@Artemus: You are right about Faeros! And I'll need a Heal or Craft: Alchemy for the gas.
Artemus casts his spell, causing the snake to writhe in pain for both the red-scaled snake and it's blue-scaled counterpart disappear simultaneously!
@Thunderstealer: my bad, forgot about your delay poison. You're ok for now, but eventually you'll have to make more Fort saves once the poison does kick in!
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
While the others are dealing with the gas, Faeros hurries back to the trap to make sure it did not reset, attempting to disable it if necessary.
@Faeros: Unfortunately, you get the inkling that there may be a magical trap, you lack the ability to disable the magic behind it. However, it seems to be currently deactivated for the time being, but for how long?
@Thunderstealer: The poison seems to be a knockout gas of sorts. It first slows the body down, then renders the victims unconscious for a while.
The party gets healed up Faeros does have 7 damage, but I figure you'll just CLW that, then heads to the exit while they can.
Finding the door locked, Faeros easily unlocks it Taking 10 works just fine to do so. In formation, the party opens the door.
A pool runs down the middle of this narrow chamber. Two emerald bridges cross the pool.
GM Dice:
Blue MI:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Red MI:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Two serpent folk wait at on the bridges; one immediately rushes towards Nilfyr! The other follows immediately!
Male Half-Elf Warpriest of Desna 12 [ HP 87/87 | AC 25/FF23/T14 | Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +15 (+2 vs. ench, immune to sleep) | Init +3 | Perception +22 ]
And bad GM forgot to mention that the serpentfolk were both blurry and there are multiple images of each. Also Nilfyr, you only got the AoO, you're actually last in initiative but I wanted you to know your action really went first.
But I'll keep your attack rolls for next round against legal targets!
Nilfyr miss chance > 20 is hit:1d100 ⇒ 73 MI chance, 6 is hit:1d6 ⇒ 1
Nilfyr tries to trip the first serpent folk, but he aims at the legs of one of the images and it disappears!
Init Order (bold = up)
Faeros
Thunderstealer
Blue Serpentfolk (blurred, 4 images)
Artemus
Red Serpentfolk (blurred, 4 images)
Nilfyr
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
Faeros fires 3 times at blue, trying to take out some images.
I'm counting divine favor as expired but will put it back up after this room.
With improved precise shot, faeros ignores the 20% concealment and the hard cover
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
Faeros89 wrote:
If a 19 hits then blue is hit for 11. If it misses by 5 or less...
Seeing what his ally just went through, the other serpentfolk hisses something in Undercommon to the wounded defender before Nilfyr sees him running away.
Undercommon:
"Hold them off! I'll marshall our forces!"
Init Order (bold = up)
Faeros
Thunderstealer
Blue Serpentfolk (11 damage, blurred, 1 images)
Red Serpentfolk (blurred, 4 images)
Artemus
Nilfyr (1 damage)
Male Half-Elf Warpriest of Desna 12 [ HP 87/87 | AC 25/FF23/T14 | Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +15 (+2 vs. ench, immune to sleep) | Init +3 | Perception +22 ]
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
Once again Faeros uses his dimensional hop to clear up some congestion and then looses an arrow with studied target
@Faeros: Dimensional Hop requires line of sight so you can't use it to get to that location. I moved you go a spot where you still had a clear line of LoS to shoot.
There's no lighting without you guys casting something. The horizontal pale green strip is a water channel while the two brighter green squares are a bridge that allows one to cross from one side to another.
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
My mistake GM I also used it to hop a wall without LoS last fight. Not quite as strong as I thought, then.
Yeah, that would have made a big difference in hindsight... oh well. I forgot about about that part of your ability, too, so we were both off. Now we know!
Belcher misses his real target, just hitting a false image as the foe runs. Undeterred, the dino moves closer, still on the hunt.
This large chamber has a pit at its center, edged by a narrow walkway. The pit is filled with serpents that fill the chamber with a hissing chorus. Four stone statues of giant serpentfolk holding out long glaives stand in shallow alcoves in each corner of the room.
Across the pit is a large brutish serpentfolk while to his left is the fleeing one. Inside the pit though is large, writhing mass of serpents that covers the bottom.
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
Faeros crosses the bridge, studies, and takes a single shot at white
@Artemus: Sounds like a warning, but there was also a command, too. You are unable to decipher what exactly was said, but seems like the fleeing serpentfolk gave a command to someone else.
*thud*, Faeros' arrow hitting the serpentfolk brute in the chest!
Male Half-Elf Warpriest of Desna 12 [ HP 87/87 | AC 25/FF23/T14 | Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +15 (+2 vs. ench, immune to sleep) | Init +3 | Perception +22 ]
Realizing there is no way that he'll be able to catch the serpentfolk, Nilfyr moves forward.
Full-round action: Double move, as indicated on map
Male Human Arcanist (Occult) 12 [ HP 89/79 | AC 17/21/FF14/T14/18 | Fort +10, Ref +11, Will +12 | Init +5 | Perception +25
As his standard action Art conjurs forth a small force of lantern archons. MS IV, Superior Summons for one extra:1d1d2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
The archons appear just inside the room and all enemies must make 3 DC 13 will saves or succumb to their aura of Menace. Art, speaking in Celestial directs one to attack the original serpentfolk and two to attack the larger.
