Elder Evils (Inactive)

Game Master DireMerc

Is ttis your spell making him this way or is he under the effects of something else? Galgar Inquires of Reverie

"Yes its the spell.." Turning the the wizard.. "I am your friend.. Thank you for your time.. You should go back to bed.." looking to the others. "We should subdue him to keep him from sounding an alarm.. Pureblade, would you mind pinning him so we can tie him up?"

Become hostile allows him a save, but its a dc 28 will to act normally

How do you feel about that theif and your leadership wizard?

Elara spots a book and a pouch on the desk next to the bed.

Pureblade grabs the man to pin him to the bed. The man seems to shake off the effects of the spell and he closes his eyes to focus and vanishes.

willsave: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

I have Aura Sight which means I get alignment-auras and magical item auras; can I see him?

Eyes scanning the room, Elara grabs the book and the pouch and stuffs them into her robes. She points out the man if she sees him.

If Pureblade grappled him, the man needs to make a hefty concentration check to cast a spell or use a SLA

I doubled checked to be sure there was no conflict with what he did. It was perfectly within his abilities. He has transported himself to another room.

Can we get a Knowledge: Arcana check to see what he did/used? And again, unless he used a magic item or supernatural ability, he needs to make a concentration check if grappled. If you still say he can teleport without the check, happy to accept as you know him better than I do.

Indeed Twould be a spellcraft check. Dc is quite high but I believe some of you can do it. I can trow down a concentration check for good measure.

Concentration: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27

Huh weird the result changed between the preview and the post. Got an 18 in the preview well 27 still would make it. 10+12+4 = 26

You realize the DC to cast while grapple/pinned is 10+Grapplers CMB+Spell Level? And can only use spells with verbal comp only.. You dont get to apply combat casting either.. Oh i see your math now.. Pureblades CMB is only +12? hmm.. Figured him to be higher level than 8thish

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31

Watching the man poof anyway Reverie frowns.. "Dam Pureblade, I thought ud have a better grip than that.. We must be going quickly now for he's liable to alert the whole palace.. Lets resume cloud form and get down to her room.."

SpellCraft: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (2) + 26 = 28
Hmm He's craftier than we thought....

Yes his CMB is only +12.

Now apparently there are things I have been doing for a long time that are house rules and I have been doing this for so long with my real life group I had forgotten they are house rules. I will continue to use this however and feel free to let me know if you like/dislike this idea.

The spellcraft dc to identify spells goes up by +5 for each metamagic feat attached to it. (this I carried over from 3.5 I believe)

The dc to cast a spell while grappled is at -5 for each metamagic feat you apply to the spell but only for quicken, still and silent. two metamagic feats reduces the dc by 10 making it 16 he has +18 he cant fail which is why I didn't originally roll a concentration.

I will reveal to you that what he did was a quickened and silent Dimension Door (verbal only by default). With the modified dc for metamgic it would be dc 29 to identify the spell.

"It doesn't matter how good my grip is if he can teleport out of it!" replies Pureblade upset at this turn of event and his own failing.

Well quicken spell win regardless. He doesn't even have to roll conc for a swift action.. Its auto.. However Pureblade is quite a lower level than i expected.. I figured him roughly our level maybe a couple less, which would make his cmb much higher than +12.. Oh well.. Like i said quicken makes it auto..

As she begins to turn back to vapor.. "Come quickly before the whole place is alerted.." Flying back out she moves down to the 2nd floor and attempts to locate the chicks room..

Perc: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (12) + 30 = 42

Do we recognize the metamagic feats attached to the spell if we make the Spellcraft DC? I would like to know that he just cast a 9th-level spell

He is a 10th level paladin, he is strong but not quite at your level. If you made the check you are aware that he cast the spell quickly and without the vocal components that are usually involved (It was not necessarily using a 9th level spell slot there are ways to reduce that). I didn't make either the paladin or the wizard I'm just using pre-made npc's

Do you go into a hallway window or enter via the balcony on the second floor? (The balcony on the second floor leads into a library/study) or do you go around the building checking each window?

"That man was a spellcaster, and a puissant one; the alarm will be raised imminently. Our one bargaining chip is his spellbook." Elara pats her bag. "I say someone takes it and flees as the rest of us search for our target. If we find her and escape, all is well. If we find her and get captured, we exchange our safe passage for the return of his book."

"Well?"

Was he carrying any magical auras? If not, any magical auras in the room?

"Im no expert but i figure a mage of his caliber can replace his spellbook qithout to much trouble.. Our gaseous state last quite a long time.. If we get caught simply retreat.. I think we've made it to the point of attacking the castle.. Stay silent if we can but lets find that dam woman.. I say take the crystal ball as well.. Could come in handy.."

He had a magical ring and a magical amulet and while he can replace his spellbook it would take him several days and costs several thousand gold. Also what's your next move? You know she's most likely in her room on the second floor. The alarm will most likely be sounded soon and the balcony on the second floor leads to a library.

