Mike finds that he in unable to maintain the effect as it requires a living target. It appears that the target of his and Exiel's combined attack is well and properly dead. Technically this is still the same round that you suffocated Rasputin, but you can tell that after Exiel's attack you no longer need to maintain the effect on Rasputin.
GM:
12d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 6, 4, 5, 6, 5, 3) = 50
Rhon remains on standby to protect Mike. Earl surges forward to clear a path through what remains of the pew barrier. As he gets close, he also feels himself assaulted by evil energy. 50 damage DC24 will save for half.
Exiel and Earl need will saves. 42 is still up this turn.
Best fit I can give you without getting Exiel is to have the cloud directly between Exiel and Rasputin. This will cut off everyone's line of sight from Rasputin's body because the cloud obscures sight and is 20ft high. I have marked the area with a green circle on the map. Do you want to proceed?
Human Magus 14 | HP: 93/93 | Temp HP: 0/0 | 50% miss chance| DR 10/adamantine (140/140) 140 minutes| AC: 28/ FF 22/ T 15| Fort: +14 Ref: +14 Will: +14 | Perception: +10| Init: +5
Do we have an ally on the other side of him? I only see one unknown icon on the map, I’m assuming that it’s him? If so, then I would like him to be inside of the mist. That way it will kill him.
Ok, he will be inside the fog then. I understand your intentions now.
Despite Rasputin appearing to be dead, 42 is not content and seeks to ensure that to be the case. He calls upon his magic to conjure a yellowish-green cloud of highly toxic fumes over where Rasputin's body lies.
For a moment, all is silent. Then you hear a gasp coming from within the cloud, followed by Rasputin's booming, rage-filled voice.
"Pathetic wretches! Do you think all of that is sufficient to kill someone of my power? All you have succeeded in doing is making me angry! Now you pay the price and face my full fury!"
GM:
1d4 ⇒ 1 2d20 ⇒ (17, 2) = 19
Rasputin rises from the fog and casts one powerful incantation followed swiftly by another. There is no apparent effect that you can see, and Rasputin's reactions are mixed.
Spellcraft DC24:
Rasputin has cast a miracle spell and a quickened dispel magic. But the dispel magic appears to have failed. You can't tell what the miracle spell was used to do.
All Pathfinders are up!
Somehow Rasputin who should have been dead appears to be alive again. It is not clear how, and he does appear to be slightly weaker compared to before he was suffocated by Mike.
Rasputin is hovering 20ft above ground.
Exiel and Earl still need will saves!
Exiel feels a tinge of worry as he recognises the order of magic that Rasputin has just called upon...
"That was a miracle spell, a spell that calls upon a god or patron to alter reality itself for the caster, albeit within some limits. He also attempted a dispel magic, but that seems to have failed, so his powers certainly aren't infallible."
"Anyway, if you're masochistic enough to come back for round 2, the least we could do is oblige!"
Exiel activates the power of his rapier to suffuse his body with radiant glowing energy and channels a surge of healing into himself to recover some more health.
lay on hands:1d6 ⇒ 6
Finally he flies as close to Rasputin as the antilife shell will permit him to, without dropping down into 42's cloud.
By my count, I took 20 damage from whatever it was, and healed back 6.
Activating my rapier gives me a +4 sacred bonus to CHA for 10 minutes. My CHA bonus is now +12. My AC and saves go up by 2.
Mike just Shrugs and Suffocates him again, although this time he lacks the power to force the air out of Rasputin's lungs.
Since I can't force the breath from his lungs, instead suffocate forces him to hold his breath for as long as I concentrate. Also, I am going to take a move action to center myself. If he wants to be able to speak, on each of his turns he can make a DC27 fort save to be able to do so, but he can't breathe unless he gets out of range, I stop concentrating, or he breaks line of effect.
Huge Celestial Earth Elemental CR 8 l HP 95/95 l AC 19 l T 7 l FF 19 l Fort +11 l Ref +2 l Will +7 l CMB +21 l CMD 30 l Immune to Bleed, Bull Rush, Crits, Flanking, Overrun, Paralysis, Poison, Precision damage, Sleep, Stunning l Resist: Acid (10), Cold (10), Elec (10) l DR 5/- l DR 5/evil l Prec +13 (darkvision & tremorsense 60 ft) l Init -1 | Conditions:
DC 24 Will Save:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Earl crumbles into a large pile of rock and the rock vanishes back the Plane of Earth leaving only an amulet behind.
