The door to this chamber once had a pane of expensive frosted glass, which now lies in broken shards on the floor. As Donal sticks his head through it, he sees, several desks lying overturned, papers in disarray, and chairs smashed to kindling. Moving inside he sees more, a sturdy steel cabinet sits against the back wall, its doors much battered and dented. The mist here roils near the floor and ceiling, creating a strange patch of visibility stretching from knee-height to a few feet overhead.
The smoky tendrils flow up and down the walls unnaturally and savage visages swirl to life, fanged mouths agape, before dissolving into mist once more.
As you check out the room, you notice two shapes going through the stuff. A first is behind a closet close to the far wall, the other is hiding behind a desk. It are again humanoids, transformed into monkey-like creatures by the mist.
Male Half-Orce Donal Death-Greeter M Nuetral Half-Orc Inquisitor 1, Level 1, Init 2, HP 5/9, Speed 20ft AC 17, Touch 12, Flat-footed
Donal steps forward into the room and grins. He throws his head back and releases an unearthly prayer full of menace and the promise of judgments to come.
Bane Spell, 50ft radius, Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes, fills your enemies with fear and doubt. Each affected creature takes a –1 penalty on attack rolls and a –1 penalty on saving throws against fear effects. Bane counters and dispels bless
WillBlue:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 WillGreen:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Donal's spell is not as effective as he hoped it would be.
Tavarga probably has a hangover from her Graduation party? :)
Tavarga just shoots her light crossbow at the ape-man with the green scarf.
LXbow:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 Damage:1d8 ⇒ 2 LXbow-Crit?:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12 Damage:1d8 ⇒ 2
The ape-men walk up to you Donal and Teagan and try to hit them.
SlamDonal:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 DamageBlue:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Can somebody NPC Teagan for next round please? I don't know where he went, he hasn't been online for almost an entire week now.
Just as Tavarge thinks her aim was off, the man walks in front of the acid drop, burning him on the shoulder. Acid Splash:1d3 ⇒ 3
The apeman with the blue belt swings at Donal. But it harmlessly bounces of his armored vest.
Slam:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 Dam:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
The apeman with the green scarf runs at Tavarga, and then tries to slam her in the face. She's hit and hurt.
Slam:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 Dam:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Init +2 Perception +5 AC 16 T 12 FF 14 HP 8/12 fort +2 Ref +2 Will +2
Teagan moves into a flank with Donal, if possible.If the terrain ont he map is actually impassable he moves to the nearest open spot. Also that provokes an AoO but my ac is one point higher to to the mist template.
Both try and hit Teagan as he walks in between them.
AoOG:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 2 = 11 AoOG:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7
They both miss and Teagan hits the blue belted ape-man and disables him. 0hp, not yet dying
The moment the apemen take a swing at Teagan, Olivia uses the opportunity to slip past them and move into the room. She raises her arm and a wave of fire erupts from her open palm, washing over the two apemen and barely not touching her allies.
Burning Hands:2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 2 = 7 DC 15 Ref for half damage.
That takes care of at least blue, so you guys can focus on green after the smoke clears up! :)
Tavagra winces she feels the undead attack bash her in the face, the smell of the rotted corpse lingering effects n her mind as just as soon, Donal's prayer send a rejuvenating feeling tbroughout her body. Attempting to return the favor, Tavagra raises her mace but misses as it seems to duck out of the way.
RefGreen:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 RefBlue:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Neither of the ape-men can dodge the burning flames. The man with the blue scarf goes unconscious and seems to be returning to normal. He seems to be dying though.
The remaining man slams his fist in Tavarga's face again. It knocks some sense into her, as she realizes her enemy is not an undead warrior, but a transformed museum, clark.
Attack:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16 Damage:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Teagans sword slashes deep in the second ape-man. It also knocks him unconscious, bleeding a lot from the chest, maybe even dying as well. This man also regains its human form, it appears to be a thin, middle aged man.
The room is silent for a few seconds, apart from the sound that you make and the grasping for air of both once-ape-men-now-clerks, as you hear someone screaming from one of the closets.
"Who is there? Get help! Help! Help!"
If you walk closer to the closet, you see a lot of paperwork out in front of it, and the closet seems to be bulging, as if its overstuffed.
Free action Heal Blue DC10 (to examine when close):
It takes some more time to convince the person in the closet the situation is clear, but after a minute or so, he opens the closet from the inside.
A man pops out, he's bruised front and back and you wonder how he fitted in the closet in the first place.
"Breath easy sir, you and your companion still draw some breath on this world," Tavagra," she continues to massage the bruise on her face, "Tavagra at your service. Tell us what happened?"
I'll still be busy until the end of next week, so I might miss an occasional day again, my apologies. From then on it'll be chill.
"I'm Saldak, I'm a scribe here for the museum."
Saldak is a blubbery scribe, his obesity the result of too many hours spent at a desk and his fondness for sweet cream pies. His jowls quaver and shake with terror as he recounts his tale.
