First Steps

Game Master CRobledo

Luccinus nods.

...l...let's continue to the next room? Hopefully there's more papers than this.

Griff waits for the rest of the party to proceed, because he does NOT want to go first.

Luccinus...lead on.

Fung falls back into the original marching order, to continue exploration...

Leading the team and spitting to clear his mouth, Luccinus moves to the next room.

Cracked and crumbling frescos line the walls of this large empty room. The sections of the frescos not destroyed by the passing ages show Qadiran men engaged in battle. A rough stone tunnel leads off to the northwest, as if the ground simply cleft in two ages ago. A pile of bones rests just inside the passage.

Can someone search those? , he says indicating the bones.

Luccinus moves to the rough stone passage.

I'll do it, just watch my back... Fung says, with a grin, before he heads toward the bones.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Vermin will cast Detect magic and look about in the new room.

Fung, I'm assuming you are trying to look around without actually rummaging through anything yet

You stop 5 feet from the bones, and see assorted coins, a golden crown, a very nice looking short sword, and a wax-sealed scroll case.

Map up for reference. Yellow circle is the bone pile

*Waits to see what Vermin finds. Brandishes his scimitar in his right hand and the Pathfinder flag in his left.*

Everyone receives:
+1 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws against fear and charm effects

If I can make a perception check from my position:

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

I'm looking around to avoid a repeat from last time, and seeing what I can determine before I start rummaging through. Does it look like a pile of bones like something was eating it and piled it up?

There is a scroll case with likely a magical scroll inside the half orc tells the party.

It looks like a human skeleton that just crumbled.

I guess if you want to learn more about the skeleton:

Heal: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

It almost looks like...

Fung looks up, looking up at the ceiling, wondering if it had been dropped from a height and killed that way? Or perhaps... it was animated and the magic just stopped!

Curiosity gets to the Halfling. He walks over and picks up the map case.

Detects Magic before picking it up.

New perception near the pile:

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

When you pick up, the bone pile suddenly stands up and attacks!

Surprise round:

Skeleton attacks Harper.

ATK claw: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Order this round:
Harper
Skelly
Fung
Luccinus
Griff
Xavier
Vermin

map up in a sec

1. Drop case
2. Swift retrieve Scimitar (weapon cord)
3. Start Dancing (move)
4. Attack :

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

1d4 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 3 = 8

Harper, move to flank it! Can I 5' step into the opposite side of the skeleton, if Harper takes a 5' step toward the wall? (Though it might be dropped by then...)

After the skeleton attacks, Fung takes a 5' step to the side opposite Harper, and throws a One-Two combination.

Flurry of blows:

Attack 1: Assuming dance from Harper gives +1 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Damage 1: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Attack 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Damage 2: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

EDIT I did this now, because I may not be around a computer when the rest of this goes down...

5 foot step.

Assuming Griff's action/move doesn't conflict...

Xavier steps into the space Harper previously occupied. He strikes at the skeleton with his quarterstaff two-handed.

1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 1 = 16 for 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11

Harper, move to flank it! Can I 5' step into the opposite side of the skeleton, if Harper takes a 5' step toward the wall? (Though it might be dropped by then...)

After the skeleton attacks, Fung takes a 5' step to the side opposite Harper, and throws a One-Two combination.

Flurry of blows:

Attack 1: Assuming dance from Harper gives +1 1d20+2

Damage 1: 1d6+4

Attack 2: 1d20+2

Damage 2: 1d6+4

EDIT I did this now, because I may not be around a computer when the rest of this goes down...

Flag gives +1, Dance is self only.

Flag gives +1, Dance is self only.

Then my rolls are -1 for attack and damage.

Harper swings at the skeleton, and although he hit, he feels like he didnt deal his full damage to it.

However, Fung steps in and bashes it in the chest which explodes the skeleton into bonemeal.

Efficient, comments Luccinus.

Thank you, Sir Luccinus. Fung crouches down, picks up the dropped scrollcase and hands it to Harper. You dropped this, my friend.

Good hits. Vermin beams. More dead undead for that Major fellow at Andoran.

Can anyone read this?

I'll try at least, although it's not my forte.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

On the nose :P It's comprehend languages

Yeah, wow, that was a pretty good roll.

It's comprehend languages. I think I can use that! If you don't mind, I'll hold onto it until we need it. Just ask when you want me to use it.

Griff seems a little more cheerful than usual.

Which way now?

Follow me, Luccinus pushes on down the tunnel.

Fung resumes his position behind Luccinus.

Follow me, Luccinus pushes on down the tunnel.

Sorry, which tunnel are you referring to? The one on the bottom left corner of the room you are in (squiggly one), the one on the top left, or the one on the top center (the 5-foot wide-looking one)?

Added a new map with the directions marked. You taking path 1, 2, or 3?

1... it looks 'tunnelly' :). 2 and 3 look more 'corridor-ey'

okidokey

After a few minutes of walking through the narrow passage, you are greeted by the sun above. You emerge on the side of the keep, and on your left you can eventually see the rubble and sandstone formations where you fought Maurit.

Back into the tunnel and up the corridor designated by #2

This crossroads of stairs has one dominant feature: a crumbled statue in the southeast corner, once the image of a proud warrior chiseled roughly in granite. The statue’s helmeted head now rests on the floor, its lifeless stone eyes gazing toward the south. On the helmet, a single Kelish word is carved in the stone. The wide stairway to the north leads to a passage that ends in a cave-in ten feet past the foot of the stairs.

Is the cave in impassible? If it is, I guess we have to continue East.

Even without Knowledge (engineering) or (dungoneering), you are pretty sure it is impassable (short of days of labor with pickaxes or explosives).

East it is then!

East

You get to the end of a hallway and end up in front of a semi-sturdy wooden door.

Hmmm... anyone good with locks? I could try kicking this down but I suspect its a bit harder than the last one to so.

Luccinus squeezes to one side and then behind them if someone volunteers.

Is the door locked?

No

lol - now I feel stupid