Earl crumbles as he crosses the threshold of whatever effect damaged him and Exiel. Rhon scoops up the fallen amulet left behind.
GM:
1d20 ⇒ 16
Exiel lays a buff on himself and heals himself and flies forward until he can no longer move forward as he is repelled by Rasputin's antilife shell. Mike tries to suffocate Rasputin again, but this time only makes it difficult for Rasputin to breathe...
Mike, you need to use flame jet upwards to see Rasputin who is on the other side of the cloud. Fortunately you can do this as a move action and hover without using an action.
42 what do you want to do? Rasputin is about 100ft away from you and you need to be able to fly to see him.
42 The Cloudkill spell is not dismissable. But I also f***ed up. Rasputin levitated himself over the cloud, so you can see him from your original location 100ft away.
42 advances and begins to blink. As he crosses the threshold into the transept, he feels his body wracked with pain. 42 takes 16 points of damage, DC24 will save for half. This already takes into consideration your blinking.
Rasputin sneers at Mike's weakened attempt at suffocating him, which he has resisted anyway. He responds by casting two spells rapidly. The first spell causes the entire transept to be washed with black fire, the other causes Exiel's body to be enveloped in a cold, cloying miasma of greasy darkness.
Spellcraft DC 23:
Firestorm and quickened unholy blight
42 takes 16 points of untyped damage, DC24 will save for half. This already takes into consideration your blinking. Everyone takes 62 fire damage, DC26 reflex save for half. 42's blinking does NOT protect him from this for some reason. Evasion is ok. Exiel takes 42 points of untyped damage and is sickened for 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds, DC22 will save for half damage and not sickened.
42 shrugs off the first attack, but takes the second one to the face but is able to dodge most of the last attack. Letting his stone skin soak up as much as it can before letting the rest pass through.
Drawing on his Magus powers, 43 uses several pool points to recall Lightning Bolt and lets it rip out of his hands.
reflex save vs fire:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32Evasion reflex save vs fire:1d20 + 27 ⇒ (3) + 27 = 30That kinda hurt
Exiel sweeps the flames aside with a swing of his blade, but takes some pain from the miasma. Gritting his teeth against the pain, flies directly above Rasputin so that the mad monk is between himself and 42's cloudkill.
"I don't need to be able to touch you to kick your ass, Rasputin!"
Smite evil, battering blast, trying to knock him back into the cloud.
CMB to bull rush Rasputin down into the cloudkill:1d20 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 12 + 12 + 12 + 3 = 44+another 10 if both blasts hit.
Mike I think this might steal your line of sight, so I'm gonna delay till after you. Do you mind taking an action that doesn't require you to concentrate?
Aura of Good (Overwhelming) l Aura of Courage (10 ft) l Aura of Resolve (10 ft) | Aura of Faith (10 ft)
LG Male Dwarf Paladin (Stonelord) 16 | HP 182/182 | AC 43 | T 14 | FF 42 | CMB +16 | CMD 34 | Fort: +20 (+2 poison/drugs, +4 alcohol), Ref: +11, Will: +19 (+1 all saves FF/surprise rd) | 8/adamantine | SR 21 | Fortification 75% | Immune to Blood Drain, Charm, Fear, & Petrification | Perception: +25 (+2 unusual stonework)(darkvision 60 ft) | Init: +1 | Move 20' | LoH 11/11 | DS 38/38 |
Reflex Save, DC 26:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
The black fire washes over Rhon causing him to momentarily be enveloped in the flames. Whispered words of prayer to Torag and a gentle touch of the hand are all that is needed to start him back on the road to recovery though.
Rhon pulls a potion vial from his belt and downs it in preparation for taking his might to Rasputin.
Lay on Hands, Positive Energy Feedback Loop:6d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 1, 6, 2, 3, 4) + 1 = 23 Rhon uses a potion of Fly.
