GM Aram Zey's Rasputin Must Die! (Inactive)

Game Master SwampTing

Rhon turns as the voice begins speaking with both a bit of surprise and trepidation due to hearing Taldane spoken here well beyond Golarion. Rhon takes a moment to concentrate in the direction of the man as he sits upon the divan.

Rhon is casting Detect Evil as a spell like ability.

Exiel tightens his grip on his scimitar and motions to the last person at the door to shut it before they are spotted, then turns his attention to the stranger.

"How interesting. How do you know what we are here for, and why would you offer it to us freely?" he asks as he casts a shield spell on himself.

"Perhaps we could start with a name?"

The man in the black cassock laughs mockingly.

"Ah, a paladin is it?" he smirks at Rhon. "Yes, I can tell what you are doing. So transparent. I can save you the time. I am, what you would call in your narrow-minded perspective, evil."

He turns to Exiel.

"Tsk tsk. You invade my domain, barge into my house, use divinations on my person and on top of all that you ask me to give my name first before introducing yourselves? How uncivilized. Your world is even more primitive than I imagined."

"You use the tongue of Golarion, so your intentions are clear enough. Either Elvanna seeks to double cross me, or you are lackeys of my mother seeking to rescue her. No matter, what you seek is here, and I offer it freely," he says cooly as he holds out the doll.

"Give me your name sir and I shall give you mine." Rhon looks stoically at the seated man while maintaining a hold on the haft of scimitar he picked up.

"You speak as though you have known all along that we would come here in search of you. If that is so than I am sure that you know our intent as well. So once again we ask why you would choose to freely give us what we seek? What do you stand to gain?"

Rhon channeling his inner Gimli? XD

Exiel positions himself at the front of the group, presenting himself as a target if the person (I'm gonna guess Rasputin? But weren't we told he went to his demiplane?) decides to attack.

"Don't mind me, I'm just going to run a diagnostic if it's all the same to you," he mutters as he casts detect magic.

knowledge arcana 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
knowledge arcana 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
knowledge arcana 3: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Use as required. Roll for me if more required. Main thing I want to know is whether or not this whole thing is an illusion or magical trap.

42 doesn't know what's being said but sees his paladin friend cast a common spell. He does likewise.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

"My name is Mike Jones, middle manager for a group known in our world as the Pathfinder society, an organization of explorers and investigators from around our world."

"Explorers? Perhaps. But two of you clearly possess portions of my dear mother's power, and you are capable enough to find your way here, so your presence here is more than simple happenstance, is it not, Mike Jones, middle manager," the man answers mockingly.

He looks at Rhon and smirks. "So do not pretend you do not know my name. Rasputin. Grigori Rasputin. And your name?"

"No, not happenstance. We were sent here to meet with you, and we seek your mother so that we can put an end to her destruction of our home. When you say that doll is what we are here for, pardon me if I do not understand, as I know little of Baba Yaga, but I was led to believe she is a woman."

"So you say. Well, you have found me. I bound my mother within the matryoshka doll. Now I offer this doll to you. But first, the dwarf owes me a name. Or is a paladin not bound by his word?"

42, just in case you misread, everyone is speaking in Common right now. Taldane is the proper name for 'Common'.

"You are correct sir. I am Rhon of Clan Delver from Sky Citadel Janderhoff."

"I don't like this... it's almost like he's trying to collect our names?"

GM, anything about the magic auras?

seeing the others introduce themselves. 42 steps up. "My name is Test Subject 42. People usually just call me 42."

"Test Subject 42 and Rhon of Clan Delver from Sky Citadel Janderhoff. And how about you, with the angel-blood? What is your name?"

Exiel grimaces as his friends give their names one by one. He recalls something another friend had taught him about the power of names, especially in the hands of skilled diviners and necromancers.

"Unlike Rhon, I made no offer to give you my name. You can refer to me as 'nameless', if you need to address me."

So about those magic auras?

Rasputin shrugs.

"Regrettable. But no matter. It simply means you will be the first."

The doll in Rasputin's hand cracks open, but what comes out from within is neither another doll nor a powerful witch crone. Instead, the twisted incorporeal forms of three once-beautiful young women and a young boy come forth, each distorted and marred with slit throats and numerous bullet wounds that spill hardened droplets that twinkle like rubies as they fall but vanish just before hitting the floor.

Exiel's wariness has kept him on edge and he is able to act before Rasputin's newly summoned monsters can attack.

