GM Blood's Age of Worms in Golarion

Game Master David James Olsen

Knowledge (religion) 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39. "It is certainly an oddity. A deadly one at that!"

Trevor exhales loudly and stows away his flail to pick up his fauchard. He looks at the portal: "Is that where our friend went?"

Getting a better look at it, Rauno identifies the creatures as an Abyssal Ghoul. In addition to spreading a disease that saps your heath, if the creature was able to pin a target like it almost did to Kelkzar, it can drain your mental facilities as well Wisdom

It shouldn't have been able to live in the portal like that. How it came to be able to live inside the portal is unknown. The tomb was built by the Wind Dukes, so maybe they had some knowledge or magic on how to make a creature live in the in between spaces.

According to the tracks you were following, a single human passed this way through the portal in a hurry. According to the dragon, Allustan fled into the Whispering Cairn and alluded him.

"Seems likely that Allustan passed through the portal. Now that we've slain the ghoul, it looks like passing through is our most likely option."

"Sounds thin... Any way we can be certain Allustan went through here? Or where this portal leads!?"

Survival (to track): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Not from me :(

Survival: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

CCW on Kelkzar: 4d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 4) + 10 = 20 x150% = 30 HP

Wow, that sucked.

CLW on Kelkzar: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 x150% = 13 HP

Quintus expends more healing energy on the wounded half-orc.

These prints were for sure of a human and recently enough that if the dragon wasn't lying in her rage should be Allustan's. (Unless there were another human with knowledge of magical things that happened to walk by here!)

After healing Kelkzar, Quintus looks over the portal. "Rauno, can you look at the magic field around this and figure out where it goes?"

"Thanks again Quintus. Maybe I ought to try to find a way to keep from getting beat up so bad. I do appreciate you patching me up."
hp 98/100
Agree with seeing if Rauno can pick up any more info

"Perhaps now that the ghoul is not distorting its aura, I may be able to discern that. Let's see how well its creators masked its destination."

Rauno lifts a hand toward the portal, sensing its arcane potential and trying to suss out where it pulls toward, whether on this plane or another. He'll try to discern any other mechanics about it as well, especially if it is two way or not.

Spellcraft 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33

Rauno can sense it connects to a like portal somewhere to the Northeast and on this plane. Where exactly you will end up is not known. You cannot tell from this side if it is two way.

"So no clue... I guess it means we go anyway, right?" says Trevor with a slight sigh.

"I think so, I can't think of any other way to find him." Kelkzar will go through assuming no one else has another idea they want to try.

"I'll take a few moments here to study this spot. Should it be a false trail, I can again prepare teleportation spells to bring us back to this spot, barring any sort of interference. Then we can resume the hunt here."

With that, Rauno will pace the area, attuning himself to it to the point where he'd feel comfortable using it as a teleportation destination.

Once Rauno is ready, Rowena steps through the portal just behind Kelkzar.

Once Rauno is ready, Trevor steps through the portal just in front of Kelkzar.

:)

Once he has the area properly studied, he'll cast telepathic bond on himself, Trevor, Kelkzar and Rowena. "If there is an ambush or guardian on the other side, you can warn us telepathically. The message should still reach us. Remember, don't merely warn us of attack, try to tell us what is attacking so we can be as ready as possible."

With that, he'll give them a nod, letting them know we are ready to proceed.

Trevor, Kelkzar and Rowena walk through the portal and appear somewhere different. The air feels different here as is the architecture. This sharply sloped hallway is filled with rushing, screaming wind and smoke. Small hollow projections in the hallway seem to be making the noise, but it’s obvious that air inside is being pushed out at an unusual rate. The noise makes hearing and speaking difficult.

The three through the portal needs to make a Fort save DC 17 or take Damage: 3d4 ⇒ (2, 2, 4) = 8 after inhaling some of the smoke and feeling like it is clawing your insides.

Creatures made of air and smoke appear around you and attack! Dull, red eyes, grasping claws, and leathery wings give a demonic aspect to this creature's smoky form. You can alert Rauno (and Quintus through him) via telepathy that you are being attacked, but will take a full round for them to appear on the other side.