I assume our next move would be to go after her.. I already stated that in my last post..

"Does anyone have a way to stop teleporting? Like a dimensional lock spell perhaps? If not she will most assuredly escape.."

I guess my question is what way are you going? You turn into smoke and head out the balcony? Then you search each window looking for her?

Yea i assumed we took the wizards direction and headed back outside to find her room..

Sorry for not post as much this cough is wearing me out (last 2 - 21/2 weeks)
Galgar how things go so wrong so quickly it seems. He will Grab the ball, with intentions of returning it afterwards. Alright Yes I'll return the ball when the world is saved., Back to cloud form and lets find this woman. Sadly no, no way of dimensional locking at the moment. I will turn us all invisible maybe so maybe we can take her out in one quick attack, this way invisible clouds wont alert her.

With that unless someone objects, he will use his wand of invis on everyone then go cloud form.

Ok so you go outside and find the window to what you believe is her room. Peeking in you can see her seated at a table. A man is pacing back and forth in the room talking to her. He's clearly screaming but you cant hear what they are saying.

'Screaming'? How thick is the glass that we can't hear anything?

It's a spell. Mage's private sanctum. Actually reading the spell again not only can you not hear them you can't see them either all you see inside the windows is a thick fog. Sorry didn't remember it blocking vision too.

motions for us to burst in

Not seeing the invisible cloud motioning for folks to go in... {b]I suggest when I say Now we all go in and on a 5 count from 'Now' we all attack.. [/b] Say Galgar

As a note you cant really do anything in cloud form and it takes a whole minute to change from one form to the other.

It only takes 30 secs to change.. I assume there's a balcony like before to change?

"Ive got a stoneshape spell that i can use to give us a way in.. Im Gonna buff a little and then we can go.. Since we have no way to dim anchor her we must put her out asap.. Im going to try and polymorph her.."

Casting True Seeing, Communal Air Walk, Extended Communal Pro Energy(Fire), and Extended Communal Resist Energy(Cold)..

"When yall are ready ill stoneshape.. ignore the other party, focus on bringing down the girl.. Even if we kill her bring her down.. She can be revived later.."

we don't see this other party.... and since we're in cloud form, I'm assuming we can get in fairly easily unless it's air tight.

There is no balcony at her window itself but there is a balcony nearby. Check out the map I just added to the google drive. Number 14 is the room she is staying in. 13 is a balcony. The stairs in 12 go down. Pay no mind to 16 lol. There are two guards sitting at the table in 12.

I'm with Wyatt, if not seamless, invisible clouds enter transform to invisible people and attack as soon as we are solid which should be almost simultaneously

Alright lets just do this

You slip in trough the window and into the room.

You see a man and a woman. The woman wears a white dress and a red bird mask and matches the description of the thief.

The man however..There is something off about him. His eye burn with green fire and his body seems cloaked by shadows. He wears black pants and his shirtless and you can see his skin is cracked in places and dark wisp of smoke can be seen leaking out of the cracks.

The man stops talking and turns to face you. "We have uninvited guest, we will finish this discussion later." he says

Yes, he can see you he has constant true seeing.

The woman is surprised it's obvious she doesn't see you.

She gets up and cast a spells:invisibility purge

The man motions for her to wait and he just stands and waits as well.

"Well what are you going to do? Flee?" he says crossing his arms.

"Cleanse the corruption in you and drag you back to your daughter, actually."

Elara spreads her hands and adjusts her posture, lowering her center of gravity and fixing her gaze on the man with burning green eyes.

"Meet Lucather Maji, Naila's father, ladies and gentlemen. He is a caster of no small skill, and currently befouled by some form of possession. Inside he is a good man; keep him alive."

Init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Elara closes her left eye and concentrates. Shadows rise from the floor and take living form behind the man, becoming a perfect imitation of Elara, but reverse- right eye closed instead of left. The copy strikes out with a single finger.

Use Shadow Twin as a standard action, place behind him
Use terrors as a swift action; Mindlock for a melee touch attack, Overwhelming Fear to charge it with an effect.

Melee touch attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36

If touch attack succeeds-
DC26 fortitude save or cower for one round, -4 penalty on the save
DC26 will save or be mindlocked for 15 minutes, -4 penalty on the save

I should have known you were gonna start posting attacks right away.

The touch succeeds but man seems unafraid however a look of confusion appears on his face for a moment..."Naila?...Oh this meatsack's child"

The woman gasp as you attack him. "You dare strike at our lord you will pay dearly for..." A wave of his hand makes her shut up.

"If rescue is your intention then you are far too late. My presence it too much for a mortal, his soul and body burn away even now and barely anything is left...However you have the gift...You are compatible." he says looking at Elara.

A few things of note:
-Need a will save from all you as his mind scans yours. Detects thoughts.
-He has an aura that drains psionic energy when you use a power that requires spending power points. You need to make d15+number of points spent on the power. If you fail, you must spend twice as many points to use the power. If you don't have enough power points you are reduced to 0 and the power fails.