Exiel is up.

Before I forget again. Illusion aura (strong) coming from Rasputin and conjuration (strong) coming from the doll.

"Naturally it was always going to come down to this..." Exiel mutters as he takes the chance to drop a glitterdust spell on the clustered opponent."[/b]

Incorporeal spell miss chance : 4d100 ⇒ (5, 9, 13, 46) = 73

Well, I either fail to affect any of them, or manage to get all of them. DC22

knowledge (any, probably religion) to identify: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

I don't suppose the 3 young women and the young boy look familiar? Some resemblance to the family whose portrait we found in the headless horsemen's camp perhaps?

Corporeal spells and effects that do not cause damage only have a 50% chance of affecting an incorporeal creature.

50% chance to affect so you affect on 1-50.

You recognize the 4 incorporeal beings as bearing a strong resemblance to the portrait, and the male one definitely looks like the boy that the three-headed dragon tried to impersonate. However, from the way that they shift and twist, Exiel recognizes them as a kind of extraplanar incorporeal creature called an "animate dream", beings formed on the ethereal plane sometimes formed by the dreams of particularly powerful and imaginative sleepers. They are nonetheless deadly creatures. 2 questions.

Exiel's spell blinds 3 of them, and they scream and howl in frustration. As they scream, you all feel your grip on reality slipping... Rasputin watches from behind with a sinister smile, untouched by Exiel's spell.

Each of you needs to make FOUR will saves at DC19. If you fail any of them, you are confused.

Rhon/Earl, Mike and 42 are up. Exiel please wait after making your saves.

GM: Reminder Rhon has spell resistance 18 in case it matters for this.

Will Save #1: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 14 + 1 = 32
Will Save #2: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 14 + 1 = 21
Will Save #3: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 14 + 1 = 22
Will Save #4: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 14 + 1 = 18

Confused Condition: 1d100 ⇒ 98 Attack nearest creature (for this purpose, a familiar counts as part of the subject's self).

Rhon turns towards Exiel drawing the Scimitar he picked up earlier and slashes the wicked looking blade at his chest.

Single Attack Action: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Will Save #1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Will Save #2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Will Save #3: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Will Save #4: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Confused Condition: 1d100 ⇒ 52 Deal 1d8 points of damage + Str modifier to self with item in hand.

With a mighty thud his rocky hand slams into his chest. Leaving an echo that sounds like cascading rocks within the building.
Damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Fortunately for Rhon (and probably all of you) the 4th animate dream's ability does not penetrate Rhon's spell resistance.

Rhon take your action again.
42 and Mike are also up.
42, Mike and Exiel still need to save vs confusion, DC19.

Rhon Actions Revised.

Blessed be Torag. May his strength and determination see me through this fight.

"What a time to be without my axe."
Rhon steps forward drawing the scimitar as he moves, drops into his Defensive Stance, and lashes out at the insubstantial creature in front of him.

Attack #1: Scimitar, Power Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Damage: Magic, Slashing, Power Attack: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

Attack #2: Scimitar, Power Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Damage: Magic, Slashing, Power Attack: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

Attack #3: Scimitar, Power Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: Magic, Slashing, Power Attack: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

I pretty much fail only on a 1.

will save 1: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (10) + 25 = 35
will save 2: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (4) + 25 = 29
will save 3: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39
will save 4: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (19) + 25 = 44

Exiel easily shrugs off the mental assault, but is more than a little worried as he looks towards his allies, especially Rhon whose eyes glazed over momentarily and Earl who appears to be picking a fight with himself.

Ok, this is not a good situation at all... I'm going to ask for special defences and saves from highest to lowest so we know how best to fight these things.

will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

42 chargers up a ray of enfeeblement moves up onto the other side of Mike and attacks.

Null.Scimitar: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 12 + 2 = 25 damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 if it hits. Fort for half. (16)
strenght damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Psst. 42. Incorporeal. Most likely does not have a STR score.

Mike pours Negative Energy into Rasputin, hoping to drop him before he can act.

Will Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Seems like a good time to use my reroll

Reroll Will Save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Attack Roll vs. Regular AC for Void Blast: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (1) + 25 = 26

Mike's blast, however, goes wide in all the commotion.

Mike, please make another 3 will saves. All 4 of them cast confusion.

Will Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Will Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
Will Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

At least, that is what Mike did in his head. In actuality, he

1d100 ⇒ 73 blasts the nearest creature, trying to destroy it.

