GM Bold Strider's Dust Comes to Doomspawn (Tier 8-9) (Inactive)

Game Master rpblue

The aura of the orrery washes over the room, drowning out any other auras. This potent magical item is, at the very least, a minor artifact and its immense magical aura is kind of making Vladek's eyes hurt as he can't sense any lesser auras in the room, due to the interference.

Qadathra telepathically tells Vladek that he believes the man is suffering from a delusion, possibly from a mental break or from the curse that has turned all of the elves into animal-people.

Grimdoc replies to the frog man.

"Aye Captain. Cryospangler...got it. Where are we going and what happens to the crew? ."

As the others "follow orders" Joesef will take a closer look around the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Joesef looks around the room and finds that most of the machinery is broken. Papers and other loose items are flung haphazardly around the room. The Captain turns to the inspecting man and grunts. "Oi! Do you need a task to? Get down to the engine room and give the demon a stab. Tell him we arrived and he will get a small break. That should anger the evil bastard." he says with a wry grin, clearly not a fan of demons.

As Grimdoc asks the questions, the Captain turns to him. "Are you dumb, Johnson? You are the crew! And we've already reached the planet! Look outside! We are in alien territory, now shape up and get me that cryospanner!"

Needless to say, Qadathra tells the party in telepathic sotto voce, The poor man's lost his mind. It might just be a nervous breakdown...or it might be whatever curse is on this ship.

Vladek's Heal check to know how/if he can be saved: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 +2 = 20
Qadathra's untrained aid: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Vladek has no definitive idea on how to cure the man's ailment, but him turning into a frog man is probably not great for the mind.

Could a dispel magic or break enchantment spell help him?

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (9) + 24 = 33
Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33

Potentially the latter, if you caught the change early enough, but you are unsure how much time has passed since the mutation has taken hold of the crew.

"Aye captain. I am on it.."

Grimdoc will start searching too as if looking for the cryospanner.

"Here it is...nope that ain't it ."

Perception : 1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 16 + 2 = 37

"Captain, what is our mission here again? When can we go back home to good old...um you know ."

The demon? Joesef blurts out.

Sorry, busy time for us out in the field right now. Maybe I'll get a rainy day soon though.

Ali watches the developments with the frogman with absolutely delight, his smile growing wider as his companions take on the various roles assigned to them.

"Hello!" he booms out as with a quick wave of his hand his skin turns green. (prestidigitation) "I am the representative of the... er.... THE AMAZINGS! We are the aliens living on this planet and I come to offer peace!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31

"Now, you must be the captain!" he says as he offers a hand-shake to the frogman. "You must sit down and tell me about your journey. It'll be in all the papers tomorrow, front page I assure you! Biggest news of the century! But I'd like to hear the story from your mouth about how you got here."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25

Grimdoc smiles.

Oh Captain, that sounds wonderful. You should listen to this guy!

"Our mission? Are you a bleeding idiot?" he asks, exasperated with Grimdoc's feigned idiocy. "We are exploring new worlds, man! The prime directive and all that! Get it together!" he bellows as he turns to pick up a book from the floor.

As the green-skinned Ali approaches and tries to grab at the Captain, he leaps back in fright. "Dammit, Johnson. Forget the spanner! Why aren't you guarding me from this creature!" the Captain bellows as he draws a knife and his other hand begins to crackle with electricity. "Dammit, alien! Stay back!" he curses as he steps towards the artifact, keeping himself between it and Ali. "Stay by the door if you wish to parlay. You are lucky I don't fry you here and now and have Smith over there hang your body from the air lock to scare off your kin!"

Ali puts his hands up in a nonthreatening gesture. "Hey there! I just wanted to be the first to welcome you to this new land. Welcome! We mean not harm, we are just curious and would like to know how you got here and why you left... wherever you came from."

The man's hand continues to crackle with electricity as he eyes Ali-en warily. "We are exploring space for other planets with intelligent life, but don't think that means we are stupid enough to let you eat our brains, alien!" he bellows.

"Bring me your greatest mind from this land and we will converse with him, but you better not bring any warriors otherwise Johnson will be forced to kill you all!" he concludes, keeping the narrow slits of his eyes keenly focused Ali-en's way.

Joesef immediately looks to Vladek since he seems to talk the smartest in his opinion. I'd prefer that Grimdoc not have to act like he's going to kill Ali.

"Bring you our greatest mind?" Ali asks with a smile. "But we have! I am THE AMAZING ALI, at your service!" Ali takes a deep and elaborate bow.