Will: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
Why did my terrors fail? Can I roll something to know this?

I don't mind telling you that being possessed by a piece of the mind of a creature that eats gods grants one several immunity and resistances. Among them mind-affecting and fear. Honestly this creature doesn't know what fear is, it's still trying to figure this whole linear time thing.

I conjure the image form The Golden Child when Eddie Murphy walks in and the devil guy communing with satan.. At first he's all, opps wrong door, but when the guy's face blows off to reveal the devil h's like, oh shit! Regardless..

Reverie drops a small statue of Reggie and says the comman word returning him to life Free Action.. She then activates her boots Free Action.. She then activates he baldric Swift Action and fires a salvo into the woman..

And Reggie pounces her..

Initiative: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Reggie Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Weapon is +5, so overcomes all DR minus DR/- or Epic..

Hasted/Deadly Aim/Rapid Shot/Manyshot/Bane Baldric
Attack 1 Manyshot 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39
Attack 2 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (16) + 25 = 41
Attack 3 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (18) + 25 = 43
Attack 4 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25
Attack 5 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
Damage 1 Manyshot2d8 + 46 + 4d6 ⇒ (7, 1) + 46 + (4, 4, 1, 3) = 66
Damage 2 1d8 + 23 + 2d6 ⇒ (7) + 23 + (5, 1) = 36
Damage 3 1d8 + 23 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 23 + (1, 4) = 29
Damage 4 1d8 + 23 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 23 + (4, 2) = 32
Damage 5 1d8 + 23 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 23 + (1, 1) = 29

Power Attack
Bite: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (19) + 21 = 40
Claw: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (14) + 21 = 35
Rake: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
Rake: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30
Dam Bite: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (2) + 21 = 23
Dam Claw: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22
Dam Claw: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24
Dam Rake: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29
Dam Rake: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28

Grapple
Grapple: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39
Grapple: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (16) + 25 = 41

As a note that's a dc 15 + number of power points spent concentration check. Forgot to mention what kind of check it was up above.

Yes everyone roll you actions and your init. I wasn't expecting to go directly into combat after all he was kind enough to let you transform back so you could talk -_- oh well he was just going to gloat about how you have no chance anyway.

Also I shouldn't have posted a reaction to Elara right away since she is likely going last but too late now so lets just say that was the "surprise round" even tough nobody was surprised

Initiative Lucather: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

initiative Vanessa: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

Lucather (The scary dude): Holds his action until he has seen what you can do.

Vanessa: Takes out her black rod and says "I wish to be protected" the rod glows a scarlet red color for a moment and you can see her be surrounded by a glow of force that becomes invisible after a moment.

Someone K. Arcana the rod to know what we are dealing with

I would also accept know history now that you have seen it.

I seem to have missed the surprise round..If i can get an action I'll take Monstrous Physique 3 on Salty, turning him into Pukwudgie IF not no big deal
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (7) + 26 = 33
Knowledge History: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
SpellCraft the Sphere she cast: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (4) + 26 = 30
Initative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Would like to wait on results of Skill checks before posting an action for the round

assuming my familiar would go on my initiative. IF this is not the case let me know

scans the room for other threats (also he can sense anything living within 30ft through life sense)

We don't have to do this the hard way, we just want to know more about your masters and why they are stealing and where Jubilex is going to be raised from or the rituals location... We must and will stop this madness

init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

What actions go Galgar and Wyatt take? An yes animal companions and familiars act on their owner's turn.

So far Vanessa cast her shield

Reverie attacks and manages to deal a decent amount of damage to her.
Reggie attacks her and deals minimal damage but manages to grapple her.

-Now missing Galgar's action. (I sent you the result by Pm)

-Then would be Lucather

-Then Wyatt

-Then Elera

The Black Mace of Goriath...Your soul must be dark indeed to make the pact with the Devil inside of that thing?...Don't you know those kinds of deal only lead to your death? While she wields it just a quick mental thought will let her escape among other things.

Assuming the mace to be made of some sort of metal...Galgar will Quicken Burning Disarm to try and get her to drop the mace and then try and turn her into a frog using baleful polymorph so she cant pick it back up
Burning Disarm Damage if She still holds on: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 1, 1, 1) = 6

If he can tell mace is not metal, he will Quicken baleful polymorph on the old man and if fails will try agian baleful polymorph agian if he saves to try and nullify the old man
And if I need SR checks against who ever he casts then
SR Check 1 : 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39
SR Check 2: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

He will send Salty after teh woamn, if not a frog...otherwise the old man.
He will make 2 quill attacks
Quill Attack 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Quill Atatck 2: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26
If they hit
Damage Quill 1: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 + DC 18 Fort Con Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1
Damage Quill 2: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 + DC 18 Fort Con Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2

delays and waits if channell is necessary or if she starts to cast, to cast on her in response

Fort Save: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (15) + 19 = 34