Unfortunately for Mike he mistakes the lumbering Earl as an enemy and tries to shoot him, but luckily for Earl the blast goes wide. Earl registers that he has been attacked and swings in retaliation, but he misses.

42 casts his spell, but it fizzles out before it touches his target. Rhon tries to attack the nearest creature which happens to be the one who is not blinded. Only his first strike hits as the incorporeal form shifts and weaves about.

Rasputin laughs at you mockingly as he casts a spell. An immobile, vertical curtain of whirling blades shaped of pure force springs into existence, running through all of you.

"You are all going to die here."

Each of you takes 55 points of force damage. If you make a DC24 reflex save, you instead take no damage but must move to a square that is not in the blade barrier. If you later pass through the blade barrier voluntarily, you will take damage.

Exiel, your turn.

reflex save: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39

"Son of a... move guys, MOVE!" Exiel yells as he hurriedly steps out of the way.

"Lauriel, initiate Speedster Protocol!"

Lauriel emerges from her tattoo form and triggers her spell tattoo to cast haste on Rhon, 42 and Exiel. Immediately after, Exiel calls her back into tattoo form with his own move action.

Realising that they are in a bad position, and that the animated dreams are dangerous even when blinded, Exiel casts battering blast, directing one force orb at green and then orange to try to knock them out of the fight, at least until they regain their sight.

Vs Green
battering blast attack roll: 1d20 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 30
battering blast damage: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 4, 1) = 22
battering blast confirmation roll: 1d20 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 25
battering blast crit damage: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 3, 6, 4) = 23
battering blast CMB roll: 1d20 + 13 + 10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 10 + 3 + 1 = 37

Vs Orange
battering blast attack roll vs Green's flat-footed touch: 1d20 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 18
battering blast damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 1, 2, 5) = 12
battering blast CMB roll vs Green's flat-footed touch: 1d20 + 13 + 10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 10 + 3 + 1 = 40

Finally, he adopts the stance of the crane and prepares for brass tacks.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30

Mike slides out of the way of the wall of flensing blades as it springs into being, his eyes locked on Rasputin with a near manic hatred.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

The whirling blades catch Earl by total surprise and he crumbles to the floor unmoving.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

"Bah!" he yells out as the blades lash into him. "You are going to answer for that!" he shouts at Rasputin as he steps away from the whirling blades and drinks a potion.

Mike and Exiel manage to evade the whirling blades, but Rhon and Earl are vaciously lacerated and Earl falls to the assault.

Exiel responds by sending a blast of force at green and orange. Green is pushed back only a little, but remains in the room. Orange is pushed through the wall and out of the room.

Green and Blue open their mouths in silent screams in your general direction. Blue does not realise Rhon is standing in front of her and takes a hit from his scimitar, but still manages to concentrate enough to push the spell through. You all feel a sense of dread creeping over you, threatening to overwhelm your senses (except for Rhon).

Red reaches out to caress Rhon. She just barely manages to touch him, but it is enough, and Rhon feels his body wracked by negative energy. Meanwhile, it looks like Blue is now able to see again...

42 needs to save against the blade barrier, and then make 2 more will saves against fear or be panicked (DC21).

Rhon needs to make a Will save against a curse. Rhon also needs to note that if Earl remains where he is, the blade barrier will kill him this turn.

Mike needs to make only 1 Will save against fear, DC21 or be panicked. Mike is also still confused.

Exiel needs to make 2 Will saves agianst fear, DC21 or be panicked

Once you have rolled your saves, Rhon, Mike and 42 are up. Rhon, you might want to change your action to save Earl.

will save 1: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (18) + 25 = 43
will save 2: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (17) + 25 = 42

*sigh* Those could have been two crit threats with the scimitar.

Exiel isn't fazed by the fear spells, but he finds himself feeling some worry as he looks over to his friends to see how they fare.

I unfortunately have no way to save Earl from the Blade Barrier nor does Earl have a way to save himself. :( I will therefore keep my actions for this round. If we survive this I can summon another Large Earth Elemental to help me. I get the ability to do so three times per day at this level.

I unfortunately have no way to save Earl from the Blade Barrier nor does Earl have a way to save himself. :( I will therefore keep my actions for this round. If we survive this I can summon another Large Earth Elemental to help me. I get the ability to do so three times per day at this level.

Rhon, you still need to save against the curse from Red's touch. I also forgot to say this earlier: the touch dealt 33 points of negative energy damage, not counting your negative energy resistance.

