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 steps away from the elemental, attempting to trip it once more!
Not an action: 5' step, as indicated on map Full-round action: Trip/attack elemental Trip (+2 Adamantine Fauchard (2H), Greater Trip, Gauntlets of the Skilled Maneuver (Trip), Ioun Stone (Thorny Brown)):1d20 + 15 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 15 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 29
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)
If you are botting me you should know, Faeros only has 10 Adamantine arrows. He has to go pick them up after that.
Male Human Arcanist (Occult) 12 [ HP 89/79 | AC 17/21/FF14/T14/18 | Fort +10, Ref +11, Will +12 | Init +5 | Perception +25
I hate getting behind. Grr. Was only gone a long weekend but it sorta added to your absece. Did the aura of Menace from the archons effect the fire elementals? Dc 16 Will or take -2 to stuff. If so that could change some of their hits, no? Also I think only energy damage suffers the 50% damage reduction when damaging items. Never heard it applied to ranged or melee damage. And finally it looked like you started to bot the Archons but your post is cut off. So I am unsure where I am in the initiative order and what to do.
@Artemus: My bad on the aura; thought it was a 10' aura, but just reread the ability and I see that it is 20'! But otherwise, the cutoff post ended up as the long post the next day, which Nilfyr posted in the middle for his bit and thus didn't need a botting.
Blue will 1:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 Blue will 2:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 Yellow will 1:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Yellow will 2:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
@Thunderstealer: I did roll a 31 before... but that was before taking into account the aura of menace, so Belcher is safe from the previous attack.
Thunderstealer's final blow is enough to topple the altar!
Belcher only lands a single talon on the elemental.
Male Human Arcanist (Occult) 12 [ HP 89/79 | AC 17/21/FF14/T14/18 | Fort +10, Ref +11, Will +12 | Init +5 | Perception +25
Cool. That was easier to resolve than I thought. Also note that the Archons had cast Aid on everyone. That is a 1d8+6 Temp HP and +1 Morale bonus to hit. Everyone can roll their own temps.
XP 1,200
LG Medium outsider (archon, extraplanar, good, lawful)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect evil, low-light vision, scent; Perception +10
Aura aura of menace (DC 16), magic circle against evil
DEFENSE
AC 21, touch 10, flat-footed 19 (+9 natural; +2 deflection vs. evil)
hp 51 (6d10+6)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +7; +4 vs. poison, +2 resistance vs. evil
DR 10/evil; Immune electricity, petrification; SR 15
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee bite +10 (1d8+5), slam +10 (1d4+2) or mwk great sword +11/+6 (2d6+6), bite +5 (1d8+4)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th)
Constant—detect evil, magic circle against evil
At Will—aid, continual flame, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), message
STATISTICS
Str 15, Dex 10, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 12
Base Atk +6; CMB +8; CMD 18
Feats Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics +9, Intimidate +10, Perception +10, Sense Motive +10, Stealth +13, Survival +14; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth, +4 Survival
Languages Celestial, Draconic, Infernal; truespeech
SQ change shape (beast shape II)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Change Shape (Su)
A hound archon can assume any canine form of Small to Large size, as if using beast shape II. While in canine form, the hound archon loses its bite, slam, and greatsword attacks, but gains the bite attack of the form it chooses. For the purposes of this ability, canines include any dog-like or wolf-like creature of the animal type.
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 ]
Again, Nilfyr takes a step, this time towards a different elemental, and attempts to trip it as well.
Not an action: 5' step, as indicated on map Full-round action: Trip/attack elemental Trip (+2 Adamantine Fauchard (2H), Greater Trip, Gauntlets of the Skilled Maneuver (Trip), Ioun Stone (Thorny Brown), Aid):1d20 + 15 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 28 Miss chance:1d100 ⇒ 85
Blue elemental is it a 20 @ Belcher?:1d20 ⇒ 6 Damage on hit:1d8 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + (1) = 8 belcher reflex on hit:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 Blue elemental is it a 20 @ Belcher?:1d20 ⇒ 4 Damage on hit:1d8 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + (6) = 20 belcher reflex on hit:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Nilfyr burn damage:1d8 ⇒ 6
And calling combat as they cannot handle another round like that
The party's combined strength finish off the rest of the elementals, their dark essence whisping away in a puff of smoke.
