear once more, aiming a bow at the creatures head.

Round 2:

Status:
HP: 15/21 AC: 19/13/16 Conditions: Inspire Courage, flanking

m/wrk Longsword attack 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 22
m/wrk Longsword damage 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6

Xeros lets loose another arrow at the creature!

Bow strike:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Damage:1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Give me coordinates and I'll put up an updated map

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Neculai will continue singing, move next to the creature and draw his rapier, and attack it, using a swift action to use Arcane strike.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 2 + 1 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10

Etna tumbles to get into a flanking position on the creature
Arcobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Etna tumbles to get into a flanking position on the creature

[dice=Arcobatics]1d20+10

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Round 2 wrap up

Tarvinda you wack it with your longsword and you strike true, your sword cutting into the creature and green blood starts oozing out of the cut. Etna will draw her Wakizashi down on the creature and also strikes true. Neculai you continue singing and move up to the creature and try to strike it but your weapon bounces off the creatures shell. Xeros you let an arrow lose but it again skips off the beetles shell. The beetle tries to bite at Tarvinda and it is able to pinch at her leg with its front mandibles doing 11 points of damage.

Post actions for round 3

she attacks again
Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Neculai will continue singing, and try to strike again, if it is still alive when he comes up. He will also activate Arcane Strike as a swift action.

3/10 rounds.

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

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

Smarting from the creatures deadly bite, Tarvinda uses all her might with a cry "For Kassen!" and brings her longsword crashing down on the armored beetle.

Round 3:

Status:
HP: 6/21 AC: 19/13/16 Conditions: Flanking, Inspire Courage

m/wrk Longsword attack 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 29
m/wrk Longsword damage 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11

m/wrk Longsword crit confirm 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 19
m/wrk Longsword damage 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11

Lay on hands (self) 1d6 ⇒ 1

Tarvinda strikes the creature one final time, cutting it clean in two with her longsword.

As you look around the room you see another body sprawled out in the center of the room and in the corner there is a large pile of trash and filth. It looks as if the beetle was trying to build a nest here. There is a door in the southern part of the chamber. If you check it for traps it isn't trapped or locked.

Entering the room to the south you see that the remains of a small fire smolder in the center of this broad chamber, letting off a plume of oily smoke. Fed by a heap of burning gear, debris, and more than a few bones the fire casts a flickering light across the walls of this room. Your eyes immediately start to burn from the amount of smoke that was trapped in this room(take a -2 on perception checks and attack rolls if necessary).

Does anyone enter the room?

She'll enter the room.

I'll prep the map.

Etna as you enter the room you feel suddenly weaker(take 1 point of strength drain). You can also make me a DC 19 perception check to see what happened.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

"What the heck was that?"

Unfortunately you can't see anything through the thick smoke of the room.

As Xeros hears Etna cry out, he readies his bow and calls out "What is it Etna are you okay?" He looks on trying to see through the smokey haze.

Perception:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

"I don't know what is in there, and it feel like something from the darkness."

Tarvinda, after the fight with the beetle, sits on the floor recovering, blood congealing on her extensive wounds. "That was nasty that thing, can I just sit a moment to recover a bit. I'm really exhausted, don't do anything too much, I'll get up and help in a minute, I need to patch myself up a bit, well a lot really. Do we have a potion or something that might aid the healing process?" as she draws a deep breath.

Tarvinda there are two potions of cure light wounds that you found back in the room Roldare was hiding in and I'm sure the party won't mind you using one of them.

He lets loose his arrow at the twisted man, as he fires he shouts out "Etna watch out beside you!"

Bow attack:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 +2 if undead =18
Damage:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 +2 if undead = 11

Xeros you let the arrow fly and it hits the creature and it cries out in pain and starts flying towards you but stops as it reaches the doorway.

Tarvinda takes out a potion and drinks it, feeling its warmth serge through her beaten body. Feeling a little refreshed, she heads towards the noise, using her ability to find evil as she moves forward. "Xeros, what's happened, where's Pia?"

CLW potion1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Xeros lets loose another arrow into it, and responds "In that room with this thing!"

Bow attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Damage:1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Crict Confirm:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Crict Damage:2d8 + 6 ⇒ (3, 7) + 6 = 16
-2 to attack and damages if not undead.

crossing back into the room
"I think this thing hates the light."