Round 1

Initiative Order - Rowena , Rauno, Quintus, Air Creatures, Kelkzar, Trevor,

Air Creatures AC 20 T 14 FF 15 CMD 26 Creatures are made out of air/smoke and are flying

Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

Rowena takes a step up and left, right up against the wall, and slices with her bardiche at number 5.
Bardiche: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Bardiche: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
Bardiche confirm: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Extra Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

"Air and smoke creatures!" she thinks at Rauno.

This check is only available to those that have walked through the portal

Fort save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 Success
Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
Kelkzar sends his knowledge back to Rauno via telepathy, Rauno, there are six belkers here surrounding and fighting us. There is choking smoke too. You might know more of them, but they are evil elemental outsiders made of air and smoke. They can attack with bite, claws, and wings and speak Auran.

Quintus casts prayer before following the first three through the portal.

Rauno will cast invisibility on himself and step through.

Knowledge (arcana) 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24

"I am here but invisible."

Rowena, though you confirmed the crit, these creatures of air and smoke cannot be critted.

Everyone at the new location manages to cough out the creature before they can do any harm to work. They move from smoke to a more solid version to attack with a bite, claws and wings.

Belker #1 and #4 attack Rowena, and she gets hit three times. 15 Damage

Belker #2 and #5 attack Kelkzar, and he gets hit eight times. (At AC 21 flat footed due to Trevor being adjacent) 53 Damage

Belker #3 and #6 attack Trevor, and he gets hit Seven times. 40 Damage

Delaying the rest of Round 1 to the top of round 2 to make future rounds go smoother

Round 2

Initiative Order - Kelkzar, Trevor, Rowena , Rauno, Quintus, Air Creatures

Belker AC 20 T 14 FF 15 CMD 26 Creatures are made out of air/smoke and are flying. Immune to Ciritcal Hits

Trevor steps forward in order to engage some of the creatures with his fauchard.

"Iomedae help me!" he shouts, asking for Her blessings.

LoH: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 1, 6) = 15
2 then 5; PA, FF, Prayer: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 19 + 1 = 281d10 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24
2 then 5; PA, FF, Prayer: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 231d10 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31

I'm back, but keep in mind I'm leaving tomorrow night for a week.

Trevor, do you need to step 5' to the east for reach? I'll bot you if need be by using your attacks listed here, otherwise we'll see if it is needed at all.

I think heroism is probably still active...
Free Action to rage. Swift action: Judgement of Sacred Destruction and Judgement of Sacred Justice.
Attacking #2 till it goes down, then switching to #5.
Attack 1: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (18) + 23 = 41
Confirm 1: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (20) + 26 = 46
Damage 1: 2d4 + 24 + 2d4 + 24 ⇒ (2, 2) + 24 + (4, 1) + 24 = 57
Attack 2: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33
Confirm 2: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22 I believe that confirms in spite of the 1 since it is a confirm roll rather than an attack roll. If not, adjust damage accordingly
Damage 2: 2d4 + 24 + 2d4 + 24 ⇒ (3, 2) + 24 + (2, 1) + 24 = 56
Bite: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26
Damage (Bite): 1d4 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Cornugon Smash: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (20) + 26 = 46

1 rolled 1 on a critical hit does not confirm, just like an attack roll it will count as a miss. However as I listed, these creatures are immune to critical hits (and precision damage)

Kelkzar connects 3 times with amazing precision. He thinks to himself had they actually had solid bodies rather than ones of smoke and air he would have inflicted lethal blows. Damage rolled is 32, 29, and 13 then minus DR

Rowena slashes at number 2 with her bardiche.

"Everybody focus on one at a time, if you can," she calls out.

Bardiche: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 16 + 1 = 23
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 = 15

Bardiche: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 11 + 1 = 32
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

OK, I was looking at the wrong monster for hps, so Kelkzar did kill one

Revisionist history as I missed editing my last post by 1 minute

Kelkzar slashes one twice killing one of the Belkers and biting another. Rowena also connects on this Belker hitting it twice.