"Early this morning, these strange mist flooded the offices. Kadarnik and Yannis were caught by it. They went mad! Mad!.. Like your friend there. At first its ok, but it took them only minutes before they went berserk. They also beat Milgen to a pulp in the lavatories. Can you check if he's ok? I fled here because I didn't want to beaten as well."
"I think the Tik Taan idols are responsible for the mists. I smelled something wrong with those hideous monkey-faced things as soon as Lugizar brougth them out of his pack.
I’ve a nose for trouble, I do! No one listens!"
He roots around the ransacked offices and produces a piece of cloth with words written on it in a strange tongue.
"Maybe this can help. It spells out a warning against the idols, but its written in poem so maybe one of you can use it as a magic scroll?"works as a scroll of break enchantment for normal spellcasters
If/when you have no more questions, the scribe flees the museum.
@GM: Don't worry, it happens to all of us occasionally! ;)
"Guys, do you think we should use this scroll on Teagan?" Olivia asks once the scribe's gone.
She turns to look at Teagan. "We need to prevent you from going nuts like those other people went, or else you may suddenly attack us. Knocking people unconscious also seems to revert them to normal, but using the scroll is likely to be more pleasant."
After deciding about the above, let's indeed go to the end of the hallway! :)
Male Half-Orce Donal Death-Greeter M Nuetral Half-Orc Inquisitor 1, Level 1, Init 2, HP 5/9, Speed 20ft AC 17, Touch 12, Flat-footed
"Best to save the scroll for the idols", DOnal rumbles, "Beaking the idol's enchantment may restore Teagan and we don't want to haul back active idols to the Society. Especially not if they are going to be monkey-ifying whosoever happens to be near them."
Donal wipes down his chains, "The idols must be further in. Let us see if we can end this matter quickly and cleanly"
Mock vines cling to the wall of this grand exhibit hall, and huts of grass are strewn about the open area. At the center of this sprawling chamber, a great stone ziggurat rises out of the mist, almost scraping the 50-foot-high ceiling. At the top of the ziggurat, a rail thin elven gentleman is strapped to an altar, his bare chest painted with strange sigils and monkey paw-shaped blots of paint.
A band of savage primates are snarling, spitting, and cavorting madly about the ziggurat. Nearly 20 apes, baboons, and other monkeys revel here, but a terrifying howl shatters the revelry after the group arrive and the primates scatter into the mists, making way for their champion, a large gorilla.
Its a Gorilla.
An adult male Gorilla is 8 feet tall and can weigh as much as 400 pounds. While generally shy and peaceful creatures when left to their own business, gorillas are territorial and become highly aggressive when provoked. This stat block can generally be used for any of the larger types of primates, such as gorillas—for smaller apes like orangutans and chimpanzees, apply the young simple template. Even smaller primates should use the stats for monkeys.
Of course, the mist might have something to do with making a bit more aggressive. :)
Only the gorilla seems to be interested in fighting at the moment. Although some feces are thrown at you by the other apes and monkeys they are mostly just making noice.
Guys, maybe for the future it can be interesting to have some way of communicating a dungeon-explore-setup. Right now I've just thrown everyone in at once, but it might be useful in the future to get some tank in front, glass cannons in the back etc. Any idea's on how to communicate this?
Human Arcanist 2 | HP 16/16 | AC 13; Tch 12; FF 11 | F +2; R +2; W +2 | CMB-1; CMD 11 | Speed 30 ft | Init +4 | Quarterstaff: -1 (1d6-2) | Perc +3
Arcanos steps to the side of the massive silverback, then launches a vibrant spray of colors in its face.
Color Spray, DC 15 Will. As for marching order, I think putting the tanks toward the front and the squishies toward the back is plenty, though if we wanted an official marching order, that works, too.
Anyone in bold can act. The assumption is that delays within group are done easily for convenience sake in a forum environment.
Will:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
The gorilla seems blinded and stunned, but is still standing and menacing.
Standard group order will be assumed in the future:
Donal(15), Teagan(14), Tavarga(10), Olivia (10), Arcanis(11)
This is based on flat footed AC. Two max AC up front, third max in the back. I'll set this available as well, so you can change it yourself.
Fiery magics flow through Tavagra's hands. Suddenly, a burst of flame flows out from her hands. However the blast seemed not very effective, possibly due to the mist.
Using Burning Hands, 14 Dex Save for Half Damage Damage:1d4 ⇒ 1
Alright! Project is finally finished. Get ready for daily updates! Sorry for being away the weekend as well. My wife surprised me with a weekend abroad, she saw me almost as little as you guys the past month.
Although the Gorilla is overpowered by the flurry of attacks, he only seems to get angrier. But is powerless to act because of Arcanos' color spray.
The monkeys are next to the walls, the idols aren't moving, but spewing forth more fog in a frenzy to subdue you.
Olivia's burning hands finish of the Gorilla. The monkeys continue screaming and the man on top of the pyramid is still tied to an altar. He's cursing at you in seventeen different languages, some of which you even understand. He's currently not going anywhere.
You can exit combat order until notified. Also please post pathfinder number etc in the discussion topic if you have not already done so