Xeros you let your arrow fly and it strikes the spirit in the ribs and it lets out a mournful cry but still seems to be clinging to undeath.

Etna as you cross back over the spirit doesn't follow and seems to loose interest as it floats away back towards the fire. It takes a few seconds but eventually your eyes clear as well.

Very sorry. I've been out the last few days and haven't had much time to post.

Neculai starts, pulling himself from a rather pleasant daydream, and begins singing of the might and accuracy if the party.

2/10 rounds left.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

When he sees it back off,assuuming he can, he'll say, "What in the nine hells was that?"

Does Tarvinda detect evil as the spirit's alignment.

Yes you do detect evil in its alignment Tarvinda.

Everyone you can clearly make out a shadowy figure floating back towards the fire in the other room. It kind of looks like one of the men you knew back in Kassin but its face is twisted in horror and pain.

Xeros will let loose another arrow into the creature hoping this will be the final shot to free this one's tortured soul. "Cayden guide my arrow and release this one's soul into the grand tavern." He whispers to his arrow.

Bow shot:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Damage:1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

"He's a question that should be asked; What is it?"

Xeros with your final shot the spirit shreaks out and dissipates.

Tarvinda joins Pia, "Whatever it was, it was an evil presence. I've heard tell that those steeped in the knowledge of religion are best placed to know the behavior and nature of the undead. Surely that was one such creature?" She looks around the room for clues as to what caused the creature to appear.

Perception to search the room. 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Kn:Religion: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

I'd imagine it was undead. Certainly looks it. It's a... a...

Neculai strains in thought.

Enta goes back into the room cautiously, and searches the room.
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Xeros knocks back another arrow in his bow and watches on as Enta moves into the room and covers her from the doorway. As he watches for another enemy he ponders what that last creature was.

Perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Knowledge(Religion):1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Neculai you're pretty sure that creature was a Shadow. There are two ways Shadows manifest, either the living creature has to die a horrifying death and be so traumatized that it can't rest peacefully afterwords or if you have all your strength sapped by a Shadows touch you also can manifest as a shadow.

There are no other signs of anymore undead in the room but it is still thick with smoke so its hard to see anything else.

Rubbing her eyes from the smoke, Tarvinda leaves the room to get some fresh air. "Can't see a damn thing with the smoke, I need some fresher air." she coughs.

If you want you can extinguish the flames by dumping water on them and then waiting 10 minutes for the smoke to clear.

Neculai comes back to his senses. That thing was a shadow. Don't let it touch you; it'll sap your strength. That's one way of becoming a shadow, in fact. The other way is dying traumatically. So either there's another shadow around, or something incredibly frightening.

Neculai comes back to his senses. That thing was a shadow. Don't let it touch you; it'll sap your strength. That's one way of becoming a shadow, in fact. The other way is dying traumatically. So either there's another shadow around, or something incredibly frightening.

Xeros looks around, "Lovely." Coughing at the smoke as well the Tieling focuses on the fire and whispers a prayer. As 2 galleons of water drop on the fire, "I hope this doesn't hurt us....Oh drunken merc watch out for me."

Tarvinda will wait until the smoke has gone, before entering the room, so that's 10 minutes.

From outside the room, Tarvinda calls in, "If there's no further chambers or entrances in the room, maybe it'll be best to leave until we can see what else is in there."

As the water extinguishes the flames a large ploom of smoke comes up from the fire pit and it becomes almost impossible to see and the eyes of those in the room start to burn.

After the room clears of smoke the tiefling moves in cautionously and motions the group to gather around him, "Come close we'll check if there's another shadow in here and you all will get a little healing hehe." When the group gathers he'll prays while clutching his holy symbol and a wave of positive energy sweeps through the room.

Channel Energy 30ft DC-10, Heals-1d6 ⇒ 1

Just so you know Xeros you have to decide wither your healing people or harming undead. If your healing then you won't be able to determine if there is another shadow in the room.

The smoke eventually clears from the room and you all gather around and get healed for a point of health. Perception checks to search the room please.

As Xeros uses his powers to heal, Tarvinda on her feet once more uses her powers to find any more evil in the room.

Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

she searches the room take 20,
Perception: 20 + 6 = 26