Lantern Archon CR 2
XP --
LG Small outsider (archon, extraplanar, good, lawful)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +4 Aura aura of menace (DC 13)
DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+4 natural, +1 size; +2 deflect vs. evil)
hp 13 [17] (2d10+2) [2d10+6]
Fort +4 [+6], Ref +3, Will +0; +4 vs. poison, +2 resistance vs. evil
DR 10/evil; Immune electricity, petrification
At Will—aid, continual flame, detect evil, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only)
STATISTICS
Str 1 [5], Dex 11, Con 12 [16], Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 10
Base Atk +2; CMB -4 [-2]; CMD 6 [8]
Feats Improved Initiative
Skills Diplomacy +5, Fly +14, Knowledge (planes) +3, Perception +4, Sense Motive +5
Languages Celestial, Draconic, Infernal; truespeech
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Gestalt (Su)
Nine lantern archons can fuse together as a full-round action, becoming a single Large entity that is more powerful than the individual archons that make up its parts. Looking like a whirlwind of dancing firefly lights, the gestalt has all the powers and abilities of a Large air elemental plus the following: archon, good, and lawful subtypes; archon traits (aura of menace DC 16); 2 light rays (2d6); DR 5/evil and magic. The archons can remain in this form for 2d4 rounds. When the gestalt separates back into individual lantern archons, its remaining hit points are divided evenly among them; if it had less than 9 hit points, some of the component archons die when the gestalt ends.
Aura of Menace (Su)
Any hostile creature within a 20-foot radius of an archon must succeed on a Will save (DC 13) to resist its effects. The save DC is Charisma-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus. Those who fail take a –2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura. A creature that has resisted or broken the effect cannot be affected again by the same archon's aura for 24 hours.
Light Ray (Ex)
A lantern archon can fire beams of light to damage foes. These light rays have a maximum range of 30 feet. This attack overcomes damage reduction of any type.
The archons' presence seems to have an affect against the enemies.
Miss chance:1d100 ⇒ 92 Miss chance:1d100 ⇒ 92 MI 2 is hit:1d2 ⇒ 2 MI 2 is hit:1d2 ⇒ 2 Weird.
The archons strike true at the blurry serpentfolk.
The brute is then struck several times with burns forming on its scales.
Init Order (bold = up)
Faeros
Thunderstealer
Belcher (AoO @ Red serpentfolk)
White Brute Serpentfolk (17 damage)
Red Serpentfolk (21 damage, blurred, 1 images)
Artemus and his all the lights!
Nilfyr (1 damage)
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
it's certainly a very situational creature, but in those situations they are very handy. Be sure they cast Aid on all of us before they disappear =)
Male Human Arcanist (Occult) 12 [ HP 89/79 | AC 17/21/FF14/T14/18 | Fort +10, Ref +11, Will +12 | Init +5 | Perception +25
Yep. Already on my to-do list. And they stay for 8 minutes. They have DR10/evil and 17 he each. I find them in general better than Hound Archons. Plus I rolled well, this round. And if we have to deal with more mirror images they can lazer them down pretty quick too.
I guess for me it's the darned aura; the fact you can get so many auras out there and that aura is one of the best debuffs in the game is a nuisance. Their damage is overall not as high as some creatures, it's a lot more reliable since there's 2 of them and it hits touch AC. And wwhile the DC of the aura is low, you can usually get baddies to fail just through high numbers of auras. The SLAs are just icing on the cake.
But enough of that, I must annoy you as best I can!
The red serpentfolk withdraws to the other side, hissing at the party!
The white brute looks at the red one with a waiting look on its face, and puts it hand on something behind it.
Faeros because dang that Perception, or DC 30 Perception for everyone else:
It looks like the brute is using his body to hide the fact there's a lever on the wall and it a hand on it.
Init Order (bold = up)
Faeros
Thunderstealer
Belcher
White Brute Serpentfolk (17 damage)
Red Serpentfolk (21 damage, blurred, 1 images)
Artemus and his all the lights!
Nilfyr (1 damage)
M Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor 12 (Sanctified Slayer) [ HP 87/87 | AC 23(26)/FF16(19)/T17(20) | Fort +11(13), Ref +13(15), Will +14(16) | Init +13 | Perception +18(+45)
To stop white brute from pulling the lever, Faeros attempts to perforate him him with bane arrows
Male Half-Elf Warpriest of Desna 12 [ HP 87/87 | AC 25/FF23/T14 | Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +15 (+2 vs. ench, immune to sleep) | Init +3 | Perception +22 ]
Nilfyr continues moving toward the remaining opponents. (I hate 20' move for just this reason)
Full-round action: Double move, as indicated on map
Also, calling it; the lever pull won't do much to Belcher, he won't surrender, and he can't handle another set of full attacks.
The serpentfolk pulls the lever, causing the stone polearms to sweep out along the north and south walls, trying to push foes into the pit. The small Belcher easily ducks under it and the party ends the defiant foe!
Only the snake swarms remain, easily avoided by not falling into the pit.
No loot on the baddies unless want a couple of masterwork daggers and a morningstar.
