DrGabe's Pathfinder Society Game, Group B (Inactive)

Game Master DrGabe

BTW - with Grim down 6 str, his movement works out to 10' (although I am not sure if that gets reduced due to him being a dwarf). Needless to say, he will not be able to contribute much to any fights if we manage to open the door. Hopefully it is a vault full of potions and skittles.

I'll break the fourth wall here and tell you that all you need to do is open this door and the dungeon is complete. Now, if only you could get that door open...

Lapis lazuli is blue, per wiki. So that mean Ruprecht plans on putting it into the 5th slot. The very top slot should count as the first slot, then count from there.

"Step back, everyone...I don't know what's going to happen here," the elf says as he inserts the stone into the slot in the door.

"Do we have all the stones Ruprecht?"

Thats what I was asking earlier...I don't remember what if any stones we found.

GM, do we have all the stones?

The party takes the cue from Ruprecht and empties out their pockets and takes inventory: an indigo gem from the Shadow and some greed jade that Lore took from the Goblin shaman.
The gems are only similar in size, not in shape. Each look like they could be added to the door.

Intelligence Check if you want.

int check: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Lore hands over the gem she carries, but no matter how she rotates or examines it before passing it to Ruprecht, she can't make head or tails out of how it might interact with the door.

Int: 1d20 ⇒ 11

int: 1d20 ⇒ 7 from Grim

Grim will take a turn trying to put the pieces into the proper places on the door.

"Lemme take a look at dem stones. Hmm, not sure I see it. Ellis, how about you? You've been quiet."

Intelligence check 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

"If we are right and the gems are the key, we need to go back through the dungeon and gather all the gems we can find."

Grim will check the gems for agic auras....detect magic.

Grim takes the hand full of stones and finds they any of them will fit into the slots on the door. Once the seventh stone is inserted, the door flashes as a bolt of electricity arcs from the door to Grim! Touch Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 for Electricity Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Ellis chimes in after the display of the door's magic, Did we see stones of all colors around this dungeon? and simply shrugs while he mourns the death of his goat.

"Ok, now we know what that door can do, let's go with my line of thinking. Gve me the indigo stone and I'll out it in the 6th slot, and the green stone, I'll put in the fourth slot. We need gems that are red, orange, yellow, and violet. Lets go looking throu the rooms to find them.". H places the two other gems as described.

If sparks don't fly this time, we have to be on the right track. If they do, I'm lost as to how to proceed.

"Yeeooow. Well that was stimulatin' but no help. Ruprecht, give yer idea a try...but watch that shock...it will curl yer beard!. "

Grimdoc will cast Cure light wounds on himself to patch up the spark burns.

clw: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Ruprecht places the stones in the door, and nothing happens. They sit easily in the notches, the other five notches staring at you all, empty.
Where do you want to go to get the other stones?

if the stones radiate magic, Brother Grim was going to suggest sweeping back through the rooms.

"Wait a minute...it is that stupid statue! It had two gems for eyes...were there any others we missed? We need to go back there I bet or I'm a....well somethin' that forgot somethin' and then later remembered it." Grim chuckles, but then stops short, winded in his weakened state.

Arduino slaps himself on the had and nods. "Yes... yes. Of course." Turning, he heads back for the gems, Kin following him.

It takes an hour or so, but the explorers race around the dungeon, careful to avoid the known traps. Heading back to the statue they first encountered, they pluck the red jewels from the Statue of Zog. Searching (taking 20) in the room with the Purple MIst, there is a purple jewel. Removing it, the fog turns clear but the effect remains in place. Racing to the cavern Ellis takes a few of the Yellow crystals, a few of which are similar size to the other gems. On the other side of the the dungeon, the explorers find blue shard tiles lining the pool room, those will do thinks Ellis to himself again. The statue in the silent room gives up his orange jeweled eyes easily.

Now armed with seven different colored gems, Ruprecht moves to place all seven of them in the places he discussed earlier. As the last gem was inserted into its socket, the door heaves and churns and opens (no lightening shooting at anyone!).
Past the door is a long hallway that slopes down to a room housing a pool of glowing blue water. Shining gold leaf in exotic designs decorates the walls, ceiling, and pillars.
The pool itself is magical, its magic strong and powerful. Its divination magic can be felt by even the most mundane of characters.

"Well, that ain't a sight ye see everyday. You would think they would want to see such a sight...not make it a chase all over tarnation. "

Lore seems fascinated by the divination pool, but being of diminutive stature, it's easy for the others to restrain her enthusiasm for heading right to the pool and looking into it... unless of course they don't want to restrain her lol

Both Grim and Lore stare at the pool for a long time... this is definitely something that Madam Hiedmarch would want you to find. But it doesn't look like you can take it back to her. Though I guess you could write about it and make it easier for her to find again.

Grim will make notes of the pool in his journal. He will cast detect magic for any special auras or items radiating in the pool.

"Miss Lore, no swimin here. We best get back with this information. I am too weak to press onward without healing or resting. . "

"Alright, my friend, I wish I could help you, but I lack the right magic to do so. With a little rest and some training, perhaps I could help you, but I think you'll be strong enough on your own by then anyway."

She finishes taking her own notes in her travel journal, including pictures of the door and the pool before making to leave the area.

As beaten up as we are, I think we need to record our findings, and head back to the Lodge and receive further instructions. I think we achieved what we came here for."

Make a spellcraft check please.

Spellcraft 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 plus two if to identify magical items.

Grim also tries the spellcraft, but is not as skilled as Ruprecht.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Ruprecht spends some time looking over the magic of the pool. Suddenly it comes to him that the pool is actually a very rare artifact, similar to a Crystal Ball with True Seeing!

"We have struck the literal mother lode here, everyone. The society will be amazed by this discovery. We need to catalogue everything we can about this item, and get word back as soon as possible."

"Good show Ruprecht! You are as brilliant as your ears are long."

Grim starts making more real notes rather than the doodles he was drawing before.