Hoping his last stone has better luck of finding the invisible ghost, Malachite launches once again. Watching the rock arch high into the air, he cheers when it strikes the invisible ghost, causing a bit of damage at least.
His stones spent, Malachite steps back allowing anyone with a chance to damage the poltergeist to get nearer.
Mal magic stone throw:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 Miss chance, low is miss, high is hit:1d100 ⇒ 65 Dmg, magic stone, vs undead:2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 = 6
Gob and Malachite's attack successfully disperse the poltergeist, however it seems that the malevolent energy still lingers in the room.
Hustavan punches Mu on the shoulder. Good show, chap! He grins at his fellow elder. Mighty swordsmanship.
DC 10 Heal:
Wounds on the human males indicates they were both killed by massive
internal injuries, probably from falling.
DC 15 Heal:
Wounds on the female half-elf reveals dozens of tiny bites all across her body and suggests that she likely died from some kind of poison.
DC 15 Survival:
While the humans likely died in this room, the half-elf died elsewhere and was dumped here.
None of the cultists possessed anything of value.
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Moving into the next room, the group finds four evenly-spaced canvas walls run parallel to each other in a row stretching from north to south through the middle of this room. On both sides of each wall hang dozens of paintings, drawings, and sketches of a variety of violence-themed scenes. A solid wooden door is in the middle of the south wall and a heavier, oaken door is in the middle of the north wall.
Male Dwarf Inquisitor 8 | AC 21 T 10 FF 21 | HP 59/59 | F +7 R +2 W +12 | Init +6 | Perc +14 | Bane 11/11 | Judgment 3/3 | Reroll : Not Used
Figures. Can auto-succeed the heals and I'm not down there to check 'em.
With the spirit laid to rest again, Baern checks on his allies in the pit. He crosses the bridge, trailing the rope off of it to allow them an means of climbing the other side.
By the time Mu was ready for battle, the battle was over; deflated, he drops all the ointment, pills, balms and weapons he was trying to manage with a clang. Then after calming down, he pathetically picks it all back up and pulls up the rear.
Gnome Wood Wizard 1 / Ninja 4 | HP 41/41 | AC 19 T 15 FF 19 | F +4 R +8 W +3 | Init +3 | Perc +8/+10 | Sense Motive +3
After screaming his head off for about a half minute Shu finally gathers his wits, or what passes for them, and shuffles to the front of the group again.
"Dammed ghosts! Dammed cult that raise undead! Shu's reputation must precede him, for they knew had power to destroy it!"
Male Human (9) Monk (Drkn Mstr) 7/Fgtr 2 | HP 66/66 | AC 29 (33 vs AoO); T 25; FF 24 | F +11; R +11; W +12 | CMB +13; CMD 34|
Consumables:
Ki 8/8; Drunk Ki 4/4 | Shuriken 34/40 | Wands; CLW 43/50; Mage Armor 45/50
Brewslee looks around at the group as they proceed through the door. He catches a glance with Gob as he makes a swirling 'crazy' motion at his head and points at Old Shu.
This gallery is where Fel Bustrani kept his collection of tragedy- and accident-themed art. The works each depict some horrible event—the tragic death of a child hit by a wagon, a building collapse killing dozens of workers, and so on. The largest painting, on the far left canvas wall, depicts the interior of a large, elegantly-appointed opera house where rotting undead creatures feed on the living. All of you know this to be the opera house where you met your new best friend Hustavan!
Do you think they painted that before or after the zombie attack... muses Hustavan to no one in particular.
As Shu and Bevek explore for traps, they determine that the room is safe. The group readies to move through the next door and as soon as Shu touches the door, the party is engulfed in flames!
Hustavan runs around on fire. AHHHH!!! IT BURNS!
Fire Damage:6d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5) = 20DC 25 Reflex Save for half
The room is on fire!
