GM Aeon's Phantom Phenomena (Inactive)

Game Master ckelley83

Both Thalinowen and Callus start to panic when they're on the boulder, seeing it melt away beneath them to mud as if it were about to collapse. They both slip and almost fall, but catch themselves at the last minute.

Thalinowen and Callus need another successful climb check, still need checks for Hadzi and Jazk. Heraclitus should be conscious now, so it's just a matter of getting them back up.

Heraclitus blinks its eyes open, looks around, winces, and concentrates a moment....

cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Now see, this is why I try to avoid mountain passes...."

Hadzi eyes the rock and attempts to scale it.

Climb 1: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (15) - 2 = 13

Climb 2: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (17) - 2 = 15

Will Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Will: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12
Climb 1: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Climb 2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Climb 3?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Climb 4?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

"Well that was rude of her, could have at least told us why she was ugly now..." remarks as the man starts to clamber of the boulder. Seeing the rock begin to melt, he shrieks "Oh! Uh...Crap! I..."

Sorry for my delay - got stuck working a 24hr shift yesterday and was wiped out.

Unfortunately, as the vishkanya makes his way across, the gets spooked by the melted rock causing him to slip and join the ifrit down below.

Fall damage: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 4) = 11
Same as with Heacrlitus, you can attempt a DC 15 Acrobatics check to negate the first 10 ft of fall damage. At least you're not dying. and I have no issue with a retcon saying you both fell at the same time and both benefited from the channel.

Callus and Thalinowen need to pass another Climb check still, it's only DC 8. Jask and Heraclitus are stuck on a ledge 30 feet below.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Climb 1: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

Callus will heal (plus anyone else who needs it) and try again.
Climb A: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Climb B: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Climb C: 1d20 ⇒ 16
Climb D: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Callus, you're good, you didn't fail by more than 5 so you didn't fall.

Hadzi unlatches a coil of rope from the outside of his pack and tosses one end down to Heraclitus and Callus. He looks about for something to secure the other end to.

Using Hadzi's rope, the group of Pathfinders are able to rescue their fallen comrades and continue their way up the path. You spend the next three hours scaling and walking up the mountainside, towards the sense of the disturbance until you come across a cave in the Mountain. Chatter starts in your minds, much of it is babbling and there are words in languages you can't understand, though two questions ring out in your mind over and over, "How do rainbows swim and why do they smell like peanuts being born?"

Stepping into the cave mouth reveals a green luminescence that shines from fungi on the walls of this cave, while the winds outside create an animal-like howl as they whip past the entrance. A narrow path runs along the northern edge, and a deep chasm slick with moisture splits it from another ledge to its south. To the east is a bridge, fuzzy with dark green mold. The entire cave is dimly lit and the cave itself is cool, and the air is still. The chasm between the west walkway and eastern ledge appears to be about twenty feet deep.

Casting light as you enter the chamber, it glimmers off a strange otherworldly creature on the opposite ledge. It resembles a plant though not one you have laid eyes on before. The babbling seems to be coming from the creature, deep into your minds. As soon as you lay eyes on, something about it shakes you to the core. All need to make a DC 14 Will save or take a -2 on all attack rolls for the combat.

Round 1

Thalionwen
Heraclitus
Dadin
Jazk
Callus
Hadzi
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Fungus

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Hadzi summons his courage and enters the cavern, but before entering he casts Bless on the party.

+1 morale bonus to attack rolls and +1 to saves Vs Fear for 10 rounds

Daedîn skirts the edge of the chasm, moving roughly 20' north, and fires one of his herbicide tipped arrows at the plant creature...

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Damage: 2d8 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + (3) + 2 = 13 (herbicide + sneak included)

@GM: If I recall correctly, the herbicide also gives the plant creature a negative level...not sure how that works though...

Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Callus turns as white as a sheet and has tears streaming down his eyes. Even so, he manages to cobble together an alchemist's bomb and throws it at the plant.

Bomb, Ranged Touch, Feared, 30' Incr, Bless: 1d20 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Splash Miss Dir: 1d8 ⇒ 4
Splash Damage: 1 + 4 = 5

Will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

"Why do rainbows swim?!? No...NO...not the swiiimmmmming RAINBOWS!!!"

Solar Wind, blessed, mindf$%$ed: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Will: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

"Oh no! NOT PEANUTS!!" exclaims the frightful Vishkanya. Trembling, he moves up behind Callus, watching the results of their attacks.

Bringing back is own blade, he throws it at the strange being.

Herbicide Covered Cold-Iron Starknife: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 - 2 = 11 +1 if in 30ft PBS
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Bot me with shooting if needed

longbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Thalionwen tries to loose another arrow at the creature, but has yet another shot off target.

Sorry for the delay, let's get this wrapped up for you guys!

Thalionwen Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Hadzi calls on divine powers to aid the Pathfinders, which helps Daedin's arrow strike true, the herbicide tipped seeming to do tremendous damage. Callus's bomb goes wide, though some of the shrapnel does strike the creature. Unfortunately, none of the others seem to have any luck with their attacks, and several seem unnerved by the strange beast. It slithers forward a few feet before a pair of long tendrils snap out at the alchemist, though he sees them coming and easily dodges them both.

Attack vs Callus: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 111d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Attack vs Callus: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 121d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Round 2
Active conditions: Bless

Thalionwen
Heraclitus (-2 on attacks)
Dadin
Jazk (-2 on attacks)
Callus (-2 on attacks)
Hadzi
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Fungus (-18, 1 neg level)

Daedîn will fire the last of his herbicide-tipped arrows at the fungus among us...

Longbow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Damage + Herbicide: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (7, 5) + 2 = 14 (+ another negative level if it hits)

With another well placed, herbicide coated arrow, Daedin puts down the fungus for good! It's death screams are horrific in your minds as it cries out that its work was nearly finished.

Out of combat!

With the threat eliminated, the Professor runs into the cave, excitedly jumping and clapping. "Well well! The cause of the Phenomena has been stopped, well done indeed! You must join me later at the Sincomakti School of Sciences so that I can study any of the long term effects of the creature's attacks on your minds. And please, would you mind carrying the remains back to my lab? I have much to study!"

The bottom of the chasm is littered with bones and corpses from previous victims, as well as plenty of broken equipment. A thorough search does turn up some useful items though, as you find a necklace of fireballs type I with only a single bead remaining (3d6 fire damage), damaged set of gloves of climbing and swimming that only grant a +2 competence bonus on both skill checks, and a robe of useful items with several patches remaining.

With the demise of the dreaming fungus, the villagers report a steep drop in strange phenomena. Storms cease, nightmares subside, and life returns to normal— at least until another terror rises in Ustalav.

Daedîn nods to Dr. Quolorum. "As you wish..."

He helps the others in gathering what useful items can be salvaged and taken back to the school...