Nilfyr's burn finally ends, leaving him in pain, but alive.
The room now bears a strange chill without the altar or the elementals in the chamber. Two paths remain; the door to the north, as well as a secret door to the north-east that Faeros spotted before combat began.
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Sorry for the delay; busy finishing up some other VO duties.
Opening the secret door Faeros spotted, the party makes their way through a narrow hallway that opens to another door. The archons give their last aiding before disappearing back to Elysium.
The party doesn't hear any sound, but cautiously the open the door, ready for the worst.
The walls of this room are carefully smoothed into strange, organic curves, and then rounded in disturbing folds like the contours of a brain. The floor is carved in small channels, like ripples in sand.
Shortly after the door opens, though, a trio of forms seems to disgorge from the walls! A pair of mummies surround an emerald automaton covered in a brown, fuzzy coating.
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 ]
I just realized I've been doing this wrong, ever since I got the Felling Smash feat...
Nilfyr moves forward, using his fauchard to devastating effect against the nearest mummy, then bringing it around to trip and further wound it.
Move action: As indicated on map Standard action: Attack red mummy (vital strike, felling smash) Attack (+2 Adamantine Fauchard (2H), Power Attack (Furious Focus)):1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35 Damage (+2 Adamantine Fauchard (2H, Vital Strike), Power Attack):2d10 + 10 + 6 ⇒ (6, 5) + 10 + 6 = 27
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)
Thanks for botting me above. You may not have realized Faeros has clustered shots, so DR only applies to one attack on his full attack.
Faeros retrieved his adamantine arrows as Nilfyr healed.
Thanks to improved precise shot, Faeros should be able to attack either mummy. If red is tripped, he will attack blue. If red is not tripped, he will try to finish off red.
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 ]
his will steeled against the previous battle, he holds his own versus the despair the mummies exude.
He devastates his foe with the powerful blow that nearly splits the undead in twain; the trip and follow-up slice finish the foe, leaving it a mass of unliving flesh and wrappings, although its golden bracers stand out from the debris.
Faeros' arrows fly over the Desnan's shoulders, the quartet of missiles splitting open the other mummy's chest. The second undead abomination falls to the ground, unmoving.
After buffing the party with alacrity, Artemus goes into an intellectual mode, identifying the emerald automaton as the same as several others the party has dealt with during their time in the spire. The only thing of note besides their electrical breakdown is the brown mold that covers the automaton, perhaps to protect the mummy's from errant fireballs.
The lone automaton swings its polearm at Nilfyr with all the power its mechanical shell can muster!
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 strikes again, his fauchard first slashing at the automaton, then sweeping its legs from beneath it and finishing with a devastating blow as it falls.
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 has moved in as well and studied the remaining foe, with an arrow ready to shoot if Thunderstealer does not finish it
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)
The single readied attack will be +24 to attack for 1d8+16, if you'd like to bot it after Thunderstealer's action resolves
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 ]
Yeah, worst problem is that I can't find my Office product key... so yeah, that may be expensive.
Equipping Faeros with the broken bracers, the party makes their way down continuing forward.
This chamber has no floor, only walls and an open pit below. The black and slightly oily walls are riddled with small holes just large enough to fit a hand or arm into—but creatures that resemble eels with leathery wings are nesting in them. A small landing and a door lie on the opposite side of the pit at the same level.
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 ]
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 looks down into the pit, then at the eel-like creatures, and says, "I believe we have seen the other side of that door; as such, I see no reason to provoke these creatures. Shall we explore the other door out of the octagonal room?"