Rhon heals himself and then drinks a potion to leave the comforting feeling of having ground beneath his feet. 42 throws a lightning bolt at Rasputin and Mike bludgeons Rasputin with gravitic forces seconds before Exiel pummels him back into 42's death-cloud with two orbs of force.
"You should all learn to just die without making a nuisance of yourselves!" Rasputin shouts as he comes running out of the cloud. He casts a spell again to flood the transept with fire once more, and then a quickened spell to heal some of his wounds.
DC23 spellcraft:
Another firestorm, and a quickened cure critical wounds.
Everyone takes 48 fire damage, DC26 reflex save for half. 42's blinking does NOT protect him from this for some reason. Evasion is ok.
Mike it looks like you have taken 100 damage in total so far and have 2 negative levels. You are barely conscious. I think you will be knocked out by the fire this round if you fail your save. Exiel remember to roll against his spell resistance. For some reason it seems his spell resistance only works against you.
Aura of Good (Overwhelming) l Aura of Courage (10 ft) l Aura of Resolve (10 ft) | Aura of Faith (10 ft)
LG Male Dwarf Paladin (Stonelord) 16 | HP 182/182 | AC 43 | T 14 | FF 42 | CMB +16 | CMD 34 | Fort: +20 (+2 poison/drugs, +4 alcohol), Ref: +11, Will: +19 (+1 all saves FF/surprise rd) | 8/adamantine | SR 21 | Fortification 75% | Immune to Blood Drain, Charm, Fear, & Petrification | Perception: +25 (+2 unusual stonework)(darkvision 60 ft) | Init: +1 | Move 20' | LoH 11/11 | DS 38/38 |
DC 26 Reflex Save:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
The fire once more envelops Rhon. Shaking off the pain he once again whispers a prayer to Torag and with a gentle touch closes some of his wounds.
Hearing the thump behind him, he turns to see Mike on the ground. "Great! This is not what we need right now." Rhon moves to Mike and using a wand closes some of Mike's wounds.
Lay on Hands, Positive energy feedback loop:6d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1) + 1 = 15
Exiel once again completely evades the flames. Seeing that Mike has been knocked unconscious, he waits to see if Rhon is able to revive Mike. If he is, Exiel waits for Mike to act before flying before Rasputin and launching another round of battering blasts to knock him back into the death-cloud.
CL check vs SR:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
"Hey a*+&&$$, I'm still kickin and your flames ain't doing squat to me. Maybe you should stop picking on the guys behind me and take me seriously, aye? Or maybe this will draw your attention!"
Mike, you had taken 100 damage before this round, not 110. You also only took 19 damage this round because you have fire resistance 5. So you have taken 119 damage total and 135 non-lethal burn. That is a total of 254, so you were just barely conscious even before Rhon healed you, unless that hp total does not count the 2 negative levels you took earlier. Anyway, Rhon should have brought you back to conscious so you still get to act.
Mike falls to Rasputin's attack, but Rhon quickly rushes to his side and helps him recover. 42 also pulls out a potion to try to heal himself. Exiel to managed to avoid all the fire blasts Rasputin again, throwing him back into 42's cloudkill. Rasputin curses at Exiel as he is sent back into the cloud, and swears that Exiel will be the next to fall.
You hear coughing and wheezing within the cloud, and then a thud.
Mike you are unconscious. You have 2 negative levels and are now down by 116 hp from your reduced max hp.
Pathfinders are up. We are still in initiative. You do not know where Rasputin is and did not hear him casting any spells.
Exiel moves forward and uses lay on hands on himself twice, but he does so as silently as he can. It is nowhere near as effective as Rhon's but enough to close some wounds.
Mike becomes conscious again, and says "Thank you. That's a bit closer to the source of my power than I like." with a weak smile. He then rises up 5' and listens intently at the cloud.
The pathfinders administer some healing to themselves as they wait for something to happen. Nothing happens. Mike tries to listen out for signs of trouble. He does not hear any. The fact that he is about 90ft from Rasputin's last-known location might have something to do with that.
42's death-cloud only floats 5ft further and then ceases to move, indicating that it has nowhere further to go.
Pathfinders nothing happens in the first round since you last saw Rasputin. You are up again. What do you wish to do?