Will Save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30

Rhon hollers out in pain once more as an incorporeal limb touches him.

I have never been more thankful for Deathless than in these past couple of adventures.

Will Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

Mike's gaze of malice slides off of Rasputin and towards the creature who attempted to fear him.

42 needs to save against the blade barrier, and then make 2 more will saves against fear or be panicked (DC21).

Mike and 42 are up for actions this round.

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REMINDERS

Aura of Courage (Su): Each ally within 10 feet of me gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects. This ability functions only while I am conscious, not if I am unconscious or dead.

Aura of Resolve (Su): Each ally within 10 feet of me gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against charm effects. This ability functions only while I am conscious, not if I am unconscious or dead.

Mike turns his baleful eye towards the spirit who attempted to fear him and unleashes gravity upon it.

Gathering power as a move action to maximize a Gravity Blast

Attack Roll vs. Regular AC: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (19) + 25 = 44 If that hits, he'll take 76, or 38 because of incorporeal

save: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

42 easily shakes off the effects of the spell. Seeing that these are somewhat less solid than other foes, 42 let's hos sword fall, steps forward drawing out his ghost touch blade and strikes.

G.T.Scimitar: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29 damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

42, please also roll a reflex save against the blade barrier and another save against fear.

reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

42 is lacerated by the whirling blades, but avoids succumbing to panic and fear. He strides up to the nearest incorporeal creature and slashes it with his scimitar, switching places with Rhon as the paladin steps back to drink his potion. However, there is nothing they can do for poor Earl, who has nowhere to go as the force blades cut him to into chunks.

Mike, having been included in an attack, instinctively lashes out at blue with a powerful blast of energy and deals significant damage.

Rasputin smirks and steps away from 42, and then casts another spell again. A knot tightens in the stomachs of your spellcasters as you realise that it is the same incantation as before... and another blade barrier springs up in the narrow hallway catching Exiel, Rhon and Mike.

42 takes 55 damage from the last round, but is not in the blade barrier this round.

Rhon You can make a DC24 reflex save to escape to the square South-East of blue. If you fail, you take 60 points of damage from the blades.

Exiel and Mike You are both shaken due to the fear spell cast by the animate dreams. Fear leaves you shaken for 1 round even if you make the save. The condition ends after the animate dreams' next turn.

Exiel and Mike You also need to each make a DC24 reflex save to escape the blade barrier, and if you succeed the only place to go is into the next blade barrier, which will still do 46 points of damage (DC24 reflex save to halve the damage from the other blade barrier).

Exiel Once you make your saves, it is your turn.

Check the map. The grey lines are the blade barriers, the red arrows show where you go if you make your first reflex save. If you fail your first reflex save. You stay put. Only Exiel and Mike need to make a 2nd reflex save if they pass the first.

Reflex Save for new BB: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22
Reflex Save for old BB: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

How high is the room he is in?

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Rhon attempts to dive out of the way of the flensing blades. Unfortunately dwarves are not known to be very nimble and he is severely wounded as he tries to get out of the way.

reflex save 1: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39
reflex save 2: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (16) + 19 = 35 Thank you ring of evasion!

"Oh for the love of... ANOTHER ONE!?" Exiel curses as he strains his senses to anticipate the whirling blades and darts through both the first and second sets of barriers. He skips to the Western side of the house and notes with some frustration that there are now two sets of blade barriers between himself and Rasputin...

Realising that Rasputin is an immense threat if left unchecked, Exiel sighs deeply, and calls on Torag to use himself as a vessel of wrath against Rasputin, then flies back in through the blade barriers (or over them if the room is high enough) to come face to face with Rasputin.

Declare smite evil vs Rasputin, flying to attack him.

reflex save 1: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36
reflex save 2: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37 Thank you very much ring of evasion!

attack roll, fighting defensively with crane style: 1d20 + 15 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 15 + 10 - 2 = 40
damage roll: 1d6 + 6 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 + 6 = 18

My current AC is 41, touch AC vs incorporeal is 36, and touch AC vs Rasputin is 38. If possible I will try to fly over blue as well to avoid AoOs. I should have enough movement anyway to fly in such a way as to avoid as much blades and AoOs as possible.

42 and Rhon, remember we're hasted. Sorry Mike, I wasn't sure about hasting you while you're confused, but in hindsight that might have still be worthwhile.