Sorry, con prep is eating most of my morning and other spare time, will update tomorrow for the other room assuming the party wants to skip this chamber (and somewhat wisely, too)
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)
Alright! Con done plus anniversary and training for new job. These past few weeks have been a blur and sorry you guys were caught in the middle. It didn't help that I knew this would be an incredibly long post as seen below.
The party, perhaps wisely, skips the room of large worms and backtracks to the last path from the octogonal chamber.
Blue fog fills this room. When shifting air currents thin the mists, they reveal that the walls connect at precise, unnatural angles and are decorated with strange geometric designs.
Almost instantly though, a number of slithering sounds can be heard as a trio of worm-like beings move towards the party, a sword in one tentacle and a wand in the other for each being.
DC 19+ Kn: Dungeoneering @ creatures:
These are seugathi, horrors from the great beyond. Their soft worm-like bodies cushion bludgeoning strikes, and their bites are poisonous.They can use a number of magical affects to confuse and disrupt their foes.
DC 24+ Kn: Dungeoneering @ creatures:
These beings are resistant to magic as well as being immune to effects that target their mental faculties as well as poison. Seugathi seem to radiate madness and confusion. Incredibly, seem to have a telepathic ability to guide those whose brains are muddled.
Artemus stands alone seemingly normal as he sees his allies around him clutching their heads.
[spoiler=Everyone but Artemus]
You hear thoughts in your head chanting, The shadow flame, burns forever. Give your minds to its burning treasure.
If you have anything for confusion resistance, now is a good time to post it! I took a quick look, but didn't notice anything
The yellow and red aberrations cast a spell and begin floating 10 feet in the air of this large chamber. The blue one stays on the ground, instead casting another spell!
DC 20 Spellcraft to identify:
It just cast mind fog. Very nasty with its other abilities...
A thin fog that doesn't obscure vision fills the octagonal room. Belcher and Nilfyr find themselves mentally reeling, as if they are giving up any will to mentally fight back the madness...
Faeros:
The maddening chant confuses you as it drowns out your own thoughts, until a new one emerges. They hate you. They hate your god. They must pay in blood...
More GM dice:
target:1d3 ⇒ 1
Glaring at Thunderstealer, Faeros shouts "HEATHEN!", and aims a trio of arrows at the druids heart.
Faeros is raked once and bitten, Faeros now aiming his bow at the dinosaur!
Nilfyr:
Your mind is dulled between the fog and the screeching chant ringing through your head, but a new voice of clarity comes to you in your head. Strike out at them. They do not believe you. Their beliefs are false. Punish them for their ignorance.
Target:1d2 ⇒ 2
Despite the wall providing the dinosaur cover, Nilfyr steps into the room with the beings and swings his polearm at the saurian's legs!
So... My statblock was not adjusted after the mummy fight, so my willsave is actually +12 (so -2 from frightened and -2 from sickened are gone and heroism is up.) Don't know if that matters though.
@Thunderstealer: Yeah, you still wound have failed one of the confusion saves... biggest problem is 3 of then with an aura forcing the save. Good to know for later at least!
Also reposting the init order; forgot the damages and other conditions
Init Order (bold = up)
Yellow thing (floating)
Blue thing
Red thing (floating)
Faeros (27 damage, confused)
Belcher (prone, confused)
Nilfyr (confused)
Artemus
Thunderstealer (75 damage, confused)
Seems like we are in a tight spot. Thoughts? Ideas? I can cast a Dispel Magic, but am unsure who to target and since its an aura not sure how it will work... Could an area Dispel work on more than one confusion effect? Or I could summon something to help, but whatever I summon may have to make 4 saves - mind fog and three auras. I could also teleport all but Nilfyr away. Don't really want to do that. Hmm. A Vulpinal's aura acts as a Calm Emotions... Doesn't that end confusion?