Status:
1st: Brewslee @ 17/17 HP; Gob @ 23/23 HP; Baern @ 47/52 HP; Bevek @ 16/16 HP; Shu @ 38/41 HP; Mu @ 35/35 HP; Malachite @ 24/24 HP
Just before the trap goes off, Bevek catches just the slightest sound of something wrong. He manages to turn away and duck as the room explodes into flame.
Baern tries to put out the flames. Going to use the extinguish rules from Valley of the Veiled Flame
Extinguish Rules:
The PCs can extinguish a square that is on fire by applying at least 10 gallons of water to the area or succeeding at a DC 15 Survival check or Reflex save as a standard action while adjacent to the square. The PC extinguishes one additional square for every 10 points by which he exceeds the DC.
Direct exposure to the flame by occupying the same square at the end of your turn results in an additional 2d6 fire damage.
Other creative/magical solutions are possible too.
Status:
1st: Gob @ 3/23 HP; Bevek @ 16/16 HP; Baern @ 27/52 HP; Brewslee @ 17/17 HP; Shu @ 38/41 HP; Mu @ 35/35 HP; Malachite @ 24/24 HP
Mu knocks down Hustavan as Baern puts out the fire in his square, saving the painting that he was looking at. The rest of the art is being consumed by the fire, however.
Everyone regroups outside of the burning room and after a second they realize that the whole group isn't there. The people closest to the door can see the crumpled form of Brewslee on the ground, bleeding from the explosion and his gi catching fire.
Fire Damage:2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7
The fire spreads throughout the room.
1d13 ⇒ 5 1d12 ⇒ 7
As the artwork and furnishings begin to burn, light smoke begins to fill the room.
Seeing Baern bringing the wounded Brewslee through the flames, Malachite downs his Potion of Fire Resistance rushes back in and try to put out the flames in the square immediately next to Brew's body, so they have a safe path back to the door.
With the magical protection from the flames on board, he will stay in the burning room, trying to aid Baern and Brew, and then work on saving the art.
Reflex DC 15:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
If Gob can still hit me with my own CLW Wand before I go, I wouldn't hate it...The potion is Fire Resistance 10, so I should be safe from most damage rolls for a while...
@Baern: That is too many actions for your follow-up round. You would have to use your standard action to make a reposition/drag maneuver or cast a heal.
@Malachite: That is too many actions for a single round. Move: Draw Potion; Standard: Drink Potion; Move: Move into room; Standard: Put out flame.
I wasn't sure we were in actual rounds. Sorry :( Considering Brew is on his last leg, I will take the roll and put out that fire first, hopefully getting, saving the potion and hopefully getting a shot of CLW from my wand via Gob's action. If Baern can put out the flames on Brew or move him to my safe square, we might still save him, and then go back for the art, with the potion on board.
Gob will cast a charge of infernal healing for Brewslee and then one on himself. He looks at the wand offered him and says, "If that is a cure wand you are mistaking me for some sort of priest."
If it's alright with the GM I would have started casting Infernal healing last round since I didn't get a chance to use my standard. Then I can move in poke Brewslee and move back out. Then start casting on the wand again.
@Gob: That would be fine if you have a way to draw a wand with less than a move action. If you have a spring-loaded wrist sheath, then you could do that but you wouldn't be able to move back out in the same round. You would be adjacent to Brewslee.
Drawing a weapon so that you can use it in combat, or putting it away so that you have a free hand, requires a move action. This action also applies to weapon-like objects carried in easy reach, such as wands.
On the list of actions draw weapon has a footnote mark which reads. If you have a base attack bonus of +1 or higher, you can combine one of these actions with a regular move. If you have the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, you can draw two light or one-handed weapons in the time it would normally take you to draw one.
Missed that part of the statement. Sounds good, Gob. It should still be noted that the fire does a potential 12 damage and Brewslee (with an application of Infernal Healing) would only need three damage to die.
I will let anyone retcon this round's actions to save Brewslee.