Bluff: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

"Did you really thing we would send you anything but our best? Of course not! Well, here I am! And I'm ready to listen to your tale."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27

Grimdoc looks at the captain and back to Ali, moving up as if to interpose between the two.

He makes a good point, Cap'n. He don't seem like a threat to me.

The Captain looks warily at Ali-en and then shrugs. "Fine! Sit down over there and listen to our grandiose tale! Johnson, fetch the alien creature a drink!"

In the final years of the Age of Enthronement, a cabal of elven astronomers from the Garundi nation of Lirgen carried out an ambitious plan to ascend into space. The cabal's leader, Gelviel Zoniah aka the Captain you now speak to, claimed inspiration for the journey came to him in a vision after he used a magical orrery to aid him in contacting minds on other worlds. The device worked and delivered a vision from Desna herself.

The Lirgen's Glory was designed not to sail the seas or even to fly through the sky, but to plunge through the airless void of space. During the ship's construction, Gelviel attracted several like-minded elven explorers, scholars, and dreamers to accompany him on his voyage. The journey, they knew, would last for decades, but time has never been a resource about which elves worried. With their long lifespans, a few decades or even a century of exploration was a negligible price to pay for knowledge.

The Lirgen's Glory was completed at the onset of summer in 4600 AR, and it launched from its dry dock in central Oagon on Midsummer's Day, propelled elegantly and gently into space via a magical engine that drew upon the telekinetic powers of a bound vrock. As the ship gained speed and hurtled ever farther from Golarion, Gelviel and his crew stayed in contact with the Saoc Brethren via sending.

The elves kept detailed recordings of their observations in a number of dream crystals, objects capable of recording and relaying mental images in the form of dreams. They planned on sharing these more detailed reports with the Saoc Brethren upon their return to Golarion.

But from 4606 AR onward, the Lirgen's Glory's sendings went unanswered. Unbeknownst to the crew, but known to the captain as one last sending arrived for him, their ship's namesake nation was no more-a casualty of the perpetual hurricane known as the Eye of Abendego. Its winds and waves destroyed Lirgen, transforming the nation into the apocalyptic wasteland known today as the Sodden Lands.

The Saoc Brethren collapsed, and all of the Lirgen's Glory's contacts perished, went mad, or were otherwise lost. The ship was suddenly and unexpectedly on its own.

Without access to the proper divination magic to learn more, and with no allies left to contact via sending, Gelviel made a fateful decision-the Lirgen's Glory would continue its journey, with the crew recording their findings dutifully in the ship's supply of dream crystals. The years melted into decades, and the crew grew less and less interested in returning to Golarion, and more and more intrigued by new discoveries.

"Then, 56 years into the journey, we... what happened then..." the man mutters as his brows furrow in concentration. "Ah yes, we landed here!" he concludes with joy.

Looking to Ali-en, the Captain asks. "Now, what of your race?"

Grimdoc smiles.

That's right, captain. You got the ship here all right. Couldn't have done it without you, sir!

The portly dwarf continues.

But now what is your plan, Captain? The ship ain't going to fly, and we cannot repair this kind of damage.

"We aren't leaving! We are here to explore!" the Captain bellows. "Are you suggesting that we abandon our mission, Johnson?" the Captain, clearly getting irate at a subordinate questioning him.

"No sir! I ain't suggesting anything of the sort. Just tell me where to next, sir."

Ali-en listens to the story with rapt attention, something quite out of character for him but which he forces upon himself lest the Captain stop before revealing some important piece of information.

"What's next? Well, I am very impressed by your story and I think it'll be front-page news, no doubt!" Ali taps his finger on his chin as if pondering something. "But first, I should like a tour of your ship! Perhaps I can bring you along to explain how it works and what went wrong with it to some of our brightest engineers. After you show me around. Then I will take you wherever you want as payment."

Potentially the latter, if you caught the change early enough, but you are unsure how much time has passed since the mutation has taken hold of the crew.

Vladek looks on in quiet fascination, wondering how long Ali can make good on this charade - like Joesef, he's pretty sure he's the smartest one present.

Heal to gauge how long the mutation's been in effect: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Qadathra's untrained aid to Vladek's Heal check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

He knows one powerful spell that might help the poor man - but as to whether it's too late, he has NO idea.

The Captain glowers at Ali. "You are surrounded by my men and you dare to make demands?!" he yells, clearly tired of these games. "I am the Captain of this ship and I have given you more than enough, especially since you invaded my ship! Now, here is how it will actually go. Give me the secrets of your race, Alien, or we will be forced to extract them from you!" he commands.

Joesef continues to watch, though he gets ready to act in case the captain tries to extract something from Ali's race.