Quintus and Rauno show up and can now act!

Rauno will ready a wand and use it to start casting Enlarge Person on Trevor.

"Trevor, I shall enlarge you to make it easier to strike them down."

Quintus takes advantage of his position with regard to Kelkzar and slashes twice at the one between him and the half-orc.

Scimitar PA on #4, incl. flank w/Kelkzar and prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 30
Iterative scimitar PA on #4, incl. flank w/Kelkzar and prayer: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 20
Confirm scimitar PA on #4, incl. flank w/Kelkzar and prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 21

I'm only rolling the confirmation in case flame of the Dawnflower has any effect on it.

Damage, first attack, incl. prayer; add +2 points fire damage if applicable: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 = 12
Damage, second attack, incl. prayer, if applicable: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 1 = 15

Sorry about that. Somehow I missed both your note to Rowena and the note you had added into the round tracker and I should have realized it when you described them as elementals. I have totally been ruling confirmations incorrectly (not that it comes up too often), but you are correct. Thank you.

The Belkers continue the attack!

Belker #1 attacks Rowena! 3 Hit for 16 Damage

Belker #4 vs Quintus 2 Hits for 10 Damage

Belker #5 attack Kelkzar (With flank) 5 hits for 20 Damage

Belker #3 and #6 flank Trevor and attack! 7 hits for 30 Dam

Round 3

Initiative Order - Kelkzar, Trevor, Rowena , Rauno, Quintus, Air Creatures

Belker AC 20 T 14 FF 15 CMD 26 Creatures are made out of air/smoke and are flying. Immune to Ciritcal Hits

Frustrated to see his solid attacks go to waste on the vaporous creatures, Kelkzar takes a step to the south and continues attacking.
5-foot step from M17 to N17. Starting with #5, then moving on the #4 if #5 goes down.
Attack 1: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (2) + 23 = 25 Hit
Damage 1: 2d4 + 24 ⇒ (4, 4) + 24 = 32
Attack 2: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20 Hit
Damage 2: 2d4 + 24 ⇒ (2, 4) + 24 = 30
Bite: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17 Miss
Damage (Bite): 1d4 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Cornugon Smash: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (14) + 26 = 40
Wow, 2, 2, 1 on the Attack rolls. Fortunately the AC on these is pretty low. On the flip side 4, 4, 2, 4, 4 was quite the streak on the damage rolls!

Remember that the belkers are at -1 on attack and damage rolls because of prayer.

Remember that the belkers are at -1 on attack and damage rolls because of prayer.

In that case, Rowena took 3 less Damage, Quintus 7 less, Kelkzar 5 less, and Trevor 7 less

Kelkzar hits #5 twice, making it evaporate into nothing but smoke and air Dead

Trevor grows in size then slashes down once on the wounded Belker

Attack #1 on Belker #4 PA, FF, Prayer, Enlarge, flank: 1d20 + 19 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 19 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 1 = 38
Attack #2 on Belker #4 PA, FF, Prayer, Enlarge, flank: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 1 = 17

Damage: 2d8 + 22 ⇒ (8, 6) + 22 = 36

LoH: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 6, 3) = 13

Current HP 65/103

Quintus, Rauno, and Rowena up

Quintus takes advantage of the belker's distraction facing Trevor and cuts into it twice more.

Scimitar PA on #4, incl. flank w/Trevor and prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 31
Iterative scimitar PA on #4, incl. flank w/Trevor and prayer: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 22
Confirm scimitar PA on #4, incl. flank w/Trevor and prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 19

PA damage incl. prayer, attack #1: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 11
PA damage incl. prayer, attack #2: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13

Hoping an enlarged falchion will help end these creatures more quickly, Rauno quietly begins a enlarge person spell on Kelkzar as well.

Quintus hits it twice but it manages to keep together. Can Rowena finish it off?

Rowena certainly tries.

Bardiche: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 16 + 1 = 19

Bardiche: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 1 = 20
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

Rowena strikes once, though the full blow does not go through, the strike is just enough to kill it.