Current statuses:
Exiel -16hp, siphon might 3 rds left
Mike -96hp, 2 negative levels, magic circle vs evil
Rhon - 30hp
42 - -22hp, blinking activated
Aura of Good (Overwhelming) l Aura of Courage (10 ft) l Aura of Resolve (10 ft) | Aura of Faith (10 ft)
LG Male Dwarf Paladin (Stonelord) 16 | HP 182/182 | AC 43 | T 14 | FF 42 | CMB +16 | CMD 34 | Fort: +20 (+2 poison/drugs, +4 alcohol), Ref: +11, Will: +19 (+1 all saves FF/surprise rd) | 8/adamantine | SR 21 | Fortification 75% | Immune to Blood Drain, Charm, Fear, & Petrification | Perception: +25 (+2 unusual stonework)(darkvision 60 ft) | Init: +1 | Move 20' | LoH 11/11 | DS 38/38 |
"I don't like this. He must be hiding from us in the cloud." Rhon clutches his ax, walks as close to the cloud as he can without entering it, and concentrates in the direction that Rasputin was last seen.
Exiel moves up to the edge of the cloud and also casts detect magic whilst slowly healing himself. He focuses in the direction in which he sent Rasputin flying.
lay on hands:1d6 ⇒ 5
Detect magic
"I agree with 42, Rhon. There's some deadly effect that hurts us when we cross over that threshold beyond the pews. As poor Earl #4 found out. Unless you have a way to get aroud Rasputin's antilife shell, you'd be better off healing up Mike and let 42 and I try to find this miscreant, since we have already suffered its effects."
Mike the cloud has stopped moving. There is no where else for the cloud to go.
Exiel, 42 and Rhon start to scan for magic and evil auras in the direction that they last saw Rasputin in. They all detect the presence of magic and evil in the range of their scans.
"That might be a sound tactic, Mike, but I don't know if we will take damage again if we cross that threshold once more. And besides, Rasputin is a far more powerful spellcaster than any of us, which means giving him preparation time works against us. Especially if he has summoning spells. If possible we should try to maintain the pressure on him. I have a theory..."
The spiral starcase at the back. Looks like part of it is walled off, so if Rasputin went up it we would not have seen him?
If that is correct:
"If I don't come back out, and you hear me screaming... maybe come in after me?" he says with a wry chuckle.
Exiel flies forward into the cloudkill moving straight for where he saw the entrance to the stairs, then rushes up the stairs out of the cloud as quick as he can.
If he encounters resistance, such as being repelled by an antilife shell, he will take note of the location and then fly straight back out.
Human Magus 14 | HP: 93/93 | Temp HP: 0/0 | 50% miss chance| DR 10/adamantine (140/140) 140 minutes| AC: 28/ FF 22/ T 15| Fort: +14 Ref: +14 Will: +14 | Perception: +10| Init: +5
42 frowns. "It will take about 12 more minutes for it to clear. If you have any unbreathing constructs that we can summon to send in there, that would be quicker... Unless you're immune to poison.." he stops and thinks. "For now, Let's try fire."
42 uses three more arcana pool points and casts fireball in the middle of the cloud.
miss:1d100 ⇒ 32 FB:10d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 6, 6, 2, 6, 4, 3, 6, 3) = 39 18 reflex for half.
If that stairwell goes down, so will the kill cloud.
If that stairwell goes down, so will the kill cloud.
I think that probably means the stairs go up. I will wait till after 42's fireball and will only go in if there are no cries of pain in response to the fireball.
Rhon heals himself, but still has a move and standard action since touching himself is a swift action (ha ha ha).
42's fireball explodes within the fog, but there is no cry of pain from within. But when Exiel tries to move forward straight into the fog, he finds that there is some force obstructing him and preventing him from moving further into the cathedral!
Rhon you still have a move and standard action.
Exiel You can complete your move, having spent none of your movement, and then take your standard action. The spiral staircase is indeed walled off except for the entrance at ground level. To follow the staircase you need to start from ground level.
Well, I offered. thinks Mike to himself. He then moves to grab some cover and wait things out.
I moved myself on the map to the location where I wanted to be and I am going to ready to shoot the first enemy I see with a Extended Range Negative Blast.