"Demands? No, no, my friend! A trade! You have but to show me around your ship and I will take you anywhere you wish to go, to explore the secrets of my people. We have a great number of museums back in the city and there you can learn anything you should wish to know about our history."

The Captain turns foul. "I think not. Johnson, Williams!" he bellows, pointing at Joesef and Grimdoc. "Detain the intruder alien!"

Vladek decides now is the time to step in. He steps up beside Ali, Qadathra on his shoulder.

Qadathra engages the ornery mutant telepathically: We would love to oblige you, traveler, but we would be terrible hosts if we did not tell you that you are sick and in need of care. You may not realize or recognize it, and that's nothing to be ashamed of, because after all, it is not an ailment of your world. Get some rest, and we shall attempt to prepare a rite of purification in the meantime.

Vladek gives Qadathra the Fortune Hex for this.

Bluff or Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 +2 = 22
Bluff or Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 You've gotta be kidding me.

"My magic is powerful," Vladek adds with a gentle smile. "I will do my best to help you. It will take some time, however."

aid Qadathra's Bluff/Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Grimdoc stays close to the captain, between him and Ali for the time, as to prevent either from rushing the other.

Captain, you do look a bit...well...changed. And I ain't feeling none too good. We don't look at all like ourselves. Maybe these folks are right?

bluff to aid: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 trying to enhance Vlad's story.

The Captain grows visibly flustered. "How dare you question your Captain's orders! This is mutiny, Johnson! MUTINY!" he bellows as he hand crackles once more. "And I will not allow you to undermine me! You lot are after the orrery and you have sided with the aliens!"

In a surprising move, the Captain runs towards the orrery and slams his hand against the ground, leaving behind a Thassilonian rune that begins to glow and spread to about 20' from the orrery and the Captain. "You will never get it!"

Initiative:
Vladek: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Ali: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Joesef: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Grimdoc: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Captain: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Joesef has no idea what the rune means but believes that the only solution now is to try and subdue the captain! He moves toward him with rapier drawn. We'll patch you up after, I promise!

Rapier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 for Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 plus If vs. FFAC: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Now I wonder what ills will befall on Joesef after crossing the green line...

Sorry, I should have made it more apparent.

Will Save-Joesef: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Joesef tries to step forward to get in the captain's face, but he feels an immense force in front of him blocking his ability to move towards the frogman.

He is guessing that the rune activated some form of abjuration magic that will prevent Joesef from getting close to the Captain and the orrery.

You still have a full set of actions since you were adjacent to the line and didn't actually move anywhere, Joesef.

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Pending

Joesef will drop his shield (move action?) and get his bow and fire an arrow at the captain!

Though he'll probably miss even a FFAC with a 12 as its only fair to take the roll above.

Any *one* time in the next 24 hours, if Joesef rolls the above number (13), he has the choice of rerolling it or adding an extra +2 luck bonus to the result.

Remember you've still got this!

OK, I just thought of this. Does that mean the roll of the die or the total of the roll?

Lucky Number is only able to be used if you roll the lucky number on the die, not the total of your roll.

Joesef draws his longbow and tries to fire off a shot at the slower Captain, but the arrow flies wide. It appears the protective magic only applies to creatures, not ranged weapons.

Scowling at Joesef, the Captain begins to cast a spell, but he still remembers the first crew member to go against him. "How dare you start a mutiny against me, Smith!" he bellows before snapping his fingers in the direction of the Vladek.

Need a Fort Save and then a Will Save.

As for the green line, if you wish to pass, then you need to make a Will Save. (Can only attempt the save once.)

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Pending
Vladek - Fort/Will Save

Fortitude save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Will save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Note my extensive list of situational saving throw modifiers, and apply whatever, if anything, is appropriate.

So what, if anything, happens to me?

Spellcraft roll to identify spell: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (6) + 24 = 30

"Oh, Captain. I am so sorry it had to come to a war of the worlds here. But, the show must go on!"

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

Starting dweomercraft, then dispelling his repulsion

CL: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 2 = 18

Spell was Baleful Polymorph. You beat the Fortitude DC by 2! If you had missed, then... :( So, in the end, nothing happens!

Vladek resists the powers of the Captain as Ali decides to try and take down the defensive aura enacted by the frogman.

Ali sends out a blast of pure arcanery to disrupt the field, but the glowing green aura continues to pulsate.

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Pending

Joesef tries to hit the man again, seeing that he can't move past the magic barrier!

Bow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20 for Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

"Nobody turns *me* into a newt!" Says Vladek defiantly before blasting the mutant with a bolt of lightning...

lightning bolt, Reflex DC 20: 9d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 6, 5, 3, 6, 3, 5, 2) = 34

...while Qadathra supports Vladek's assault with some of his own magic!

magic missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 2 = 8

Vladek sends out a blast of lightning that pierces the Captain, singing him and leaving behind scorchmarks, but the angle of attack also puts the artifact in the line of fire as the lightning slams into it.

Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Joesef's arrow goes wide as well, but just clatters off the walls of the ship.

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain @ 25
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Pending

Orrery @ 14

Grimdoc looks on in disappointment as the captain goes hostile.

Captain, what are you doing?

Grimdoc will try to force his way into the barrier.

will, hardy, hero: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 2 + 2 = 28

He steels himself and pushes in towards the captain, calling forth his last judgement (healing, saves)

He readies to strike the captain if he starts to cast a spell or attack.

Captain, we are out numbered! Stand down before they rush us!

The Captain stares at Grimdoc in disbelief. "You think I would listen to you?! You brought this menace onto the ship and now you mutiny against me! Drawing your weapon against your Captain! I will hang your corpse from the bow!" he bellows as he steps into the dwarf, just inside his swing range.

Your condition for the ready was if he casts a spell or attacks (technically, you need to pick just one, I think), but now that he is about to do both you cannot hit him, I believe.

As he steps forward, he quickly grabs a wand and shoves it at Grimdoc.

Touch @ Grimdoc-12 TAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Touch Confimration @ Grimdoc-12 TAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Untyped Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

The wand explodes into Grimdoc's chest as a pulse of black magic erupts, draining the life force from the dwarf. The Captain's wounds seem to heal from this attack.

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain @ 19
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Status
Grimdoc @ 80/84 HP (I believe you healed 3 last round and will heal 3 this round, putting you at 80 after the attack since you didn't heal up to full based on your tagline.)

Pending

Orrery @ 14

Joesef continues to try his luck!

Bow: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 8 - 4 = 7 for Arrow: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Vladek peers into the poor Captain's immediate future, and attempts to steer its course of events toward the worst...DC 21 Will save or suffer 2 rounds of Misfortune Hex...

...while Qadathra takes out his dragon's maw wand and levels it at the Captain.

scorching ray wand, melee penalty: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
fire damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 1) = 10

"Hmmm," Ali ponders as his blast of arcane force does nothing. "Perhaps I need a break. Time for the animal act!" He starts calling on his unseen animal expert to bring out the monkeys....

Grimdoc will step back, trying to stay out of the reach of the mad captain.

Free action, sprout bramble armor. Swift, change judgement to healing+attack. If he steps up, use cestus instead of hammer.

Well Captain, you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay.
But for Aroden's sake, don't call me Johnson! He's dead, and you are nuts!

+1 Lucern Hammer, heroism, jud, PA/FF: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 2 + 2 = 32
for dmg, PA: 1d12 + 8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 6 = 22

+1 Lucern Hammer, heroism, jud, PA: 1d20 + 7 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 7 - 2 + 2 = 16
for dmg, PA: 1d12 + 8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 6 = 16

Will Save: 1d20 ⇒ 2

The arrow from Joesef goes errant once more as Qazdathra is able to blast the Captain with fire, however the flame burst seems to have done nothing to the frogman.

Ali begins to summon his parade of monkeys as Grimdoc retreats, landing a single strike with his lucerne hammer, but the Captain's skin seems to be highly resistant to attacks.

"Fine! A mutiny is what you want? Then you will have to take the ship over my dead body!" he bellows as he steps back away from the hammer swinging dwarf and snaps his fingers once more.

The room grows cold as a flurry of snow begins to weep from the ceiling, but the snow begins to coalesce into large flakes and soon a downpour of hail strikes the Pathfinders.

Bludgeoning Damage to Everyone: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 4) = 15
Cold Damage to Everyone: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

For the remaining duration of the spell, heavy snow and sleet rains down in the area. Creatures inside this area take a -4 penalty on Perception skill checks and the entire area is treated as difficult terrain. At the end of the duration, the snow and hail disappear, leaving no after-effects (other than the damage dealt).

Initiative:
1st: Joesef
2nd: Captain (Misfortuned-1 more round) @ 31
3rd: Grimdoc; Ali; Vladek

Status
Grimdoc @ 60/84 HP
Vladek @ 22/36 HP
Qadathra @ 14/18 HP
Ali @ 35/59 HP
Joesef @ 31/54 HP

Pending
Ali - Concentration Check for Casting DC 36

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Orrery @ 14